Here's Chapter 27!! Hope you fans of mine like it!! Love ya!!
Sorry It has taken so long, I have been working on another one-shot fanfic
(also a journey related one), but I hope you like this chapter!!
~Dawndrina~
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Chapter 27
In her seventh month, Courtney was huge. She looked like she was carrying triplets, although everybody knew by now about the twins. When Carly and Sonny had found out, they were ecstatic, and Michael was just a thrilled. Morgan just squealed and drooled a bit.
Maria must have left town, because they hadn't heard of her since Courtney told her off at the hospital over a month ago. Everybody was gratefully thankful for that.
In her eighth month, March, she grew even more, but not as much as before. She had now gained a total of 45 pounds. She was enormous.
The only little snitch in their lives right now was the fact that Jason was almost always off working, especially during the middle of the night or at odd hours during the day. This worried Courtney immensely, but she never told Jason about her fear. Instead when he asked her what was troubling her, she would just tell him she hadn't gotten much sleep because of the baby, and was a little tired.
But Jason knew that sleep wasn't the reason for her sad face. He knew she hated him working so much, and he hated it too. But he had a job, and although he had a pregnant wife to take care of, the business must always come first. When he had to leave her to go work, he would look at her with sad, worried eyes. And when she would ask what was wrong, he would cover it up with a façade of lies. He would tell Courtney he was just tired from work, or he was excited about the babies, which Courtney knew wasn't the truth.
And so it had evolved to the point where they almost never saw each other. It usually turned out to be that Courtney would wake up at two o'clock in the morning and would go down the stairs to get a glass of milk, and would find Jason lying on the couch sleeping. And then when she woke up in the morning, he wouldn't be anywhere in the house. It broke her heart even more.
Sonny and Carly didn't seem to notice their hardships though. They were having the time of their lives with Michael and little Morgan Diego. This sometimes hurt Courtney even more, to see them so happy, while Courtney and Jason couldn't even talk anymore.
And one day it caught up to her. Carly had come over for lunch, and was talking all about the good time her and Sonny had had in the park yesterday.
"So how are you and Jason these days? You guys should come to the club with us tomorrow night!" Carly said. She didn't even know all the work Jason was doing these days.
"We can't. Jason will be working," Courtney said, stirring her spoon around in her coffee aimlessly.
"Working! Why?" Carly asked.
"Because it's all he does these days," Courtney said a little hotly.
"Why isn't he home with you? You're pregnant!" Carly said.
"Apparently that isn't enough. He has to work," Courtney said.
"Courtney, I think there's more going on here. What's wrong?" Carly said, sounding concerned.
"Why would you think that?" Courtney said.
"Because you sound sad, and a little angered at me asking about you and Jason," Carly said.
"That's because there practically isn't a 'me and Jason' anymore! He's always working, he never is home at night, and when he is he sleeps on the couch," Courtney said, "And did you know that we haven't actually talked to each other for two days. It's almost as if he acts like I don't exist!"
Courtney paused to wipe her eyes, which where now filled with tears.
Carly just looked at her best friend. She had no idea that this had been happening.
"How long has this been going on?" Carly asked.
"Oh, I don't know. Two weeks? I don't count the days anymore," Courtney said.
"You should talk to him about how you feel, honey. I bet anything that he feels the same way!" Carly said.
"Talk to him? Carly, I can't talk to him!! You don't understand," Courtney said.
"You're right, I probably don't. But all I know is that if you two love each other, which I know you do, things will be fine if you just TALK!!" Carly said.
"I'll think about it," Courtney said.
"Good. But right now I have to leave, Michael has a play date with one of his friends," Carly said.
"Bye," Courtney said. She led her to the door and after Carly was gone she went and collapsed on the couch.
"Why is your daddy being so difficult?" she said, rubbing abdomen.
She picked up a magazine from the table and started to read it, although she really wasn't paying any attention to it.
Then the door opened, and Jason walked though it. His eyes were red and he looked exhausted. Courtney looked at him, and her heart broke all over again.
"Hey," she said reproachfully.
"Hey," he said. He walked to the kitchen without another word, and Courtney's anger boiled up. She shook her head and kept reading her magazine.
A few minutes later Jason came back. He sat down on a chair by the couch.
"You should rest. You look tired," Courtney said quietly.
"I'm fine; just worry about the babies, ok?" Jason said. He hated that she worried about him. He had to be strong for the both of them.
"The twins are fine. But Jason, you look like horrible! I'm worried about you," Courtney said.
"Courtney, I can deal with a little sleep loss," Jason said.
"Ok. I just don't want you to get sick or anything," Courtney said. She was trying not to let herself break, but it was hard.
Just then Jason's cell phone rang.
"Yea," Jason said, listen to the person on the other end.
"Ok I'll be right there," Jason said.
"Bye," Courtney said, "Be careful."
Jason just looked at her and nodded. He saw the hurt in her eyes and hated himself for doing this to her. But he had to work, and somehow it actually helped him avoid those sad blue eyes.
Courtney stayed home the rest of the night, and when she when upstairs to retire for the night, Jason still wasn't home.
She changed into her flannel maternity pajama pants and one of Jason's shirts. She smelled the soft fabric. It smelled just like Jason. A tear came to her eye and she brushed it away.
She crawled under the big fluffy comforter and when she rolled over to turn off the lights, she saw the picture on her nightstand. It was of her and Jason exchanging vows on their wedding day, only a few minutes before she had gotten shot. She sighed and turned the picture face down so she didn't have to be reminded of a time when they were happy. She turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Meanwhile, Jason was on his way home. His work tonight was surprisingly easy, and he hoped Courtney would still be up. He wanted to talk to her about the past few weeks.
But when he got home, she wasn't anywhere downstairs. He went upstairs and into the bedroom, only to see her fast asleep, in one of his shirts. He gave a little smile, and he walked over to give his sleeping wife a kiss on the cheek, something he hadn't done in what seemed to be forever.
But when he got to her side of the bed, he saw the over turned picture. He picked it up to see what it was a picture of, and frowned when he saw it was of their wedding day. He ran his finger over the image of her, and then put the picture back, face down. He looked at Courtney and then walked out of the room, never giving her a kiss.
He went back downstairs and got a blanket. Tonight he would sleep on the couch, again.
When Courtney woke up the next morning and went downstairs after her shower to eat, she was surprised to see Jason still sleeping on the couch. Usually he would be gone by now.
Before she made it all the way to the kitchen, though, his cell phone rang. She stopped and turned, undecided in what she should do.
She made up her mind quickly and walked over to where the ringing phone was. She picked it up and then turned in off.
"For once you aren't going to keep Jason from me," she said softly to the device. She quickly went upstairs and put it in one of her drawers. Then she went back downstairs to cook breakfast, pancakes and bacon.
When Jason woke up he could smell pancakes and bacon. He quickly glanced at the clock, surprised that Sonny hadn't called him to come work. It was already 8:30.
Jason got up and went upstairs to shower quickly, and when he came back downstairs he went into the kitchen.
"Do you know where my cell phone is?" He asked her.
"No, why?" Courtney said, hating that she had to lie to him.
"I can't find it anywhere," he said.
"Oh, you probably just misplaced it," she said, hoping he wouldn't think about it too much.
"Yea, if Sonny really needs me then he can come over," Jason said, "So what are you making?"
"Oh, just pancakes and bacon. Would you like some?" Courtney said.
"Yea sure," Jason said.
Once she was done cooking, they sat down and had a breakfast together, the first step to rebuilding their somewhat lost connection, Courtney thought. She laughed at his jokes, and he smiled at her comments.
After breakfast, Courtney and Jason decided to go for a walk in the park, since Sonny didn't seem to have any work for him.
They strolled through the park, talking about the babies and some of the changes to be made around the house.
"I can't believe that they're only two months away," Courtney said as they sat down on a park bench.
"Yea, it's pretty incredible isn't it?" Jason said. He rubbed her belly and spoke in gibberish to the twins.
"Cut it out! You're going to traumatize them for life!" Courtney said, laughing.
Jason stopped and then looked at Courtney and gave her a kiss.
She pulled away slowly and said, "What was that for?"
"Because I love you, and I haven't really been there for you lately," Jason said, "It's just, the business is really busy right now, and Sonny really needs my help."
Jason stood up and looked out on to the snow covered frozen pond.
"I just wish I knew where my damn cell phone is. It really bugs me that I can't find it. I'm worried that Sonny has been trying to reach me," Jason said, making Courtney feel guilty once again for what she did.
Courtney sat there, and Jason just stared out at the pond. Then Courtney got up, and decided to clear her conscious about the cell phone.
"Uh, can we go home?" Courtney said.
"Yea, sure," Jason said.
They walked back to the penthouse, and Courtney told Jason to wait downstairs, she went upstairs to the bedroom and grabbed his cell from her drawer. She went back downstairs and handed him his cell phone. He took it, and gave her a very confused look.
"Did you take it?" he said.
"You were sleeping on the couch," Courtney began, "And it started to ring. Jason, I hadn't talked to you in days all because of that damn cell phone! What else was I supposed to do, let it control your life?"
"Courtney that could have been Sonny!" Jason said, "You don't know how much the business needs me right now."
"Who cares about the business, Jason," Courtney said, on the verge of tears, "I am your wife! Your pregnant wife! And you haven't talked to me in days, you sleep on the couch, and it seems as if you're trying to avoid me!"
"I haven't been home to talk to you," Jason said, his anger boiling up inside, "How can you blame me for avoiding you, you don't ever talk to me either. And that picture of us on your stand, you turned it down. Obviously you don't care that much."
"I turned it down because I didn't want to have to hurt so much," Courtney said, "It reminds me of a time when we where happy!"
"Yea, a time when you didn't make decisions for me, like you did today," Jason said, "Now I have to go. I sure Sonny has called at least a hundred times."
"Jason, wait!" Courtney said. But he just shrugged her off and walked out the door, slamming it behind him. Courtney walked to the couch and gave the end of it a hard kick. She sat on the couch and put her face in her hands and cried. Why did she always do things to make the situation worse?
Then as she got up go upstairs, she felt an immense, pain in her abdomen, causing her to immediately sit down. Then all of a sudden she was filled with fear and nervousness as she felt fluid come rushing out of her system, running down her legs.
Her water had broken.
The twins were coming.
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Ok, sorry I haven't posted in such a long time!! I hope this extra long chapter makes up for my lake of chapters in the past week or whatever. Love you guys!!!
~*~ Dawndrina ~*~
~Dawndrina~
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Chapter 27
In her seventh month, Courtney was huge. She looked like she was carrying triplets, although everybody knew by now about the twins. When Carly and Sonny had found out, they were ecstatic, and Michael was just a thrilled. Morgan just squealed and drooled a bit.
Maria must have left town, because they hadn't heard of her since Courtney told her off at the hospital over a month ago. Everybody was gratefully thankful for that.
In her eighth month, March, she grew even more, but not as much as before. She had now gained a total of 45 pounds. She was enormous.
The only little snitch in their lives right now was the fact that Jason was almost always off working, especially during the middle of the night or at odd hours during the day. This worried Courtney immensely, but she never told Jason about her fear. Instead when he asked her what was troubling her, she would just tell him she hadn't gotten much sleep because of the baby, and was a little tired.
But Jason knew that sleep wasn't the reason for her sad face. He knew she hated him working so much, and he hated it too. But he had a job, and although he had a pregnant wife to take care of, the business must always come first. When he had to leave her to go work, he would look at her with sad, worried eyes. And when she would ask what was wrong, he would cover it up with a façade of lies. He would tell Courtney he was just tired from work, or he was excited about the babies, which Courtney knew wasn't the truth.
And so it had evolved to the point where they almost never saw each other. It usually turned out to be that Courtney would wake up at two o'clock in the morning and would go down the stairs to get a glass of milk, and would find Jason lying on the couch sleeping. And then when she woke up in the morning, he wouldn't be anywhere in the house. It broke her heart even more.
Sonny and Carly didn't seem to notice their hardships though. They were having the time of their lives with Michael and little Morgan Diego. This sometimes hurt Courtney even more, to see them so happy, while Courtney and Jason couldn't even talk anymore.
And one day it caught up to her. Carly had come over for lunch, and was talking all about the good time her and Sonny had had in the park yesterday.
"So how are you and Jason these days? You guys should come to the club with us tomorrow night!" Carly said. She didn't even know all the work Jason was doing these days.
"We can't. Jason will be working," Courtney said, stirring her spoon around in her coffee aimlessly.
"Working! Why?" Carly asked.
"Because it's all he does these days," Courtney said a little hotly.
"Why isn't he home with you? You're pregnant!" Carly said.
"Apparently that isn't enough. He has to work," Courtney said.
"Courtney, I think there's more going on here. What's wrong?" Carly said, sounding concerned.
"Why would you think that?" Courtney said.
"Because you sound sad, and a little angered at me asking about you and Jason," Carly said.
"That's because there practically isn't a 'me and Jason' anymore! He's always working, he never is home at night, and when he is he sleeps on the couch," Courtney said, "And did you know that we haven't actually talked to each other for two days. It's almost as if he acts like I don't exist!"
Courtney paused to wipe her eyes, which where now filled with tears.
Carly just looked at her best friend. She had no idea that this had been happening.
"How long has this been going on?" Carly asked.
"Oh, I don't know. Two weeks? I don't count the days anymore," Courtney said.
"You should talk to him about how you feel, honey. I bet anything that he feels the same way!" Carly said.
"Talk to him? Carly, I can't talk to him!! You don't understand," Courtney said.
"You're right, I probably don't. But all I know is that if you two love each other, which I know you do, things will be fine if you just TALK!!" Carly said.
"I'll think about it," Courtney said.
"Good. But right now I have to leave, Michael has a play date with one of his friends," Carly said.
"Bye," Courtney said. She led her to the door and after Carly was gone she went and collapsed on the couch.
"Why is your daddy being so difficult?" she said, rubbing abdomen.
She picked up a magazine from the table and started to read it, although she really wasn't paying any attention to it.
Then the door opened, and Jason walked though it. His eyes were red and he looked exhausted. Courtney looked at him, and her heart broke all over again.
"Hey," she said reproachfully.
"Hey," he said. He walked to the kitchen without another word, and Courtney's anger boiled up. She shook her head and kept reading her magazine.
A few minutes later Jason came back. He sat down on a chair by the couch.
"You should rest. You look tired," Courtney said quietly.
"I'm fine; just worry about the babies, ok?" Jason said. He hated that she worried about him. He had to be strong for the both of them.
"The twins are fine. But Jason, you look like horrible! I'm worried about you," Courtney said.
"Courtney, I can deal with a little sleep loss," Jason said.
"Ok. I just don't want you to get sick or anything," Courtney said. She was trying not to let herself break, but it was hard.
Just then Jason's cell phone rang.
"Yea," Jason said, listen to the person on the other end.
"Ok I'll be right there," Jason said.
"Bye," Courtney said, "Be careful."
Jason just looked at her and nodded. He saw the hurt in her eyes and hated himself for doing this to her. But he had to work, and somehow it actually helped him avoid those sad blue eyes.
Courtney stayed home the rest of the night, and when she when upstairs to retire for the night, Jason still wasn't home.
She changed into her flannel maternity pajama pants and one of Jason's shirts. She smelled the soft fabric. It smelled just like Jason. A tear came to her eye and she brushed it away.
She crawled under the big fluffy comforter and when she rolled over to turn off the lights, she saw the picture on her nightstand. It was of her and Jason exchanging vows on their wedding day, only a few minutes before she had gotten shot. She sighed and turned the picture face down so she didn't have to be reminded of a time when they were happy. She turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Meanwhile, Jason was on his way home. His work tonight was surprisingly easy, and he hoped Courtney would still be up. He wanted to talk to her about the past few weeks.
But when he got home, she wasn't anywhere downstairs. He went upstairs and into the bedroom, only to see her fast asleep, in one of his shirts. He gave a little smile, and he walked over to give his sleeping wife a kiss on the cheek, something he hadn't done in what seemed to be forever.
But when he got to her side of the bed, he saw the over turned picture. He picked it up to see what it was a picture of, and frowned when he saw it was of their wedding day. He ran his finger over the image of her, and then put the picture back, face down. He looked at Courtney and then walked out of the room, never giving her a kiss.
He went back downstairs and got a blanket. Tonight he would sleep on the couch, again.
When Courtney woke up the next morning and went downstairs after her shower to eat, she was surprised to see Jason still sleeping on the couch. Usually he would be gone by now.
Before she made it all the way to the kitchen, though, his cell phone rang. She stopped and turned, undecided in what she should do.
She made up her mind quickly and walked over to where the ringing phone was. She picked it up and then turned in off.
"For once you aren't going to keep Jason from me," she said softly to the device. She quickly went upstairs and put it in one of her drawers. Then she went back downstairs to cook breakfast, pancakes and bacon.
When Jason woke up he could smell pancakes and bacon. He quickly glanced at the clock, surprised that Sonny hadn't called him to come work. It was already 8:30.
Jason got up and went upstairs to shower quickly, and when he came back downstairs he went into the kitchen.
"Do you know where my cell phone is?" He asked her.
"No, why?" Courtney said, hating that she had to lie to him.
"I can't find it anywhere," he said.
"Oh, you probably just misplaced it," she said, hoping he wouldn't think about it too much.
"Yea, if Sonny really needs me then he can come over," Jason said, "So what are you making?"
"Oh, just pancakes and bacon. Would you like some?" Courtney said.
"Yea sure," Jason said.
Once she was done cooking, they sat down and had a breakfast together, the first step to rebuilding their somewhat lost connection, Courtney thought. She laughed at his jokes, and he smiled at her comments.
After breakfast, Courtney and Jason decided to go for a walk in the park, since Sonny didn't seem to have any work for him.
They strolled through the park, talking about the babies and some of the changes to be made around the house.
"I can't believe that they're only two months away," Courtney said as they sat down on a park bench.
"Yea, it's pretty incredible isn't it?" Jason said. He rubbed her belly and spoke in gibberish to the twins.
"Cut it out! You're going to traumatize them for life!" Courtney said, laughing.
Jason stopped and then looked at Courtney and gave her a kiss.
She pulled away slowly and said, "What was that for?"
"Because I love you, and I haven't really been there for you lately," Jason said, "It's just, the business is really busy right now, and Sonny really needs my help."
Jason stood up and looked out on to the snow covered frozen pond.
"I just wish I knew where my damn cell phone is. It really bugs me that I can't find it. I'm worried that Sonny has been trying to reach me," Jason said, making Courtney feel guilty once again for what she did.
Courtney sat there, and Jason just stared out at the pond. Then Courtney got up, and decided to clear her conscious about the cell phone.
"Uh, can we go home?" Courtney said.
"Yea, sure," Jason said.
They walked back to the penthouse, and Courtney told Jason to wait downstairs, she went upstairs to the bedroom and grabbed his cell from her drawer. She went back downstairs and handed him his cell phone. He took it, and gave her a very confused look.
"Did you take it?" he said.
"You were sleeping on the couch," Courtney began, "And it started to ring. Jason, I hadn't talked to you in days all because of that damn cell phone! What else was I supposed to do, let it control your life?"
"Courtney that could have been Sonny!" Jason said, "You don't know how much the business needs me right now."
"Who cares about the business, Jason," Courtney said, on the verge of tears, "I am your wife! Your pregnant wife! And you haven't talked to me in days, you sleep on the couch, and it seems as if you're trying to avoid me!"
"I haven't been home to talk to you," Jason said, his anger boiling up inside, "How can you blame me for avoiding you, you don't ever talk to me either. And that picture of us on your stand, you turned it down. Obviously you don't care that much."
"I turned it down because I didn't want to have to hurt so much," Courtney said, "It reminds me of a time when we where happy!"
"Yea, a time when you didn't make decisions for me, like you did today," Jason said, "Now I have to go. I sure Sonny has called at least a hundred times."
"Jason, wait!" Courtney said. But he just shrugged her off and walked out the door, slamming it behind him. Courtney walked to the couch and gave the end of it a hard kick. She sat on the couch and put her face in her hands and cried. Why did she always do things to make the situation worse?
Then as she got up go upstairs, she felt an immense, pain in her abdomen, causing her to immediately sit down. Then all of a sudden she was filled with fear and nervousness as she felt fluid come rushing out of her system, running down her legs.
Her water had broken.
The twins were coming.
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Ok, sorry I haven't posted in such a long time!! I hope this extra long chapter makes up for my lake of chapters in the past week or whatever. Love you guys!!!
~*~ Dawndrina ~*~