Author's Note: You have to go back a few more chapters to reach the new stuff. Sorry. Its just I'd rather post all the chapters separately than together. I hope you understand.

Chapter 9:

The gymnasium had been extremely crowded when Jason got there, and he had been forced to sit in the top row of the bleachers. He would have rather sat right behind Courtney since he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong, and he wanted to be as close to her as he could in case something happened. Jason was horrified when he saw her fall to the ground; he promptly jumped out of his seat and ran down the aisle towards the gym floor. As he ran, Jason could barely breathe.

"Someone call for an ambulance," the coach yelled. "She's not responding." When Jason heard those words, his heart stopped. He had almost reached the gym floor. Jason wasn't sure how, but he managed to run even faster so that he could get to Courtney sooner.

When Jason got to Courtney, he forced his way through the crowd of volleyball players that surrounded her. Kneeling down he took Courtney is his arms and held her close. Noticing that she seemed to be breathing normally, Jason started breathing again. He leaned his head down to hers and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Hey Courtney," he began. "It's me. I don't know if you can hear me, but I love you. You're gonna be okay; you have to be. Hang in there, okay. Can you open your eyes, baby? Please, do it for me." Jason was shocked to see Courtney respond. Her eyes fluttered open.

"Jason," she whispered before losing consciousness once again. Jason relaxed a little. She had responded to him, and in his heart he knew she would be okay.

"Thank you," he said as he placed another kiss on her forehead. There was more he wanted to say, but he was interrupted when the paramedics rushed in. They raced over to Courtney and started checking her vitals as the coach explained what happened. As they loaded her onto the stretcher and carried her out to the ambulance, Jason refused to let go of her hand, signifying that he was coming with them. The paramedics tried to argue, but Jason kept yelling that Courtney needed to get to a hospital and that they were wasting time. Finally, the paramedics gave in.

After the paramedics had left with Courtney, everyone except for the coach had left as well. Most of the team had gone to the hospital to see how Courtney was. As much as she wanted to the coach didn't have that luxury. It was her job to get in touch with Courtney's family and inform them of what had happened. She first tried to call Courtney's house but neither Mike nor Janine were home. Their cell phones were off as well so she left messages. Then the coach looked at Courtney's secondary contact information; her brother's dorm and cell phone numbers were listed. Figuring that a college student wasn't likely to be in his dorm on a Friday night, the coach decided to call his cell phone.

Sonny and Carly lay on Carly's bed making out. He was in the process of unbuttoning her shirt when his cell phone rang. 'Perfect timing,' he thought. Sonny continued kissing Carly as he debated whether or not to answer the phone; in the end he decided not to.

When the phone wouldn't stop ringing, Carly pulled away and said, "You better answer that. Maybe then we'll be left alone." Sonny did as Carly suggested.

"What," he said clearly annoyed.

"Mr. Corinthos," the coach said. Sonny was confused. He was hardly ever called Mr. Corinthos; that was when he knew something was seriously wrong. "This is your sister's volleyball coach. She collapsed and was taken to the hospital."

Jason had held Courtney's hand the entire way to the hospital as well as all the way to her room. He had tried to follow her and the doctors into the room, but they wouldn't let him. Now he stood outside her room, looking in through the window on the door. He prayed that she was okay, and he couldn't help but wonder if this was his fault. If he hadn't walked in when he had and distracted her, would this have happened? He was ripped from his thoughts when Sonny and Carly raced in and over to Jason. It took some convincing, but Sonny and Carly managed to convince Jason to leave Courtney's door and join them in the waiting room. About an hour later, Courtney's doctor came over to them.

Recognizing Jason as the man who had come in with Courtney, the doctor asked, "Are you Courtney Corinthos's family?"

"I'm her brother," Sonny said.

"She just woke up," the doctor said. Before the doctor could say more, Jason started to get up so that he could see Courtney. Knowing that the doctor had more to say, Sonny held Jason back.

Once Jason was back in his seat, the doctor continued, "We also just got her test results back."