Forever and For Always: Secrets
Courtney sat up as straight as she could. "What?!" she screamed.
"Courtney.....I love you. And I know we've only been going out for a month since our last breakup, but....I really think we should be together."
"I can't marry you."
"What?"
"I can't marry you. I'm sorry."
"Well, why not? I mean, I love you and you love me and--"
"Jason." She took his hands in hers. "Nick and Janine would definitely not approve. Nick threatened to kill me if we didn't break up. Imagine what he's gonna do if we get married. And Janine......well, Janine's just crazy. I don't think we'll have to worry about her. But still--"
"Shhhhh...." Jason kissed her as passionately as he could. "Look, Courtney, do you love me?"
"More than anything."
"Then marry me."
She thought of what to say. "I'll think about it."
"You'll think about it?" He laughed. "Well, I guess it's better than a flat-out no."
At that moment the doctor came in."Courtney? We've analyzed the x-rays, and have the test results."
"And.....?"
"You have no serious injuries, and can go home in a few hours. You just need to take this medication once a day, to keep you from fainting at all." What Jason didn't know, and would never know as long as Courtney had anything to do with it, is that she had taken a fertility test, since Nick had beaten her up in pretty much every place she could think of. She raised her eyebrows, and the doctor nodded yes. She sighed and smiled. "I'll give you two some privacy."
As if on cue, Janine came rushing through the door.
"Courtney! I heard what happened! Did--" She crossed her arms and scoffed as she saw Jason. "What are you doing here?"
"Taking care of Courtney, that's what," said Jason, disgusted at the sight of Janine.
"You stay away from my daughter!"
"Janine! Please....." Janine was surprised at Courtney. "Jason, could you please give Janine and I some privacy?" He agreed and left.
"Why did you call me Janine?"
"As long as you won't accept Jason, I won't accept you. You're not my mother." Then she got angry. "You know, why do you hate Jason so much? Is it because he was a Quartermaine before he changed his name? Or is it because he's my cousin? Huh?"
"Yes and no. The Quartermaine's are bad people, Courtney."
"Not all of them. Jason loves me. And he dropped the Quartermaine name."
"He still has it in his blood, honey."
"Well, I don't care if he's a Quartermaine or not, and I don't care if he's my cousin. I still love him."
"He's not your cousin."
"Okay, second cousin, whatever."
"He's not your second cousin, either. He's not even related to you."
"What?"
"His mother and I lied to you guys because we knew this would happen. We didn't want you to fall in love and we hope you don't marry."
"How could you do that?"
"I'm sorry. I--"
"Get out."
"What?"
"Get out!"
At that moment, Jason came in.
"How'd it go?" he asked.
"She still doesn't accept you or our love, and we're not second cousins."
"What?"
"We're not even related. Our mothers lied to us because they knew we'd fall in love, but they thought that telling us we were related would prevent it."
"That's weird." He remembered that she hadn't made a decision yet. "Let's try this again, then. Courtney Matthews, will you marry me?"
"Yes, Jason Morgan, I will marry you." He placed the sapphire ring on her finger. She smiled and kissed him.