A/N: Hi all! So I am back with a new update. this chapter is a little more Sam centric but there's definitely Jason too. Anyways, thanks to my loyal reader and all of you who have added this to your favs or put it on alert, it's very much appreciated! And a very special shoutout to my reviewers!

Liz- You are so welcome. I'm so glad you enjoyed everything.

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robinscorpiofan- Thanks, yeah most people want the baby to be Jason's. And I'm really not trying to make Lucky a jerk per say...lol!

soapdemon34- Thanks, I wish we'd get more Alexis and Sam on the show so I'm going to try to incorporate that in this story. And I agree, them fighting at the hospital was typical male behavior that I could see Lucky and Jason both participating in.

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Following Your Heart Even If It's Unpopular

"Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go, that's baaaaad. Robert Frost said, Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~Tom Schulman

Sam sat in her hospital room, flipping through the pictures in her mother's wallet. Jason had just left to go get his blood taken for the DNA test and it had given her some alone time with her mother. Looking through the photos, she had to admit she could see some resemblance between her and her sisters, even Alexis; and even though she felt happy knowing she had a family she was still disappointed she hadn't gotten any memories of them.

"They're beautiful," Sam said in awe.

"I like to think so," Alexis smiled.

"I can't wait to get out of here and meet my sisters," Sam said as she looked up at the older brunette.

"You never have been a fan of hospitals," she replied ruefully.

Sam shrugged. "Is anyone?"

"No," Alexis laughed, "probably not but you seem to hate them more than the average person which is why you should probably stop visiting them so much."

"I'll make a note of that," she nodded with a smile. "Hopefully I can go home soon."

"I hope so," she paused. "They're anxious to see you too," Alexis smiled. "Viola, she's my nanny, keeps calling for them. They've missed their big sister so much."

"I wish I could remember them," Sam said sadly.

"You will sweetheart," Alexis reached over to hold her daughter's hand in comfort. "I hope so," she paused. "It'll be good to have all my girls together again, and under one roof."

"I live with you?" Sam questioned.

"No honey," she shook her head, "but for now I think it would be best if you came home with me and the girls while you adjust to life in Port Charles without your memories. You've always had a room at my house and being there, I think will be best for you and your health as well as your baby's."

The younger brunette nodded wordlessly.

"You wanted to go home with Jason, didn't you?" Alexis questioned before sighing. "Sam," she drew her name out slowly, "I just don't think that's what's best for you right now."

"I remember him," she reasoned. "He's really all I can remember."

"But you don't remember everything sweetheart," she said softly as she took her daughter's hand. "You and Jason, yes you loved one another very much but the two of you also hurt each other. He broke your heart Sam and it took you a long time to recover and Lucky helped you heal from that."

"So you want me to be with Lucky," she crossed her arms over her chest.

"No," Alexis answered, "I want you to be with whoever makes you happy but…"

"Jason makes me happy," Sam interrupted.

"Yes he did but he also made you miserable," Alexis held up her hand when she saw her daughter about to protest again. "I do want you to be happy Sam but I think you need to give yourself a little time, at least until you start to remember things more evenly." She paused briefly. "Sam, I just got you back and I don't want to upset you."

"Then why are you doing this?" she pleaded. "When I woke up in that hospital in Maine Jason was the only name I could remember. I know I still love him and he loves me."

"I know you do and I believe that Jason does love you but I also know you and Lucky loved each other as well," she explained. "I just don't want you to jump into something that's going to hurt you later."

"Knock, knock," a male voice said from the doorway. "You up for another visitor?"

"Lucky," Sam smiled. "Sure, come on in."

"I'll just give you two some time," Alexis said before standing up and giving her daughter a kiss on the forehead. "I'll be back soon." She smiled as she passed Lucky, squeezing his arm affectionately.

"Hey," he said as he sat down in the chair her mother had just vacated.

"Hey," she offered him a smile

"How you holding up?" he asked.

"Honestly," she paused. "I don't really know. I mean I have these glimpses of my life but nothing's in order and I know it's not the whole picture. It's like some weird time tunnel gone haywire."

He nodded. "I can't even imagine how difficult this must be for you."

"And for you," she tilted her head. "I'm sorry if I hurt you, I just- I remember us caring about each other but…" she trailed off, not wanting to hurt him with her words.

"You remember being in love with Jason," he supplied for her before reaching over to take her hand in his own. "And you did Sam, you loved Jason very much but things happened and the two of you went your separate ways and you and I fell in love Sam. Neither one of us were looking for it but it happened and this baby could be proof of that."

"And if this baby is Jason's?" she questioned. "What then?"

"We'll find a way to work through it," he assured her. "Before your accident, you and I were planning a life together. We were going to move in together and start our future."

"And apparently I betrayed that Lucky," she felt guilty even though she couldn't remember being unfaithful to the man in front of her. "How can you just forgive me for that?"

"I don't know Sam," he shook his head. "All I know is that I loved you before I thought you were dead and I love you now." Lucky sighed deeply before his eyes met her resolutely. "You may not think that I'm the right man for you right now but once you remember you will realize its Jason who isn't the right guy for you."

She shook her head. "Lucky…"

"Let me finish," he cut her off. "He hurt you Sam. You told me that he broke you and that I was the one who helped you learn to put those pieces back together and I'm not going to stand by and do nothing while he worms his way back into your life only to break you again. I love you Sam; I love you and I would never, ever hurt you. I won't lie to you or betray you with another woman. I will be the man who deserves you and Jason, no matter how much he wants to and loves you, he can't be."

"I don't-I don't know what to say," her heart hurt for him. "I wish I could tell you this is all going to work out the way you want it to but I can't guarantee that, not where I am right now."

"I know," Lucky replied, "but I want you to know that I'm not going to walk away Sam." He leaned over to kiss her lips, slowly but deliberately and with passion.

Sam stayed still for a moment before she began to kiss him back out of memory, reaching her hand up to cup his face as his lips glided over hers in earnest.

"Oh-uh-my," Alexis stammered at the doorway as they broke apart. "I'm sorry, I'll just, I'll come back later."

"It's okay," Lucky said as he turned towards her. "I need to get to the station," he said before looking back at the woman he still considered his girlfriend. "I am going to fight for you. I'll give you some time to think but I'll be back before they release you."

Sam nodded wordlessly as he walked out the door before touching her fingertips to her tingling lips.

"Well," Alexis said as the door closed behind the officer, "alright then." She smiled before sitting next to her obviously stunned daughter.

"That's it," Robin said as she placed a label on the vile of blood and sat it on top of the chart. "They'll compare the samples to the sample they took from Sam and we'll find out which one of you is the father."

Jason nodded. "Can you make sure they put a rush on it?"

"I already planned to," she replied. "For what it's worth Jason, I really hope you're the father of this baby. You and Sam deserve a little uncomplicated happiness."

"Thanks Robin," he said before watching her exit the cubicle and seeing Sonny step inside. "Hey man."

"Hey," the shorter man nodded. "Did Robin tell you how long it should take?"

He shook his head. "But she said she'd see they put a rush on it."

"Good," good," he nodded. "Then at least part of this will be over." Sonny paused briefly. "It is going to take a lot of energy though, this thing with Sam. You're going to need to be there for her, stayed focused."

"Yeah, I know that," Jason looked at his friend curiously. "What's on your mind?"

Sonny smiled that he could read him so easily. "The business."

"The business," Jason repeated. "What about it?"

"Sam is going to need a lot of your attention right now with this amnesia," he shrugged. "And even when she gets her memory back, the two of you are going to need to work through a lot of things so you can get ready for your daughter."

"You want the business back," he stated, knowing better than to ask a question he already knew the answer to.

"I'm not going to lie to you," he shook his head, "of course I want it back; I spent years building it," he answered. "And if Claudia really is behind Michael's shooting and we do what needs to be done…"

"The Zacharra Organization could turn on you," Jason said.

"In the event of that…" he trailed off. "But if I do this right, not only could I make Anthony obsolete but I could take complete control of The Zacharra Organization…"

"And your old one," Jason mused.

"Look, I understand why you felt the need to cut me out before," Sonny shrugged. "I was out for blood and I wasn't thinking clearly…"

"But you are now," he interrupted.

"I am now," he said firmly. "I think you've seen that."

Jason nodded. "I know I wasn't exactly making rational decisions when I thought Sam died and you really stepped up, rather than taking advantage to try and steal the organization back or to fight me over it."

"I never wanted to fight you," Sonny explained. "No matter what happened, you are still like a brother to me. That's why I stepped up."

"And I appreciate it," Jason replied. "And I appreciate you risking your life for Sam."

"So," Sonny paused, "what do you say? You ready to merge organizations?"

"I never wanted to run it in the first place," Jason said truthfully. "I'd be happy taking my job back."

"It's been a while since you held that position," Sonny said. "You think you'll be alright taking orders from me again?"

"As long as you understand that Sam has to come first for me now," Jason explained.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," he offered his friends a dimpled smile. "Let's go see if we can get her the hell out of here."

Jason nodded wordlessly before they made their way towards Sam's room.

Elizabeth walked up to the nurse's desk to start her shift. She'd been nervous all day about what happened after Lucky left her house last night to talk to Alexis and the whole ordeal had her frazzled and running late. He'd never returned and so far he wasn't picking up any of her phone calls and neither was Jason. Sam. She shook her head in disgust as she thought of the woman who by simply reemerging in their lives had already disrupted her life.

"Hello Nurse Webber," Epiphany said as she stepped behind the nurse's desk, "nice of you to join us."

"I'm only five minutes later and given how I was kidnapped last night I thought it might warrant a little grace period," she snapped.

"Kidnapped?" the plump woman repeated. "I'm sorry Elizabeth," she said in a rare moment of remorsefulness, "I didn't know."

"Yes," she nodded. "Jerry came after me because I found out Sam was alive and he wanted to stop me from telling Alexis."

"I heard Sam McCall was alive," Epiphany replied. "I didn't know you had anything to do with finding her." She smiled at the nurse. "I'm proud of you Elizabeth." She paused, "are you sure you don't want to take the day off after your ordeal?"

"No," she shook her head, "but if it's okay I'd really like to go check on Sam. We'd had our issues in the past but we were starting to become friends before she died and I'd really like to see her and make sure she's okay. After all, Jerry tormented both of us."

She let out a deep breath before nodding. "Very well but make it fast."

"Thanks. Do you know what room she's in?" Elizabeth asked.

"Two twenty five," Epiphany said before picking up a chart and walking away.

Smiling to herself, the nurse made her way to her targeted room, happy that it seemed the brunette was alone. "Sam," she said as she entered "Hey…"

"Hi," Sam looked up at the petite woman in scrubs, immediately taking notice of the plastered on smile. "I'm sorry, do we know each other?"

"Yes," Elizabeth said as she moved closer. "We know each other very well." She paused as she took a seat next to her. "We have sort of a complicated relationship, with you being with my ex and me with yours."

"What?" Sam asked.

"Lucky," she said with a smile. "He's my ex-husband and Jason and I, we have a son together. They were both really devastated about your death." She sighed with a tilt of her head. "Jason really hasn't been able to concentrate on much of anything since he thought you might've survived the accident and now that you're back," she smiled brightly as she reached over to hold Sam's hand, "he can get back to concentrating on his family."

She pulled her hand from underneath the nurse's, trying to fight the tears that were stinging in the corners of her eyes. "Jason and you, you have a family."

"Yes, which you are a part of because of Lucky," Elizabeth replied, her voice chipper. "It took us a long time to all be okay with each other but we were and we were all happy Sam."

"Is there a point to this history lesson?" Sam asked, knowing by the way the woman was talking that they were not the best of friends.

Elizabeth pursed her overly glossed lips thoughtfully before continuing. "Your death certainly brought up some old feelings in Jason and I know he's overjoyed you are alive and so am I but my son has really missed his father. And Lucky is so happy to have the woman he was building a future with; the two of you could have that family with this baby."

"I can't control my daughter's paternity," Sam said.

"You'd be surprised what exactly a mother can do when she puts her mind to it." She looked the other woman deep in the eyes, before she removed a picture from her pocket and tossed it on the bed. "You do understand what I'm saying, don't you Sam?" She watched as the other woman studied the photograph. "He looks so much like Jason, doesn't he?"

Sam nodded her head. "He's a beautiful little boy."

"Yes he is," Elizabeth said as she stood up. "I'll let you keep that; Jake really likes you too you know, despite the fact you kidnapped him once among other things because of your obsession with Jason."

"What?" her eyes snapped up at the nurse.

"Like I said, it took a lot for us all to be okay but now we are. It would be a shame for anything else to happen to rock the boat and the lives of my boys and that baby you're carrying," she offered her a glossy smile.

"What the hell are you doing in here?" a boisterous blonde spoke from the doorway before yanking Elizabeth by her arm.

"Get your hands off me Carly," Elizabeth snatched her arm away.

"I asked you a question Muffin-face," her voice raised even higher. "You have no right to be in here harassing Sam."

"I wasn't harassing anyone," she pouted. "I was just telling her our history, not that it's any of your business."

"It's my business if I say it is," Carly got in her face. "And I'm sure you've spun things your way with your lies the way you always do. You wait till I tell Jason you were in here upsetting Sam with your lies."

"I wasn't lying about anything," Elizabeth retorted. "I just told her about mine and Jason's family and how she helped kidnap my son but that we were getting passed it."

"Family," she scoffed. "Yeah right; and Sam didn't kidnap anyone and you know it," Carly spat. "Yes she froze but she was obviously having some sort of breakdown and who wouldn't having to deal with you constantly stalking Jason and climbing up skyscrapers to seduce him when he was drunk out of his mind during a blackout because we all know that's the only way Jason would touch your scrawny ass, inebriated and half-blind."

"Jason loves me," she screeched.

"If you actually believe that you're worse off than I thought," Carly yanked the mousy woman by the arm and pulled her towards the door. "I find you in here again and I'll have Sonny make you disappear." She watched the woman's eyes bulge before slamming the door closed. "Bitch," she sneered before turning back to the shocked brunette in the bed. "Hey, I'm Carly Corinthos-Jacks." She held her hand out.

"Nice to meet you," Sam shook her hand, "but I'm guessing we know each other already. Are we friends?"

Carly shrugged. "As friendly as I can be with any woman in Jason's life," she smiled. "But there are a lot of vapid twits like her in this town and it's nice to have someone I can actually tolerate around so I'm glad you're back."

Sam nodded as she laughed. "I'm going to take that as a compliment."

"You should," Carly nodded, "it's about as close to one as you'll get from me."

Jason stepped through the doorway to Sam's hospital room, freezing when he saw her and Carly talking and laughing. It was weird to see them being so friendly with one another and he looked around, wondering if somehow he'd entered into The Twilight Zone.

"Jason," Sam beamed up at him. "Come in."

"Hey Jase," Carly offered him her own smile. "Why are you just standing there?"

"This is," he motioned between the two of them, "weird."

"I told you if he saw us sitting here he'd have a heart attack," Carly smirked before getting up. "I'll leave you guys alone."

"You don't have to go Carly," he replied.

"It's okay, I have to go anyways. I really wanted to go see Michael today," she smiled at the pregnant brunette. "He'll be happy his Aunt Sam is safe and sound."

Sam squeezed her newfound friend's hand in comfort, seeing the pain in her eyes. "Give him my love." She felt like she new the little boy after everything Carly had told her about him.

Thanks," the blonde smiled. "You call me if lying Lizzie shows up," Carly said as they both shared a laugh. "And I'll come back and visit tomorrow if you're still here."

"I hope I won't be but you know more about where I live than I do so you could always come there," Sam replied.

Carly laughed. "See you later and you," she turned to Jason and kissed him on the cheek, "I am so happy for you guys." She offered them both one last smile before leaving.

"I think I should be worried," he said as he pulled the chair closer to the bed and sat down.

"Why?" she raised a brow in inquiry.

"Because I don't think Port Charles can handle you and Carly on the same side," he let out a small laugh before his features sobered. "What was she talking about with Liz?"

"Oh," she sighed, her smile falling from her face. "She came by to politely ask me to let you be with your family and to let Lucky be the father of my baby."

"What?" he jerked back from the information.

"Yeah," she nodded. "She also informed me that I helped kidnapped your son." She shook her head, "Carly tried to explain what happened but I still don't understand how I could do that. I am so sorry."

He reached over to grasp her hand. "Sam, you froze. You had nothing to do with Jake's kidnapping and believe me you've more than made up for what you did wrong by saving him when he was kidnapped by some of my enemies."

"And you've just forgiven me?" she asked in disbelief.

"I have," Jason nodded. "We both hurt each other a lot."

"I've heard," she paused briefly, "from Alexis and Lucky and that nurse Liz and from you…" Sam trailed off.

"What is it Sam?" he asked, feeling a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"I'm just wondering if this is the right decision," Sam replied. "You and me? With as much as we apparently hurt each other, how can you be so sure us jumping back in to this is right?"

"Because nothing, nothing is or has ever been as certain in my life as my love for you." Jason reached up to stroke her hair gently.

"Jason," she smiled as her eyes began to tear up.

"And I know you're scared and your memory is hazy and everyone on the outside is telling you about the bad times but none of them know what's in my heart or what's in yours," his blue orbs met her chestnut ones. "But you know Sam, you feel it."

Sam nodded as a few stray tears rolled down her cheeks. "I do… I don't really understand it but my heart remembers even though my mind doesn't." She cupped his face in her hands. "I'll need time though…"

"I'll wait as long as you need," he said softly before looking at her deeply and reaching his hand up to stroke her cheek, wiping the moisture away with the pad of his thumb. "I'm going to kiss you now."

"Finally," she breathed out with a smile before he bent his head towards hers.

She kept her eyes open but allowed her lids to lay heavily as Jason brought his lips to hers. His lips moved over hers determinedly and when she felt his tongue trace across the crease in her lips she opened her mouth to oblige him. It started off slow, each of them taking the time to explore and relearn every corner and crevice of the other's mouth before the kiss built up in its urgency. Their mouths glided together ardently as a deep passion erupted in both of them, the intensity of the kiss seeming to make their whole bodies feel alive. Finally they parted from lack of air, resting their foreheads against each other's.

"Wow," Sam breathed out just as the door opened, revealing her mother, Lucky, and Robin.

"Sorry to interrupt," Robin smiled at the couple as they separated, "but it looks like you're getting sprung."

"I can get out of here?" Sam asked excitedly.

"You can go home," Robin replied. "In fact I've already taken it upon myself to have your discharge papers filled out; all I need is a signature and you are good to go."

"You're a godsend," Sam replied.

"Now the only question is where do you want to go?" Alexis asked. "I would really love to take you back to my house to meet your sisters."

"Or I could take you home to your apartment," Lucky offered with a smile. "It may help you remember to get back to our routine."

Sam looked between her mother and her former boyfriend before feeling Jason take her hand. She met his eyes and knew exactly where she was going even if no one else would approve. "I think I'd like to go home with Jason."