5. An Afternoon and the Quartermaines

Jason saw the look on Courtney's face, she was in shock. It passed his mind again, where did she live, how did she live? He dismissed it though; when she was ready she would tell him. They walked in and Jason introduced Courtney to grandfather, Lila, Alan and Monica. Then they walked up stairs.

'So what do you want to do?' Jason asked, he knew what he wanted to do but he didn't think that it would happen.

'Umm, well I have never been here before, so what do you want to do?'

' do you really want me to answer that?' he asked with a smile, he knew she would say yes and that she would laugh off what he was going to say.

'Yes I do Jason Quatermaine.' She giggled when she used his full name

'Well Courtney Matthews I want to kiss you right here in the middle of the hallway, unless you want to go somewhere else.' He stuck out his hand and for once she took it. They both felt the electricity between them but they ignored it for now. He led them to a room, his room.

'What is this?' Courtney knew the answer but she asked any ways.

'My room.' With that he opened the door and led her over to the bed. She shook her head.

'No, Jason we can't. I have only known you for one day and…………' she stopped, she couldn't tell him this.

'What, tell me I won't say anything' he smiled, am I getting a confession?

'And…as much as I would love to do whatever we were about to do on that bed, I can't because you and I just met and that is just wrong'

'I no, I no., ok well at least lets sit on the couch. You don't even have to sit near me.' He said this with a tint of pleading.

'Well then let's go sit' she let Jason sit down first. Then she walked towards the other end of the couch and looked back at him, she saw the hurt in his eyes, then she sat down, right their on the other end of the couch.

'Jason, you are not going to cry are you?' she said this playfully, she knew that he wouldn't but it was worth asking.

'Would you move down if I did?' he smirked at this.

'No, but I will move down anyways.' She moved down so that she was right there sitting next to him. Then he stuck out his hand and she took it. She moved down a little bit and was sitting so close that she was almost sitting on him. He wrapped his arm around her and they sat ever so close and feeling the electricity stir between them. Jason looked down at Courtney she was so beautiful, so wonderful, so perfect. And her eyes were blue, not just blue but blue as the ocean he had seen when he went to Hawaii last summer. The sparkled when she was happy, but when she talked about her home life they turned cold.

'Courtney, when do you have to go home?' Jason asked hoping that she would ask him to walk her there; he didn't care how far away it was.

'I don't know, maybe around 4 or 5, when do I need to leave?' she didn't want to leave but she knew that she couldn't stay forever; she would have to go home.

'You don't, but I don't think that my grandfather would approve if I kept you here.'

'Jason, really when do I need to leave?'

'I'll walk you home around 5'

'Jason you really don't need to walk me' she didn't want him to see where she lived but she knew that eventually he would see it anyways.

'I want to' Jason was getting worried, who did she live with, where did she live, how did this wonderful person seem so sad on the inside.

'Fine' Courtney was not happy but she didn't care she wanted to go back to Jason. They leaned back into each other. They looked into each others eyes and then Jason leaned down; he was going to kiss her right then and right now.

'Awww, look at the cute couple, Jason I see you have found a new girl to play around with.' A.J. walked in right when Jason was about to kiss her.

'Can we help you?' Jason was pissed, now A.J had ruined it.

'Yes you can, you can stop being all romantic with her, because I know in the end you are going to dump her for some other girl who is willing to kiss you in the first 5 minutes you meet her.' With that Courtney sat up, she was not about to get into a relationship that involved being hurt and dumped for another girl. She stood up and walked towards the door.

'Damn Jason I thought that you were going to be something special, and now I find out that you are just using me for some kind of toy!'

'Courtney, no I am not trying to, wait Courtney!' Jason yelled after her but she was gone and A.J. was following her.

'Courtney, waits up, holds on, and doesn't walk home by your self. Let me walk you home' A.J.'s plan was working just like he wanted it to. He knew that Courtney would believe him; she didn't know him well enough not to.

'Ok, I guess so; do you really think that Jason was just using me as a toy?' Courtney was hoping he would say no, she wanted to go back to Jason's arms she wanted to more then she could possibly say.

'He does this all the time, he picks some girl, takes her home that afternoon, he cuddles with her, tells her everything she wants to hear and then meets some new girl and does it all over again.' A.J. knew that he was lying through his teeth; Courtney was the first one to ever get invited to the house.

'Ohh, well then let's get going.' Courtney was dying inside, she thought that Jason might be something good in her life but she was wrong.

'Alright, then lead the way' A.J. put out his hand for Courtney to take and this time she did, but she didn't feel the same way she had felt before with Jason, then they walked out the door. They walked towards Courtney's house, the run down town house she was living in. Her mom had promised they would move into a nicer house, but she didn't believe her.

'Well here we are. Thanks for walking me home, good night' Courtney let go of A.J.'s hand but he grabbed it back and then pulled her in, he started to kiss her. She tried to pull away but when she did that he only pulled her closer. Finally, she slapped him in the face and ran in the door, with tears streaming down her face.

6. Pain in memories

Jason felt horrible; he should have run after her. A.J. had come home gloating that Courtney had kissed him the entire way home and for 5 minutes on the door step. Jason had thought that she liked him.

Flashback

'And…as much as I would love to do whatever we were about to do on that bed, I can't because you and I just met and that is just wrong'

'I no, I no., ok well at least lets sit on the couch. You don't even have to sit near me.' He said this with a tint of pleading.

'Well then let's go sit' she let Jason sit down first. Then she walked towards the other end of the couch and looked back at him, she saw the hurt in his eyes, then she sat down, right their on the other end of the couch.

'Jason, you are not going to cry are you?' she said this playfully, she knew that he wouldn't but it was worth asking.

'Would you move down if I did?' he smirked at this.

'No, but I will move down anyways.' She moved down so that she was right there sitting next to him. Then he stuck out his hand and she took it. She moved down a little bit and was sitting so close that she was almost sitting on him. He wrapped his arm around her and they sat ever so close and feeling the electricity stir between them.

End Flashback

Courtney cried the rest of the night, first she had thought that her and Jason were really going somewhere and then she had thought that A.J. might be a decent person.

'Damn, this day couldn't get any worse!' She screamed it inside her room and just then her step dad walked in.

'Don't you use that language' he slurred it out, he was drunk and Courtney knew it.

'I don't want to talk to you, your drunk and I hate you!' Courtney knew this was dangerous but she didn't care. WHAM, she hate been hit right in the arm with Ric's fist.

'That will teach you how to talk to me!' he left with that, Courtney's first instinct was to run to Jason but then she remembered what A.J. had said

Flash back

'He does this all the time, he picks some girl, takes her home that afternoon, he cuddles with her, tells her everything she wants to hear and then meets some new girl and does it all over again.'

End Flash back

7. A lie revealed

She called Carly; she knew that Carly would help her. She dialed the number that Carly had scribbled on her hand. 7-9-1-2-3-5-6-7-5-0. the phone rang and Carly picked it up.

'Hello'

'Carly, this is Courtney.' She was practically crying into the phone.

'Courtney what's wrong, why are you crying' Carly was worried.

'I went to Jason's house today. It was so perfect, everything, we just sat on the couch and he held me. Then we were just about to kiss and A.J. walked in and told me all about what Jason is really like. He is a using, sly and horrible person who was just using me for a toy. After that I left and A.J. walked me home, when we got there he started kissing me. Then me and my step dad got in a fight and then…..well that doesn't matter.'

'Courtney what happened with your step dad? Did he hurt you, and why did you listen to A.J. he is a liar.'

'It doesn't matter about my step dad, I am used to the pain but what do you mean A.J. is a liar? He told me he was being honest. Ohh my gosh what have I done?'

'It is going to be ok I promise Jason will forgive you, you don't know about A.J.'

'If you say so, I have to go I will talk to you tomorrow.'

'Bye'