Disclaimer: The characters of General Hospital, as well as GH itself don't belong to me.

Author's Note: I know it's been a long time since I've updated anything, but writer's block combined with computer problems kept me away. I'm back now though, and hope you all like this chapter. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, I appreciate it so much!!

The song used is Walls by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

But you've got a heart so big it could crush this town

And I can't hold out forever

even walls fall down...

Sonny's voice echoed through the hospital corridor, halting Jason and Courtney mid-step. They heard a crash come from within the exam room and headed towards the room to see what was happening.

"Sonny! Sonny calm down!" Carly pleaded as she watched her husband slam his fist onto the medical cart, sending supplies and instruments flying. She looked up as Jason and Courtney appeared in the doorway and with her eyes, asked Jason for help.

"What's going on?" Jason asked, looking at Sonny. Sonny just shook his head and turned away from everyone.

"After drawing Sonny's blood I had it processed and from the results I've looked at, Sonny's DNA does not match that of Sam's baby," Steven explained.

"Do the test again," Sonny demanded.

"The results are one-hundred percent conclusive," Steven said. "I'm sorry."

"What about the baby?" Jason asked. "What can you do right now to keep her from getting sicker?"

"The antibiotics are helping some, and we can still do the transfusion using blood from the blood bank," Steven answered.

"Do the test again," Sonny repeated. Carly looked at Steven. Please, she mouthed at Steven, who nodded," he said. "Excuse me." He left the examination room, leaving the four of them in there.

"Come on," Jason said to Sonny.

"I'm not going anywhere," he said.

"Come on," Jason repeated. "We're just going out into the hallway. They have to get this room cleaned up." He led Sonny out of the room.

"I don't understand," Carly said, looking at Courtney. "Do you think Sam knows Sonny isn't the father of her child?"

"I don't know Carly," Courtney sighed. "I don't want to believe she did. That she did all of this to hold onto Sonny no matter what."

"You're too nice," Carly said with a shake of her head. "That's exactly what Sam did. She knew Sonny would never turn his back on one of his children so she knew he would never turn his back on her."

"Maybe she really didn't know," Courtney protested gently.

"This really is the answer to our prayers," Carly said. "I mean, this is good, right? Sonny and Jason don't have to take care any of this anymore."

"I guess," Courtney said quietly, closing her eyes. She understood why Carly was happy that Sonny no longer had a child with Sam, but she still couldn't help but wonder if Jason's ties were cut or not. If Sam didn't know who the father of her baby was, would Jason still want to help her raise her? And then of course, there was still the main question.

Who was the father of Sam's baby?

Courtney had a feeling she already knew the answer. "Come on Carly, let's go," she said, as they too, left the exam room.

After Carly had gone to find Sonny and Jason and Courtney finally had a moment to her self, she went out into the general waiting room to call Jax. She wasn't sure if it was her place to call him or not, but she knew he needed to be there.

"Hello Gorgeous," Jax answered. "I didn't expect to hear from you so soon. Problems with Jason already?"

"Jax, hi," she said. She looked around nervously making sure no one was around. "Um, I need you to come to GH as soon as you can."

"Why? Courtney, are you okay? Did something happen?"

"No no, I'm fine," she assured him. "It's Sam. She had her baby a few hours ago."

"Already? How is she?"

"She's not doing so well," Courtney admitted. "Neither is the baby."

"That's awful," Jax commented. "But I don't understand why I need to be there. I'm sure I'm the last person Sonny would want to see right now."

"Sonny isn't the father of Sam's baby," Courtney said.

"What?"

"They drew Sonny's blood so that they could do a transfusion and his and the baby's DNA aren't the same," she explained.

"I'm on my way," Jax said.

"What are you doing?" Jason asked, coming up behind her. He saw she was holding her phone. "Who was that?"

"Jax," she admitted.

Jason nodded. "Yeah I guess he should be here." He ran his hand through his hair as he sighed.

"Jase, I don't understand. I thought you saw the results of the paternity test. You said Sonny was the father. Were you lying?"

"No," he said, sitting down and motioning for her to follow. "No, I swore those tests said it was Sonny. Do you think I would have gone along with keeping someone from their child intentionally?"

"Of course not," she said immediately. "I just wonder what happened, that's all. Where are Sonny and Carly?"

"Carly convinced him to go home for a little bit."

"Good, maybe he'll rest for a little while."

"I think we all need a few hours of rest," Jason said. "What do you say? Want me to drive you home?"

"Actually," Courtney hesitated. "I think I'm going to wait for Jax, if you don't mind."

"I'll wait with you," Jason said readily. Once again they sat down in the waiting room. "So do you really think Jax is the father?" he asked.

Courtney shrugged. "He has to be, unless there was someone else Sam was sleeping with that we don't know about. Do you think Sam knows this?"

"No," he said automatically. "Sam had to be positive Sonny was the father. She spent too much time worrying about protecting her baby to know it wasn't him."

"Sam was a con-artist though," Courtney argued. "She used to lie for a living."

"She wouldn't lie about this, okay?"

"Alright," Courtney said quietly. She looked down at her hands. The elevator doors opened and Jax stepped out into the room.

"I'm going to go check on Sam again," Jason said, without looking at Jax. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Hey," Courtney said to Jax. "Have you talked to Dr. Webber yet?"

"I had him paged as soon as I got here, he told me to meet him up here." Jax sat down next to her. "What's wrong with the baby?" he asked.

Before Courtney could begin to explain, Steven came out into the lobby and pulled Jax into his office.

"Okay, I know my cooking isn't as skilled as yours is, but I did manage to—" Carly stopped talking as she saw that Sonny was asleep on their bed. She set the tray down on the desk and walked over to him. It looked as though he had fallen asleep in the middle of undressing. A smile crept onto her face as she finished loosening his tie and took his shoes off. She grabbed the quilt that was on the end of the bed and smoothed it over him. When she was satisfied she settled herself into the overstuffed armchair in the corner and picked up a magazine.

She couldn't concentrate on it though; her attention kept drifting back to her sleeping husband. She had no idea how to support him through this. He had spent the last eight months thinking he was going to have a daughter and now all of a sudden, he wasn't. He had every right to be angry and to want answers, but on the other hand, shouldn't he be relieved? Carly was. She wasn't sure she could admit that to Sonny but she could to herself. She was happy that he wasn't going to have a child with another woman but would he be angry that she felt that way? It would be one thing if it was his daughter and God forbid, she didn't make it, but that wasn't the case.

"Carly?"

The hushed tone snapped Carly out of her thoughts and she automatically moved to the bed. "I thought you were sleeping," she said softly.

"I can't sleep with you staring at me," he said, but he didn't sound annoyed. "You don't have to baby sit me."

"I know," she said, placing her hand on his back. "But I'm not going anywhere." She curled up next to him and waited for him to fall back asleep. For once, she knew it was better to keep her opinions to herself.

"How's Sam?" Courtney asked as Jason came out of the hospital room.

Jason shook his head. "She's still not awake. I'm worried Courtney, she lost a lot of blood."

"She'll be okay." Courtney tried to sound reassuring but she didn't know how convincing she was.

"Jax?" Jason asked. Courtney nodded.

"He's Lila's father," she confirmed. "He's in the nursery with her right now."

"Is she okay? Did they do a transfusion?"

"They're getting ready to do it right now. She's going to be okay."

"Good, good." Jason sighed. "You've got to be exhausted, Court," he said.

"I am," she admitted. "You wanna get out of here for awhile?" She was relieved when he nodded his head in agreement. "Good, let's go."

Arm-in-arm they headed towards the elevator and headed to Courtney's loft. As hard as she tried, Courtney couldn't stay awake and fell asleep in the car halfway home. Tired as he was, Jason didn't wake her up. Instead he carried her up to the loft and settled her in bed, climbing in next to her. Within minutes, they were both sound asleep.

Yay! Good to finally have that chapter done. I was just wondering.. has anyone ever come across a fanfic where Jason regains his memory from before his car accident? A friend and I were talking about the what-ifs that would bring into current storylines and such and I was wondering if anyone ever tried to attempt writing that.