Chapter 6

Courtney looked at herself in the mirror and shook her head. She couldn't believe that Carly had bought her a dress. It had thin straps and it came down to her knees. It was fancy enough to be appropriate for Christmas but not fancy enough that she would be out of place. It was a scarlet red that was beautiful. Courtney normally didn't wear red, she liked lighter colors better but she had to admit, red did make her look incredibly sexy.

"Jason!" Michael exclaimed when he and Sam came through the front door of the penthouse.
"Hey buddy," Jason greeted him back with equal enthusiasm. He quickly scanned the room, looking to see if Courtney was there yet but she wasn't.
Carly came out of the kitchen with a glass of water. She was wearing a black strapless dress that was the same length as Courtney's. "Jase you made it." She greeted him warmly, ignoring Sam.
"Courtney's not coming tonight; she and Jax went to go see his family." Carly told Jason.
"Oh?" Jason said. He kept his tone neutral but Carly saw the disappointed look that flickered across his face.
"Just kidding, of course Courtney will be here tonight but Jax is out of town." Carly tried to hide her smile.
Jason nodded and walked over to Morgan who was playing on the floor. He wanted to put as much distance between himself and Carly, at least for now. He was sure that she could read his face and the last thing that he wanted was her to get any crazy ideas about him and Courtney reuniting.

"We didn't really get a chance to talk this morning." Sam said, crouching down next to Jason. "I wanted to know what you thought."
Jason looked over at Sam, a look of confusion on his face. "About what?"
"About the baby of course." Sam said, laughing.
"The baby?" Jason asked, getting even more confused. He vaguely remembered Sam talking to him that morning but he had been really out of it. He tried to remember but was still drawing a blank.
"The baby from Kelly's?" Sam added, a hint of irritation creeping into her voice.
He briefly considered going along with her just so she wouldn't look at him that way but he decided against it. "I'm sorry Sam, I don't remember."
She sighed, running a hand through her hair. "It's fine, never mind." She said dejectedly.
"Listen—" He started to apologize again but he heard the door and his eyes immediately went to it. He watched as Courtney walked in and he sucked in a breath. She looked stunning in that red dress. It must have been new because he had never seen it before. Not that he paid attention to what she wore.
He followed her with his eyes as she gracefully moved through the room over to Carly but he quickly averted his eyes when he became aware that Sam was watching him. "I need to go to the bathroom." He quickly left before she could say anything.

Courtney watched out of the corner of her eye as Jason left the room, then she turned her focus back to Carly. "What were you saying?"
"You've got it bad." Carly said with a smirk.
"I do not!" Courtney protested loudly, earning a curious glance from Sonny and Sam. "I do not," She repeated, quieter this time.
"Sure, so what was I saying then?"
"Something about Morgan and Michael?" She guessed hopefully.
Carly laughed appreciatively. "Not even close, I was saying that Jason was definitely staring at you.
"Stop exaggerating, he glanced at me when I walked in."
"Drooling is more like it."
"He didn't even say hello to me." Courtney pointed out.
"You didn't say hello to him either but that doesn't mean that you didn't want to."
Courtney opened her mouth to defend herself but she couldn't come up with anything so she just mumbled something about saying hello to Michael and slunk away.