A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for all your great reviews. Alrighty, there is a lot I have to say. I have decided to make some changes to the town of Port Charles. Not all of them are going to have an affect on my story immediately, but most of my changes will show up in the next handful of chapters. First off- character changes: Lila is not dead, Durant is the DA even though the kidnapping never took place in my story, Ric is just not here, think what you want about his whereabouts. My story isn't going to focus on him, or Alexis, or Kristina, sorry to their fans. Alrighty, I think that covers the character changes. Also see chapter 1 for more. Other changes include the Corinthos' living situation. If you couldn't tell by the last chapter, they still live at the Harborview Towers, across the hall from Jason. K, enough changes. Keep reading...

Chapter 7- New Life

Everyone was yelling, trying to stop Basilio. He had the knife inches from her finger, and she screamed and wriggled. Adrian looked away, Jason tried to move, and Kemen tried everything he could to get the guards off of him. He raised the knife, and was about to bring it down. All the sudden, a gun shot was heard. All Serena could see was red. Blood red.

Basilio crumbled on to the floor, dropping the knife. Everyone looked to the door to see Sonny standing there, his gun still smoking.

"Sonny, thank god" Serena cried.

"Are you ok?" he asked

"Yeah, I'm fine" she said

"Let her go" said Sonny to the guards. Sonny was armed, and they weren't, but they weren't about to defy Basilio's orders. Well they debated what to do; Serena kicked one of the guards in the shin. In their surprise, they all let go of her, and she flipped one on his back. She bent down and quickly pulled Basilio's gun out of his belt. She aimed it at the other guards, clearly daring them to try anything.

"Drop them too" she said to the guards holding Adrian and Kemen.

"Serena, is that a good idea?" asked Jason looking wearily at Adrian

"He won't hurt me Jason, don't worry" she said

"How do you know that Serena? You're my wife, and you were sleeping around" said Adrian

"Adrian, I didn't mean for this to happen"

"Did you ever love me?"

"Yes. I loved you since I met you. But things change. Feelings change. People change."

"Let me go" said Adrian to the guards. Once they dropped him he turned to Serena and said "I'm giving you 5 minutes to get you and your new family out of my house, or I will kill you" he said

"Thank you" she said, but it only came out as a whisper.

The guards also released Kemen. He too started walking upstairs, stepping over Basilio's dead, bleeding body.

"Where are you going Kemen?" she asked

"I'm going upstairs. Away from this"

"We need to get away Kem; we need to get out of here"

"I'm not going anywhere with you Serena. I don't even know who you are anymore" he said as he walked away.

Serena looked so sad. Her only blood family, the guy who had raised her, had turned his back on her. He didn't care about her in his anger. Serena knew she didn't have time to focus on this though. She was Serena Sandoval, hit woman and killer. She wasn't supposed to show her emotions, just like Jason wasn't supposed to show his. She would just have to pretend like it was all ok.

Meanwhile, Sonny had taken Basilio's keys and unlocked Jason. Jason rubbed his wrists which were sore from a week of having chains around them.

"Are you ok?" asked Serena, turning to him and hugging him.

"I'm ok. You?"

"I'm fine. Let's just get out of here" she said.

They were at Jason's penthouse. Serena's new home. She couldn't believe that just hours ago she had lost everything that she had once held so dearly. She was sitting on the couch, trying to stay strong. Jason looked at her. He was afraid for her. He knew what it was to sink in to your shell, to try and hide from everyone. In more ways than one, Serena was the female version of him. He sat down on the couch next to her and passed her a glass of water. She took a tentative sip, but then put the glass down on the coffee table, afraid that if she ate or drank anything she would throw up. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. Finally, she let it all out. She sobbed into his chest as he rubbed her back and stroked her hair. He gave her little kisses on the top of her head and whispered comforting words in her ear.

"I guess my marriage is over" she said with a painful little laugh once she stopped crying. She wiped a tear from her eyes and removed the rings from her finger. "And to think, all Basilio needed to do was ask for the rings back"

"Basilio is dead; he's not going to hurt us anymore"

"I know," she said, "but it doesn't make what happened today any easier. I lost my whole family. What hurts the most is that Kemen didn't even support me"

"I'm sorry baby" said Jason. He knew how much Kemen meant to her. She had told him all about her childhood during one late night meeting.

She eventually cried herself to sleep that night in his arms, lying on the couch. He reached over and pulled a blanket off the chair next to them to cover them in, but Serena stirred.

"Hey, shh, go back to sleep" whispered Jason.

"No, come on, let's go upstairs. I want us to be able to spend our first night together in the same bed. We've waited so long, I don't think I can last any more" she said sleepily, her eyes still shut.

"Ok, come on" he said as he got up with her still in his arms. He was about to carry her upstairs when she stopped him.

"I can walk Jason, I'm not helpless" she said, yet her eyes still had yet to open

"I know, but I like to hold you in my arms" he said, and she tiredly agreed. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and he carried her up the stairs. He gently placed her in the bed, and undressed her. He slipped one of his t-shirts over her head and she smiled in her half-asleep state, glad to have his smell on her. He stripped down to his boxers and got into bed next to her. She cuddled up on his chest, and he held her tightly in his arms.

"I love you" she whispered

"I love you too" he said, kissing her.

The next morning, Serena was disappointed to wake up to a cold bed. She rolled over and read a note from him. It simply read that he would be back soon, and that he loved her. She sighed. How many times had she written the same note to Adrian? She got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. Her hair was a mess. She looked around for a spare hairbrush or toothbrush, but saw nothing, Figuring Jason would be weirded out if she shared his toothbrush, she opened the tube of toothpaste and used her finger, deciding she would need to go shopping. Which reminded her of another thing- clothes. Jason's shirt came down to the top of her thighs, just long enough to cover her butt. She couldn't walk around in it all day long. She sighed when she heard a knock on the door. She walked downstairs and opened the door. To her dismay, the person on the other side was Carly.

"Yes?" she asked

"Can I come in?" asked Carly

"Look Carly, I had a rough night, and I really can not handle you telling me that I'm trash, and that I'm not as good as Courtney right now, ok? So I'll give you a call when I'm happy again so you can bring me down."

"I'm not here to insult you, believe me. I just wanted to apologize for my behavior yesterday. Sonny told me everything. And I'm sorry. That sounds like the most difficult decision a person can make. And I guess I'm just worried that someone's going to come and take Jason away from me. But Sonny and I, we're on track now, and as much as I hate to admit it, I just want Jason to be happy."

"Thank you" she said, taken aback that Carly was apologizing. It seemed so out of character for her. At least based on what Jason had told her. "Would you like to come in?" she asked, stepping back from the door so Carly could enter.

"Thanks" said Carly as the girls sat on the couch.

Vaguely aware of her lack of clothes, Serena pulled the blanket over her legs.

"I don't want to be enemies with you. In fact, I'd like to be friends. I know how loyal Jason is to Sonny, and to you, and I don't want to cause a rift between anyone" said Serena.

"Believe me, Jason is loyal. He'd rip out his heart for Sonny. He has before"

"You mean with Courtney?" asked Serena, looking down.

"Yeah" said Carly softly

"Sonny seemed to like me. And you don't seem to hate me. And that's a good thing. I think" she said.

"I don't hate you. In fact, I'm starting to like you. And Sonny likes you. Despite your family. Jason was worried about that. And I can tell you are too"

"I just don't want him to dump me on Sonny's orders. If he's going to dump me, I want it to be for his reasons, and his reasons only"

"Jason's not going to be dumping you because of Sonny or because of anything, believe me" said Carly

"What do you mean?" asked Serena

"I overheard him and Sonny talking this morning. Jason barged right in, and gave Sonny this whole speech about how he knows he betrayed Sonny by falling in love with you, but he can't rip out his heart again. He had his defense shields up and ready for action. He knew Sonny was going to order him away from you, but he wasn't about to take it. For once in his life, Jason was standing up to Sonny. And Sonny cut him off, mid-speech, saying that he wouldn't ask Jason to do that again. He gave you guys his blessing"

"Seriously?" she asked

"Seriously" said Carly, a big smile on her face. Despite the feeling in the pit of her stomach that Jason and Courtney were meant to be together, she was accepting of Jason's new relationship. She was so happy with Sonny, and for once, she was willing to share her happiness. She was willing to let Jason be happy too.

In her excitement over being accepted, Serena flung her arms around Carly's neck and hugged her. A slightly taken aback Carly hugged her back, secretly forming a plan in her head to be this girl's new sister. Ever since Jax had entered Courtney's life, Court had less and less time for Carly. Now, Carly would get that sister she always wanted in Serena.

"Hey, Jason mentioned you like shopping. You wanna come with me to get me all new stuff? I don't see myself walking back into the Sandoval house to get my things" Serena asked Carly, breaking her from her thoughts.

"Already taken care of" said Carly

"What do you mean?" asked Serena

"I checked your size, and we had clothes, shoes, jewelry, everything sent over from my favorite stores. Feel free to exchange any of it you don't like"

"That's sweet, but you didn't have to do that" said Serena.

"Don't worry about it, it's a little apology gift"

"Alright, just send me the bill, ok?" she said

"Sorry, but Jason's already taken care of that"

"Carly, please. I don't need Jason taking care of me. I have plenty of money myself. I do the same thing Jason does, remember?" she said

"Talk to Jason about this one. But I doubt he'll give in" said Carly

"What won't I give in to?" asked Jason walking in with a bag from Kelly's. "I come bearing breakfast. I figured you didn't want to cook, and I can't, so this was much easier"

"Thanks. And you won't give in to me not wanting you to make me your mob girlfriend"

"K, I'm gonna go" said Carly as the situation got awkward. She walked out and whispered 'good luck' to Jason as she passed him.

Once she was gone, Jason asked her what she meant by 'mob girlfriend'.

"Jase, I don't need you paying for everything for me. I don't need you protecting me, and I certainly don't need you keeping tabs on me. Adrian never did, Kemen never did, no one ever did. And I am certainly not about to let you"

"I don't intend on doing that to you. But Serena, I want to watch over you"

"Jason, I don't need anyone to watch over me. I got you down on the ground that night at the docks, remember that?"

"How could I forget, I fell in love that night" he said with a smile

"And another thing, no more of those 'smooth guy' lines. Talk to me without the charm" she said, trying to act angry. But she couldn't control the smile that had crept up on to her face.

"Alright, let's compromise. You let me pay for this stuff initially" he said as she started to protest. He held up his hands and said "money shouldn't matter to us, so this doesn't matter either. Just think of it as a gift."

"Fine" she said, "but I don't see the compromise"

"I'll let you get involved with my business. You can work with me. And we'll watch over each other"

"Fine" she said defeatedly. "But it's only cause I can't resist you when you look into my eyes like that" she said as she encircled her arms around his waist

"I know" he said as he hugged her back, earning himself a light slap to the arm.

"You can do me one favor though" she said.

"What's that?" he asked

"Help me get a good divorce lawyer?" she asked

He smiled at her and said "of course".

He walked into the penthouse after a long day, eager to see Serena. It was nice coming home to her every day. She had decided to take some time off from the business and settle in to her new life. She had started to form a great friendship with Carly, despite her initial misgivings about the woman.

As Jason walked in, he saw her bent over paper work.

"What's that?" he asked her as he bent down to kiss her.

She returned the kiss and then held up the papers and said "divorce papers"

"Ah" said Jason, unsure of what else to say in this kind of situation. "How they coming?" he asked.

"Fine I guess. I'm having some trouble though. No where under grounds for divorce does it say 'husband's uncle kidnapped wife's boyfriend, tried to cut wife's finger off, and then had the intentions of killing her'. I guess I'll just go with the age old 'irreconcilable differences'. If it'll work for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, it'll work for me" she said as she got back to filling out the forms. He smiled at her and then walked into the kitchen. He grabbed them both beers and handed her one.

"I'm guessing you don't want to cook tonight"

"I'll cook for you if you want"

"It's ok, you seem tired. We'll get takeout" he said as he kissed her again.

"Thank you" she said. She got up out of the desk chair and the two sat on the couch together.

After they called in the take out, Serena laid back on Jason's chest.

"This is nice" she said

"Yeah, it is" said Jason, completely content for the first time in a long time. But Serena did that to him.

"I love you" she said.

"I love you too" he said as he kissed the top of her head.

They were disrupted by a knock on the door.

"That must be the food. It was certainly quick" she said as she got up to get the door.

She opened it, and her eyes widened at who she saw. She quickly slammed the door and turned to a confused Jason. "Or not".

A/N: Who's at the door? Hmmm, looks like you need to review to find out! I got some great reviews last time, most from Serena. Thanks also to Tabitha and Melanie for their great reviews. Although I didn't get five reviews from five brand new people, I updated anyway. So, this time I refuse to update until I get one review from each of you three, plus three new reviews. And I plan to stick to this. Plus, leave an email adress and I'll email you spoilers. Thanks again guys!