A/N: I'm baaaack! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been crazy busy working and just haven't had the time. But I refused to go to bed tonight until I had the latest chapter up. LOL I am trying to post at least once a week. My schedule might be crazy, but I know a lot of you have told me you look to this story when GH gets you down. So, I didn't want to disappoint.

I am beyond grateful and thrilled that everyone seemed to like the reveal. I'm dragging it out just a bit, because I really want the impact this reveal has on everyone to be felt. I want to show Jason and Sam's reactions and thoughts about what they've learned. I hope you like it! As always, please keep reviewing. It's BEYOND incredible to me to have so much support and encouragement. :)

Happy Reading!

Jen

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Chapter 36

Sam stared down at the face staring back at her from the laptop screen as tears rolled down her face. It was a face she knew better than her own. Every line, every angle, every curve. Though the video was in black and white, she could see his piercing baby blue eyes staring up at her.

"Jason." She breathed, clutching her chest, as pain lanced through her. She rewound the video slightly, and stared intently as Jason's face came into focus as he limped forward. He'd been hurt! Fighting to get back to her and Danny, no doubt, Sam thought bitterly. She kept watching, needing to see every second she could, unwilling to miss a minute of being able to see Jason. He was moving further and further from the camera, but it was high quality, and she could still make him out clearly.

She watched as Jason climbed over the guardrail and limped into the street when his injured leg seemed to give out. Sam cried out as he was illuminated by headlights and then her stomach lurched as she watched the car enter the frame and veer towards him. Her hands flew up and covered her face seconds before the car ran him down where he lay, helpless. Eyes closed, Sam reached out blindly and slapped at the laptop until it was paused. When silence met her ears, she lowered her hands, only to cry out at the image frozen on the screen.

Jason's broken and bloody body, his face unrecognizable now, lay sprawled in the middle of the street.

"Oh God!" Sam cried out, sick to her stomach. She leapt to her feet and ran towards the guest bathroom, where she promptly threw up. She hadn't eaten in hours though, so there wasn't much in her stomach to empty. Standing on shaky legs, Sam stood unsteadily. She leaned over the sink and brushed her teeth quickly, before moving slowly towards the couch and dropping down.

"I always said I'd go through anything with you. That hasn't changed." She whispered fiercely, steely resolve in her eyes. She took a deep breath, and with a few clicks, she rewound the clip to just before Jason fell. Forcing herself to watch, Sam clicked play.

The car entered the frame and Jason looked up, panic in his face. Oh God. She'd never seen him look so helpless. He tried to lift himself but before he could, the car was bearing down on him. With a sickening impact, it slammed into and then rolled over Jason. Sobs rose up, choking Sam as she watched the car crush Jason until he was a bloody, broken mess, unrecognizable and dying. The image in front of her blurred as tears stung her eyes, slipping down her cheeks, her shoulders shaking with the force of her cries. She had never seen anything so horrible.

To watch someone she loved so dearly be so cruelly and viciously injured had been sickening and heartbreaking.

"Jason, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." She cried, staring at his crumpled form. And then a new set of headlights illuminated Jason's body and a few seconds later, Sam saw herself run into the frame, a look of horror on her face. She watched as she dropped by his side. Sam reached out and paused the video. She took several deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself, and just sat with her eyes closed. But it was no use. She couldn't stop the sobs from rising up, and so she allowed them to come, giving in to the tears. She cried for Jason, for herself and Danny, and for everyone who mourned Jason for so long.

Finally, Sam's cries quieted. Letting out a shaky breath, she mopped at her tears with her hands. Her eyes felt heavy and swollen, but her heart felt a little lighter now. Somehow, it felt like all the pain and grief she'd felt for Jason had suddenly, finally, begun to ease. Sam looked towards the mantle over the fireplace at Jason's photo and instead of crippling grief, excitement began to sweep through her. Her eyes fell on the laptop and she reached out and closed it. She didn't need to see anymore. She'd been there.

"With Jace." Sam whispered, her hand rising slowly to clutch at her racing heart. "With Jason." She corrected herself in awe.

And suddenly, a blindingly bright smile spread across Sam's face.

"He came back to me, he came back to us. My husband came back to me, and Danny has his Daddy back." Unadulterated joy crashed through her, though it was still mixed with the devastation of what she'd just watched, the anger at having lost those years with Jason, and the heartbreak for the pain and confusion he'd gone through these past few months.

"I have to find him!" Sam jumped to her feet and ran out the door, barely pausing to lock it. She ran across the hall and banged on his door frantically, waiting impatiently for him to answer. When he didn't answer, she cursed. Spinning around, she slapped at the elevator button, shifting restlessly as she waited. The moment the doors slid open she leapt forward, pressing the button for the garage. Running forwards, she realized she didn't have her car with her.

"Damn it!"

She pulled out her phone and made a quick call.

"Carly! Can you send your driver back?"

"He never left. I told him to wait for you to bring you back to the hospital when you were ready. He's parked in front of the building."

Sam grinned, affection sweeping over her for her dear friend.

"Carly, I adore you. Meet me at the hospital in thirty minutes. Something incredible has happened."

"What? Sam, what is it? Is it Danny?" Carly started, impatient to find out what Sam was talking about, but Sam had already hung up.

Sam burst out the door to the front of the building, spotted the car and ran to it, throwing the door open.

"General Hospital, please, as fast as you can." She rushed out, leaning forward eagerly.

"Yes, Ma'am." The driver nodded, and Sam was thrown back against her seat when he took off. She met his eyes in the rearview mirror and grinned.

Looking down, she dialed Jace's number and waited while it rang. She sighed in disappointment when it rolled over to voicemail but shook it off.

"It's okay. We're going to be together soon, Jason." Sam whispered, before pausing. Would Jace believe her? Or would he think she didn't love him as he was and was trying to force him into Jason's life? She worried at her lip with her teeth, trying to figure out the best way to tell Jace that he really was Jason. The car slid to a smooth stop and Sam looked out the window, and up at GH.

Taking a deep breath, Sam got out of the car, placing her hand on her stomach as if to calm the butterflies currently doing air gymnastics inside her. Determined to ease into the reveal with Jace, Sam moved towards the entrance on shaky legs.

….

Jace stared at Silas in shock.

You tested positive. You're Danny's father.

The words echoed in his head as he stared unseeing at Silas.

"I don't understand. Sam never told me there was someone else who could have been Danny's father. I thought Jason Morgan was the only possibility. Did she lie?" Silas was ruminating quietly, his words carrying to Jace.

Jace's head snapped up and grabbing Silas by the collar of his lab coat, he shoved him back against the wall.

"There isn't anyone else! I'm Danny's father." He said angrily.

Silas looked at him in surprise, not even bothering to struggle.

"Wh-what are you trying to say?" He stammered.

Jace let him go and stepped back.

"Nothing. Just...just don't ever imply that Sam was hiding something or that Danny could belong to someone else." Jason turned around but not before throwing over his shoulder, "Thanks for running the tests, Doc."

"Wait! Are you trying to say you're Jason Morgan? But-but that's impossible. Jason Morgan died two years ago." Silas said, straightening his coat and smoothing his hair nervously.

Jace stopped and turned to study Silas.

"I guess not even death could keep me away from Sam and Danny." He replied with a hard look at the man who had tried and failed to replace him in Sam's heart. Shaking his head, he turned and walked away. He thought back to all the times Sam had talked about how much she loved Jason and always would and instead of the jealousy and hurt that used to flow through him, an answering love and gratitude swept over him. Even in his death, her heart had been loyal to him, he thought with a smile. He only wished he could remember their love as Jason.

His smile fading, Jason turned instinctively towards the stairwell, finding himself on the rooftop again. This had been where his first real memory of Sam had been. His other flashes of memory had been distorted and unclear. Closing his eyes, he tried to call them back to him and with a jerk of his body, they crashed through him, crystal clear now. Sam's glowing, beautiful face as they said their vows, her tear-filled, grief stricken face as they decided to divorce, making love to her in their bed, and more. All the flashes he'd had came back with crystal clear clarity, and even better, they came back with the memory attached to them. The love he had for Sam as Jace had been all consuming but it was nothing compared to the love he'd felt for her as Jason. And he just had a hint of it, from the few memories he now had.

The ringing of his phone was a vague noise in the background as he stood there, living in those moments with Sam, the good and bad. He wanted more. He wanted them all back. Suddenly, he wanted his memories back with an intensity that left his body shaking with anticipation.

"I have to find Sam. I have to tell her I'm Jason. Just like she thought." He added with a grin. Even with a different face, his wife had recognized him. It was as if their souls had called to each other, he thought with amazement. He had known from the moment he'd seen her face that she was special, that she was...his. It felt as if she had been made for him, somehow. And though he'd never quite understood why, he'd always accepted it. He had never tried to deny his connection to her, or tried to fight it. It had been something that simply was.

It had been hard to hear about that all-consuming, magical, perfect love that Sam had shared with another man. And to realize that man was him filled him with indescribable happiness. But there was anger and grief mixed in with his happiness. Anger that the Cassadines had stolen so much time from him and his family, and grief for the memories made in his absence, the moments missed with his son, the heartache and longing his wife had suffered. He would find out why this had happened and then he would make everyone involved pay. But first, he would go check on his son, and then he would find Sam.

Jason turned and jogged down the steps, feeling lighter than he had since he'd woken up from his coma. He made his way to Danny's room and walked in to see that Danny was awake, sitting up in the crib. He saw Jason and grinned widely and Jason felt his heart skip a beat. That was his little boy, with his blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. This little boy who owned him, heart and soul, was made from the love that Jason and Sam shared, he thought with a grin.

"Hi, Danny. Where's your grandma?" He said softly, moving close to the crib, looking around for Alexis. Before he could reach out, Danny had stood and lifted his arms to Jason. With a surge of love, Jason scooped his son up and cradled him close, breathing in his clean, fresh scent. A tingle of fear slithered up his spine as he held his son and noticed the slight difference in Danny's weight. He was lighter than he'd been just a few weeks ago.

"Hey, buddy. How're you feeling?" He asked quietly. Danny shrugged his little shoulders.

"I sick." He said sadly, tears filling his eyes. Answering tears sprang up in Jason's eyes as he nodded and leaned his forehead against Danny's.

"I know, little guy. But I need you to keep fighting, okay? And I'll make sure you're okay. The doctors say I can help make you better. So that's what I'm going to do. And then me, you, and your Mommy can be together again, okay?" He whispered fiercely, squeezing Danny tight, as he swayed back and forth with him.

Danny nodded and laid his head against Jason's shoulder, snuggling into him. Jason closed his eyes and held his son, humming lightly as he swayed. Before long, Danny was sleeping again. Jason held him for a bit longer before gently setting him down in his bed and covering him with the blanket.

"It's going to be okay, son. Mommy and Daddy are going to make sure you get better soon. I didn't come back from the dead to lose my son." Jason vowed intensely.

The mention of Sam had Jason straightening up. He needed to find Sam, he had to tell her the truth. Though, if he was being honest with himself, he could admit that he was nervous. Would she believe him? Would she be happy that he was Jason? Oddly enough, the thought that she would be relieved to be rid of Jace hurt him. Maybe it was because even though he knew he was Jason Morgan, he didn't really have his memories. He had Jace Smith's memories. Could he expect his wife to be okay with that?

"My wife." Jason said out loud with a grin, loving the way it sounded. "Sam is my wife."

With another grin, Jason steeled himself to find his wife and tell her who he really was. It was about time Jason and Sam Morgan were reunited.

…

"What the hell are you talking about?" Alexis snapped angrily, staring at Nikolas and Hayden. "You drag me out of my sick grandson's hospital room to tell me a fairytale about my son-in-law? A man who died tragically over two years ago?" Alexis' eyes were crackling with fury, unable to believe that what this woman was saying. She spun towards Nikolas.

"And you're going along with this? Nikolas, what is the matter with you?"

Nikolas stood tall beside Hayden, watching his aunt patiently. He was holding Hayden's hand, letting her borrow the strength that had seemed to seep out of her after revealing the truth. It was as if the knowledge that she had betrayed her sister had weakened her.

"Alexis, please listen to me. My grandmother kidnapped Hayden's sister and forced Hayden to pretend to be Jace Smith's wife because she was scared he was getting close to Sam. Because Jace Smith is really Jason Morgan. Grandmother had him all this time."

Alexis stumbled backwards and dropped into the seat behind her.

"You're-you're-you're serious?" She stammered, the words slamming through her. She shook her head, trying to make sense of Nikolas' words.

"Of course, I'm serious. I love my cousin, Alexis. I would never lie about something like this and hurt Sam that way. Jace Smith is Jason Morgan and we need to tell Sam right now. I came to you first because I know that she'll need you once she hears the truth."

Alexis nodded, looking slowly at Hayden. Once again, that shiver of recognition flowed over her, but she shoved it aside for now.

"If Helena really did force you to do all of this, why reveal the truth now? What about your sister?"

Tears fell down the corner of Hayden's eyes as she let her lids sweep closed. She swayed a bit, and was grateful to feel Nikolas' arm slip around her waist and steady her.

"I couldn't let that little boy die. His father is his best chance. I just have to pray that Nikolas finds my sister in time." She looked up at Nikolas, her entire body trembling.

"I'll find her, I promise." Nikolas vowed recklessly. He couldn't explain why, but he would have promised anything at that moment to erase the look of hopelessness from Hayden's eyes.

Alexis watched them, curiosity piqued, but let her mind drift back to Sam...and Jason.

"We need to tell Sam." She said suddenly, jumping to her feet. Jason coming back from the dead was a miracle, but one that would shake Sam to her core. Right now, her only thought was getting to her daughter.

…

Sam exited the elevators on Danny's floor and turned towards his room, telling herself she would just check on him for a bit first before searching for Jason. Suddenly, at the end of the hall Sam watched as Danny's hospital room door opened and Jace-Jason, she corrected herself quietly, stepped outside. Sam froze and stared until his head lifted, turned in her direction and their eyes locked. And suddenly, all of Sam's resolve to stay calm melted and she was racing down the hall towards Jason, tears already streaming down her face.

And Jason stood there, waiting for her. His arms opened in welcome and Sam flew into them, her arms looping around his neck.

"It's you. It's really you." She whispered, squeezing him tightly.

Jason's arms were wrapped around Sam and suddenly he was lifting her up, holding her suspended in the air. He just needed to be as close to her as possible. He spun in a slow circle with her, just grateful to have her in his arms. Finally, he let her slide down his body until her feet were touching the ground. He leaned back, cupping her face.

"Sam, there's something I need to say-." He started, but Sam pushed up on her toes and pulled him into kiss, desperate to feel closer to him. And Jason's words flew right out of his head as he sank into Sam's kiss.

Finally, Sam pulled back, and this time it was her cupping his face, her eyes running over him eagerly. She couldn't deny the slight pang of sadness she felt upon realizing that she would never again look at him and see his face the way it used to look. But she brushed that aside because the way he looked now was still devastatingly handsome, and more importantly, it was Jason. She didn't care what he looked like, as long as he was home with her and Danny.

"I love you. I love you so much." She said fiercely, searching his eyes. She watched as they softened.

"I love you too, Sam. More than you'll ever know." He replied, pulling her into his arms again.

"Jas-um. Jace, I have something I need to tell you." Sam stumbled over her words, cringing as she almost called him Jason. She would do this carefully.

Jason took a deep breath.

"Me first." He said, reaching down and linking fingers with her, holding her hands against his chest. Sam shifted impatiently, but waited.

"From the moment I opened my eyes and saw you, I felt drawn to you. It was as if everything else in the world was blurry, but I saw you crystal clear. And as time passed and you stayed by my side, I fell in love with you. It was only a few weeks, but I knew even then that I would love you forever. And it wasn't just you that I fell in love with, but Danny too." Jason took a deep breath. Sam was watching him intently, holding herself still. As desperate as she was to tell him the truth, it was as if something in Jace's eyes were holding her in place. Something momentous was about to happen, she knew it.

"And that's why I had myself tested. Because I love Danny so much that I couldn't stand here and do nothing for him. I couldn't stay still, waiting for the results so I went for a walk. And I ended up on the hospital rooftop. And suddenly, I remembered something."

Sam was watching him breathlessly.

"I remembered standing there, with you by my side. We were arguing with a blonde woman, begging her to give us back our son."

Sam inhaled sharply, as she realized what he was saying.

"You remembered saving Danny from Heather Webber?" She said in a shaking voice. Jason nodded.

"Yes. So I asked Silas to help me. I asked him to run a DNA test for me."

Sam opened her mouth, but the words wouldn't come. He knew. He knew he was Jason. Her heart racing, she waited for him to say it.

"The tests came back positive. Look, I know this is going to be hard to believe, but I need you to believe me, Sam. I wouldn't say this if I wasn't 100% sure." Jason took a deep breath.

"I'm Danny's father, Sam. I'm Jason Morgan."

And then Sam was smiling up at him, her smile brilliant in it's happiness, tears sparkling in her eyes.

"I know."