"Goodbye Rick." She said flatly as the group walked away leaving him stunned and alone in
front of the church staring at the woman he loved walking away from him somehow he knew this
time she wasn't coming back..
The service at the cemetery had been much nicer. Only the people who truly cared for Zander and/or his father came. Soon the small group began to depart. Luke and Skye left first followed by Alexis, Lucky and Nicholas, who offered to drive her home, Finally Sonny and Carly left telling Elisabeth Francis would wait to drive her home. Elisabeth and Emily stood on either side of Zander as he stared at his fathers grave waiting for him do say or do anything. Ten minutes later he spoke still staring at the grave. "What do I do now?" He asked.
"Whatever you want." Emily answered. He turned surprised to see her still there.
"You stayed?" He asked.
"Of course Zander I still care about you." She answered.
"Thank you." He said. Adela's cry pulled them out of their daze. Zander looked to Liz unsure of what to do.
"It's almost time for her bottle." Liz said taking Adela from his arms. "Why don't we head to Kelly's you probably haven't eaten all day."
"I'm not hungry." He answered.
"Well then you can watch us eat because I am." Emily said.
"No you guys go ahead."
"No we're not leaving you alone." Emily said determinedly.
"Yeah so, if you stay here your forcing your daughter to go hungry." Elisabeth added.
"And it's getting dark. cemeteries scare me at night. So you'll be giving me nightmares." Emily joked.
Zander smiled at them. "You to are really manipulative you know that, right?"
"Yeah, now lets go." Emily said.
"If you think we're bad wait till Adela gets older. She'll have you wrapped around her little finger." Elisabeth added.
"I Can't wait." He replied.
Penthouse:
The next morning Liz sat as Michael ran around the livingroom excitedly. Jason was coming home today. Carly and sonny had left an hour ago to bring him home. She was excited but nervous at the same time. Would the familiar surroundings trigger memories she wondered. Mostly she was nervous about Adela she hadn't told Jason about her daughter yet. Their time together had mostly been spent talking about their past. She wondered how he would react. She needed to think about something else before she started running around the room like Michael. She thought about the previous night. After they finally got to Kelly's they had actually had a good time. They talked about the past and their plans for the future. Elisabeth smiled thinking after all the times Emily had yelled at her to wake up and realize she loved Jason, She should be taking her own advise. She had watched the way Zander and Emily acted around each other and knew they were still in love. She wasn't going to push she knew they would realize it in their own time. She was snapped out of her thought by Michael.
"Lizabeth, when is Uncle Jason gona get here." He asked.
"Soon, Buddy. Their just a lot of paper work that has to be filled out." She answered. Just as Carly swept through the doorway.
"Mommy." Michael yelled. "Is he home? Can I go see him?"
"Calm down. Yes he's home and you can go see him." Michael flew across the hall.
"How's he doing?" Elisabeth asked.
"I don't know. He been acting weird." Carly answered. "So are you gona go over and see him?"
"Yeah." She answered. She crossed the hall and entered Jason's penthouse. It was strange, She hadn't been their since she walked out on him. Yet it wasn't as hard as she thought it would be to go back. "Hi." She said to Sonny and Michael who were walking down the stairs. "Is he awake?"
"Yeah go ahead up." Sonny answered.
She was nervous first Carly had said Jason was acting funny and Sonny seemed to being looking at her strangely. She walked up to his Bedroom and paused to knock on the door.
"Come in." He answered flatly. When she walked into the room he didn't smile at her like he usually did. She knew something was wrong.
"Is everything ok?" She asked nervously.
"I think I remembered something." He answered. "I mean I'm not really sure. After you would leave I would try and remember what you told me about and sometimes I almost thought I could but, then again maybe I was just imagining it."
"Really?" She asked.
"Yeah. But this time it wasn't about something you told me about." He replied. Suddenly she was nervous. It couldn't have been something good or else he wouldn't be acting this way.
"So you want to know if it really happened?" She asked sitting on the edge of his bed.
He nodded. "We were in the park I asked you to leave with me, I held out my hand and...." He trailed off.
"I said no and walked away." She finished for him.
"So it really happened." He stated.
"Yes but..." He cut her off.
"I was in love with you." he said.
"What?"
"I remember that I was in love with you. I remember how much it hurt." he said looking away.
"I'm sorry." She answered.
"So that's what you meant by it being complicated." He said.
"What." She asked
"When I asked if we were more than friends. I loved you but you didn't feel the same way."
"No, I did, I mean do, I mean Jason that was a long time ago. It was complicated. I had obligations and I was scared. I didn't mean to hurt you. There's a lot of stuff that went on between then and now." She said through her tears.
"Like what." He asked. 'We're not together now. Why?"
"It's.."
"Don't say it's complicated." He shouted. "Will you just tell me the truth. I can handle it. Tell me why you didn't love me."
"I did." She yelled. They were both angry. "How dare you yell at me for walking away when you told me to so many times. You were constantly pushing me away. "
"So why the hell aren't we together?" He demanded.
She paused debating what to say. "You want the truth."
"Yes."
"Technically we are."
"What?" he asked shocked. "Why the hell didn't you say anything."
"Because.." She began looking away. "Because, you didn't remember me." She began to cry. "We danced around each other for years and finally admit we loved each other then you pushed me out of the way of a falling beam and got knocked out and when you woke up you looked at me and asked who I was. What was I supposed to do. I didn't want you to feel obligated to me. You don't owe me anything. I don't...." she was cut off when Jason pulled her to him and kissed her.
