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Chapter 18: Closure
Safe House
Nikolas was finishing breakfast when Emily made her way to the kitchen. She kissed him on the back of his neck and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Morning."
"How are you feeling?" He said turning so he could see her face.
"Guess you heard me puking my intestines out this morning?"
"I came and knocked on the door for over 10 minutes, but you had the shower running. You didn't heard me knock, did you?"
"Nope. I turned the water on so you didn't hear me gagging. I didn't want to worry you."
"I wanted to be there for you. That little fella is mine too. I want to be there for you when you fall sick and when you're having those crazy cravings and when he kicks. I don't want to miss anything."
"You didn't miss anything out of the ordinary. I puke the same way now that I'm pregnant as I did when I was under chemotherapy."
"It's not the same."
"No. This time potato chips and rocky road ice cream came out."
"Okay I could've lived without that image."
"You wanted to be there." Emily kissed his nose and looked out the window. "Wow. It came down hard yesterday. There's at least three inches of snow out there. Did Elizabeth make it home?"
"No. She didn't call either. Your brother could've at least call to say she was staying elsewhere."
"You mean with him. If she's not here she stayed with him."
"Whatever. They both should know we would get worried if Liz didn't came home. They should have at least call or leave a message."
"Maybe they got distracted."
"What do you mean distracted? You think Elizabeth and Jason spent the night together?"
Emily smiled mischievously took one strip of bacon and sat on the chair across the table nibbling on it.
"You're jealous."
"Don't be ridiculous. There's nothing to be jealous about."
"I think there is. You and Lucky have being really protective about Elizabeth with every man in her life, but mostly with Jason. Nikolas she's a big girl. She knows what she's doing. And besides, my brother will never do anything to hurt Elizabeth."
"Are you sure about that? 'Cause the last time I checked he picked Sonny over Elizabeth, he broke her heart and then went and dated and married another woman. He broke has hurt her before, whose to say he won't do it now?"
"Elizabeth doesn't seem to hold any of that against him. And besides, that was a long time ago. Things change. Nikolas, I know that when it comes to my brother you get a blind spot, but try to be reasonable. I believe Francis when he says that Elizabeth still has feelings for Jason and I can assure you that he still has feelings for her. If they are each other's happiness, why fight them? And anyway we don't know that they are getting romantically involved yet."
"Yet."
Jason's Apartment
Elizabeth stretched in bed and opened her eyes. She was confused for a minute, but immediately remembered where she was. She spent the night at Jason's. After the dance he said something about being hungry and they made something to eat. The conversation floated easily and she ended up telling him all of her and Lucky's adventures. She remembered staying late talking, but she couldn't remember falling asleep. They have being sitting on the floor listening to music. He must've put her to bed after she fell asleep. She looked around the loft, it was empty. She sat on the bed and ran her hands over her face. Then all of the sudden a loud rock and roll song blared out of the speakers from the garage.
Jason's Garage
Jason came out of the office and walked directly to the sound system and turned the volume completely off.
"Hey, man! I was listening to that. What's your problem?" Calvin came out of the locker room dressed in his overalls.
"My problem is that it was too loud. It's too early. Elizabeth is still asleep." Calvin's brow lifted and his facial expression changed to one of amusement.
As soon as the words left his mouth he cursed himself.
"So... Jason. You have a lady upstairs. Interesting."
"There's nothing interesting about that. You just keep the volume down for a few hours."
"Why? Kept the lady up late last night?" Jason's fiery gaze lifted up and met with Calvin's playful one. "Look man I didn't meant no disrespect. I was just yanking your chain."
Jason walked closer to Calvin. "Don't ever talk that way about Elizabeth again."
"OK, man. Sorry. I was joking around. It's none of my business who you bring home."
"Jason stop harassing the boy. What else can you expect from a Britney Spears fan?"
Both men looked up to find Elizabeth standing on the top of the stairs. Jason almost fell to his knees at the sight of her wearing one of his shirts. It was so big for her that it came down to her thighs and it slid off one shoulder. Her long brown hair was falling over one side and her eyes were big and bright. His gaze went down her figure to her legs. A pair of cream color legs that were longer than you would think by seeing her petite height. Jason looked back at her and their gaze met. She was smiling.
"Is that an angel?"
Calvin's voice broke the moment. Elizabeth let out a loud laugh and Jason realized that Elizabeth's attributes were visible not only to him but to his employee as well. Jason returned Calvin's remark with his deadly stare. The younger man turned his attention away from the woman. Before any of them could say anything more Elizabeth came bouncing down the stairs.
"Morning." Elizabeth said once she was standing next to Jason.
"Did he wake you?"
"No. I was already awake when the Steven Tyler decided to serenade me."
"Sorry about that."
"It's ok."
His bosses attention seemed to be stuck on the brunette, so Calvin tried to make a quick escape. But he didn't have such good luck. "Hey. Are you the poor thing that works for Jason?"
Calvin turned around mortified but seeing the woman's smile he relax a bit. "That's me."
"It's nice to meet you. My name is Elizabeth." She extended her hand to him.
Calvin looked at her hand and then at Jason, his expression was stone cold and his arms were crossed over his chest. Timidly Calvin shook Elizabeth's hand and tried to keep his eyes on her face. "I'm Calvin. Nice to meet you."
"Guess these are yours. We borrowed them yesterday." She was holding two CD's in her hand.
"We?" Jason said with amusement.
"Always so technical. I borrowed them."
"No problem. I have a lot of music. You are welcome to pick whatever you want." He took the CD's and walked to the Harley that was waiting for him and started to work on it.
"I see the snow stopped. Does that mean I have to go back to the cabin?"
"If you want to. I have to be in the city in an hour. I can take you if you want."
"I don't know. I like it here. That cabin is so small for the three of us, and Em and Nikolas are always cuddling."
"You don't have to go if you don't want to."
"I want to stay a little bit longer. We can go back latter in the afternoon and have dinner with them."
"Sounds like a plan. Look I asked Francis to go get you some clothes. He should be here in a while. Why don't you go upstairs and wait for him?"
Elizabeth looked down at her attire and she blushed. "I completely forgot what I was wearing. Sorry."
"I'm not complaining. But you are distracting my only employee."
Elizabeth looked back at Calvin who was looking at her with the corner of his eye. He dropped a wrench and cursed loud and clear.
"I better go wait for Francis upstairs. Are you going to be long?"
"I don't know. An hour maybe two. Wait for me here and don't wander out by yourself. Helena's men are still out there."
"Urgg! Why did you remind me? I completely forgot about that."
"That's good. You don't have to worry about any of that. The guys are taking care of everything." "Thank you." Elizabeth wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss in the cheek. Jason's hand came around her waist and he kept them there pinning her close to him. For a moment his face lingered close to hers and he was about to kiss her when Francis voice brought them back to reality.
"Hey Calvin. Have you seeing that lazy boss of yours?" Francis walked in to the garage looking down as he cleaned the snow off his suite. When he looked up he saw the scene unfold in slow motion. Jason had Elizabeth in his arms and they were close, really close. But as soon as he looked up they broke the contact. Damn it!
"Francis, is that for me?" Elizabeth let out a breath and walked toward Francis and grabbed the bag from him.
"Yes. Emily sent you these and asked for you to call her."
"OK. I'll go take a shower now. I'll see you later."
Jason looked at her and gave her a half smile as she walked up the stairs.
"I'm sorry Jason. I didn't know..."
"Shut up Francis. Look I need a favor. Can you take me to the city? I'll tell you about it on the way."
"Sure. Let's go."
Port Charles Cemetery
Jason walked through the iron gates and stared ahead. He hadn't being able to come to see her final resting place. He walked slowly up to where her gravestone was. He saw the shiny white marble and dark letters. Courtney M. Corinthos. Beloved sister, daughter and best friend.
Sonny had managed to erased him from her life. As if the last year of her life hadn't happened. He kneeled in front of her grave and placed a bouquet of white roses on the vase. Jason let out a loud sigh and looked at the marble stone. It was covered with snow. He swiped the snow away. He remembered that day and his eyes watered at the memory of her dead body laying on his arms.
His shaky voice broke the silence. "Hey wife. Sorry it took me so long, but I'm here now. There were so many things I wanted to say and now not single one of them come to mind. I've never been good with words." He let out a sigh and looked up. "I loved you. I really did. You came into my life unexpectedly and you took me by surprise. I found myself caring about you, wanting to make you smile and make you happy. And I failed miserably. You weren't suppose to die like that. You were suppose to live a happy and long life."
Tears were running down his face and his voice was hoarse. "I was never straight with you in one thing. I even lied straight to your face. Damn it, I lied to myself. I told you I never loved Elizabeth when I did. I fell in love with her a long time ago. Way before you ever came to Port Charles, before I even realized I was falling for her. You knew how much it hurt when she walked away. You saw what it did to me before I was ready to admit it."
Jason's Garage
Elizabeth came down the stairs to find Calvin sitting on a bench drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hey. Taking a coffee break?"
"Yeah. It's really cold outside. Do you want some?"
"No, thank you. I can't stand the thing."
"I'm not crazy about it either. But Jason seems to have a lifetime supply of it or something. Every week a coffee truck comes by and leaves boxes for him."
"I bet you he drinks every last drop of it. He's addicted." They both laughed a bit and then silence felt once more. "He's not back yet, is he?"
"Nope. And I don't expect him to either. I think he's going to be a while."
"Why? Do you know where he is?"
"Today is the commemoration of his wife's death."
Elizabeth's eyes widen and her features became tense all of the sudden. Of course. That explained his breakdown.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have mentioned his ex-wife to you. I just thought... maybe he's not there at all. I mean I'm not even sure because he goes out everyday but around this time of the month he gets all tense and even more silent that usual. I.."
Elizabeth tried her fake smile and tried to reassure Calvin. "It's OK. I know about Courtney. Jason and I are just friends. We've being friends for a long time. I knew Courtney, it caught me by surprise though. You think his in the cemetery?"
"Yeah. I guess he's down there."
"I'm gonna go."
"Go where?"
"To town. I'm going to find Jason. He shouldn't be alone today."
"No, you can't leave. Jason said to keep an eye on you. He doesn't want you to wander off. If I let you go he'll be really pissed off."
"I'm a big girl, Calvin. I can take care of myself. Can you do me a favor and call me a cab? I'll go grab my jacket."
Port Charles Cemetery
Ten minutes later, Elizabeth was getting off the cab and walking inside the graveyard. She asked a worker about Courtney Morgan's tombstone, but he said that there wasn't a Courtney Morgan buried there. At Elizabeth confusion the guard told her the only Courtney that has being buried in the last couple of years was one Courtney Corinthos. At the information Elizabeth became outraged by Sonny Corinthos actions. Who did he think he is? The Almighty Powerful Mob Boss? How big can an ego become? If she had the man in front of her she'll wring his neck! What kind of man does that to his so-called brother?
Elizabeth had being walking in the direction the graveyard worker had pointed to, then she stopped abruptly. She saw Jason kneeling over the grave. His head was vowed and his hands were trembling. Her heart ached to hold him like she had done the day before, but he had to go through this alone. She saw him talking and she wanted to hear what he was saying, but she knew that it was a private conversation. She stood there for a while, hiding from his view, but after a couple of minutes she felt like she was intruding and decided to go around a tree and out the other side of the cemetery. This path took her closer to where he was and she could hear his words then.
"I'll never forget you. I will always love you. No one will ever have your place in my heart."
Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat and she forgot how to breath for a moment. He loved her, and her dreams of ever having something more than a friendship with Jason Morgan were nothing more than that, mere dreams. Broken dreams. The only thing he'll ever be able to offer her was a friendship. More than a friend ship was just a left over dream from long ago. She vowed her head and a tear escaped her eyes. She cleaned them with her gloved hand and resumed her walking a little faster than before.
Meanwhile Jason was cleaning his tears with the back of his hands.
"No one will ever have your place in my heart." He repeated his words more secure this time. "Robin taught me how to love, you taught me to fight for what I wanted, to put it all in the line. Elizabeth is it for me. I've being in love with her for so long, that it became as natural as breathing. She is my first, last and always. I'm not letting her go. I've started over and I want her in my life forever. She walked away once leaving me incomplete, now that she's back I feel like I'm whole again. I realized that yesterday. That's something more you gave me. Thank you for loving me. Rest in peace." He stood up and a sad smile graced his lips. "Good Bye Courtney."
Chapter 18: Closure
Safe House
Nikolas was finishing breakfast when Emily made her way to the kitchen. She kissed him on the back of his neck and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Morning."
"How are you feeling?" He said turning so he could see her face.
"Guess you heard me puking my intestines out this morning?"
"I came and knocked on the door for over 10 minutes, but you had the shower running. You didn't heard me knock, did you?"
"Nope. I turned the water on so you didn't hear me gagging. I didn't want to worry you."
"I wanted to be there for you. That little fella is mine too. I want to be there for you when you fall sick and when you're having those crazy cravings and when he kicks. I don't want to miss anything."
"You didn't miss anything out of the ordinary. I puke the same way now that I'm pregnant as I did when I was under chemotherapy."
"It's not the same."
"No. This time potato chips and rocky road ice cream came out."
"Okay I could've lived without that image."
"You wanted to be there." Emily kissed his nose and looked out the window. "Wow. It came down hard yesterday. There's at least three inches of snow out there. Did Elizabeth make it home?"
"No. She didn't call either. Your brother could've at least call to say she was staying elsewhere."
"You mean with him. If she's not here she stayed with him."
"Whatever. They both should know we would get worried if Liz didn't came home. They should have at least call or leave a message."
"Maybe they got distracted."
"What do you mean distracted? You think Elizabeth and Jason spent the night together?"
Emily smiled mischievously took one strip of bacon and sat on the chair across the table nibbling on it.
"You're jealous."
"Don't be ridiculous. There's nothing to be jealous about."
"I think there is. You and Lucky have being really protective about Elizabeth with every man in her life, but mostly with Jason. Nikolas she's a big girl. She knows what she's doing. And besides, my brother will never do anything to hurt Elizabeth."
"Are you sure about that? 'Cause the last time I checked he picked Sonny over Elizabeth, he broke her heart and then went and dated and married another woman. He broke has hurt her before, whose to say he won't do it now?"
"Elizabeth doesn't seem to hold any of that against him. And besides, that was a long time ago. Things change. Nikolas, I know that when it comes to my brother you get a blind spot, but try to be reasonable. I believe Francis when he says that Elizabeth still has feelings for Jason and I can assure you that he still has feelings for her. If they are each other's happiness, why fight them? And anyway we don't know that they are getting romantically involved yet."
"Yet."
Jason's Apartment
Elizabeth stretched in bed and opened her eyes. She was confused for a minute, but immediately remembered where she was. She spent the night at Jason's. After the dance he said something about being hungry and they made something to eat. The conversation floated easily and she ended up telling him all of her and Lucky's adventures. She remembered staying late talking, but she couldn't remember falling asleep. They have being sitting on the floor listening to music. He must've put her to bed after she fell asleep. She looked around the loft, it was empty. She sat on the bed and ran her hands over her face. Then all of the sudden a loud rock and roll song blared out of the speakers from the garage.
Jason's Garage
Jason came out of the office and walked directly to the sound system and turned the volume completely off.
"Hey, man! I was listening to that. What's your problem?" Calvin came out of the locker room dressed in his overalls.
"My problem is that it was too loud. It's too early. Elizabeth is still asleep." Calvin's brow lifted and his facial expression changed to one of amusement.
As soon as the words left his mouth he cursed himself.
"So... Jason. You have a lady upstairs. Interesting."
"There's nothing interesting about that. You just keep the volume down for a few hours."
"Why? Kept the lady up late last night?" Jason's fiery gaze lifted up and met with Calvin's playful one. "Look man I didn't meant no disrespect. I was just yanking your chain."
Jason walked closer to Calvin. "Don't ever talk that way about Elizabeth again."
"OK, man. Sorry. I was joking around. It's none of my business who you bring home."
"Jason stop harassing the boy. What else can you expect from a Britney Spears fan?"
Both men looked up to find Elizabeth standing on the top of the stairs. Jason almost fell to his knees at the sight of her wearing one of his shirts. It was so big for her that it came down to her thighs and it slid off one shoulder. Her long brown hair was falling over one side and her eyes were big and bright. His gaze went down her figure to her legs. A pair of cream color legs that were longer than you would think by seeing her petite height. Jason looked back at her and their gaze met. She was smiling.
"Is that an angel?"
Calvin's voice broke the moment. Elizabeth let out a loud laugh and Jason realized that Elizabeth's attributes were visible not only to him but to his employee as well. Jason returned Calvin's remark with his deadly stare. The younger man turned his attention away from the woman. Before any of them could say anything more Elizabeth came bouncing down the stairs.
"Morning." Elizabeth said once she was standing next to Jason.
"Did he wake you?"
"No. I was already awake when the Steven Tyler decided to serenade me."
"Sorry about that."
"It's ok."
His bosses attention seemed to be stuck on the brunette, so Calvin tried to make a quick escape. But he didn't have such good luck. "Hey. Are you the poor thing that works for Jason?"
Calvin turned around mortified but seeing the woman's smile he relax a bit. "That's me."
"It's nice to meet you. My name is Elizabeth." She extended her hand to him.
Calvin looked at her hand and then at Jason, his expression was stone cold and his arms were crossed over his chest. Timidly Calvin shook Elizabeth's hand and tried to keep his eyes on her face. "I'm Calvin. Nice to meet you."
"Guess these are yours. We borrowed them yesterday." She was holding two CD's in her hand.
"We?" Jason said with amusement.
"Always so technical. I borrowed them."
"No problem. I have a lot of music. You are welcome to pick whatever you want." He took the CD's and walked to the Harley that was waiting for him and started to work on it.
"I see the snow stopped. Does that mean I have to go back to the cabin?"
"If you want to. I have to be in the city in an hour. I can take you if you want."
"I don't know. I like it here. That cabin is so small for the three of us, and Em and Nikolas are always cuddling."
"You don't have to go if you don't want to."
"I want to stay a little bit longer. We can go back latter in the afternoon and have dinner with them."
"Sounds like a plan. Look I asked Francis to go get you some clothes. He should be here in a while. Why don't you go upstairs and wait for him?"
Elizabeth looked down at her attire and she blushed. "I completely forgot what I was wearing. Sorry."
"I'm not complaining. But you are distracting my only employee."
Elizabeth looked back at Calvin who was looking at her with the corner of his eye. He dropped a wrench and cursed loud and clear.
"I better go wait for Francis upstairs. Are you going to be long?"
"I don't know. An hour maybe two. Wait for me here and don't wander out by yourself. Helena's men are still out there."
"Urgg! Why did you remind me? I completely forgot about that."
"That's good. You don't have to worry about any of that. The guys are taking care of everything." "Thank you." Elizabeth wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss in the cheek. Jason's hand came around her waist and he kept them there pinning her close to him. For a moment his face lingered close to hers and he was about to kiss her when Francis voice brought them back to reality.
"Hey Calvin. Have you seeing that lazy boss of yours?" Francis walked in to the garage looking down as he cleaned the snow off his suite. When he looked up he saw the scene unfold in slow motion. Jason had Elizabeth in his arms and they were close, really close. But as soon as he looked up they broke the contact. Damn it!
"Francis, is that for me?" Elizabeth let out a breath and walked toward Francis and grabbed the bag from him.
"Yes. Emily sent you these and asked for you to call her."
"OK. I'll go take a shower now. I'll see you later."
Jason looked at her and gave her a half smile as she walked up the stairs.
"I'm sorry Jason. I didn't know..."
"Shut up Francis. Look I need a favor. Can you take me to the city? I'll tell you about it on the way."
"Sure. Let's go."
Port Charles Cemetery
Jason walked through the iron gates and stared ahead. He hadn't being able to come to see her final resting place. He walked slowly up to where her gravestone was. He saw the shiny white marble and dark letters. Courtney M. Corinthos. Beloved sister, daughter and best friend.
Sonny had managed to erased him from her life. As if the last year of her life hadn't happened. He kneeled in front of her grave and placed a bouquet of white roses on the vase. Jason let out a loud sigh and looked at the marble stone. It was covered with snow. He swiped the snow away. He remembered that day and his eyes watered at the memory of her dead body laying on his arms.
His shaky voice broke the silence. "Hey wife. Sorry it took me so long, but I'm here now. There were so many things I wanted to say and now not single one of them come to mind. I've never been good with words." He let out a sigh and looked up. "I loved you. I really did. You came into my life unexpectedly and you took me by surprise. I found myself caring about you, wanting to make you smile and make you happy. And I failed miserably. You weren't suppose to die like that. You were suppose to live a happy and long life."
Tears were running down his face and his voice was hoarse. "I was never straight with you in one thing. I even lied straight to your face. Damn it, I lied to myself. I told you I never loved Elizabeth when I did. I fell in love with her a long time ago. Way before you ever came to Port Charles, before I even realized I was falling for her. You knew how much it hurt when she walked away. You saw what it did to me before I was ready to admit it."
Jason's Garage
Elizabeth came down the stairs to find Calvin sitting on a bench drinking a cup of coffee.
"Hey. Taking a coffee break?"
"Yeah. It's really cold outside. Do you want some?"
"No, thank you. I can't stand the thing."
"I'm not crazy about it either. But Jason seems to have a lifetime supply of it or something. Every week a coffee truck comes by and leaves boxes for him."
"I bet you he drinks every last drop of it. He's addicted." They both laughed a bit and then silence felt once more. "He's not back yet, is he?"
"Nope. And I don't expect him to either. I think he's going to be a while."
"Why? Do you know where he is?"
"Today is the commemoration of his wife's death."
Elizabeth's eyes widen and her features became tense all of the sudden. Of course. That explained his breakdown.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have mentioned his ex-wife to you. I just thought... maybe he's not there at all. I mean I'm not even sure because he goes out everyday but around this time of the month he gets all tense and even more silent that usual. I.."
Elizabeth tried her fake smile and tried to reassure Calvin. "It's OK. I know about Courtney. Jason and I are just friends. We've being friends for a long time. I knew Courtney, it caught me by surprise though. You think his in the cemetery?"
"Yeah. I guess he's down there."
"I'm gonna go."
"Go where?"
"To town. I'm going to find Jason. He shouldn't be alone today."
"No, you can't leave. Jason said to keep an eye on you. He doesn't want you to wander off. If I let you go he'll be really pissed off."
"I'm a big girl, Calvin. I can take care of myself. Can you do me a favor and call me a cab? I'll go grab my jacket."
Port Charles Cemetery
Ten minutes later, Elizabeth was getting off the cab and walking inside the graveyard. She asked a worker about Courtney Morgan's tombstone, but he said that there wasn't a Courtney Morgan buried there. At Elizabeth confusion the guard told her the only Courtney that has being buried in the last couple of years was one Courtney Corinthos. At the information Elizabeth became outraged by Sonny Corinthos actions. Who did he think he is? The Almighty Powerful Mob Boss? How big can an ego become? If she had the man in front of her she'll wring his neck! What kind of man does that to his so-called brother?
Elizabeth had being walking in the direction the graveyard worker had pointed to, then she stopped abruptly. She saw Jason kneeling over the grave. His head was vowed and his hands were trembling. Her heart ached to hold him like she had done the day before, but he had to go through this alone. She saw him talking and she wanted to hear what he was saying, but she knew that it was a private conversation. She stood there for a while, hiding from his view, but after a couple of minutes she felt like she was intruding and decided to go around a tree and out the other side of the cemetery. This path took her closer to where he was and she could hear his words then.
"I'll never forget you. I will always love you. No one will ever have your place in my heart."
Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat and she forgot how to breath for a moment. He loved her, and her dreams of ever having something more than a friendship with Jason Morgan were nothing more than that, mere dreams. Broken dreams. The only thing he'll ever be able to offer her was a friendship. More than a friend ship was just a left over dream from long ago. She vowed her head and a tear escaped her eyes. She cleaned them with her gloved hand and resumed her walking a little faster than before.
Meanwhile Jason was cleaning his tears with the back of his hands.
"No one will ever have your place in my heart." He repeated his words more secure this time. "Robin taught me how to love, you taught me to fight for what I wanted, to put it all in the line. Elizabeth is it for me. I've being in love with her for so long, that it became as natural as breathing. She is my first, last and always. I'm not letting her go. I've started over and I want her in my life forever. She walked away once leaving me incomplete, now that she's back I feel like I'm whole again. I realized that yesterday. That's something more you gave me. Thank you for loving me. Rest in peace." He stood up and a sad smile graced his lips. "Good Bye Courtney."