Summary: My version of Friday's episode (9-3-04) Of General Hospital.

" You living with Jason -- it's just -- it's just a bad idea." Sonny said as he paced his best friends living.

" Jason has been wonderful, selfless. He loves this baby like his own. Why is that so threatening to you?" Sam asked. She was growing more and more impatient with the man before her, the man she use to love. Lately every time she saw him it just became this big fight.

" Living with Jason, getting involved with Jason, whatever --"

" Whoa, there is nothing going on between me and Jason. We're friends who share the same feelings toward this baby, wanting to give her the best life we can. Jason has been nothing but great, I don't understand why this is bothering you so much. We're over Sonny, even if me and Jason did get involved- not that it would happen- it shouldn't bother you." Sam explained. She thought about her words, even if? No, she and Jason would never be more then friends. She didn't even want to, right?

" No matter what, no one will take my place in my daughters life." Sonny said in a low voice.

" No one wants to Sonny!" Sam said for the hundredth time. " She's your child but Jason's going to be just involved in her life. He's been there Sonny for every second of this pregnancy. And he's going to continue to be." Sam explained, placing her hands on her hips. She decided it was over. This was going to be the last time she had this conversation with Sonny.

" Why? It's not his place--"

" Because I want him to!" Sam snapped. She looked into Sonny's eyes. " Jason--makes me feel safe. He makes me feel period. He's doesn't hurt me, all he wants to do is be there for this child." she explained, placing her right hand over her growing belly.

Sonny sighed. " Sam the truth is out. I can be there for you and our child. Not all the time but I can be involved." he explained.

" I don't want you to." Sam softly said. " Sonny I was so in love with you and it hurt to see you. But it doesn't anymore. Our time together was great and we have a little girl from it. I want you involved in her life but not mine. I don't love you anymore Sonny." she explained. Feeling a sense of relief to finally say the words. She wasn't sure about her emotions but the last couple of days, she became sure.

Sonny looked at Sam, into her eyes. " Are you falling in love with Jason?" he asked in a emotionless tone. He never loved Sam the way she needed to be. But he couldn't handle Jason and Sam together, romantically. He couldn't even handle them living together. He didn't want Sam back but he didn't want Jason to have her either.

Sam looked at Sonny, she was actually going to answer. To tell him the whole truth but the front door opened. " Hello." Sam said as she looked at Jason then back to Sonny. " I'll give you guys some time alone. We're done here." she said to him before she headed upstairs.

" What's going on?" Jason asked as he shut the front door and walked closer to Sonny.

Sonny's face showed every inch of anger he was feeling at that moment. " It's nothing. How did it go?" he asked. The last thing he wanted was to talk about was Sam and what was happening with her and Jason.

" I haven't found him yet but I will." Jason explained, referring to Justus.

" Get on it Jason. We've wasted enough time on this. You're slipping, you should've found Justus and Faith by now. I think you have too much on your mind." Sonny explained.

" What do you mean?" Jason asked.

" Sam. You're getting too close. You're thinking about her needs before what needs to be done, business. If you can't handle your job, I'll find someone who will." Sonny explained and without another word, he left.

Jason stood there and sighed. " You shouldn't have listened to that. It's business it has nothing to do with you Sam." he explained with his back facing her.

Sam walked down the remaining stairs. " But I'm glad I did." she now faced Jason. " Sonny was mad and I was scared--"

" Scared what?" Jason asked, looking into her eyes.

She quickly looked away from his eyes. And said in the best strong tone she could. " He was upset and I didn't want him to take it out on you." Sam explained as she walked over to the sofa and sat down.

" What happened while I was gone?" Jason asked as he went and stood near the sofa. He saw by her eyes and Sonny's attitude, something happened.

" Jason---it was horrible. This is really bothering him." Sam explained. Quickly glancing at his face then back down at the coffee table.

" What is?" Jason asked. Sitting on the armrest of the east chair on the side of the sofa.

" This. Us. I mean--not that there's an us. What we want to do for this baby. Give her a stable life. I think Sonny feels threaten that you might take his place in her life." Sam explained.

" That will never happen. He just--"

" It already has. Jason out of everything in this world there's one thing I'm sue of. You'll always be there for my daughter. And for that I owe you everything." Sam explained, feeling the urge to cry but she fought it. Damn hormones, she thought.

" Sam you don't owe me anything." Jason said.

Sam smiled. " Of course you would say that. It's just the way you are. I guess that's the way you and Sonny are different, he uses people till he doesn't need them anymore. All you want to do is help and let everyone be their self's." she explained.

" What else happened with Sonny? You look really…upset." Jason explained.

" I'm not upset Jason. I'm actually kind of glad. I finally ended it with Sonny. There's nothing else there. All we share is a child but no feeling, you know. I told him I didn't love him anymore." Sam explained.

" That's good." Jason said. " Now it won't hurt you as much to see him." he quickly added when he realized how it sounded before.

" Yeah I know what you mean. I just wish I could put everything from the past in a little jar and toss it into the pier. I just want to look to the future. I can't wait till she's born and I can just focus on her. Screw everything else." Sam explained. Meaning love, it just got her into to trouble. But she couldn't get away from it no matter how hard she tried.

" It's good everything is looking better for you. You can be happy." Jason said with a small smile. There was more he wanted to say. Words in his mind that shocked him to his very core. Words that could never be spoken.

" Thanks to you." Sam said as she stood from her seat on the sofa.

" Sam you really don't have to---"

" I know I keep saying thanks. But that's because I feel I have to say something. It's gratitude. Sonny took it the wrong way. He asked if I was in love--" Sam explained. She took two steps forward and somehow tripped.

" Whoa." Jason said as he grabbed her.

"---With you." Sam finished as she stared into Jason's blue eyes.

" What did you say?" Jason asked in almost a whisper as he looked back into her eyes. It wasn't the first time he stared into her deep brown eyes but this time was different.

" I didn't say anything." Sam said. It was becoming a little hard to breath. Her body was all too aware that his hands were touching her and still were.

" What would you have said?" Jason asked. He didn't want to let her go, he didn't want to stop looking in her eyes. He didn't want the happiness deep within his body to ever leave. That happiness was her.

Sam moved her hand from his arm and touched the side of his face. A second later she kissed him. He kissed her back. A soft sweet kiss that slowly deepened. Sam pulled away and looked back into his blue eyes.

She smiled. " I would've said yes."

Isabelle