I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!! Okay, I'm really getting into this and Lucky made his first appearance today. I want him to choke on all of his self-righteous bull. Sam is going to rot in the mess she's created. I am not a fan of either, so if you like Lucky or Sam, I apologize, because you aren't going to like what happens to them.

So this is the last chapter before everything gets blown up and Jason and Elizabeth are outed. I love them in the sanctuary of their private little life, but the kids need them and things are going to get crazy with the upcoming war.

Thank you again for all of your great feedback. I hope you like this next installment!

Chapter 4

She fell asleep in my arms. I think I sat there staring at her for almost an hour. I didn't want to disturb her. I stroked her hair and kissed her softly on the forehead. She woke up briefly, smiled at me and snuggled tighter. She was obviously tired so I decided to carry her up to my bedroom…I had another surprise for her.

As I carried her up the stairs, she woke up and giggled. She was getting frisky again. She started running her fingers through my hair and kissing my neck. When she started nibbling on my ear, my pace quickened.

"Are we going to your bedroom?" she asked coyly. "You know, I haven't seen your room in quite a while…"

I opened the door and entered. She let out a gasp. I immediately saw the tears in her eyes. She held my face and gave me a kiss. "Thank you," was all she could muster. I hugged her and placed her on the bed.

"Jason, I can't believe you did this," she was extremely emotional. I knew she would be surprised, I just didn't know she would react that way. "When did you put it up?" I don't even think she noticed the new furniture. I could never sleep with Elizabeth in the bed I shared with Courtney or Sam. That would have been a sacrilege.

"Well, after the day on the Overlook when we confessed our love for one another, but said goodbye, I took the painting out of the closet and hung it on the wall. It was the one thing I could look at to be reminded of you," I said to her. "It is the Wind, and it is you."

"I remember coming home that day devastated at the thought that I had lost you forever. Right at the point when our feelings were finally in sync with each other, we couldn't be together because of what I do. I was so pissed at myself. I wanted to be with you and the boys so badly," I told her. She was listening to me very intently. "Once I put the painting on the wall, I felt a sense of relief. For some reason, it gave me hope. And hoping to be with you was something I never thought would happen, but I hoped for it anyway…I guess there is something to be said about having dreams to hold on to. Elizabeth, you have always been my dream that I thought was too good to be true or at least too good for me to deserve," I confessed. "I can't tell you how incredibly thankful I am to you for loving me the way that you do and for wanting to be with me." She leaped into my arms and held me. I could feel her tears fall on my shoulder. I caressed her back. "I will never take you for granted again. I will fight with everything I have down to my last breath to stay with you. I love you," this time I kissed her passionately. I wanted her, I needed her, just how lungs need oxygen to breathe. She was my air. She was my everything.

She pulled a way for a second and looked me in the eyes. I knew she wanted to say something and I also knew that it was my turn to be quiet and listen. If we're going to spend the rest of our lives together, we might as well as put everything out on the table.

"Jason, that is probably the sweetest, most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me. I can't tell you how touched I am to hear you tell me how you feel about me. And people say you can't express yourself," she smiled. "I love you so much and I too was completely devastated when we decided we couldn't be together. But I realize something now, in hindsight and it may sound awful, but it is the truth." She began. "If we had chosen to be together then, I don't think we would be as happy as we are now. And part of that is because Emily died. Please don't misunderstand me. I will miss Emily everyday for as long as I live, but her death made me realize something that I was denying for so long and that is; you have to love the ones you love with everything you have while you are here and have them or what is the point of loving at all."

I grabbed her hands and held them in mine. I decided that there were going to be some other decisions we were going to make that night.

"When I told you earlier that you would always be a part of me, what I really wanted to tell you was that you are the second half of my soul. You complete me. I knew I was in love with you while you were awaiting trial and Jake was kidnapped. I knew then, but wouldn't admit it to myself and would never have admitted it to you. The oddest thing about us; is we know when the other one is covering up how we feel about something or someone else, but could never get a good read about how we felt about each other. I will never make that mistake again," she declared. "I love you more now than I ever thought possible. I will do whatever it takes within my power to put you, Cameron and Jake first. I will protect your heart, Jason. You never have to be afraid to open up to me and share your fears and your hopes. I want to be the one who takes care of you; physically and emotionally. I want to do for you what you have always done for me. Accept you for who you are and never try and make you into someone you aren't. I love Jason Morgan just the way he is!"

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After Jason told me how he felt, I needed to do the same. After expressing the depth of my feelings for him, I felt emotionally naked, but not afraid. I knew I could trust Jason completely. He made a promise to me that he wouldn't break my trust in him and I believe him. We have been through so much together and now our bond is that much stronger. What I love most is it's not just because of Jake. Believe me, Jason loves Jake, but his love for me is deeper than me being the mother of his son. I can't believe I am finally with him…

Once I was done, Jason reached for me and started kissing me all over. He moved me back on the bed and his hands started moving in a circular motion across by entire body. I arched my back when he reached just below my belly button. That was definitely an erogenous zone he found early. It felt so wonderful to be inhabited with him. I wasn't ashamed of my body or how he made me feel. It was the first time I could be completely myself. I could ask him to do anything to me and he would comply just to please me; and I would do the same for him.

"Jason, I'm very well rested now," I said smirking. "I want to make love to you on this gorgeous bed of yours."

He wanted to please me; I could tell. He moved between my legs and started kissing me. He found my clit and teased it with his tongue. I was wet and ready. He moved his tongue in and out of me and I knew I was close. My breathing hitched as he placed his fingers in me. "Baby, I need you to fill me…" was all I got out. He wrapped my legs around his waist and he entered me slowly. The pressure was mounting and my release was coming. We moved together. He moaned and I could tell he was getting close. The pace quickened between us. I moved my fingers across his chest, down his back. His nipples grew hard. He leaned down to kiss my breasts, my mouth, my neck. I was close to ecstasy.

"I'm close baby, so close. I want you to cum inside me…" I told him. He reached down between us and found my swollen clit. He touched it softly. My orgasm came suddenly, I screamed. I couldn't hold it in. The pulses started and I felt myself milk his shaft. I hooked my legs to push him in deeper. I grabbed his tight butt; I dug my nails into his back and bit his chest. I must have aroused him more, because he came right after me.

"Oh, God, Elizabeth…" he continued to move in me. I felt his breath on my neck. I caressed his head and moved his hair off of his sweaty forehead. I kissed him. I was so glad I didn't have work tomorrow. We could do this a few more times and I could sleep in.

We made love three more times that night. We showered together. We laughed together. It was wonderful. I think I had a permanent smile drawn on my face. While I was getting back into bed to finally get a couple hours of sleep before the sun came up, Jason leaned over, "I have one more surprise for you." He climbed out of bed and went to the top drawer of his dresser.

I think time stopped at that moment, or I might have stopped breathing. I can't even imagine the look on my face when Jason turned around and got down on one knee. I felt like I was in the most surreal dream.

"Elizabeth, I don't want you to think this is too sudden. I bought this right after the Black and White Ball. Don't ask me why. I think it just helped me to know that I wanted you to be my wife…there was my wishful thinking again," he said nervously. "I have loved you longer than I can actually remember. I haven't always shown it and I haven't always known it was there, but it was and it is. I don't want to wait any longer. I need you to be my wife. I need Cameron and Jake to be my children. I need to be able to love you and come home to you every night. So, I'm asking you, will you marry me?"

His eyes were glistening. I could see the tears in them. I looked at the ring. It was absolutely beautiful. Very understated, classic, beautiful. It was the most perfect diamond I had ever seen. The light glittered off of it.

"Of course I will marry you! I told you I'm never giving you up!" I smiled at him. He hugged me and placed the ring on my finger. He kissed it once it was securely on my ring finger.

"I love you so very much!" he exclaimed.

We fell asleep in each other's arms. I don't think I was ever this happy in my entire life.

I woke up the next morning to the smell of bacon and eggs. I reached over and Jason was already gone. I put on my pajamas and went downstairs. Jason had made me breakfast and was already on his way up.

"Let's eat in the living room, this way we can look off the balcony. It is going to be a gorgeous day." I told him

"Elizabeth, it's nasty out. Overcast and it looks like it is going to rain." He looked at me like I was kind of crazy.

"Well, the weather may not be great, but it is going to be a gorgeous day just the same. I have a new fiancée and I'm finally making choices and decisions because they make me happy. I am no longer living in fear." I said sitting on the couch reaching for sustenance. I didn't realize how hungry I was; he really wore me out last night or should I say a couple of hours ago…"Seriously, though, we have to talk about what our next steps are. I have to talk to Lucky, which is not going to be fun."

"You are absolutely not talking to Lucky by yourself. I don't trust him at all," Jason answered. I could tell he was not happy at all about telling Lucky anything. I reached for him.

"Listen, I know Lucky and Sam are not our most favorite people in the world, but I have to deal with him at some point. There is the whole issue with Jake and Cameron, and I want to be a proactive about everything as possible. I don't want him finding out from someone else." I tried to sound reasonable.

"No, you're right. But I want to talk to Diane first. I think we need to have some legal angles worked out first just in case he tries something. With Sam in his ear and her hatred for me and you, who knows what he would be willing to do." He said to me. He was right. We needed to know what our options were and the biggest worry was my potential perjury charge.

"Why don't you call Diane and get her to come over her as soon as she can. I am going to go and get myself cleaned up and presentable…" I started to get up and he pulled me back down to his lap.

"Did I tell you, you've made me the happiest man on the planet? I can't wait to call you Mrs. Morgan."

"Babe, if you don't let me get up and get dressed, we won't be able to meet with Diane because we will be naked on the couch again…" I said to him. He tried to pout, but he let me go. Well, tomorrow is today, and the rest of my life is starting…I just hope I'm strong enough to get through it…

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I watched her go upstairs and all I could think to myself was 'she is amazing and she is finally going to be my wife'. I immediately got on the phone to call Diane. We needed to talk to her first, before we dealt with Lucky. He was going to be a bastard and do anything to hurt Elizabeth emotionally so we needed to be as prepared as possible. I swore, then, if he did anything to bring harm to Elizabeth, Cameron or Jake, Lucky Spencer would exist no more.

"Diane, it's Jason. I need you to come to the penthouse. Elizabeth and I need to speak with you," I told her. At least Diane was privy to Jake's true paternity. Her wheels were probably spinning the minute I told her 'Elizabeth and I' needed to speak to her. She is an excellent attorney and I had faith she would advise us to the best course of action.

"No problem. I can be there in half an hour." She said matter of factly.

"Great. See you then." I hung up the phone. I needed Max to do something for me.

"Max, I need you to do something for me. I need you to send out our guys and find Lucky Spencer and Sam. Don't approach them. I just need to know where they are. I also want someone placed permanently on Audrey Hardy. I don't want her to know yet so they have to be extremely discreet. If anyone approaches Audrey's house, especially Lucky or Sam, I want a call immediately. And Max, this has to be handled with the utmost care. Do you understand?"

"Sure thing. Report back on Lucky and Sam's whereabouts. No one is to be seen. And put a permanent guard on Mrs. Hardy. Got it" Max said confidently.

"Max, one more thing. Thanks." I hung up the phone. I ran upstairs realizing Diane was going to be here any minute and I was still in my underwear.

When I entered the bedroom, I saw some of Elizabeth's things scattered all over the place. It looked like she was having a hard time deciding what to wear because there looked to be a couple of outfits on the bed. I saw some of her jewelry and her make up on the vanity. I never thought she needed make up. She is naturally beautiful. I'm so glad she only wears very little.

I entered the bathroom and she was humming in the shower. The room was pretty steamed up and she didn't know I was there. I watched her for a bit and decided I needed to feel her skin under my hands. I opened the shower door and got in with her.

"Hey there!" she said startled. "You were spying on me" as I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her.

"Here, give me the soap and let me wash you." I lathered my hands and started washing her body. I was so erotic. She was getting turned on again. I moved my hands from her neck, to her shoulders and made it finally to her breasts. I paid extra attention there. She moaned when I touched her nipples. Slowly, I moved my hands to her stomach. I reached behind her to her back. I was aroused. We were going to make love in the shower. Diane would have to occupy herself while we were busy.

"It all feels sooo good, Baby. You can wash me anytime," she breathed. "But next time it is going to be my turn."

I made love to her in the shower. Even though I knew we would be together tonight and all the nights that followed, we had yet to deal with some of the more stressful parts of our life. I wanted one last moment where it would just be the two of us.

We took thirty minutes in the shower and quickly got dressed. We went downstairs together. Elizabeth was holding my hand and we were laughing, our own private joke.

"So, I guess, you two are finally going to be a couple?" was the only thing Diane could say.

"Why Diane, what possibly could you mean when you say 'finally'?" Elizabeth asked.

"Listen Elizabeth, I like you but don't think I'm stupid. I told Jason months ago that you were in love with him and he was with you. The two of you were too stubborn to do anything about it. I'm just glad there won't be anymore pussy footing around each other. Enough of my babbling, what can I do you for?" she asked.

"Well, Elizabeth and I are going to publicly be a couple. We are actually engaged. She accepted my proposal last night, "I looked over at her and she reached for my hand. "Which means I am going to claim Jake as my son. I also want to adopt Cameron, but my biggest concern about all of this is Elizabeth's potential perjury charge. As well as Lucky's reaction to everything."

"Okay, first things first. The adoption of Cameron is simple since Lucky never adopted him. I can get the papers filed with the court and the two of you will have to appear before a judge and say this is what the two of you want. As for the perjury charges around Elizabeth's testimony during your trial, I have a couple of angles we could play to sway a judge in our favor. However, I want to warn you, it won't be easy. What we probably need to do immediately, is amend the custody agreement. We need to file something as quickly as this afternoon. If I know Alexis, she will try and block anything if she knows the truth."

I looked over at Elizabeth and she was biting her lower lip. That meant she was nervous and thinking or rather, over thinking what we should do. I squeezed her hand and brought her back to the conversation.

"Babe, what do you want to do?" I asked her.

"Well, I want you to be Jake's father of record. I can't believe how stupid I was to try and pass him off as Lucky's to begin with. Jason, I'm so sorry," she said.

"Stop it. It was both of us. We just have to figure out how to deal with this now. Okay? Diane is just being realistic. I won't let anything happen to you or Jake. I promise. You believe me when I tell you that right?" I asked her.

"Of course I do. I know. You know how I get though. I just start playing stuff over and over in my mind until it's spinning out of control and I can't make heads or tails of it. I'm fine now. Diane, please give me your best legal advice. What should I do?"

"What we need to do is establish your frame of mind at the time when you decided to keep Jake's paternity a secret. What you were going through with Lucky – his addiction, his affair and the dangers he placed you and Cameron in. We need to establish that your fear for your safety as well as your love of your son was what drove you to lie in the first place. What will be difficult will be why you remarried him. But then again, I just need you to be honest about your reasons and explain it to the court. You will probably have to get into pretty specific detail about your friendship with Jason. With that said, I don't mean anything intimate, but how your friendship has always been a source of jealousy for Lucky and how he used that jealousy to manipulate you. Your fear of his retribution if he found out in court was the reason." Diane explained. Elizabeth sat there taking it all in. Part of me worried that this was too much for her and maybe we should just forget it because I definitely didn't want her to go to jail to be with me. Would Ric be that spiteful?

"Is there anything either of you haven't told me about that you think would be pertinent to your case?" Diane asked.

"Well," Elizabeth started, "Sam watched Maureen kidnap Jake and did nothing to stop it. She knew where Jake was when the PCPD and everyone were frantically looking for him. She also was responsible for hiring the two men in the park who held me, Cameron and Jake up at gunpoint."

The look on Diane's face was priceless. Her eyeballs nearly popped out of her head. "You mean to tell me the woman that is sleeping with your ex-husband watched as his then son got kidnapped then hired those thugs to terrorize you in the park?" she shrieked. "Oh, this is priceless." I could see her mind racing with ideas. "Does anyone else know about this?"

"Spinelli, Sonny, Elizabeth, myself and of course Sam. Oh, Amelia Joffe knows about the kidnapping but not the hired goons. Why?" I asked. I wasn't sure what she was thinking.

"We can use the information to throw a wrench in Lucky's plans if he tries to go for full custody. We can file a restraining order against Sam to keep her away from the boys to keep them protected from her ridiculous revenge. If you want to go this route, I can have the papers filed with the police department today. I will need some sort of sworn affidavits though to present as evidence."

"Amelia made one and had it sent over here via messenger. I also have two from the two men along with their taped conversations with her and their bank records," I stated.

"It looks like you are well prepared. I'm not surprised. However, I want you to promise me Jason, that you did not acquire any of these statements while these people were under duress." She said, half asking.

"Diane, I would not give you something like this if it were tainted. These are our children we're talking about. I could never deliberately risk losing them."

"Fine Jason. Give me your documents. Sam might get charged as an accessory to all of this. Elizabeth, will you press charges?" Diane asked.

Elizabeth looked at me. There was a spark in her eye and I knew what she was going to say. I smiled at her. "Oh, hell yes! Let the bitch rot in jail!" I put my arm around her. I was so proud of her. Her feistiness was back and I loved it.

"Okay. I will get started on all of the paperwork. When do you plan on speaking with Lucky so I can prepare myself for Alexis' phone call. I want to make sure I have the restraining order prepared and ready to execute. I will file the papers regarding Cameron's adoption as soon as they are drafted. Remember, this is not going to be easy. Hopefully, once Sam's involvement is made public record, Alexis will drop the case. It would be a conflict of interest for her considering she is the mother of the woman who is being charged. If that's it, I should get going, I have a lot of work to do."

Diane got up to leave. I thanked her and Elizabeth gave her a hug. It took Diane by surprise, but she smiled and reciprocated. As she was leaving, she asked to speak to me in the hallway. Elizabeth nodded to me it was alright so I went into the hall to speak with Diane.

"What's up? Is everything alright with Sonny?" I asked her.

"Now Jason, I don't want to overstep any boundaries, but I'm going to say this anyway," she looked determined, "I like Elizabeth a lot. I think she is a devoted, loving and wonderful mother. She is obviously head over heels in love with you. DON'T SCREW IT UP!"

I let out a laugh. "Diane, I know how special Elizabeth is. I've waited eight years to be with her. I finally have her and she loves me as much as I love her. Don't worry. I have ABSOLUTELY NO intention of screwing it up. And I'll give you one better, if you think I'm starting to, you can hit me on the head. How about that?"

"I'll hold you to that!" she smiled and left towards the elevator. As Diane descended in the elevator, she thought, 'I hope one day I have half of the love those two feel for each other'. Sam is going to get what's coming to her that skanky bitch and I can't wait to be the one to serve it to her/' She let out giggle and smiled to herself.

When I went back into the apartment, I could see Elizabeth wanted to talk to me about something. "Elizabeth, what's the matter?"

"Well," she started, "nevermind."

"No, what is it? You can ask me anything." I reassured her.

"Is everything alright? I mean when Diane asked you to the hallway, I just assumed it was about business. Then when you came back in, I wanted to ask you about it, but then realized that I probably shouldn't, so – " I cut her off.

"Okay, stop. First of all Diane wanted to issue me a warning," I said.

"A warning, what for?" she asked. I saw the spark in her eye again. She was mad, "Why the hell would Diane give YOU a warning? Who does she think she is? I me – " I reached for her.

"Calm down. She was warning me not to screw up with you. She really likes you a lot and she told me that I better not screw it up – our relationship. She is really happy for us."

"Oh, in that case, she can threaten you all she wants. I always liked her. She has good taste." She smiled and sat on my lap. As quickly as she sat down, she jumped up just as quickly. "We have to get going. I want to go to my house and pick up some more things. I want to bring more of Cam's things over here. We're going to have to explain things to him. It is going to be hard on him, but I think he's going to be fine. Have I told you how much I love you for wanting to adopt Cameron?" she leaned into me.

"No, but you can tell me again," I teased. She reached for me. I held her. We kissed lovingly on the mouth.

"Shit," she said, "I don't know where Lucky is and I don't want to spend all day searching for his sorry ass. I want to get this over with."

"I put Max on it this morning. They are locating him and Sam and will report back to me on their whereabouts. I told them to be discreet. Also, I put a permanent guard on your grandmother's house just to be on the safe side. He is also to be discreet. I don't want to alarm her especially since we haven't told her anything yet." I said searching her eyes for disapproval. Instead I got a smile and a thank you.

We started cleaning up the living room when my cell phone rang, "Morgan," I said. "Hey Max. What do you got for me? Okay thanks."

"Elizabeth, Lucky is heading up in the elevator. It looks like we're going to get it over with. Let me call Diane and let her know that we are going to talk to him now. Are you okay? You look like you're going to faint."

"No, I'm fine. I'm just scared of his reaction to all of this. He has been verbally abusive on multiple occasions recently. Why do you think he is on his way up here?"

"Probably to harass me more about Emily's death. He is getting a kick out of accusing me of being responsible for her death." I told her.

She just shook her head. "He's so ridiculous. He is a child living in a man's body. What an idiot." She laughed. "You better call Diane, we can't have Johnny holding him up at the door forever." She winked.

After I got off of the phone, I told Elizabeth that everything was in motion. Lucky had knocked on the door five minutes ago and we were ready to get the show on the road. I opened the door and he just walked in. It didn't register right away that Elizabeth was standing there.

"Jason," Lucky spat, "I have follow up questions concerning our investigation into Emily's dea – " he stopped talking.

"WHAT THE HELL IS SHE DOING HERE? I THOUGHT I TOLD BOTH OF YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER FOR JAKE'S SAKE!" he shouted. It was so loud that Johnny came in to check. I waved him off but silently told him to keep his ears open just in case.

It was Elizabeth who spoke up first. She took a deep breath, walked up to me and put her arm around my waist. I looked down at her, gave her a wink and squeezed, letting her know that everything would be alright…

To be continued…