The End: Chapter Six

Disclaimer: I do not own General Hospital. Carly and Jason are the property of ABC and Disney.

An hour later, Jason was all packed up and boarding the Morgan-Corinthos private jet.

Michael and Morgan were with Spinelli and Lulu, and Jason had increased security. Sonny was with Kate at the moment – it was the reason that he wasn't spending time with the boys on their first night back in months.

All Jason knew was that Carly needed him – she was scared and felt threatened, and she called him to make everything right again. And he would.

Jason dropped everything just to fly half-way across the world to save his best friend from whoever was threatening her.

Just as Jason sat down and buckled in, his cell phone rang. He got a look from the flight attendant, but answered it anyway when he saw it was Sonny. He owned the plane – his employees had to realize that he made the rules.

"What are you doing?" Sonny questioned him immediately, not bothering with pleasantries.

"Carly called. I'm on my way to Australia," Jason informed him.

"Just like that?" Sonny asked incredulously.

"She needs me," Jason responded simply. That was all he needed to know to jump on a plane and head straight for Carly.

"So that's it?" Sonny asks. "After months of her being hours away with my sons and her Candyboy hubby Jax, all she has to do is call and you jump on the nearest jet to Australia? What, did she cry a little? Say, 'I need to you, Jason'? And you jump to do whatever it is that she wants?"

Jason closed his eyes, already tired of the conversation.

"It's Carly," Jason responded. That was answer enough.

"And I suppose that makes everything else unimportant. Right, Jase?" Sonny mocked. "What if something goes down over here, and the business needs you?"

"Max knows what to do," Jason told him. "And it's been really quiet lately. Carly needs me, and I'm on my way to Australia now, Sonny. I'll take care of everything for Carly, and then I'll come back."

"And when another crisis pops up in Carly Land?" Sonny questioned.

"I'll be there," Jason says firmly.

Sonny just laughed incredulously.

"Man, am I glad you guys never got together," he mocks. "Your leash would be even shorter than it is now. Hell, I guess it's a good thing I slept with her when I did and showed you what a slut she really is, huh?"

Jason was starting to get angry. Sonny was obviously looking for a fight – something probably happened with Kate. Again.

"Sonny, don't take your problems with Kate out on me or Carly," Jason told him. "And don't call Carly a slut."

"Sorry, I forgot – Carly's committed to Jax now. Isn't she? They're making a home in Australia, land of the kangaroos. She's letting another man raise my sons; making a family with a man I hate. Giving him all her love and trust and devotion – running away with him to the other side of the world. And now she's giving him children of his own," Sonny said bitterly.

"Sonny," Jason sighed, annoyed at the man's petty jealousy. "You and Carly are over. You couldn't make it work, and she moved on. You moved on too. To Kate, remember? I'm sure she wouldn't be happy hearing you talk like this."

"I gotta give you credit, Jase," Sonny said, stressing Carly's nickname for him. "When you're right, you're right. Carly's moved on to Jax, and I've moved on to Kate. But tell me something…when are you going to move on? It's been ten years Jason. You're going to have to get over her sometime. Let her stand on her own to feet for once – or better yet, let her lean on Jax."

Jason ignored Sonny's jabs, even though some of them hit a little too close to home.

"Carly needs me," he said again. "And I will be there for her as long as she wants me. That's all you need to know."

Sonny started ranting again, complaining about Carly's hold over Jason.

Sonny complained, "You're never going to be more than friends, Jason. Friends. You don't have to…"

"Bye, Sonny," Jason cut him off, hanging up.

Jason closed his blue eyes and put his head back again the seat. He sighed, thinking about what Sonny said and how bitter the man was. He obviously hadn't gotten over Carly as well as they'd all thought.

"You're one to talk, Morgan," Jason murmured to himself as he drifted off to sleep.