If felt as if it was taking hours to arrive at Jake's hospital room. It was if they were moving in slow motion, with no sense of the world around them. In just a few moments they were going to see their son, see for themselves that he was alive.

Elizabeth stopped in her tracks has she reached ICU room 2. "I don't know if I can see him like this Jason."

"You have to. He needs you in there with him. You have to be strong for him." Jason replied as he reached for the doorknob. He took her hand in his and slowly opened the door.

There he was, helplessly lying in that cold hospital bed clinging to life. His head was bandaged and his little body was covered with scrapes and bruises.

"Jake" Elizabeth whispered as she released Jason's hand and moved closer to her son "Mommy's right here baby."

Still standing by the door Jason watched. He watched with an aching heart as the fear stricken mother of his child clung to her baby boy's tiny little hand.

"I'm so sorry baby. Mommy should have been paying more attention to you." Elizabeth sighed while a single tear rolled down her face. "You were so brave tonight Jakey. I'm so proud of you."

Jason put one foot in front of the other and made his way over to this heart breaking scene. As he reached Elizabeth he put one hand on her shoulder for comfort, just as she had done for him all those years ago.

"Your father is here too Jake, and he loves you so very much." She said as she was turning to look at Jason.

"I'm right here buddy, and I'm not going anywhere." Jason replied in a whisper.

"We're here waiting for you Jakey. You just have to fight and come back to us. Please baby, we love you" Elizabeth cried.

How long will this take?
How much can I go through?
My heart, my soul aches
I don't know what to do
I bend, but don't break
Somehow I'll get through
'Cause I have you

Hours had passed and there had still been no change in Jake's condition. He was critical, but he was holding on for dear life.

"How long will it to take for him to wake up?" Jason asked

"I don't know. It depends on how bad his injuries were." Elizabeth replied

"Maybe you should go home and get some rest. You've been here all night."

"I'm not leaving him" She said as she pulled a chair next to Jake's bed. "I promised him I wouldn't leave him."

"I know but you need some rest. I'll call you if anything changes."

"No Jason. I'm not leaving."

"Neither am I" Jason replied. "We'll get through this Elizabeth. We'll get through it together."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because I have faith in our son, and in you." Jason said truthfully

"I wish I had your confidence. It's just so hard to see him like this."

"I know. It's hard for me too."

"Do you wanna sit?" Elizabeth asked. "We can get another chair in here."

"No I'm ok."

"Are you sure?" Elizabeth asked as Jason's cell phone began to ring.

"I should take this." He said slowly walking out of the room.

"Jason where are you?" Sam asked through the phone.

"I'm at the hospital. Jake was hit by a car." Jason said

In that moment Sam felt as if she was going to through up. She had been driving down Elizabeth's street, slightly drunk from a night undercover at Vaughn's, when she thought she hit a trashcan or a pot hole. But it wasn't either of those things. It was Jake, and she had kept on driving. She had been drinking, and she had hit Jason's son.

"Oh my God", she said

"He's out of surgery. Now we just have to wait and hope for the best."

"He'll be ok Jason. He has to be." Sam replied.

"If Jason finds out I'll lose him" Sam thought to herself. "This can't be happening. I can't lose Jason."

"Can you come down to the hospital?" Jason asked

Although she was standing in the penthouse she said "Umm…I'm in Manhattan undercover. I'll get back as soon as I can. It might take me a couple of hours though."

"Hurry" Jason said. "I need you here."

"I'll be there as soon as I can Jase." Sam said and then hung up the phone.

What was she going to do? Come clean? She couldn't do that. There were a lot of cars on the road tonight. What if she didn't hit him? Maybe it was a pothole.

Running out to her car Sam's fears were confirmed. The hood of the car was stained with blood, Jake's blood.

"No. No. No." Sam thought as she got inside of the car.

She put the keys in the ignition and drove. She drove for miles and miles until she was well outside of Port Charles. She found a 24 hour car wash and went through it more than five times. Fortunately it was dark outside so the worker did not notice the bloodstained hood. She got out of the car and took a look at it. It looked as good as new. There was not even a trace of blood left. She couldn't be charged if there was no evidence. And best of all, Jason would never have to know.

Got a secret
Can you keep it?
Swear this one you'll save
Better lock it in your pocket
Taking this one to the grave

"Hey" Jason said as he quietly came back into the hospital room.

"Hi" Elizabeth said softly "Everything alright?"

"Yeah, that was just Sam."

"Oh."

"She's going to come down to the hospital. I hope that's ok."

"Of course Jason."

"Any changes?"

"No, not yet."

"Anything from Lucky?"

"Lulu texted me and said that they went to Las Vegas instead of the courthouse to get married. She can't get in touch with him either."

"I'm sorry."

"It's ok. I'm not alone" she said looking up at him. "Have you thought anymore about what I said?"

"Elizabeth…."

"Jason I meant what I said. You deserve to be a part of his life. I just wish I had realized that sooner."

"We were just trying to do what was best for him. I gave him up to protect him."

"Does he look protected right now?" Elizabeth said "Take a long look at our little boy. For all we know he would have been safer growing up as your son."

"I've made enemies."

"Do you not want to?" Elizabeth asked. "I mean be a part of his life?"

"Of course I do." He said scooting down to her level and grasping her hand. "I want that more than anything. I always have."

"Then say yes Jason. He should have died Jason. He had a massive amount of head trauma. But he's still here. He's still hanging on. You've been given a second chance. Take it."

"But how would it work? Would I be his dad? An uncle? A friend? What about Lucky? What would he think?"

"Lucky really doesn't have a say in any of this." Elizabeth sighed. "Did you know he was supposed to take the boys tonight? But he couldn't because he decided a green card marriage was more important than his sons. He's always doing that. He puts everyone else first but not the boys. I can't raise my kids like that anymore. My heart breaks when they ask about him because he's never around."

"But he has custody. He'd fight you."

"He never actually adopted them, Cameron or Jake. We just never got around to doing it. I'm not saying he can't see the boys. I'm just saying if you want to claim Jake…you can. You can be his dad Jason."

"What about the kids? They'll be so confused."

"I'll try to explain it to them in a way they'll understand. I'll make sure that they know Lucky will always love them, but you are Jake's dad."

"Are you sure Elizabeth? Because I can't lose him again, it hurt too much."

"I'm sure Jason. All we can do for our children is love them, and I know you love Jake. I never doubted that. I was just afraid. I was so afraid that something would happen to him because of what you do."

"It still could. The danger is still there."

"What makes you so sure he'll be anymore safe if we keep things as is?"

"I don't know."

"Can you give me an answer Jason? Yes or no? I want to know what to tell him when he wakes up.", Elizabeth pleaded.

"Yes", Jason said without any hesitation left in his voice.

And if I had to crawl
Well, you'd crawl too
I stumble and I fall
Carry me through
The wonder of it all is you
See me through