A/N: Gaaaar. School starts on wednesday! That's ok, it won't stop me from finishing this. keep the reviews coming! Enjoy!
Ch. 25 I Feel It
Jason sat in the empty penthouse with his mind going over the events that had happened minutes earlier.
FLASHBACK
"Hey Ric." Ric spun around to face him.
"Jason, what can I do for you?"
"I'm pretty sure you know. Where's Courtney?" he demanded.
"I don't know. Maybe you should speak to one of your other enemies. God knows the list is long enough."
"Don't try and play games with me Ric." he warned as he closed the space between them. "I'll ask you again before I stop playing nice. Where is my wife?"
Ric swallowed down the lump of fear in his throat and did his best to seem unphased by the intimidation.
"You were having troubles before the fire. Maybe she just came to her senses and finally took off. Got away as fast as she could. Away from her brother's life, away from her brother and away from you and your so-called marriage."
By now Jason's patience was nonexistent. Reaching his boiling point and then some, he grabbed the D.A. and shoved him against the wall. A moment after his back connected with it, Jason was there repeatedly putting his fist into the man. Connecting several punches to his face, he lost all control. He wanted to kill this man, and he would have but a voice brought him back to focus.
"Jason, stop!" Carly ran up next to her best friend. She had gone out for a walk and came across Jason in blind furry pummeling Ric. "Stop it!"
Finally stopping he turned to face her. His eyes turned from stone cold anger to soft and heartbreaking as they met hers.
"Jason-"
"I have to go. I'll see you later." he turned around and darted away from her as Ric started to pick himself up off the ground.
"Lucky I'm in a good mood. Or else I'd be pressing charges." he spoke spitting out the blood on his lip.
"Shut up Ric." The she took off in the same direction as the man who took off.
END FLASHBACK
Jason had only arrived in the building minutes ago and he immediately began fiddling with his wedding ring. Looking down at the cool metal object he noticed there was a smudge of Ric's blood on it. He went to the kitchen sink to rinse it off when Carly came bursting through his front door.
"Jason!" she screamed entering his home. He came out of the kitchen and she continued to speak. "Are you alright? What happened on the docks?"
"Nothing."
" 'Nothing?' Jason do you realize he could have you arrested for that?" she paused and waited for his response. When she was met with silence she resumed. " Do you really think going to prison will make any of this any better? What were you thinking?"
"It was just a momentary lapse in judgement. It won't happen again, Alright?"
"No it's not alright!" she yelled. "I understand that you're angry, we all are, but you can't just go beating the hell out of the district attorney. Especially since he happens to be Ric who is looking for any excuse to put you away. You just handed him the perfect chance to-"
Jason interrupted her by turning over the coffee table in front of him, sending papers and his half drank beer bottle flying across the room.
"HE HAS COURTNEY!" he screamed louder than he had intended to, but he couldn't hold it in anymore. " I KNOW HE'S INVOLVED IN THIS. I KNOW IT. DON'T ASK ME HOW BECAUSE I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT. BUT I FEEL IT! I FEEL IT CARLY! I FEEL HER!" he lowered his voice as his next words seemed like they pained him just to say. "She needs me."
Carly was taken back by the emotion he was showing. She hadn't expected in when she knew she should have. Both her and Sonny knew he was holding it in, because Sonny was doing the same thing. But it had to be a hundred times worse for Jason, and he couldn't hold it in forever.
He moved towards the couch and sat down, elbows on his knees and head in his hands. Carly quietly moved next to him and put a supporting hand on his back. When he looked up at her she saw the tears threatening to fall.
"She needs my help, and I can't give it. Because I don't know where she is or how to get to her. But I do know that Ric has answers.?"
"Are you absolutely sure that Ric is involved?" she questioned.
"One hundred and ten percent."
"Then that's good enough for me." Sitting in the silence, her eyes wandered over the mess he'd made overturning the table. A particular folder caught her attention and she lifted it up and opened it. "What all this?"
He took a quick glance at what was in her hands before answering her.
"Hotel reservations for all of us."
"Why? And this hotel's in France."
"You know how me and Courtney were having troubles before the fire?" he continued once she nodded. "When she was in the hospital I figured as soon as she was up to it we could go back to France. Renew our vows."
"She's going to love that."
"Yeah, she..." he cleared his throat as his voice began to shake. "...she will."
Carly pulled him into an embrace as he finally let his tears fall silently into her shoulder. When they did her own came as well. The two friends sat together and cried in silence in each others arms.
Ch. 25 I Feel It
Jason sat in the empty penthouse with his mind going over the events that had happened minutes earlier.
FLASHBACK
"Hey Ric." Ric spun around to face him.
"Jason, what can I do for you?"
"I'm pretty sure you know. Where's Courtney?" he demanded.
"I don't know. Maybe you should speak to one of your other enemies. God knows the list is long enough."
"Don't try and play games with me Ric." he warned as he closed the space between them. "I'll ask you again before I stop playing nice. Where is my wife?"
Ric swallowed down the lump of fear in his throat and did his best to seem unphased by the intimidation.
"You were having troubles before the fire. Maybe she just came to her senses and finally took off. Got away as fast as she could. Away from her brother's life, away from her brother and away from you and your so-called marriage."
By now Jason's patience was nonexistent. Reaching his boiling point and then some, he grabbed the D.A. and shoved him against the wall. A moment after his back connected with it, Jason was there repeatedly putting his fist into the man. Connecting several punches to his face, he lost all control. He wanted to kill this man, and he would have but a voice brought him back to focus.
"Jason, stop!" Carly ran up next to her best friend. She had gone out for a walk and came across Jason in blind furry pummeling Ric. "Stop it!"
Finally stopping he turned to face her. His eyes turned from stone cold anger to soft and heartbreaking as they met hers.
"Jason-"
"I have to go. I'll see you later." he turned around and darted away from her as Ric started to pick himself up off the ground.
"Lucky I'm in a good mood. Or else I'd be pressing charges." he spoke spitting out the blood on his lip.
"Shut up Ric." The she took off in the same direction as the man who took off.
END FLASHBACK
Jason had only arrived in the building minutes ago and he immediately began fiddling with his wedding ring. Looking down at the cool metal object he noticed there was a smudge of Ric's blood on it. He went to the kitchen sink to rinse it off when Carly came bursting through his front door.
"Jason!" she screamed entering his home. He came out of the kitchen and she continued to speak. "Are you alright? What happened on the docks?"
"Nothing."
" 'Nothing?' Jason do you realize he could have you arrested for that?" she paused and waited for his response. When she was met with silence she resumed. " Do you really think going to prison will make any of this any better? What were you thinking?"
"It was just a momentary lapse in judgement. It won't happen again, Alright?"
"No it's not alright!" she yelled. "I understand that you're angry, we all are, but you can't just go beating the hell out of the district attorney. Especially since he happens to be Ric who is looking for any excuse to put you away. You just handed him the perfect chance to-"
Jason interrupted her by turning over the coffee table in front of him, sending papers and his half drank beer bottle flying across the room.
"HE HAS COURTNEY!" he screamed louder than he had intended to, but he couldn't hold it in anymore. " I KNOW HE'S INVOLVED IN THIS. I KNOW IT. DON'T ASK ME HOW BECAUSE I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT. BUT I FEEL IT! I FEEL IT CARLY! I FEEL HER!" he lowered his voice as his next words seemed like they pained him just to say. "She needs me."
Carly was taken back by the emotion he was showing. She hadn't expected in when she knew she should have. Both her and Sonny knew he was holding it in, because Sonny was doing the same thing. But it had to be a hundred times worse for Jason, and he couldn't hold it in forever.
He moved towards the couch and sat down, elbows on his knees and head in his hands. Carly quietly moved next to him and put a supporting hand on his back. When he looked up at her she saw the tears threatening to fall.
"She needs my help, and I can't give it. Because I don't know where she is or how to get to her. But I do know that Ric has answers.?"
"Are you absolutely sure that Ric is involved?" she questioned.
"One hundred and ten percent."
"Then that's good enough for me." Sitting in the silence, her eyes wandered over the mess he'd made overturning the table. A particular folder caught her attention and she lifted it up and opened it. "What all this?"
He took a quick glance at what was in her hands before answering her.
"Hotel reservations for all of us."
"Why? And this hotel's in France."
"You know how me and Courtney were having troubles before the fire?" he continued once she nodded. "When she was in the hospital I figured as soon as she was up to it we could go back to France. Renew our vows."
"She's going to love that."
"Yeah, she..." he cleared his throat as his voice began to shake. "...she will."
Carly pulled him into an embrace as he finally let his tears fall silently into her shoulder. When they did her own came as well. The two friends sat together and cried in silence in each others arms.