Chapter Seven:
Carly frowned as she looked out the window of the hotel at the storm. She hopped that the rain would stop by the time they were supposed to go to the church. Wedding days were supposed to be bright and cheery, not stormy. She had so many wedding days to pick from, most were to Sonny, but her favorite was the one on the island. Her best wedding ever, and that was the type of wedding she had dreamed for Jason and Courtney, so the rain had to stop soon, Carly demanded it.
Carly came out of the room, she and Sonny and the kids had gotten for the week, to get some ice. Even thought it was raining she was sure that today was going to be a good day. Her best friend was about to marry the type of girl she was sure he was meant to be with, a girl like her.
Carly rounded the corner to the ice machine and was surprised to see that the door to Courtney's room was wide open. Carly raced to make sure she was alright, that nothing like last time had happened. Carly wanted their day to be perfect and the last thing Jason and Courtney needed was to have another attempt to the altar ruined.
But what Carly saw made her heart stop. There in the middle of the floor was a crying Courtney. She looked terrible and Carly felt for her. She put her arms around her, "Shh...shh..shh.Courtney honey what happened?"
Courtney looked up at Carly with tears in her eyes. She knew Carly wanted to help, but Courtney couldn't bring herself to tell her what had happened, because she was sure that if she spoke it out loud then it would be true. The thoughts of Jason that were racing through her head made her cry even more. "He...he..." she couldn't finish.
"What happened? Where's Jason, Courtney?"
"He's gone." Courtney wailed in Carly's arms. "He came to my room..." she cried "He came and told me he couldn't..he said he's not going to marry me. Why? Why would he say that? I don't understand. Why would he do this Carly?"
Carly didn't know what to tell her, but she was mad. She wasn't mad at Jason, she was sure this wasn't his doing, no she was mad at Elizabeth, after Carly had trusted her not to go after Jason. Now she was mad at herself for believing that pasty muffin Carly was seeing red now and all she wanted to do was find Elizabeth and beat her to no end.
"Where is he, Courtney?"
"I don't know." Tears flowed from her eyes. "When I opened the door he was gone." She sat in Carly's arms and cried. How would he do this? Weren't they happy last night at dinner? Courtney just didn't understand. What had she done for Jason to fall out of love with her? He had loved her right? Was he cheating on her? No he wouldn't, beside the only competition she had ever had to worry about was Elizabeth and she was dead. What then? Courtney just didn't understand, but the more the questions raced through her head the more tears she had.
"Carly? Courtney?" came Sonny's voice from the hall. "What's going on? Courtney is something wrong?" He asked at he entered the room and saw the two women on the floor. "Courtney?" he asked again but all he heard were her sobs. "Carly?" he now questioned as he looked at his wife.
Carly looked up at her husband and shook her head; this told Sonny not to push it, that she would tell him later. Sonny went and sat on the bed so that he was sitting next to his sister. How was he going to comfort her? He thought. He had an idea of why she was crying, but he still didn't know what to do about it, so he sat there, they all just sat and all that was heard were sobs form the blond in the middle of the room.
~*~*~*~
Even in a storm this town had a charm to it, Jason thought as he walked down the street. He didn't know where he was going he just knew that there had to be distance between him and Courtney. He had a knot in his stomach for calling things off with her, but his heart was wide open and he knew it was because he had found the one girl he was meant to be with, he had found Elizabeth again.
"Boy he best get in here and get out of this storm." An older woman called from a diner in front of him. Jason wasn't sure if she was talking to him though. "Yes I'm talking to you." She said as if hearing the thought in his head.
Jason half trotted over to the diner and was greeted with a smile for the woman. "Now take off the wet jacket and shirt." Jason didn't move, what was she trying to do? "Well hurry up." She said throwing him another t-shirt. "Don't worry I'm not going to take advantage of you, besides this place is to full for me to." She said laughing.
That was when Jason looked around and saw that the place was pretty crowded. He went and sat down at a table and took off his wet jacket and changed into the shirt that the woman had given him. She walked over to him again. "By the way my name is Angie."
"Jason." He told her as he shook her hand.
"So Jason what can I get for you?" she asked
"Anything to warm me up, the rain was a little cold."
"Well what were you doing walking in the rain in the first place?"
"Just need to get away from the hotel."
"Oh, you must be here for the wedding that them Yankees are having down here. I swear you Yanks are just a curious bunch."
Jason smiled at her; he couldn't get over these people down here. He didn't understand how they called the people up north a "curious bunch", when down here they were as backwards as anyone he had ever met. Oh well just a different point of view he thought.
"Well, I'll get you some chili then Jason."
"Thanks."
Angie walked back to the kitchen to get some of the chili. That boy was cute she didn't' care where he was from, but he was still too young for her, and she was happily married. Still cute though she thought.
Jason sat at the table and waited for his chili, and was surprised to see the waitress that had served them last night at dinner was staring at him. He flashed her a smile, but she didn't return the gesture. And here I thought people were supposed to be nice in the South, he thought. Jason noticed that she still hadn't stopped staring though.
Katie knew him the minute he walked in the door. He was that cute groom from last night. He was the one that Mitch had said almost attacked Morgan. She knew that Morgan knew him, but after what Mitch had said she didn't want him anywhere near Morgan. Katie didn't know what had taken over her body but she was moving towards him now.
Jason noticed that she was walking his way now. What did she want from him? She sat across from him without even asking. Jason just hopped she wasn't trying to hit on him or something; he didn't need that right now.
"Katie," came Angie's voice. "What are you doing girl? Do I have to call Justin?" she asked as she placed the chili in front of Jason.
"Angie I just came over to say hello. I met him last night at the restaurant, he's the groom." She said smiling at the older woman.
"That better be all you're doing. The last thing this town needs is another one of ya'll's fights. Hell the last one ya'll had was enough for us to handle."
"The fight was two years ago. Get over it."
"I'm not playing with you Katie. This boy's about to get married and Lord knows Justin will kill you. So say her hello's and then leave the boy alone. You hear."
"Yes maim." Katie said as Angie walked back to some other customers. Katie then looked over at Jason and he was surprised to see that her eyes were as cold as his were when he was Jason Morgan right hand man of Sonny Corinthos. "I'm only going to tell you this once, so listen and listen closely. You stay away from Morgan."
"What business is it of yours?" Jason asked
"I heard what you did last night and all I'm telling you is to stay away from her. She's not who you think she is. Just leave her alone, get married and then get the hell out of town." She got up from where she had been sitting and made her way to the front door of the restaurant. "Enjoy your chili and I hope clears before your wedding." She said smiling at him and with that she was out the door.
Well that was pleasant, Jason thought, I hope I don't piss anyone else off by trying to find out the truth about Elizabeth. Jason finished his chili in silence and left the money, with a big tip, on the table and was about to leave when he heard Angie's voice again.
"Here you best take this." She said handing him an umbrella. "This way you don't' get to wet."
"Thanks."
"If you get hungry or anything you come see me again."
"I will and thanks again."
"No problem, Jason. See you later." He walked out the door and to where he wasn't sure. Should he go look for Elizabeth or take what that little girl had said to heart. He was so confused; he needed some kind of guidance, a divine intervention of sorts. That was when he realized he was headed in the direction of the church.
~*~*~*~
Carly and Sonny were in the hallway now, Courtney had cried herself to sleep and they left her on the bed. "What happened Carly?" Sonny asked her
"Courtney said that Jason told her that the wedding was off. He apparently came to her this morning and just told her it was over." Carly knew she was mad and she knew that it showed as she talked
"Did she say why he called it off?"
"Oh I know why he called it off. He called it off cause she came and talked to him. And you and I both know she always manipulated him. Oh that little brat."
"Who?" Sonny questioned
Carly knew she screwed up in not keeping Elizabeth's secret, but she was mad and she didn't care, Sonny deserved to know, hell the whole town deserved to know. "Elizabeth Webber." She spat with some venom.
Sonny's curiosity was immediately was peaked, what did Carly know about Elizabeth Webber? "Elizabeth Webber is dead, Carly." Sonny told her acting dumb.
"That's what she wants you to think, but I saw her. She actually works at that restaurant we ate at last night. Can you believe she told me she was going to stay away from Jason? She told me that she didn't want anyone to know that she was alive, so I told her I wouldn't tell anyone, but the first chance she gets, she comes and ruins their wedding.
"It wasn't her." Sonny told her. "Jason came in last night and told us he had seen her. He said she tried to deny who she really was, but Jason being who he is didn't believe her. Carly she really didn't want to ruin their wedding. I'm sure of that."
Sonny didn't know what to do next though, but he knew he had to do something. Without saying a word he walked down the hall and out the door of the hotel into the rain.
~*~*~*~
He watched her as she painted. She had changed out of her wet cloths but her hair was still soaking. He hadn't seen her in so long and he still couldn't believe that she was still alive. He had seen her body and yet here she was in the flesh, doing what she loved. He knew she hadn't seen him yet and was nervous about confronting her.
He watched her some more and decided that it was going to be now or never. He hoped she would understand why he needed to see her, he hoped that she wouldn't be too angry with him.
A/N: ok here's the deal, I know who I want this mystery man to be, but I'm going to let you guys vote on it. Will it be Lucky? He does know that she's back and that was one of his closes friends. Will it be Sonny? He has just found out that his sister's wedding day has been ruined and maybe he's here to give her a piece of his mind. Or will it be a mystery person that I've been thinking about including in this story? It's up to you guys to decide. First one to five votes wins.
Carly frowned as she looked out the window of the hotel at the storm. She hopped that the rain would stop by the time they were supposed to go to the church. Wedding days were supposed to be bright and cheery, not stormy. She had so many wedding days to pick from, most were to Sonny, but her favorite was the one on the island. Her best wedding ever, and that was the type of wedding she had dreamed for Jason and Courtney, so the rain had to stop soon, Carly demanded it.
Carly came out of the room, she and Sonny and the kids had gotten for the week, to get some ice. Even thought it was raining she was sure that today was going to be a good day. Her best friend was about to marry the type of girl she was sure he was meant to be with, a girl like her.
Carly rounded the corner to the ice machine and was surprised to see that the door to Courtney's room was wide open. Carly raced to make sure she was alright, that nothing like last time had happened. Carly wanted their day to be perfect and the last thing Jason and Courtney needed was to have another attempt to the altar ruined.
But what Carly saw made her heart stop. There in the middle of the floor was a crying Courtney. She looked terrible and Carly felt for her. She put her arms around her, "Shh...shh..shh.Courtney honey what happened?"
Courtney looked up at Carly with tears in her eyes. She knew Carly wanted to help, but Courtney couldn't bring herself to tell her what had happened, because she was sure that if she spoke it out loud then it would be true. The thoughts of Jason that were racing through her head made her cry even more. "He...he..." she couldn't finish.
"What happened? Where's Jason, Courtney?"
"He's gone." Courtney wailed in Carly's arms. "He came to my room..." she cried "He came and told me he couldn't..he said he's not going to marry me. Why? Why would he say that? I don't understand. Why would he do this Carly?"
Carly didn't know what to tell her, but she was mad. She wasn't mad at Jason, she was sure this wasn't his doing, no she was mad at Elizabeth, after Carly had trusted her not to go after Jason. Now she was mad at herself for believing that pasty muffin Carly was seeing red now and all she wanted to do was find Elizabeth and beat her to no end.
"Where is he, Courtney?"
"I don't know." Tears flowed from her eyes. "When I opened the door he was gone." She sat in Carly's arms and cried. How would he do this? Weren't they happy last night at dinner? Courtney just didn't understand. What had she done for Jason to fall out of love with her? He had loved her right? Was he cheating on her? No he wouldn't, beside the only competition she had ever had to worry about was Elizabeth and she was dead. What then? Courtney just didn't understand, but the more the questions raced through her head the more tears she had.
"Carly? Courtney?" came Sonny's voice from the hall. "What's going on? Courtney is something wrong?" He asked at he entered the room and saw the two women on the floor. "Courtney?" he asked again but all he heard were her sobs. "Carly?" he now questioned as he looked at his wife.
Carly looked up at her husband and shook her head; this told Sonny not to push it, that she would tell him later. Sonny went and sat on the bed so that he was sitting next to his sister. How was he going to comfort her? He thought. He had an idea of why she was crying, but he still didn't know what to do about it, so he sat there, they all just sat and all that was heard were sobs form the blond in the middle of the room.
~*~*~*~
Even in a storm this town had a charm to it, Jason thought as he walked down the street. He didn't know where he was going he just knew that there had to be distance between him and Courtney. He had a knot in his stomach for calling things off with her, but his heart was wide open and he knew it was because he had found the one girl he was meant to be with, he had found Elizabeth again.
"Boy he best get in here and get out of this storm." An older woman called from a diner in front of him. Jason wasn't sure if she was talking to him though. "Yes I'm talking to you." She said as if hearing the thought in his head.
Jason half trotted over to the diner and was greeted with a smile for the woman. "Now take off the wet jacket and shirt." Jason didn't move, what was she trying to do? "Well hurry up." She said throwing him another t-shirt. "Don't worry I'm not going to take advantage of you, besides this place is to full for me to." She said laughing.
That was when Jason looked around and saw that the place was pretty crowded. He went and sat down at a table and took off his wet jacket and changed into the shirt that the woman had given him. She walked over to him again. "By the way my name is Angie."
"Jason." He told her as he shook her hand.
"So Jason what can I get for you?" she asked
"Anything to warm me up, the rain was a little cold."
"Well what were you doing walking in the rain in the first place?"
"Just need to get away from the hotel."
"Oh, you must be here for the wedding that them Yankees are having down here. I swear you Yanks are just a curious bunch."
Jason smiled at her; he couldn't get over these people down here. He didn't understand how they called the people up north a "curious bunch", when down here they were as backwards as anyone he had ever met. Oh well just a different point of view he thought.
"Well, I'll get you some chili then Jason."
"Thanks."
Angie walked back to the kitchen to get some of the chili. That boy was cute she didn't' care where he was from, but he was still too young for her, and she was happily married. Still cute though she thought.
Jason sat at the table and waited for his chili, and was surprised to see the waitress that had served them last night at dinner was staring at him. He flashed her a smile, but she didn't return the gesture. And here I thought people were supposed to be nice in the South, he thought. Jason noticed that she still hadn't stopped staring though.
Katie knew him the minute he walked in the door. He was that cute groom from last night. He was the one that Mitch had said almost attacked Morgan. She knew that Morgan knew him, but after what Mitch had said she didn't want him anywhere near Morgan. Katie didn't know what had taken over her body but she was moving towards him now.
Jason noticed that she was walking his way now. What did she want from him? She sat across from him without even asking. Jason just hopped she wasn't trying to hit on him or something; he didn't need that right now.
"Katie," came Angie's voice. "What are you doing girl? Do I have to call Justin?" she asked as she placed the chili in front of Jason.
"Angie I just came over to say hello. I met him last night at the restaurant, he's the groom." She said smiling at the older woman.
"That better be all you're doing. The last thing this town needs is another one of ya'll's fights. Hell the last one ya'll had was enough for us to handle."
"The fight was two years ago. Get over it."
"I'm not playing with you Katie. This boy's about to get married and Lord knows Justin will kill you. So say her hello's and then leave the boy alone. You hear."
"Yes maim." Katie said as Angie walked back to some other customers. Katie then looked over at Jason and he was surprised to see that her eyes were as cold as his were when he was Jason Morgan right hand man of Sonny Corinthos. "I'm only going to tell you this once, so listen and listen closely. You stay away from Morgan."
"What business is it of yours?" Jason asked
"I heard what you did last night and all I'm telling you is to stay away from her. She's not who you think she is. Just leave her alone, get married and then get the hell out of town." She got up from where she had been sitting and made her way to the front door of the restaurant. "Enjoy your chili and I hope clears before your wedding." She said smiling at him and with that she was out the door.
Well that was pleasant, Jason thought, I hope I don't piss anyone else off by trying to find out the truth about Elizabeth. Jason finished his chili in silence and left the money, with a big tip, on the table and was about to leave when he heard Angie's voice again.
"Here you best take this." She said handing him an umbrella. "This way you don't' get to wet."
"Thanks."
"If you get hungry or anything you come see me again."
"I will and thanks again."
"No problem, Jason. See you later." He walked out the door and to where he wasn't sure. Should he go look for Elizabeth or take what that little girl had said to heart. He was so confused; he needed some kind of guidance, a divine intervention of sorts. That was when he realized he was headed in the direction of the church.
~*~*~*~
Carly and Sonny were in the hallway now, Courtney had cried herself to sleep and they left her on the bed. "What happened Carly?" Sonny asked her
"Courtney said that Jason told her that the wedding was off. He apparently came to her this morning and just told her it was over." Carly knew she was mad and she knew that it showed as she talked
"Did she say why he called it off?"
"Oh I know why he called it off. He called it off cause she came and talked to him. And you and I both know she always manipulated him. Oh that little brat."
"Who?" Sonny questioned
Carly knew she screwed up in not keeping Elizabeth's secret, but she was mad and she didn't care, Sonny deserved to know, hell the whole town deserved to know. "Elizabeth Webber." She spat with some venom.
Sonny's curiosity was immediately was peaked, what did Carly know about Elizabeth Webber? "Elizabeth Webber is dead, Carly." Sonny told her acting dumb.
"That's what she wants you to think, but I saw her. She actually works at that restaurant we ate at last night. Can you believe she told me she was going to stay away from Jason? She told me that she didn't want anyone to know that she was alive, so I told her I wouldn't tell anyone, but the first chance she gets, she comes and ruins their wedding.
"It wasn't her." Sonny told her. "Jason came in last night and told us he had seen her. He said she tried to deny who she really was, but Jason being who he is didn't believe her. Carly she really didn't want to ruin their wedding. I'm sure of that."
Sonny didn't know what to do next though, but he knew he had to do something. Without saying a word he walked down the hall and out the door of the hotel into the rain.
~*~*~*~
He watched her as she painted. She had changed out of her wet cloths but her hair was still soaking. He hadn't seen her in so long and he still couldn't believe that she was still alive. He had seen her body and yet here she was in the flesh, doing what she loved. He knew she hadn't seen him yet and was nervous about confronting her.
He watched her some more and decided that it was going to be now or never. He hoped she would understand why he needed to see her, he hoped that she wouldn't be too angry with him.
A/N: ok here's the deal, I know who I want this mystery man to be, but I'm going to let you guys vote on it. Will it be Lucky? He does know that she's back and that was one of his closes friends. Will it be Sonny? He has just found out that his sister's wedding day has been ruined and maybe he's here to give her a piece of his mind. Or will it be a mystery person that I've been thinking about including in this story? It's up to you guys to decide. First one to five votes wins.