When a friendship has last more than ten years after facing many adversities, you know that person is your best friend. The person that will always be there for you no matter how much you mess up. You also figure that no one is ever going to love you when you do something so bad, and yet you still find this one soul still by your side. That was what Jason was for Carly. He never let her down and she never understood why cause she wasn't the best to him.

Carly did try her best to be the friend that Jason needed, even when she thought he was living his life wrong. Right now she knew to keep her distant for some time while Ally recovered. This wasn't normally like her, but Jason needed time with his girl. Ally wasn't the only one healing at this time; Jason was healing from the pain he experienced over the last year. A lot of the events that had happened recently probably opened up some old wounds. Ally was really the only one that could help him heal, even if she didn't know it.

With it being a little over two weeks since she saw Jason, Carly spent most of her morning debating whether or not to go see him. He hadn't been by the house in a long time, so if she truly wanted to see him, she would have to stop by the penthouse. It didn't take her long to decide to go cause truthfully she just missed him.

After getting caught by Lucky at the hospital, Carly realized that there was no better time than now to see Jason. Luis was the real reason why her friend had been so distracted. Being distracted meant that he didn't have time to cook. Carly picked up some food from Kelly's, then headed straight to Harborview Towers.

Arriving on the penthouse floor, the young blonde was greeted by a man she never saw before. She remembered that Sonny had told her that new men had been hired. She took a minute to introduce herself to the man, before knocking on the door. She shifted slightly back and forth waiting patiently for the door to open. Her patience wore then thin when she had to knock once more. It was shortly after the third knock, that the door opened and Carly was greeted by Ally. The woman was dressed in a pair of cotton pants and an over-sized shirt, that the blonde recognized as Jason's.

"Hi, Carly," she smiled with a small smile, stepping aside so Carly could enter.

Carly returned the smile as she entered. "How you feeling?"

Ally closed and locked the door, before answering, "Still a little sore, but that's what to expect, or says the doctor."

"Well, it's good to see you on your feet and not laying in that bed," Carly commented placing the food on the coffee table.

"Thank you," she mumbled walking towards the couch.

"Look...is Jason around? I brought some food figuring you all probably needed some food with substance," she explained looking around the penthouse.

"No, he is out at the moment, but he should be back soon," she answered, opening a bag.

"You're home alone?" Carly asked, surprised.

Ally shook her head, "No, Spinelli and Maxie are upstairs resting." The blonde nodded, taking a seat on the couch. "You can stay, Carly. Eat with me, then you can see Jason when he gets back."

"I got this for you guys, besides shouldn't you be resting as well?" she countered Ally's offer.

"You got tons of food and I've been resting all morning. Besides...I know you came over to see Jason...so stay," she insisted handing a box to Carly.

Carly was a little shocked by Ally's offer. Sure they had come to some what of a truce, but she didn't expect the woman to be so nice to her.

"Thank you," she smiled.

"Truthfully I'm surprised you haven't shown up soon," she expressed opening a box.

Carly scoffed acting offended causing Ally to raise an eyebrow.

"Okay, you're right. I surprised myself," she admitted, placing a piece of bread in her mouth.

Ally laughed causing Carly to do the same. The two were so involved with the food and their small talk, that they didn't hear the door open.

Upon entering the penthouse, Jason found the situation before him confusing. He shook his head a couple times trying to see if maybe he was dreaming. Watching the two women in his life actually laughing together made him smile. He observed them just a while longer before making his presence known.

"Am I in the right penthouse?" he asked edging towards couch.

Both women turned towards him, smiling.

"Jase!" Carly exclaimed hopping to her feet, catapulting into his arms.

"Hey, Carly," he greeted, hugging her.

Ally smirked looking up at the friends. Jason rolled his eyes slightly when his eyes met hers. She had told him it was just a matter of time before the blonde would show her face. Jason loved his best friend...it was just her energy and drama that was more than he could handle most days.

"I brought you some food from Kelly's," she informed, placing herself next to Ally and pulling Jason down to side next to her.

"Thank you."

"How have you been? I've missed you."

"I'm okay," he stated.

"Jason...I didn't come over here just to hear you say that you're okay," she scolded him.

"What do you want me to say, Carly? That I'm tired and exhausted and angry..." he asked throwing his arms up in the air. This was the part he could do without when it came to the woman next to him.

"Well, I didn't want to make you more angry..." she spoke, biting her lip.

"Carly..." Ally breathed. "He isn't angry with you. Just the entire situation at hand. Three people were shot and it's a lot on everyone."

"I'm sorry for pushing you, Jase," she mumbled to him.

"Don't be...I'm more than just those things. There are moment that I'm happy and grateful," he admitted, eyes moving to Ally, then back to Carly. "I shouldn't have just expressed the bad."

"But you should be able to tell me the bad as well," she replied taking his hand.

"The bad just makes me angry and then my emotions take over. I'm trying to keep the emotions in check," he explained, knowing Carly understood why.

"So..." She slowly leaned back into the couch looking between the two. "What's going on with the two of you?"

"Nope..." Jason answered quickly, about to stand up only to have his friend pull him back down.

"Come on, Jase..." Carly pleaded.

Ally smiled at Jason, who looked miserable at the very thought of discussing his relationship with Ally to Carly. It was his relationship. Why did it have to be analyzed.

"Why?" he asked.

Carly's eyes moved to Ally. "You tell me."

"I'm not the only one in this relationship," Ally answered.

"So it's definitely a relationship."

"It's like I have to deal with two Maxies," he groaned.

"Shut up, Morgan. I'm nothing like that little twit," Carly expressed slapping his arm.

Jason chuckled pulling away from his friend, "Then why do you need to know about Ally and I?"

"Cause you're my best friend and I just want to make sure that you're happy. I mean, truly happy," she commented.

"Carly...I'm happy," he assured her slowly standing up. "We are happy," he spoke, eyes on Ally.

Carly examined both people and just smiled. "It's really good to see you happy, Jase. You truly deserve it," she commented, turning towards Ally. "I wasn't totally onboard with you being with him, but seeing my best friend smile made me realize that you are good for him."

"Thank you," Ally mouthed.

Carly smiled, "Okay...I should go."

She didn't want to have this big girlie moment with Ally. They weren't close and right now she wasn't sure if she wanted to get close to the girl. She can accept her as Jason's girlfriend, she wasn't sure if she could befriend her.

"Hey, Carly..." Jason called to her. "You can come by more. I know it was hard for you to give me space."

She nodded, "Maybe you can come by the house and see the kids sometime soon. They miss you."

"I can do that," he agreed.

"You can come along too...I mean if you want," Carly suggested.

Ally grinned, "Thank you, Carly...I might actually do that."

The young woman sat back into the couch, nibbling on a chicken wrap. She watched as the friends say their good-byes. She knew Carly swallowed a lot of pride to let Jason be happy with her. She found a lot of respect for her in that moment.

"That was exhausting," Jason breathed collapsing on the couch.

"Aww, you missed her," she laughed taking another bite of her food.

"Maybe..." he sighed, laying his head back.

"She did bring us some really good food," she reminded him.

"I am hungry," he mumbled looking through the boxes. "I was surprised to see you two laughing when I walked in."

"Well...she's not as bad as she was when I first met her."

"No, she's still the same. She's just tame cause I told her she had to be," he corrected her.

"I was never worried about her. She's protective over the people she cares about," she said leaning over, placing a kiss on his cheek.

He grabbed her hand, pulling her back towards him. He pressed his lips against hers, causing the woman to smile when they pulled away.

"What was that for?" she whispered only inches from his face.

"Cause I wanted to," he answered, his lips touching hers once more.

Ally leaned against his body while the kiss continued. It lasted only seconds due to the sounds of giggling at the top of the stairs. She slowly pulled away resting her chin on Jason's shoulder.

"Don't stop of our account," Maxie commented when Ally's eyes landed on her and Spinelli.

Jason groaned standing up, "We're done."

Ally playfully pouted when he walked into the kitchen. She shook her head at the couple when he disappeared. "Maxie...Stop laughing," she demanded trying not to laugh herself.

"He needs not to be so sensitive," Maxie called after the enforcer.

"Maybe you need to move out," he called back.

Ally shook her head once more watching the two dig into the food that Carly brought.

"You're going to come home one day and your stuff in going to be in the hall," Ally informed Maxie.

The fact of the matter was, no one actually believed the words that Ally spoke. Jason may threaten many times to throw Maxie and her things out, but he wouldn't. He knew it would hurt Spinelli and Jason would never hurt him.

Author's Note: Hello! How are all of you? I just wanted to let you know that I am hoping you are all enjoying all the updates. I really enjoy hearing from you all. The next chapter is going to be long, but super funny and cute and I believe you are all going to love it. I don't know what is going to happen to Luis yet, but I do know who is helping him. Plus the knew character that I have been talking about will be coming soon. Plus I have a new spin on Ally's background...it should be in the chapter after the next. I can't wait to share. GUEST REVIEWER: love you reviews. I like your thoughts on what is going on. Luis is clueless about who can actually get him. Hope you like this chapter. I still want to do another chapter with Sonny and Ally. OOOH ALL! I am in the middle of writing a chapter where something may or may not happen to our beloved enforcer. LOVE TO ALL