Nightmares seemed to have come and go since the moment that Ally left Johnny Zacchara. The nightmares that she experienced while with the man were real and never ending. But what she got when moving in with Jason was nightmares that felt real. Ones that caused her heart to race, for her to scream out in terror. They might be fake, but every one of them felt real to her. The longer she stayed with Jason, the less intense the became until something would trigger them again.
The confrontation with Luis seemed to set of the nightmares once more. She woke many times sweating and panicking that Luis was grabbing her again or he had come to her ready to finish her off. She knew after that night, she was probably going to have to get help to get through what she had experienced in the last month. Times with Johnny hadn't prepared her with the aftermaths of being shot and dealing with her shooter.
Patrick had responded to one of her calls early the next morning where she begged him to let her go home. She promised that she would do everything he asked of her if he just let her go back to the penthouse and away from the man down the hall. After consulting with Robin, he decided that she could go home as long as Jason made sure a nurse came to the house daily to check on her healing. He even offered to come a couple days during the week himself for a couple weeks.
Ally, with the help of Emily, got ready to head home to the penthouse. Jason had collected some of her things later in the week so she would have everything she needed when it was time to head home.
"Thank you for helping me," Ally expressed to Emily as she pushed her towards the waiting room.
"Jason called me this morning and told me you were getting released. He told me that you probably needed help getting dressed and I was happy to help," she explained with a smile.
"It means a lot to me and I'm sure to your brother as well," Ally commented looking up over her shoulder.
Emily parked the wheelchair before walking in front of the young woman. "Jason means everything to me, and you mean everything to him...so it was no problem." Ally smiled looking down at her hands. "I have to get back to work, but I hope we can talk again really soon," she offered.
"I would like that," Ally spoke with a smile.
Emily waved a quick good-bye before walking off. Ally couldn't help but smile at how great the young woman was. Everything about her was the opposite of Jason, but the way they cared for each was definitely the same.
"Fair Damsel Lynn," A voice spoke out causing a smile to spread across her face.
"Spinelli," she greeted back as he wheeled his way towards her in his wheelchair.
"Are you being shipped to Casa de Stone Cold today?" he questioned noticing her dressed in street clothes instead of the awful hospital gowns.
"That I am," she answered taking his hand. "Looks like you are being shipped there as well," she chuckled, beyond happy to see her friend.
He nodded as he smiled back at her. It was at moment that the both realized that due to all the chaos in the hospital, that they hadn't seen each other since the faithful night they were both shot.
"How are you feel?" Spinelli asked, smile leaving his face and turning to concerned.
"Better." It was the only answer that she had. She didn't want to let anyone know of all the nightmares she had been having since arriving at the hospital. "How about you?" she asked, quickly turning the attention back on him.
"Well..." he began placing his hand on his chest. "Yours truly finds it very difficult to do things on his own, but the pain in mine sternum in not as great," he explained to her.
"I'm am happy to see you are in a better state then you were the night..." Ally trailed off feeling Spinelli squeeze her hand.
She looked up and watched the man look down at their hands joined together. When their eyes meant, she saw guilt looking back at her. "I'm sorry for not trying harder to protect you," he whispered.
Ally leaned forward shaking her head, "You have nothing to feel sorry for. You were no match against Anthony. He didn't care whether you lived or died. I'm the one that's sorry for bringing that kind of danger on you," she expressed.
"But Stone Cold..."
"Look, I know Jason left you to protect me, but not at the cost of your life," she informed her friend.
"Stone Cold was really worried about you the whole time you were unconscious," the hacker said.
Ally smiled, "I know, but I know he was worried about you as well."
Even if his friend never spoke of how he felt towards him, Spinelli knew Jason cared. And when Ally said he was worried about him, he actually believed it. The enforcer earned the name Stone Cold, but people that knew him well understood that Jason tough exterior was just to protect himself from getting hurt.
"I'm ecstatic that I will be sharing my recovery with you," he said with a huge grin.
"So am I. Plus, I'm grateful that we have Jason and Maxie to take care of us," she added. "Speaking of Maxie...congratulation on the engagement."
The cyber geek's smile grew bigger at the thought of his fiance. "I'm beyond surprised that she agreed."
"I'm not," she commented. "That woman adores you.
"I love My Fair Maximista," he mumbled in awe of just the thought of marrying her.
It was at that moment that elevator door opened and Max and Joseph exited. Ally smiled huge at the sight of the men. She missed them more than she actually thought she would.
"MAX!" she greeted him.
"Miss Ally...Mr. Spinelli...Mr. Morgan told Joseph and I to come escort you back to the penthouse," he informed the two as they starting pushing the duo back to the elevator.
"Jason couldn't come himself?" Ally frowned.
"He is working at the moment, but he promised it wasn't going to take long and he would be home as soon as he could. Maxie is currently at the penthouse. She went there after picking up both of your meds," Joseph said as the elevator closed.
The pair just nodded at they allowed the two to help them with everything. The ride home was more relaxing then they thought. It was probably due to the fact of just being out the hospital. They were both excited about finally being home.
For Ally that feeling changed the moment she saw Harborview Towers. The thought of stepping back into the penthouse actually frightened her. Anthony took away her security the night he snatched her from her room. They memories haunted her in the hospital every night, so she wondered if they would get worse now that she was back at home.
"Max?" Ally asked as he helped her out of the car. "Jason promised he wasn't going to be long right?"
Max knew by the simple look on her face why she wanted to know about Jason. It was a look that he had seen on many people's faces that were scared and depended on Jason to protected them. "Miss Lynn, you're going to be okay. We upgraded the security systems and only hired the best of the best to guard this place," the man assured trying to help with her fear.
Ally just nodded letting Max escort her into the building, while Joseph helped Spinelli. The moment they stepped into the lobby, Ally froze. Every memory from that night hit her. She trembled as she watched over and over the two men shot each other, while shots echoed inside her head. Max did his best to hold her trembling body upright.
"Ally..." Spinelli called out watching his friend react to all the flashbacks she was experiencing. "Hey..." His hand touched hers. "You're safe," he spoke using his Master's words.
Ally slowly looked up at Spinelli as tears streamed down her face. The cyber geek gave her hand a little squeeze of reassurance.
"Ms. Lynn, you're okay," Max said feeling the woman cling to him.
"Can you just get me out of here please," she begged quietly.
Ally pushed her face into Max's chest, trying to forget the imagines that keep playing over and over. The guard did as he was asked knowing that all this had to be hard on her. The closer they got to the penthouse, the more Ally wondered if she was going to be able to step inside it. She didn't want to be anywhere else, cause this was her home, but would all the memories from that night prohibit her from that.
"Did Mr. Morgan think this was going to happen?" Joseph questioned as the elevator inched closer to the top floor.
"I don't think so…" Max expressed quietly keeping his arms wrapped around the very emotional woman.
"I'll call Stone Cold when we get upstairs," Spinelli spoke, hand placed upon his friend's shoulder.
A newly hired guard greeted them when the doors opened, "Is the young lady okay?"
Max shrugged escorting her to the penthouse. He waited for her to respond just as she did downstairs, but she seemed to calm a little the moment they were inside the penthouse.
Spinelli walked straight to the phone and dialed his boss' number. "Stone Cold..." he commented waiting for a response. "We are at the residence now, but you need to get her on the double..." He listened to Jason to say something before speaking once more. "Fair Ally...she had some sort of breakdown..." It was the last thing the hacker was able to say before hearing the phone line go dead. He knew that Jason was already on his way home.
"Welcome home..." Maxie began trotting down the stairs, but stopped the minute she noticed glum state of the room. "What's wrong?"
Spinelli gestured to Ally, who was still clinging to the guard.
"Ally...come here," Maxie insisted pulling her friend from Max and escorting her to the couch. "What's going on?"
Ally did her best to wipe the tears from her face. "You remember asking me if I was scared about Luis still being alive?" The blonde nodded wrapping her arm around her friend. "Truthfully...I just stop thinking about any of it. Every memory about that night haunts me," she admitted leaning into Maxie.
"Ally...you're not alone," she whispered just as the door burst open.
Jason looked around the room finding Ally in tears. When their eyes meant, tears fell down her cheeks once more. How could she not be strong enough to get through all this when she had the strongest man she knew by her side.
"Someone tell me what happened?" he asked extremely worried while making his way to her.
"She was okay up until we entered the lobby, Boss," Max explained, before pulling Joseph out of the penthouse with him.
Jason placed himself at her feet as he listened to Max speak. He reached up taking her face in his hands. "Talk to me."
Ally felt Maxie pull away the moment Jason touched her face. She placed her hands over just taking in the simple moment that caused her to relax a little. "The moment I stepped into the lobby…I was hit like a ton of brick with flashbacks of that night.
Anger and frustration pulled at his emotions. No one should have to deal with what Ally had had to in a short amount of time. He felt like he was partly responsible cause of all the promises he seemed to have broke to her over the last month.
He took a deep breath before speaking. "I know I made a promise to you that I haven't been able to keep very well, but this time I want to say I mean it. You are safe. I will make sure that nothing ever happens to you again," he whispered to her, assuring the promise with a very intense kiss.
Maxie smiled at the sight before her. Her gaze moved from the couple to Spinelli, who smiled back at her just as big.
Ally slowly pulled away resting her forehead against his. "Can I just go lay down, please?"
Jason nodded scooping her fragile body up into his arms. The woman wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, burying her face into his neck.
"Maxie, get Spinelli to bed please. The nurse should be by soon to check on them," the enforcer instructed the young girl as he walked up the stairs.
He placed a kiss on top of her head as he walked towards her room. The moment he reached the door, he thought about how she would react entering into the room that she was taken from. He quickly turned around and entered his room.
"Jason..." she whispered into neck.
The man shivered slightly as he took a seat on the edge of his bed. He cradled her in his arms while she sat on his lap. "What you need? Just ask."
"Nothing...I'm just..." she spoke slowly looking up at him. "I'm sorry for all this."
"Stop...you've been through a lot," he commented, stroking her hair.
She sighed leaning her head against his shoulder. "I hate feeling like I have to rely on you for everything. I promise you that I'm not always like this."
Jason chuckled, "I don't mind taking care of you."
"I know, but..." she said, playing with the small hairs on the back of his neck. She slowly leaned forward kissing him gently. "I just hope one day I'll be able to pay you back some how for everything you have done for me."
"You don't have to do anything for me. You being here is enough," he assured her.
"You're sweet," she said kissing him once more.
Jason cupped her face gently as he kissed her back. She pulled him closer as their kiss continued. A smiled spread across his face as he pushed himself against her.
"Oh," she grimaced feeling some pain shoot through her body.
"Are you okay? Did I hurt you?" he asked moving her back onto his bed.
"No, just my body is a little sore," she answered him making herself comfortable on the bed.
"Well, I'll make sure to be more careful with you," he promised patting her leg.
"I just need some more time to heal that is all," she expressed smiling up at him.
Jason and Ally had gotten extremely close while in the hospital. So close that the attraction had grown more over that time. Sure they both wanted to take things to a level that neither had experience for quite some time, but there was a lot that needed to happen before anything like that happened.
"Why don't you get some sleep. I'll be around so if you need anything just call," he informed her.
Ally pecked his lips. "Thank you."
"You really need to stop saying that."
"Not going to happen," she winked at him. "I'm beyond thankful for you."
He winked back. "Get some sleep."
Ally blew him a kiss before he exited the room. Jason leaned against the door, sighing. In the small amount of time since he had been home, he discovered just how much Ally was dealing with. What he had concluded for all this was something had to be done so she didn't have to feel like this ever again. It was at that moment he knew he had to take care of a problem so it didn't become more.
Author's Note: This chapter was so intense to write. I loved writing this chapter. I miss the way Jason use to be on GH and I guess I want him back so much that I find myself want him to actually hurt someone. I hope you enjoy this one. There might be one more chapter before a little jump in time. Review please so I know what you think or if there is something you like to see happen. LOVE YAS GUEST REVIEWER: Thank you for all the amazing reviews. Can't wait to see what you think of this one. LOTS OF LOVE