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"Sam I want to marry you."

"No Jason I can't, not now, to much time has passed and you pretty much made your choice when you put Carly ahead of me, the woman who according to you made you forget all the heartache you once had. There's no doubt about it, I love you and always will, but I absolutely refuse to give in to you and just come back because you just came to your senses. I asked you that night to tell the truth, but you wouldn't. And I am sorry Jason, your actions spoke volumes to me about the length you will go to protect her. I am nothing to you and I never was, well, maybe your roommate other than that, you pretty much has shown me that what we had was a lie."

"Sam, you were never just my roommate and you know it."

"No I don't. I plead with you to show me how much you loved me, by not turning yourself in. And what did you do? You told me to leave and get on with my life because you weren't going to change your mind."

"Sam, it doesn't have to be like this.

"Yes, Jason it does. I was so in love with you, I wanted a family and a life with you and like I told you I wouldn't have traded any of it for nothing, but apparently you didn't feel the same thing, because you traded me for Carly."

Lucky got off the elevator and found out where she was.

"Room 321"

Picking up his speed, he ran over to the room and could hear Jason in the room and Sam crying.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Lucky said. "Don't you think you have caused Sam enough pain? Get out of here before I have you thrown out for harassment."

Jason just looked at him as he bent down and kissed Sam. Rounding the bed he walked over to him and grabbed his collar and pulled him away from her.

"Get the hell away from her." Jason said as he got physical with him.

"I don't think so; I am not leaving her unlike you." Lucky said. "You had your chance to stay or go, from what I understand and as usual you decided that keeping Carly and those boys safe was more important than Sam."

"You have no idea what I did and why."

"You're right I don't because I would never leave Sam, Jason. I would never put her in a place where she would doubt my love for her, ever."

"I am not giving up on us Sam, I won't, our love is bigger than this, it is still there and it will never die and I don't care how long it takes you will be mine again." He said before he walked out and made his way down the hall and realized his worst fears had come true, she had found someone else, and could he blame her? no, he was the one to blame for all of this. He was the one that threw their love away. He couldn't even be mad, even at Lucky for loving her.

"Thank you Lucky, for just being here." Sam said as she looked up into his eyes.

"Hey I love you." he said to her as he leaned down and found her lips with his, as she met his she kissed him back with a fervency trying to forget about the one man in this world she loved with all her heart and would until the day she died.

It had been a week since she had gotten out of the hospital, a week since she had seen Jason and everything in her yearned for him. She was just told by Dr. Meadows to take it easy and to stay away from stressful situations. Sitting here on the bench on the docks she breathed in the salty air. She missed him so much, but she just couldn't forget about what he did to her and to them, it was as if she had never existed in that relationship, as if she was invisible. It was and always would be about Carly, Sonny and the boys. Lost in deep thought she didn't see him coming towards her.

"Sam."

"Hey babe." She said as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her, she kissed him back. How is my girl today?"

"Hungry." She said.

"Shall we?"

Sam took Lucky's hand as they walked over to Kelly's. Opening the door for her she walked in first then waited for him. Looking around she sat down with Lucky at a table over in the corner as the waitress made her way over to them the men's restroom door opened and out walked Jason, he saw her and their eyes locked on each other and it was as if they were back together. All the intenseness of them flooded back like rushing waters as she experienced memories of the two of them, especially when she had first started falling in love with him with the loss of Lila, then Hope, then working together finding Michael and all the love in between. She knew she could never forget him and she was an idiot for trying to do so. What they had was a love that would never die, would always be alive. And she wondered for the first time in a long time if she had been right to move on to try to forget, and as if on cue and in tune with seeing him the baby started to move within her.

"Can you excuse me for a minute? I need some air." She said looking over at Lucky.

"I'll come with you."

"No, no. I'm okay; I'll be back in a few minutes. Just go ahead and order me the cheeseburger, fries and I'll take a large glass of ice water." She said getting up from her chair she walked past him and grabbed her coat, then walked out the door and down the way a little bit and out of sight she stopped and started to cry.

Jason walked over to her and put his arms around her and pulled her close to him. "I love you Sam, I know, I made the wrong decision and I should never have done what I did, I was wrong, but I have never not for one minute stopped loving you. I made a promise to you to start a family and asked you to marry me and I want those things so badly, and I know you do to."

"I am in love with you Jason, I never stopped. And I want to be with you so badly, take me home with you please."