Elizabeth had left Cameron and Jake at her gram's, asking her to drop them off after dinner. She wanted to have a nice quiet meal with Jason. After all they'd been through lately, they both needed this. She was surprised that her gram was so willing to facilitate her evening alone with Jason, but she wasn't going to question it. She was even more surprised when Audrey had told her she would keep the boys until after her shift tomorrow evening. She thanked her grandmother and headed home to cook a quaint little meal for herself and Jason.

She had just finished setting the table when she heard the front door open and close. She looked into the living room from the dining room. "Jason?"

There he was, walking toward her, smiling.

"You usually don't make so much noise when you come in," Elizabeth noted.

He shrugged, stepping close to her and taking her into his arms, "I don't have to sneak around anymore. I don't have to be covert anymore." She smiled as his lips connected with hers. After a moment, he pulled back to look back into her eyes. "I missed you."

This was it. This was exactly what Elizabeth had been dreaming about, having this with Jason. Him coming home to her after a long day at work and then sitting down to dinner with her. It was everything she wanted.

Jason looked around, "Where are the boys?"

Elizabeth stepped out of his embrace, taking his hand in hers. "I took them over to Gram's."

Jason noticed the dinner on the table. Looking back at Elizabeth, he smiled at her, "What's this?"

"Dinner," she simply stated. "Sit down."

Jason shook his head and pulled a chair out from the table, "After you."

Elizabeth smiled and sat down in the chair. Jason took a deep breath and knelt down beside her, taking her hand in his.

Elizabeth looked down at him, concern filling her face and voice. "Are you ok, Jason?"

Jason turned his head to one side and partly smiled, "I've never been better, Elizabeth. You're the reason for that. I know you've already said "yes" twice, and once I was a jerk and took it away from you. Last night, you said "yes" and I'm just hoping that nothing has changed between then and now and your answer will remain the same as I ask you again." He took another deep breath and a black velvet box out of his pocket. "Elizabeth Imogene Webber, will you be my wife?" He opened the box, displaying the most beautiful platinum band and solitaire she had ever seen. ((to see picture, see my profile))

Elizabeth looked from Jason, to the ring, and back into Jason's eyes again. She had not expected this. Tonight was supposed to be her way of thanking him, and now this. She shook her head. "You didn't need to do this, Jason. I love you, and nothing is ever going to change that. I said I would marry. I want to marry you. Yes, of course I'll be your wife. Yes!"

Jason took the ring out of the box and stood, stepping behind her, holding the ring in front of her face. She noticed something etched on the inside, reading it out loud. "'Always. Elizabeth & Jason.' Jason, it's perfect," she looked up at him.

He smiled and took her hand in his, walking around to face her. He leaned down at kissed her beautiful fingers before slipping the ring on her finger. He sighed happily and kissed her hand again. Elizabeth felt like she was about to jump out of her skin. Instead, she jumped out of her chair and threw her arms around Jason. Now it was official. She was now the future Mrs. Jason Morgan. And then she voiced her elation, "I can't believe I'm going to be Mrs. Jason Morgan."

"No," he shook his head, still with a smile on his face. "I was hoping you'd be Mrs… Jason… Quartermaine."

Elizabeth blinked, shocked, but she didn't skip a beat in reply, "As long as I'm your wife, I don't mind what last name we share."

Jason smiled and hugged her to him once more. "I love you, Elizabeth Webber."

"I love you, Jason," she said, surrendering her mouth to his.

Jason ran a hand through her hair and pulled out of the kiss, "Thank you."

Elizabeth sighed, still unable to wipe the smile from her lips. "This night was supposed to be about thanking you, not the other way around."

"What do you mean?" he wondered.

Elizabeth stepped away from him and retrieved a large square package shaped like a 36" x 48" portrait. Jason sat in the chair opposite the one he had pulled out for Elizabeth. She handed him the parcel and stood smiling as he opened it. He pulled the paper away to reveal the most gorgeous, framed and matted charcoal sketch of his new family. Elizabeth and Jake and Cameron and him. She had drawn a picture of their new family.

"This is for me," he questioned.

She nodded happily, "It's our first family portrait. Albeit, it's not professional and it' just a charcoal sketch, but--"

"No," he told her. "I love it. It is perfect." He leaned it against the china hutch and pulled her onto his lap. "And I love you."

Elizabeth smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her lips to his as he pulled her to him.

He pulled back and looked into her eyes. "I can't wait to be your husband. You're all I ever wanted."

Elizabeth smiled, "You're all I ever wanted as well. You're all I'll ever want."

"So let's do it," he put forward.

Elizabeth turned her head slightly, not sure she heard him correctly. "Do it?"

"Let's not wait. Let's just do it. We already know we want to be married to each other, why put it off?"

She still didn't know exactly what he was saying. "When?"

"Tomorrow? Next week? But I don't want to wait much longer than a month. I want you to be my wife now," he told her frankly.

Elizabeth smiled and nodded, "Just enough time to put it together, huh?"

"Is that too fast for you?" Jason wondered.

Elizabeth shook her head, "I've been ready to marry you for years."

Jason smiled, "And now we're finally in the same place at the right time. No more ships passing in the night."

Elizabeth continued shaking her head, "Never again."

Jason smiled and kissed her again before looking over the table, noticing the dinner Elizabeth had laid out. "Oh, I'm sorry, hon. I've been completely oblivious. You cooked."

Elizabeth smiled and pulled herself from his lap, sitting across the table from him.

"I did. I hope you like," motioned for him to start eating.

After dinner, Jason insisted on helping Elizabeth with the dishes, even though she kept insisting he wasn't up to it. He kept telling her he'd be fine with her beside him. He finished drying the last dish and handed it to Elizabeth put it away. After she put it away, she turned back to Jason and helped him dry his hands. They both shared a longing look and Elizabeth took a deep breath before turning away to hang up the towel. Jason took a step closer to her, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her from behind. She sighed, laying her head back on his chest. He smoothed her hair back and kissed her collar bone before whispering something in her ear. She felt her knees go weak, which was not a good thing considering she had to be his support.

She shook her head, turning around to look up into his eyes, "Jason, we can't."

Jason tried not to look pained at her.

"Jason," she continued. "You've just survived a terrible accident. Head trauma. You're not up to anything like that."

"Ok, Elizabeth," Jason countered. "You already lost the argument about e helping out with dishes. Are you really going to put up this fight?" He pulled her closer to him. "Do you really want to?"

Elizabeth bit her bottom lip, not wanting to say no, but worrying about his well being.

"Come on," he whispered against her ear. "I'm sure you'll be very gentle."

Elizabeth's breath caught in her throat. "Jason…"

"Don't tell me no," Jason sighed against her ear.

She was pooling there in front of him. There was no way she was going to be able to say no now. "No," she shook her head, "I won't tell you no."

Jason looked into his eyes and Elizabeth stepped out of his embrace, taking his hand, leading him out of the room. She turned off the lights on the way upstairs to her bedroom. Elizabeth led him into her room and turned to him once they stood at the side of the bed. Slowly, she began to unbutton his shirt. He stood there, looking down into her eyes. It was going to be hard on him to just let her be the one in control, but he knew if he didn't he'd have another episode like he did earlier. He didn't want to bother Elizabeth with that right now. All he wanted to do is focus on her and making her feel good.

Helping her shrug his shirt off of his arms, he smoothed his hand down the slope of her arm, stopping at the hem of the sleeve just below her elbow, slipping a finger in to caress her elbow. She closed her eyes. How is it that he always knew exactly where and exactly how to touch her, even in places that normally wouldn't cause these feelings within her. He then brought his hands to the buttons on her shirt and began to slowly unbutton them. Elizabeth shuddered as, not only the air caressed her skin, but as his eyes washed over her. He pulled the sides of her shirt apart and pushed it off her shoulders. Leaning down, he kissed her bare shoulder, pushing off the strap of her bra. Elizabeth closed her eyes and held on tightly to his arms. Jason slowly moved his hands down her flat stomach, caressing her lightly with his fingers stopping at the top of her jeans, those jeans that looked oh so good on her. Taking a deep breath, he slipped his fingers under the band and unfastened and unzipped the pants, sliding them down off her hips. They fell into a pile on her feet and she kicked them off, sitting down on the bed. Jason began to undo his pants and Elizabeth took a deep breath, lifting her hands to help him. She pulled down his pants and he kicked them aside.

"Lay down," she implored him.

He didn't know if it was her order or the idea of being at her mercy that made his temperature rise. He did as she requested and laid down on the bed, resting his head on a pillow, thanking god for a little relief. His head had been pounding all evening. Finally he could relax and let his beautiful fiancé, who happened to double has his personal nurse, take care of him.

Elizabeth moved to straddle his lap, finally feeling his arousal pressed against her core, longing to feel it within her, but this would be over long before either of them wanted if she gave into desire this early. Instead, she simply started rocking her hips, encourage his arousal even more. Jason closed his eyes and reached with his hands to grab her hips, helping her rock on top of him. Elizabeth splaying her hands across his chest, she continued to sway on his lap, moaning in pleasure.

Jason looked up at the woman he loved wondering what he had ever done to deserve such a perfect woman. He planned to make it his life mission to always keep her safe and happy. "I love you, Elizabeth. Always."

Elizabeth laid down on top of Jason, kissing him fully on the mouth.

Jason pulled her panties off of her hips, dropping them beside the two of them.

Elizabeth shuffled down his body and lowered his underwear, letting them drop off the end of the bed. Her eyes slowly moved up his body and to look into his eyes. He took her hands in his and pulled her back up to hover above him again. Never taking her eyes off his, she slowly lowered herself onto him, letting him slide deep within her.

"Jason," she moaned his name, resuming her rocking on his lap. They kept their hands linked together as they moved together, pushing them both over the edge of pleasure at the same time. Elizabeth laid back down on top of him, resting her head on his chest.

His head had finally stopped aching and he was finally able to relax. The wonderful thing was that he got to do it with the woman he loved. This would be the second night at the beginning of a whole life time that they would spend together, going to sleep at night with each other and waking the next morning in each other's arms.

After a while, they decided to crawl under the covers and go to sleep. Jason held her close to him, never wanting to let her go. He kissed the top of her head, knowing she had drifted off to sleep. He held her close and closed his eyes tightly.

"I love you, Elizabeth," he whispered. "Thank you."

There was so many things he needed to thank her for, and he was glad that they had their whole lifetime together for him to show her how grateful he was to her. It was because of her that he had been able to remember his life before becoming Jason Mogan, and for that he was eternally grateful. He took a deep breath and kissed the top of her head once more before falling to sleep himself.