"I still can't believe your serious about doing this." Courtney commented.
Jason looked up from the papers at his desk, "Courtney, I thought we'd been through this, you said that you were ok with all of this."
"I said, if this is what you want Jason, I'm not going to stop you, of course not. I just still don't understand it, that's all."
"What's to understand?" Jason questioned.
"Ric."
"What about him?"
"Why hasn't anyone contacted him? This is his little girl they are just auctioning off…"
"Hey!" Jason stopped her "This is Elizabeth's daughter. Elizabeth's. She left him, for good reason, the man's insane."
"I'm not saying he's he a great guy Jason, but he loved Elizabeth, and I'm sure he'd want…"
"They can't find him."
"What?"
"Ric." He clarified "The judge said they had made numerous efforts to contact him, he's no where to be found."
~*~*~*~*~
"Why are you pushing this?" Luke inquired.
"Because. Dad, this is Elizabeth we are taking about."
"Oh, I'm well aware of that."
"Why are you suddenly rooting for Jason anyway? You've never been the guys biggest fan."
"No, and I don't ever intend to be. Like you said, this is Elizabeth we're talking about. You know Elizabeth, she always had her reasons, even if they didn't make sense to the rest of the world."
"What makes you think your more apt to be a father than Jason Morgan, anyway?" Luke continued, crossing his arms.
Lucky was silent.
"Now, I don't want to hurt you, cowboy, but let's face the facts here, Elizabeth is gone. What is it that you are trying to do, are you trying to hold on to Elizabeth's little girl, or are you trying to hold on to Elizabeth?"
~*~*~*~*~
"She's ready for you Mr. Morgan, you can go ahead and go in" The receptionist spoke from her desk.
Jason got up from the cold uncomfortable chair he had been sitting in for nearly a half an hour. A half an hour of waiting, no, days of waiting, and now the time was finally here. The judge had made her decision.
"Mr. Morgan, nice to see you again, please have a seat."
"I'm not going to bore you with a lot of talk around this issue, I think you should know right away my decision. My decision, is for you to receive full guardianship of Ms. Webber's daughter, as of this moment on you are solely responsible for Alison Marie Webber."
~*~*~*~*~
"Jason!" A familiar voice called out.
"Elizabeth?" He asked stunned. "How can you be here, you, I thought you were…"
"Shhh" She instructed "I'm not really here, you're dreaming."
"I don't dream"
"I guess you do now." She smiled. "I have something for you."
"What?"
"Peace of mind - I know you, I know you'll love my daughter like she's your own."
"I will, Elizabeth, I prom--"
"Shhh." She said again "I know."
"How can you be gone, if this feels so real?"
"Jason?"
"Jason?"
"I'm here." He spoke as the image of her began to fade away.
"JASON!" With the call of his name one last time he was brought out of his dream and back into reality.
"Jason, I must have called your name 10 times, must've been some dream you were having" Courtney said
"I don't dream." Jason stated.
Jason looked up from the papers at his desk, "Courtney, I thought we'd been through this, you said that you were ok with all of this."
"I said, if this is what you want Jason, I'm not going to stop you, of course not. I just still don't understand it, that's all."
"What's to understand?" Jason questioned.
"Ric."
"What about him?"
"Why hasn't anyone contacted him? This is his little girl they are just auctioning off…"
"Hey!" Jason stopped her "This is Elizabeth's daughter. Elizabeth's. She left him, for good reason, the man's insane."
"I'm not saying he's he a great guy Jason, but he loved Elizabeth, and I'm sure he'd want…"
"They can't find him."
"What?"
"Ric." He clarified "The judge said they had made numerous efforts to contact him, he's no where to be found."
~*~*~*~*~
"Why are you pushing this?" Luke inquired.
"Because. Dad, this is Elizabeth we are taking about."
"Oh, I'm well aware of that."
"Why are you suddenly rooting for Jason anyway? You've never been the guys biggest fan."
"No, and I don't ever intend to be. Like you said, this is Elizabeth we're talking about. You know Elizabeth, she always had her reasons, even if they didn't make sense to the rest of the world."
"What makes you think your more apt to be a father than Jason Morgan, anyway?" Luke continued, crossing his arms.
Lucky was silent.
"Now, I don't want to hurt you, cowboy, but let's face the facts here, Elizabeth is gone. What is it that you are trying to do, are you trying to hold on to Elizabeth's little girl, or are you trying to hold on to Elizabeth?"
~*~*~*~*~
"She's ready for you Mr. Morgan, you can go ahead and go in" The receptionist spoke from her desk.
Jason got up from the cold uncomfortable chair he had been sitting in for nearly a half an hour. A half an hour of waiting, no, days of waiting, and now the time was finally here. The judge had made her decision.
"Mr. Morgan, nice to see you again, please have a seat."
"I'm not going to bore you with a lot of talk around this issue, I think you should know right away my decision. My decision, is for you to receive full guardianship of Ms. Webber's daughter, as of this moment on you are solely responsible for Alison Marie Webber."
~*~*~*~*~
"Jason!" A familiar voice called out.
"Elizabeth?" He asked stunned. "How can you be here, you, I thought you were…"
"Shhh" She instructed "I'm not really here, you're dreaming."
"I don't dream"
"I guess you do now." She smiled. "I have something for you."
"What?"
"Peace of mind - I know you, I know you'll love my daughter like she's your own."
"I will, Elizabeth, I prom--"
"Shhh." She said again "I know."
"How can you be gone, if this feels so real?"
"Jason?"
"Jason?"
"I'm here." He spoke as the image of her began to fade away.
"JASON!" With the call of his name one last time he was brought out of his dream and back into reality.
"Jason, I must have called your name 10 times, must've been some dream you were having" Courtney said
"I don't dream." Jason stated.
