Chapter 18- Mama Mia
"Oww oww oww" said Francis, leaning heavily on Marco and Max as they walked down the hall with Lenny leading the way.
"What the hell happened?" asked Jason coming out into the hall. "Where's Serena?" he asked, his face going white as all the blood drained from it.
"Exit plan didn't go exactly as it was supposed to. She's fine; she's just parking the car. Apparently, we weren't doing it right"
"What happened?" asked Jason.
"What happened is you're giving me incompetent people to work with" said Serena coming off of the elevator. "El spazo over here tripped over his own big feet" she said jerking her thumb toward Francis.
"But everything else went according to plan?" said Jason, a smile gracing his features as Francis looked embarrassed.
"I hit her in the leg, just a graze. She'll lose some blood, but nothing else. I think she got the warning; she won't strike back just yet. And the no body bag, so no police" said Serena giving him the breakdown and then a hello kiss, standing on her toes to fully reach his mouth. "Miss me?" she asked him with a flirty smile.
"You have no idea" said Jason, smiling at her as well.
"I'm going to go ice myself" said Francis, sensing that the lovers needed some time to themselves.
"I'll help" said Max
"Me too" said Marco and they both followed Francis into Sonny's penthouse.
"You coming Lenny?" asked Max.
"I'm ok here" he said, leaning back against the wall and watching Jason and Serena make out.
"You are such a pervert" said Serena, pulling away from Jason to glare at Lenny.
"Come on" said Jason, picking her up and walking into the penthouse with her over his shoulder.
"That is not taking it easy" was the last thing they heard Serena yell as the penthouse door shut.
The boys laughed to themselves, glad to see their friend happy. Jason had been through a lot with Courtney and for him to be happy again was a big deal.
"Oh my god, Jase, that was so gross" she said, burying her head into the sheets of the bed as she ran into their bedroom, still dressed in only her bra and panties.
"What happened?" asked the boxer clad man.
"Something crawled into our fridge and died" she exclaimed. "It smells gross"
"Something seriously died?"
"Jase, that was some form of sarcasm. Something must have just gone bad. Really bad. Go clean it"
"I'm not cleaning it" said Jason with a smile as he sat down on the bed next to her.
She flipped over on to her back so that she could face him.
"Well I'm not doing it" she said. "Come on, suck it up and stop being such a little girl. Go clean out the fridge" she said.
"Oh, I'm being the little girl?" he said, laying on top of her and kissing her bare stomach.
"Alright, go smell it" she ordered.
"Why do people do that? They smell something gross and then tell other people to go smell the same thing. It doesn't make it sound too appealing" he said.
"I don't know. Maybe it would just be easier to get a new fridge" she answered him, stroking his bare chest.
"Maybe" he said grabbing her hands that laid on his chest.
He raised them to his mouth and kissed them, turning her hands so he could kiss her wrists.
"Jase" she whispered.
"Yeah?" he asked, leaning down on top of her so his body was resting on hers, but he was careful not to crush her.
"Go get me food" she ordered.
"Seriously?"
"There was a reason I went down to the fridge" she said. "Go to Kelly's. I want a burger but no ketchup" she said.
When he stared at her in disbelief she slapped his ass and said "run along"
"You're going to be the death of me, you know that" he asked her, a huge smile on his face.
"I get that a lot" she said returning the smile.
He kissed her once more before quickly dressing and running off to get her food. He really was whipped.
Serena brushed the knots out of her hair and sprayed some perfume on her wrists. She looked at the clock, eagerly awaiting Jason's return. She ran her hand through her hair and brushed it back so that it rested comfortably behind her ears. She walked down the stairs and sat on the couch, flipping on the TV. For once, there was nothing on it about someone in her family getting shot or arrested.
"This is nice" she mumbled with a smile as she switched off the news and put on a repeat of Sex and the City.
Jason paid Mike for the food and walked out of the diner, barely stopping to breathe in the summer air as he did. He wanted to hurry and get back to Serena. He missed her, even though he saw her only twenty minutes ago. As he was walking past the docks he saw Kemen talking to a woman. The woman looked Spanish and about 50 years old. Kemen seemed to be having a heated argument with her in Spanish. He knew he shouldn't intrude, but if he walked by now, Kemen would know that he had seen him. Instead he kept quiet and hidden, glad he didn't speak Spanish. He knew that it wasn't his place to listen in. He was fine ignoring them until he heard Serena's name mentioned. When it became thrown in a lot more, Jason came out of the shadows to confront Kemen. He was about to open his mouth to find out what was going on when he heard Kemen call the woman "mama".
"Mama?" questioned Jason.
"Jason?" yelled Kemen, surprised by the other man.
"Kemen, who the hell is this?" asked Jason, getting angry.
"Look, don't freak out" calmed Kemen. "But this is my mother; and Serena's mother"
Jason just gaped in shock. This was the woman who had left his lover with her abusive jerk of a father.
"Who are you?" questioned the woman.
Jason just studied her for a minute, contemplating his answer. It was obvious now that she was Serena's mother. The woman shared similar features with his girlfriend. It was like looking at an older version of Serena.
"This is Jason mom" said Kemen.
"Jason who?" asked the woman, a confused look on her face as she looked the handsome man over.
"Serena's boyfriend" answered Kemen.
"She has a boyfriend? Is she as beautiful as I imagined her to be?" begged the woman to Jason, desperate for news on her daughter.
"She's the most beautiful woman to ever grace this planet" said Jason, his eyes cold as he looked at the woman. "Kemen, a word" said Jason, motioning with his finger over to the other side of the docks, his eyes never leaving Serena's mother.
Kemen and Jason walked away from her and bent their heads down in deep conversation.
"How long have you known where she was?" asked Jason
"Just a few days. She came to Port Charles looking for me. She had no idea Serena was here. She never met her. She left right after she gave birth"
"What's her name?" asked Jason, anxious for any information.
"Dalila. Dalila Martinez. She kept my father's last name" he said.
"What does she want? Money?"
"Believe it or not Jason, she wants to get to know me and Serena. The baby she left behind. And the son she never got to see grow up"
"Does Serena know about her?"
"Of course not. You would know if Serena knew. I just haven't had the heart to tell her. And she's been busy with the business."
"That's a lame excuse Kemen" Jason moaned, knowing Serena would be furious when she found out this news.
"I want to tell her. I want to tell her now" said Kemen.
"Fine. Be at my penthouse in a half an hour. I just want to prep her"
"Don't tell her anything man. This is my battle" said Kemen.
"Whatever, your call" said Jason, throwing up his hands in defeat and stalking off, the Kelly's bag still in his hand.
"He doesn't trust me" observed Dalila, looking over the man her daughter called home.
"Do you blame him?" he asked her. "You left us with him. That abusive jerk. Ask Serena about her childhood when you see her. She won't be able to tell you anything because she didn't have one" he spat out angrily. "You better have a good excuse for leaving, and you better be back here only to gain our acceptance, 'cause if you have an ulterior motive, Jason Morgan will kill you. No one touches Serena these days and gets away with it" he warned.
"I just want to see my baby" she begged, her eyes brimming with tears.
Jason sighed as he walked into his penthouse. She was lying on the couch in just her bra and panties, watching TV. She had one leg draped gracefully over the back of the couch, and the other was up in the air in a position so odd he couldn't imagine how she was going to get up. When she saw him she smiled and rolled over, gracefully getting off the couch and landing on her toes. She slid over to him and threw her arms around his neck, burying her face in his chest. He knew this side of her. This was the side where sarcasm went out the door. This was when she had time to muse and decide that all she wanted was him. He got the same way as her. He wrapped his arms around her and held up the bag of food. She smiled and took it from him, taking his hand and leading him into the kitchen, dropping the food on the little table, never saying a word. She turned around and kissed him once more, her dark hair flowing as she spun.
"I'm starving" she gushed, walking on her tip-toes over to the bag of food, an old dancer's habit.
"Kemen said he'd drop by in a half an hour, you should eat quickly and get dressed" he said, more coldly than he intended.
"Are you mad at me?" she asked him, surprised by his tone.
He looked at her. She looked so vulnerable and little. She had let her guard down for a few minutes, and in Jason's eyes, it was obvious. He couldn't begin to imagine what her reaction would be to her mother's presence.
"Of course I'm not mad at you" he said softly, taking her in his arms and enveloping her in a hug. "I'm just…stressed, that's all"
"How do you feel?" she asked. "Do you think your stitches got infected? Do you have a fever?" she questioned, putting the hand that wasn't holding her burger to his forehead in a caring manner.
"No, I'm fine. Really. Eat your burger" he said, kissing her cheek and going to the fridge to get them both beers.
How hard would it be to get her drunk? Maybe then she would take the mother news better? He took out his own burger and the two sat down at the table and quietly ate.
"Tell me what's wrong?" she asked him
"Nothing, I swear" he said with a forced smile to show her that he meant it.
He hated lying to her.
"Alright, fine" she said, finishing her food and then waltzing upstairs to get dressed.
Jason cleaned up the kitchen and then went into the living room. He put everything that she could possibly throw and break that they would care about out of her reach. He made sure there was nothing too sharp in the living room, and the sat down on the couch, awaiting Kemen's arrival. Serena came down the stairs, still on her toes. She spun around and dropped down on to the couch, cuddling next to him. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed the top of her head. The moment was ruined by the knock at the door.
"I'll get it" said Jason, jumping up so abruptly that Serena was knocked over.
"Ok then" she said, straightening the pillows he had knocked over.
Jason opened the door and Kemen and Dalila walked into the room.
"Kemen, who's this?" questioned Serena, getting up.
The woman was far too old to be Kemen's girlfriend. She gave the woman a good hard look. She looked so familiar. In fact, it was like looking into a mirror. No… it couldn't be? Could it?
"I'm your mother baby" cried the woman, tears running down her face as she looked at her beautiful daughter.
Serena's eyes widened in realization, and surprise flooded her. Then, she looked at the woman. It was like watching herself cry. This woman looked so much like her.
"Mom?" she questioned once before running into her mother's arms, much to the surprise of both Kemen and Jason. "I can't believe it's you. I can't believe you're here" she exclaimed.