Here's chapter 10, I think you guys will like it. Enjoy!

~*~ Chapter 10 ~*~

Sonny knocked on the door and walked in.

" Hey, how are you feeling?"

" I'm fine, Sonny."

" I just, I wanted to say I'm sorry for arguing with you earlier. I knew you shouldn't have been under so much stress."

" If you were really sorry, you'd let Jason be with us."

" Courtney, let's not do this right now. The doctor said no stress."

" I'm fine. I'm not going to get worked up. I just want to talk to you, to make you see you're wrong."

" Courtney, you need to be safe."

" Sonny, no one's ever safe. Anything can happen at anytime. I'm not with Jason, and I almost lost our baby."

" That's different."

" No, Sonny, not really. Just listen to me. I almost lost my baby today, Jason's baby, our daughter. I almost lost her, and Jason's never gotten to feel her kick, hear her heartbeat, nothing. Sonny, both of us grew up without a father. Why would you force the same fate upon my daughter?"

" Courtney, our situations were different."

" It doesn't matter the situation, all that matters is the fact, and the fact is I would have given anything to have a father who loved me and cared about my well-being as much as I know Jason does with our daughter, and I think you feel the same way. I know you felt the same pain I did every Father's day, every Christmas, every birthday. I am begging you, Sonny, if you care about me and my daughter at all, you would let Jason be with us. I trust him. I know he will protect us just like you protect Carly and Michael. And with you hovering over me all the time, we'll be even more protected. Please, Sonny. Let my baby have a family. I know what I'm getting into. Even if I wasn't with Jason, we'd still be in this kind of life because you're my brother. Why not let us be happy, too?"

Sonny said nothing and walked out the door. Courtney felt tears well up in her eyes, but she stopped immediately when she looked over at the monitor and saw the lines of her daughters heartbeat. She settled down and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep.

~*~

Sonny walked back out into the waiting room.

" Where's Carly?"

" She went to go get some coffee. How's Courtney?"

" She... she needs you, Jason. Go to her."

" Are you serious?"

" Just go. You need to be with her. Go before I change my mind."

~*~

Jason opened the door quietly and saw that Courtney was sleeping. He sat down in the chair next to the bed and watched the monitor. For the first time he got to see his daughters heartbeat. He smiled, and then noticed that Courtney began to stir.

" Jason? What are you doing in here?"

" Sonny told me to come and see you. Whatever you said got through to him, at least for right now."

" Sonny told you to come see me?"

" Yeah. So, how are you two doing?"

" Were doing ok, better now that you're here."

" Um, I got you something, after you gave me the picture of the baby. I was gonna find sometime to give it to you, so I'll just give it to you now."

He handed her a ring box, and he watched her carefully as she opened it.

" Jason," she gasped as she looked at the heart shaped diamond ring, set in a platinum, " It's beautiful."

" It's a promise ring. I wanted to show you that I believe that we will be together again. I got the heart shaped diamond to show you that you two will always have my heart."

He took the ring out of the box and put it on the ring finger of her right hand.

" Perfect fit," she said, smiling.

" I think I should let you rest now."

" No, don't leave yet," she said, grabbing his hand.

She put it directly on her stomach and felt the baby kick. His eye's widened as he felt his child's kick for the first time.

" She kicks pretty hard."

" You have no idea. But I think she's kicking harder right now cause she knows you're here. Jason? Will you stay here until I fall asleep?"

" Yeah."

He settled back down in the chair and stroked her hair until her breathing became even. He watched her sleep for little while, and then quietly left the room.

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