Hello- As short update, as mine are apt to be. For the record, the GH world is just about the same, except the for plot purposes, (as you'll see) Cameron is unhelpful, and thus non-existent. I don't hate babies, I swear. Alright, as always the price of enjoying my stories are lavish reviews, don't let me down!
Disclaimer: chapter one.
Chapter Two
Sonny placed his hand upon the door. On the other side was the rest of his life. A new set of numbers. Two children in life, four in eternity. He rested his head on the door and wondered if he had faith in a God who seemed so uncaring.
Jason watched the man who had given him so much. This new life when he needed it most. Another person who had loved what he had loved. He wondered if he had the strength to add to his burdens. Sonny and Carly. They depended on him, and he depended on them. The three of them were a triangle that gave each point stability.
Carly stood in the church, and felt no urge to pray. She wasn't here to offer up her son to heaven, to say goodbye. She was there to confirm to herself that no matter the appearance of death, Micheal was still her son and always would be. She had no intention of letting him go. No matter that Bobbie said such an attitude was unhealthy. She would never say goodbye to her fist born son.
Sonny turned, feeling the presence of another behind him. He took in the sight of Jason and knew that he was going to lose him too. Not forever, but for now. "How will I tell Carly?"
Jason shrugged helplessly. "I don't know. I could never say goodbye to her so she would hear it. She thinks exactly as she likes no matter what."
Sonny smiled humorlessly at this apt description of his wife. "Are you staying for the service?"
"No. I never understood funerals anyway. It doesn't make it better. It doesn't make the person less dead."
Sonny flinched. "No. It's for the living. To say farewell. It's almost wrong to have this funeral though. No one who counts plans to let him go." He said think of Jason and Carly, and himself. "I'm going because I have to believe that Micheal is safe in Heaven. That Lily is watching for him. That Lila is laughing with him. If I can keep that in my head, I can almost breath. I can be a father to Morgan."
Jason walked forward and hugged him, hard. "Thank you for loving him."
"Thank you for giving me my son." Sonny choked out, before ripping himself out of the embrace. He had to get through this service, for Carly, and he couldn't do it if he broke.
Jason watched Sonny walk through the doors before turning and walking out of the church foyer. Outside the church he saw Elizabeth, sitting on a bench in the graveyard. He walked over and sat beside her.
"Are you leaving?" She asked.
"Yes."
"Where will you go?"
"Nowhere."
She smiled.
"That's what I figured."
They sat, silent.
"Can I come?"
"If you like." He noticed suddenly that she wasn't dressed for church, but in sturdy jeans, with a tank, and the leather jacket he had given her so long ago. A backpack rested against the bench.
She followed his gaze and shrugged. "I took a shot."
He smiled, for the first time since he had seen the picture. "I'm glad."
Sam walked up the sidewalk to the church, but stopped as a motorcycle came out of the parking lot. She cursed with frustration when she saw that it was Jason, with Elizabeth, disappearing again.
TBC
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