Sam was about to get comfortable on the couch and catch up on some TV shows when she heard incessant knocking on her door. Her and Danny spent the night at the MetroCourt last night with Jason and they stayed up late watching movies. Danny had fallen asleep before the two of them, so Jason had put him to bed and quickly came back to her on the couch, where the movie they had on went forgotten. She was tired, but never been happier.

"Sam! Open up!"

"Oh God," Sam sighed as she finally got up to open the door. "What is it Maxie?"

"Why did I just get a text from Spinelli that he's moving back to Port Charles soon?"

"Because he is? You couldn't wait until later for this? I just dropped Danny off at school," she said as she moved aside for Maxie to storm in.

"Why is he moving back?"

"He wants Georgie to be able to spend time with you. He's doing it partially for you, Maxie. I don't see the problem."

"Is Ellie coming?"

"Not yet, she still has to work at the lab, but I'm assuming she's coming along when she can."

"Okay, good," she breathed a sigh of relief. "Nathan's been lying to me, and you know Spinelli is always the person I go to and I don't want Nathan to get the wrong idea again. I love him."

"Why has he been lying to you?"

"He won't tell me who Claudette is," she said with a huff. "And I told him I don't care, but you know me and he should know me too by now that I don't let things go. I'm Maxie Jones."

"Do you want me to look into it?"

"I don't know. I don't know if I want to know, and then if I do know he'll know that I know something and I'll act weird," she said quickly.

"Well, I'll look into it if you want. Just say the word."

"Thank you," Maxie said. "Is Jason here?"

"No, he's still living at the MetroCourt. The apartment hunt isn't going so well."

"Did you ever sell your apartment?"

"Uh, I think so? I actually don't know, I think Spinelli took care of it."

"He should just move back here. You kept the room Spinelli lived in as a guest bedroom and made the office into Danny's room. There's plenty of space," Maxie said.

"I offered it to him, but I can understand why he doesn't want to."

"You can understand why he doesn't want to live with you?"

"Well, yeah. He's trying not to repeat how he started his relationship with Elizabeth. He moved in with her, fell for her and got attached to the kids, didn't get to really explore who he is outside of her. He wants to find out who he is – past and present – and I get that."

"You two really are soulmates," Maxie said, shaking her head. "I'm positive you are the only person who ever fully understands Jason and all his Jason-isms."

"Yeah," she sighed. "I like to think I still understand him, that he's still the same deep down inside, but he's still different and I get worried when I don't know what he's thinking."

"That won't last for long. Its exciting, re-learning things about him."

"It is," Sam smiled. Her phone buzzed, so she checked it and saw it was from Jason. 'Mailed it.'

"Love notes?" Maxie asked.

"Uh, no," she said, not wanting to involve Maxie. "I left my mail by Jason's last night and he let me know he sent out my bills."

"How domestic," Maxie smirked. "I have to go, Crimson awaits. Can't wait to see what disaster strikes today."

"Don't worry about Spinelli coming, and just be excited to see Georgie."

"I'm so excited to see her," she smiled. "Thanks, Sam."

"Anytime," she said, walking her out. Sam sighed as she shut the door and made her way back to the couch. What Maxie said made her call Spinelli. So much for relaxing.


Jason was heading out of the MetroCourt when he ran into Carly and Michael. He was on his way to Sam's, but wanted to know how Morgan was doing so he stopped.

"Hey guys, how's everything?"

"Could be better," Michael sighed. Jason noticed Carly was close to tears. "Morgan's losing grip on reality and still refuses to go back on his medication."

"He needs to be committed,," Carly said. "We can't help him anymore if he won't help himself, and it kills me to see him like that. I don't know what to do."

"We're on our way to see him."

"Do you mind if I join you?"

"I think Morgan would really like that," Carly said, wiping at her eyes. "I would really like that."

Jason stood outside in the hallway with Carly while Michael was with Morgan. He could see that Morgan was getting agitated by whatever Michael was telling him.

"You know I named him after you, right?" Carly said. "You were a huge part of his life, always watched out for him. I sent him away to boarding school to keep him out of Sonny's business, but that didn't do much good."

"I'm sorry I don't remember," Jason said. "You did your best. He needs help and he doesn't realize it yet."

"He thinks Sonny and I want to get rid of him because we can't be bothered to help him. He doesn't see that this is out of our hands now, that we've done all that we can do."

"He's not in the right state of mind. He'll realize once he gets help."

"I don't know," Carly said, choking up. "I don't know if he'll ever forgive us for sending him away."

"Carly," Molly said as she approached them. "Hi Jason."

"What are you doing here?"

"I was wondering if it would be all right if I talked to Morgan?" she asked.

"Absolutely," Carly said. "I think he'd like that."

"You and Morgan are friends?" Jason asked.

"He is my cousin. We used to be close when we were younger, always getting ourselves into trouble," she said with a smile.

"All the kids used to be closer than they are now," Carly explained.

"Hey Molly," Michael said as he came out. "You here to see Morgan?"

"Yeah," she nodded. "Do you mind if I go in now?"

"No, go ahead. He'll be happy to see you," Michael said.

Molly walked in and was heartbroken seeing Morgan chained to the bed, since he was deemed a harm to himself. She couldn't believe how far gone he was, and only hoped that she could help him find his way back to the Morgan she knew when they were kids.

"Hey Morgan," she said as she sat down next to him. "How are you doing?"

"Really?" he asked, pulling at the cuffs. "Not so good."

"Right, sorry," she said awkwardly. "How did we get so distant? You were my best friend when we were kids."

"Dunno," he shrugged. "Listen, Molly, I really appreciate you coming here, but I don't think I'm up to taking this trip down memory lane. I have to get better for Kiki so I can be a better boyfriend for her."

"Morgan, you have to get better for yourself. This isn't you. You need help."

"I'm fine, Molly."

"Obviously not," she scoffed. "Why did you go off your meds?"

"They weren't working."

"Then why didn't you talk to Dr. Maddox about getting the dosage changed?"

"Because," he lashed out. "I didn't feel right on them, Molly. I couldn't be the man Kiki needed me to be."

"A side effect can be impotence," she said, finally figuring it out. "Once you adjust, it gets better. Look at Uncle Sonny, he doesn't seem to be having issues with that."

"I am not talking about this with you, Molly," Morgan said. "Just go back to your perfect life."

"My life is far from perfect. All of our lives are far from perfect, and that's what makes it life, Morgan. We make the best decisions we can for ourselves, and that's how we survive it. You're not doing that right now."

"I don't know what to do," he said, breaking down. "Mom and Dad are going to send me away, I know it. They don't love me enough to help me."

"They love you so much that they are willing to accept the fact that your disease has gone past what they can help with," Molly said, feeling herself get teary. "I know it doesn't seem like that right now, but no one is just sending you away to get rid of you. We all love you and want you back. You're not you."

"I don't think I'll ever be myself again. I have no control over my life."

"I have faith that you will, you just need to be open to the help that is being offered to you at all turns," Molly reassured him. "And I will always be around for you to talk to."

"Thank you," he said. "I do miss the good times we had when we were younger. Especially when we used to barge in on Sam and Jason at all hours of the day."

"I'm sure they don't miss that," she laughed. "Once you're feeling better we'll do that again for old-times sake. I'm sure they'll appreciate it."

"Sam and Jason are back together?"

"Uh, I think so," she said. "Jason's outside with your mom. Do you want to talk to him?"

"No," Morgan said quickly. "He doesn't remember me, he's like a stranger. I don't know if I can handle that."

"I understand," Molly nodded. "I'll come by again soon, okay?"

"Okay," he said. Molly leaned over and kissed him on the forehead.

"Get better," she said as she left. Carly was watching as Molly wiped at the tears that fell and went over to hug her.

"I don't know what you two talked about, but I'm sure it helped him," she said. "Thank you."

"I just want him to get better," she said. "Um, not to make you uncomfortable, Jason, but if you were going to talk to Morgan, it's not really a good idea."

"How come?" Carly asked. She had hoped Jason would be able to talk sense into Morgan.

"He knows Jason doesn't remember him, and he thinks it'll upset him too much talking to him as an old friend when it's only a unilateral feeling."

"I understand," Jason said. "I wouldn't know what to say anyway."

"However, I did promise him that we'd barge in on you and Sam like we did in the old days once he gets better," Molly said with a smile. "I have to head back to school to get some work done, but thank you for letting me see him."

"You moving back in with Sam soon?" Carly asked.

"Still looking for an apartment," he said. "Sam offered me the guest room in the penthouse, but I said no."

"What? Why?"

"I need some time to get to know who I am, and I think living with the woman I'm seeing and married to wouldn't help that along."

"I could see that," she shrugged. Dr. Maddox came to check in with Morgan, so they decided to walk toward the lobby of the hospital to give them some privacy. "Sam was okay with that?"

"More than okay, actually. She was the one who put it into words why I felt uncomfortable accepting her offer."

"She's always known you better than you knew yourself. Besides me, of course, but I'm just too hot-headed to be rational like she is," Carly said. "I've been praising Sam way too much lately, this is unnatural."

"I'm sure," he laughed.

"Jason," Elizabeth said as she tapped him on his shoulder. He grimaced and Carly laughed at the pained look that filled his face.

"Yes?"

"Lucky told me you were at the park yesterday with Danny and the boys all had a good time together," she said. "They've really missed you."

"It was nice to see them," he said, trying to figure out what she was getting at.

"Maybe once you find your own place we can come visit," she said.

"The boys are always welcome."

"And me?"

"Not you," he said and Carly held back a laugh.

"I don't really feel comfortable having my boys around Sam," Elizabeth said, crossing her arms across her chest. "Especially Jake. I don't want her to get the wrong impression. He's our son."

"I think the only one with the wrong impression is you, and I'm getting very tired of these conversations," he sighed. "When you can act like a reasonable adult, we'll figure something out."

"Is that a new doctor?" Carly asked, changing the subject abruptly. "Haven't seen him around before."

"Dr. Finn is a new hire, yes," Elizabeth said.

"Looks like General Hospital is stocking up with attractive doctors for you to latch onto, Elizabeth," Carly said with a smirk. Elizabeth glared at her before walking away and getting back to work. "I think she needs to be committed."

"It's never a normal conversation. Always ends in the same way," he said.

"She'll get over it, maybe, who knows," Carly shrugged. "You hungry? Let's go back to the hotel."


Sam felt rather pleased with herself as she walked into the lobby of the MetroCourt. She was about to head up to Jason's room when she saw him and Carly in the restaurant. She walked over and smiled when Jason noticed her.

"Looking for me?" he asked as he stood up to greet her.

"No, I was meeting my other boyfriend upstairs," she smirked as she leaned up to kiss him. "Hi Carly."

"Want to join us?"

"If you don't mind."

"Not at all," Carly said as she called over for another chair to be added to the table.

"What did you guys do today?" Sam asked as she slipped her jacket off.

"Jason came to the hospital with me to see Morgan," Carly said. "Molly stopped by too."

"Oh good. I remember how close her and Morgan used to be."

"They were a good team," Carly said. "What brought you over here?"

"I might have an apartment for Jason," she said happily.

"Really?" he said. He was pretty sure he looked at everything.

"I totally forgot about it until Maxie stopped by this morning, and honestly I thought Spinelli sold it for me," she explained. "I still own my old apartment. You can move in there, if you like it. There's only one catch."

"What's the catch?"

"Spinelli didn't forgot about it and was hoping to stay there while he was here until he found a place of his own," she said. "He was going to call me about it."

"Is Spinelli coming back to Port Charles for good?" Carly asked.

"I think so," Sam nodded. "He said there's an apartment in Maxie's building that's open but he wants to look at it before he makes a decision. He wants Maxie and Georgie to spend time together, so he figures being in the same building will help with that."

"Does Maxie know about this?" Carly asked with a smirk.

"She knows he's coming back. His plans on living down the hall I think she's still in the dark about," Sam said. "I thought it would be best for him to spring that one on her, like when he moves in."

"So I'd just have to be roommates with Spinelli and his daughter for a little while?" Jason asked.

"Yeah, if you wanted to move in right away. I know you're slumming it here at the MetroCourt," Sam teased him. "But Spinelli promised it was only temporary."

"I'm sure I can find a place to live, I don't want to put Spinelli and his daughter out."

"I told him he could stay there permanently, or even live with me and Danny for however long," Sam reassured him. "He said 'he profited off of our kindness for many years and did not want to take advantage of our benevolent ways.' Word for word."

"Good to see he hasn't changed," Carly said. "Sam's apartment was amazing. I used to barge in there when I couldn't find you at the penthouse."

"Yeah, let's hope that habit has changed," Sam said, glancing over at Carly.

"Only time will tell," she shrugged.

"Okay, you got yourself a tenant," Jason said, gently nudging Sam. "I'll move in once Spinelli is settled, if he likes the apartment in Maxie's building."

"You want to check it out?"

"I'll take your word for it," he shrugged. "Apartment hunting lost its appeal after the first twenty apartments I visited."

"You'll see it when we visit Spinelli," she said. "Congrats, you're almost an official grown-up."

"I am a grown-up," he scoffed.

"You live in a hotel, you don't have a job. I don't know if you qualify as a grown-up."

"Says the woman who can't cook or clean," he shot back, poking her in the side.

"I'll give you that," she laughed.

"I can see why you two always ended up back with each other," Carly said with a smile. She never took the time to actually see how well suited Sam and Jason were for each other, she was always so focused on the idea of Sam taking Jason from her. Now that she's formed some semblance of a friendship with Sam and has really seen how great they are together, she realizes how stupid she's been all these years.

"Careful, Carly. You've been really nice to me lately," Sam said.

"Don't get used to it," she laughed. "But really, you two are perfect for each other."

"Glad to have your vote of approval," Jason said, taking Sam's hand in his. "Hopefully I'll remember why."

"Even if you don't, I'm very happy with how things are now," Sam said, kissing his cheek. "We're together, that's all that ever mattered."


Sorry about this filler chapter again! I wanted to address other plot lines from the show, and watching old GH clips I realized they totally ended the friendship Molly and Morgan had and I was upset to realize that. The next few chapters will get the ball rolling again, and hopefully my ideas for this story end up working out.

Thank you to everyone who keeps reviewing, I can't express to you all enough how much it means to see who reviews on every chapter. I appreciate it so much, it keeps me motivated to keep going :)