Chapter 11
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Sam stood at the terminal waiting for Jason with Danny, Scout and Georgie in tow.
"Sorry I am late. This stuff with Carly is consuming my free time"
'If you cannot get away, I am alright to do this myself"
"Not a chance. I want to be here"
"In that case, I am glad because Jake and Cam wanted to come"
"So they are both coming?"
"Well Elizabeth stopped Cam from coming 'this time'. I thought it might be easier with Danny around to spend time with Jake, since he is still warming up to you"
"Is he here yet?"
"Nope, he will be here in 5 minutes. I was hoping I could get Scout and Georgie on the plane while you wait for them?"
"Absolutely. Plane is ready" Jason smiled
"Yes. Luggage is already on board"
"Great. So I will just wait"
"Yes. Good luck with Danny, he won't stop talking about wanting to see a shark"
"Fantastic"
"Come on girls, lets go" Sam said holding Scout and taking Georgie's hand"
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"Dad, did you know Sharks don't want to kill people"
"No, I didn't"
"Do you want to know something else about sharks?"
"Sure" Jason said smiling ear to ear thinking about how Danny talks just like Sam
"Danny" Jake yelled running around the corner. Elizabeth was not too far behind. "Hi" he added stopping dead in his tracks to look at Jason
"My mom is already on the plane, let's go!" Danny said grabbing his brother's hand
"Did he know I was coming?" Jason asked Liz
"Yeah. He knew. He is working on it"
"I get it."
"Jake and Sam have a great relationship, so I don't expect any phone calls to come home" Liz smiled "Let him come to you, don't force it"
"Will do"
"Here are his bags and Franco made an art care package for everyone for the flight" Elizabeth said handing him a suticase and gift bag
"Thank you"
"You should thank him too?" Elizabeth tried
"I am sure the kids will do that" Jason grunted "Bye"
Jason followed the stewardess to the plane. As he stepped into the cabin he looked to see a lot of kids and Sam smiling up at him.
"There are a lot, right?" She said reading his facial expression
"It will be fine right? Not like those movies with lots of crying and screaming children?" Jason said nervously
"I got it under control...no one has as sugar since yesterday afternoon. And, I brought a movie" Sam said calmly
"Franco gave the kids a gift"
"Oh" Sam said, although she didn't hate Liz and Franco together, she still hated him "Give it to Jake"
"Jake...Franco gave you and your brother a gift"
"What about Scout? She is my sister too" Jake said
Jason's face sunk. Jake still thought of Drew of his dad "It is for everyone I think"
Jake grabbed the bag "look what Franco got us!" he said as he sat down next to Danny and Georgie
Sam motioned for Jason to sit next to her and Scout. Jason stepped over the other kids and set down next to Sam and put his head back and breathed out deeply before turning his head to face Sam
"What's wrong?" Sam said shift her body and Scout to face Jason
"I am good" he said and grabbed Scout's little hand in his
"Lies. But I won't push." Sam smiled
"So what happens once we get there?"
"Once you survive this plane ride, Spinelli will be meeting us at the Airport with Ellie. Spinelli will take the kids, minus Scout and we will rent a car to go to the hotel. Spinelli graciously offered to Let the boys stay with him. I booked us a suite, at a nearby hotel"
"That house will be madness" Jason laughed
"Not my circus, not my monkeys"
"Well..." Jason smiled and Sam hit him
"I am glad you came. I think I would have gone insane without you" Sam laughed
"So far you are keeping your cool better than me"
"Well your problem is Franco and Drew, and they are two people who are not here" Sam said very matter of fact
"You are right. When did you start becoming the voice of reason?"
"Since I feel like I am finally stable" Sam smiled
"This reminds me of when we went to Sonny's island to hide Michael"
"Times have surely changed" Sam smiled looking down at a squirming Scout "Can you hold her?"
Jason took Scout from Sam's arms with such ease. "She is so good"
"Her and Danny were both calm babies" Sam said digging through her bag for a snack for Scout "I should probably get everyone's snack"
"Sam" a small voice said, it was Georgie "I am thirsty"
"I got you sweetie" Sam said "Why don't you and the boys sit down and buckle your seat belts. I will bring some snacks over." Sam looked at Jason and smiled
"You are good at multi-tasking" Jason said
The three older kids sat in their seats and Sam walked over to check their seat belts. "We have about 1.5 hours left, why don't you stay belted till we land and watch a movie"
The three both agreed. Sam got their snacks situated, grabbed Scout's stuff and handed it to Jason to deal with so she could get back to cleaning the plane up so they would all be ready to just go once the plane landed. Jason grabbed a book and started reading it to Scout while waiting for Sam to finish.
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Fast forward 2.5 hours...
"That was the easiest plane ride I have ever done with the kids" Sam said "Thank you for taking care of Scout"
"So how did Drew feel about me coming and helping me take care of his daughter?"
"He wasn't very happy, but he also knows fighting only hurts the kids"
"He fights with you?" Jason said putting the last bit of luggage in the bedroom
"Argues is a better word. Honestly, it is less about the kids, and more about the fact I am spending time with you"
"I thought he is moving on?"
"Yeah, he goes on dates."
"I heard he was dating someone" Jason said
"Oh, news to me. We don't really talk much outside of what Scout's needs are"
"What about the memory stuff?"
"I am not happy about him risking his life, but I have no say anymore"
"You are the mother of his daughter? That should count for something"
"I will use that the next time you want to do something stupid and see how that works out for me" Sam laughed sitting Scout in her play pen
"ummm...yeah" Jason smiled
"Last Drew conversation for our visit...Kim is working on it and she is a doctor and knows medical lingo and isn't sleeping with his brother so she is the better person to fight this battle. In the mean time I will work on finding a flash drive so no procedure has to take place at all"
Jason's eyes widened at the sleeping with his brother part. Thinking to himself how their situation was like a soap opera drama. "I am doing what I can to help"
"I know. And I thank you for that. I never told you some news"
"What is that?" Jason said as he grabbed her hand and walked them both to the couch
"Curtis...Shawn's friend...he want's to go into business with me"
"Are you quitting the Metro Court?"
"No. I think I want to do cases to help out though. I little side money wouldn't hurt"
"I can pay more in child support" Jason clammored
"Honestly, it is more about the adrenaline rush than anything"
"you are a sucker for that"
"So are you" she said hitting him. He smiled back at her and leaned in to kiss her but was interrupted by his phone vibrating
"Who is it"
"Spinelli"
"Oh shit, are we late?"
"No, he said that Ellie wants to have a girls night with Georgie and Scout and he wanted to take the boys to some special restaurant"
"So basically, they are trying to set up a date night for us" Sam said
"I would say so. He said, that Ellie and Georgie will be over in an hour if it is okay with you for them to take Scout?"
"Sure." Sam said so Jason responded via text
"Spinelli says he had an evening plan for us but Ellie made him cancel it"
"Smart woman" Sam said
"He said they are going to bring a list of suggestions for us" Jason smiled
"What do you want to do?" Sam asked
"You pick" Jason said as Sam positioned herself close to Jason and kissed him "I am okay going out" she kissed him again "or staying right here"
Jason took a hold of Sam's head to deepen the kiss but was interrupted by a whining Scout "Perhaps we should wait till they get here"
Sam stood up and picked up Scout and place her on her hip. "Good idea. I am going to go change her into something girls night worthy"
Jason smiled and watched Sam walk away.
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