Sorry I haven't update in such long time, I have been so busy, and I have had a major case of writers block with this story, and then this chapter just came to me so I had to write it down.

Courtney woke up to the sound of Sam and Jason yelling at each other. She could vaguely here small amounts of their conversation. She heard her name and something about her staying here at the penthouse. She could here Sam was protesting her staying here and Jason was defending herself.

Courtney slowly pulled herself out of bed and that was when she realized that Jason must have changed her clothes last night because she was in one of his old T-shirts and a pair of his boxer shorts. She smiled at the thought of Jason taking care of her. If people realized that big though Jason "The Enforcer" Morgan had so tenderly taken care of her, they would see the wonderful person that she saw in him.

Courtney slowly walked to the top of the stairs and she saw Jason and Sam arguing. She knew that this wasn't going to be good. They obviously didn't see her because they kept on fighting.

"Jason she can't stay here." Sam yelled at him.

"Yes she is, and the last time I checked this was my house and I can let anyone I want stay here." Jason yelled right back at her.

"Well I don't like her. She could cause me stress and that can harm the baby you know, and where is she going to sleep? There are only three rooms in the house and they are yours, the nursery, and mine." She whined to Jason who looked like he was on the verge of ripping his hair out.

"Well I don't like you but you are here aren't you?" Jason snapped. Sam had a shocked look in her face. Then Jason continued. "And she will be staying in my room."

Sam recovered from her shock quickly and then she asked, "Well why can't she stay at her own apartment? I mean it's not like she has no place to go."

"I don't want her staying alone. Not to where Jax can get to her. And I would feel better if she was here to make sure that she was okay." Jason said quietly.

Courtney could barely hear what Jason had said but she still heard it. Her heart melted at his words. She came out of her hiding spot and revealed herself to the two arguing people. They were both surprised that she had been listening to their conversation. Jason was the first to recover from the shock.

"Hey how are you feeling this morning?" Jason asked with concern in his eyes.

"I feel like I just go hit with a school bus." Courtney said with a small laugh.

"And you look like it too," Sam whispered under her breath.

Courtney heard what Sam had said under her breath and replied, "Well you look like you swallowed a basketball, but I wasn't going to say anything." Sam looked like she was about to say something when Jason butted in, "Sam why don't you go take a walk while I talk to Courtney." Jason suggested, but it was more like he told her. Sam just 'hmphed,' grabbed his coat, and ran out the door.

Courtney looked up as Jason ran his hand through his hair. "I'm sorry Jason I didn't mean to make her mad."

"Don't apologize it was her own fault she shouldn't have said anything to you." Jason said trying to apologize for what Sam had said to her.

"I don't want to put you out of your room, Jase." Courtney said suddenly changing the subject.

"I don't mind and I would feel much more secure if you were here where I would know that you were safe."

"I'm a big girl Jason, I know how to take care of myself."

"Yeah but I would feel better knowing that you were here where Jax couldn't get to you." Jason said. Courtney turned away from him at the mention of Jax's name. Jason noticed how she turned her head away. He took her into his arms and started to stroke her hair. "You know I am not going to let him get to you. I will make sure that he is found and he will never be able to touch, harm, or even look at you again." Jason said passionately. Courtney wrapped her arms tighter around Jason as her continued to stroke her hair. He moved his arm to her lower back and rubbed small soothing circles on her back.

Just then they heard the door burst open, and in walked Carly. Carly stopped in her tracks when she saw the two of them standing there in the passionate embrace.

"Whoa, I obviously missed something very important last night because I just saw Sam storm out of here in a huff, and now I see this." Carly said with a grin on her face. Courtney broke away from Jason and glared at Carly. Carly noticed the bruise on the side of her friends face and she gasped in surprise.

"Courtney, what happened?" She asked quickly and she walked over to her friend and pulled her into a hug. Jason looked at Carly and started explaining what had happened to Courtney. By the time he was finished, to say that Carly looked angry would have been an understatement.

"God I'm going to kill him, I am going to strangle him wit my with my bare hands." Carly started naming off ways that she was going to kill Jax as she paced around the room.

"Carly," Jason and Courtney yelled at the same time, but Carly had already walked out the door still ranting about Jax. Courtney looked at Jason and then she started laughing. Jason smiled at her, and then he started laughing with her.

"I miss that sound," Jason said.

"What sound would that be Mr. Morgan?" Courtney asked with a smile on her face.

"Your laugh, Ms. Matthew. It's a wonderful sound, and laugh. Your face lights up when you laugh, it makes you look beautiful, not that your not beautiful all of the time, because you are. Beautiful all of the time I mean." Jason said stumbling over his words. Courtney looked up at Jason and she smiled at him. She walked up and hugged him again, this time she pressed her face in his chest. She breathed in his scent before she said, "I miss you Jase, and I miss us." Courtney told him, she looked up at him with a serious look on her face telling him that she meant every word.

"I miss us too." He confessed to her; before he leaned down let his lips meet hers. She eagerly returned his kiss, firmly pressing their lips together. Jason ran his tongue on her bottom lip. Courtney allowed his tongue to enter her mouth. She wrapped her arms around his neck; they kissed until they ran out of air. They gasped for air once they broke apart. "I miss that too," Jason said with a smile on his face. Courtney nodded her head in agreement and she smiled at him. He leaned down to kiss her again when his phone went off. She gently pulled away from him and groaned softly in his and asked, "Why now?"

Jason pulled away from her only slightly and answered his phone. Jason face dropped as he continued to talk to the person on the phone. He hung up the phone and looked her in the eye.

"Who was it?" She asked.

"That was Max," Jason sighed, "they found Jax."

Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, my dad was in the hospital for surgery and he needs help around the house and my mom is at work a lot so they need my help, but I promise that I will put the next chapter up soon. Please review the chapter and tell me what you think. I would really love it if you reviewed, all of you my fellow Journey fans that I love to torment with not updating. JK, please tell me what you think. And thank you to all of you that reviewed the first chapter.

Paige