A/N: Hello all, I am back again with a quck update. It's the birthday update. So yes, I am now officially 16. Which means I can legally get a permit and more importantly, I can legally drop out of HS and devote my life to fanfiction. That idea didn't really fly with the parentals. Oh well, here's your update as I neglect my math homework that I chose not to do all weekend long.

middiegurl08- I hope that means you at least had time to prepare yourself for that sad occurance. And you know how I feel about crying. It is perfectly acceptable, and even encouraged.

luvthemorgans- I don't make fun of you. Oh, who am I kidding; I love to make fun of you! Lol. You write the most amazing reviews, but the typos make me laugh. For instance, this review said "barley" instead of "barely", and don't even get me started on words like 'gonns' and 'buss'. I'm just kidding, I love you Bre, you know that. And I love your reviews.

Pureevil230- Yes, Lucky is being a bit of a jerk. But I promise to give him some time to redeem himself later on in the story.

Daniele- Welcome to the story! Glad you like it, and glad you were bored enough to read it, lol! J/k, thanks for reading and reviewing.

emmalee05- I love the Jason angst more than anything too. But if I keep physically torturing the poor guy, I may accidently kill him one day, and that wouldnot be good at all.

LoLogirl28- They are an extremely cute family. I love little Journey families like that.

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Seth Cohen's girlfriend- Sorry about all those computer problems. Now, when you say you got it all back, do you mean the stories as well? 'Cause I miss your stories, especially Love or Loyalty.

Chapter 13- Anger Management

Jason was out of the penthouse before Courtney could do anything else. He grabbed the keys to his bike, his gun, and his leather jacket and took off like a mad man from the penthouse.

'This isn't good' thought Courtney as she contemplated what to do next.

Then it hit her. Jason wasn't thinking straight. He was going to look all over town for Lucky but he wouldn't do the obvious thing when it came to finding him. Grabbing the phone, Courtney dialed Elizabeth's cell phone number, eagerly awaiting until she picked up.

"Hello?" came the voice from the other end.

"Elizabeth? It's Courtney. Look, it's an emergency. Do you know where Lucky is?" she questioned.

"Yeah, he said he was meeting Nikolas at Kelly's. What's the emergency?" asked Elizabeth. "Is he ok?"

"He'll be fine" said Courtney as he hurriedly hung up the phone before racing down to Kelly's.

When Courtney reached the diner, she was glad to see that Jason had yet to show up there, and Nikolas and Lucky were just casually getting a cup of coffee as though nothing had happened. Courtney decided to take the moment to let out her true feelings towards Lucky.

"You bastard" she said striding right over to him.

"Courtney, I think I know what this is about. And you need to know that I did this with Meg's best interests at heart" explained Lucky.

"No, you obviously weren't thinking of Meg's best interests. I have no idea what the hell you were thinking! Meg belongs with me and Jason. We are her parents. We love her, and take care of her, and we gave her a good life. A good life that you had to go and take away!" Courtney yelled at him as everyone in Kelly's turned and stared.

"Courtney, lower your voice" said Lucky in a hushed tone.

"Oh, don't you dare tell me what to do!" she yelled back at him.

"Fine, come with me" he said taking her and leading her by the arm outside as Nikolas and the rest of the patrons looked on.

"Get your hands off of me" she ordered once they were outside and she managed to tug away from his grasp. "Jason's not going to be so pleased when he finds out that you were all over me like this" she yelled.

"What's Morgan gonna do? Put a bullet in my head? That's why you're here right? To prevent Jason from killing me. Afterall, he was on his way to find me and do just that"

"How did…"

"Elizabeth called me. She said you called and said there was an emergency and you needed to find me. I put the rest together" he explained.

"Yeah, well then you should be thanking me, not manhandling me" Courtney exclaimed.

"Maybe you should have let Jason kill me. You know, so that he can show everyone what a mobster he really is. Courtney, this is the reason I got Meg removed from your custody. Because Jason loses it and goes off trying to kill people. Meg doesn't need to be in that kind of environment"

"Than why'd you let me take her home in the first place?" asked Courtney with her hands on her hips.

"Because I didn't think it was going to be so permanent. I didn't think it was going to be so long term and definite. I didn't think she was going to get kidnapped."

"She was with me the whole time" Courtney argued

"Yeah, but you were kidnapped as well. Courtney, the point is Meg is an innocent baby. She doesn't deserve the life that the mob can offer her. She deserves better" pleaded Lucky.

"You don't know anything about her or her life" maintained Courtney, the tears beginning to well in her eyes.

"I do know that she's safer now that she's away from that murdering bastard you call a husband" Lucky spat.

Courtney raised her hand and slapped him clear across the face. Lucky cried out and grabbed his cheek in pain as the handprint and the sting remained.

"Don't you ever talk about my husband like that again" Courtney ordered, the venomous tone her voice had taken not going unnoticed by Lucky.

"Courtney, I am a cop. You can't just hit me" Lucky said. "Look, I'll excuse it this once because you're upset, but the next time you raise your hand to an officer of the law, you may not get so lucky"

"Stuff it Spencer" Courtney huffed as she walked away. "I hope Jason finds you" she called back over her shoulder. "And I hope he makes you pay for being such a jerk"

Courtney stormed back to the penthouse and threw open the door, livid and wild with anger. To her surprise, Jason was there waiting for her. He was lying on the couch with the laptop open and propped against his knees.

"Hey" he said as he got up and walked towards her. "Where were you?" he asked as he bent down to give her a hello kiss.

"I went to go stop you from killing Lucky Spencer" she answered truthfully.

Jason laughed a little as he looked at her.

"What, you weren't going to kill him?" she asked.

"Maybe not kill him. But I was going to at least give him a serious pounding. But I realized after a bit that we need to be on our best behavior if we want to get Meg back. And hitting a cop is not the way to do that"

"Too late" she said as she sunk down into the couch.

"What do you mean?" he asked her. "Did you hit a cop?" he asked her with an amused smile.

"Not a cop…" she said.

"A cop by the name of Lucky Spencer" Jason finished for her.

"Exactly" said Courtney with a nod causing Jason to laugh again.

"How did it feel?" he asked her as he sat next to her on the couch.

"Liberating" she answered as she leaned back into his chest.

"I'm jealous" Jason said as he gave her a smile and then gently massaged her shoulders.

"What were you looking at on the computer?" asked Courtney as she motioned to the abandoned laptop.

"I was researching cases similar to ours. And we actually have a pretty good chance of getting her back. We have a meeting with Justus tomorrow to talk about it"

"Good" said Courtney. "I can't wait until she's back home where she belongs"

"Me neither" agreed Jason as he lightly kissed her. "Hungry?" he asked her.

"Yeah. We forgot all about lunch today" she said. "How bout we get some linner?"

"Linner?" he questioned with a confused look on his face.

"Yeah, you know. A cross between lunch and dinner. There's brunch, why can't there be linner?" she asked as the two got their things together.

"Alright, how 'bout some dinner at Kelly's until the 'linner' craze sweeps the nation?" Jason asked her.

"Are you making fun of me?" she asked him as he ushered her out the door.

"Never" he said as he closed the door behind them, a smile on his face.

"Oh great, and this day keeps getting better and better" said Courtney with a sigh as the two walked into Kelly's.

"Well, well, well. Look who it is. My brother, out with my wife" said AJ as he saw them walk into Kelly's.

"Correction, it's some guy you've seen around, out with his wife" said Jason gruffly as he pushed past AJ to get him and Courtney a table, pulling out the chair for Courtney and everything.

"And where is my darling Meg tonight?" asked AJ in mock confusion. "Oh yes, that's right. Child services came and took her away, didn't they? Afterall, who would want to leave a baby in the care of a hit man?"

"You know what AJ, I think it's time that you leave" said Jason as he stood from his chair and grabbed AJ, pulling him from the diner.

"It's a public place" AJ protested as Jason dragged him out, but Jason didn't even listen to the man's gripes.

As Courtney watched on in amusement, a dark shadow fell over the table. Looking up, she sighed.

"What is this, assholes eat free day at Kelly's?" she questioned.

"Look, I just wanted to say that I was sorry for what I said before. It was completely out of line. But I want you to know that I am not doing this to punish you or Jason. I'm doing this because it's best for Meg" Lucky explained.

"Go to hell Lucky" said Jason as he walked back in to the diner. "And stop harassing my wife"

"I was just explaining to her…" started Lucky.

"We don't want to hear it. Just leave us alone" said Jason. "And nice handprint by the way" he said as he pointed to Lucky's cheek.

"You're wife would know" Lucky mumbled as he stalked off.

"Let's just order" said Courtney, trying to get back to the quiet dinner she and Jason had planned on.

She had just gotten the words out of her mouth when they were greeted by someone else who they hoped to never have to see.

"Jason, Courtney. I've been looking all over for you" said Allen as he hurried in.

"You have got to be kidding me" said Jason with a growl.

"Maybe it really is assholes eat free day at Kelly's" said Courtney as she looked around the diner as though expecting to see a sign advertising the special day.

"I heard about Meg, and I am so sorry. But I have to say, if you did as I said, then you wouldn't be in this position right now" said Allen.

"Allen, what are you talking about?" asked Jason in a frustrated tone.

"If you had made the Quartermaine's a part of Meg's life then she would have had a stable family and probably wouldn't have been taken away from you" said Allen in an irritating I-told-you-so voice.

Before Jason or Courtney could say anything else to them, Mike hurried over to their table in a panic.

"Courtney! Is it true that you were kidnapped!" he demanded.

Courtney and Jason each let out frustrated sighs.

"You wanna get out of here?" he asked her.

"Yes. Please" she said, accepting his outstretched hand as the two walked out of the diner, hand in hand, ignoring the other people demanding they do otherwise.

As they walked out, they found AJ talking animatedly on his cell phone. Jason got a gut feeling and gently led Courtney behind the bushes so that the two could listen in on what he was saying. They kneeled in the dirt and listened, their hands still interlocked.

"Hey, it's not my fault he ended up dead. I was simply a financial backer. He was in charge of the dirty work" said AJ as he stopped and listened for a moment. "Technically, he didn't do as he was supposed to! Jason was supposed to die!" hissed AJ into the phone.

Courtney grabbed on tighter to Jason's hand, not believing what she was hearing. Jason pulled her close, knowing that she was getting upset by hearing that.

"At least everyone knows about the kidnappings now. Things are being done. Courtney's father's pissed; the baby was taken from them. Mike is going to want her away from Jason, and Lucky Spencer was easy enough to manipulate. First with the checking up on them that morning, and then with the complaint. At least some good is coming out of this. There may still be a way for me to get my revenge, and to get my wife. I'll be in touch" said AJ as he hung up the phone, hurrying away with a smirk.

Meanwhile, Courtney and Jason were fuming.

"I can't believe that he is responsible for the kidnappings!" demanded Courtney.

"I can" said Jason as he looked down at his feet. "I should have killed AJ when I had the chance. He has done nothing but hurt you and I just let it slide, and for what? Some sort of loyalty to Lila and Emily? And maybe Monica?"

"No Jason, you didn't kill him because he's your brother. And because you have a more then a shred of decency in you, unlike him. Don't you get it Jason? You gave him more than enough chances to leave us alone. You have been the better man here, and AJ took advantage of that. So, don't you dare start thinking that you let me down, and that you don't protect me"

"You know me too well" Jason said as he continued to look down at his feet.

"So stop thinking it" she said as she tilted his head up and kissed him.

"I'm going to protect you now" he said once they had broken away. "And Meg" he added.

"Jason, you can't lay a finger on AJ right now" Courtney ordered.

"Why not?" Jason asked in shock.

"Because, that wouldn't be protecting Meg. You said it yourself. We need to be on our best behavior right now. Everything we do will affect our chances of getting Meg back"

"Alright. Your right" he said with a sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Let's go home and get some sleep. We have that early morning meeting with Justus to get to tomorrow"

"Let's go" she said as he wrapped his arm around her and the two started home, pausing only so that Jason could order a pizza to be delivered so they could get the relaxing night they had hoped for.

The next morning, Courtney nursed a cup of coffee as Jason fidgeted next to her. She placed one hand on his knee to get him to stop moving around so much.

"You're driving me crazy" she told him.

"Sorry" he answered as he took a sip of her coffee. "This is ice cold" he said.

"Is it? I hadn't even noticed" she answered.

"Look, we're both nervous. But we need to pull it together and be ready for whatever new it is that Justus has for us" Jason told her.

"Alright, you're right" she said as the two looked up expectantly as the door to Kelly's opened.

"Good morning" said Justus as he walked in and sat down beside them.

"Do you have news for us Justus, where do we stand on getting Meg back?" asked Jason as he took Courtney's hand in his.

"You and Courtney have an excellent chance of getting her back. Neither of her parents can be located or even named, you held her in your care for weeks, the kidnappings can't be proven, and she seems to really like you two. You are both fit parents, and you have strong ties to the community. Plus, Courtney has her foundation. The courts would most definitely rule in your favor and allow you to adopt her with no problems, especially because you were her foster parents for so long"

"This is great news" Courtney said with an excited look on her face.

"Yes, it…excuse me, I have to take this" he said as his cell phone started to ring and he rose from his chair to take the call outside.

"Jason, we're getting her back! We're getting our daughter back" she said.

"Yes, we are. But remember, we don't have her yet, so we can't get ahead of ourselves" he warned.

"Right. You're right" she agreed as she took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Justus chose that moment to walk back in, a grave look on his face.

"Courtney, Jason, I have some bad news. Meg's mother was found"

A/N: Alrighty, now it was a quick update because of the whole birthday thing, but it's not going to be as quick if I don't get reviews. I'm not updating until I get 15 reviews. Alright everyone fifteen reviews for an update. So, if you want to find out about this whole Meg's mother thing, you need to review.