Sam had gotten the call from Jason saying that he was going to have to meet her there. He was running late with all the paper work for the coffee business but he promised he would be only a few minutes late. Max had showed up and was taking her to the Metro Court. He had a really goofy look on his face when she opened the door. "Hey, Sam. Are you ready to go?" he said with a smile. Sam had on a halter dress that was lacy on top and sheer and silk on the bottom. Her baby bump was big enough no that she needed maternity clothes. Sam smiled back at Max and said "Yea I am. I'm assuming Jason told you to pick me up?" Sam walked out of the door and locked it behind her. Max nodded his head and said "Yes, ma'am. He is going to leave the office in about 10 minutes. He should be right behind us." The goofy smile appeared again and Sam cocked her head. "What are you so smiley about?" she asked. He shrugged his head and said "Nothing. Just thinking about…" he got a nervous look on his face and his smile fell. He cleared his throat and said "I…I was just thinking about Diane. You know she has been gone for a few weeks for a conference and she's coming back tomorrow and I can't wait to see her."
Sam smiled and started to tear up. "Oh, Max that is so sweet." She said. Max looked at her uncomfortable as the tears fell down her face. "Are you ok, Sam?" he asked. Sam sniffled and pulled a tissue out of her hand bag "Yeah, I'm fine. My hormones have just really kicked in lately." Sam dried her eyes and Max opened the car door. "I haven't gotten the chance to tell you but I am really happy for you and Jason. I know all that the two of you have been through and I am so happy that you guys are finally getting what you have always wanted." Sam felt the tears well in her eyes again and said "You have to stop or else I am going to walk into the Metro Court crying my eyes out." Max laughed and helped her in to the back of the car. "Come on, let's get you to Jason." Sam sat back and put her seat belt on. Get her to Jason? She though. But Jason wasn't going to be there until later. She got the feeling that something fishy was going on and she didn't like it.
Max pulled up to the Metro Court and got out to open Sam's door. He helped her out and Sam looked at him and said "What did you mean when you said let's get me to Jason? I thought Jason was going to be late?" Max got a scared look on his face and started stammering. "I…I… I just meant…that…" Sam narrowed her eyes and said "Max, what is going on?" Max looked down and said "I have no idea what you are talking about. Now if you will excuse me I have to get home to Diane." He started to walk away "I thought she wasn't coming home until tomorrow?" Sam asked. "I meant I have to get home to prepare for her to come home." He laughed nervously. Sam ground her teeth and said "Max, if you know something is going on you had better tell me or I swear I will make your life hell for the remainder of my pregnancy." He got a scared look on his face but shrugged his shoulders "I don't know anything, Sam. See you later." He got in the car quickly and drove away. "Coward!" Sam yelled after him.
Sam turned to the front of the Metro Court and noticed that it was unusually quiet. Usually there were people coming in and out all the time from the restaurant but not tonight. It was dead. Sam walked up to the front of the hotel and walked inside. She walked into the lobby and noticed that there was nobody there. Not even a receptionist. She looked around and saw that there was no one around the lobby at all. Something caught her eye off to the side. There was a note taped to the elevator. She walked over and ripped it off and opened it. "Top floor." was all it said. But she noticed that it was in Jason's hand writing. She smiled softly and shook her head. She had no idea what he was doing but she figured if she wanted to find out then she better go to the top floor. She got on the elevator and pressed the penthouse button. As the elevator rode up Sam could not help but feel nervous. She had no idea what was going on and she really didn't like surprises all that much. She liked knowing what was going to happen. But she didn't have any more time to worry over it because the elevator doors opened up.
As the doors opened, Sam saw Jason standing on the other side. He was dressed in a blue dress shirt and black slacks. Sam stepped off the elevator and Jason smiled at her and she walked to stand in front of him. She put her hands on her hips and tried to steel herself to how good he looked. "You lied to me." she stated. Jason smile grew and he said "I did. But it was with the best of intentions." He stepped aside and what Sam saw took her breath away. In the middle of the room was a table set for two. The lights in the room were dimmed and there were what looked like hundreds of candles lit around the room. There were flower petals all over the floor and on the table as well. "Oh Jason. This is beautiful. But what is the occasion?" she asked. Jason led her over to the table and said "The past month has been hard on the both of us and I wanted to do something nice for you. Now that things have calmed down I just want you to know that it is going to be easier from this point on. I know it will take some adjusting still with me being out of the business but I want you to know that I am really happy about it. I know that you are worried that I will miss the lifestyle I lived but I promise you that I won't."
Sam had not voiced her concerns about that with Jason so it was a little scary that he knew her so well that he could tell that that is what she was feeling. Sam looked up at him and said "Are you sure? I know that having a baby was never something that you planned on…" "Until you." Jason said cutting her off. Jason took a deep breath and said "I never saw myself as a father. Even with Michael, I knew that Carly would come back one day and would take him back. But when you came in to my life when you were pregnant, I was so happy to have you and the baby in my life. I couldn't wait until we got to bring her home and we got to raise her and be a family." Jason saw the emotions welling in her eyes and he brought his hand up to cup her face. "I know that we didn't get the chance to do that, but I knew that from the start you were the only one I wanted to have a family with. This baby is a miracle. Our miracle. And I am so happy that we are getting this chance." Sam let the tears fall freely down her face. Jason whipped them away with his thumb and leaned down to softly kiss her lips. "I love you." he said "More than I ever thought I could possibly love another person." Jason reached in his pocket and pulled out a small velvet box.
Sam looked down at it and felt her heart stop then as if to make up, started beating double time. She looked back up at Jason with big eyes. He smiled down at her and then did something she never thought he would ever do. He got down on one knee. Sam drew in a shaky breath as she watched him. Jason lifted the box up to her and opened it. Inside was probably the most extravagant ring she had ever seen. It was a platinum set with a princess cut diamond on the top. It was surrounded by smaller diamonds and on both sides it looked like it was braided. It was huge and it was beautiful. Sam brought her hand to her mouth and gasped at the sight of it. She looked at Jason and then back to the ring. "Jason…" she whispered. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me. Because of you I found a reason to live and breathe. And I would love nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" Sam sobbed out a laugh and as if it was a reflex she said "Yes" and nodded her head.
Jason let out the breath he had been holding in waiting for her answer. He smiled up at her and pulled the ring out of the box. He lifted her left hand and slid it on her ring finger. Sam smiled down at it then at him. Jason rose back to his feet and said "It's the same diamond." She cocked her head and asked "What?" "It's the same diamond that was in your other ring. I had it taken out and placed in this one. I wanted there to be some remembrance of our past but we are both different people now so I thought it would be fitting to have a different ring." Sam was shocked. "You kept my old ring?" she asked. Jason nodded his head. "When you gave it back to me I held onto it thinking that I would be putting it back on your finger soon. And after we broke up and I got out of prison I went home and found this in my drawer. And even after everything that we went through, I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. So I put it in the safe in the closet. Every once in a while, I would be going through something and the stress would be too much and I wanted so badly to call you but I knew I couldn't. I had screwed up too bad. So I would take this out of the safe and just stare at it. I would wonder what you were doing and if you were happy after all the pain I caused you. After Michael was shot I got on my bike and rode around for hours. But no matter which direction I went, I always ended up back at your apartment building." Jason looked down at their hands. "I wanted to go and knock on your door so badly but I knew I didn't have the right to."
Sam squeezed his hand in hers "Jason you know…" "I know you would have talked to me. And I know that you would have helped me deal with it. But I didn't feel worthy of that. So I went back to the penthouse and got your old ring out and just laid in bed looking at it. That was one of the worst nights of my life because that is when I finally let myself admit that I had made a mistake in letting you go. And I honestly thought that we would never get a second chance." Sam reached up and touched his face "but we did." She said with a soft smile. Jason nodded his head. "We did. And I can promise you that nothing will ever tear us apart again." he said. He leaned down and kissed her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him.
Sam reached up and wound her hand around the back of his neck. The kiss turned heated fast and Jason reached down and lifted her up bridal style. He walked them both into the bedroom and he closed the door with his foot. They could always eat later.
