Rekindle:

"Jason." Carly breathed for what felt like the first time in a while. She was still trying to get her head round about their conversation in the brew, let alone him turning up at her apartment later on during the same day. "What are you doing here?"

Jason's eyes flickered to the floor for a moment contemplating whether or not to be honest with her straight away. He was worried about letting his guard down in front of people but he had never felt like this with Carly. He could always talk to her about anything back then. But now it was like he felt weak and afraid of her thinking bad about him because of what happened the year they got involved with each other. He blamed himself for pretty much everything.

"May I come inside?" He asked bringing his eyes back up to look at her with hopeful gaze, as well as completely ignoring her question.

Carly remained silent for a few seconds unsure of whether or not to let him in, since she knew that earlier in the brew was supposed to be the last time she ever spoke with him again and had even began agreeing to herself that she had to get over it now. If she let him inside, that would never be able to happen and it wouldn't be a good idea.

Plus her Dad wouldn't exactly be happy if he ever found out Jason had come to her apartment late at night on the exact same day they spoke again, he would instantly ship her back to another state to live, well away from Rosewood and Jason.

Jason could see how uncertain Carly was by the lost expression on her face and the fact that she had kept quiet. He knew he was pushing boundaries here but he wanted her to make sure that they got a proper goodbye this time. Two simple words were not enough for him, they were never going to be enough, he had wanted to make it up to her and this felt like his only shot in doing so.

"I know you don't want me here, but I'm leaving town tonight, so please?" Jason asked optimistic that Carly would accept. He didn't know if he could leave without doing this.

She could see the sincere look in his eyes and it couldn't help but make her chest tighten at how desperate he was to be with her again. She couldn't quite handle how badly he was affecting her in so many ways. She shouldn't be feeling like this after this time apart but yet she felt like a silly teenager all over again.

Exhaling loudly, she gradually nodded her head and moved away from the door, allowing Jason to enter in which he did a few seconds later. His eyes instantly trailed over the inside of her apartment , he even found himself smiling once he had took it all in, it totally read Carly and he was glad that she could afford to live on her own in such a nice place.

Once Carly had closed the door behind Jason, she wondered past him quickly to go gather up the plate of unfinished food she had left on the coffee table when Brooke had rung. Picking up the plate, she made her way back past him and over to the table, trying her very best to remain calm and not crumble in this situation. She couldn't let Jason see her vulnerable, she had to act strong and show him that she was better now, because she was, that was no lie.

"Please sit down." Carly instructed him after noticing he had been staring around the room as she laid the plate into the sink and her phone which she had turned to silent on one of the work stations. "Would you like a drink?"

"Uh yeah." Jason cleared his throat awkwardly, taking his attention of the space and he began to wonder over to the couch to take a seat. "Water would be great thanks."

Carly carefully grabbed a glass out of one of the cabinets and began to fill it with cold water from the tap, whilst Jason slipped off his jacket and laid it on the arm of the couch, leaving him in

Once she had filled up the glass, she wondered back over to the living room area where she laid the glass down on the coffee table in front of Jason and took a seat on the other end of the couch furthest away from him.

"You've got a really nice place here." Jason complimented as he bent down to pick up the cold glass and took a small out of the liquid before laying it back down and facing her.

"Uh thanks." She mumbled back before another wave of awkwardness filled the air.

She was still not sure if she was ok with the fact that Jason had turned up at her apartment and was now inside sat inside on her couch, acting like he had come round here for a 'friendly catch up' like everything was still the same between them, when it really wasn't, it had been three whole years. She didn't understand what his motive was for coming here.

"So where are you going to stay?" Carly asked trying to brush off the tense feeling.

"Philadelphia." He answered simply. "Probably some hotel it doesn't really bother me."

"Why?" She said confused as to why it didn't bother him but then gathered he was referring to his house now, anything must have been better than living there. "Have you stayed in worse places?"

"I don't know, have you?"

Jason raised his eyebrows up at Carly causing her to frown with confusion, she didn't like the way he was looking at her and she felt like he was trying to work out what she had been doing when she had suddenly left town.

"Uh the college dorm I lived in wasn't exactly big enough for four girls but it worked." She said as she tried to hide the uneasy feeling.

He couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth twitch up after hearing about one part of her college lifestyle. It was like he was proud of her for being able to go after her dreams and be able to make something out of her life unlike him. He was glad that at least one of them had achieved something.

"Oh yeah, college worked out alright for you then?"

"Yeah it did." She nodded with a small smile.

"I knew how much it meant to you." He told her with a smile and she felt her stomach go all funny after hearing him say that. She had no idea he would remember. "I could always see the desire in your eyes whenever you talked about it."

Laughing slightly under her breath she glanced down at her lap where her legs were folded over one another, not being able to look at him in the same way, it was bringing way too many feelings back to her.

"I'm surprised you listened actually." Carly replied as Jason gave her a weird look.

"I always listened to you Carly, why wouldn't I?"

Carly stayed quiet as she shrugged her shoulders back in response, knowing that she couldn't bring up the past right now, she didn't want to upset him with mentioning all the crap he went through and dragged her into also. She didn't like how this conversation was heading. Too much of the past was going to be brought up and she didn't know if she would be able to handle that so early on.

Jason could tell that she was unsure of how to reply to that question and decided not to press her into answering it. He knew that this must have been hard for her to just sit and talk to him with ease like nothing had changed. It had taken him a lot of courage to even drive over to the apartment, if he had been so comfortable with the idea of being around her again he would have ran after her that night at his place. But he didn't and he knew it would take time for both of them to be normal around one another again.

Yet he didn't have time, he had planned on leaving Rosewood tonight and he knew he couldn't leave Rosewood or Carly without letting her know how he really felt. He had to do it tonight before he missed his last final chance.

However, Carly was still unaware of why Jason was really there and to be honest she wanted to know more than ever. It was playing through her mind all the theories she had going round in her head as to why. Some so unrealistic that they could possibly never happen. Some that she didn't even want to become reality because she couldn't face hearing him admit to some of the things she wished he would never say to her.

After a few moments of awkward silence, Carly turned her head back up to face him and finally decided she needed answers now before she sent herself insane.

"What are you really doing here, Jason?" She asked gaining his attention almost immediately. "I know you're not here for some friendly catch up, so why have you come here?"

"Do I have to have a reason to come see you?" He answered cleverly.

Carly scoffed at this she couldn't believe he was still acting like they were still the same people from when she was a teenager. He had to stop. "Yes" She hissed at him a sense of annoyance n her voice. "Because I don't know if you've realised Jason but we're not the same people anymore, I've changed, I've grown up. We haven't been in contact for three years and I presume you've changed too in that time?"

"If you're referring to the drugs and alcohol then yes." Jason spat back at her not liking what she was implying.

"No that's not what I meant." Carly defended herself shaking her head as she did so.

She didn't mean that part of him. She didn't want him to have to bring that up tonight or ever. She knew it must have been hard for him and she had never meant for him to think she had been talking about that.

Sighing loudly Carly shifted in her seat uncomfortably "I just don't get why you're here. You shouldn't be here."

Jason copied her actions and turned to face her more, he had a look of irritation on his face due to his eyebrows creasing together and his lips were slightly parted. He didn't like what she was saying. He didn't like the fact she was pushing him away. She never had pushed him away before.

"Why Carly?"

"Because I'm in the police force now and if I was spotted with you then it would look suspicious." She explained to him trying her best not to look into his eyes because if she did she was loose it. She couldn't bear to see the pain in his eyes that she had caused/was causing. "Plus my Dad wouldn't exactly be happy to find out we're talking again."

"Your Dad never did like me, did he?" She shook her head back at him. "I don't get why you're so worried. I'm going to be leaving town after this. All I want is a proper goodbye."

"A proper goodbye?" She repeated throwing a puzzled look his way as she watched his eyes slowly trail down to her lips. Her chest tightened suddenly after she realised what he was suggesting and she could feel her heart beat already starting to speed up.

"No Jason! We can't." Carly objected quickly rising to her feet and going to stand round the other side of the coffee table, her hands ran over her face clearly distressed before she turned to face him with flushed cheeks. "I can't believe you've come here for that."

Jason kept quiet as he watched Carly storm over to the other side of the room, his whole body shifting on the couch to look over at her as she turned her back to him and rested her palms against one of the kitchen surfaces.

He couldn't help but feel guilty after bringing it up. He had been too naïve to have thought she wouldn't have reacted like that, it was Carly for crying out loud, she was always dramatic, stubborn and challenging, it seemed like nothing had changed about her that aspect however much she said she had 'apparently' changed.

Slowly he got up from his spot on the couch and made his way over to her, it was only now that as he got closer he could see how much she was really freaking out about this and he hated how he had to be the cause of it all. He didn't want to upset her that was not how he had planned this and he was slowly starting to think she didn't see him the same way he saw her anymore.

Carly closed her eyes lightly as she tried to steady her heavy breathing and calm herself down. She didn't want to have a panic attack in front of Jason. She had to prove to him that she was stronger now and could cope.

She couldn't help but react like that to his suggestion since it was something they had agreed to do all those years back. She didn't think he would actually come here for that exact reason. She thought he felt differently about her now and whatever he felt back then was just the alcohol and drugs talking. They were never supposed to get attached to one another but they still did and even now she felt like she was getting far too attached. Why couldn't he have just left the conversation in the brew as their last?

Unexpectedly she felt herself jump slightly when a pair of large hands rested on her upper arms and she could feel the warmth radiating from them and him through her clothing. As soon as he touched her it was like something inside of her just calmed down, she instantly felt relaxed knowing he was there for her and could feel herself gain control.

"Look at me, Carly." Jason said softly trying to get her look at him. She didn't know if she could though. She didn't want to break in front of him or tell him she didn't know if she could go through with it to only leave him with disappointment.

Gradually she turned her body round to face him, her eyes trailing to the ground and it wasn't until then that she realised how close he had been standing behind her, and now how small the gap between them was. His breath tickled her face causing goose bumps to fall on her arms underneath her sweater which he still was holding and his eyes kept searching her face for any sign of an answer to his proposal.

She couldn't help but like the feeling of him touching her, it made her feel safe and warm just like it used to. She didn't understand how this was happening or even she was feeling like this when they had hardly spoken or been in touch with each other in a long time. She thought all her feelings regarding him had gone away after the first year at college. She didn't think that she would even care to be around him. But right now all she wanted was for Jason to stay holding her like he was even if it was just for a few minutes.

"Tell me you didn't regret not getting a proper chance to say goodbye last time, tell me that if you ever got the chance to say goodbye again you wouldn't take it, tell me you don't want any of that and I'll go" His voice was filled with desperation and he breathed out heavily. "I'll leave."

For the first time since being that close to him, she finally pulled her head up and looked at him. Her heat began to speed up in her chest as she knew she had to make up her mind now whether or not she could accept that their goodbye in the brew was it, or that she had the chance to say a proper goodbye to him now, one that she had wanted since she was eighteen years old.

But the twenty one year old Carly was not so young and innocent now. Whatever she decided to do now would have repercussions. She couldn't just fool around and mess around using the old excuse of that she was just experimenting and having fun. Because now she was an adult and this wasn't something she could run away from after her senior year was over.

She had to decide whether Jason was worth the goodbye they had planned together three years ago or was she too selfish now that she had to think of her own self, to think how bad it would be to get involved with him again and that instead she should just tell him to go, however much she didn't want him to leave.

Although, she couldn't ignore that small percentage of her that was telling her to just take him up on his offer. She was being handed it to her on a silver plate and if she didn't do it now, then she doubted she would get another chance to. This could be her opportunity to find closure, to get over the pain and sadness she had felt.

Carly rubbed her lips together as she found her eyes flickering down to his lips and quickly away from him, hoping that he had not noticed, she needed to stop getting distracted and to just focus on what really needed to happen here such as plucking up the courage to ask him to leave.

However when she glanced back at him again after seeing him trying to break the gap between them she found herself scrambling to put together words "Jason….I" Before she had the chance to continue on, his lips smashed against her own and for a few seconds she froze unsure of what to do.

But it wasn't long before she found herself melting into the kiss and giving into him, her lips now moving in synch with his and her eyes fluttered shut. The feeling of his lips on hers was enough for her to know how she really felt now. She had missed the taste of him and how both of them just seemed to just fit together.

Jason increased the speed of the kiss as Carly trailed her tongue over his bottom lip wanting more of him, in which Jason accepted quickly before pulling her closer to him, both of them feeling the pleasure rock through their bodies as the kiss heated up some more.

In no time, Jason hooked his hands under Carly's thighs and lifted her up onto the work surface behind them. He positioned himself in between her legs as they continued to kiss each other hungrily, Carly's hands wondered through his hair as she lost herself in the moment whilst Jason ran his hands up the sides of her body causing Carly to wrap her legs around his body to pull him closer to her.

All of her doubts and worries were replaced with the hunger for passion and pleasure. She couldn't quite believe how much she wanted Jason right now. She couldn't pull herself away from him and it didn't look like he was going to detach himself from her anytime soon either. They had kissed before but it had never been this hungry.

He pulled away from her lips for a split second before he trailed kisses down from her jaw, over her neck and down onto her collarbone, causing Carly to let escape the loud moan she had been trying to hold back since Jason first kissed her. She had always loved him kissing her collarbone/shoulder area and didn't he love to know what that did to her.

Smirking he brought his lips back up to hers, he could already feel the massive bulge growing in his jeans knowing that he couldn't hold back much longer and he needed her as soon as possible.

His hands came to rest on the tops of her bare soft thighs were her pyjama shorts didn't reach as her hands skimmed down his neck and onto his upper arms, where she found herself feeling up his muscles, definitely noticing that he had grown ever bigger in that department during their time apart.

Carly found herself moaning again when one of Jason's hands moved up closer to where her shorts finished on the top of her thigh. His fingers inched dangerously close to where the material lifted up a little and it wasn't long before he gained entrance to go under the material. He slowly moved his way inside the material of the shorts and his fingers came to a halt when he felt the side of Carly's lace knickers.

She instantly pulled away from him breathlessly as his fingers lay upon her panties, just waiting to move on to the part where he needed to touch the most, his eyes glistening with arousal and his breathing matched hers.

Carly laid her hand upon the back of her neck, pulling his head closer to hers where she leant towards his ear and whispered softly "If we're seriously going to do this then the bedroom would be better."

Following her instructions, Jason quickly withdrew his hands from where they had originally been and hooked his hands onto her ass, where he picked her up and made his way over to the open door of which he guessed was her bedroom whilst she sucked on his neck, inhaling his scent as she did so it was a mixture of warm earth and cinnamon, just like how she had remembered.

Going through into the room, he laid her carefully down onto the bed, as she began to pull her sweater up over her head leaving her in a red lacy bra. Jason couldn't help but widen his eyes at the sight of her nearly topless, a sight he had seen a few times before when they had been drunk but she had definitely gotten bigger since the last time. He couldn't wait any longer and neither could she by the way she was gazing at him from the bed.

Turning his head for a second, he hastily slipped himself out of his t-shirt and revealed his toned body to Carly who was already craving him. He quickly reached over and slammed the door shut behind him before climbing on top of Carly who pulled him in forcefully and reconnected their lips once more.

Both of them ready to have the goodbye they never got the chance to have, unaware that in the morning there would be consequences especially for Carly who knew better than to rekindle the past.

Author note: Thank you for reading. I thought I would update a day early since I am busy tomorrow and wasn't sure when I would be able to get the part up. Also I wanted to get this part up because I feel it's a major part of the story for both Jason and Carly. I really hope you liked how this has turned out and don't think I am rushing things because I definitely am not going about it that way. This is a slight slow burn for Carly and Jason. They both have a damaged past and it's always been hard for them to be together, so that may be able to give you a clue of how this story may progress but I'm not saying anything just yet.

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