Chapter 52

Jason woke up when his head fell to his chest, and he jumped and opened his eyes to see Sam staring at him. He didn't mean to fall asleep, but he had been awake throughout the night to make sure Sam was ok. He had woken her up every other two and a half hours, and on the doctors orders he had talked to her to make sure it was all good.

''Hey, come over here,'' she said, and he shook his head, ''come on, Jason – I'll go out if that's what you want,'' she said when she saw him shaking his head.

''You need to take this rest, Sam,'' he said, and she sighed. he could see she was not in the mood for this, but he didn't want to go in the bed, because he knew once he would lie down he would fall asleep.

''Come here, Jason, now. I don't need this right now, and I need you to listen to me – get in the bed,'' she said softly, but he could hear the annoyance in her voice and he nodded. He got up and slid in the bed, and she moved closed. She looked at him with a smile and he could see she was in pain. Her side must hurt, and he wanted to take the pain away.

''Are you ok?'' he asked her, and she nodded, and before she could say anything he had drifted off. She looked at him and smiled, even though her side hurt like hell and her head throbbing. She hadn't been in the mood for stubborn Jason, and she was glad he listened to her. She tried to get some sleep herself, because she was still really tired. Jason had woken her up every two and a half hours because of the concussion, and even though she didn't like it, she was glad she had Jason on her side to do that for her. She now wished she had stayed over night in the hospital, because when she looked at Jason sleeping, she saw the circles of the night under his eyes. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

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Two hours later Sam was still awake, and Jason was still sleeping. Sam decided to get out, and she did. She walked to the bathroom and took a quick shower, because she had taken a shower last night when they got home. Jason had urged her to do that, and she didn't complain when he helped her get in and clean herself up. She got out and dried herself off, and looked in the mirror at her side. The bruise was bigger than she had thought, and there were yellow lines around it. She frowned, and she put on a boy shorts and a tank top she had bought at one of the maternity shops. With her five and a half months she was definitely showing, and she loved it. She loved seeing her belly and she loved seeing and feeling all the changes in her body.

She walked to the kitchen to make some tea, and when her tea was ready she walked outside and sat down in the swing chair. She put the cup of tea in the side table and she pulled her legs under her and crossed them, the only way she could sit comfortable. She stared out at the sea, and smiled. She loved it here, and she wished they could stay here forever. The weather was nice, and with James and Daisy here it was like she was home. She loved Port Charles, but this place had her heart. When she would go back to Port Charles she would count the hours until she could go back.

''Hey,'' she suddenly heard, and she jumped, making the swing chair move and she stood up. Daisy and James walked up and she laid a hand on her chest, trying to calm down, ''sorry, didn't mean to scare you,'' James said, and she nodded with a smile. He came over and hugged her, ''how are you doing?'' he asked her, and after Daisy had hugged her she answered.

''I'm doing ok. Still have a headache, but other than that I'm fine,'' she told them, and they sat down on the comfortable chairs on the porch.

''Where is Jason?'' Daisy asked, ''is he still asleep?''

''He just went to bed a couple of hours ago – he had to wake me up every two to three hours and he didn't get any himself, so I ordered him to go to bed – and I got out,'' she said, and Daisy smiled.

''Well – did you hear anything from Danny yet?'' she asked, and when Sam shook her head she said, ''maybe Jason did. After Jason called last night he told us Danny had promised to tell you when he arrived.''

''He called you?'' Sam asked surprised, and Daisy nodded, ''hey, do you guys want something to drink? Maybe some breakfast while we're at it?'' she asked, and James nodded.

''I'll make some breakfast because I don't really trust you in the kitchen,'' he said, and she laughed softly, ''and you need to take it easy,'' he added.

''I am – taking it easy. I'm just not used to feeling this restless,'' she said, and he nodded. They all got up to go to the kitchen, and they started making breakfast – softly and careful not to wake Jason – for all of them.

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Jason woke up when he heard laughing outside, and he groaned. He didn't know how long he had been sleeping, but he had left Sam alone for a long time he was sure. Now Daisy and James were here – he could hear it when they had started laughing – and he sighed. He got out of bed and looked at his watch, and saw he had slept for eight hours at best. He walked to the bathroom and took a quick shower, and then he walked back to the bedroom and got dressed. He started towards the kitchen and took a bottle of water before walking outside to join the three of them.

''Jason – are you ok?'' Sam asked, and he got up and hugged him tight. He smiled and nodded, and he sat down on the remaining chair.

''I'm well rested – thanks for letting me get that,'' he said, and she nodded with a smile.

''Daisy and James came here after I got out of bed – and they offered to stay here until you woke up. Maybe they want to stay here for dinner?'' she asked, and the two of them nodded with a smile.

''We made breakfast this morning with Sam. She is really a disaster in the kitchen,'' Daisy said and James laughed softly, while Jason just nodded.

''I know – I'll never let her cook for me. She can order Chinese, though, as the best,'' he told Daisy. Then he looked at Sam, ''but I do love you,'' he said, and she nodded with a smile.

''I love you too, babe,'' she said, and he smiled.

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Sam looked at Jason and knew what to do. She had been thinking about it all afternoon, talking with Daisy and James about them getting married. She knew he thought she wasn't ready yet, and she knew he was a man with old-fashioned thoughts. She wanted to surprise him by asking him to marry her. While she had been thinking about it, she realized she wanted to marry him. After what happened with Bill, she knew he wasn't like that and their marriage wouldn't be like her marriages before.

She loved him, and they were having a daughter together – that was something she had thought about before, but she didn't want to marry him only for the baby, and she knew he was honest when he had told her the same thing. When he had been asleep, she had asked James to help her, and Daisy wanted to help too. She loved the two of them for it, and they had indeed helped her a lot with thinking of ways to ask Jason.

''Sam?'' she heard someone call her, and she looked up to see it was Jason. She frowned, ''you were so far away – where were you?''

''I'm sorry, I was thinking about something – I didn't mean to zone out like that,'' she said, ''what was it you said?'' she asked, and he smiled and shook his head.

''Nobody said anything – but we were looking at you while you were staring ahead and James and Daisy just went to get some dinner because we didn't want to cook,'' he told her, and she nodded and noticed James and Daisy were gone.

''I'm sorry, Jason. After what happened last night I kind of am inside my head a lot,'' she told him, and he nodded, ''it's not that I see it over and over – because I don't, actually – but I began to see something really clear and I want to sort it out,'' she said.

''You want to share?'' he asked, and she shook her head.

''When I have it all sorted out I'll share, but at the moment it doesn't even make sense to me,'' she told him, and he nodded. Then he got up and gently pulled her in his arms, holding her head against his chest.

''I love you – so much Sam, and I am glad you're ok,'' he whispered, and she nodded against his chest. She listened to his heartbeat and calmed down – she didn't even know she was tense until Jason held her in his arms.

''I love you too, Jason. I don't – I realized I don't want to live without you anymore,'' she said softly, and he nodded and smiled. Sam decided that now was a good time to ask him, but she didn't know how. So she took a step back and looked at him, ''I don't want to – I can't live without you anymore. I don't even want to think about it, because it makes me sick to my stomach and my heart clenches. I love you so much, and I know I have been keeping you at arms length about some things, and I want to make it right,'' she said, and he nodded, but frowned.

''I don't understand what you're saying, babe,'' he told her, and she nodded and looked down.

''When we talked about marrying, I freaked out every time, and I didn't want it,'' she said, and he nodded, ''and then when I told you I would marry you for our daughter I still felt like it wasn't right,'' she added, ''but when Bill had me pinned to the cliff – or even on the ground – I realized something,'' she said, and he nodded. She took a deep breath, ''I love you so much, and I want to ask you something,'' she said.

''You can ask me anything Sam, I will do everything you ask of me,'' he told her, and she nodded and smiled with tears in her eyes.

''Will you marry me?'' she asked him, and he widened his eyes, surprise and shock evident on his face.