A/N: Sorry sorry sorry!!! ducks to avoid punches I know i havent updated in forever!! My Sox have been keeping me occupied... Game 4 tonight!!! :) Well here ya go! I hope you like!

"Im glad you noticed my new diet Jason," Courtney said softly while Jason watched the tears falling down her cheeks.

Jason knew. He would never be able to explain how or why... but he always knew if she was lying to him.... if she was in pain and trying to hide it. He could always tell. Was it because he loved her that much? Or that he knew her so well? It didnt matter. He knew, that right then and there, his wife had lied to him. Not to hurt him, to keep him from being any more hurt than he already was.

"Courtney, look at me," Jason almost whispered and he tilted her head up so he could meet her eyes. Her eyes. The blue orbs that could see into his soul. Well it was time that he saw into hers. "I dont believe you."

Courtney couldnt believe it. She knew she was lying, but it was simple. She had just forgotten that she hadnt been eating, that's all. Not because she thought she was fat, she knew she wasn't. Stress. It was stress that was making her forget. "Jason, its no big deal," Courtney replied with a sigh as she quickly wiped away her tears, "I just havent been remembering. There's too much going on right now for me to be expected to do it all!" She surprised herself by raising her voice to her husband. He was only trying to help her, after all.

"I know. I know, and no one's asking you to do it all. Look, we're going through a hard time, but we is the word. We. You and me. Let me be there for you. Dont shut me out. Please let me help you," Jason was cut off by his wife, who jerked out of his hold.

"I don't need help Jason. It's not like im starving myself," Courtney yelled as she began to cry again.

"Fine. Then let me remember things for you. Let me take care of you, it's part of the whole husband deal anyways. For better or worse, sickness and health... I'm always here for you Courtney. Always." Jason said as he walked back over to his wife and wrapped her in his strong arms. He felt her completely lose herself, she was sobbing uncontrollably into him, and his heart broke. He knew that she needed to cry, to let out all her emotions. He did too. But Courtney needed him to be strong for her right now, and that was what he was going to do. Love her the best he could. "Let's take a trip to see Emma. I bet she wants to see you."

And so they left. Emma needed the both of them, more than they could know.

Hospital

"Hey sweetheart, how do you feel? Are you in pain? What did the doctor say? How's the baby?" Courtney asked as soon as she entered Emma's hospital room. Emma began to laugh.

"Mom, enough with the questions. The doctor's right outside the door if you want to talk to him," and so he was, Emma gestured to the door, and Courtney was out of it in a flash, shutting it behind her.

"Jeez Dad... couldnt have held her off for just a little while?" Emma joked with her father as he went to sit on the side of her bed.

"She's just worried about you. So am I. So really, how are you babe?" Emma's father asked her as she twisted the necklace that her parents gave her for her 13th birthday around in her finger.

"Im okay. Really I am, just a little shaken up, thats all."

"Well do they know what happened?"

"Yeah, stress. Nothing more. I was just completely shocked that Morgan... that she would.... that..." Emma began to bawl. She wrapped her knees up to her chest and was shaking. Jason watched as his daughter, the love of his life, shut herself off from him. His baby, crying these heart wrenching sobs, her little body trembling.... he sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed her back until she finally gave in and collapsed into him. Emma grabbed her dad around the middle and held on as tight as she could. Never wanting him to let go again. Jason didnt really know how to offer her any comfort, so he held her for a while. Told her that he loved her, he always would. She was the best thing that ever happened to him... and eventually her sobbing slowed, and Emma lifted her head and stared into her father's eyes.

And at that exact same moment... Jason saw his wife, out of the corner of his eye, looking in through the window, her face blotchy and red, she was hysterical....

And right then. It clicked for Jason Morgan.

He stared back at his little girl, his little teenager. And as she looked him square in the eye... Jason recieved the worst news he had ever gotten in his life.

A/N: I AM EVIL!!! mwahahaha. im gonna be mean and say 7 reviews for an update!!