Chapter 24

Port Charles, New York – September 16, 2012

It was early when Sam woke up feeling nauseated, and she moaned. She was exhausted – she couldn't sleep because of what happened last night and what she didn't know. She looked over at Jason and saw her was still sleeping, and she decided to get out of bed and make him some coffee. She slipped out and took a deep breath, trying to push down the nausea. It didn't work like she hoped, but she didn't feel the need to run to the bathroom so she put on her sweatpants and a tank top before walking down the stairs.

When she walked into the kitchen and made some coffee she thought of calling Alexis. She wanted to tell her what was on her mind – she wanted her mother to know that even though she was cruel to Sam on purpose, Sam still loved her. She didn't know what it was, but the love was still there. But Sam shook her head and decided not to do it, because it would only let Alexis believe she listened to her and wanted her to talk to Sam like that, and that was exactly the opposite. She wanted Alexis to butt out of her life.

When the coffee was finished she poured a cup and took it upstairs. She was surprised to see Jason awake when she walked in the room, and smiled at him. ''Morning,'' she said softly, and he smiled. She gave him the cup of coffee she had brought for him and he widened his eyes in surprise.

''You made me coffee,'' he said, and when she nodded he put his cup on the nightstand and pulled her next to him. ''Thank you, baby – I love you,'' he added, and she smiled up at him and kissed him.

''I love you too,'' she whispered, and he took a deep breath and took the cup in his hands again. He took a sip and smiled. ''Did you sleep ok?'' she asked him, and he nodded.

''I slept just fine with you in my arms – until you weren't anymore. You didn't sleep that much did you?'' he asked her, and she shook her head. ''You want me to tell you what happened last night?''

''Yes – you said there were other things that needed to be taken care of,'' she replied, and he nodded.

''Ken lied to us. He was in it the whole time and I found out Deb did this to hurt you – I didn't understand why just yet, but now I'm going to find out what she has against you,'' he told her, and she frowned.

''I didn't even know her before all this,'' she replied, and he nodded.

''I don't understand either – but let me tell you what happened last night,'' he said, and he started to explain. How he picked Deb up from the hospital, and how she had been glad to see him until she realized what was going on. Sam nodded and was silent the whole time, letting him tell her what had happened without interrupting. He was grateful for that, because he knew she wanted to ask a lot.

''So she said she loved you. I can see how she could fall for you,'' she said with a gentle smile, and he laughed softly. ''But what I still don't understand is why she would do this to hurt me – I didn't know her before and I can't think of anything that I did to Ken either,'' she added, and he shook his head.

''Lorenzo was in love with you – that much we know, but whatever she had against you we'll find out,'' he replied, and she smiled.

''I know you will,'' she said, and he nodded. ''Let's just enjoy our Sunday. I missed a lot last night because I guess I was asleep the whole time,'' she added, and he laughed.

''I know I heard Carly say something like that to Sonny. I was surprised at first – but then I remembered what happened with Alexis really hurt you,'' he said softly, and she nodded.

''I thought about calling her this morning, but I decided against it. I don't want her to think it's ok to just treat me like that – because I don't think it is,'' she said, and he nodded.

''When she realizes you don't appreciate the way she acts, she will come crawling back. In the meantime, I need something from you,'' he said, and she frowned and nodded. ''I need you to take it easy and maybe sleep some more – you didn't sleep that much and I think I can use some more sleep too,'' he said, and she smiled and nodded. He scooted down and pulled her against him again, and soon they both were asleep again.

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Jason woke up a couple of hours later and smiled when he saw Sam was still sleeping. He slowly slipped out of bed and got to the bathroom. He took a shower and got dressed before walking down to make some food for the both of them. He was hungry, and he knew, once Sam woke up, she would be too. He made her some eggs and got her some milk before he walked upstairs with a tray. He had made himself some eggs too, but had made a cup of coffee to go with. Once he walked in the room he sighed when he saw Sam was already awake, but still lying down. He looked at her and when she opened her eyes she saw him standing in the doorway with the food.

''This is just – did you just wake up and made us,'' she paused to look at her watch, ''brunch?''

''Yep I did. I thought you would be hungry when waking up,'' he replied, and she smiled and nodded. She sat up in the bed and watched him walk towards the bed and sit down next to her. ''I made you eggs and brought you milk – sorry I didn't have a rose to go with it,'' he added with a wink, and she laughed softly as she stared at the food.

''Thank you – this is amazing,'' she said, and she took the plate in her lap and started eating. They ate in silence, and suddenly Jason's phone started to ring.

''Morgan,'' he said answering the phone, and he sighed when he heard Sonny tell him he would be there in 5 minutes with Carly. He disconnected the line and looked at Sam. ''Sonny is coming over – there goes our day to ourselves,'' he told her, and she smiled and shrugged.

''It's ok – when this is all over we will have more days to enjoy one another. Maybe we can go on a trip,'' she suggested, and he smiled.

''It's a deal,'' he replied, and he got up. He took the plate from her and brought the tray down, while Sam got up and took a shower. Jason sighed when there was a knock on the door, and was surprised to see Sonny standing there alone. ''Where's Carly?'' he asked, and Sonny shrugged.

''She got a call from her mother and decided to go to see her, she told me she would be over later,'' he replied, and Jason nodded. Sonny stepped in and he closed the door behind him. ''Where's Sam?''

''She's up – we just woke up,'' he replied, and Sonny smiled.

''Yeah – I woke up early because I couldn't sleep anymore, but Carly did wake up just before I called you – she said she could be ready but she is still getting ready,'' he told Jason, and just then Sam came down the stairs. She nodded at Sonny with a smile to greet him.

''Jason, Alexis just called – she wanted to see me and asked me to come to Kelly's. She's taking the girls with her,'' she informed Jason, and Jason frowned in concern.

''Are you sure you want to go?'' he asked her, and she nodded. ''Ok, just be careful and don't let her get to you,'' he added, and she smiled and nodded again. She walked over to him and hugged him, and he smiled when he felt the small bump press into him. ''I can tell you what we decided to do about Ken later,'' he told her, and she nodded.

''I'm just going to see what she has to say – when I don't like any of it I will be home soon,'' she said, and he laughed softly. ''See you soon, Sonny,'' she added to Sonny, who nodded and smiled.

''Bye, Sam. Take care,'' he said, and she nodded before walking out and closing the door behind her. Jason didn't like her going out to see Alexis, seeing how her mother had treated her yesterday. ''She's going to be fine, Jason,'' he heard Sonny say, and he nodded.

''I know, but Alexis didn't treat Sam really good last night, and I don't want Sam to get stressed because of her mother,'' he replied, and sonny nodded. They sat down and started discussing what they would do about Ken.

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Sam walked into Kelly's for the second time in two days to see her mother and sisters, and this time the situation was completely different. Molly and Kristina didn't know what happened yet, she assumed, and when she saw them running to her she smiled and hugged both of them. Then they made their way over to the table where Alexis was waiting for them, and when Sam sat down she smiled gently at her sisters.

''How are you guys doing today – I'm kind of surprised to see you again,'' she said, and Kristina smiled and Molly giggled.

''Mom asked us to come with because she said you had to tell us something very important,'' Molly said, ''she said something about Kristina's dream too,'' she added with a frown, and Sam stared at Alexis for a moment. She saw the apology in her eyes and smiled weakly at her mother before turning her attention to her sisters.

''Well – Kristina had that dream about me being pregnant and she was right – I am pregnant,'' she told Kristina and Molly, and both the girls widened their eyes and smiled.

''But – you told mom yesterday you weren't pregnant,'' Molly said, and Sam nodded. She cursed herself for lying to her mother in front of her sisters, but she smiled at Molly and sighed.

''I did – and I'm sorry for lying – but I didn't want to tell you or mom before everything with Jason was straight again – and after last night Jason and I made it all ok again,'' she said, a little white lie to comfort her sisters was all she could do.

''That's great – I told you yesterday I'd love to have a niece or nephew – and I bet Kristina feels the same,'' Molly said, and when Kristina nodded, Sam smiled. ''And what did mom say? I bet she was just happy,'' Molly said dreamily, and Alexis cleared her throat.

''I'm still getting used to the idea,'' Alexis said dryly, and Sam had to suppress a scoff. ''Hey Kristina, why don't you take Molly to see if Grandpa Mike has some nice cookies for us? I bet Sam would like something too,'' Alexis suddenly said looking at her daughter, and Kristina nodded. Sam stared at her mother for some time before she sighed.

''You wanted to talk – what is it?'' she asked, and she looked at Mike who was talking animated with her sisters.

''I wanted to say – I wanted to apologize for last night, because I was out of line,'' Alexis said, and Sam nodded. She felt tears well up when she thought of last night – Alexis had really hurt her, and she wanted to forget about the whole thing. ''I didn't mean to – I mean, I'm not sure what I want or think,'' she stumbled over her words and Sam nodded again.

''You want me to get away from Jason and what – maybe even raise this baby alone. I'm sorry if you don't like the man I married, but you don't have a say in it anymore, Alexis,'' she whispered, and Alexis shook her head. ''Please don't go and denying it because we both know that's what you want – you want me to be a little girl again.''

''I want you to be safe and happy, and right now I don't see any of it,'' Alexis snapped, and Sam widened her eyes and blinked a couple of times.

''I'm not happy because you are being unbelievable. You try to control my life while you didn't raise me, and you sure didn't do anything to make it easier for us when we found out you were my mother. You made it harder, and I know I wasn't the one who wanted it and – you know what, I think we should both think hard and long about what we want, because this isn't going to work,'' Sam rambled, and Alexis nodded.

''What about your sisters?'' Alexis asked, and Sam sighed.

''I'm still going to see my sisters, Alexis – I love them and I want them in my life and if you let me, I will come over to see them, or take them to the park or something,'' Sam said, and Alexis nodded. The bell over the door chimed and both women looked to see who it was. She heard Alexis sigh when Carly walked in, and Sam turned to see her mother with an unreadable expression on her face. Sam knew Alexis didn't like Carly, and when Carly sat down with them she widened her eyes.

''Again with the stupid comments, Alexis?'' Carly asked, and Sam stopped her from going any further.

''Carly, it's none of your business – and didn't you plan on meeting your mother?'' she asked, and Carly nodded.

''Yeah – here, I wanted to see her here because she had to work and she only had a little time,'' she replied, and Sam sighed.

''Don't go in and try to fix this – just go and meet your mother,'' Sam said, and Alexis nodded. ''I'll talk to you later,'' she said when Carly got up; a little confused and surprised Sam had waved her away.

''See you at the penthouse,'' Carly said, and Sam nodded and looked back at her mother.

''She really is irritating,'' Alexis said, and Sam rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything because her sisters came back with a plate of cookies. They started rambling to Sam and she smiled, listening to her sisters.

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Jason smiled at Sonny who as rambling on and on about Ken. They had already figured out a way to get him to pay, and when they had, Sonny had started to ramble about everything he didn't like about the man. He thought about the plan, and sighed. It was fairly easy and would be over in no time. He would just get him out somewhere and kill him – or maybe even make sure he just left and never came back. That was something he was still deciding on, and Sonny was trying to convince him to do the first.

''Well, if you decide not to listen you can just say so, because now I don't know what you heard,'' Sonny mumbled, and Jason laughed softly. ''What – I mean I was trying…''

''I know, Sonny – don't worry about it. I'm kind of worried about Sam, though,'' he said, and Sonny frowned.

''Sam can handle herself – what is it that has you worried?'' he asked, and Jason shrugged.

''Alexis came over last night to talk her out of getting pregnant and I don't know maybe get her to leave me – and it really hurt Sam,'' he told Sonny, ''she told Alexis she's pregnant and asked her to leave, and apparently Alexis called this morning and she went – she wanted to see what her mother had to say but I know she wants to mend everything even if that means her forgiving Alexis for what she said,'' he added, and Sonny nodded.

''I don't know about that, Jason. I think she will be strong against Alexis because we all know what happened in the past and she never let Alexis walk over her like that,'' he replied, and Jason nodded. ''I think you need to talk to her later and ask her, but you don't have to worry about her – she can stand her ground and Alexis will back down eventually,'' he added, and Jason nodded again. Just then there was a knock on the door and he heard Sam's voice on the other side. The door opened and Carly and Sam both walked in with a smile on their faces, and Jason smiled when Sam walked over to him and sank down on the couch. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head.

''How did things with Alexis go?'' he asked, and Sam looked at Carly and smiled.

''First off she had told the girls I had something to tell them so I told them I was pregnant – they were happy for us,'' she told him, and he nodded with a smile. She told him what happened between her and Alexis and told him everything, and Carly laughed when she was done telling.

''I knew you did something like that – I could see the look on her face just before I walked in. I just hated to see you cry,'' she said, and Sam nodded.

''But I was frustrated because she always keeps saying Jason is no good for me, and I told her to stop – she agreed that I could see the girls when I wanted to,'' she added, and Jason nodded. He was glad she could see the girls, because they were big in her life and he didn't want to see her sad because she couldn't see them.

''Well, that's one thing I'm happy for,'' he said with a sigh, and she looked at him, ''we decided on a plan for Ken,'' he added, and he started telling Carly and Sam what they were going to do. After telling them Sonny decided it was time to go, and he and Carly left the penthouse after saying goodbye. ''Are you ok?'' he asked Sam when they were alone, and she nodded.

''I'm fine, Jason. I love you and I can still see my sisters – and one day Alexis will realize I meant what I said today and last night and she will realize the only way to have a relationship with her eldest daughter is to butt out of her life,'' she said, and he smiled.

''I love you too, Sam. And you are right about Alexis,'' he replied, and she nodded. ''Let's go take a nap together,'' he said, and she smiled as he pulled her down in front of him, and they fell asleep on the couch in each others arms.