The next morning, Jason woke in the hospital alone. Sometime between 11pm and 2am he had convinced Carly to go home and get some real sleep.

He went to the nurses station and Bobbie told him that Alison was ready to be taken home.

When he walked into the penthouse he noticed Courtney asleep on the couch, he walked behind it and kissed Ali on the forehead before putting her down in the play pen that was located on the other side of the couch

"Jason. You startled me" Courtney said awakening.

"You slept on the couch?" He questioned

"Yeah, I guess I thought that you might have come home last night, and I didn't want to miss you. Listen Jason, I'm sorry about last night, I realize probably over reacted."

"You're not wrong to be upset, Courtney. But you need to realize that some things have changed."

"I realize that."

"Do you?" Jason asked skeptically.

"Jason. I do, I just can't wait for things to go back to normal, that's all."

"This is normal."

"What do you mean?"

"This is my life now. Alison, and everything that goes along with having her."

"What about me, do I even still fit in?"

"That's up to you, Courtney. There's still a place for you, but whether or not you let yourself take it, adapt, fit in. It's all up to you."

"So what? 'This is the way I am like it or leave it?'" She spoke in an increasingly angry tone "We're supposed to get married, Jason, we're supposed to get married and be happy and have kids - of our OWN. Not Elizabeth's mistake."

Jason shook his head "I was wrong."

"What? About what?"

"There isn't a place for you. Get out."

~*~*~*~*~

"What am I going to do. Hmm, do you know Ali? I'm sure your smarter than all of us."

She reached up and touched his face.

"Anyone who didn't fall in love with you at first site had to be crazy, right?"

He left her in her play pen and went to the door.

"Marco, I'm going to have some boxes for you to take over to the loft in a little while."

While the door was still open, Carly made her way across the hall.

"Jason? What's going on? I just got a call from Courtney, she said - " She stopped mid sentence when she peered into the penthouse and spotted the boxes sitting in front of Jason's couch "Oh, God it's true, Jason tell me what happened, I'm sure we can work this out, if you just -"

"Carly, I don't have time for this. So either help me pack all this stuff, or go back across the hall."