Aftermath
Chapter 9
"Mom what are you doing here?" Courtney asked surprised as her mom walked
up to her.
"I've come to take you home; I'll make sure that you get all the help that
you need."
Courtney's only reply was. "I'm not coming back to Atlantic City with you,
mom!"
"I think it is time for you to leave Janine" Sonny replied. "My sister is not going back
with you."
Janine turned to Sonny and Jason.
"You got her addicted to drugs, did you?
I'm sure that you gave my baby girl the drugs, Sonny!"
"Mom, this is not their fault; it's mine," Courtney answered. Janine hugged Courtney.
"You don't have to lie, honey. I know you
would never do drugs. Let's go home," her mom replied as she grabbed Courtney's arm. Courtney got out of her mother's grip and gave her a stern look.
"Leave me alone," she cried as she grabbed her jacket on the couch. Jason walked up to her.
"Don't leave," he begged. She turned to Jason.
"I have to; I've had enough of this. I can't handle my mom
right now," she said, as she hugged him.
"I promise I will come back," she
whispered as she walked out of the penthouse.
Courtney was sitting on the bench when someone called out her name. She
turned around, and saw Mike.
"Dad!" she said as she got up and hugged him.
He looked up at Courtney. "What's wrong, honey?"
She looked at him.
"It's nothing, really," she said, as she sat down on the
bench. Mike could see that she had been crying.
"Tell me, Courtney, what's wrong?"
"I don't know if Carly told you, but I have a drug problem," Courtney
replied, as she looked down on the ground. She couldn't believe she was
telling her dad that she had a drug problem. Mike grabbed her hand.
"I
know," he said gently. Courtney looked up.
"I guess Carly told you then." Mike nodded his head.
"But it is nothing to be embarrassed about. I still
love you, honey." Tears started to fall down Courtney's cheeks. Mike hugged
her.
"Don't cry, Courtney."
Courtney then wiped away the tears. He looked at his daughter again. "There
is another reason that you are upset, isn't there?"
Courtney nodded. "It's mom; she is here in town and wants me to go back
with her." Courtney replied, "She found out about my drug problem."
"That is my fault."
She glanced at her father. "What do you mean? You didn't tell her to come to
town, did you?"
"I didn't tell her to come to town, but I phoned her when you were missing,
as we were worried about you, and I thought that maybe you would go there,"
"So that is how she found out that I had a drug problem,"
"I'm sorry, honey,"
"It's fine, dad, it's not your fault," Courtney said, as she stood up. She
turned around and hugged him. "I should be getting back to the penthouse,"
she said, as she walked away.
A half an hour later,
Courtney walked back into Sonny's penthouse, Jason looked at her. "You came
back."
"I told you that I would, I just needed sometime to think about stuff. Is my
mom gone?" Courtney asked as she walked over to the couch.
"No, I'm not," Janine answered, "I'm not going anywhere until you return to Atlantic City with me." Courtney walked over to her mom.
"Can I talk to you mom?"
"Sure, honey."
"Why don't you use my penthouse?" Jason replied. Courtney smiled.
"That would be great, Jason. Thanks," she said as she grabbed her mom's hand and walked
over to the penthouse.
"So you use to live here with Jason, didn't you, honey?"
Courtney looked at her mom. "I didn't come to talk to you about me and
Jason. Why don't you sit down," she said, as she sat down on the couch.
"I know that you love me mom, and you want what is best for me, but I can't
return to Atlantic City with you. I have a drug problem and I am going to
need to go to rehab."
"They have rehabs in Atlantic City or whenever you need to go, but you can't
come back to Port Charles, that is where the whole problem starting."
Courtney took a deep breath before she spoke. "Do you even know why I
starting taking drugs mom?"
Janice shook her head. "I guess because you couldn't handle the life that
your brother and your boyfriend do; they are mobsters."
Courtney stood up. "No, mom that is far from the truth, I started taking
drugs because I couldn't handle the pain of losing…"
Janice walked up to her daughter and put her hand on her shoulder. "What did
you lose?"
Courtney turned around. "I was pregnant, Mom. I lost my baby!"A while later,
"Courtney, I think it is best that you lost your baby. Would you really want
your child to grow up in this situation with a mobster as a father?" Courtney glared at her mother.
"You don't know anything about me or Jason, so don't tell me how I should feel about this.
Jason would have been a great father, but you wouldn't know anything about
parenting would you?" Courtney shouted.
"I did the best I could do," Janice replied.
"I want you to go now!" Courtney screamed.
"But honey, I am just trying to help you. Think of what your life would have
been like if the baby survived."
Courtney started to cry. 'It would have been perfect.' Courtney thought silently.
"Just go!" she shouted and ran upstairs into the
bedroom.
Suddenly she heard the door closed and she figured that her mom finally
decided to leave. She couldn't believe what her mom had said to her. She thought
everyday about what would have happened if her and Jason's baby survived. 'We would
have been so happy with our child, but that is never going to happen.'
Courtney thought to herself as laid her head on the pillow and started to
cry.
Later,
Carly walked into the penthouse." Courtney," she called out.
"I guess she is upstairs," Carly thought to herself, as she walked upstairs
into Courtney's room, when she heard Courtney looking through her bag. Carly
opened the door slightly. "Are you okay?"
Courtney turned around and saw Carly standing in front of her. "You took my
pills, didn't you? Where are they? I want them now!" Courtney said, as she
grabbed a hold of Carly.
"Courtney, what happened with your mom? Did she do something to do upset,"
Carly asked, looking directly into Courtney's eyes and she could see that
she did.
"You want to know what my mom told me? She told me that it was best for my baby to die, because of who it's father was! Can you believe she told me that? How can any mother tell her child that? Damn it! I just want the pills to make what she said go away and then I won't use
them again, I promise, Carly," Courtney begged looking at her best friend. Carly got out of Courtney's hold and put her arms around her.
"Why don't we
just sit down, and talk."
"I don't want to talk!!" Courtney shouted, as she walked away from Carly,
and started to throw stuff around the room. "Just leave me alone!"
Carly went up to her. "Courtney, it's going to be okay."
"It's never going to be okay."
Carly then saw that Jason entered the room. "I'm going to go now."
"Are you going to get my pills?" Carly didn't say anything, she just left the room. Jason walked up to Courtney.
"What happened with your mom?"
Courtney glanced at Jason. "It's nothing… I'm fine," she said.
Jason took a hold of her. "You aren't fine, you were screaming at Carly to
get you drugs; I need to know what happened."
"Okay, you want to know what happened, Jason. My own mom said that maybe it
was best that I lost my baby, maybe she was right, and it was for the best.
I wouldn't have been a good mom. I mean look at mine."
"Of course you would have,"
Courtney then started to cry, and Jason put his arms around her. She just
wanted to stay in his safe arms forever.
"Jason, I'm scared that I am never going to get better. I need your help."
Jason looked at Courtney. "I'll get you the help you need."
The next morning,
Courtney was packing up her stuff to go to the rehab center when she saw the
bear that Elizabeth lent her so she decided to put it in her bag just in
case she needed it.
"Are you ready?" Jason asked. Courtney turned around.
"As ready as I will
ever be," she said, and grabbed her bag. As she walked downstairs, she saw
her dad, Carly and Sonny in the living room.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"We just wanted you to know that your family wants to help you, and we will
be here to do whatever you need," Carly said, as she hugged Courtney.
"Thank you," Courtney whispered, as tear started to fall down her cheeks.
Mike then walked up to her. "I'm sorry about your mom coming to town, but
I'm glad that you are getting the help that you need. I know that you can do
it honey, because you are the strongest person that I know," he said, as he
hugged her.
"Thanks Dad," Courtney replied. She couldn't believe that her family was
being so kind and understanding.
Sonny didn't know what to say to Courtney so he just went up and
hugged her, tightly.
"It's time for us to go, "Jason replied, as he grabbed a hold of Courtney's
hand. She turned back and looked at her family.
Everything was going to be okay, she just knows that it will, or she hopes.
To be continued!!!