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Jason shook her shoulders slightly, and she finally started to wake. The long ride had given Jason plenty of time to reminisce about their marriage. It also gave him time to really look at her.
First, he noticed the bags under her eyes. She was exhausted, and the lack of concealer showed it, but she still looked beautiful. Her tiny little nose fit perfectly on her face, and her plump lips were parted slightly as she breathed. Her now light brown hair would fall into her face, and he wanted to reach out and push it behind her ear. Just like the old days.
Except, it wasn't.
Jax was sitting next to her, reading some business magazine. He looked back at Courtney, and noticed her ring.
He had never seen the ring that Jax had given her, but it just couldn't be the same sapphire on he gave her.
Something wasn't right.
He felt it in his bones.
Something big was going to happen.
He felt it in his bones.
He just didn't know what it was.
He succeeded in waking her as Jax looked on un-improvingly. She sighed as she opened her eyes and was face-to-face with the man she had loved.
"We're here," Jason whispered. She nodded in response as she stood and remembered Jax and Sonny. She tried to smile as the day's events were haunting her, but she couldn't. She was stuck in wherever she was with her ex-brother and ex-husband and their enemy, the man she was going to marry.
Things were going to be tight.
She followed the men out of the plane and into an ancient castle. From the looks of it, they were in Ireland, an interesting choice since Sonny wasn't Irish.
"I'll show you two to your rooms," Sonny said finally, breaking the silence while Jason watched Courtney exit with her new lover.
Why wasn't that him? He still loved her and all, so why were they apart? Well, whatever the reason, it was too late now. She had moved on and so had he.
Sam. The woman he loved. Lately, he was becoming more and more annoyed with her. Sonny had a plan, though. He always did.
Jason had confessed to Sonny earlier in the week that he had simply loved her because she was the complete opposite of Courteny. In fact, he didn't love her. He just loved the idea of being in love again and feeling the same way he felt with Courtney, but who was he kidding? He definitely didn't feel that way with Sam.
So, Sonny came up with one of his brilliant plans which consisted of using Sam to their advantage when the time came. Mean? Yes. Necessary? Yes. Jason's approval? No.
She knew it was coming, too. Carly had warned her. So, it wasn't totally mean. It was just like she was another person working for Sonny, except Sonny would never pay her for whining so much.
Why Sam was still in Port Charles, Jason didn't know. He wasn't filled in about this part of the plan.
He maneuvered around various pieces of furniture as he made his way to his bedroom.
He could hear her voice; she was in the adjacent, joining bedroom.
"I can take care of myself, you know." Her voice came through the wall a little muffled but audible.
"I don't trust you." His voice came through with the same clarity.
"Then, why are you marrying me?" Courtney's voice was smooth and calm, but Jason could almost hear the frustration and the confusion that must be playing in her eyes.
"Because I love you," Jax said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
Jason closed his eyes for a moment. If he was Jax, he would do anything for Courtney, anything she wanted, just so she wouldn't leave him.
"Jax stop," Courtney demanded to the kisses Jax was smothering her neck with, "You know I don't love you back." Her voice was still smooth, but again, Jason could hear the coldness that was being displayed in her eyes.
Even though he wasn't in the same room as her, he could read her. She had always told him everything. She was close to him like that, and he would tell her everything, too, except for the business.
"I know, but you'll learn," Jax said with confidence dripping from his too sweet voice.
Jason could her Courtney sigh and the bed creak as she sat on it.
"Do you still love him?" The question came from Jax's mouth like Niagra Falls: forceful and dangerous.
Jason didn't know if he wanted to hear the answer, but he knew he shouldn't be listening to their fight.
"We've been over this before," Courtney said, her voice still calm. She had a way about her that she would never let her feelings reflect in her composure or her voice.
There was just something about her.
There was just something about her and Jax.
Jason just couldn't figure it out, yet.