8. A love rekindled
The next day Courtney chose to wear a sweater so that no one could see the bruise that had developed on her arm. She looked great in the cream sweater, it was sheer but the bruise was covered, under she was wearing a rose colored tank top and it just showed a hint of color. She woke up her mom and they left. When she got out of the car she saw the limo that Jason would be walking out of. She quickened her steps and raced through the door.
"Courtney, Courtney come back! Wait up" Jason was screaming after her. He couldn't let her get away he followed her in towards their locker.
"Courtney I caught up to you, finally. Courtney we need to talk, I would never do that to you. A.J. is a liar, but you really don't seem to care. I guess you just wanted to see him, since you were kissing him the entire way home and then made out with him on your doorstep! I thought we were really going somewhere and now I find out you really like my brother!"
"Jason what the hell are you talking about? Your brother forced himself onto me and started kissing me; I didn't kiss him once on purpose! And I am so sorry about believing your brother, Carly told me that he was a liar and that you would never do that. Jason I want to be with you so bad, I need you, you make my life happy." With that said Courtney leaned in to him and kissed him softly on the lips.
"What was that for?" Jason was thrilled, now he knew everything would be fine. They would be together, he could feel it.
"For everything you have done for me in the short amount of time that I have known you. And because I want to be with you and only you." She smiled at Jason and then thought to herself, oh my god, what if he doesn't want to be with me, what if he does- her thoughts were interrupted by Jason's hand wrap around her waist and then his lips fall softly on her cheek.
"I want to be with you to. Now lets go to homeroom" he lead her into the room and over to the back corner seat.
"Well, well, well, I see the two of you have reconciled, so Courtney have you picked the wedding date yet?" Courtney rolled her eyes when Carly said that.
"Carly leave my girlfriend alone" Jason screamed this on purpose to cause attention to come upon the fact that he had Courtney and no one else did.
"Jason, do you have to scream it to the entire room?" Courtney didn't care but she asked anyways.
"Because now you are my girlfriend and I want everyone to know that they can't have you." Jason smirked at Courtney and then looked around at everyone's expressions.
Courtney and Jason went through the day, with Jason telling everyone about his new girlfriend. At the end of the day Jason and Courtney walked towards the limo hand in hand.
"Courtney what are you doing? I thought I warned you about him, and what about all of that kissing yesterday? Were you just messing around?" A.J. made it sound like he was hurt.
"A.J. I don't believe a word you are saying and I never kissed you. So please just leave us alone!" she didn't feel like causing a scene but A.J. was driving her nuts.
"What ever you want baby" A.J. knew that this would piss both her and Jason off so he continued, "I call I get to sit next to her in the car!"
9. An afternoon at the Quartermaines again
"A.J. go to bite someone!" Jason then climbed into the car and Courtney followed him in. She sat on the end so that just Jason could sit next to her. When they arrived at the Quartermaine's house Jason and Courtney went up to Jason's room and they sat on the couch. Jason turned on the T.V. and they chose to watch SHREK. While laughing, Jason turned to Courtney, then he paused the movie.
"Jason what are you doing, I like this movie?"
"Courtney, why are you so sad?"
"Jason, I am not sad when I am with you."
"I don't mean just now when you are with me; I mean why are you sad when you talk about going home?"
"Jason, there is something that you should know," then she took off her sweater to show him the bruise that had taken over almost the entire top of her arm. "This is what I live with, my mom, and my step dad, he is a drunk and he abuses me when he gets mad.
"Holy shit Courtney you need to get this checked out. This could really be a problem. I can't let you go back to your house. You can't, I don't want you to be hurt!"
"Jason I have to go home, if I don't my step dad will come and find me and then there will really be a problem. Besides I can handle my self, really there is no need for you to get involved." She didn't want Jason to put himself in danger.
"Courtney, you can not stay there, this is what I want you to do. First I want you to go home today, get all of your stuff together. Clothing, make-up what ever you need. At 3 a.m. I am going to come over to your house I will knock three times and then you come out. The limo will be here and we will take you to the police station so that we can get your step dad out of your life. Until then you can live at my house. There is a spare bedroom next to mine." In Jason's head all of this made sense
"ok but Jason what about A.J. what if he finds me here and then finds out what room I am staying in . no one knows what he might try to do."
"A.J. is not getting any where near you, it is going to be ok I promise!"
Around 5 they left for Courtney's apartment. They walked silently hand in hand. When they got there Jason leaned down and kissed her.
"3"
"3, thank you Jason"
10. Till Death Do you part?
Jason and Courtney didn't know is but A.J. had heard them planning to help Courtney. He had his own plans, Jason was not going to save his darling Courtney, A.J. was going to save her himself.
"Ok look, all I want you to do is drive Jason far away, way out of town. Then I am going to go to Courtney's and she is coming here. TOMORROW, you can bring Jason back during school hours and do not let him come to school. When me and Courtney get home we will be together and I will have her to myself, because he will leave her." A.J. was conspiring with the drivers hoping that they would go along with the plan.
"Pardon me A.J. but, I can't do that to Jason and besides if Courtney really wants to be with Jason then you should let her. I can't do this; Jason has been good to me all of these years."
"You ass holes, fine then I will do this myself!" A.J. stormed off into the living room, no one was there so he picked up a bottle of vodka. He opened it, he had no idea what he was doing but he continued. He took a sip and immediately felt the effects, his mind started swirling, and he felt his face get warmer. He had a new plan, he was going to be the limo driver, he would take Jason far away and then drive back to Courtney.
Courtney pulled her clothing out of her dresser, then she grabbed her basic make-up and sat on the bed. After that she chose to put on her red and white polka dot pajama pants and then a red tank top. She pulled her hair up into a ponytail and then sat back down. She was so excited, Jason was going to come and save her.
Jason was ready, he hadn't gotten dressed up, he had sweat pants and a white tee-shirt on and then he left. He was going to save Courtney and then they were going to come back to a house. A house that was going to belong to both of them. Nothing could stand in there way.
He walked down the stairs and climbed into the limo. In the driver's seat sat A.J. after downing an entire bottle of vodka and then some rum he was so drunk he couldn't even see straight. Jason didn't realize it was him though and they left. As they swerved down the street Jason started to worry, they had missed two turns that could have lead them to her apartment.
"What are you doing?" Jason started to get worried.
"We aren't doing any thing, you are going away, and then I am going to save Courtney." A.J. slurred his words but he didn't care any more.
That was when it happened. When A.J. turned around towards Jason he swerved off his side of the road. Jason was the only one who saw it coming, A.J. was in a drunken black out. The last thing Jason saw was the headlights of a huge pick up truck shining brightly into his eyes and then the darkness consumed him. All he heard were the voices of people he didn't know.
A.J. had done it, he had gotten Jason away from Courtney but he had also caused serious brain damage to his brother.
Courtney saw the clock hit 3 a.m. and then pass it. Why hadn't he come, why didn't he come and save he like he said that he would. Then she turned on the TV. and saw it. The accident was right there on the screen and there he was. Her one and only, Jason, on the stretcher without any idea who he was or who she was.
11. The Hospital
She ran, she didn't care that it was early in the morning, or that she was alone, she just ran all the way to the hospital, she stormed through the doors and hopped into the elevator. Then she saw them, his family.
"Where is he? Who did this to him? Why him?" Courtney was crying through her anger.
"Courtney calm down, we don't know what is going to happen to him. He is in surgery right now. And this was all because A.J. got drunk and into the car that Jason was driving to pick up YOU!" Monica was furious, he blonde hair was turning grey and her normally calm features we steaming. "You did this to him you little slut, you couldn't have just stayed at your own house, you had to get to him, you had to get to both of them and look what you have caused!" Monica was fuming.
"Look I don't know what story you heard but the one I just heard from you was that your son got drunk because he can't handle any thing, and he caused your other sun, who is also my boyfriend." Courtney couldn't handle it, no one was going to blame her, and she never asked Jason to save her, and she most defiantly didn't get A.J. drunk.
"I am going to see Jason, he is going to be out of surgery soon, and I want to see him, so we can continue this little accusation later." Courtney left, she wasn't about to deal with other people right now. On he way there she saw A.J., he had come out with nothing but a scratch.
"Well, well, well, here is the one who caused this horrible accident." A.J. was smirking at himself. Here she was sad, alone and vulnerable.
"I didn't cause this accident! You got your self drunk and I hate you!" Courtney couldn't handle the pain any more. She stormed through the halls and found the room. She started to cry, there was the one person who made her happy, and now there he was hopeless. She walked in, he laid straight in his bed breathing lightly. She walked over to him and sat on the edge of the bed, he stirred.
"Courtney, is that you?" Jason spoke softly, he was weak and Courtney could tell.
"Ohh, Jason what has your brother done to you?" Courtney let it all out, she cried and walked over to him.
"Ohh, baby don't cry, please don't cry, I am going to be ok I promise." He didn't want to cry in front of her.
"Y-y-yo-you called me baby!" she was trying to talk through tears; her words came out all slurred together.
"Do you mind? If you do I won't call you that any more."
"No, no, I like it." She smiled, "now I think that your family wants to see you so I will come back tomorrow after school, good-bye Jason." She leaned in to kiss him and planted her lips softly on his.
"Wait, Courtney you can't go home, not now. Please don't go to school, have the hospital staff call the school and excuse us. Please stay with me." The plead in his eyes melted Courtney's heart and she agreed. They spent the day in his hospital room, watching TV and talking about life. Courtney wanted to avoid talking about the accident; she wanted to focus on Jason not on the other things that were in there past.
"Courtney, what you avoiding this?" Jason wanted so badly for her to talk to him about what had happened.
"Avoiding what? Do I seem to be avoiding anything?" Courtney knew the answer but she didn't want to talk about the accident.
"Why don't you want to talk to me about what happened last night?"
"Jason lets not talk about that, we have brighter things to talk about." Courtney knew he wanted to talk about what had happened but the more she thought about it, the more she believed what Monica said.
"Courtney, I want to talk about this, it happened we can't deny that. Why don't we just talk about it?" Jason needed to know what was making Courtney so solemn.
"Ok, umm…Jason do you think that this is my fault. This morning, when I got here, your mom…ohh Jason we don't need to talk about this." She started to cry.
"Courtney what's wrong? What happened with my mom, tell me baby, and please tell me." It hurt him to see her so upset, he didn't want her to be sad about all of these she had enough problems as it was.
"Jason, you mom, she started yelling at me. She said that it was my fault, that I was a little slut who was playing around with both you and A.J. and that I had caused this." She let all of her tears flow freely.
"No she didn't, please say that she didn't really call you a slut. And if she did, please don't tell me you believe her, Courtney this is not your fault, come here and lie down next to me." He painfully moved over to the side, and patted a spot for Courtney to sit at. She moved gracefully over towards the bed and he followed her with his eyes. He couldn't believe how beautiful she was, it was utterly amazing.
"What are you looking at, do I have something in my teeth?" she started to pick between her two front teeth.
"No, I was just thinking how beautiful you are, even though all your make-up came off from crying, you are still gorgeous." He smiled when he saw her face brighten up. He had done it, she was happy again.
"Jason, this isn't fair, why did this have to happen to you. You didn't deserve this." She started to cry again, she was mad at A.J. for doing this, she was mad at herself for crying, and she was mad at the world for harming Jason.
"Everything happens for a reason Courtney; this has only brought us closer together. Just be happy please, it kills me to see you so upset."
"ok, I will stop crying. Jason when you get out of here, do you think that I could maybe still come live at your house?" she felt selfish for asking but it had been on her mind the entire time she had been there.
"Of course I wouldn't have it any other way." He smiled; good she still wanted to be with him.
"Good. I'm glad." She laid down next to hi finally relaxing. They turned their attention to the T.V.
"Jason, I should really be going, my mom might start to worry." She didn't leave but she didn't want to crowd him.
"NO, you are not going back there, you brought your bag didn't you?" he wasn't about to let her go back there.
"Umm, no I didn't, I'm sorry; I just wanted to get to you as fast as possible." She was mad at herself now, why hadn't she remembered.
"It's fine, I will send someone to go get it, both your parents are out right?" he looked at the clock, 7 pm
"Yeah, they are at work and at the bar." She was glad now, they were out, she would get her stuff and everything would be fine.
"Alright then, you can stay in the room next door, just don't tell my mom. Tomorrow you will have to go to school though; I will get a limo to take you." Yes, she is staying here! He was thrilled.
"Fine, I won't tell any one."
"Great, well then I will call for someone." He gestured for a man in the hallway. He sent him off to Courtney's apartment and he left.
"Thank you Jason you have done so much for me."
"It is no problem." He was happy to help.
