Elizabeth woke up early on Sunday, then looked over at Jason and smiled at what she saw. Jason was fast asleep but holding onto both her and her pillow. She had awoken in the middle of the night, needing to use the bathroom and when she had returned, he had been curled up with her pillow.
She had pulled out one of the extra pillows from the chest at the foot of their bed and returned to bed. Within a few minutes, she had found herself pulled over, close but had found that he was also holding onto her pillow.
"Jason." she whispered as she gently kissed his lips. "Time to get up."
Hearing him moan then move in closer, she kissed his cheek, then moved her lips next to his ear. "Jason, the kids will be looking for us."
"Elizabeth, don't kid yourself, none of those kids are going to get out of bed until they are forced to." he said as he nuzzled her neck then started to kiss her only to hear a knock on the door. "I am going to kill those kids, save Helena the trouble."
Giggling a bit, Elizabeth said "Jason, it could be Georgie, would you honestly kill Georgie Jones?"
Seeing him considering it, she gave him a quick kiss then slipped away just as there came another knock at the door then the sound of Sage saying "Elizabeth, are you awake?"
"Now that one, I can kill. So it might start a mob war, it would almost be worth it." said Jason quietly from where he was now standing behind her.
Opening the door, Jason looked her up and down then said "Go get dressed then met Elizabeth in the kitchen."
With that he shut the door only to hear her knocking again. Opening it, he growled but the young woman stood her ground. "Jason what should we wear? Brook told me to come ask, she thinks you don't like her."
Elizabeth slipped under Jason's arm and said "Wear what you would for outside and what you don't mind getting dirty."
"You aren't going to make us do anything freaky like rake leaves or something?"
"Just get dressed." said Jason who then shut the door. Turning intending to pull Elizabeth back to bed, he pouted when he saw her at the bathroom door, then she turned to look at him.
"Well, are you coming with me?" she asked.
Following her into the bathroom, Jason pulled the door closed, "That should keep them out."
Maxie was not happy to hear someone at her door. "Maxie, its Sage."
Lifting her head from the pillow, she said "What?"
Entering, the girl looked at the blond wearing rags in her hair and then with a laugh asked "What is up with your hair?"
"Curlers, do you think hair that looks as good as it does, without help." she said yawning. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Brook woke me up. Elizabeth said to wear what we would when hanging outside." She said then went to let Georgie know. Knocking on Georgie's door, then hearing sounds from inside, her eyes went wide at seeing Johnny there yet again.
Mentally smirking at the idea of Georgie getting this hot guy wrapped around her finger, she said "Elizabeth said to wear what we would when we go outside."
"Sage, get out of Georgie's room." snarled Johnny as he threw a pillow at the girl then pulled the comforter up over the two of them. "Its barely six o'clock."
When the girl had left, Johnny felt Georgie stirring and said "Go back to sleep."
"Can't." she replied her arm pushing the comforter away from her face. "Besides too much sleep is just as bad as not enough."
"You said you have been having these nightmares since the attack, you have plenty of sleep to make up for." he reminded her.
"Doesn't work like that." she said yawning as she looked at him.
"Getting ten hours tonight wouldn't make up for only sleeping four last night."
"No but it would be a start." he said watching her stretch, his mind telling his body to behave as her silk shirt was pulled taut.
"Not according to Dr. Jones." she said with a slight giggle when she realized that her plan of distracting him had worked a bit, his eyes were clearly not on her face.
"Well, Dr. Jones, I think this time, Dr. Zachara is right." he replied as he yanked her back down onto the bed the tossed the comforter over her.
"Go back to sleep."
"Dr. Tony Jones, my uncle, so there Dr. Zachara." she said pushing the comforter back, then blowing her hair out of her face. Turning towards him, she said "Or are you thinking more like my cousin Lucas, he was always wanting to play doctor with Maxie and me."
"I am sure he did." he leered then thought about what she had said "Yuck, your cousin?"
Her eyes wandering over his body that had been exposed as they moved around a bit on the bed, she said absentmindedly "Lucas was adopted, and looking back, he really might have wanted to play like real medical doctor, we weren't boys."
His eyes went to her face, seeing she was serious, he said "Okay, clearly you are still tired."
Reaching out to run her hands along his stubble, she said "No, Lucas is gay, he tried to pretend for a while, its why Brook is so messed up. They were dating, then she was dumped for this kid we went to school with. Plus she went to Bensonhurst last month, I don't know what happened, but it added to her screwed up mind."
"How can you be friends with her?" he asked truly wanting an answer. "The way she talks to you."
Sighing, Georgie found herself in his arms as he sat up against the pillows and tried to explain. "This is something new. This sudden interest in you, is even odder. I honestly think whatever happened while she was home, it caused this. There is this sudden attitude from her about being a Quartermaine, about being too good for certain things. She never had that before."
Hearing a knock, Johnny was a bit frustrated but that ended when he saw her sister peek her head through the door and say annoyed "Why are we up so early?"
"Don't know." said Georgie with a shrug then with a quick kiss on Johnny's cheek asked "Are you through showering?"
"Of course." she said showing her outfit off. "What do you think, do I do country woodman well."
Laughing as she grabbed jeans, a pink long sleeve t-shirt and the thick Irish knit sweater Robin had sent her the year before, Georgie said "Yes woolen checks with whatever those boots are make you look like a real woodsman. Are you out of your mind, Maxie?"
Turning to Johnny she said "You should find clothes in the bathroom."
"Really, were you rifling your hands through my drawers?" he asked with an eye brow raised.
"Not yet." Maxie's jaw dropped when her sister winked at Johnny before heading out of the room. Torn between finding out from Johnny who she wasn't sure she liked and interrogating her sister, Maxie found she got to do neither.
First the bedroom door closed and when she got back to her own room, the bathroom door was locked. Standing at it, she called out. "Georgie, you so better have a good explanation for that remark."
Elizabeth watched with a close eye on Diego to make sure he didn't burn anything while breakfast was made. Seeing Jason looking at her quizzically, she just said "I have a plan."
As she kept an eye on the kids, Elizabeth found herself feeling relieved as they seemed to be getting along, without the divisions that had existed the last few days. Looking around at the kids, she wondered if they would still be so easy going when she told them what she had planned for the day.
Trusting her to keep them in line, Jason went to call Sonny. "What is going on?"
"Helena has 'officially' disappeared, we have her at a safe house, but she doesn't look very good. Cassadine seems to be searching for her. We staged a scene, Scorpio bought it. Or maybe he did and just accepted it. Either way he thinks that the assassin is loose in town." he replied.
"What about Spencer?" he asked knowing the drama that had to be have been created because of them.
"They buried Luke. It was like a whose who of graying former spies, con artists and to Laura's shock, women, several of which claim to have had relations with him in the last few years."
"I am sure that went over well." Jason was sure that his kids had excused their father and that his ex-wife had acted like nothing had happened.
"Lucky flipped, especially since one claims to have had his kid." Sonny said with a chuckle as he surprised Jason. "They are running tests but Laura seemed to think it was possible."
"Any problems?"
"Just moaning that Elizabeth should have been there to support Lucky. Also about the Jones girls not being there from Lulu." he said annoyed.
"Bobbie wanted me to bring Carly back from the island where she thinks she is."
"What about your sister, any trouble?"
"None. I got a DNA test, something I should have before this." he said with a heavy sigh. "She is however my sister."
"I'm sorry for your sake." Jason said then hearing voices saw the kids outside with Elizabeth and smiled at the picture she made wearing jeans, a button down shirt and an oversized dark red car jacket in the center of all those energetic kids.
"Michael wants to see Elizabeth." he heard and started to pay attention to Sonny again who sounded almost amused. "This is the longest he has gone without spending at least an hour with her every single day."
"If this works out, we should be home soon. We might not need to stay the two weeks like we thought." he said as he saw all the kids pairing off, then Maxie and what looked like Johnny O'Brien paired up. "What about AJ?"
"Things were fine. Its difficult, but we have talked. I get so furious with Carly..." he said with a sigh. "He said some things, I really didn't want to hear them, but I listened."
Jason wanted to ask what caused that, he knew damn well that Sonny didn't like to be criticized but that he had not only done so but listened had him wondering.
Hearing silence, Sonny said "When Brooklynn was sent with you, Ned and I both got a lecture from her mother. I was uh, compelled to go see her. Ran into an old friend or rather old girlfriend."
That made more sense, Sonny listening to a woman.
"She uh, she is fiery. Its why we didn't last. Add that to my cheating on her with her cousin." he said ruefully thinking that if he had known what he knew now, he would have forgotten all about Connie and stuck with Olivia.
"Anyhow, uh, she overheard Lois letting me know what she thought of the uh, situation. She pretty much felt the need to let her own opinion be known." he said rubbing his ear which still ached from the yelling.
Jason hung up and rejoined the group just as the kids all returned with whatever Elizabeth had sent them to get. Looking at the leaves, then at kids who had pumpkins in their hands. "Where did those pumpkins come from?"
"Elizabeth had Francis pick them up." Johnny O'Brien told him then went inside to get the newspapers. Spreading them out, he realized they had forgotten something. "Uh, we need knives."
Johnny Z joined Georgie on the ground then pulled out his pocket knife. "Take off the stem?"
"No." she said then took the knife away from him while glaring at him. Seeing the rest of them getting knives from Johnny O'Brien and smiled when she saw Jason Morgan handing Elizabeth one.
The blond man leaned down and whispered "Well its not an artist knife, but will this help."
Smiling up in thanks, she stabbed into the top of the pumpkin. Putting it to the side, she started to remove the guts.
"Elizabeth, can we bake the seeds?" asked Maxie. Being told yes, she grabbed the handle to her pumpkin and ripped it off. Soon she was removing her own guts, then saw the Irish guard turning green. "Are you okay?"
"That is gross." he informed her only for Maxie to roll her eyes and say the big bad mobster grossed out by pumpkin guts. "Hey, that is gross, I can't believe you want to eat that."
Meanwhile Johnny and Georgie were emptying out her gourd. "Happy, sad or scary?"
"Huh?" he asked confused.
"Have you ever carved a pumpkin?" she asked while pointing to where Jason was cutting out eyes for Elizabeth.
"Not that I can remember." he admitted. "So, how about happy?"
"Fine, then round excited looking eyes." she said handing him back his knife. When he cut the eyes out, he asked about the nose. "Triangle."
When he had finished that, she took the red handled knife back, he watched intently as she carved out a smile with two teeth. Looking around, she saw the others were working on their own versions.
Diego had moved away from Brooklynn frustrated as he carved his own pumpkin, then went to help Sage who was clearly upset with Dillon. Dillon meanwhile had carved his own pumpkin.
"Wow, Elizabeth." said Diego as he moved over to watch the artist as the other kids soon joined them. Looking at her elaborate pumpkin with eyebrows, ears and the scary eyes and mouth. "Show us."
Maxie was gathering the seeds while the rest of the group were shown how she had turned her round orange pumpkin into an eerie looking Halloween decoration.
The blond spread the seeds out, waiting for them to dry. Looking up, she looked over at the adults then said quietly "Elizabeth, do you think you can find It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown to watch?"
"I can, but I promised Michael we would watch it together again this year." she said looking at Jason who smiled at the idea of his nephew and his girlfriend watching cartoons together.
"Can we take this home with us?" asked Brook who then went back to being too cool to carve pumpkins.
"I don't see why not." she said looking at Jason. "We just need to put them in boxes. Now lets get cleaned up and meet back here in fifteen minutes."
The kids gathered round, then were told that Johnny and Francis had a surprise for them. Hearing engines, they turned to see the ATV's. "Wait, before you get too excited, you are to stay on the paths, off the roads wear your helmets."
There were shouts of yes, then the teenagers were arguing who was going riding with who. While the four were arguing Georgie put on the helmet and turned to smile at Johnny who handed her the keys.
The kids were soon riding the four wheeled machines as Jason gave Elizabeth a smile and said "Want to drive?"
"YES!" she answered as she hurried to the remaining bike. "Wait, what about Maxie?"
"Marco offered her a ride." said Jason. "Didn't you notice, she was on one of the first bikes that pulled out."
An hour in, Jason thought Elizabeth was trying to drive him insane as she wiggled against his chest. When she kept fidgeting, Jason ran his hands up her stomach from where it rested on her hip only for her to put hers on top of his and stop him.
"Jason, did you clean your knife before putting it back in your pocket?" she asked. Being told yes, she said Give me your knife." with her hand out after she had removed her light fall jacket then quickly unbuttoned her shirt.
"Excuse me?" he asked his mind still on the skin he was seeing as she turned around on the bike, more straddling his legs than the machine now.
"Give me your knife." she said as he pulled out the Swiss Army knife and opened it. Reaching for it, she moved it down her shirt and slowly cut the edge of her bra.
"Elizabeth, what are you doing?" he asked his voice sounding strangled as she began to move a bit, her back arching, her chest giving him a sight that would make most men sit up and beg.
"Ah, thank god." she said as she pulled out a small piece of wire, then sat in on her thigh then used the knife to remove its twin. "I am going to kill Emily, that is the last time I let her talk me into buying under wire. I am not a Courtland street hooker nor am I Carly. Do I look like I need an under wire bra? I am not that big, nor do I sag."
Swallowing his spit, Jason didn't have the words as she fixed things and began to button her blouse, but clearly his mouth did as he said "You certainly don't. Trust me, I would kill for a set of..."
Shutting himself up, he saw her raised eyebrow as she shrugged the coat back on then spun to face the handle bars, even as Jason said "Uh, that didn't come out right."
"Jason, you may play with this set anytime you want." she said in a sultry tone and a wink but before he could say anything else, she had turned the ATV back on and he had to hold on to her hips, all the while fantasizing about holding on 9 inches higher.
As they caught up with the rest of the pack, mud was being tossed up, the kids were soon shouting challenges at one another as they raced back and forth. Elizabeth loved the feel of Jason's arms wrapped around her, as she drove the four wheeler, through the woods.
Two more hours and a whole lot of mud later, she heard Diego asking if they were going to eat soon.
"No. I don't want to go in, this is too much fun, what is it with you, Diego. Do you ever get enough to eat?" moaned Sage as she glared at him from the next ATV.
"Sorry, I am just a growing boy." he said with a smirk. "What is for lunch?"
"I think you can wait the twenty minutes it will take for us to get back to find out." huffed Brook only for Elizabeth to tell them to take another turn of the trail, that this was their last chance of being outside for the week.
The kids sped off, Jason leaned in and told Elizabeth to take her time.
They will be fine without us. Debating on heading back, Elizabeth took a left turn, heading back towards the river they had driven past her mind on the desire she had seen in his eyes during her bra surgery.
Arriving, she took off her helmet and then got off the machine. Her legs trembled a bit, as she stretched a bit. Feeling Jason's arms come around her waist, she leaned back and enjoyed both the view and the peace and quiet.
"Jason, thank you." she said then seeing his confusion, she said "For being you."
"What is going on?" he asked quietly. Something was going on, but he felt like he was missing something.
Resting her head on his shoulder, she said "When I said yes to Lucky about getting married, it was more about fulfilling what I thought I should want, he uh, he wanted us to be intimate we got married but I couldn't. Something stopped me."
Jason tightened his arms, he had suspected this when he had been in Port Charles, but hadn't really wanted to know the truth, hearing the words, knowing that he was truly the first person she had been with, it did something to his male pride, something to his ego.
That alone bothered him, he didn't have any right to feel that way considering they weren't together at that time, and her thanking him for being himself made him regret the time they had lost.
"I uh, we have said I love you." she stated but "For me, what I feel is so much more than just love."
Lifting her head, he said "I have loved you for so long and have known I love you since the day I left Port Charles. I knew I had to though, I had to let you find your own way. I am just glad that it was to me."
Jason ducked his head, pulling her into a kiss even as they ended up kneeling on the fallen leaves. Elizabeth parted her lips and Jason didn't waste time before swooping down and taking her soft mouth. She held herself still, her body slowly processing the sensation of lips touching and teeth nipping hers.
Jason reached the back of her head, pulling her closer as Elizabeth gasped when she felt his tongue tease the corners of her mouth, and it was all Jason needed before he stole her breath in a kiss.
Jason ravaged her mouth for more of her taste and more of her response. He could feel melting into him as her lips sought his out. His tongue sparred with hers, leaving her with no doubts of his desire.
He gently bore her down on the bed of leaves, not breaking the kiss until he was lying on top of her and between her thighs. Elizabeth moaned in his mouth at the intimate contact of their bodies, Jason weight pushing her body down with his own.
She made him feel so aroused, so desperate for her. Their mouths opened heatedly against each other, their tongues melding and dancing in an erotic dance. Elizabeth wrapped her arms around his neck, her hips thrusting helplessly as she lost herself in their kiss.
Time ended as they continued to touch, their hands started exploring sensitive areas as they refused to let each other go. The fire lighting up their bodies intensified and there was nothing they could do, but to succumb to it.
"Ahem." There was the sound of giggles, while a surprised Jason and Elizabeth lifted their heads. Seeing the three bikes with their passengers about fifteen feet away, both were embarrassed to realize that they had managed to sneak up without their knowledge.
"Elizabeth, we are heading home to join Maxie and Marco." called out Georgie as she revved the engine then drove away quickly, feeling her own body reacting to the heat from watching Jason and Elizabeth make out.
"I am going to kill those kids." groaned Jason as he rolled onto his back and pulled Elizabeth on top of him.
"They have the worst timing." she conceded then with a laugh looked down at Jason. "Either that or we do."
Scrambling to her feet, she held out her hand and said "If we don't get back there soon, they are going to be speculating what is going on. I think our love life has provided enough gossip for them, don't you?"
Hearing him still muttering about killing them, something about how Ned and Lorenzo would thank him later, she brushed away the leaves and went to put her helmet back on.
Lunch was done, the entire group including Francis and Johnny O who had returned were gathered around the various padded benches when Maxie asked about lighting the fire pit that evening.
Being told yes, she pulled out the sketchbook Elizabeth had suggested she get so she could draw what she wanted to make with the sewing machine. Looking around, she was surprised to see Brook doing something with the embroidery floss she had gotten the first day there. "Brook what are you doing?"
Seeing the deer in the headlights look, she said "Or don't tell us."
"Its okay." she said showing the rest of them her knee which had a safety pin tied to it and a braided string coming off of it. "Its a friendship bracelet."
Georgie saw the way Brook was looking at her and didn't say a word. She didn't have to, it was going to take more than this backdoor apology and even then she didn't think they would ever be as close as they once were.
Brook sat down, returning to work on the various shades of yellow into a bracelet, her mind on what was going on around her. Sage was for once not drooling over Dillon, in spite of riding with him, she was now sitting near her cousin as they joked back and forth.
Then there was Georgie, who was running her hands through Johnny's hair as his head rested on her lap. Every time she saw the two of them, they seemed closer and closer.
It bothered her because to a certain extent she had always felt like Georgie belonged with her uncle and Brook wasn't sure what had happened. Now, her best friend didn't seem to even want to speak to her anymore.
Johnny was still amazed as he lay on the wide bench, his head in Georgie's lap where it had ended up after joking about needing a nap. Feeling her running her fingers through his hair, he looked up to see her looking down at him in spite of the book she was holding.
It was a soft lazy afternoon, which was all Elizabeth had intended it to be. Leaning in towards Jason, she felt his arms come around her and pull her even closer. When she felt his lips against the side of her forehead, she sighed at ending the time.
"Want to go for a walk?" he asked as he held out his hand. Elizabeth linked her arm with his when they walked. Walking down the path, Jason took pleasure in the silence, in the camaraderie and peace.
Georgie was almost sleeping herself when she heard Johnny's offer. Smiling as they stood, she was walking off with John when she saw Dillon arguing with Sage and felt for the woman she had long blamed for the end of her relationship with Dillon.
Inside the house, she went to her room and changed into fewer layers. Wearing a t shirt and some khaki's over the new lingerie Maxie had talked her into recently, she stuck her feet into her slippers and joined Johnny in the theater as they locked the door.
"Give me a moment." he said from where he had covered the table. Holding out his hand, he pulled her around from the back of the sofa. Helping her sit down, he frowned a bit at the slippers even as he lifted the covering.
Seeing all her favorite snack and being handed a few movies, she was amazed to see several murder mysteries in the mix. As they watched the first movie, Georgie finding herself in Johnny's arm, she couldn't help feeling like she belonged there.
"I figure between the book and these, we should have you sleeping again in no time." he said as he looked into her eyes, then gently pressed a kiss to her lips.
Back on the deck, there were some giggles as Sage joked that Jason hadn't been very thrilled with them this afternoon. Standing, she went to find something to snack on, her mind on Diego's offer to make Dillon pay for hurting her.
She had turned him down, but his words still made her laugh inside. "I have some friends at school who could kick his ass if you asked, that way we don't have to bother dad. Just say the word and six overly aggressive, attitude adjustment needing kids will mess up the film boy's hair."
It had however touched her, that he had in his own way let her know he was there for her. Grabbing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, she went to her room, finished her homework just as the others started to gather again including Johnny and Georgie who were holding hands.
Looking around as they all gathered again as a group, she asked "What now?"
"Charades?" suggested Dillon his mind on the reaction of the woman the last time it had been suggested.
"Uh, not charades." said Elizabeth her voice wobbling. "How about we let you all do what you want."
Johnny asked for a moment with Jason then asked "Would you mind if I took Georgie to the movies."
Jason gave the other man a once over, then said "Not tonight. I want everyone to stay close but if things settle down, maybe tomorrow."
Johnny agreed, then winced as Brook suggested spin the bottle. A chorus of nos greeted this idea then someone else suggested card games, then a movie and then Maxie reminded them that Elizabeth had said they could light the fire pit after dinner.
The meal was quickly cooked, Brook and Dillon relieved to discover that Elizabeth had assigned something very easy for their evening in the kitchen. Mac and cheese and since they were lighting the fire pit, hot dogs and hamburgers on the indoor grill to get them in the mood.
After the meal, the girls stepped outside, shivering a bit, they all quickly rushed to get thick sweaters while the boys pretended to be too cool to wear anything except Johnny who had gone to grab his jacket.
Jason supervised the lighting of the pit, saw that Elizabeth had brought them out supplies for something she called s'mores and then when the girls came up the stairs said that she had made the large coffee pot full of hot cocoa.
Before he realized what was going on, Jason found himself on the private deck off their bedroom, alone with Elizabeth, some hot cocoa and a fire in the outdoor fireplace. Cozy with her in his arms, they spent the early part of the night, not saying a word, just holding one another while in the distance they could hear the young voices and the smell of chocolate.
"Georgie, can we talk?" asked Brooklynn hesitating as she stood near her friend who was talking to her sister instead of the mobster prince for once.
"Can we, yes. Should we, I doubt it." she replied looking at Brook.
"Please?" she asked then when they were seated some distance away from the rest, she said "I am sorry."
Sighing, Georgie looked at Brook then said "I will say I accept your apology but honestly Brook... this behavior, its more like I would expect from Lulu, not you."
"I know." she said then said "I have something to tell you, do you remember my telling you about my old friend back home, the boy I used to hang around with when visiting my grandparents?
"David, no, Daniel?" she asked.
"Dante." she said her voice cracking. "He didn't know about the Quartermaine stuff, about my life. I uh, after Lucas decided to tell me that he thought he might be gay, I went home, I needed to be there, but it all went wrong."
Georgie didn't say a word, letting Brook talk. "You know, I think it would have hurt less if he had just said I am big jerk-wad and since you decided you don't want to have sex yet, I have found someone willing to get it up."
"Like Dillon did?" she asked pointedly.
"Yeah, like he did with actions, if not words." she replied. "Or better yet, I met a world famous super model and she thinks I am sexy with my big ears and oddly shaped toes."
They both laughed at that but Georgie saw how close Brook was to tears so she waited patiently. "I uh, I went home, not as myself. I let mom buy me some clothes to wear as Rock Star Barbie, then while we were having our family Sunday dinner with the Falcanaries, spent all this time dropping how I flew here in the Q jet, how I went shopping there. I uh, played up knowing Brenda Barrett, though I have never actually met her."
"Oh Brook, why?" she asked confused.
"That wasn't the worst of it." she said "I played this game, this I have done everything, that there was nothing on this earth that would surprised me. All in front of Dante and his best friend."
"Brook, why would you act like that?" she asked confused.
"I had a plan. It blew up, badly." she said wiping the single tear. "Georgie, I waited until they left, then I went to Dante's apartment. I knew he was going out to a bar, they were going to watch the pre season football game. I also knew he didn't have to work for the next two days."
"Brook what did you do?" she asked getting a bad feeling about what she was about to hear.
"I took off all my clothes, then climbed into Dante's bed. I knew he wouldn't think to much about it. When we were kids, I used to sleep over all the time."
"Not naked though?"
"No, but he did what I expect, he came home, soused and I heard him in the bathroom getting ready for bed, then he fell into bed, zonked out." she said taking a deep breath then she told her the rest. "I uh, I made sure he was excited then uh, that he was awake and I uh, I..."
Whispering now, she said "I put him inside of me and dealt with my virginity."
"But I thought..." Shocked then resigned Georgie said "You lied to me. You said..."
"I know I told you that I had slept with my best friend, but I hadn't really lied." she said. "I had heard others talking about how it hurt, and the amount of blood and pain, so I uh, used that as my experience, besides, now I have told the truth."
"Brook, this guy was drunk, what you did, if he was a girl and you were the guy, you would be arrested for rape." she said disillusioned with her friend. "You didn't really give him any choice in this and what if you had gotten pregnant or something even worse."
"I used birth control pills and I knew he was clean." she said not wanting to go into the rest but knowing she had to. "Georgie, I cleaned things up, then when he woke up later, I told him we had slept together."
"BROOK!" she said disgusted at the expression on her friends' face. "You told him something different, didn't you?"
"I told him he had reached for me in the night and that I had thought he was my boyfriend." she said reluctantly. "Georgie, please, I am so screwed up."
Revolted a bit, she said "Screwed up, Brook you committed rape."
"No, look, I knew that Dante had wanted me before." she said trying to reach out for Georgie who had pulled back and walked a few steps away. "Please, I need you to tell me what to do."
"Tell the truth, to this guy. Tell him as soon as we get home. Brook, I don't know who you are anymore." she said walking over to Johnny and burying her head in his shoulder, shocked at what she had just heard.
Brook went to her room, feeling like she was going to solitary confinement while Sage was asking Dillon for a few minutes of his time. Seeing him start to protest she said "I just wanted to tell you, thanks for the last few months, but I have decided that our sleeping together needs to end."
His jaw dropping, he pulled his eyes away from the scene in the distance of his ex-girlfriend and the man who had somehow become her lover and looked, really looked at Sage. "What is this about?"
"Nothing, its just, you really have been I guess a disappointment. I wanted a boyfriend, not a friends with benefits. So I guess you can say it is me, not you." she said trying to find a way to end this without smacking him into next week.
"Are you breaking up with me?" he asked dazed as he sat down on the bench behind him.
"If that is how you want to look at it." she said. "Dillon, you are a nice guy, but simply put you suck as a boyfriend and quite frankly I need a little less space from the guy I am dating. I want him to look at me like Jason looks at Elizabeth or Johnny looks at Georgie."
"He wouldn't have Georgie if you hadn't set your sights on me." he muttered glaring at the couple.
"Yes he would have, because if it wasn't me, it would have been Lulu." she said then said "Dillon, I still consider you my friend."
Scoffing he looked at her then said "Is this the we can still be friends speak? Forgive me if I don't want to be your friend."
"Fine, but Dillon." she said starting to walk away. "You really don't want me as an enemy either."
Sage found herself crying silently in the attached bathroom, then felt hands pulling hers down. Looking up, she laughed then took the box of cookies and tub of ice cream. "Maxie I don't think this is very sanitary."
"Who cares." she said then pulled Sage into her room. "I have an extra bed. Wallow all you want. I sleep through anything."
Then with a suspicious look she said "Except Toni Braxton breakup songs. You start playing those and we are going to have a problem."
Changing into her bed clothes, Maxie was on her way back to her bed room when she saw Diego waiting anxiously. "She will be fine."
"What is up with half the kitchen being in your bedroom?" he asked.
"Its how we deal with relationships ending." she said only for him to walk away complaining about how they gave him such a hard time about food when they planned on pigging out on half the snacks.
Maxie hesitated, then saw Johnny and Georgie kissing in the Zen room. "Diego, why don't you join us, but if you fall sleep on my bed, so help me..."
"I won't." he said."Besides if I go to my room, I might beat the hell out of Dillon, and yeah, he is an asshole but like Sage said to me earlier, she should have known better."
"In that case, you are uninvited." she teased then saw his eyes were looking at the floor and his face contorting like he was in pain. "What is your problem?"
"What is up with those slippers?" he asked, feeling like the over sized eye balls were following him around the room as they entered to see Sage with a large serving spoon eating ice cream.
Georgie looked over at the pool, then blushing asked what she had longed to. "You watched me swim naked didn't you?"
"Yes." he confessed, tensing up, expecting to be yelled at.
With a shy tone, she said "Do you have any idea how hot that is yet so pervy."
"You don't know half of it." he said while thinking about her underwear that were buried in a pair of his socks. Convincing her that it would be a good idea to head into bed, he wasn't sure of his welcome but found her hands reaching for his.
Later that night, after Georgie was asleep, Johnny looked at the sleeping woman beside him and hoped that the forecast was right and that it would rain all day.
He liked the idea of a lazy day, spent in her bed, Georgie snuggled up against him as they read the day away. Thinking on early that day, when he had almost fallen asleep with his head in her lap, shocked at how he had been unable to move once she had started running her fingers through his hair. Not willing to stop it, even when he had seen the amusement in that guard Corelli's eyes.
Feeling her move closer and make small noises as she settled back down, whatever nightmare bothering her seemingly chased away by her movements. Brushing her hair off her face, Johnny saw her eyes open, the trust in them before she fell back to sleep and could only hope that he never did anything to lose that precious feeling she gave him.
In Port Charles, Carly was dreaming she was in Florida.
Looking up she saw the blond man in the distance, untying her bathing suit strings, she gave him a seductive smile and said "Oh Jason, I knew you would come for me."
"Carly, it is you, it has always been you." he said as she reached for him. The blond stuck in the safe house, never noticed the man reaching for her, lifting her into his arms and vowing to protect her always.
Max was almost at the door when he heard her moaning and said "Its okay, Carly. I will protect you, I will love you always."
"Oh Jason." Max didn't even flinch, knowing that when Carly learned the truth, what he had given up for her, the great sacrifice he had made yet again, surely, but surely this would mean she would love him.
TBC