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18 months later, Jason and Michael are released from Pentonville. This is the story of their homecoming.
Homecoming...
Part: Four
"Carly can me and Molly get a ride with you and Jax to Kelly's?" asked Kristina, to the tall blonde woman. "I..don't think Sam wants us to go with her..." her voice trailed off as she looked over her shoulder, smiling at the sight of her sister and Jason who were still in a tight embrace with one another. It made her happy to see her big sister happy once again. She knew how much she had missed him over the past 18 months.
The Homecoming party was not until later that afternoon, however Mike had invited them all back to Kelly's for breakfast.
Following the teen's gaze, Carly couldn't help but grin. "Yeah I don't think she wants that either," spoke Carly agreeing with Kristina. The two of them continued to stand there watching as Sam and Jason continued to kiss. "Yeah, let them be. I can give you and Molly a ride, the more the merrier right!"
"Thanks Carly," replied Kristina, brushing the hair away from her face and smiling.
"No problem. Just make sure Sam knows, okay. I don't need her getting in trouble with your mom," Carly smiled at the girl before turning her attention back on her friend. She had never seen Jason act like this before. But of course it had been 18 months and he was still a guy, she thought to herself. She couldn't image going 18 months with out being able to see or be with Jax. She didn't know how Jason or Sam had done it.
Kristina walked away from Carly and went to go find her little sister, who was talking with Morgan and Jax. "Molly come and help me tell Sam that we are getting a ride with Carly to Kelly's," demanded the seventeen year old out of her little sister.
Molly rolled her eyes at this, "Why do you need me?" she asked.
"Just come!" cried Kristina, snapping her fingers at her side. She would need Molly's help trying to persuade Sam. She knew that her older sister would be more than happy to let them get a ride with Carly, letting her and Jason be alone for once but however she also knew that Sam had promised their mom that Sam would drive them to Kelly's then straight home to get ready for school. Sam didn't like going against their mother's word.
"Ok, Ok," replied Molly, waving goodbye to Morgan and Jax she followed Kristina.
Michael and Sonny stood on the outskirts of everyone else, they were seated on the back of the limo talking.
"Are you going to Kelly's?" asked Michael slowly at his father.
Sonny rubbed his forehead before meeting his son's eye. He had not planned on going to Kelly's or the party later on. He didn't want to cause any problems then he already had. "I don't think so Michael," replied Sonny, a note to sadness in his voice.
"Why not Dad?" asked Michael softly, a tone of disappointment in his voice. "I would like you to come. It's been months since I have been around family, people who love me. And today I want it to be like Christmas back when Me and Morgan were just kids and you and mom would coexist for that one day, so we could be a family. That is what I dreamed about in Pentonville, Christmas and that sense of being together. Please just come for a bit."
Sonny looked at his fully grown son's face, studying him with his dark brown eyes for a second. Even know it was the face of a man that was staring back at him, he could still make out the little boy that had always looked up to him. "I will come," sighed Sonny, a slight smile on his face. He would do anything for his boy.
"Thanks Dad," replied Michael with a smile as he clasped a hand on Sonny's shoulder.
"Why are you crying again?" asked Jason with concern as he brushed away the tears slowly falling down Sam's cheeks.
"Because I'm happy," stated Sam, her face breaking out into a grin. "I'm happy to have you here, with me." She knew that she probably looked like a mess, she had promised herself that she would not cry. But after the waterworks had started, she couldn't stop it. She knew that the make-up she had carefully put on that morning was ruined. "I look horrible, don't I?" she joked up at him.
Leaning down, Jason's lips kissed her eyelids and cheeks softly. "I think you look beautiful," whispered Jason in between kisses, his blue eyes staring intensely down at her. Just as his lips captured her's in a kiss, Kristina and Molly approached them.
"Before you guys start that again, we need to talk to Sam!" spoke Kristina, ignoring the death glare that Jason was giving her. "It will only be a sec."
"Shoot," replied Sam, turning her attention away from Jason and towards her sister. Sam had pulled away from Jason and had her arms crossed over her chest. She couldn't be intimate and talk to her sister at the same time.
"Well I just wanted to tell you that Molly and I are..." Kristina's voice trailed off as she looked over to Molly for help.
"We are getting a ride from Carly to Kelly's!" finished off Molly, a smile on her face. "We know you told mom that you would drive us there and then home, so then we could go to school. But both me and Krissy agree that..."
"That you and Jason should go somewhere alone. So we are getting out of you hair!" finished off Kristina. She held her sister's gaze for a moment, waiting for Sam to throw her arms around her neck and tell her how thankful she was that she had sisters like them. However Sam just continued to star at her sister's blankly.
"Well, you're welcome," mumbled Kristina, annoyed at her sister lack of emotion.
"Does mom know this?" asked Sam, ignoring the annoyed looks of her little sisters.
"Well, we haven't exactly told her yet..." Molly voice trailed off as she tried to think of a response.
"Who is going to drive you home?" asked Sam, her eyes once again shooting back and forth between Kristina and Molly.
"Nobody," replied Kristina. "We were planning to spend the entire day with Michael at Kelly's or something then head over to the Metro Court for the party!"
"What about school? Mom told me to make sure you guys only stayed for a quick 15 minutes or so, so you wouldn't be late for school," argued Sam.
"Oh come on Sam! Morgan is not going to school today and I don't see why we have to either! My big brother is finally home and I want to spend the day with him. You are not going to work today, are you? No, you are going to probably spend it with Jason, like you should. So I don't see how you taking a day off work, is anything different then me and Molly not going to school!" cried Kristina at Sam.
"First off there is a big difference. I'm a grown woman and can make my own decisions on when and if I want to go to work! And 2nd, Mom told you, you had to go to school! "stated back Sam calmly. She hated how stubborn her sister could be sometimes. Sam held her little sister's gaze for a second before closing her eyes and sighing. "Here," she spoke handing her, her cell phone. "Call mom and see what she says!"
"I have my own cell phone," murmured Kristina before turning on her heel and walking away.
Sam watched her sister leave before turning back towards Molly, smiling at her.
"Don't be hard on Krissy, Sam. She only wants you and Jason to have that perfect day together as lovers!" spoke Molly, a dreamy look coming over her face as her thoughts began to drift to the characters in her many books, that like Jason and Sam had been seperated for long periods of time only to renueite with such passion.
Sam rolled her eyes as this and looked over her shoulder at Jason. "What do you want to do?"she asked towards him. She had been planning on going to Kelly's with her sister's before dropping them back off at the Lakehouse before doing all the dirty things she wanted to do with Jason before heading off to the party. But now, she was thinking she didn't have to wait until later on to be alone with him.
Jason just shrugged. Sam knew what he wanted to do.
"How are you Jason?" spoke Molly after a second of silence had passed between the group.
Jason frowned at her for a second before replying. "I am good! I'm grateful for the people in my life. For your sister," he then reached out and pulled Sam towards him. "For waiting."
"That's so romantic!" cooed Molly, watching as the couple share a long kiss together.
"Molly, you should give them some privacy!" spoke Kristina coming up behind her little sister.
At hearing her voice, Sam tore her lips away from Jason and leaned her cheek against his chest, looking over at her sister. "What did mom say?"
"She said that it would be okay," stated Kristina with a smug smile, happy that she could prove Sam wrong.
"Good!" replied Sam.
"Really Mom said yes? What do we have to do?" asked Molly, knowing that there was something else.
Kristina looked at Molly for a second before sighing. "We have to be home by nine and have a tone of chores to do in the next few days to complete!"
"Well that's better than nothing," added Sam to her sister, which earned her a dirty look from Kristina, which she just grinned at.
After strapping Josslyne into her car seat, Carly called over the kids to get seat belted in, they were about to leave soon. She stood by the hood of the SUV, watching as Kristina, Molly, Morgan and Michael all made their way, laughing. This put a smile on her face to see all of them together like this. She then suddenly had a flashed back to when they were all kids, playing in the park. How things changed, thought Carly to herself.
Just then Jax came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her, embracing her. "Hey," whispered Carly, looking over her shoulder at Jax.
"How you doing?" he asked
"I'm very good! Happy," she replied, tears filling in her eyes as once again her mind drifted towards how over the past 18 months, her little boy had grown into a man. "Michael is home. Jason is home. Everything is the way that it is supposed to be!"
The Aussie smiled down at his wife for a second before, capturing her lips with his. The kiss was short and sweet before they broke away at the sound of a horn honking. Both startled by this, they looked up towards the windshield, where Morgan was looking out at them.
"Come on!" he called through the open door.
Laughing at this, Jax took Carly's hand in his, "Shall we?" he asked.
Just before Carly was about to nod her head in response, something caught the corner of her eye. "Hold that thought!" she told Jax , pressing a finger to his lips as she began to walk past him towards where Jason and Sam stood. They too were getting ready to leave. Spinelli was already seated in the back. He was going to be dropped off at either Maxie's or the office on the way to the Penthouse.
Just as Jason opened the passenger door, Carly called out to him.
Turning around at this, he looked at his friend with a puzzled look. "What is it Carly?" he asked.
"I just wanted to make sure you were coming," spoke Carly as she stopped a few feet away from where he stood.
"Coming where?" he asked, confused.
"Coming to Kelly's for breakfast?" she stated. She was determined that Jason would be there. She already knew that he was coming to the party, Sam had confirmed with her weeks ago that Jason and her would be there.
Jason stared at the woman in front of him blankly before looking over his shoulder at Sam who was standing by the driver's seat, listening. She stared back at him, giving him a shrug of the shoulders. "It's up to you!" Whispered Sam.
"Oh come on, Jason. Please come! I know you guys want to be together, I understand that. But only come for a short while. Please, I really want everyone to be there!" explained Carly. She did want everyone to be there, including her best friend.
Jason stared at Carly for a second, pondering what to do. Glazing over his shoulder for a brief second back at Sam, he knew what he had to do. "I'm sorry Carly but I can't. But I will see you later at the party, okay!" he spoke gently, his blue eyes looking kindly at his friend. He had promised himself that when he got out, he would start putting his happiness and Sam above everyone else. He could start making sure that Sam came first in his life, instead of last always it seemed.
A hardness came over Carly's face for a brief second at hearing this but it soon softened into a smile. She understood. Jason had just put his life on hold, to go to jail and protect Michael. Carly knew that she didn't have the right to ask anything of Jason anymore, after what he had done. Telling herself this, she grinned at Jason. "Okay," she agreed nodding her head. "I will see you guys at the party!" Then with a wave of her hand, she walked away, leaving both Jason and Sam a little speechless.
Okay so that ends this part of Jason and Michael's homecoming. More to come soon! Thanks for reading and please review!
