Author's Note- Thank you for all the positive reviews! It makes me so happy that you all like the story so much! I hope this chapter is up to par as well… I guess you'll let me know!

2 Weeks Later. . .

"Sonny, where are we supposed to meet him?" Jason asked as he sat on the arm of the sofa in PH4. Courtney and Carly were across the hall, "catching up" as they said. Jason didn't understand what they needed to catch up on, they saw each other everyday.

"His penthouse," Sonny replied as he looked at his best friend and business partner. Sonny knew that Jason was going to have a hard time working with Alcazar. It would bring back bad memories that neither he or Courtney ever wanted to relive again. When Jason looked at him questioningly, he continued, "We need to meet somewhere private. We can't risk being overheard."

"How do we know that Alcazar isn't trying to work against us, by working "with" us?" Jason asked. He didn't trust Alcazar, and had a feeling that he never would. But Sonny seemed convinced that this was what was necessary in order to run the Sandovals out of town, for good.

"If Alcazar was working with the Sandovals, there wouldn't be a point in it. He wouldn't make any profit. He knows that I would take him out, he's not risking it," Sonny explained as Jason sighed.

"If he starts with me Sonny, or if I think he's double-crossing us, I'm done with him. He's done too much to my family," Jason stated firmly.

Sonny nodded, he knew exactly what Jason was talking about. Alcazar had given Jason no reason to trust him. And Jason wasn't trusting of people in the first place. This would be difficult, but it was the only way it could work.

"So, a little boy?" Carly asked excitedly. Courtney had just told her about the dream she had had. And as Carly was a firm believer in both dreams and miracles, she figured that this pregnancy was bound to happen for Courtney.

"He was so handsome Carly. He had Jason's eyes, and Jason's dark hair… the most beautiful smile…" Courtney was glowing, her future son was growing inside of her. She could feel it. The pregnancy test that she had to take tomorrow, wasn't even necessary. Courtney knew that she was in for a difficult pregnancy, Dr. Meadows had already told her that she would be classified as high-risk if she indeed got pregnant. But like her son had said, she and Jason would climb the steps together. To save him.

Carly reached over to hug her best friend. She didn't think that she could imagine any better gift. A child was indeed a miracle, no one knew better than her.

"Hey," Jason said as he walked into PH2. He immediately became quieter as he noticed that his wife was asleep on the couch. He walked purposefully toward her and placed a blanket gently over her body.

He stole a few moments to look at her. Courtney was so convinced that she was pregnant. Nothing, not even a negative pregnancy test, would discourage her. The test would be wrong. She'd find some defect. That was how badly she wanted to believe her dream was a vision of the future.

Ever since his accident, Jason couldn't picture things in his mind. He couldn't imagine what the baby would look like. He couldn't visualize the little boy on the slide like his wife could. And sometimes, he felt as if he was failing her. She would always assure him that he wasn't, but to some degree, Jason knew that Courtney wished that he could feel what she could.

He tucked a piece of stray hair behind her ear and kissed her forehead. He and Sonny had to go meet Alcazar soon, and he had wanted to talk with her about it before he left. Jason wanted to make sure that she was okay with them working together, only for a little while. He'd talk to her went he got home. He strode over to the desk, took the pen and some spare paper and wrote her a note…

Courtney,

You were sleeping when I got home. I'm guessing that Carly tired you out. Sonny and I have to take care of some business down at the docks. Please don't wait up okay? I know you've been exhausted lately with all the treatments. I won't be home too late.

I love you.

-Jason

He clicked the pen closed and put the note on the table in front of the couch where she was sleeping. He was about to leave, but he made the mistake of looking back at her. His wife captivated him. He didn't know how else to describe it.

Jason slowly walked back toward her and realized that she looked uncomfortable on the couch. He had to be at the docks in five minutes but, Courtney came first. He gently took the blanket off of her and placed it over the back of the couch. She didn't stir as he lifted her into his arms and began to climb the stairs leading toward their bedroom.

He pulled back the covers and lowered Courtney into their big bed. Jason knew that she hated sleeping there without him. But he needed her to rest, and she rested the best in her own bed. It had always been like that with her. Courtney never even slept well at the island. Like she always said, there's no place like home. And as Jason kissed his wife gently on the cheek before tucking her in, he realized that he knew that more than anyone.

The Docks-

"Jason, it's five past. Where were you?" Sonny questioned as Jason approached him and Alcazar.

"I, uh, I was with Courtney," Jason replied as he moved to stand next to his brother in-law.

"Is she alright?" Sonny asked, wondering what could have possibly been more important than being on time for their meeting.

"She's fine, she was sleeping when I got home," Jason answered his wife's older brother. He was curious as to why they were discussing Courtney in the presence of Lorenzo Alcazar. He wasn't sure he wanted to.

"So, what do you propose we do about the Sandovals?" Lorenzo asked as he stuck his hands in the pockets of his jacket.

"Well, together we own more than 75 percent of the territory here. We can use that, and all the resources that we have available to us, if we team up, we'd be unstoppable," Sonny explained as Lorenzo looked interestingly at him.

"Okay, so it's agreed? No attacks against each other? No personal vendettas getting in the way?" Lorenzo said, probably mostly to Jason than to Sonny. Jason was giving him the death stare. Lorenzo understood though, he had every reason to hate him.

"Jason?" Sonny asked as he looked toward his best friend. Jason hated this man with a passion, Sonny knew that it cost Jason something to work with him. It cost him a lot.

"I don't trust you, after what you did to my wife and my best friend. I'll never trust you, but I'm willing to do this," Jason said as Alcazar stuck out his hand.

"This doesn't make us partners, and it's not permanent. We're going back to the way we were after we get rid of the Sandovals," Sonny said as Alcazar merely nodded his head.

"I'll be in touch," he said before he turned and left.

After he was gone, Jason let out a sigh. "I don't trust him Sonny," Jason stated.

"I know, but if he's acting suspicious, we'll terminate the deal," Sonny reassured him.

"He doesn't get anywhere near Courtney or Carly," Jason warned as Sonny nodded.

"That son of a bitch is never getting anywhere near my wife or my sister again," that was the answer that Jason was looking for. He didn't trust Lorenzo Alcazar, but he trusted the Sandovals even less.

PH2-

Jason opened the door to his home and was not surprised at all to see his wife sitting on the couch. He smiled as he made his way over to her.

"Hey," he said as he kissed her lips gently.

"Hi," she replied, pulling him down on the couch with her.

"It's late, you should probably be sleeping, getting rest…"

"Do you know what time it is?" she interrupted.

"All I know is that it's late, and that you promised that if we were going to try this in-vitro thing, that you would get a lot of rest…"

"Would you let me talk?" she giggled as she got up off the couch and went into the kitchen. She soon returned with a thin box in her hand.

"To answer your earlier question, it's 12:30," Jason said as he too got up, walking towards her to see what she had in her hands. He stopped short when he noticed that it was a pregnancy test.

"Courtney…" he began, but she put a finger to his lips.

"We'll still go to Dr. Meadows and get the real test, but it's been exactly two weeks today. And she said that if I'm pregnant, we'll know by now…" Courtney trailed off… "We don't have to do it if you don't want to… I'm just so sick of waiting. I want to know."
Not knowing what to say or how to react, Jason said, "Why don't we do it in the morning? Before we leave for General Hospital? If you still want to."

She thought about his suggestion, and came to the conclusion that she was being silly. She had an appointment that would give her a definite answer in the morning. Why couldn't she wait until then?

"You're right," Courtney said in a falsely cheerful tone, "We'll just find out that the appointment tomorrow."

Jason breathed a sigh of relief. "Come on, I know you're tired," he said as he took her hand and led her up the stairs. He saw that she had made the bed after she had woken up, and he smiled. It was out of habit that she did that.

"I had a nice nap," Courtney said as she slipped into one of her husband's old t-shirts and climbed into bed. "And I got your note."

Jason got in next to his wife, with only his boxers on, and pulled her close to him.

"You found it? I was going to let you just sleep on the couch, but I looked back at you before I left, and you looked so uncomfortable that I couldn't leave you like that. So I brought you upstairs, but I left the note on the coffee table," Jason explained as he felt his wife smile into his chest.

"How'd the meeting go?" she asked, genuinely curious. She wanted to know what they were doing with Alcazar, she knew Jason hated him. "I know you hate this."

"It's difficult being near him. I get the urge to strangle him every time I see him. I just, I think about what he did to you, what he did to Carly… it drives me crazy," Jason said as he kissed the top of her head.

"It's only for a little while though right?"

"Right, just until we get rid of the Sandovals," Jason explained.

"Okay," Courtney said as she snuggled up to her husband's chest. "I'm alright with this, it doesn't bother me that you're working with him for a little while."

"Are you sure?" Jason asked, tilting his head down in surprise. He had thought that she would disapprove.

"Positive," she whispered, praying that the test she took in the morning at the hospital would be positive too.

And Jason, knowing what she was thinking, whispered comforting words into her ear and told her he loved her a million times over, until he heard her breathing even and knew she was asleep.