Story Title: New Love

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with General Hospital or ABC and I do not own any of these characters.

Chapter Title: When I'm Gone

Song: When I'm Gone by 3 Doors Down

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A distraught Courtney walks into Jason's penthouse, she turns on the lights and notices Jason sitting on the couch. "Hi Jase" she said. Jason is silent, he doesn't even look at her. "Come on Jason, please talk to me so we can work this out." Courtney continues. Jason turns his head getting Courtney's hopes up, then dashes them when he looks to the floor and says, "I don't think we can."

There's another world inside of me

That you may never see

There's secrets in this life

That I can't hide

"Wh-what do you mean of course we can!" Courtney exclaims, "Jason I love you and I know you love me too." "What about AJ?" Jason asks without taking his eyes off the floor. "What do you mean what about AJ? That was a mistake, I swear it was." Courtney tries to assure him. "Really. Is that why when I spoke to Coleman he told me that you were so upset about how we 'broke up'? Now I don't know what argument you were at, but the one I had we didn't break up or even discuss breaking up." "Jason," Courtney begins "Jason let me help you understand--" Jason jumps up from the couch in anger and in a raised voice says, "You know what? I think I understand perfectly! You told AJ that we broke up and then you slept with him. Now is that or is that not the long story short?" "Yes--or no I don't remember much Jason! I was drunk!" Courtney cries. "And that's an excuse?!?" Jason yells, "Do you still love AJ?"

Somewhere in this darkness

There's a light that I can't find

Maybe it's too far away... Maybe I'm just blind...

"No Jase of course not I love you!" Courtney tells him. "So you used AJ. You used AJ…you betrayed me…and you wanted my sister to lie to me about it?!? God Courtney what the hell were you thinking?" Jason's voice seems so cold and unfamiliar, still Courtney replies "I wasn't thinking Jase! And it's AJ what's the big deal about using him? You hate AJ!" "He didn't do anything to you that he hasn't already been paid back for to deserve to be hurt like that! And I don't care if I can't stand him he is still my brother!" Jason practically screams. Courtney is completely taken aback by this statement.

So hold me when I'm here

Right me when I'm wrong

Hold me when I'm scared

And love me when I'm gone

"Jason listen Carly hates me now, Emily thinks I'm a slut, I didn't even stick around to talk to AJ, but at least Sonny doesn't know yet." Courtney says. "Sonny knows." says Jason. "What?" Courtney asks, "How?" Jason finally brings himself to look at her, "If you told Carly, then Sonny knows too. I called him and was to angry to tell him the whole story and I figured you would go and talk to Carly so I told him to stay at the penthouse, but to make sure no one knew he was there. I assume he heard everything." Jason explains. "Oh God," Courtney starts, "What he must think of me…" Jason looks at her with a cold, angry stare and says "What about what I think of you?" Courtney looks at him with a mixture of curiosity and hurt.

Everything I am

And everything in me

Wants to be the one

You wanted me to be

"What do you think about me?" she asks him. "It's not really what I think of you, but what I think of us." Jason tells her, "But tell me…what do you think of us?" Courtney takes this as her chance to fix things and starts, "Well, I think that we are two people who are very much in love. We get through the good times and the bad times no matter how hard it is or how long it takes. We have a great family who loves us. I would do anything for you and I know you would do the same for me. And Jason, we're getting married…and we're going to have a family together just like we always thought about." she takes off her engagement ring, places it in his palm and closes his hand tightly, "You showed me how much you love me on the day you proposed to me. I will belong with you forever and you belong with me. We complete each other, Jase. Now, what do you think of us?"

I'll never let you down

Even if I could

I'd give up everything

If only for your good…

Jason opens his hand and stares for a minute at the ring she had placed there. He then looks up at Courtney who is crying and at the same time looks so hopeful. His stare has warmed up some, but even so as he glances back down at the ring and then back to Courtney, Jason tilts his hand enough for the ring to slide off of his palm and fall to the floor. "I think," he says taking his eyes off the ring on the floor and looks straight at Courtney, "We're over." With those words Jason grabs his leather jacket and prepares to leave. Courtney pleads between tears, "No, Jason no please, Jason stay with me, we can work it out--" As he walks out the door he calls back to her, "I want you out of here within the next three days." As he shuts the door Courtney runs to it and sinks to the floor crying.

So hold me when I'm here

Love me when I'm wrong

You can hold me when I'm scared

You won't always be there

So love me when I'm gone