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Chapter 14

Elizabeth was standing in the foyer of her building waiting for Jason's car to pull up. She was excited and nervous about the coming trip. Not only was this the start of her time with Jason, but this was her first trip to Europe. This was also the longest flight she had ever taken. She didn't have any issues with flying, it was just that they would be in the air for over seven hours.

She was hoping to sleep on the plane because it would be early in the morning when they landed. That meant they would have the entire day at their disposal and she was hoping to see some of the city. Sarah said that jet lag really shouldn't be an issue on arrival, although some folk were sensitive to changing time zones. What would be hard on day one was going to bed early enough to not be exhausted on day two.

Diane said the plane would be warm and suggested that Liz dress relaxed for the flight. The attorney changed outfits not long before they landed, so Liz could do the same. Diane would also be sleeping the entire flight because she was a nervous flyer. So Liz packed some reading material to keep herself occupied if necessary.

Taking the attorney's advice to heart she was in gray lounging pants, an oversized pink checked shirt with cuffed sleeves, and white slip ons. Relaxing was something Elizabeth took extremely seriously. Jason needed to learn that up front. On her days off she didn't even put on makeup if she wasn't going out. For the flight she was barefaced because there was no point in getting done up. Liz was comfortable in her skin, the guy in her life needed to respect that.

The car pulled up and Liz grabbed her coat slipping it on. By the time his silhouette could be seen through the frosted glass in the front door she was buttoned up and reaching for the doorknob. "Hi." She said pausing to take in his outfit. It was thirty-nine degrees out and he was wearing black shorts and a blue-grey t-shirt without a coat.

"Hi." Jason gave her a wide smile. It felt like the time to come get her wasn't ever going to arrive. He swore he ran out of the penthouse like it was on fire when he saw that he could leave without showing up so early it was creepy. "Ready to go?"

"Uh, yeah." Liz said still trying to wrap her brain around the fact that he was in shorts.

"Is everything okay?" He heard the slight pause. Hopefully she wasn't rethinking going with him.

Liz grabbed her makeup bag and the two garment bags with her nice dresses while Jason grabbed the rest. "Aren't you cold?" While it was true he wasn't just hanging around outside, he was still in summer clothes.

"I can't feel temperatures." He said as they made their way to the car. "Normally I would have on my coat, but I'm not comfortable driving in it. So instead of putting it on and taking it off each time I get out of the SUV, I just left it in the car." Renaldo was standing by the vehicle and he took some of the bags so they got everything stowed faster. "Thanks."

"No problem. I'm getting cold just looking at you." Renaldo was shaking his head as he went back to where Hank was waiting.

Jason was smirking when he opened Elizabeth's door. He went around to the driver's side and got behind the wheel. Elizabeth immediately put her hand on his arm and frowned. "Because of the damage from the accident I don't feel hot or cold unless it's really extreme. It needs to be well below freezing for me to get a chill."

"Just because you can't feel it doesn't mean you can't damage your skin." Liz didn't want to come off like she was lecturing him. His arm was really cold. "Just please be careful. You don't want to accidentally injure yourself."

"I guess this is where those sweaters will come in handy." Jason said with a sheepish grin. His grandmother also complained about his attire when he showed up to the mansion in shorts last week.

"Yup. Or sweatshirts. There are some thicker ones that are very nice." Liz said putting on her seatbelt. "You can even just leave one in the car. I leave a hoodie in Marshall in case I'm wrong about the weather."

"Marshall?" Jason asked confused.

"My car." Liz said like it was obvious.

"You named your car?" Jason asked starting to grin.

"Of course." Liz just gave him a look. "He's my best bud. Whenever I need him he's always there. Plus he has great taste in music."

"First new car?" Jason was laughing as he guessed.

"That obvious?" Liz was laughing too. "I just got him earlier this year. This is the first car I've ever owned. When I was in high school I drove my Gram's car. When I went off to college I joined a ride sharing program because cars are expensive and I was putting myself through school."

"Your parents didn't help?" Jason found that to be surprising. With them both being doctors, he would think they could help their daughter avoid loans.

"They would have if I asked." Liz said with a shrug. "I got a partial scholarship so it wasn't like I didn't have some assistance. Working while I was in school wasn't a hardship for me. Sarah was the one who needed more help. She didn't get any money for undergraduate or medical school because the programs she got accepted into didn't give out aide." They were so competitive that they rejected more students then they accepted. "So I just told them I was good. They took that to mean I had a full scholarship."

"So you were a good student?" Jason asked taking the turn to the airstrip.

"I was." Liz said with a bright smile. "Graduated number four in my class. Go Falcons! My ruse was working until last year when my parents came for a visit, and Sarah totally outed me."

"How did your parents take that?" He was enjoying learning more about Elizabeth. That she had a big heart was coming through. She would rather work a little harder so that her sister didn't graduate and owe a lot of money.

"They wrote me a check." Liz told him. "I tried not to take it because I'm not in college anymore. Clearly I'm doing okay. However the guilt on their faces was crushing me so I caved."

"How much did you donate to charity?" He asked with a smirk. Her blush said that his guess was dead on.

"Half of it." Liz didn't make a big deal about donating to her favorite causes. "They made me promise not to give any more than that away." Because her parents knew her well. "I'm not going to lie, having the cushion in the bank is nice. It makes me feel good that I don't ever have to look to someone else to take care of me." While if she ever needed assistance Sarah would be there, Liz liked knowing she could stand on her own two feet.

He parked and thought that he was seeing another trait. Independence. It was tempered by the fact that she loved having her sister close. "Are you stubborn?"

"Me?" Liz asked with a look that said never. "Why would you think that? Did my sister say something?"

"Sarah just threatened to hurt me badly if I did anything stupid. I just have a hunch you can be stubborn at times." He said with a grin.

"I'm guessing we are in a it takes one to know one situation." Liz said giving him some sass. Based on some of Lila's stories about the Qs there was no way her grandson wasn't bulldog stubborn on some issues. Just like his grandfather.

"I'm going to refer you to my lawyer." Jason looked over and saw his guys were waiting. "I need to get the luggage loaded." He reached behind him and grabbed his coat before opening his door. Hank was assisting Elizabeth down.

"You can board the plane." Hank informed Ms. Webber as he helped her from the SUV. He was trying not to grin. She was in flats and tiny. Jason was going to have to modify his car to make it easy on her. "Francis and Diane are already on board with their guards."

"Thank you Hank." Liz gave Jason a smile before walking over to the stairs. This wasn't what she had been expecting when Jason mentioned they would be traveling on the company plane. She was thinking of something smaller, that might serve five or six people. Nope, the aircraft in front of her was massive. She wasn't going to be cramped.

"Well hello." Diane was stretched out on one of the couches. "Welcome to the plane."

"I may pout the next time I fly commercial." Liz peeled off her coat and the steward come forward to take it. "Thank you." She told the attendant. "Jason is dragging my many bags to the storage area along with Renaldo and Hank."

"Don't worry. There is plenty of space." Diane started explaining. "I made sure when I bought this aircraft. I need room for the many shoes and outfits I plan to acquire." Much shopping was going to happen.

"I tried to count the number of bags Jason had packed but I didn't get a good look." Liz said taking a seat.

"He will not have a lot of clothes. It's the other guys you want to pay attention to." Diane said with a chuckle. "The men they do business with are a rather vain ostentation of peacocks. I think Francis packed twice as many clothes as I did." Mobsters like to look good the attorney thought to herself.

Jason, Hank, and Renaldo all boarded the plane. "Diane." He greeted his attorney. "Is Francis in the back?"

"He is." Diane said looking him over. "Are you wearing Burberry?" She asked sitting up. She recognized that coat from the fall/winter line. The shorts she wasn't going to comment on. Again.

Jason handed over the outerwear. "It's nice." He said shrugging. "Elizabeth helped me pick it out. Come on guys." Francis would be going over security before they took off.

The ladies watched the guys walk off. "What else did you help him buy?" Diane wanted to know. "That coat is not something I ever imagined Jason would even consider purchasing. Would you be willing to help him shop again?" Diane saw a makeover opportunity.

"Jason was getting fitted for suits and we bumped into one another, he also had a few other things he wanted to get. He asked me for my opinion, I didn't just offer it." Liz wanted that clear. "Yes, I did suggest the coat but he wouldn't have gotten it if he didn't want to." She looked over at the older woman. "As for shopping again, if he asks me to go then sure I would. However I don't have any intention of suggesting clothing that Jason doesn't already have an interest in. He's a big boy he knows what he is, and is not, willing to wear." Liz was going to leave out that most of them shopping together was really thinly veiled flirting.

"Understood." Diane said out loud, what she was thinking was well done. Liz not only made it clear that a makeover wasn't coming, at least not from her, she also didn't answer the question of what was purchased. If Diane wasn't mistaken there was a bit of protectiveness to the response. Lila said last night Jason had been very focused on Elizabeth during the ball. The Quartermaine matriarch had enjoyed watching her grandson.

"Once the guys are done we'll take off?" Liz asked changing the subject.

"We will. While we wait you can tell me about your dress last night, and where you got that shirt you are currently wearing." They were both wearing the exact same pants in the same color. "You can also tell me about your skin care routine. The fact that you aren't wearing a drop of makeup and your skin is flawless must be discussed." The attorney said sitting up so that Liz could join her on the couch.

"Nice outfit. Please tell me you wore a jacket." Francis asked looking at his partner. Seeing Jason in shorts wasn't that surprising. It was a common look for him when he wasn't working.

"Yes, well part of the day. Diane was impressed by it." Jason said leaning against the back of a chair.

"I'll have to see it." Francis smiled, he was going to guess it was black. "We just finished up." He pointed to Kyle, Sal, and Lee who were his crew for this trip. They were traveling with a full rotation of six guards. When they were all together, like at the reception or business dinners, Renaldo would be in charge. When they were apart then Kyle was in charge of Francis's crew. However they would spend a good part of the trip apart, so how that would work had to be addressed as well. After they took off the guards would gather together for their own review.

"Are you guys done?" Jason wanted to know.

"We are." Francis nodded and sipped his coffee. "Do you need to have a meeting?"

"No. We all live in the Towers so I had a meeting before I left to get Elizabeth." Jason's crew was Renaldo, Chris, and Hank. Chris had come straight to the plane today which was why he had sat in on Francis's meeting.

"Is she nervous about the trip?" Francis was thinking by the time they returned home he would know Elizabeth better. He liked what he knew so far.

"Not that I can see. The nerves might become more apparent when we actually leave the country. I plan on making sure Elizabeth knows she can return home at any point if she feels uncomfortable. I'm pretty sure that won't happen." Jason was confident the trip was going to be great. "Is there anyone coming who we might have issues with?" He didn't have the guest list.

"Sorel, Scully Jr., and Moreno will all be there." Francis let his partner know. "Besides the opening and closing receptions we shouldn't see them. If they start shit it will be a mistake. If Maximus doesn't deal with them, we certainly can." Considering that the person who ran the territory they would all be in was their friend, the other organizations would be begging to disappear if they caused issues.

"Maybe Maximus wanted me to come to get rid of them." Jason said brightly. "I'd be happy to do so." All three had been a pain in the ass for Corelli Morgan at some point. Sorel was the only one that was close though. He had been quiet since Jason took out his second in command and enforcer in one weekend.

Francis just laughed. Now Jason had another possible reason to look forward to Ireland. "Come on. Let's go out to where the ladies are waiting. Kyle please let the pilot know we're ready to go."

"No problem." He said heading to the cockpit.

Walking back into the main cabin Jason pointed to the empty seat next to Elizabeth silently asking if he could join her. She had picked a large love seat and he was hoping she did so that they could sit together.

"Have a seat." Elizabeth smiled at him. She had been planning to let him know he could join her if he went to sit somewhere else. "Are we leaving soon?"

"Kyle went to tell the pilot we are ready. So we should be hearing the his voice with pre-flight information any second now." Jason confirmed for her. "Thank you for coming with me."

"Thank you for the opportunity. I'm looking forward to having you show me around." Elizabeth said just before the pilot started speaking. Their adventure was about to begin.

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