Courtney just stopped by Jax's apartment and came across Jax at a very tense moment. After passing along a package left at his doorstep, Courtney inquired about its contents.
"So, what are you waiting for?"
"Why are you so interested in my package?" he questioned.
Courtney laughed.
"What do you think I have in here? Maybe I'm an international spy and this is my assignment for the next case. Or maybe someone is out to get me and this is a bomb. Wait – do you hear that?
Jax held the box up to his ear and listened intently.
"Do you hear ticking Courtney?"
"Come on, be serious here. What's with the secrecy?"
"If you really want to know, then you can have the pleasure of opening it. Do you need a knife or are you able to handle it yourself?"
"Very funny," she snarled. "I'll be fine."
Courtney took the box over to the table next to Jax's laptop. He followed her with a foolish grin on his face and plopped down on the couch. She glanced over at a smiling Jax and then started ripping into the package. Without hesitation, she was able to tear through the outside box before stumbling upon another smaller box inside.
"Ah. Look what we have here. I wonder what this could be?"
She proceeded to open the smaller box and noticed that this one was a little tougher to open than the other. Grabbing a scissor she saw lying on the desk, she poked a hole into the outer flap and started ripping into the box. Suddenly, she stopped what she was doing.
Courtney sighed and looked at Jax with amazement, as Jax continued to sit there, smiling, and fully aware of what was inside the package.
Ned went back into the office space after walking Elizabeth and Cameron out when he heard his cell phone ring.
"Scorpio?" he said with confusion as he read the Caller-ID
"Hello?"
"Dad, its Brook."
"Hi sweetie. Why aren't you at school yet? It's already past 10."
"I had to stay home today dad. I don't think you'd understand, but I really need a huge favor from you."
"If your favor involves me writing a note to excuse you from school today, the answer is no. Since you won't tell me why it was so important to ditch your classes today, I'm just going to have to let you deal with this on your own and suffer the consequences."
"Fine. I gotta go."
"Wait," Ned exclaimed, but it was too late. Brook already hung up the phone.
She slammed the phone down and let out a deep sigh.
"Great, now I have to make up some phony excuse and hope they buy it tomorrow.
She sat back down on the couch in the Scorpio home. Felicia and Mac were generous enough to allow Brook to continue staying at the house since Maxie was away at college. After turning on the TV and hastily flipping through the channels, she heard someone at the front door knock, so she quickly turned off the TV and tiptoed to the door.
"Brook, it's me. You there?" whispered a deep male voice.
Brook opened the door to find Lucas, dressed in cargo jeans and a button down shirt with his collar straight up. She planned to ditch school together with Lucas, but he was not alone.
Elizabeth drove up to the building where her Mommy & Me class was held and noticed all the mothers were lined up outside the door. Elizabeth unlatched Cameron from his car seat and went to join the other mothers.
"What's going on here?" Elizabeth inquired.
"Miss Rachel called in sick today and there's no one to fill in for her," one mother said.
"We've been trying to get them to open the doors, but they're being stubborn about it. Apparently, they need a so-called "licensed teacher" to assist the children. I guess they don't consider the mothers to be responsible enough," another mother chimed in.
"Well that's silly. But I guess if they aren't going to budge, I might as well take Cameron to the park. You're all invited to come join us over there if you'd like."
Elizabeth went back to her car and put Cameron back into his seat and told him they were off to the park and gave him a bottle to tide him over. None of the other mothers planned to join them but as they were pulling away, all the other mothers decided to call it a day and headed back to their respective cars. On the way to the park, Elizabeth's phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi Miss Webber. I am so sorry to bother you. It's Miss Rachel from the Port Charles Y"
"Hi Miss Rachel. I hope everything's okay. We just left the parking lot to head back home."
"I was hoping to catch you before you left. I'm calling everyone up to let them know they can have a make-up session in two hours in room 3 with our Pre-school class. The children are a little older, but Miss Judy will accommodate my class this afternoon. Would you be interested in attending?"
"Absolutely. I was just taking Cameron to the park now, but we'll swing back afterwards. Thanks for calling."
Elizabeth looked at her rear-view mirror to check on her son and glanced upon a heavy-lidded Cameron ready to close his eyes at any second. She refrained from telling him about the change of plans and continued to head off to the park. Once they arrived, she spied on her sleeping baby boy but let him continue to sleep. She looked out at a playground filled with mothers and their children, enjoying this bright, crisp sunny day, and basked in the glory of motherhood.
Courtney looked at Jax with stunned amazement.
"You look like you've seen a ghost," he smirked.
"I can't believe you would do something like this for me."
She lifted out a large metallic globe paper weight, encrusted with a sparkling diamond name plate that read "Courtney Matthews" in bold, italic letters.
"Jax, this is gorgeous. I...I don't know what to say."
"Open it up."
She looked puzzled.
"Twist off the top and you'll see."
A still perplexed Courtney twisted off the top half of the globe, only to find a set of keys buried inside the hollowed out globe. Courtney glanced over at Jax and then back at they keys and noticed the key chain had the initials CW.
"Are these keys mine?"
"They're yours if you want them. Move in with me and I'll give you the world."