Chapter 42: Boom!

Author's Note:

I loved how Diane died, best part of the last chapter. This chapter is so good; it's got a lot of Jason and Elizabeth interaction. Jason will make a surprising move will it bring him and Elizabeth closer together or farther apart?

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The second Diane's car blew up in the parking lot right across from the hospital Jason smiled, "Justus has been served…"

They all felt the explosion and Elizabeth looked up at Jason very rattled, "What did you do?" she looked at him concerned because he didn't need to get himself in any legal trouble with their child on the way.

"Let's just say someone will wish they had decided not to drive today…" he looked at her, "You have nothing to worry about…"

She took her head off his shoulder; "Of course I have something to worry about…" she looked at him wondering why he always let revenge get in his way.

She walked away from his and decided to walk down the hall where Patrick and Noah were performing the surgery.

He looked at her just before she left wondering what had he done now? "Elizabeth…" he wanted her to explain to him why she was upset with how he handled things.

Logan walked onto the floor and saw Lulu, Jason and his sister all sitting around, "What's going on?"

"He's back in surgery…" Lulu walked up to him explaining what happened.

Emily looked over at Jason, "You know sometimes Jason you need to think of how your decisions affect Elizabeth, your business ones…" she got up from the chair and wandered to the hallway where Elizabeth had just walked down on.

He didn't understand why it was bad that he had taken matters into his own hands, its not like there was going to be any evidence left behind to connect him to it or even the beating he gave Ric last night. Lulu saw Jolene and left him to talk to her to see if she knew anything while Logan sat next to Jason.

"Its done…" he told Jason that Diane had been taken care of.

"Did you find anything last night?" Jason curiously asked.

"Nothing…Alcazar wasn't on there last night. Either he was changing rooms every few minutes or what but the place was deserted…" he looked at him.

Jason was very disappointed, "Ok…shoot that was our last chance; did you find the guys that beat up Spinelli?" Jason looked at him not realizing that he had been behind it yet.

"Yeah, they've been taken care of…" he assured him.

Jason was impressed with him; "Ok I'll let you know if I want something else done…" he got up from the chairs and decided he should check up on Elizabeth.

Sitting on a bench right outside the OR Elizabeth looked at Emily, "You know sometimes I understand his job, but I don't understand why Jason couldn't have let the police handle this. Its like I thought if he knew he was gonna be a father like if he had a family he wouldn't be so careless with his life…" she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I mean all it takes is for there to be some loose end and then he's in jail for the next ten years of his life and you know what that would do to Cameron? To this baby? You know what it would do to me?" she pointed at herself.

"Elizabeth I know you're upset and I am too, I thought he would have taken father hood more seriously but you've got to calm down. You remember what Dr. Lee said? You can't have anymore stress on your body and this thing with Spinelli, Milo and now this with Jason its going to really cause you to have this baby early and I know you don't want that…" he wiped away Elizabeth's tears.

Alexis just happened to be walking in the same direction as Jason when he started walking down the hall.

"Alexis?" he asked her.

"Yeah?" she wondered what he wanted.

"I need a new lawyer and Sonny has always been able to trust you so if you would like to come work for us well for Spinelli and I that would be great…" he smiled at her.

She nodded like it wouldn't be a problem, "Ric is a lose cannon…" she told him, but he already knew.

"I know I know he was behind what happened with Spinelli…" Jason told her and then stopped when he saw Elizabeth and Emily in the distance hugging each other.

"Yeah I've already made a few phone calls, I've got a witness that says he'll testify against Ric in everything he's ever asked him to do…"

"How did you find him?" Jason asked, but didn't need to know the man's name now.

"Let's just say I've got some black mail on him that he would appreciate kept quiet…" she looked at him who seemed a little pre occupied with Elizabeth, "I'll let you go…" she walked away from him.

"Thanks…" he smiled at her for her help.

"Emily I'm trying to stay calm, but it's like everything I do just isn't good enough. I told Jason yesterday that I made a mistake that I shouldn't have pushed him way that I shouldn't have made him feel bad for what happened. I told him that I loved him and you know what he did…" she looked at her unsure if she could even explain.

"He just walked away, didn't say anything. I know he's mad at me for being a fool, but I just I never expected for him to just walk away. It was then I knew we were over. Em I've lost the one thing that I just can't live without…I'm gonna turn into Carly now," Elizabeth looked up at Emily and they both laughed.

She pushed her hair back and lifted Elizabeth's chin, "No you won't."

Elizabeth rolled her eyes up, "Yeah sure…"

She looked at her like stop putting yourself down, "Elizabeth you are far from Carly and you and Jason aren't over. You are far from it so don't you give up on him yet don't you give up on this relationship. You have to fight for him. Don't listen to what Carly or anyone else says; you and Jason will be together it's only a matter of time…" She hugged her and Elizabeth closed her eyes.

"I wish I could believe you, but I put my whole heart out there last night and I'm not sure if I have a heart left anymore for him…" she opened her eyes to see Jason slowly walking up to them.

Emily pulled back and could see Elizabeth's eyes focused on something, she turned around and saw him.

"If you need me you come get me…" Emily told Elizabeth.

She nodded and Emily got up from the bench not smiling at Jason who had literally upset her friend for no reason.

Elizabeth looked away from him resting her hands on her stomach, "Jason don't."

He ignored what she said and sat next to her.

"Elizabeth please tell me what's going on with you…" he tried to get her to look at him.

She felt that all he really cared about was the baby, "Nothing is going on with me…the baby is fine…I'll see you back in the waiting room…" she got up from the bench and started walking away.

He gently touched her hand, "but you're not fine."

She looked down at her hand touching his, "your right I'm not fine, but does it really matter anymore Jason? Does it?" she looked at him just upset that they were at this point in their relationship where they seemed to care more about the children than each other.

He looked down at the ground, quiet, he wasn't sure what to do or what he wanted from her, but the second she started to walk away he quickly stood up from the bench, "Of course it matters." He sniffled.

"Look at me…" he asked her and she turned to him.

He looked at her eyes searching for an answer to her unhappiness, "What is it?"

She was quiet, she didn't really want to talk to him for it seemed like all they did was go round in round in circles whenever they talked, never getting ahead.

"Nothing…" she looked away from him, but felt his soft touch along her face.

"Elizabeth, do you think I want you to hurt? Do you think I want to hurt? I don't but I'm just so angry at you and I'm angry at me!" he wiped the tears out of his eyes trying to breathe.

"But I can tell that this, the reason your upset right now goes way beyond us…" he looked at her trying to see what exactly she meant back there.

She looked away and then finally gave up trying to resist his questioning, "I just don't understand why you are taking unnecessary risks. I'm mad as hell about what he did to Spinelli. It sickens me. But killing people to get revenge…revenge doesn't solve anything it just makes things worse. If anything you've further pissed Ric off…" she tried to explain that what he's done has not solved anything.

"Ric is always pissed off because I've got the family with you that he's always wanted..."

"Just my point. He will use this; he will use me and this baby to get to you. He's out for revenge and I think it's different this time. He's got years of experience and he knows what to do to make sure it goes his way and we know exactly how far he will go to get what he wants…" She walked a few feet away from him and put her hand on her forehead and slowly slid her other hand to her hip showing how stressful this subject with Ric is.

"Elizabeth he won't get to me. He's been trying for years. Plus thanks to Lucky he's made a few deals with me and the PCPD…"

She turned around, "What deal?"

"Lucky told us before he left, before you showed up that day at Sonny's that the mayor and the PCPD want Ric out as the district attorney. Lucky said that as long as Ric provokes me, Spinelli and Sonny or anyone else that we're safe. They know he's planted evidence against us in the past…he's a liability and as soon as Alexis is ready to come back he's out…" he walked towards her.

"Elizabeth I'm not gonna go to jail. I'm not gonna leave you and the children…" he slowly put his hand on her should.

"How can you be so sure that won't happen? Even if Ric's out of the picture you have Alexis who will have to do her job and then you've got Scott Baldwin…" she looked at him knowing that there are some things in life that people can't promise.

"Because I know how that would affect Cameron and how it would affect this baby, but deep down I know what it would do to you and I would never want to put you all through that…you don't have to worry about me. Please believe me on this…" he softly told her and she nodded.

He smiled at her, "If anything I need to worry about you…" he slightly laughed as they started walking back to the waiting room.

"Me?" she asked like he really shouldn't be all too worried about her well fare or the baby.

"Is Nicholas treating you well? Does he cook for you well?" he asked just out of curiosity.

"His cooking not so much, his chef yeah, but you're still the best cook in my eyes…" she teased him.

He gave a great big smile almost blushing, "I thought we decided to keep my cooking under wraps?"

She laughed as she saw his not so amused expression, "Well I know it would be a blow to your ego so I'll keep quiet for now, but I'm not so sure how long you'll be able to keep Cameron quiet."

He saw her face light up, "Yeah he'll be a problem…but I guess it'll just be one of those father son secrets between us…" he giggled with her as his face started to light up.

It was one of the first times since their fall out where he let go of everything and was just in this moment with her. As they were just about to head into the main room he all of sudden felt like a teenage boy who wanted to hold the hand of the girl he had a crush on. But even at the age of 31, Jason Morgan was too shy to flirt with the girl who had stolen his heart years ago as he nervously dangled his arm letting his hand brush up against hers.

Without even having to think about she took a chance and graciously grabbed hold of his hand hoping that he wanted her to place her hand in the palm of his.

Emily was talking with Lulu when she saw Elizabeth and Jason innocently talking, "They're back."

Lulu leaned into her, "you think they made up?"

"Well they are holding hands…" Logan said out loud like he knew what they were talking about.

"Logan…" Lulu looked at him like that didn't mean anything.

"Well it looks like they're together to me…" he teased her back.

"Guys lets just wait for them to tell us what's going on…" Emily wanted to hush them up as they got closer.

Jason and Elizabeth didn't say anything but, "Have you heard anything yet?"

"No we haven't…" Lulu said as she saw the two sit down and Jason place his arm around Elizabeth as she moved in closer to lean her head on his chest.

"Oh…" she said until she thought that Emily had yet to tell Jason that she was pregnant.

"So Em don't you have something you'd like to share with Jason.

He looked at Emily like he was up for anything, "What is it?"

Elizabeth looked at Emily like she should tell him just like Lulu looked at her too.

"Oh well Jason it looks like you might have another niece or nephew in a couple of months…" she hinted to him and he just gave a slight smile unsure of what she was saying.

"You're pregnant?" he questioned.

"Yeah!" she said excitedly.

"Does Nicholas know?" he asked as he smiled at her.

"Yeah, I think everyone knows except for mom…" she looked at them knowing that she should tell the rest of the Quartermaine family.

Just as they started talking about family Dr. Julian walked up to them.

"Hi. Um Patrick and Noah wanted me to give you an update on Spinelli's surgery…" he looked at them but not hopeful.

"Is he gonna be ok?" Lulu asked.

"Well we don't know yet. Patrick and Noah found that there was more damage done to him than previously thought…" he looked at them.

Jason curiously looked at him because he remembered asking the man this morning and he said that Spinelli had no brain damage and now he does? It just didn't make sense.

"Um Dr. Julian you told me that he didn't have any brain damage this morning and now he does?" Jason asked very much confused.

"Let me explain. See just before he passed out in front you your wife…" he mistakenly assumed and everyone exchanged looks like he must be clueless, "Patrick and I were going to suggest that he did have brain damage in the cortex where all the memories are. That would explain why he couldn't remember all of you."

"So what is there something else?" Elizabeth asked.

"Noah Drake discovered that Spinelli had a massive blood clot. He was basically a walking time bomb and we believe that he suffered an amorism earlier…" he said kind of in a big mouthful.

"The surgery is going to take longer and once they remove the blood clot they might decided to do the other surgery another day. We should know in a couple of hours what they will decide to do…" he tried to give them some timeline for when the surgery might be done.

"Do they know what caused the blood clot to form in the first place?" Emily asked curiously.

"No in fact we might never know what caused it. Something's just go undetectable we were very lucky to spot it in the first place…" he was going to give so more information until he got paged.

"I have other patients to check up on but you'll know some more information soon…" he smiled at them and then left them to discuss everything.

"Emily? Elizabeth? Is a blood clot serious?" Lulu asked for it sounded serious, but she didn't know how bad it really is.

Emily nodded, "Yeah it is. Blood clots cause amorism and well people that have them are like walking time bombs. They're pretty deadly…"

"Oh god he's gonna die isn't he?" she looked at them panicking.

"No…No you can't think like that Lulu. Patrick and Noah are good doctors…" Elizabeth knew from experience because she had always scrubbed in on their surgeries.

"Lulu…" Jason glanced from Elizabeth to Lulu, "Everyone is doing everything they can to help him. You can't give up yet…"

"I can't be here first I lose Dillon, now I'm losing Milo and next will be Spinelli…" Lulu walked away very much panicked; "I need some air…" she walked into the elevator planning to go to the rooftop.

"I'll follow her…" Emily said, but Logan intervened

"Its ok I'll go…" he said to her and just as he walked over to Lulu who was waiting for the elevators to open Cooper and Maxi walked onto the floor.

"Lulu how are they?" Cooper sincerely asked.

"Well Milo is still in a coma and Spinelli is having brain surgery which he could die from…so they're not doing very well…" she told him completely breaking down.

"You want to go to the cafeteria, I'll buy you a cup of coffee?" Cooper suggested trying to be a good friend.

"Yeah…sure…" she looked at him, "You two coming?" Cooper asked Maxie and Logan.

"I have to start my shift soon…" Maxie said, but what she really wanted was to talk to Logan.

"Logan?" he asked.

"I have to do some work for Jason…" he gave an excuse.

"Ok…" Cooper frowned at them like it was there loss as he closed the elevator doors.

Maxi looked at Logan and pulled him across the room with Emily, Elizabeth and Jason curiously looking at them.

"I better get back to work…" Emily looked at her watch.

"Ok we'll let you know about Spinelli…" Elizabeth smiled at him.

"Congratulations about the baby Emily…" he warm heartedly said for he knew Emily was excited to be a mother.

"Thanks Jason…" she smiled at him and walked to the nurse's station.

"Logan you need to keep Cooper away from Lulu and you need to use this time to become her best friend…" Maxie ordered and Logan just looked at her like forget this.

"Maxie I'm not gonna do it anymore. Lulu and I are friends and I'm not gonna continue black mailing Baldwin or try to get Lulu in to bed. I just can't do that to her I won't play your games anymore…" he told her for he had bigger things on his mind.

"I can't believe it. You've fallen in love with her…" she looked at him like he was unbelievable.

"No I haven't yet, but I can't hurt her now when the man she really loves is in a coma and her best friend is in surgery I'm not gonna put any moves on her or anything. She needs a friend right now and that's exactly what I'm going to be to her…" he angrily got mad at her.

She stormed off and Logan walked back over to Jason and Elizabeth, "Jason I'm gonna head out…tell Lulu to call me if she needs me…"

Jason nodded and the elevator's opened Carly and Jax walked on.

"Jason!" Carly shouted until she saw Elizabeth next to him.

Carly really wanted to say something snippety to Elizabeth about her hanging around Jason, but she knew it would only make matters worse, "How is he?"

"He's in surgery, emergency brain surgery…" Jason said like he wished he could have said something that didn't sound so depressing.

Jax could see how exhausted Elizabeth looked, like she needed something to eat, "Elizabeth would you like to escort me to the cafeteria?" he said in a very gentlemen like way.

Carly looked back at him like how could he even communicate with Elizabeth, but just to spite Carly Elizabeth took him on his offer, "Sure."

"You want anything Jason?" Elizabeth sweetly asked him.

"No thanks…" he said as Carly was about to have a tantrum.

Elizabeth walked by Carly knowing that she wanted to get into a cat fight, but Carly managed to keep herself together as Jax walked with Elizabeth to the cafeteria.

When the left Carly looked at Jason, "So what did I just walk in on?" she tapped her foot.

"Carly don't. Elizabeth and I are trying to work through everything…" he explained to her as she just sat right next to him.

"Jason she's gonna break your heart again…she's going to be unfair to you just like I called her out on it the other day…" she let it slip out.

Jason looked at her, "What did you say?"

"Jason I just…"

"Carly! What did I tell you! I told you not go over to Wyndemere and bother her and that's exactly what you did!" he yelled at her but not loud enough where it distracted the hospital staff.

"I'm sorry Jason but she needed to know how much she hurt you. How you got yourself drunk how you destroyed the place how you destroyed that hideous painting…" she really let it all slip out.

"Carly I thought I told you to keep quiet about that! I didn't want her know that!" he angrily lashed out.

"I didn't want her to know I was hurting that bad!" he frustratingly looked away from her knowing that he can't ever tell her his personal thoughts again.

"Jason she needed to know! For gods sake she's carrying your child! She needed to know that she broke your heart!" she repeated herself.

"Next time listen to me! When I tell you not to tell her something not to run off to her and rant at her just do what I say! I didn't want her to worry about me or Manny or Sonny! Damn it Carly she almost lost the baby a few days ago!" a few tears came out of his eyes at hearing himself say that.

"She did?" she asked all concerned.

"yes. She came into the hospital bleeding. That's not a good sign and they said it was caused by stress! Stress from me from what she heard me say to Sonny…" he explained in a calmer voice.

"I'm sorry Jason I…" she was going to say she didn't know, but he interrupted.

"I know you didn't know, but please try to not yell at her at least until she has the baby. I mean I prefer that you never yell at her that you be civil, but I know that's asking too much…" he said still very mad at her.

"Jason I'm sorry if I had known…" she tried to explain herself, but Jason knew she wasn't sorry.

"You're not sorry so what do you want?" he asked her.

"Have you found Sonny yet?" she asked because she was unsure what to do about Jax. She realized that she would always love Sonny and that perhaps if he had survived she would have called off the wedding to Jax and gotten re married to Sonny.

"That's what I've wanted to talk to you about…" he looked at her blue eyes that didn't want to hear the news he had for her.

"It's been two days and we've heard nothing. I've had my people check out every possibility and he's not here. Carly I think its time we consider…" he started to say funeral/ memorial, but she just looked away.

"No there must be some place you haven't looked…" she folded her hands on her face.

"Carly I had them search Alcazar's house, his boat, his territory along the docks. I've had them search the church where Manny was last seen…He's not coming back to us. We need to accept it and move on with our lives…" he told her with tears coming out of his eyes.

"But how am I suppose to tell Michael and Morgan and how is Alexis suppose to tell Kristina that their father is dead?" she looked at him like it just seemed impossible.

"I'll come over tomorrow and explain to the boys what happened and we'll have the memorial the next day that's two days from now to put a little ceremony together…" he looked at her not wanting to say it, but knew it had to be done.

Half an hour later Lulu and Cooper returned to the floor and he tried to keep her mind off of the current dramas in her life while Jax and Elizabeth returned to hear that Carly and Jason had decided that on Friday they would have a ceremony for Sonny.

"Jason, Jax and I are gonna go we have to change all the wedding preparations and move it to Saturday, but as soon as you hear something about Spinelli will you call me?" she asked as he hugged him.

"Sure, but Saturday?" Jason thought that seemed to be a little too soon for Carly.

"Don't look at me…" Jax said for it was Carly's idea to rush into it.

"Jason we have to do it sometime and what better than Saturday to light up everyone's mood…" she tried to explain.

"Carly I'll meet you over by the elevator…" Jax kissed her and then waited for her.

Carly looked back over to Jason, "Jason, Sonny wanted me to get married and if I can't have Sonny like I realize I do right now than I will surely have Jax…" she whispered to him.

"Ok well you're going to do what you want to do. I'll be there to support you…" he gave her a slight smile for he thought it was a little disheartening to hear her say that she was going to get married to Jax two days after Sonny's funeral, it just seemed wrong.

"Thank you…" she kissed his forehead and left with Jax.

Elizabeth and Jason cuddled up for the next four hours slowly sleeping on and off waiting for an answer as Lulu did the same with Cooper who had nothing better else to do, but was happy to be there for her as a friend.

By the time the Patrick and Noah walked into the waiting room to tell them the news that the surgery had gone well it was five pm.

"Elizabeth Jason…" Patrick touched their shoulders.

Jason stirred and saw them, "Elizabeth wake up…"

She slowly woke up, "What time is it?" she said curiously as she looked at Patrick and Noah standing.

"Its five Pm…" Patrick happily stated.

Lulu woke up as did Cooper, "How is he?" she quickly asked.

Patrick smiled, "The surgery went very well…We removed the blood clot and we managed to repair 90 of the memory tissue…"

"Can we see him?" Lulu asked again for she really wanted to see if the Spinelli she knew and loved was still there.

"Yeah…we put him in his bed half an hour ago; he could be waking up soon…" Noah said and they showed him to Spinelli's room.

Noah and Patrick turned to them, "Now I think he should only have two visitors at a time. He might be overwhelmed if he sees everyone right away so maybe we should just start with you two…" Patrick looked at Jason and Elizabeth.

"Ok…" Jason said and he walked into the room with Elizabeth right behind him.

They sat in the chairs, Jason and Elizabeth on opposite sides of the bed.

"He looks so peaceful right now…" Jason said because he was so quiet.

"Yeah…" she looked at his face that was still pretty bruised.

"Come sit with me…" Jason said as he looked at Spinelli's shaved head with the stitches in.

She was a little surprise at how direct he was.

"Elizabeth come sit next to me…" he insisted.

She saw that he was serious and walked over to him.

She saw his upset face, "Jason he's gonna be ok now."

"I know I just can't imagine what you went through. Sitting here talking to him and then all of the sudden he just passes out like he did…" he looked at her with tears very present in his eyes and grabbed her hand.

"I'm glad we're going through this together…" he held on tight to her hands.

She yawned and he could see that she was tired, "After this, after he wakes up I want you to go back to Wyndemere and get some rest…" he told her.

"Jason I'm not that tired…" she tried to convince him.

He playfully said, "You liar. You've been sleeping on my shoulder all day…"

"That's because I don't get any sleep when I'm away from you..." she slowly closed her eyes wanting to fall asleep again.

"That's not true…" he looked at her remembering what he saw last night.

"Oh and how would you know that…" she slowly opened her eyes at him.

"Because I watched you peacefully sleep last night…" he revealed to her that he had been with her all night.

"You stayed with me last night?" she asked like she couldn't remember.

"Yeah, I brought you upstairs and gently placed you on the bed. I carefully and quietly undressed you and then I stared at you for a few minutes…" he wanted to tell her just how beautiful she looked last night.

"Jason was that before or after you got me dressed…" she playfully teased.

"Both. I was just about to put your night gown on when I noticed the moonlight shining on your soft skin, Elizabeth you never looked so beautiful to me…" he looked into her eyes desperately wanting to kiss her like he never had before.

She got terribly lost in his blue eyes that were glistening because of the tears that were still dangling along his eyelids she leaned in desperate to feel his touch.

The second he felt his lips touch his he felt alive. He felt so many things that he couldn't believe he had gone so long with out that in his life, yes two days with out this vibe she gave off when they kissed felt like a lifetime. He gave her one long kiss before slowly kissing her cheeks, "Stay with me tonight…" he said with tears running down his face.

Tears running down her cheek she opened her eyes, "Really?" she asked for she was tired of beating herself up over losing him.

"I miss you Elizabeth…I really missed you…" he wiped the tears out her eyes.

She smiled like she couldn't believe what she was hearing, he was beginning to forgive her; he was beginning to remember why he loved her more than the rest.

For the first time she didn't cry tears of sorrow, she cried tears of joy as she placed her hands on his chest, "I missed you too…" she slowly leaned into kiss him.

When she leaned back from the kiss he hugged her and then ever so slowly lifted her from her seat and set her on his lap, "I said come sit with me…" he explained for he wanted her close to him tonight.

She smiled at him, "You know you can be so bossy sometimes…" she playfully teased him as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Are you sure your not talking about yourself?" he teased her and she playfully hit him on the chest.

"Hey…" he laughed at her as he held her in his strong arms, "You cut that out…"

"What are you gonna do about it…" she flirted with him.

He gently took her hand, kissed it and then just after he put her hand on his shoulder and leaned into kiss her.

Spinelli could hear playful laughter going on in the back ground from mostly Elizabeth, but he could hear Jason's voice trying to quiet her down as he tried to make her laugh.

He slowly opened her eyes and could see the two locked in each other's kissed, "Stone Cold and Fair Elizabeth have you ever thought about getting a room?"

They stopped what they were doing the minute they heard him say their names, "Spinelli…"

"Carry on…carry on don't let the jackal disturb you two…" he smiled at them who were just surprised and delighted as ever to hear him.

"We were so worried for you…" she touched his hand.

"Really? You two worried about me?" he slowly asked for he was still a little groggily.

"Of course we were worried about you…" Elizabeth said who couldn't believe that he was questioning it.

"Yeah everyone has been here waiting for you…" Jason explained.

"Everyone you mean, you two and Lulu?" he asked.

"No…Nicholas and Emily, Carly and Jax, and the kids wanted to see you, but we thought we would wait…" Jason continued listing a few more people.

"Wow…" Spinelli said for he never thought in a million years he'd have so many people that actually care for him.

"Why do you sound so surprised?" Elizabeth sincerely asked him.

"Because I've never really had a family and for the first time I feel loved…" he said slowly before wanting to fall asleep.

"Spinelli, we love you, we love you very much…" Elizabeth assured him as he peacefully fell asleep.