Chapter One:

"Do you believe that, through your anger, you were protecting you brother and sister?" asked Dr. Thomas as he looked at the young boy sitting in the chair across from him. It had been two weeks since Michael Corinthos had come to him thanks to Sam McCall and Jason Morgan.

Michael looked at Dr. Thomas through his thick lashes as he kept his head bowed. "He was going to hurt them," he said. "Like he hurt me. I wanted him to listen to me. I wanted him to leave them alone."

Dr. Thomas reached out to put a hand on Michael's, watching the little boy flinch. "It's alright Michael," he said. "AJ was a bad man and he will not hurt you, or your brother and sister anymore."

It took Michael a few minutes to calm down and nod at Dr. Thomas. It had been a month since AJ had died and when the dreams came that he had killed the man that was his biological father, Michael had panicked. If it wasn't for Jason and Sam he would have run away again. Looking back up at the psychiatrist, he began to relax when the man said that the session was over. Getting up, Michael made sure he took his bag and left, running to the waiting area where Jason and Sam were standing.

Hugging Michael to him, Jason looked up as Dr. Thomas came out of his office wanting to speak to Sam. He had been doing that a lot lately and if Jason had to admit it to anyone besides himself, he was jealous of the man. When Sam nodded, Jason's heart tightened as he watched Sam follow Dr. Thomas into his office.

"Jason," said Michael as he tugged on his shirt. "Are we still getting pizza?"

Looking from the door to Michael, Jason nodded as he turned and led Michael to the elevators. Knowing that it would take Sam awhile to make it to the Pizza Shack they walked through the park.

"I will not allow this to happen!" yelled Tracy Quartermaine once again, giving the people in the room with her a headache. Turning to look at Skye, she glared at the woman. "You deceiving little snob."

Lorenzo Alcazar stood up at that, giving Tracy a glare as he came to stand next to Skye. "Enough!" he said. "The votes are in. I am now CEO of ELQ."

Turning her glare on her husband, Tracy hit Luke in the arm. "You were supposed to have her vote for me," she said.

Skye rolled her eyes. "Tracy, I would not have voted for you even if you had locked me in the attic instead of the broom closet," she said. It gave the woman extreme pleasure to see the high and mighty Lorenzo Alcazar smile at her comment. "Besides," she said as she ran her hand down Lorenzo's arm. "I couldn't leave my baby out in the cold now could I?"

Lorenzo turned to look at Skye, his eyes going to hers as he smiled, while the people in the room moaned their disappointment or approval and left the room. As Luke and Tracy left, Skye looked down dropping her hand from Lorenzo's arm as she turned away.

He saw her hurt look and Lorenzo sighed. It was enough that she had broke up with the man, it was another thing entirely when the love of her life married someone else, that someone else being Tracy Quartermaine. "For what it's worth," he said as he took his brief case and turned to look at her. "You deserve better."

Skye turned to look at him in shock, the events that had led up to this day making her head spin. "Excuse me?" she asked. "Are my ears deceiving me or did Lorenzo Alcazar just say something nice about me?"

The smile that came to Lorenzo's face made Skye's heart beat faster then it usually did. The only man that had ever done that to her was Luke, and he was currently kissing up to his wife in the next room. She shivered at that thought.

"I've got a reputation to protect," said Lorenzo. "Don't let it out that I can be a nice man at times. It might hurt my creditability."

Skye laughed as she began to follow Lorenzo out of the room. She hadn't laughed this much since…ever, Skye realized. "I promise, your secret is safe with me," she said. As she watched him walk out the door Skye felt her heart tighten, something that never happened, not even when Luke married Tracy.

Sam sighed and got up with a roll of her eyes. "We've been over this already Dr. Thomas," she said. "I am not keeping Jason away from the sessions."

"Wait," said Dr. Thomas as he held up his hands. Again, two times this week had he offended Sam by his words and he was determined to make her see what he did. "Just listen. Since you've brought him here, every session Michael has had he has either run out on, or Jason has come in and taken him out."

"For good reason!" yelled Sam. "You're making Michael talk about things he doesn't want to. You always have to bring AJ into the conversation!"

"I am trying to help him Sam," said Dr. Thomas keeping his voice down to its usual pitch. Since finding out on his own that Michael had killed AJ, he had made the sessions more frequent and longer then he did with his usual patients. "If I do not talk about AJ, Michael will keep it locked up in him until it erupts and I wouldn't want anyone, including you or myself in that place when it happens. I would like for you to bring him in for another session tomorrow morning at 8:30."

Sam sighed as she sat back down. "I don't know if that's a good idea Dr. Thomas," she said. "I mean the sessions that he's doing now are already more than enough."

Looking at her, Dr. Thomas dropped the pen. "With Jason refusing to be a good influence to Michael during the sessions, I can only depend on you to bring Michael here. The boy needs help and I'm here to help him."

Sighing, Sam closed her eyes as she nodded, running her hands through her hair as she stood up once again. "I'll talk to Jason," she said as she grabbed her jacket and purse. She then looked at Dr. Thomas. "Don't expect a miracle."

As Sam left, Dr. Thomas looked down into the open desk drawer and then at his hand. In it he held the syringe in a tight grip. Dropping it, he shut the drawer with a smile as he got up and went to the chair that Sam was just in, running his hand up and down it. "Soon," he said. "Very soon."

Carly looked up with a smile as Jason walked in with Michael, two boxes of pizza in their hands. "Hey," she said getting up to take her son in her arms. "How was your session with Dr. Thomas, Mr. Man?"

Michael smiled as Jason took his box of pizza and looked at his mother. "It was good," he said. "I brought some pizza!"

"I can see that," said Carly with a laugh as she watched her son run up the stairs to play video games. Looking at Jason she folded her arms. "So how did it go?"

"He finished the session this time," he said. "Sam stayed behind to talk to Thomas."

At the sound of Sam's name Carly turned away with a roll of her eyes and went to sit down. "I should be the one taking him to these sessions not 'her'," she mumbled.

"Carly," sighed Jason as he ran his hands through his hair in frustration. He heard the door close and watched as Sam came into the room before he could argue even more with Carly. "What did he say?"

Sam walked over to Jason her arms folded. "He wants another session with Michael tomorrow morning. He believes that now that he knows what really happened to AJ that he can help Michael."

"What if he can help my son?" asked Carly as she got off the couch folding her arms and glaring at Sam. Ever since she found out Sam and Jason had been taking Michael to Dr. Thomas for therapy she had been hurt by the fact that she had not been included and made it her soul purpose to make that known to everyone, including Sam.

"He is helping Michael, Carly," said Sam wearily. She was getting tired of having to defend the choices she and Jason made for Michael when his own parents couldn't. "Michael stayed in the session far longer then he did in any other session. If you haven't forgotten, it was this time a month ago that he was just throwing a ball around not even talking, just breathing."

Carly walked toward Sam dropping her arms as she glared at the woman even more. "And if you haven't forgotten already I am Michael's mother. I've also known Jason for ten years, long before you ever came to this town and got your paws-"

"Carly!" yelled Jason. "Enough!" Watching as Carly turned and walked away, he looked at Sam. "Look can you just go home? I'll be there later."

Sam felt the tightening of her heart and looked at Jason in shock. She immediately hid the hurt look and nodded, turning to glare again at Carly as she left the house.

"One good thing you've done all day," said Carly as she looked at Jason with her arms folded once again. She had seen the look that passed between the two and had to admit to herself that she actually felt sorry for Sam – almost. Carly would never get over the fact that Sam had come to town, had been with her husband and had gotten pregnant with his child. Although the baby had died and Carly still felt horrible that Sam, and especially Jason, had to go through that, she still hated the woman.

Looking at Carly, Jason sighed as he sat down, the headache he had been having for weeks catching up with him. "Do you ever give up?" he finally asked already knowing the answer.

"Until that little…until Sam leaves town and you and Courtney get back together and Jax is out of Courtney's life-" she shook her head.

"Courtney and I have been over for a long time now," said Jason as he sat up. "Why can't you see that I'm with Sam now, and that will never change?"

"Because it will!" she yelled adding her famous pout to the mix. "Sam is nothing but a liar and a user and you deserve better than that Jase! You and Courtney belong together."

Jason got up this time with another sigh. "Leave it alone Carly!" he yelled. "Do not start this again. Jax and Courtney are married now, you are back with your husband, Sam and I are together and that is the way it's going to stay whether you like it or not."

"You're not happy with her," said Carly as she walked to him. "I can see it Jason. She'll break your heart!"

Grabbing Carly's arm he leaned closer. "Don't make me choose between you and Sam," he said voicing the words he had a couple of months before. "You won't like the answer."