"Jason will you read to me?"

It was just after midnight and Jason looked up from where he was sitting on the couch going over coffee contracts and turned toward the stairs.

Standing at the bottom was Elizabeth in her pajama pants and camisole. Her hair was tousled from sleep. The telltale baby bump was barely showing underneath her camisole but Jason knew that in the next month it would be obvious to everyone that Elizabeth was pregnant. With his baby.

"Can't sleep?"

Elizabeth shook her head and went to join Jason on the couch as he tossed aside the contracts he was working on. When he opened his arms she proceeded to crawl onto his lap. "You know I don't sleep well when you're not with me." She whispered.

They sat like that way for a few minutes while Jason smoothed his hand up and down her back. He could feel the tension in her shoulders. "You had another nightmare didn't you?"

Quietly Elizabeth nodded.

Jason wrapped his arms around her to pull her into a tighter embrace. "Lucky isn't coming anywhere near you or our baby ever again. I swear to you that I won't let that happen."

Elizabeth brushed a single tear from her eye. "I know. And I trust you."

Softly their lips met. "Will you read me a story now?"

Elizabeth felt Jason's chest rumble as he chuckled while gathering her up in his arms. Barely showing she still felt like a feather in his arms.

When they reached the top of the stairs Jason took her into their room. He placed her on the bed and she scooted over to make room for him.

"Italy or Uzbekistan?'

Elizabeth tapped a perfectly manicured finger against her chin and pretended to thing long and hard about her answer. "Italy."

Jason grabbed the travel book and cuddled with her on the bed. After only 20 minutes of reading her heard her breathing even out and he knew that she was asleep.

Quietly Jason closed the book, not bothering to mark the spot where he had ended. They had read the book together so many times anyways. Elizabeth said that she liked falling asleep to the sound of Jason's steady voice and he liked the fact that he was not only reading to her but their little girl.

As Jason watched her sleep he couldn't help but feel anger rise inside of him when he remembered that Lucky was the reason she couldn't sleep without nightmares in the first place. It had been a month since Elizabeth had been in the hospital because of Lucky and she was still full of fear.

He clenched his fist in anger as he recalled their run-in with Lucky at Kelly's.

I'll be inside." Elizabeth mouthed to Jason. He nodded while he continued with his phone conversation. He turned to face the courtyard as Elizabeth headed inside.

Elizabeth started towards the door of the diner when a hand reached out and grabbed her arm, spinning her around.

Started, Elizabeth let out a gasp, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

"You little whore."

Jason heard Elizabeth gasped and the voice and whipped his head around. "Son of a bitch."

Lucky was standing above Elizabeth who was flinching as if waiting for the blows that she knew Lucky could inflict.

Jason dropped his phone and grabbed Lucky by the lapels of his jacket. Roughly her shoved Lucky against the brick wall and placed his arm over his throat. 2.2 pounds of pressure would be all that it would take.

Jason glanced over his shoulder to see how Elizabeth was. He watched as she unsteadily got to her feet.

Elizabeth pushed her hair out of her face and felt the tears rising to the surface. Slowly the world spun around her. "Jason."

"Go wait inside for me."

Dearing the tone of his voice she knew better than to argue. Shakily she made her way into the diner.

Once Jason was sure that Elizabeth was safely inside he turned his attention back to Lucky. "I could have sworn that I told you to stay away form her."

Lucky smirked and managed to gasp out, "No one tells me what to do Morgan."

Jason shoved Lucky a little harder into the wall stay the hell away from her.

Jason released him and Lucky fell to the ground. He turned to go into the diner when Lucky attacked him from behind. He managed to free himself from Lucky's grasp and proceeded to tackle him.

The force of Jason's tackle caused both men to fall into one of the outdoor tables. Under their weight in collapsed. They fought on the ground until Jason got the upper hand. He stood up and found his cell phone.

"Stay down Lucky." He ordered as he dialed a number. "Yeah I need you to do me a favor. Come down to Kelly's and take Elizabeth home. I have something that I need to take care of."

Jason shook his head washing away the memory as well as his anger. He turned his attention to the brunette that was peacefully slumbering next to him. He rose from the bed and removed his jeans and t-shirt leaving himself clad in nothing but his boxer briefs. Then he made his way to the bed and slowly, as not to wake Elizabeth, he knelt and moved his face so that it was near her stomach.

"Hey little one. It's your dad. I hope you know how much you are loved by both your mom and by me. And I promise that nothing will ever happen to either one of you." Jason placed a whisper of a kiss on Elizabeth's stomach before crawling under the covers next to her.

He gathered her in his arms and placed a kiss to the crown of her head. "I love you Elizabeth."