Chapter 14

Jason was sitting on a hospital bed in the ER of General Hospital wondering what he was doing there. If Elizabeth hadn't pleaded, he wouldn't have bothered. He was fine. It was Sonny he was worried about. His friend hadn't looked good when Jason had dragged him from the warehouse. He hoped Sonny wasn't seriously injured.

He was concerned about Elizabeth, too. He was worried about what Lucky would say or more importantly do. Jason didn't want her hurt and he didn't want to be the reason for that hurt.

"Jason?" He looked up to see Carly standing near the curtain. Her face was covered in tears. She walked closer to the bed and hugged him.

"Sonny?"

"He's unconscious. The doctors are with him now. What happened? Were you inside when the bomb went off? When did you get back? Today?" She didn't understand what was going on. Everything was perfect in her world this morning. Now her husband was fighting to live and her best friend was in town without telling her.

He didn't know which question to answer first or not at all. "No, I saw Sonny go inside and then the warehouse exploded and I ran in to get him."

She sat down next to him on the bed. "Did you just come back and had a meeting with him?"

"That's what I would like to know?"

They both looked up to see Lucky walking towards them. "When did you get into town?"

Carly was confused. "Why do you care?" she asked.

"Because he hasn't even been in Port Charles a day and he is already causing trouble for Elizabeth," Lucky said angrily. Elizabeth had walked away from him something she had never done that before. He knew it had something to do with Jason. Elizabeth only acted strangely when Jason was around.

Carly looked between the two men. "What does Elizabeth have to do with anything? Sonny and Jason's warehouse exploded. Where does that twit fit in with that?"

"Carly," Jason tried to stop her before she and Lucky started yelling at each other.

"What? Jason, you and Sonny almost died and all he can think about is little miss thing that's not even around."

"I know there is something going on between you and Elizabeth," Lucky said ignoring Carly. "I want you to know that I won't let it continue. You are not going to see her again. I don't want you and your kind anywhere near her."

When Jason remained quiet, Carly said, "I think you are losing your mind, Lucky. Jason only arrived today. How can there be something going on between him and Elizabeth."

"I don't care. Elizabeth doesn't need his kind of trouble around her. I want her to stay away from you. I don't want her to talk to you or to see you."

Jason couldn't keep quiet anymore. "You don't own her and you don't control her. She is her own person. If she wants to talk to me then she has every right talk to me."

That wasn't what Lucky wanted to hear. He didn't like Jason. He didn't want Jason associating with the woman he loved. "Elizabeth loves me. She'll do anything for me. If I don't want her to see you then she won't see you."

Carly was dumbfounded. She didn't know what amazed her more, Lucky's possessive attitude or Jason standing up for the twit. She had thought his little obsession with her was over. "Lucky, if that's the case then why are you here warning Jason? Maybe you're afraid that now that Jason is back Elizabeth will see you for the boy you are and that she should be with a real man like him."

"Carly," Jason said trying to stop her before she set Lucky off.

"What, Jason, you know I'm right. What woman wouldn't want you?"

Lucky had had enough. He pushed Carly aside and stood eye to eye with Jason. "You need to stay away from Elizabeth if you know what is good for you." Not waiting for a reply, he turned and walked away.

"What just happened?"

Jason turned back to Carly. He didn't want to get into this with her. He was too tired and too dirty. He needed to go back to Elizabeth's studio before she and Lucky returned to it. He needed to collect his things and get his room set up over at Jake's.

"Nothing. Carly go back to Sonny. I have to go," he told her and walked out the examine room before she could protest.

He left the hospital and made his way back to the studio. The lights were out. Elizabeth wasn't there. He knew she would be with Lucky. As he opened the door his eyes went straight to her couch. He had kissed her. More importantly she had kissed him back. He wasn't sure what would have happened if the warehouse hadn't exploded. He had wanted it to happen but he wasn't sure about Elizabeth. Did she regret what they had done and would have done? He didn't understand regret. You couldn't go back and change what you had done so why spend the energy regretting that you did it.

Even if he wanted to feel sorry about their kiss, he couldn't. He had wanted to kiss her since their only kiss that Christmas. When he had returned last summer he had thought maybe they could have tried something. It had been year since Lucky had died and he thought that Elizabeth would have been more open to the idea than at Christmas. Neither of them had been ready to start something at Christmas. She hadn't been over Lucky and he had been confused about Carly and Sonny. But when he'd come back, Lucky had returned. Elizabeth had been more confused than before. Lucky was jerking her around and she was hurting too much. All he could do then was be there for her as a friend. He took her for rides and listened to her when she needed to talk. He could see she stilled loved Lucky and knew that even though they weren't together that sooner or later they would be getting back together. He was right, since they were together now.

He scanned the room making sure he had taken everything that was his. He didn't want anyone to find anything that belonged to him. He turned off the light, locked the door and headed for Jake's.

The loud bang from the door woke Elizabeth. She must have fallen asleep after crying for what seemed like hours. She rubbed her eyes trying to focus on who was at the door. Not that she didn't already know. Lucky stood in the open doorway. She didn't know if she could do this right now. She didn't know what she was feeling.

"Lucky," she said quickly.

"I don't want you to see him," he stated brutally walking into the room. "You are never to go near him again. Do you understand?"

She was shocked. She knew Lucky wouldn't like what had happened but she didn't expect the demand. "What? Who are you talking about?"

He looked at her like she had lost her mind, "Jason, that's who I'm talking about. I don't want you to be anywhere near him."

"Lucky, please calm down," she climbed off the bed.

"I've already told him to stay away from you and now I'm telling you. You cannot be friends with Jason."

She shook her head sure that the sleep was affecting her ears. Lucky didn't just order her to do something. "What do you mean you already told Jason?"

He shrugged a little impatient for her to agree, "I went to the hospital and told him to stay away from you."

She couldn't believe what she was hearing, "You went to the hospital? The hospital!" Anger seeped through her. "Jason almost died and you were there bothering him. What were you thinking?"

It was Lucky's turn to be shocked. He hadn't expected her to be angry. "I was thinking that you are my girlfriend and that I don't want Jason in your life."

"You don't get a say in that, Lucky. Jason is my friend."

"He's not your friend. He wants you. I saw it in his eyes at the warehouse and I heard it in his voice at the hospital. You are never to see him again, do you understand."

"Lucky, I am not a child. You cannot tell me what to do. Jason is my friend and if I want to see him, I will." She couldn't believe Lucky was acting this way. She hadn't thought Lucky would ever try to control her.

"Fine, that's fine," he huffed, "if you want to be Jason Morgan slut, that's fine with me. After he's done with you, you can move on to Sonny. I know he can't wait to get a piece of your ass." He stormed out of the room before she could say anything.

Not that she could say anything if she wanted to. She just stood motionless staring at the closed door too stunned to move. Lucky's words kept echoing in her head. Slut, that's what he thought of her. A slut, not the love of his life not his soul mate but a slut. She fell to her knees as the tears began to flow again.

Her head whipped up when the door burst open again. Lucky marched in and dropped to his knees beside her and took her in his arms.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't know what I'm saying. Please forgive me," he cried as he placed kisses all over her face. "I'm just so afraid of losing you. I can't lose you, Elizabeth. I can't live without you." He buried his face in the crook her neck. "I would die."

Elizabeth could feel his tears on her neck. "It's okay, Lucky. It's okay. I'm not leaving you. I love you."

He pulled away to hold her face in his hands. He smiled, "I knew you wouldn't let Jason get between us. I knew you'd see that Jason isn't worth destroying us. I love you." He leaned in the kissed her.

As he deepened the kiss, Elizabeth had no choice but to go with it. Had she just agreed to stop being friends with Jason? She wasn't sure. All she knew was that Lucky needed her and she wasn't going to disappoint him. He gently lowered her to the floor. She knew he needed this and even if she didn't want to, she couldn't tell him no.