Chapter 12
Port Charles, New York – August 11, 2012
Jason woke up alone, and he frowned. He stepped out of bed and pulled on his sweats, and went looking for Sam. She wasn't in the bathroom and she wasn't upstairs, so he made his way down and saw her standing by the window. She had her arms wrapped around herself as in to comfort herself, and he walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her from behind and kissed her head. She leaned into him with a sigh.
''I didn't mean to wake you,'' she said softly, and he shook his head. ''I just couldn't sleep and I didn't want to stay in bed,'' she added.
''I know – just relax and we will get through this together,'' he said, and she nodded. ''Sam – I'm kind of worried about you – I heard you've been getting sick almost every day the past week and I don't like it one bit,'' he suddenly said. Carly had told him about it when he had bumped into her at Kelly's and he was really worried.
''It's just the stress – or a bug or something,'' she said, and she turned around in his arms. ''It's nothing to worry about, Jason. Just relax,'' she said, and he nodded.
''I just need you to take care of yourself, because I don't want you getting sick when I'm not here to support you,'' he whispered, and she smiled at him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and stood on her toes to kiss him.
''I love you,'' she whispered after breaking the kiss. ''Don't worry about me – worry about Deb. Jason I think I remember some of what happened that day in the park,'' she said looking down, and he frowned.
''Tell me – what happened?''
''Well I was in the park and I sat down to eat my muffin – but then Deb came and we talked I guess,'' she said, ''after that I drank some of my tea and blacked out,'' she added, and he gasped.
''God damn it, I know what is going on here,'' he growled, and she frowned. ''You drank your tea – I think she put something in it and that's why you don't remember – that's why you're sick,'' he said, ''Sam we have to get you checked out!''
Sam smiled, ''you know what – to make you feel better I'll go see Monica on Monday,'' she said, ''and I'll call you to tell you what she found – but right now I want to spend the remainder of our time together without anything to worry about,'' she added, and he sighed.
''I just – I'll worry if you don't get to see the doctor right now, Sam. I need you to do this for me,'' he said, and she sighed. Then she nodded.
''I'll go in the morning – right now I need some sleep,'' she whispered, giving in. ''I really don't think it's something Deb did, though. It can be something natural or something,'' she tried again, but he didn't budge. He didn't want to think it was something natural, because that would mean he would have to go with Deb, and that meant back to Belgium – far away from Sam.
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Sam woke up alone, and she sighed. She knew Jason was still here, because she could see his clothes, and she decided to go down stairs to see what he was doing. She sat on the edge of the bed and put on his shirt before going downstairs. She heard him walk around in the kitchen and when she walked in she smiled when she saw him. He was in his sweats and was making breakfast – he hadn't seen her yet. Sam walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him from behind, her hands on his chest.
''Hey,'' she said, and kissed his back. ''How long have you been up?'' she asked him, and he shrugged.
''An hour or so – I couldn't sleep anymore and I decided to make you breakfast,'' he said, and she smiled. Jason turned around in her arms and wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. ''Did you sleep ok?'' he asked, and she nodded.
''I slept better with you,'' she whispered, and he nodded and turned, with her in his arms, to check the pancakes. ''They look great,'' she said softly, and he nodded again.
''You know they were always my specialty,'' he said with a wink, and she laughed softly. ''I've called Monica and she said she couldn't help you today – you really only want to go to Monica?'' he asked, and she nodded. She didn't want another doctor help her.
''Monica is discreet, Jason. You know that – and I don't need any stress because I'm afraid the doctors aren't going to be discreet,'' she replied, and then she sighed, ''and I know Robin and Patrick are discreet too, but Monica already knows most of what is going on, I'd just feel better,'' she added, and he nodded.
''Ok, you're going to the hospital on Monday – then we'll see what happened,'' he said, and suddenly she had an idea.
''Jason – what if I call Deb and ask her to come over or ask her if we can talk – and I wear a wire?'' she asked, and he frowned and thought about it.
''It could – no Sam, I don't want you to put yourself-''
Sam interrupted him, ''wait, are you going to start again? I mean, I told you I can handle her, and Sonny is going to be there and you will be there to help when it's necessary. I'm going to call Sonny – so I don't have to explain this twice,'' she said, and Jason sighed. Sam walked to the living room and grabbed her phone, and dialed Sonny's number.
''Hello,'' he said picking up the phone.
''Sonny – I need you to come over when you can today. Jason is here, and we have something to discus with you,'' she said, not bothering to make small talk. ''I have an idea on how we could make Deb to lose her cover,'' she added, and he sighed.
''I'm on my way – hang on,'' he said, and then he disconnected the line. She was still not really back to the friendship feeling she had before, but they were coming back, and she knew she had to make sure they would return.
''Jason – Sonny is on his way,'' she called out, and before he could reply she was on her way up to take a shower.
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Jason smiled as he did the dishes. He loved spending this time with Sam, and when everything was over he was going to make sure he would spend more time with her like this. He had taken a shower after Sam, because she had told him Sonny was coming over to talk about her plan. He didn't like the idea of Sam and Deb having a talk, because he knew what Deb was capable of, but he would have to accept Sam wanting to help.
''Jason – Sonny is here,'' he heard Sam call out from the living room, and he sighed and dried his hands. He would finish the dishes later. He hadn't even heard Sonny arrive, and he knew Sonny would agree with this plan of Sam's. He walked into the living room and nodded once to Sonny.
''Sam tells me she has an idea,'' Sonny said, and Jason nodded and looked at Sam to let her tell it.
''Well – Jason told me he heard Deb threaten me, and I don't remember any of it. We think she has something to do with that, and I'm going to see if I can get her to confess – and also to confess to what she did to keep Jason away from here,'' she said and then took a deep breath, ''I want this to be over with and I know this could help – I'd wear a wire and you or Jason or someone else would listen in on the conversation,'' she added, and Sonny nodded and rubbed his chin.
''When do you want to do this?'' he asked, and Jason sighed. He didn't want Sonny to agree – he knew it was selfish – but if Sonny agreed, he had to agree too.
''She wants to do this on Monday. Deb is coming back here and we have to go back to Belgium,'' he said, and Sonny widened his eyes.
''Well then – this is something we should try, Jason, because we need to make sure she doesn't take you with her,'' Sonny said, and Jason nodded. He hadn't seen it that way yet, because he was worried about Sam.
''Sonny, we need to be there so we can interfere when it's getting bad – I can say I'm going out for a while around the time Sam comes over and just stay close and see if I can do anything if something happens,'' he said, and Sonny nodded.
''We are going to need to work together on this. Sam – you wear a wire and make sure you get her to talk – Jason, you are going to be there when things get out of hand and I'll listen in and tell you when it does,'' Sonny said, and Jason and Sam nodded.
''Thank you Sonny – you don't know how much this means,'' Sam said, and Sonny nodded.
''You know that I'll help the both of you with this – I'm going to go and see what I can come up with and I'll come by tomorrow,'' he said, and he got up. ''I'll see you around, Jase – Sam,'' he said, and he left. Sam looked at Jason and knew he didn't like this idea at all.
''I know you don't like this – but Jason I don't want you to go – I want you to stay here with me and this is the only way I know how,'' she whispered, and when he saw the tears in her eyes he sighed. He held out his arms and she stepped in his embrace. He held her tight and sighed again.
''You know I love you and I'll help you with this – and I know it's for us and for me, you want to do this for me,'' he whispered in her ear, ''but you have to be careful, ok – I just need you to promise me you'll be careful,'' he said, and she nodded.
''I promise, Jason, I promise I'll be careful,'' she said, and he nodded. He took her to the couch and sat down, then he pulled her on his lap.
''You know that, ever since I remember – and ever since Deb told me she was pregnant – I can't stop thinking about it. When she told me I was in shock – I didn't know what to think – and then when I was in bed later, I thought about how I would react when you told me you were pregnant,'' he said, and she looked at him.
''How would you react?'' she asked him, and he shrugged.
''I would be happy – but the thing is, I don't know if its safe for us to have kids yet. I'm working with Sonny all of the time and look what happened the last time he asked me to do something – I don't know if I can handle being a dad and having to worry about you and a kid 24/7,'' he told her, and she sighed.
''Would you want to have kids one day – I mean, you told me before all this happened you wanted to have kids some day, but you also said you wanted to get out first,'' she said, and he nodded. ''I know I want to have a baby with you – in time, because I don't want to pressure you – but I know we're getting older,'' she said, and he smiled.
''We are going to have kids some day – I just want to be legit before we start, you know? I mean look at us – we love each other and we want to share that with a baby, but we have to make sure he or she is going to be safe and I can't do that right now,'' he told her, and she nodded.
''I know,'' she whispered, and he kissed her forehead. ''Don't worry though – I'm not going to trap you,'' she joked, and he smiled again.
''I know – I love you,'' he said softly, and she smiled at him.
''I love you too, Jason. With all my heart,'' she told him, and he closed his eyes.
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Sam sat on the couch that night thinking about what would happen on Monday, and she was nervous. She knew Jason was there to support her and help her when needed, and she knew Sonny would be there to assist, but she had to go in and get Deb to talk. She didn't know what was going to happen, but she knew she had to call Deb right now.
''Jason, I'm going to call,'' she said, and he nodded and frowned. He was worried, and she could understand, but she had to do this. She took the phone and dialed the number, and then waited until Deb picked up.
''Hello,'' she heard, and she took a deep breath.
''Deb, this is Sam. I know you are out of town right now, but I need to talk to you when you get back,'' she said, and she heard Deb say something to someone in the background.
''Ok, on Monday morning I'm back and you come over to my apartment. I know Jason is going to be out to say goodbye to that dinner man – Mike – and I'll be ready for you,'' Deb said, and Sam nodded. Before she could reply, though, Deb had disconnected the line and Sam stared at the phone in her hand.
''What did she say?'' Jason asked, and Sam shrugged.
''She told me to come over to her place and we could talk – she said she knew you would be out to say goodbye to Mike,'' she replied, and Jason nodded. She felt the phone vibrate and she looked at it, and saw she had a text from Deb. The time – early in the morning – and the address, and she smiled. ''We got it,'' she said softly, and she got up. ''I'm going to bed – I'm exhausted,'' she said, and he nodded.
''I'm coming with you,'' he said, and he followed her up the stairs to their bedroom. They changed into something comfortable and stepped in. ''Good night, Sam,'' Jason whispered, but it was already too late. She was already asleep.