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I'm sooooo sorry for the late update on my story….So to make it up to you guys I made this chapter long……LOL I'm also working on another Journey fanfic that I think a lot of you will enjoy. Thank you to all you reader's who reviewed me! I love you guys!

SVUAngel

"Courtney I need to ask you something...It's really starting to bother me...and I need to know." Jason stated as he leaned close to her. "And I need you to be honest with me." He waited a moment before he received a nod from her.

"Did A.J...Did he-did he rape you?" He was afraid for her to answer this question, as he waited for her to respond.

"I-I...To be honest with you Jase...and Sonny I honestly don't know what A.J did to me anymore" She bit her lip as the tears started to form in her eyes. "The images flash back to me here and there, I see bits and pieces of what he did to me, but I don't see everything. One image I see him coming after me...in another image...He's-He's hurting me not just physically but emotionally. I-I don't know why...why don't I remember everything that had happened to me?"

Sonny nervously shoved his hands deep within the pockets of his pants. He cleared his throat, he knew that he had to be honest with his sister, the truth hurts and he knew that this was going to break her heart. "Courtney...Look at the marks on your arm..." He looked at her confused expression printed across her face, he watched her closely as she pulled her arms out from beneath the warmth of the blanket.

Her heart pounded against her rib cage as she studied the marks on the lower part of her arm. "No..." She whispered as she quickly sat up on the coach and pulled the sleeves up from her t-shirt. They were everywhere. Fear washed over her as she looked at the puncher marks along both sides of her arm. "He drugged me...He made me...I.I didn't know or understand what was happening to me." It all made sense now. Why she couldn't remember everything that had happened to her. A.J had drugged her, making her totally unaware of her surroundings.

Courtney couldn't believe it, she knew that A.J was heartless, but she couldn't understand why he would do such a thing to her. Did she ever have a place in his heart? She closed her eyes slowly, images of A.J swirling all around her at once, for a moment she felt cold...almost empty as images of him giving her a cold twisted smile filled her head. She slowly placed her hands against her face to hide the tears that slid down her cheeks. She was soon covered by a pair of strong arms that engulfed her in a hug. She was about to pull away.

"Courtney...don't...just-just lean on me please," He felt her relax slowly within his embrace; he pulled her closer to him, as she sobbed uncontrollably against his chest. "Just let it out...I'm here for you, please know that." He whispered gently in her ear, as he ran his fingers through her soft blonde hair.

Sonny tore his gaze away from the pair on the couch. Pain stabbed slowly into his heart, it hurt him to see his little sister like this. Tears threatened to fall down his cheeks, but he held them back. Sonny didn't want Courtney, his baby sister to see him cry. Sonny knew that he had to be strong for her, she needed him. He would have his time with Courtney to talk about A.J, but right now, Sonny knew that she needed Jason. "I'm going to...talk to the pilot see when were going to be landing." He said as he quickly moved towards the cockpit of the plane.

Courtney's sobs soon quieted down, as she pressed her head gently against Jason's chest. She felt his warm hands brush softly against her cheek to move the loose strands of hair from her wet cheeks. Her eye lids were heavy as she fought against sleep. As if sensing Courtney's fight against sleep, Jason leaned back against the couch and gently pulled Courtney down with him. Courtney felt so safe within his warm arms , as she rested her head against his chest. "Thank you Jase...for everything"

"You don't need to thank me Courtney, I'm your friend and I'm here to help you with whatever you need." As best as he could without disturbing Courtney too much, Jason pulled the blanket up from the end of the couch and placed it over them. "Now sleep...your safe now."

Like old times Courtney wrapped her arms around Jason and cuddled closer to him. Her eye lids slowly closed as sleep over come her; she could hear the steady beating of his heart and fell asleep listening to the rhythm of his heart. Courtney knew that she really was safe.

She was walking down a long white narrow hall way, she kept her eyes focused at the end of the hallway. She heard footsteps squeak against the waxed floor behind her, she quickly turned around but saw nothing. She walked faster as she heard the footsteps squeak again, she soon broke out into a run when she heard footsteps coming closer behind her.

"Courtney!"

She stopped, Courtney knew that voice. She spun around but didn't see anything. "Jason?"

"Courtney...Stop running!"

She could hear his heavy breathing, but where was he? "Jason...where are you?"

"I'm over here..."

She quickly turned to the direction of his voice, "I can't...I can't see you..." Panic filled her veins as she looked frantically around the hallway; she soon stopped and closed her eyes.

"Courtney...look at me...I'm right behind you."

Her heart pounded against her rib cage, she sensed someone behind her as she slowly opened her eyes and turned around. "Jase...how come-" She squealed when she saw him.

"Ha ha...Got ya...thought I was Golden boy didn't you?" A.J had a sick smile spread across his face as he came towards her and roughly grabbed her.

"I know I should've asked you but this is my home, so I didn't see any reason why she couldn't stay here." Jason ran his hand roughly through his brown spiky hair. "Sam...I'm sorry." He held his cell closely to his ear. "When will you be coming up?" He waited for her response; he knew that he needed to talk to her about Courtney. "Ok do you want me to send Marco up there to pick you up or-"

"JASON!"

Jason's heart stopped when Courtney's cry out for him pierced the air. "Courtney!" He threw his cell down, and took the stairs three at a time and ran down the hall to the guest room. He burst through the door, and saw her lying crumpled in a ball on the floor. He knelt down beside her shaken form. "Courtney..." He carefully picked her up from the floor, and just held her in his arms.

"You were calling out to me...I couldn't find you...he tricked me...he made me believe that it was you but it wasn't...it was him." Courtney trembled within his arms.

Jason took a steady breath to clam his shaken nerves, "Courtney...What happened?"

"A.J...it was A.J" She felt him pull her closer against him. She missed this, being close to him and just the feeling of being so safe around him. Jason was the only person who made her feel this way; he made her feel whole, and always so loved. She had never felt this way with Jax, was just a good friend to her. But what Jason and Jax both didn't know was that Courtney still had a heart for Jason, even after the divorce. But Jason was with Sam now, and Courtney was with Jax for the moment, Courtney knew that she had to try to find a way to stop loving Jason. When she was relaxed she looked up at him with her big blue eyes. "I'm sorry...It was a nightmare...just a bad dream, I feel fine now Jason." She quickly pulled away from his hold on her. "Just a bad dream... I'll be o.k ."

Jason studied her for a moment as she paced around the room, "Do you want to talk about it?" He watched her as she paused, she looked down at the ground, she slowly lifted her head and looked deeply into his eyes.

"Jason...it was just a bad dream, I'll be fine don't-"

"Jason..." Sonny called out from the living room, "Jason are you here?"

"Yeah...I'm in the guest room." Jason's reply was answered by a rush of feet climbing the stairs Sonny soon entered the room.

Sonny stopped walking mid way when he sensed that he had interrupted something between them. "I'm sorry if it's a bad time..." He meant it too.

"Your not interrupting anything Sonny, I just had a bad dream... but I'm ok now" She gave her older brother a gentle nod. "I'll leave you guys alone to discuss your business" She headed towards the door

"Ah Courtney...before you go I just wanted to let you know that I scheduled a Doctor's appointment for you tomorrow at 2:00pm, if that's o.k?" Sonny looked towards her.

Courtney just nodded her head. "Yeah...that sounds good...thanks Sonny." She quickly left the room, trying to ignore Jason's puzzled expression.

Sonny glanced at his best friend. "How is she doing?"

"Not good." Jason ran his hand through his spiky hair. "I was on the phone with Sam, we were talking about the arrangements with Courtney, soon enough Courtney was screaming for me. I went to check on her, and I found her on the floor shaking." Jason paused as the image of her shaken form filled his head. "She had a nightmare...but she's holding it all in. She doesn't want to talk about it."

Sonny placed his hands against his hips, he kept his gaze to the floor. "I think we just need to give her time. She'll come around, Courtney's a fighter not a quitter she's one of the strongest person that I know of." He cleared his throat. "I need to tell you something...it's about Sam."

Jason shook his head, "What about her?"

"I just got a call from Bobbie...Sam got into an accident and she's in General Hospital and it's pretty bad."

Jason quickly walked past Sonny, and headed downstairs towards the living room. He found his leather jacket on the couch in the living room right by Courtney. Jason only had one person on his mind right now...Sam. He quickly grabbed his jacket from off the couch.

"Jason? Is everything-?"

"I can't talk right now Courtney...I'm sorry but Sam's in the hospital, she got into an accident and I just have to be there for her now." He watched as she nodded her head. "I'll call you later." Jason quickly went out the door, leaving Courtney behind.

Courtney let out a heavy sigh, as her eyes started to water. She hoped that Sam was o.k. Jason was going to be with her, and he will make sure that she's safe and gets the best medical attention. Courtney knew this because Jason at one point of time did the same thing for her Jason was with Sam now...and Courtney needed to move on, and maybe the first step to moving on is to cut all ties with Jason. But will she regret it?

Alright guys! Thank you for sticking with this story, I've been busy with a few things. And my Backstreet boy concert for those of you who are wondering was…….AWESOME! I SAW A.J!...LOL They sang my favorite song Backstreets back….and their new album is sooooo good I definitely recommend it to any of you Backstreet boy fans! Thanks for everything guys!

SVUAngel