Through Thick and Thin
Chapter 9
Courtney looked at the woman standing in front of her, the woman that Jason talks about all the time, the only other quartermine that he loves beside Lila.
"You must be Courtney," Emily said softly. Courtney nodded.
"I don't know when Jason is going to back, but you can stay here if you want."
"Sure, I would love to get to know the person that my brother loves so much," Emily replied as she sat down on the chair next to Courtney. Courtney smiled.
"My mom told me everything that happened to you. Are you doing better now?" Emily asked concerned. Courtney nodded.
"I'm doing better. I should be going home tomorrow. So, what brings you back to town?"
"I just wanted to come home for a visit. I miss being here. Jason told me that Sonny is your brother that must have been a surprise."
"It was. It took a while to get used to Sonny being my brother, but we are getting along with each other well."
"Emily, is that you?" a voice asked from behind her. Emily turned around.
"Jason!" she cried happily. Jason went up to Courtney and Emily.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, as he hugged her.
"I just thought I'll come and visit my family," Jason smiled.
"Well, it's good to have you home."
"Well I guess I should be going now. It was nice to meet you, Courtney."
"It was nice to meet you, too, Emily."
"See you later, Jason," Emily said, as she left the room. Jason sat down next to Courntey.
"You look tired? Why don't I let you get some rest?"
"I'm fine. It was great to finally meet your sister. She is really nice."
"Yeah, she is, but there is a reason that she came to town."
"I'm sure she just wanted to come for a visit," Courtney replied softly, as she grabbed Jason's hand.
"I'm sure you are right," Jason said. Courtney yawned.
"I'll let you get some rest," Jason said, as he stood up.
"Wait, Jason, can you stay here with me, please?"
"Sure," Jason as he sat down on the chair next to Courtney, watching her fall asleep, he was going to make Ric pay for everything that he did.
**
The next day,
"It looks like everything is okay, and you are free to go home," Tony said, as he left the room. Jason looked at Courtney and smiled.
"I'll take you back to the loft."
"No actually, I can go home by myself. I'm sure you need to do something for Sonny. I'll see you later," Courtney said, as she got of the bed, and leaned over and kissed him, Jason looked at her concerned.
"I'll be fine. Nothing is going to happen to me," Courtney reassured Jason.
"Okay, I can have Max come with you."
"Jason, Ric isn't going to hurt me anymore, just go. I'll see you later," she said as she slowly walked towards the door.
**
Elizabeth was walking into the Kelly's when she felt someone touched her. She turned around, and it was Ric.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"You can't tell the police what I had done; please I know you won't as you love me."
"Love you?" Elizabeth said, "I thought I did, but after what you did to Courtney, I don't want anything to do with you, and I think the police are the least of your problems. What do you think Sonny is going to do to you? You shot his sister, Ric!" Ric looked at Elizabeth.
"I had to that, she was going to escape, and ruin my plan against Sonny. He was finally going to feel the pain that I felt for so many years after what happened to my sister."
"I know you want revenge against Sonny, but why did you have to kidnap me?" Elizabeth asked.
"Did you even love me or was that part of the plan all along?"
"I did love you at first, but then you got in the way, and I had to get rid of you," Elizabeth opened the door to Kelly's; Ric grabbed Elizabeth's injured hand.
"You are not going anywhere until you promise you won't tell the police anything I did."
"Let Elizabeth go," said a voice. Ric and Elizabeth turned around, and saw Courtney standing in front of them. She had her arm in a sling.
"You know you shouldn't get into other people's business, remember what happened last time?"
"I said let her go," Courtney demanded.
"Fine, remember what I said, Elizabeth, without your testimony, they can't send me to jail."
"What about me?" Courtney asked with a glare," I was the one that you kidnapped; I know everything that you did."
"Nobody would believe anything Sonny's sister said," laughed Ric, as he walked off. Courtney and Elizabeth looked at each other.
"Thanks for getting rid of Ric for me," Elizabeth replied.
"It was nothing. You save my life, so I was just returning the favor. I think he hurt your injured hand, "Courtney said softly. She could see that Elizabeth's hand was bleeding.
"Oh, yeah, but I'm glad that I saw you. I have to tell you something, I'm going to be leaving town in a couple of days."
"This is because of Ric, isn't it?"
"Part of it is, but most of it, is because I don't think Port Charles is where I should be anymore," Elizabeth explained softly.
"Are you sure you want to leave town?" Courtney asked sounding concerned.
"Did I just hear that you are leaving town, right when I return," Emily said faking a pout. Elizabeth turned around.
"Emily!" she screamed as she hugged her, "Oh my gosh! When did you get back?"
"Yesterday." Courtney stood up.
"I should be going now. It was nice to see you again, Emily. Bye Elizabeth, think about this hard before you leave," Courtney said, as she walked away. Emily and Elizabeth sat down.
"I didn't think you were friends with Courtney. Last time you wrote to me, you said that you didn't like her."
"A lot has change in a last couple of days. It is a really long story, I'll tell you another day," Elizabeth said with a nod.
"So, what are you doing in town?"
"I'm thinking about coming back to Port Charles permanently, I miss all of you so much," Emily said with a smile.
"Do you miss Zander?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes," Emily smiled. Elizabeth looked at her hand.
"I'm going to go to the hospital, now, and get this fix," she said as she stood up.
"What happened there?"
"I had a little accident," Elizabeth said, not wanting to tell her the whole story.
"I'll talk to you later," Elizabeth walked away. Emily started to walk into Kelly's when someone bumped into her. She looked at the man.
"Zander?"
**
Jason and Sonny were at Sonny's penthouse trying to figure out what they should do about Ric.
"We need to do something to Ric. We can't let him get away with hurting Courtney. She almost died because of him, "Jason said angrily. Sonny nodded.
"Jason, I know, I want him to pay for hurting my sister, too," Sonny sighed. He thought for a minute.
"Go to his apartment, and make him, but make it look like an accident," Sonny ordered Jason.
"Ok," Jason nodded and left the penthouse.
***
Jason unlocked Ric's door, and walked into the apartment, Jason looked into the rooms, but he wasn't anywhere. He then walked into the living room, and saw Ric lying on the floor, bleeding from the head. Jason went up to Ric to see if he was alive. He felt for a pulse, but didn't feel anything.
"He is dead, "said a voice, appearing from the bathroom.
To be continued....
Author's Note: I know this wasn't a good chapter, sorry. I'm not very good with writing the character of Emily; I hope I did a good job. I'm not sure if I'm going to have her have cancer like on the show, I'll see!!!