~L.B.~
Courtney woke up in bed at her motel as she heard a knock on the door. It took her awhile to climb out of her hazy sleep, but the knocking was persistent and grew louder by the second. She finally climbed out of her bed and walked to the door. Before she turned the knob, the person pounding on the door spoke, "COURTNEY!!! OPEN THE DOOR!!! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!!! OPEN THE DOOR NOW OR I'LL BREAK IT DOWN!!!"
Courtney began to tremble at the sound of his voice. How did he find her? Why did he come? Did he know about the baby?
"COURTNEY!!!"
Courtney rushed to the door and opened it to see the man she had spent so many nights crying over, "Jason."
As soon as she opened the door Jason pulled her into his arms and said, "god I've missed you like crazy, I'm never letting you go again! Please Courtney, please tell me that it's not to late for us."
Through her tears Courtney said, "No! It's never to late, I love you so much, Jason, but there is something I have to tell you."
"What? What is it? You can tell me anything," Jason said noting the fear and concern written all over her face.
"Jason I'm pregnant," Courtney looked down as she said this, and when she looked up the look on Jason's face shook her to her core. He looked so angry, she was almost afraid. She closed her eyes, trying to block out Jason's horrible reaction, and when she opened them all she saw was Jason walking away. "Jason! Jason I'm sorry! Please! Please come back!" Courtney shouted after him, but it was no use, he didn't even look back. Courtney collapsed on the floor, crying and trembling for everything she lost.
The shaking continued and she heard someone call her name with persistence. Courtney opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't in her motel room, she was at Ben and Kate's, and she was sleeping, and it had been a dream.
"Courtney are you all right? You were having a bad dream." Kate saw that Courtney was starting to cry, "hey, its okay," she said as she pulled Courtney into a hug.
"I'm sorry to cry all over you," Courtney apologized.
"Don't worry about it, sometimes the best thing you can do is just cry." She sat down next to Courtney who still had tears running down her face. She gave Courtney a hug and told her to let it out. That was Courtney's undoing, she began to sob until she could cry no more. Kate stayed with her until she fell asleep from pure exhaustion.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Luke's Place~
"No," Luke said through his laughter.
"Why not?!?!?!" Carly, Bobbie, and Emily demanded.
"You have got to be joking! You want me to help you go behind your husband's back, who by the way is quite possessive and has no qualms whatsoever about violence, and do something that he most likely already told you not to do whatever it is you're trying to do. Sorry girls, I'm just gonna have to pass this time."
"I can't believe you're afraid of Sonny! And he never specifically said I couldn't find someone to help find her, he just said he refused to do it anymore. Come on Luke, I'll pay you whatever you want, just please help us."
"First of all I am not afraid of Sonny, I just don't feel like going and looking for trouble when I don't need any. And where exactly would this money come from?"
Bobbie responded before Carly had a chance to reply. "Luke, Carly IS family, she's MY daughter and YOUR niece and you WILL help her for that reason, and that reason only. Money will not be exchanged, and you WILL help her and Emily find Courtney."
Luke eyed Bobbie carefully, "fine, but the first sign of trouble and I'll be outta there so fast all of your pretty little heads will spin."
"Great, so where do we start?" Emily asked.
Courtney woke up in bed at her motel as she heard a knock on the door. It took her awhile to climb out of her hazy sleep, but the knocking was persistent and grew louder by the second. She finally climbed out of her bed and walked to the door. Before she turned the knob, the person pounding on the door spoke, "COURTNEY!!! OPEN THE DOOR!!! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!!! OPEN THE DOOR NOW OR I'LL BREAK IT DOWN!!!"
Courtney began to tremble at the sound of his voice. How did he find her? Why did he come? Did he know about the baby?
"COURTNEY!!!"
Courtney rushed to the door and opened it to see the man she had spent so many nights crying over, "Jason."
As soon as she opened the door Jason pulled her into his arms and said, "god I've missed you like crazy, I'm never letting you go again! Please Courtney, please tell me that it's not to late for us."
Through her tears Courtney said, "No! It's never to late, I love you so much, Jason, but there is something I have to tell you."
"What? What is it? You can tell me anything," Jason said noting the fear and concern written all over her face.
"Jason I'm pregnant," Courtney looked down as she said this, and when she looked up the look on Jason's face shook her to her core. He looked so angry, she was almost afraid. She closed her eyes, trying to block out Jason's horrible reaction, and when she opened them all she saw was Jason walking away. "Jason! Jason I'm sorry! Please! Please come back!" Courtney shouted after him, but it was no use, he didn't even look back. Courtney collapsed on the floor, crying and trembling for everything she lost.
The shaking continued and she heard someone call her name with persistence. Courtney opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't in her motel room, she was at Ben and Kate's, and she was sleeping, and it had been a dream.
"Courtney are you all right? You were having a bad dream." Kate saw that Courtney was starting to cry, "hey, its okay," she said as she pulled Courtney into a hug.
"I'm sorry to cry all over you," Courtney apologized.
"Don't worry about it, sometimes the best thing you can do is just cry." She sat down next to Courtney who still had tears running down her face. She gave Courtney a hug and told her to let it out. That was Courtney's undoing, she began to sob until she could cry no more. Kate stayed with her until she fell asleep from pure exhaustion.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Luke's Place~
"No," Luke said through his laughter.
"Why not?!?!?!" Carly, Bobbie, and Emily demanded.
"You have got to be joking! You want me to help you go behind your husband's back, who by the way is quite possessive and has no qualms whatsoever about violence, and do something that he most likely already told you not to do whatever it is you're trying to do. Sorry girls, I'm just gonna have to pass this time."
"I can't believe you're afraid of Sonny! And he never specifically said I couldn't find someone to help find her, he just said he refused to do it anymore. Come on Luke, I'll pay you whatever you want, just please help us."
"First of all I am not afraid of Sonny, I just don't feel like going and looking for trouble when I don't need any. And where exactly would this money come from?"
Bobbie responded before Carly had a chance to reply. "Luke, Carly IS family, she's MY daughter and YOUR niece and you WILL help her for that reason, and that reason only. Money will not be exchanged, and you WILL help her and Emily find Courtney."
Luke eyed Bobbie carefully, "fine, but the first sign of trouble and I'll be outta there so fast all of your pretty little heads will spin."
"Great, so where do we start?" Emily asked.