Chapter 2

"But I—"

"It doesn't matter," Courtney said, dismissing him with a wave of her hand. "I'm sleeping on the couch whether you like it or not."

"Fine." Jason muttered. He knew it was better than to argue with her once her mind was made up. She was like Carly in that way. "But just so you know, I don't like it."

"Well I don't like world hunger but it happens now doesn't it." She mumbled as she placed the blanket on the couch.

"What?" He asked, looking at her with an expression of confusion on his face.

"Never mind. Are you tired now or what?"

"I'm not tired but if you are I'll let you get to sleep." He started to get up.

"No, I don't feel like going to bed just yet."

He sat back down and looked around, anywhere; it didn't matter as long as he wasn't looking at her.

She went to the kitchen to get herself a drink. She poured herself a glass of ginger-ale. "Jase?" She called.

"Hmm?" He asked, turning around.

"Do you feel like playing a game?" She asked.

"What kind of game?" He asked suspiciously.

She held up eight bottles of tequila. "They're Christmas presents." She explained with a laugh when she saw his expression.

"That's a game?" He asked dumbly.

Courtney rolled her eyes as she brought the bottles over to the coffee table. She grabbed a deck of cards and showed him. "Poker?"

"Ahh, well alright then."

Courtney sat down on the floor across from him and started dealing the cards.

About an hour later, Courtney and Jason were both drunk.

"I know what you're doing." Jason slurred.

"Oh really? And what would that be?" Courtney responded with a laugh.

"You're trying to get me drunk." He stated matter of factorly.

Courtney giggled. "Sweetie, you're already drunk."

"I am not! I can hold my alcamohol very well."

"Alcamohol? Oh, you're sure proving me wrong."

"Well…" Jason started, getting flustered. "Well you're drunk too."

"Well duh!" She started giggling again. She grabbed for one of the bottles and poured herself a shot.

"HEY!" Jason protested a little too loudly.

Courtney looked at him with those baby blues.

"We aren't even playing." He continued in a whisper.

"Course we are, I lost so I drink." She smiled and poured herself another.

"We're drunk." Jason stated, sitting back on the couch.

"It's not an easy task, getting Jason Morgan drunk that is. But I, Courtney Morgan, the supreme power of the world have done it. There is nothing I can't do."

"I'll drink to that." Jason leaned forward and poured himself another shot.

They were silent for a few minutes until Jason broke the silence.

"Courtney Courtney Courtney." He said with a shake of his head.

"Jason Jason Jason." Courtney mocked him.

"Why is it that I was not good enough for you?"

"What are you talking about?" She practically nearly screamed at him. "You are good enough for me, in fact you're great. You were everything I wanted but I wasn't good enough. You chose you're stupid job over me. You just didn't love me enough."

He reeled back as if he had been slapped. "That is not true at all. I loved you more than anything but you know what my job is to me. You know what my loyalty to Sonny is to me. But never was it that I did not love you enough."

He saw tears start to stream down her face so he immediately got up from the couch and went over to her. "Courtney, I wanted it to work. I really did." He pulled her against him for a hug.

She hadn't meant to say it; she had just blurted it out. But he was there in a flash, comforting her. Being in his arms felt so right, so natural. She took a deep breath and inhaled the familiar scent. God, she missed being in his arms. She slowly pulled back; she couldn't let herself get carried away. She was with Jax now and plus, Jason didn't feel the same way as she did. He had Sam.

"Jason I…" She lost her words as she looked into his eyes. God, she could get lost in those eyes.

The next thing she knew, he was leaning towards her and then their lips met. It was as if they had never been apart. But as suddenly as it had happened it was over.

Jason had pulled back but was still staring deeply into her eyes. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that but I just wanted—"

He was cut off from Courtney's lips on his again.