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Twisted Universe- 7
Everyone had turned to look at Emily as she stood shooting disbelieving looks back and forth between Jason and Carly.
Closing her eyes, she bit out angrily, "Jason, please tell me that you are NOT having sex with my sister."
Jason shot a glare at the younger woman, and was about to tell her what he thought about her question when Carly answered for him, "That is none of your fucking business."
Emily turned to look at her sister in shock, "Carly, I am your sister and I love you. I'm just trying to protect you."
Jason laughed angrily, "Protect her? From who? She's a grown ass woman."
Robin decided to enter the conversation, "Jason. Please tell me that you aren't sleeping with her. It's just wrong. It's like having sex with a child that didn't know better."
Carly was about to wail on the little bitch when Emily stopped her, "I hate to agree with the Pixie here, but what kind of asshole takes advantage of someone in my sister's condition?"
Carly froze as she listened to every word that came out of her sister's mouth. The hurt and disappointment she felt nearly knocked her to her knees. Emily had sworn that she knew Carly could make her own decisions. She had assured her repeatedly that she didn't think she was stupid or incapable of thinking for herself. To Emily's statement was the worst sort of betrayal. A betrayal worthy of a Quartermaine.
She paused only long enough to hear Jason snarl, "The kind of asshole that doesn't know the sister even has a condition."
That was it. That was the comment that sealed the deal. Allowing herself to shutdown, Carly let herself go blissfully numb.
Emily was shouting at Jason who was shouting back one moment and trying to defend himself to Robin in the next.
No one even noticed that Carly had slowly backed away from the group. Without a word, she turned and headed for the exit.
Walking out into the night, she heard Lucky call her name, and instead of stopping and saying hello like she had become in the habit of doing, she just shot him a blank look and continued walking.
Lucky approached the arguing group and had to whistle loudly to get anyone to notice him.
"What the hell is going on?" He asked in exasperation.
Emily shot Jason a glare, "You're asshole brother took advantage of Carly."
Jason threw up his hands fed up, "Yes, I fucked your sister. She was more than happy to-."
Lucky closed his eyes, he wasn't stupid. He knew exactly what was coming. Stepping back, he watched as Emily growled, pulled her fist back and let it fly. Jason never knew what hit him.
Wincing, Lucky grabbed both of her arms and tried to hold her back, but she was having none of it.
Jason was holding his jaw and looking at Emily in shock, "You fucking punched me."
Emily snarled back, "You fucking deserved it."
Lucky watched in fascination as Robin burst into tears, "I can't believe you, Jason. I thought you loved me!"
The trio didn't say a word as she made her dramatic exit. No one tried to stop her.
Lucky took this opportunity to find out what exactly had happened, "Ok. Let's explain this to the tardy kid in the class. Jason fuc- had sex with Carly. Was it consentual?"
Jason gave his brother a look that could kill and snapped, "Fuck you. Lucky."
Lifting his hands in surrender he looked over at Emily, "Was she drunk?"
Seeing that he was about to reach his brother's tolerance level, Lucky quickly answered his own question, "Of course not. See Em. No one was forced. They had sex, no need to punch anyone over it."
Emily shoved Lucky hard, "Are you even listening to yourself? Jason had sex with Carly... Carly, who doesn't understand the implications or consequences of her actions. She doesn't understand that Jason was just using her for a quick lay."
Jason was about to tear into Emily when Lucky stopped him, "Hold it, Jase. Emily does have a valid concern here. However, putting that on hold for the moment, Emily, please don't tell me that Carly was here when this argument started."
"Was? Was here?" Emily looked around frantically as if just noticing for the first time her sister was gone.
"Fuck." Jason ran a hand through his hair, he looked over at his baby brother, "I take it that's a REALLY bad thing."
Emily started to panic, "Oh my god, Lucky. I- I said she didn't know better... I said- I must have sounded exactly like our parents..."
Lucky placed his hands on her shoulders and pulled her in for hug, "I'm sure she's mad, but she'll get over it."
"No... no she won't. You know how long it took to get her to trust me... I- I am going to go and look for her. Will you come with me?" She said anxiously.
Agreeing to meet her out front, Lucky looked over at his brother, "You ok?"
"Aside from feeling like an asshole?" Jason said seriously, "I fucked up pretty bad."
"Jase, man, it's not like that. Emily will get over it." He said putting a hand on Jason's shoulder.
"It's not Emily I'm worried about." Jason responded cryptically and then turned and walked away.
Carly didn't know how long she walked- she didn't even keep track of how far. She had gotten used to these night time rambles and it never mattered where she went or where she ended up to her.
Finally as the sun began to rise, she found herself standing back in front of Jake's.
Taking out her key she went up the back stair and entered the hallway. She was astounded to see Jason sitting outside her door. He had obviously been waiting a long time for her because he had fallen asleep on the cold floor with his head leaning back against the wall.
Sighing, she nudged his leg lightly with her foot.
Jason jerked awake. He hadn't even realized he was asleep until that moment. Blinking his eyes rapidly, he pushed himself up and cleared his throat. "Hey. I've been waiting for you."
Rolling her eyes, Carly unlocked her door and motioned for him to come in, "Obviously."
Looking at her closely, he tried to figure out the right words to say, "Listen. I wanted to apologize for last night."
Shrugging, Carly threw down her key and kicked off her shoes, "No problem. Shut the door on your way out."
Jason jerked in surprise, "That's it? No problem? That's all you have to say?"
Turning in frustration, Carly pulled her shirt off in agitation, "What do you want me to say, Jason?"
Jason watched her pull a tank top out of her drawer and fought down the usual feeling of arousal that she brought out in him.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked quietly.
"Tell you what? That everyone wants me to be somebody that I'm not? That whenever people look at me they see a someone that died and that's never coming back?" She bit out in frustration.
Taking her hand, Jason pulled her around to look at him, "Why didn't you tell me about the accident?"
Sighing, Carly looked pulled her hand away and walked over to the window, "Because when you looked at me, you didn't see her. You saw me, Carly. You made me feel normal and I- I liked it."
Jason walked over to her. He wanted to pull her into his arms, but he just wasn't sure how to handle this situation. It was definitely out of his area of expertise.
Sensing his approach, Carly turned and looked at him intently, "This- the way you are acting right now, this is why I didn't tell you."
Jason brushed a wild curl out of her face, "I'm sorry, ok. Who you are, Carly, the woman you are RIGHT now is the woman that I am interested in. I didn't know Caroline Quartermaine and all I see when I look at you is- you. Carly Morgan."
Closing her eyes, Carly didn't stop him as he lowered his head and kissed her softly.
He hadn't meant to do anything more than kiss her, but when his lips touched hers, the sparks flew automatically. It was something that neither one of them could control.
As the soft kiss grew into a hungry, passionate one, it took only a moment before they were pulling at each other's clothes in frustration and Jason was walking her back toward the bed.
Something in Carly's mind kept playing over and over... she wanted to block it out, but it wouldn't stop. It wouldn't come in clearly either.
Feeling his hands fumbling at his belt buckle, Carly knew what was bothering her.
On her walk, she had realized that if everyone was upset by what she and Jason were doing then maybe it WAS wrong. Maybe he was taking advantage of her...
Grabbing his hands, Carly pulled away, "Stop. We can't do this."
Panting Jason groaned, laying his head on her shoulder, "Why? You want to. I want to."
Lifting his head, he went for her lips again, but this time Carly was alert. She quickly moved out from under him and stepped away from the bed.
Propping up on his side, Jason waited impatiently for some sign of what she wanted.
"We can't do this anymore." Carly said emphatically.
"Because of last night." Jason questioned cautiously.
"Yes... and no. What we are doing is wrong and I think we should stop." She replied seriously.
"Stop what? Sleeping together? Seeing each other? What?" He asked sitting up in frustration.
"That's just it, Jason. All we do is have sex."
"So, what? You want to go out? Is that what you are saying?"
Sighing, Carly walked over to the door, "I'm saying that this isn't happening anymore."
Jason stood up and pinned her to the door playfully, "I'm saying you're wrong."
Shaking her head, Carly pushed him out the door, "I need to sleep... "
Cocking his head to the side, Jason attempted to kiss her, "We could sleep together..."
"Goodbye, Jase." She rolled her eyes in frustration as she shut the door in his face and leaned back against it.
The man actually had the nerve to laugh, she thought in exasperation as she listened to the sound of his footsteps leaving the building.
