Chapter 3

"Mmghh!" Courtney moaned. She rolled over, trying to get the sun out of her eyes. God what a dream she had last night. Or was it a dream? She sat up straight in bed and immediately regretted it. Her head was pounding. "Maybe it wasn't a dream," She muttered. She slowly stood up and walked into the living room.

"Oh!" She moaned when she saw all the empty bottles.

"Oh!" She moaned even louder when she Jason's sleeping figure on the couch.

Her head was throbbing so badly. She stared at Jason and tried to remember the events of the night before. She remembered him coming back and her offering him her bed. She vaguely remembered their little drinking game.

There was a knock on the door and Courtney grabbed her head in pain. "Jax!" She scurried to the coffee table and dumped all the empty bottles in an empty box and proceeded to shove that under the couch.

The door opened and Jax stood there with a smile on his face. "Good morning beautiful,"

She smiled weakly as she watched his eyes fall down to Jason who was now trying to sit up. "Jax, I can explain everything."

"Of course." He crossed his arms over his chest and looked from Courtney to Jason.

"I was stuck because of the blizzard and Courtney offered me the couch." Jason said, getting up.

"It couldn't have happened any other way." Jax nodded in agreement. "And you usually sleep in that attire, correct?"

Courtney looked down at herself and blushed a little. She had never let Jax see her nightshirt before because, well it was Jason's and she knew that he wouldn't like it one bit. "Actually I do, you don't have to believe me but…"

"I'm sorry, of course I believe you." Jax walked over to her and kissed her lightly.

"Um, I'm just going to go wash up and I'll be gone if that's okay." Jason said, deliberately avoiding Courtney and Jax's eyes. He had known that Courtney and Jax were together but still seeing them kiss bothered him. That was stupid though, it wasn't like they were still together or that he had any say over her.

Courtney bit her bottom lip and nodded. "Of course,"

He walked into the bathroom and leaned against the closed door. He sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead. His head was pounding. Just how much had he and Courtney drunk last night? His memory was pretty hazy. He splashed some water on his face, trying to make himself wake up fully. He hadn't been expecting Jax to show up and he was not expecting Jason to be there either from the look on his face. He was probably giving Courtney the third degree at the moment. He sighed again and opened the medicine cabinet. He took out two Advil capsules and quickly swallowed them.

He opened the door and smiled at the happy couple. Well, they didn't look that happy at the moment. Actually Jax looked ready to explode and Courtney looked really tense. He felt bad; he hadn't meant to cause any mishaps for Courtney.

"Thanks for letting me stay. Bye," He grabbed his coat and left quickly and quietly.