Chapter Fourteen

The moment Jason woke up he knew something was off, he had fallen asleep with Elizabeth and Cameron. The sun was just beginning to shine though the windows telling him it was still early. He shifted and realized that sometime during the night Elizabeth had tucked herself against his side. He closed his eyes and savored the rightness of them being together. He watched her sleep keeping one hand on her swollen stomach.

He finally moved deciding it was best if Elizabeth didn't wake up to him holding her, not to mention the fact he needed to find Cam. He placed a soft kiss to Elizabeth's forehead and then bent to kiss her stomach over their child. He was half way to the door when he realized something very important. Sonny had refitted some of the safe house doors. He, no they were trapped.

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Spinelli woke up when he heard Jason calling his name. Instead of answering he went to wake Johnny up as well. "Hey Quick Draw."

"Go away, Spinelli. It's too early to be up." The guard mumbled.

"Tell that to Stone Cold."

"Shit. Jason's up already? I guess there goes our peaceful and relaxing morning. What about Liz is she up yet?"

"So far it just seems to be Stone Cold."

"Okay. I'll handle Jason. You go check on the kid." Johnny pulled on a shirt and walked over to the master bedroom. He knew Jason pretty well, and knew his reaction was going to be explosive. "Hey boss, what's up?"

"I'm locked in. Just, open the door before Elizabeth wakes up."

"I can't." Johnny sated calmly.

"You can't?"

"Okay, I won't." Johnny relented.

"What?" Jason asked shocked. "Johnny, I don't..."

"Spinelli and I thought this would give you two a chance to talk."

"So, you are telling me that you're not going to let us out?"

"Nope."

"Why the hell not?" Jason asked, his voice slightly louder than necessary.

"You and Elizabeth love one another. You're about to have a child together. The two of you should be enjoying this. Instead you're both miserable. Talk to her Jason, tell her what's going on in that head of yours. Then convince her to tell you what she's feeling."

"I know all this, Johnny. It's just," he paused trying to gather his thoughts. "I don't know. It's like we're strangers anymore."

"Fix it. This is your chance."

"You're really not going to let us out?"

"Not until you work things out."

"Elizabeth can't be trapped in here." Jason said trying to reason with his friend.

"Nice try, we already thought of that. There are a couple of coolers in the closet. Have a good time."

Jason heard Johnny walk away. Part of him wanting to hit something, but knowing it wouldn't help, he chose instead to search the closet. True to his word Johnny had placed inside the closet two coolers filled with food and drinks. His bag sat next to them. He had to give Johnny and Spinelli credit they had thought of everything. He grabbed some clothes then headed into the shower.

He stepped under the warm water, letting it wash some of his anxieties away. He dreaded explaining all this to Elizabeth. But things had to change, and somehow he had to make Elizabeth see she meant more to him than just being the mother of their child.

Jason stepped out of the shower and quickly dressed. He sat back down on the bed and just watched Elizabeth sleep for awhile.

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Elizabeth was having a wonderful dream. Her favorite dream in fact. She and Jason were making love. His hands were all over her body sending waves of pleasure through it. She moaned softly as she felt him touch her cheek. "Elizabeth." his voiced whispered.

Slowly Elizabeth blinked and realized she wasn't dreaming. Not completely. "Jason? What's going on? Where's Cameron?"

"He's probably still asleep. Um, we have a small problem."

"What?" She asked sleepily.

"Johnny and Spinelli locked us in here."

"They what?"

"They want us to work things out. Talk." Jason admitted with a shrug.

"How could they think doing this was a good idea?"

"I think maybe they were right." Jason saw the look of shock and interrupted her before she could speak. "Elizabeth, we need to work things out. This is the first time in our entire relationship that we haven't been able to talk. Even when we were barely speaking we could still talk if we needed to." He said thinking back to when Emily had cancer.

"I know, I'm sorry."

"I don't want you sorry. I just want you happy."

"I am."

"Don't lie to me. You never did before. Please don't start now."

"I hate feeling like an obligation to you." She whispered softly.

"What?!"