Author's note - Okies here is Chapter 3, more than likely things will get even slower from here on out. And may I say on a personal note that College is expensive...4 books = $147 sigh okay and on other notes...I haven't been watching the show and if Ric and Elizabeth get back together I think I may be physicaly ill that goes for if Jason and Courtney get married as well. Oh and if Jason seems to be a bit out of charecter in this mark it down to a whole lot of stress on his part or something like that. Hope you like this.
Keys to Happiness - Chapter 3
Jason restlessly paced the ICU Hallway after having been kicked out so that Elizabeth could be examined. Hearing Elizabeth whisper his name had been a gift from Heaven. He had been so afraid that he was about to lose her as he had lost Emily. Jason wasn't sure but he didn't think he could live through losing Elizabeth to death. The knowledge shook him to the core of his being for he had no doubt that he could live with losing Courtney.
As he stood in the hall outside Elizabeth's ICU room Jason knew what he had to do. He had to end things with Courtney before the lie that was their relationship went any further. He knew she thought she loved him, but Jason wasn't overly sure if she knew what love felt like. She had proclaimed her love for A.J. time and time again, but now she hated him. She had claimed to hate Sonny for quite a while and now she played the part of the perfect loving sister. Jason wasn't sure what was the truth and what had been the lie. How things between them had gotten so far Jason wasn't sure, but he felt Carly might have had a hand in pushing their relationship too far.
As he was thinking about all the turns his life had taken in the last year Monica came to stand beside him, having finished examinating Elizabeth.
"She should be fine given time to heal. As long as her vitals remain stable and she exibits no sign of infection or other injuries she could be released as early as a couple of days from now. Provided she has someone who can look after her. She won't be able to be on her won until the brace is removed from her leg, which will be a couple of weeks. That and the pain killers she is going to be prescribed will her her in be for at least a couple of weeks."
"Does Audry know?"
"Unfortunately Audry is currently out of town attending a medical comference and won't be back for over a week. Because Elizabeth is no longer a minor we can't inform her of Elizabeth's condition without Elizabeth's permission. I just asked and she doesn't want to worry her Grandmother."
"Oh..."
"The only one she wants to see is you Jason."
"Okay. Monica can you get me Audry's number at the comference? Just in case I get her to change her mind."
"Sure, I'll see if Bobbie can find it. You better get in there Jason, before she starts worring."
"Thank you Monica, for everything."
Before Monica could answer Jason was gone, slipping through the door into Elizabeth's room.
Elizabeth looked up the moment the door opened and a smile spread across her face when she saw it was him. In response a matching smile spread across his as he moved to his chair, taking her hand in his.
"I was so afraid I was going to lose you Elizabeth. If I were to lose you I don't know what iI would do. It hurt so much when you walked away from me last year but I ignored the pain thinking it was safer this way, bot physically and emotionally. The pain I felt that day and ever time I saw you after that was nothing compared to the pain I felt when I got the call from Monica telling me you were fighting for your life. I never want to feel anything like that again, I felt like I was dying inside. Watching you fight for your life was the hardest thing I have done in my life. I ment what I told you last night and this morning if you were to die I would follow you. I can't live without you. I'm just sorry it took me this long to realize how much you mean to me."
"Jason..."
"I know, it's a lot to take in and I'm sorry to thrust it on you so suddenly but almost losing you showed me how much of a mess things have become between us."
"What about Courtney? Where is she in all this?"
"shoving a hand through his hair I don't love Courtney, I barely care about her. When you left I didn't want to be alone, to have to face that you were gone. Being with Courtney kept me from having to feel and I let it go too far, I let Carly puch the relationship too far. I know I'll hurt Courtney because I don't love her but if I let things go any further it would hurt even more."
"So what are you going to do Jason? If you feel like that you need to tell her."
"I know. I just don't know how."
"Talk to her Jason, tell her how you feel. You might find that she feels the same way. But wait till later please, I don't want to be alone just yet."
"Than you won't be."
"Thank you Jason."
Jason didn't speak, just held her hand and watcher over her as she fell into a deep sleep. His was the face she saw when night mares woke her and his was the voice that soothed away the last of her fears. Never once during this time did he leave her side. He only ate because Monica brought him food or Elizabeth ordered him to eat. Elizabeth and Monica tried to send him more times than he could count to sleep, but having come so close to losing Elizabeth he couldn't go. Instead he had Jonny and Francis bring him clothes, a couple of travel books and all paper work in regards to the werehouse that had been on his desk collecting dust. He slept in the chair next to Elizabeth's bed, her hand intertwined with his.
Four days after being hit Elizabeth was released from the Hospital and into Jason's supervising care. He had yet to talk to Courtney but then he felt that Elizabeth's well being was more importent that breaking off a lie of a relationship.
Keys to Happiness - Chapter 3
Jason restlessly paced the ICU Hallway after having been kicked out so that Elizabeth could be examined. Hearing Elizabeth whisper his name had been a gift from Heaven. He had been so afraid that he was about to lose her as he had lost Emily. Jason wasn't sure but he didn't think he could live through losing Elizabeth to death. The knowledge shook him to the core of his being for he had no doubt that he could live with losing Courtney.
As he stood in the hall outside Elizabeth's ICU room Jason knew what he had to do. He had to end things with Courtney before the lie that was their relationship went any further. He knew she thought she loved him, but Jason wasn't overly sure if she knew what love felt like. She had proclaimed her love for A.J. time and time again, but now she hated him. She had claimed to hate Sonny for quite a while and now she played the part of the perfect loving sister. Jason wasn't sure what was the truth and what had been the lie. How things between them had gotten so far Jason wasn't sure, but he felt Carly might have had a hand in pushing their relationship too far.
As he was thinking about all the turns his life had taken in the last year Monica came to stand beside him, having finished examinating Elizabeth.
"She should be fine given time to heal. As long as her vitals remain stable and she exibits no sign of infection or other injuries she could be released as early as a couple of days from now. Provided she has someone who can look after her. She won't be able to be on her won until the brace is removed from her leg, which will be a couple of weeks. That and the pain killers she is going to be prescribed will her her in be for at least a couple of weeks."
"Does Audry know?"
"Unfortunately Audry is currently out of town attending a medical comference and won't be back for over a week. Because Elizabeth is no longer a minor we can't inform her of Elizabeth's condition without Elizabeth's permission. I just asked and she doesn't want to worry her Grandmother."
"Oh..."
"The only one she wants to see is you Jason."
"Okay. Monica can you get me Audry's number at the comference? Just in case I get her to change her mind."
"Sure, I'll see if Bobbie can find it. You better get in there Jason, before she starts worring."
"Thank you Monica, for everything."
Before Monica could answer Jason was gone, slipping through the door into Elizabeth's room.
Elizabeth looked up the moment the door opened and a smile spread across her face when she saw it was him. In response a matching smile spread across his as he moved to his chair, taking her hand in his.
"I was so afraid I was going to lose you Elizabeth. If I were to lose you I don't know what iI would do. It hurt so much when you walked away from me last year but I ignored the pain thinking it was safer this way, bot physically and emotionally. The pain I felt that day and ever time I saw you after that was nothing compared to the pain I felt when I got the call from Monica telling me you were fighting for your life. I never want to feel anything like that again, I felt like I was dying inside. Watching you fight for your life was the hardest thing I have done in my life. I ment what I told you last night and this morning if you were to die I would follow you. I can't live without you. I'm just sorry it took me this long to realize how much you mean to me."
"Jason..."
"I know, it's a lot to take in and I'm sorry to thrust it on you so suddenly but almost losing you showed me how much of a mess things have become between us."
"What about Courtney? Where is she in all this?"
"shoving a hand through his hair I don't love Courtney, I barely care about her. When you left I didn't want to be alone, to have to face that you were gone. Being with Courtney kept me from having to feel and I let it go too far, I let Carly puch the relationship too far. I know I'll hurt Courtney because I don't love her but if I let things go any further it would hurt even more."
"So what are you going to do Jason? If you feel like that you need to tell her."
"I know. I just don't know how."
"Talk to her Jason, tell her how you feel. You might find that she feels the same way. But wait till later please, I don't want to be alone just yet."
"Than you won't be."
"Thank you Jason."
Jason didn't speak, just held her hand and watcher over her as she fell into a deep sleep. His was the face she saw when night mares woke her and his was the voice that soothed away the last of her fears. Never once during this time did he leave her side. He only ate because Monica brought him food or Elizabeth ordered him to eat. Elizabeth and Monica tried to send him more times than he could count to sleep, but having come so close to losing Elizabeth he couldn't go. Instead he had Jonny and Francis bring him clothes, a couple of travel books and all paper work in regards to the werehouse that had been on his desk collecting dust. He slept in the chair next to Elizabeth's bed, her hand intertwined with his.
Four days after being hit Elizabeth was released from the Hospital and into Jason's supervising care. He had yet to talk to Courtney but then he felt that Elizabeth's well being was more importent that breaking off a lie of a relationship.
