Chapter 5

Jason closed the door as quietly as possible as he entered his penthouse. Not because he thought Sam was still asleep but because he still had a massive hangover. How the hell had that happened anyways? He didn't get drunk easily. He usually didn't allow himself to drink that much and especially with his ex-wife. He needed to talk to someone about what had happened but he didn't have many choices. He couldn't talk to Sonny about it because well he was Courtney's older brother and he might be a little bias. He definitely couldn't talk to Sam about it. That pretty much only left Carly but he knew that she would throw everything way out of proportion. Well that was that then. He wouldn't talk to anyone. He would just keep everything bottled up inside, after all, he had gotten quite good at that.

"Jason thank god!" Sam's voice rang through his ears, disturbing him from his thoughts.
He cringed at the sound of her voice, his ears oversensitive to every sound but he turned to face her.
"I was worried. Did you get stuck in the blizzard last night? Are you alright? You look alright. You'll never believe what happened…" Sam rambled on, proceeding to tell him about how she and Alcazar had delivered some baby at Kelly's.

"Jason?" Sam asked. "Jason?" She said louder.
"What?" He asked, startled.
"What are you thinking? Were you even listening to me?" She asked.
"What? Oh yeah…I was…I'm sorry Sam but I need to go take a nap." He mumbled, walking upstairs.
"A nap? Jason Morgan is taking a nap? Now I've seen everything." She muttered to herself as she headed off towards the kitchen.

Courtney only had half an hour left before she had to leave. She was running late, it never took her this long to get ready but this was a catastrophe. Well maybe not a catastrophe but it was pretty bad. She looked around the room in dismay. Clothes were scattered over the bed, making it impossible to see the comforter anymore. Makeup and jewelry were scattered along her vanity table. This was crazy. It was pure nonsense. Jax had called an hour earlier to tell her that he was going to see his mother for Christmas. She had declined when he asked her to go, insisting that she needed to be with her own family and that she would be alright. But now, she was going to be late for dinner at Sonny's and she still had nothing to wear. She didn't know why it mattered to her so much what she wore. Jason A annoying little voice inside her head told her.
"It's not true; I don't care what he thinks." She protested out loud.

She stood motionless, staring at the bed when there was a knock at the door. Adjusting the belt on her robe, she went to open it.
She smiled when she saw Carly standing in front of her. "Hey, is everything okay?"
"Good you're not dressed yet." Carly said, walking inside. "Oh yeah, everything's fine."
"What's going on Carly?" Courtney asked, knowing that something was up.
"Well I knew that," She paused, trying to think of the right words. "I knew that tonight is a very important night. Seeing as it's the holidays and all." She added quickly.
Courtney crossed her arms over her chest and smirked. She knew that Carly meant that it was an important night because she would be seeing Jason.
"So I brought you this." Carly produced a clothing bag from behind her back.
"Carly—" Courtney started to protest but Carly waved her off.
"Look at it before you say anything."
Courtney unzipped the bag and smiled. "It's beautiful," She said softly, pulling the dress out of the bag.
"I thought you'd approve."
Courtney nodded wordlessly as she held the dress up to herself. "Thank you,"
"Don't mention it. I better get home but I look forward to seeing you tonight." Carly said as she walked towards the door. "And I know that I'm not the only one."
Before Courtney could say anything, Carly was gone.