Thank you all for your patience between updates. Sorry it has been so long and I promise it will never be that long between updates again. I have modified my direction of this story a little so please bear with me over the next few chapters while I work a few storylines out.

Sequel to Going For It

Chapter 28

Jason stepped behind Elizabeth and took her small zipper between his fingers. He gently tugged it up.

"Be careful… I never should have bought a silk dress. The zipper always sticks on this fabric." She groaned.

Jason smiled and looked at her in the mirror, "Maybe we should take it as a sign and take this dress off."

"Believe me, I would much rather stay here alone with you and not have to wear this damn dress… ugh." She whined as he finally got the zipper to the top and she turned to see her profile.

Jason leaned his chest into her back and turned her back toward the mirror. Her dress was royal blue with a simple empire seam. It hung straight, a slight baby bump appearing through the thin fabric and her hair was pulled back in a simple twist. His hands slid over her stomach "No ugh… you need to stop that." His head dipped and kissed the sensitive spot on her neck. "You are beautiful and god… so, so sexy."

"F-Fine I will not say it anymore, I may think it but I won't say it." She said angling her head when his lips again dipped to her neck. Her hands covered his on her stomach. "We re… we really should go."

"Um hm." He hummed into her neck and trailed kisses to her ear. His head lifted again and looked at them both in the mirror. "I love you." He whispered.

She smiled, "I love you too. And let me just say… as I have said before… you look gorgeous in a tux."

An hour later they entered the Metrocourt restaurant. It was simply decorated. Jax and Carly were at the bar going over last minute directions with the staff. Jason and Elizabeth approached them and Carly smiled. "One thing I will say miss Lizzie, you got him into a tuxedo."

Elizabeth smiled at the partial complement from Carly. "How are you feeling Carly?" Elizabeth asked.

"I'm fine and so is the baby." Carly plainly stated. "Everything should be all set for tonight. Robert is in charge of everything and can help you if you need anything."

"Thank you Carly, for everything." Elizabeth said sincerely.

Before Carly could respond they were distracted by the couple exiting the elevator. Georgie wore a beautiful long, white, strapless gown that appeared to be chiffon. Spinelli was wearing a beige suit and his hair was slicked back. He looked rather sophisticated and she was glowing. Elizabeth noticed a small smile from Georgie when Spinelli offered his arm for her. She politely thanked him and they walked toward the group.

"Georgie, you look beautiful." Elizabeth said.

"Thank you, so do you." Georgie said. "How is everything, can I help?"

"Everything seems to be going fine." Elizabeth answered.

As the guest started filling the room, Elizabeth got more and more nervous. Jason stayed by her side as she greeted the guests and reviewed her goals for the charity for everyone that was interested. They all seemed pleased with her objectives and praised her for her contributions.

Elizabeth's attention was drawn to Georgie who seemed to be sitting at a table on the side of the crowded room. She was alone and watching Spinelli fawning over Nadine. Jason followed her gaze and shook his head. He bent so he could whisper in her ear, "No matchmaker tonight."

She pouted, "But look at her, she looks miserable, he is just oblivious. He obviously cares about her but…"

"Elizabeth…"

She shook her head and offered him a smile, "Don't worry, let me just go talk to her."

Jason shook his head but could not help but laugh, "go ahead, whatever makes you happy."

"Well you make me happy and maybe that's what I want for her, someone to make her happy like I am."

Jason smiled and rolled his eyes as Elizabeth released his hand and crossed the room to Georgie. He watched as Elizabeth sat beside her and attempted to cheer Georgie up but it did not seem to be working. Knowing that Elizabeth would be preoccupied with this he decided to take matters in his own hands and walked over to where Spinelli was hovering around Nadine. "Spinelli." Jason said calling him to the bar where they would be away from anyone's wandering ears.

"Oh Stonecold, how may I assist…"

"I thought you came with Georgie?"

"Well I did accompany fair Georgie but Nadine…"

Jason raised his hand prompting Spinelli to stop talking. "Look, I am only going to talk to you about this once since it is painfully obvious to everyone but you… Georgie likes you."

Spinelli angled his head and looked at Jason confused. "The jackal is rather fond of her as well. She is a great companion to the jackal."

"No, Spinelli, I mean she likes you as more of a friend."

"No" Spinelli said waving his hand toward Jason.

"Yes." Jason simply stated then walked away, leaving Spinelli stunned as the elevator opened and Sonny stepped out with Skye by his side. Jason sighed. He could not understand what was going through Sonny's mind. Skye was obviously scamming or working some sort of angle. In all of his research, Spinelli came up with nothing. She seemed to me clean and genuinely wanting to be partners with their organization but something just was not right. He had a feeling and usually his instincts were right. He had assigned a tail to her a few days ago and so far had gotten nothing but he hoped that the tail would prove him right before Sonny discovered they were there. Sonny would not be happy if he found out that Jason did not trust him or his choices but he seemed to be getting sloppy lately and Jason was not about to take the chance with is life or his family.


Elizabeth stepped up on the portable stage and Georgie stood beside her. Georgie wondered where Spinelli was, she had seen him over talking to Jason while she spoke with Elizabeth then his disappeared. She scanned the crowd and could not find him but did see Nadine so she was relieved that he had not ditched her completely for another woman.

"I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for coming." Elizabeth said nervously into the microphone. "I am Elizabeth Morgan, the director of the Audrey Hardy Foundation. Here beside me is Georgie Jones, she is our Administrator. This organization was the brain child of a wonderful woman. Audrey Hardy spent her life as a dedicated nurse, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She left this world with a gift, one that I am doing all in my power to bestow. As a single mother my grandmother supported me and helped to guide me through hard times. It was her help and faith in me that gave me strength to be the best mother that I could." Her voice got shaky with her last few words. She cleared her throat, took a deep breath and continued. "As I was saying, she left behind a gift, she wanted to help others, beyond her family, and she wanted me to do it. This brings us to why I am here and why you all are here as well. This foundation is here to provide for an often forgotten portion of our community… the struggling, single parent."

"Sure some single mothers and fathers have fabulous jobs and are quite successful. Not all are so lucky. Often these single parents are widows or divorced. Many of our men and women are serving our country overseas leaving one parent behind to care for their children. And some, some are just due to poor choices, abuse, financial hardship… the list goes on. Our goal is to help these families. Our vision is to help provide educations, daycare, assistance on groceries and other baby needs, and for some we hope to provide assistance for housing."

"Our goal tonight is not only to raise money but also to raise awareness. I know all too well what it is like to worry if today is the day the eviction notice would be in the mail or where the money would come from to get the power turned back on. I would never have taken a handout and that is not what this foundation is about. It is about assistance and learning how to support your family, eventually on your own. We will only be providing aid to those currently employed and there will be a periodic review of all cases to avoid abuse of the support."

"Everyone will find a packet on your tables that includes our mission statement and various other documents about the foundation. I wanted to take this chance to thank everyone for coming out tonight and supporting us. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask myself or Georgie. Thank you."

The crowd had gathered around the small stage while she spoke and they all offered a quick clap of approval as she stepped down to where Jason stood beside the stage. He kissed her temple as she let out a sigh of relief.

"You did good." He praised.

Elizabeth laughed, "Did I sound as nervous as I felt. I tried not to stutter or babble too much."

"It was perfect."

"I must say cookie…" Carly said walking up to them, "It was a good speech and you probably opened a few wallets with it."

Jason and Elizabeth were both stunned at Carly's complement and apparently it showed on their faces.

"Oh come on, I may be hard on you sometimes but I call it as I see it. Lucky for you though, I'm only good for one complement a night so you may wanna steer clear for the rest of the night cookie." Carly snickered.

Carly turned and walked away as Elizabeth chuckled. Georgie stepped out from behind Elizabeth when she spotted Spinelli coming in from the terrace. She crossed the room to him and he stopped when she approached him. "Spinelli, I haven't seen you in a while, is everything ok?"

Spinelli fidgeted, "Well you see, fair Georgie, I was… I uhhh… the jackal had to escape the multitude of guests for a flash."

Georgie's eyes narrows, "Are you ok Spinelli?"

"I ummm… yes wise Georgie." Spinelli answered before an awkward silence fell over them.

Georgie looked over her shoulder then back at Spinelli, "Would you care to dance with me Spinelli?"

Spinelli's eyes widened and he fidgeted again before nodding, "I would be honored." Spinelli reached for her hand and they walked toward the dance floor. He was nervous and unsure if what Jason had told him was true. When he reached the floor he did his best John Travolta move and tugged on her arm to pull her into him. He instantly regretted not turning around first because if he had he would have seen the waiter walking beside her carrying a tray of full champagne glasses. He had tugged her arm which made her bump into the waiter and the entire tray of glasses fell over, some on the tray, spilling over onto Georgie's dress and the rest falling to the ground, glasses shattering.

Elizabeth witnessed what happened from across the room where she was talking to Jason and Emily. She watched Georgie run from the room in the direction of the bathroom as Spinelli stood there covering his face in embarrassment. He attempted to run after her but stopped short when he noticed her running into the bathroom. Elizabeth turned to Jason, "Can I please have your suit jacket?"

Jason gave her a questioning look.

"Georgie is wearing a white dress and the fabric is very thin."

Jason quickly nodded and shrugged off his jacket.

Elizabeth took the jacket and looked over at Spinelli, "He looks really embarrassed…" she hinted.

Jason picked up on her hint and rolled his eyes, "Yea yea." He watched Elizabeth quickly head toward the ladies room and motioned at the very distraught Spinelli to meet him on the terrace.