Chapter 4

Jason walked into Sonny's bar after his meeting with Jax. Sonny had told him to come by immediately after the meeting to tell him what had happened.

He had felt as if he had walked into the Lions Den when he saw Courtney, the girl who all of his thoughts had lingered on for weeks, walk into the room. He knew he was in really big trouble when he felt the surge of jealousy course through his body when he saw Courtney and Jax kiss.

Jason walked in and sat down at the stool closest to the bar.

"Scotch on the Rocks, Sonny." Sonny quickly returned with his order with an eager look on his face. Jason knew he was eager to know the details of what happened in the meeting.

"How did it go?" Sonny asked. Jason knew that Sonny was eager to hear what he was going to say, but he also knew that Sonny didn't want him to have this job. They had been friends ever since Jason moved to Port Charles, and Jason felt as if Sonny was his brother and he knew that Sonny felt the same way.

"It went better than I expected." Jason said as he downed the all of the scotch in one gulp. After it was gone he launched into an full explanation of everything that happened that night.

FLASHBACK

After the girls left Jax turned to face Jason, the smile that was on his face earlier had faded, and he now had a more serious look on his face.

"First things first Jason," Jax started, only pausing to glare at him, "you betray me and I will kill you," Jax said fixing Jason with a that would make a lesser man cower in fear, but Jason just glared back at him, and nodded his head.

"I don't plan to betray, and you should know something about me and why I'm here," Jason said, still glaring at Jax.

"And what would that be," Jax asked with sarcasm dripping from his voice, he turned to look at the other guys with a smirk on his face.

"I'm here for the money, not to make friends," Jason told Jax as he stared directly into his eyes.

"Well that's good because I'm not looking for any."

END

"So that was all that happened at the meeting," Sonny asked with a skeptical look and an arched eyebrow.

"Yes, basically, he told me how his business was run and how things were done, and he told me to meet him at his house tomorrow, to get things straightened out on how my first assignment is going to go, but yes that was pretty much how the meeting went," Jason sighed as he downed another drink that Sonny had gotten him.

"So are you going to go," Sonny asked.

"Yeah, I really need this money, Sonny, or else I'll loose my apartment," Jason said, "besides if I don't show up he will probably have me taken care of," Jason added with a smirk when he saw Sonny frown.

"Ha, Ha, Jason very funny, you shouldn't joke like that, you never know what that man will do, he is crazy." Sonny said as he shook his head, causing Jason to laugh.

THE NEXT DAY

As the limo that Jax had sent to pick Jason up with, pulled into the driveway of Jax's mansion, all he could do was stare. The limo had taken him to Jax's house, and the house was larger than the Quartermaine mansion, and that was saying something. Jason had never been in this part of town, and it was a sight to behold.

The house was at least three stories tall. It had a Victorian style to it. It was dark and sort of had a gothic feel. The roof came to sharp points, were little statues sat atop of it. The porch wrapped around the entire house, and an extra building jutted out of the side, that looked like a greenhouse. The house had dark little pillars connecting every floor to the one above it. The roof had a small flat surface with sort of fence that wrapped around it, to where someone could stand on it and not fall. All in all, the house screamed, 'mobster.'

Jason slowly opened the door and walked up to the house, and rang the doorbell. The door was quickly opened by a balding man in his mid fifties. He was wearing a pressed and freshly cleaned tuxedo.

"Right this way Mr. Morgan, Mr. Jax is expecting you." He said as he gestured for Jason to follow him. As Jason was following the man through the house, he tried to take in all of the things he saw.

The outside may have been, gothic, dark, and manly, but the inside had a distinctly female and delicate touch. The walls were crème and beige. There were many mirrors and expensive looking pictures. The fireplace was going and on the mantle, there were many pictures and a vase of fresh calla lilies. Jason's eyes immediately zoomed in on the black and white picture of Courtney. She was wearing a dress that fell to the top of her knees. Her hair fell around her shoulders in waves. She was holding something in her hand that Jason couldn't quite make out. She looked as if she was caught off guard, but she still had a gorgeous smile that lit up her face, and the way the sun shown behind her mad it look like she had a angelic glow to her In the small time that Jason had known her, he had never seen her look so beautiful.

He was broken out of his reverie by the sound of the man clearing his throat.

"He is right in there. He has been expecting you all day." The man said as he pointed to the room that Jax was in. Jason thanked the man and knocked on the door and waited for Jax to call him in.

"Come in," Jax called out with an air of impatience.

"You said you wanted to see me today to sort things out."

"Yes, I was going to give you your first assignment today. Now you seem like a pretty trustworthy guy Jason, and I am going to trust you with something pretty big. Now I am going to be going a way for about two weeks to sort some things out, and I am going to need someone to stay here and look after things for me."

"So where do I come in?"

"I need you to stay here and look after a few things for me, make sure nothing goes wrong."

"I can do that. What all do you need me to look after."

"You know, just keep an eye on things and make sure no funny business is going down."

"Yes, I'll do that. Is that all you need me for?" Jason asked as he stood up to leave.

"What's your rush? You already trying to get away?" Jax asked with a grin and a laugh in his voice.

"No I just don't want to take up your time." Jason said.

"Good answer. I can tell I am going to like you Jason." Jax flashed Jason the first genuine smile he had seen on his face.

"Thanks." Jason said with a tight smile on his face.

"But no, that's not all I need you for," Jax was cut off mid sentence by the door opening, Courtney walked in, and Jason heart stopped for a second and his breath caught in his throat.

"Courtney, what are you doing here? You know you are not supposed to be in here when I am doing business." Jax asked with a tight smile and a small hint of anger in his voice.

Courtney deflected his anger as she said, "Well I saw Jason come in and I just wanted to come say hi." As she said this she was also walking toward him, Jason felt his breath hitch just a bit more as she drew closer to him. Then his discovered there was a god in this world and Jason was thanking him when he felt her soft lips press against his cheek.

'Stop it Morgan. She is your boss's girl. He probably has a gun in one of his desk drawers that he can take you out with if you even look at her like you are remotely interested in her, which you are, so just stop. But her lips feel wonder… STOP!'

Courtney pulled away and Jason almost groaned at the loss of contact and for a second he also thought he saw a look of disappointment flash across her face, but it appeared and left so quickly he thought he must have been imagining it.

"Well its good you decided to come in now because I was about to give Jason a new job." Jax said through gritted teeth and a flame of jealousy in his eyes.

"Well what do I have to do with this?" Courtney asked.

"Well you, my dear, are the job. While I'm gone, Jason, I want you to keep an eye on everything, and guard Courtney."

'I'm so screwed,' was the only thought running through Jason's mind.

AN.

Oh My God! I realize how long it has been since I last updated, 5 months and 5 days, and if you put that into perspective, in the time since I last updated,my computer has crashed twice,Michael Vaughn from Alias died, there has been a deadly huricane, ALW has been rumoured to be leaving the show, now she is going to have a reoccuring role, Colleen Carlton form Y&R is coming back, Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush have gotten seperated, their characters got back together, I got my braces off, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie adopted and baby, and now they are having one.

That is how long it has been since I have last updated this story. I know I am the worst author in the history of and JO online. I am going to be home from school tommorrow so you can flame me about how horrible of an author I am. I cannot say how sorry I am. If you dont review, I will understand. (Please,please,please, review)

Leanna R.- I am so sorry I wasn't able to review to your last update, I actually wrote a review, but It said I was trying to spam, and I thought I broke so I didn't try again. I loved your update, I love all of your Journey stories, please update soon.