Chapter 43: A Family Again?
Author's Note:
This chapter starts off on a serious note, but gets less serious as the chapter moves on. Don't read too much into this. He did only say stay with me for the night so that doesn't automatically mean they are back together. However this is a cute chapter so enjoy.
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Jason and Elizabeth let Spinelli sleep after he practically dosed off five minutes after talking to them and left the hospital where they took a taxi to the Quartermaine's and picked Cameron up so he could be with both of them for the rest of the night.
With groceries in his hand, Jason unlocked his apartment door and all three of them walked in.
Cameron quickly ran up the stairs, "Cam where are you going in such a hurry?" Elizabeth turned to him as Jason thought the same thing.
"Mom I haven't seen my friends in days!" Cam said obviously missing his stuff animals.
"Ok then go ahead…" she encouraged for he was so serious about it.
He handed her the smaller bag of groceries as he made a phone call, "So what should I cook us for dinner?" Elizabeth asked as she walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah I need to body guards sent to my penthouse now…" he asked Burney to arrange it.
"Um just a second…" he wanted her to wait for him because there were a few things he hadn't cleaned up yet from the other day.
He ran into the kitchen before she could walk in, "Just wait…" he walked over to the wall where broken glass was from when he threw the glass the other day when Carly pissed him off.
"Jason what's going on?" she asked seriously.
He quickly grabbed the broom and dust pan and swept it up, "Just a minute…" he said but she walked in anyway.
"Was that from when you got drunk a couple of days ago?" she simply asked.
"Um yeah…" he was embarrassed to admit it.
She slowly put the groceries on the table and walked into the kitchen with her hands nervously touching each other, "You know Jason I'm sorry that I hurt you to the point where you had to turn to alcohol…"
He put the glass in the trash and started washing his hands, "it was in the past…"
She put her arms around him, "I know, but I'm to blame for your outburst and I just want to say that I'm sorry," she leaned her chin on his shoulder to see her face.
He dried his hands off on the towel, "I know you're sorry, but lets just leave it alone…" he said for he didn't want to bring up the other night.
She didn't want to push him, "Ok…So dinner…" she walked over to the grocery bag took out the bags of pasta and the Prego tomato sauce cans and put them on the counter.
He took the pans out from the bottom cabinet and put them on the counter a little quiet still and Elizabeth could sense he was tensed about something.
He put water into the pan and put it on the stove while he took the Prego sauce and poured it into the smaller pan and put it on the stove. He turned the stove on and made sure he put everything to the right temperatures and then turned to her as she just stared at him wondering what had him ticked off.
"What?" he asked her as he put the rest of the groceries away.
"Are you ok?" she asked because he just seemed angry about something.
"Yeah I'm fine…" he looked away as he put some things in the fridge.
"Right…ok well when you want to talk Jason let me know…" she walked out of the room wondering why he asked her to come over if he wasn't going to be the fun free loving Jason that she loved.
"Wait…" he leaned his head on the refrigerator door knowing he hurt her feelings.
She walked up the stairs to there bedroom which was now clean, but she saw the painting on the bed, "So you did break it…" she looked at the frame which was broken, but the painting was still intact.
He walked up stairs five minutes later after putting the pasta in the pan and saw her sitting on the bed wiping tears from her eyes, "Elizabeth…" he said in a soft calm voice.
She wiped her tears away and looked at him, "Sorry maybe I shouldn't be here…" she meant not in their room.
He sat on the bed with her, "Do you want me to tell you what happened?" he asked her knowing that she really wanted to know.
"Only if you want to…" she said because she knew it he might feel uncomfortable to talk about a bad night.
"I came home, Spinelli wasn't here and I put my keys on the counter and I walked over to the couch when I saw one of Cameron's toys. I kind of realized then and there what I had lost, you and maybe any chance of seeing the kids…" he took a deep breathe.
"Wait, Jason I would never take your kids away from you. Even if we didn't work things out I would make sure you were active in their life…" she assured him and he nodded.
"So I felt sorry for myself. I went to the cabinet where I sat on the couch with the tequila bottle. I had a few shots and then I turned to my left and my mind took me back the night of the black out, the night we spent together…" he had a flash back of the night.
"That night changed my life…" he looked at her and grabbed her hand.
"Not just because you got pregnant and I was going to be a father…" he took his other hand and touched her stomach. She looked at where his hand was and she slowly put her hand on his knowing that night meant a lot to her as well.
"But that night I realized what I had been missing out on…what I could have had if we had never broken up all those years ago…" he honestly told her.
"You were someone who I could always be honest with, I could talk to you. When you told me you were pregnant when you got the results back from the test and said I wasn't the father, I was disappointed. When you started to show I was jealous of Lucky because he had two things that I really wanted, a baby and you, my family," he took her hand that he had been holding on to for the past couple of minutes and kissed it.
She looked at his sad expression as he continued to talk about the night he shut down, "So after I thought about that night I needed another bottle and as I reached for it I saw your picture."
A tear ran down his face knowing that what he was going to say would hurt her, "Something snapped in me and I wanted to erase you out of my mind, but I couldn't because you were all around me. I threw pictures of us, I knocked over furniture, I threw vases of flowers that you had fixed."
She ever so gently leaned her head on him, it hurt to hear how she destroyed him for that one night, but she wanted him to know that she wasn't going to judge him.
"I'm sorry I know that what I'm saying is hurting you…" he told her, "Jason I'm not going to judge you…continue…" she encouraged.
"I went upstairs and I destroyed all of this room and as I walked out I saw the picture in the corner of my eye hanging up and every second we spent together flashed through my mind until the most recent one, when I talked to you."
A tear ran down her face for she knew it was coming, "You were telling me how I to feel or what I was feeling. You acted like what I had said to you was I lie. I felt like you insulted and you destroyed those memories especially the ones we had just created so out of anger at you I threw this and then I collapsed on the floor…"
She took his hand and kissed it, "I'm so sorry, Jason I really am…" she broke down crying.
"Hey…" he said softly as he wanted her to stop feeling like this was all her fault.
He slowly removed the painting from the bed and then slowly put his hand on her back and lowered her to the bed, "Stop saying you're sorry…" he softly said to her.
"But Jason…" she tried to tell him something, but he wouldn't let her speak.
"Sh. This isn't your entire fault. We got here together…I just want to be right here in this moment with you tonight…" he leaned into kiss her.
She moved her hand to his back as his has moved to hers and he brought her up from lying down on the bed with his lips still on hers.
As they were kissing it came to her that they had left the stove on, "Jason…" she tried to say before he kissed her.
"What…" he said as he kissed her again.
"The stove…" she said as she tried to pull away but her lips were like magnets that didn't want to pull away from his.
"The stove?" he questioned.
"Dinner…Cameron…" she reminded him that a child was in the house that they should continue this later.
"Right!" a light bulb went off in his head and he pulled away from her.
"You want to me to carry you down stairs?" he asked her as he got up from the bed.
"Well if it'll make you happy than sure…" she suggested.
He smiled at her as he playfully crawled on the bed to kiss her, "Jason we're going to have to do this later…"
He looked at her like it was driving him crazy, "I know…" and then he picked her up in his arms and brought her down stairs into the kitchen.
"You want to set the table?" He asked.
"I think Cameron likes to do that…" she looked at him.
"That's right…" he looked at her like how could he forget.
"I'll go get him…" he kissed her cheek and ran up the stairs as she stirred the pasta.
"Cameron!" Jason excitedly said as he opened the door to his room.
"Daddy!" he ran to Jason and glued himself to his leg.
"How about I carry you down stairs?" he offered.
"Like mommy?" he said, "Yes like mommy," Jason smiled and bent down to pick him up.
Walking into the kitchen he saw Elizabeth, "Cameron you want to set the table?"
"You still have to ask?" Cameron sarcastically said for he loved putting the plates on the table.
"Oh well excuse me…" he smiled as he gave Cameron the forks and napkins.
"Mommy when is the baby gonna come?" Cameron asked as he saw his mother get bigger and bigger.
Elizabeth sweetly looked over to him, "When he or she is ready…"
Jason walked over to her laughing at how Cameron asked about the baby and put his arms her waist, "he's got me curious too."
"Well this baby will come when it wants to which I prefer for it to be two weeks from now…" she kissed him.
"Oh geeze…" Cameron slapped his hand on his forehead and walked out of the room saying, "I give up!"
They watched him storm out of the room completely disgusted every time they kissed and just laughed, it was typical five year old behavior.
"I'll go get him…" she walked away from Jason as he prepared the plates.
By the time they walked back in Jason had the plates set on the table, "Are you ready to eat?" he asked Cameron.
"Yup…" he excitedly smiled.
Jason put him the chair and the politely pushed Elizabeth into her chair and then at last sat down.
"So Cameron tell me do you like staying with grandma Monica?" Jason asked for he had yet to ask him about what Cameron thought of his family.
"Yeah!" he shoved a spoonful of spaghetti in his mouth.
"Cameron slow down honey…" Elizabeth said.
"What did you do with grandma?" Jason asked as he looked at Elizabeth waiting to hear the stories.
"Well we watched a lot of movies and what's her name, the one that talks to furniture…" he couldn't remember Tracy's name.
"Tracy?" Jason helped him out.
"Something like that well all she did was talk to this chair, talk to this man name Alan. Grandma said she was a little…" Cameron put his fingers to his head to show crazy.
"Oh and what about Grandpa Edward?" Jason asked for that was the one he thought would be most fun to hear.
"Oh he went on and on about this thing call mooney and I didn't get what he was saying?" he looked very puzzled.
"You didn't?" Jason asked like he must have.
"Well every time he talked I pretended to fall asleep." He showed them.
"Good job Cam!" Jason gave Cameron a high five.
"I know its good isn't it…and he doesn't even know it!" Cameron laughed at how clever he was and Elizabeth just looked at Jason very surprised at him encouraging this behavior.
"What?" he looked at like he didn't see the problem.
"Nothing, like father like son…" she said under her breathe for even though Cameron and Jason were biologically related, they had the same mind.
"What else did you?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well grandma said I could have my own room there if I wanted…" he looked up at them like it was something he really wanted.
"Sure that's fine with me…" Elizabeth looked at Jason.
"Whatever you want…" Jason looked at him.
"Yes! Can I call grandma and tell her!" he said like he wanted to do it now.
"After dinner Cam…" she told him.
"Ok!" he said excitedly and for the rest of the dinner he focused on eating the spaghetti was fast as he could.
"So Emily is really excited to be having a baby?" Jason asked Elizabeth like she would know more.
"Yeah she told me the day before and was a little hesitant at first. She's worried about how she'll have a career and then there's Helena and then she's worried about Courtney still and…" she was going to speak more but was interrupted.
"Courtney?" Jason asked like she shouldn't be.
"Yeah she's convinced that Courtney wants him back…" she explained how silly of her to think that.
"Well I don't think she's interested, I think she's interested in your brother…" he got up from the seat and filled his glass up with water.
"My brother?" she asked like it didn't seem right.
"Yeah, they were supposed to go out the night you came into the H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L." he sat back down.
"Oh well they definitely won't last. If anything I think he had a crush on Emily…but she would never leave Nicholas for Steven…" she said.
"I'm just going on what I heard…" Jason told her as twirled his fork with spaghetti on it and put it in Elizabeth's mouth.
"Dad you're such a good cook. Better than Grandma…" Cameron said as he took his plate and dumped it into the sink.
Jason rolled his eyes and looked at Elizabeth, "See I told you Jason. I told you that he would be the one to tell everyone that underneath this bad boy look you've got going on, underneath it all you are a warm hearted family man that loves to cook for his family…" she leaned into kiss him.
"Cameron…" Jason turned to him as he marched over to his seat.
"Yeah?" Cameron asked as he took his fork and cup and put it in the sink.
"That's a secret between us. Don't tell anyone that I'm a good cook…" Jason tried to explain but Cameron looked at him like it was too late.
"Too late dad. Sorry…" he gave a frown.
"I told Grandma Monica, the crazy woman, grandpa Edword and Alice. I told everyone!" he shouted at them.
"Oh well ok then…" Jason realized it was time to close that discussion.
"Cameron why don't you wait upstairs in your room and we'll be up there in a minute to give you a bath…" Elizabeth sweetly said to him.
"Ok…" he ran out of the kitchen.
Elizabeth and Jason peacefully enjoyed the rest of their meal for five more minutes until Cameron came back down.
"Are you done yet?" Cameron asked them.
"Yes…" they said and Jason started collecting the dishes.
"I'll go give him a bath you do the dishes…" Elizabeth said as she took Cameron's hand.
"Ok I'll be up there to join you soon…" he told them as he hurriedly rinsed off the dishes and the forks and knives so he could experience it with them.
Five minutes later he came running up the stairs and into the bath room, "Well that was quick…" she looked over to him as he walked over to her.
"Well I didn't want to miss anything…" he kissed the side of her head.
"Believe me your not missing anything…" she assured him.
"Why don't you let me finish…" he asked for she looked a little tired.
"Ok," she nodded and as she stood up she got a little dizzy.
"Are you ok?" he quickly asked.
"Yeah…I'm sure I'm just a little dehydrated that's all. From being at the hospital…" she looked at him and he wasn't buying it.
"Cameron can you just step out of the tub for a second…" he looked at Elizabeth who seemed to be looking a little worse.
"Elizabeth…" he caught her in his arms.
"I'm fine Jason I'm just tired…" she told him as she felt his strong arms getting ready to take her into their bedroom.
He picked her up and brought her into their room gently putting her on the bed, "I'll be back in a few minutes, just relax ok?" he looked at her a little worried for her health.
He walked into the bathroom and smiled at Cameron, "Is mommy ok?" he asked.
"Mommy is just tired…" Jason assured him.
He finished washing Cameron's hair and then washed him, "Cameron you'll have to play with you water toys another time..." he wanted to get back to Elizabeth.
"Ok…" he said like it really didn't matter to him.
After helping Cameron get dressed he told Cameron he would read him a bed time story in a little bit.
He walked back into their bedroom and saw her relaxing on the bed, "How are you feeling?" he asked her.
"Better, I guess I've just pushed myself a little too much…" she told him.
"Here why don't I get you some water and then I'll help you get changed into your pajamas…" he told her and she nodded like it was a good idea.
He came back up seconds later, "here…" he handed the glass to her.
"Elizabeth I really want you to take it easy ok?" he looked at her knowing she would listen to him this time.
"Ok Jason…" she quietly told him.
He walked over to the dresser and grabbed a night gown from the drawer, "This one fine?" he showed her and she didn't really seem to care.
He dimmed the lights to set a mood and walked over to her, "Close your eyes…" he said in calm soothing voice.
He took her shirt off and then her bra, "Lie down…" he asked her so he could take her jeans off.
He traced his finger along her skin almost tickling her a bit making her laugh, "Jason…"
He got to her belly and just leaned his head against her skin, "Baby…I can't wait to meet you…" he slowly moved his other hand towards hers both excited for there bundle of joy to come whenever he or she decided to join them.
He put her night gown on and she slowly went to brush her teeth as he started to undress himself. He took his shirt off and she peeked around the wall of the bathroom to get a look. He dropped his jeans and as he turned around she quickly moved back into the bathroom. He smiled knowing she was watching him and as he picked up his clothes and walked into the bathroom to put them in the hamper he said, "Elizabeth you can look now…"
She smiled at his way of flirting with her, "Jason…" he walked up to her she quickly finished brushing her teeth.
He leaned in and then looked at her brown eyes, "I should brush my teeth."
The suspense of her wanting him to kiss her grew more intense as he backed away from her lips which were centimeters from his. She looked at him not amused that he had teased her and then walked out of the room. He came back a few minutes later, "I'll go check up on Cameron…"
She walked with him and they saw Cameron peacefully sleeping in his bed totally exhausted from the day.
She watched him bend down at Cameron's bed and pulled the sheets over him, "Good night Cameron…" he kissed his forehead and saw Cameron smile like he was still somewhat awake and then walked back over to Elizabeth.
"I'm guessing you're ready for bed too?" he asked for he sure was.
"Well if that's what you want to do, sleep…" she said like she would be willing to stay up with him and talk or kiss it didn't matter what they did as long as she was always near him.
He held her hand into the room and pulled the sheets back, "I think that we or rather I have a long day tomorrow and I need to get my beauty sleep…" he sarcastically said he watched her slowly lie back on the bed.
"Beauty sleep?" she questioned for she thought it was funny the way he said it.
"Yeah…" he leaned in and slowly kissed her.
He pushed her up to where the pillows were and she put her arms around him totally and completely hot for him.
"Elizabeth…" he tried to get her to slow down.
"What…" she said as they rolled around on the bed.
"Let's do this…" he rolled her over so that he was on top.
"Another night…" he said for even though he was hot for her and wanted to have sex with her as much as she obviously wanted it he on the other hand was afraid to do it.
He leaned back and she looked at him, "Jason we can have sex…"
He turned away from her, "I know."
Sitting on the bed he felt her touch his shoulder, "Its not you it's just that I think we should just wait till the baby is born…"
"Are you sure?" she asked almost a little disappointed.
"Yeah it's just that you were very close the day before yesterday, you could have lost the baby and you've barely given yourself time to rest from that and I just think we should wait. I don't want to take any chance of hurting you or the baby…" he looked at her a little scared that something else might happen to them.
She put her hands on his cheek, "ok."
"Thanks…" he said as he turned his head back to kiss her.
He turned the lights completely off and crawled into bed with her, "Good night Elizabeth…" he put his arm around her so she could sleep on his chest of she wanted to.
"Good night Jason…" she slowly moved her head to his chest and moved her hand to his waist.
"Good night baby…" Jason said as he took his hand and slowly touched her belly before gently moving his hand back to his waist where he could hold her hand all night.
