Chapter 4: "Love like yours comes once in a lifetime"

Author's Note:

Hey guys! The story is getting deep, it'll only get better. Thanks for the reviews, but if you could review after each chapter or at least review when you come to check in that would great, love to know what you guys are thinking. Liason lovers and others that really want more of a background of the relationships that are developed check out my other stories, Eventually the truth comes out part 1 and 2. I'm trying to gradually give you the back ground information without confusing you all or overwhelming you, but I think you'll get more out of the story if you read those two parts, even if you're not fains of Jason and Elizabeth, couples like Sonny and Cary, Lulu and her guys, Nem, Scrubs and other characters are featured with an awesome mob storyline, talk about a good action plot, well the one I wrote...a little biased of course...is pretty good. As always email me if you have any questions or ideas or concerns or if you want some hints, I'll be happy to talk to you. Enjoy and don't forget to review. P.S. just to let you know I've aged Cameron to be about four years old instead of like two, I wanted him to be able to talk unlike his role on GH, where he's just on for the scene.


"Close your eyes Elizabeth," he insisted as he unlocked the door to their penthouse.

"Mommy! Close your eyes," Cameron encouraged, "Ur gonna ruin the surprise!" He giggled.

"Oh I will?" She laughed at him, "Ok I'll close my eyes."

Jason waited for Cameron to give him the nod that she indeed had her eyes closed, "Alright Elizabeth."

He started to open the door when he heard the elevator open with Spinelli walking onto the floor, "Hey Apollo and Jimmy," he greeted his guards.

"Listen I'm leaving for the airport in an hour, will you…" He noticed the guards' expression that they weren't alone.

"Stone cold!" Spinelli nervously shouted for he hoped Jason had forgotten about their conversation earlier.

"I'm never gonna live down that name am I?" Jason glanced down at Elizabeth.

"Nope," she giggled.

"You want come in?" Jason offered.

"I don't want to impose, I mean this is your…family," he slightly frowned not really wanting to be involved.

Elizabeth quickly turned her head, "Are you kidding me? Spinelli get in here."

Spinelli was a little taken back, "Jason is she always this bossy?"

"All the time, and you don't live with her," he joked.

"How about I come over in a few minutes, I have to get some packing done." He removed his keys from his pocket.

"Sure whenever you've got time," Jason turned to the door.

Spinelli walked to his door putting the key in the lock when he saw out of the corner of his eye Cameron running towards him.

"Cameron honey, Spinelli's got a lot to do." Elizabeth knew Cameron wouldn't understand with saying that, but maybe Spinelli would be able to help her with.

Spinelli saw Cameron's frown, "Hey…" He softly said as he bent down to Cameron, "I promise when I get home we'll spend sometime together. Maybe the zoo? Or that water park you and Morgan love so much…" He tickled him.

Cameron knew the words before, when I get home, and knew exactly what they meant; Spinelli wasn't coming home and he'd never get to do those things with him. Lucky had vanished from his life months ago, Jason had even left from time to time when he and Elizabeth were working there relationship out and now it was Spinelli.

"Ok," he pretended to believe him, "Have a fun trip." He walked away leaving Spinelli feeling worse than before, "Come back here squirt."

Cameron turned to him, "You want to have lunch with me?"

"Ur busy," Cameron looked down.

"Not busy to have some macaroni and cheese with my little brother?" Spinelli smiled knowing he won Cameron's heart this time.

A smiled formed on his face, "Really?"

"Yeah!" Spinelli picked Cameron up in his arms, "That's if your mom and dad don't mind." He looked up at Jason and Elizabeth who were as always impressed by the young man before them.

"Are you sure?" Elizabeth didn't want him to feel obligated.

"Yeah, plus…" He looked at Cameron, "You and Jason need some time to get settled in…so let me do this for you guys," he looked at them insisting they take him up on his offer.

"Alright," Elizabeth was surprised by his generosity, but then again it was Spinelli, he was always this kind.

"Fantastic," Spinelli smiled as he opened his apartment door.

Elizabeth looked up at Jason, "Well that's a nice surprise."

"Not as nice as the surprise you're about to see, now close those eyes," he excitedly smiled.

She closed her eyes as he opened the front door pushing her wheel chair in the doorway, "Ok now this isn't really your surprise, but Spinelli wanted you and Jake to feel welcomed and well…" He looked at all the balloons and the banner that hung from the ceiling saying 'congratulations', "open your eyes."

She laughed at how over the top it was, but liked that Spinelli had cared about her enough to give her such a welcoming, "That was nice of him."

"Yeah…" He looked optimistic, "Ok well while you admire all these wonderful tacky decorations I'm going to put Jake in is crib," he gently removed him from the carrier, "And then I'm going to come back and show you my surprise."

As he went up stairs she looked all around the apartment where she noticed an envelope on the desk addressed to she and Jason. Curious, she made her way to the desk and removed the card from the envelope.

Jason and Elizabeth,

Congratulations on stone cold special! I'm very happy for the two of you which only makes it harder for me to say goodbye. Jason, thank you for everything you've ever done for me. You are a true friend and I wish you the best as you embark on this new adventure. Elizabeth, thank you for being such a great listener, your ability to make everyone feel like they belong and are loved is very hard to find in people nowadays. I know in part that is why Jason has chosen you to love for the rest of his life. What you two have is rare and unique and should never be taken for granted, but you already know this. As I leave to start a quest of my own I leave you two with this little bit of advice, be good to one another for love like yours comes once in a lifetime.

Until we meet again,

Spinelli

A tear fell onto the card; she couldn't believe the kind words he spoke of them. Jason and she were lucky to have a friend like him and she only wished she could help him as much as he had helped them. As she heard Jason, she quickly put the card back in the envelope and tossed the card on his desk.

"Elizabeth?" He smiled at her as he hurried down the stairs.

Picking her up in his arms he carried her upstairs to the baby's room where he stopped at the door, "I love you."

"I love you too," she giggled as he leaned into kiss her. "Close your eyes," he whispered. This was his surprise for Elizabeth, the baby's room that they never got to finish together because a series of lies, former lovers and events came between them, but eventually pushed them together to realize the depths of their love for one another.

He pushed open the door and brought her into the peaceful dark room where the mobile attached to the crib shined small white lights that rotated around the room as if it were a mini disco ball.

Whispering his calm voice to her ear, "Open your eyes."

The tranquility in his voice made her feel safe as it always had. She realized then and there that Spinelli was right; the love they share for each other is something that comes once in a lifetime.

Slowly opening her eyes she wanted to cry at the perfection he had created, for it truly was magnificent, "Oh Jason."

He looked down at her, "Now how much do you love me?"

Getting lost in his eyes that sparkled in the dark, she slowly leaned in to his lips that just barely touched hers, "A lifetimes worth."

Staring into her eyes he knew this was why he loved Elizabeth Webber. Nothing else mattered as long as she was in his world to give him the warmth he felt in his heart right now. The completeness he knew no one else would ever be able to fill. As he fell under her spell of temptation his lips touched hers with a passion like he had never felt for her before.