A/N: Look who's now an updating junkie! How awesome is this guys! I'm working on getting more of this one out so we can finish it up already. My original plan was to wait until august to finish this but then I decided...nah!
Seth Cohen's girlfriend - thanks for the review. You sure get my updates fast! That's a good thing!
luvthemorgans- I'm glad you thought it was such a great chapter. Keep reading to find out more!
emmalee05- Yay that you love it! It's good that you thought the Courtney being Monica's other daughter thing was cute more than cheesy.
tydavislover- It's great that your so in to my story. Thanks for the review as usual!
middiegurl08- freaking kangaroo? That made me laugh. I'm glad you liked it. I was thinking about making Courtney hit Sam, and then I decided that Courtney is going to be the classy one. She's going to be a lady and defend her man with her words! It's a double standard- a guy punching another guy to protect his girl is sweet and chivalrous. But a girl punching a girl to defend her guy is trashy and slutty. Go figure.
Chapter 13- Miracles and Low Blows
"Hey Dorothy, welcome back to Kansas" said Courtney, sitting on the side of Jason's bed as his eyes fluttered open.
"I know that one, it's the Wizard of Oz" he croaked out.
"How you feeling?" she asked.
"A bit like I got shot. God, they couldn't forget for half a second that I'm in police custody" he said, rolling his eyes at the chains shackling him to the bed.
"I'm sorry baby, I tried to get them to take it off, but apparently you're a flight risk" she said.
"When are they dragging me back to prison?" he asked.
"As soon as you're physically able" she said. "Monica will have to give them the ok"
"So then I should be expecting them to bring me back any second now"
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well, she's convinced that I'm guilty. So, she's going to want me to be behind bars"
"That's not true. She loves you, and she doesn't think you're guilty. Neither does Emily, I had some heart-to-hearts with both of them last night"
"Really? That's good. I was worried when you were all alone"
"I was never alone, I had you" she said
"I know that I haven't been there to hold you in my arms or anything lately, but I never stop thinking about you Courtney" he said, reaching up with his unbound hand to brush her hair back behind her ear.
"I know. I never stop thinking about you either" she said, putting her hand on top of his hand that was resting on her face. 'I just wish this whole nightmare would be over"
"Me too" he said.
"Knock knock" said Monica, walking into Jason's room. "Jason! You're awake" she said with a smile.
"I'm awake" he repeated.
"Alright, let's check out your vitals" she said, moving over to Jason's bedside, but finding herself unable to examine him.
"I hate to be the one to say this, but you two are going to have to let go of each other for just a few minutes" she said with a little laugh.
"Right, sorry Monica" said Courtney, chuckling as well as she moved aside so Monica could get in.
"Well Jason, you look perfectly fine. I'm going to send in a nurse to change the bandage, but other than that, we don't need to run any more tests"
"That's good, it means we can bring him back to prison" said Durant, walking into Jason's room.
Courtney got up and went to Jason's bedside again, slipping her hand into his and glaring at Durant
"Actually, that's not going to be possible for a couple of days. We need to observe him and make sure his wound doesn't get infected. Plus, his bandage is going to need to be changed quiet often, so as you can see, he needs to remain in the hospital a little longer" said Monica, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at Durant, just like Courtney.
"Look Dr. Quatermaine, I'm going to need another doctor to confirm that, perhaps one who isn't the prisoner's mother" said Durant with a smirk.
"Ask any doctor you'd like Mr. Durant, Jason does not yet have a clean bill of health, so he will not yet be brought back to prison. Now, I am going to have to ask that you leave this room. We don't need any outside germs that could cause an infection" said Monica with a sarcastically sweet smile.
"Fine, I'll leave. But oh, Mrs. Morgan, I think it's best if you come with me, you know, for your husband's health"
"Oh, don't worry about Courtney. She's in perfect health. She's causing no harm to Jason" said Monica, the smile still plastered on to her face.
Durant just grumbled but then turned and left.
"Thank you" said Jason once Durant was gone.
"It was no problem. God I hate that guy" she said, wringing her hands as she left Jason and Courtney alone again, smiling at Monica as she left.
"Alone again" said Courtney, sitting back down.
"Surprise!" said Carly, walking into the room.
Courtney groaned and rolled her eyes before getting up and walking away. Carly barely acknowledged her as she sat down in the chair besides Jason's bed.
"This looks comfortable" said Carly, motioning to Jason's position on the bed.
"I can't lie on my back, I won't lie on my stomach, and I need the board to keep me on my side, simple as that" he answered, his eyes turning colder as he looked at her.
"Oh, ok. Anyway, so much has happened since you went away" said Carly, babbling along like nothing had happened.
Behind her, Courtney stood there and Jason gave her a pained expression. She gave him a look that clearly said she knew and then made a motion like she was shooting herself in the head. Jason laughed in spite of himself, causing Carly to turn around and look at Courtney to see what was so funny.
"What is going on in here, I am trying to talk, and I am being mocked. I don't need this from you Courtney" she snapped.
That was the breaking point for Jason.
"Carly, you have no right to talk to Courtney that way" he growled.
"And she has no right to be like that to me" said Carly. "What did I do?"
"What did you do?" yelled Courtney. "You turned your back on your family. Jason has stood up for you so many times, that it's impossible to even keep track. You call him your best friend, yet here you are, believing that he could have raped someone! Not only that, but you call yourself my friend, and then you don't even support me either. And you just want to come in here and pretend like everything's ok Carly, but it's not! Everything is the complete opposite of ok!" she yelled.
"I can tell when I'm not wanted, I'm leaving" said Carly storming out.
"I'm sorry for losing it on her" apologized Courtney, once again sitting by Jason's side.
"Don't be. I would have yelled if you hadn't, and I don't think I'm strong enough to yell for that long yet, so you really just did me a favor" he said, holding out his hand for her again, which she gladly took.
"I just don't understand why thing's got so—" said Courtney, stopping for a minute as the room began to spin.
"What is it?" he asked her, seeing her face turn pale.
"It's nothing. I'm just so exhausted. I haven't slept since two days ago"
"Has it really been that long?"
"Yeah, the afternoon we were found" she said. "So, I think I'm going to just take a nice nap in this stool" she said.
"Or, you're going to let Max take you home; you're going to sleep—in our bed—not the couch. You're going to get all rested up, and then, you're going to come back and visit me some more once you can get up and not get dizzy"
"I don't want to leave you"
"And I don't want you to pass out with me chained to this bed and unable to do anything" he said.
"Alright" she said with a sigh. "But I'm only doing this for you" she said, bending down to give him a goodbye kiss before leaving, gently shutting the door behind herself.
Pushing past the police officers, Courtney found herself with another dizzy spell, this time accompanied by some nausea. As Courtney caught her breath, some woman walked by. She was pregnant, and clutching her bulging stomach. Courtney's eyes widened.
"No, I can't be" she whispered.
"Sound's like you can use a girlfriend's help" said a voice from behind her.
Spinning around Courtney saw Carly standing there, leaning up against the wall, a friendly smile on her face.
"Sounds like it, you know where I can find one?" she asked Carly.
"Courtney, I'm sorry. I don't want to fight with you, I really don't. You're my best friend, and I don't know what I'd do if we started hating each other. So, what do you say, friends again?" she asked with a hopeful smile.
"Carly, you can't just expect me to forgive you. As long as you still believe in Jason's guilt, then I can't be around you" she said.
"Look, push that aside for just a second. If you're what you think you are, than you're not going to want to be alone"
"I have other friends" she said, pushing past Carly, whose eyes widened in surprise as she was blown off.
"Emily, thank god I found you" said Courtney, running up to her friend and sister-in-law. "I need your help"
"Anything I can help with?" asked Monica, coming up from behind Courtney.
"Yes, actually, I can use both of your help"
"Sure, anything we can do" said Emily.
"I think, that among the bad, something good happened. I think a miracle has occurred"
"What do you mean?" asked Monica.
"There's the possibility that I could be pregnant!" she gushed.
"Oh Courtney, you know you can't conceive" said Monica softly.
"It's supposed to be hard, but nothing's impossible. I can feel it, I am carrying Jason's baby"
"Alright, let's go do a pregnancy test" said Monica, taking both she and Emily by the arms and bringing them into an examination room.
"What is it?" asked Emily, looking at Courtney's downtrodden face.
"It's nothing. I just thought that on the day that I found out about my miracle baby, Jason would be able to be my side"
"Hey, you can't stress. It's not good for my little niece or nephew" said Emily, taking Courtney's hand and giving it a squeeze.
"Your right, stress-free environment" said Courtney, but then she looked at Emily again and added "yeah right".
Monica chose this time to walk back into the room, huge smile on her face.
"It's a miracle" she said, hugging the mother-to-be.
As soon as she was done celebrating with Monica and Emily, Courtney rushed over to Jason's room. She barged past the guards and was about to tell him her good news, but then she noticed that he had fallen asleep. Unwilling to disturb him, she crept out of the room and decided to follow Jason's orders and go home and get some sleep. Baby needed it.
John Durant walked into General Hospital, a huge smile on his face. He rode the elevator up to the 5th ICU floor, and almost clapped his hands in glee. This was it; Jason Morgan was finally going down. The whole mess seemed sloppy, and ill-conceived. Not very Jason Morgan-like. But of course, there was the possibility that he just lost it and panicked. The very good possibility.
Durant stepped off of the elevator and headed down the hall to Jason's room. The officers let him in without a problem, and Durant just glared at Jason for a few seconds. He looked so peaceful, fast asleep like he was. Durant was nearly delirious with happiness. He walked over to Jason and roughly shook him awake. Jason took a while to wake up because of the heavy sedatives he was on, but he couldn't help but wince anyway at the pain of Durant's motion.
"What the hell do you want?" he mumbled, trying to close his eyes and go back to sleep.
"Congratulations Morgan, you're going down" he said with a huge smile.
"Durant, what are you talking about?" he asked.
"What, raping that young woman wasn't enough- you had to kill her also?" he asked.
Courtney was all rested up when she decided to go back to visit Jason and tell him about baby. Striding purposefully to Jason's hospital room, she pushed past the usual officers and walked into Jason's room.
"I didn't kill her" grumbled Jason, trying to get comfortable.
"What the hell is going on here Durant? Interrogating a sedated man? I think that's against the rules" Courtney said from the doorway.
"Ah yes, Mrs. Morgan. You misunderstand, I wasn't interrogating the defendant. I was simply letting him know the newest of his charges"
"And what is that?" asked Courtney, but she already knew the answer, and she was dreading it.
"Carmen Pareña was found brutally murdered at her apartment. Coroner's report places the death at a few days ago, and the cause a bullet to the head. A bullet that ballistics was able to match to a gun registered to a Mr. Jason Morgan" said Durant with a sickening smile.
"Jason didn't kill anyone. He wasn't even in this country a few days ago"
"Mrs. Morgan, that is something that you are going to have to discuss with Jason's lawyer. Now Courtney, let's go. Jason has been prohibited from having any visitors due to the nature of this crime" said Durant, leading her from the room.
This woke up Jason fully.
"No, Durant, come on, let Courtney stay" he said, trying to sit up, but Durant ignored him, pushing a fighting Courtney from the room.
Courtney sat in the waiting room again, unsure of what to do.
"It's ok little on, daddy's going to be ok" she soothed to her still totally flat stomach. "He has to be" she said, tears glistening in her eyes.
A/N: Dun-dun-dun! There was a lot of plot thickening action in that chapter, I know. I hope it wasn't too much all at once. Overwhelming people is never good.