Chapter 11

Through Thick and Thin

Courtney was shocked at what she just heard.

"Courtney, you can't tell anybody this," Elizabeth said frantically. Courtney looked at Jason and Elizabeth and started walking away. Jason ran after her.

"Courtney, don't leave." She turned around.

"This is why you were going away… You were going to help Elizabeth, weren't you?"

"Jason, could I talk to Courtney for a minute?" Elizabeth asked.

"Okay I will be at Kelly's," Jason said, walking away from them. Elizabeth and Courtney sat down on the bench.

"Courtney, I know this is hard for you to understand, but I didn't intend to kill him, it was an accident, he didn't want me to tell anybody about the kidnapping, I was scared.. I didn't know what he would do to me," Elizabeth paused for a moment, "I thought he was going to hurt me or kill me…"

"Elizabeth, I understand that it was an accident, but I just don't understand how Jason knows," she said. Elizabeth just looked at Courtney, and Courtney knew the answer.

"He was coming to Ric's apartment to kill him," Elizabeth nodded; Jason hadn't told her, but she just knew.

"Is there anyway that Jason can be charge with Ric's death?"

"You know how much Jason means to me. If I thought that there was anyway that the police would find Ric's body, I would go to the police and tell them that I did it, but Sonny and Jason promised me that there is no way that anybody could find the body."

"Okay," Courtney said.

"Let's go meet Jason," she said, as she got up from the bench.

"Courtney," Courtney turned around.

"Yeah."

"Are you going to tell the police?" Elizabeth asked sounding nervous.

"No, I won't, your secret is safe with me," Courtney replied, "Are you still leaving town?"

"Yes, I think it is the best thing for me. I should go home and pack."

"Aren't you coming to Kelly's with me to meet Jason?"

"No," Elizabeth said, as she hugged Courtney.

"Thank you for everything; I never thought we would be friends." Elizabeth said with a slight chuckle. Courtney smiled as well.

"No, I didn't think so either; I guess a situation like this brings people together." Courtney said making Elizabeth laugh.

"So I guess we can thank Ric for that."

"Yeah," Courtney smiled. "Bye… I hope you have a good time wherever you are going."

"Thanks," Elizabeth said, as she walked away. Courtney watched as Elizabeth walked away. She hoped that leaving town was the right thing for Elizabeth. She started walking to Kelly's to meet Jason.

**

Emily was sitting waiting for Zander to show up. She saw him coming towards her.

"Hey," she said as she got up from the bench.

"Sorry I have to leave so sudden, but Elizabeth needed to talk to me… She is leaving town," Emily told him softly.

"She is?" Zander asked, surprised.

"Yeah, I can't believe it, when I return to town, she is leaving town." But at least you are still here, she thought to herself.

She then remembered what Elizabeth told her. She had to tell Zander exactly how she feels about him.

"Zander, I came back to town because of you. I heard about your drug addiction and I wanted to come back to see how you were doing."

"How did you know?" said Zander angrily as he started away from her. He didn't want her to know about that. It had been a bad time for him.

"Are you telling me that you came back to town out of pity for me? Emily, I don't want to be with you if that is the only reason… go back to wherever you were," Zander said as he walked away from her.

"Zander, don't leave; it isn't like that! When I heard about what happened to you with the drugs, yes, I was worried about you. But I didn't come back out of pity for you; I came back because I miss you. I love you, Zander Smith..." But it was too late… Zander was already gone. She sighed. She didn't know if he heard anything she said. She didn't know what to do.

**

Courtney walked into Kelly's.

"Hey," she said as she leaned over and kissed Jason.

"Everything is okay. I am not going to say anything about what happened with Elizabeth," Jason looked at her.

"I will only be gone for a few days; I just need to get Elizabeth where she needs to be and make sure that nobody knows where she is; at least until the Ric thing is over," Jason said.

"Do you think anybody is going to notice that he is gone?" Courtney wondered.

"There is one person and she just entered the room." Jason said. Courtney turned around and saw Faith Rosco entering Kelly's.

"You don't think she would care." But then Courtney remembered Faith was working with Ric to get revenge on Sonny. Courtney looked at the time.

"I have to go now. I'll see you in a few days. Please be careful, " she said as she leaned over and kissed him.

"I will be." Jason promised. Courtney looked back at Jason and hoped that he would be careful. If Faith found out about Ric… she had no idea what she would do for revenge.

**

Courtney was walking back to the loft when she saw Emily sitting on the bench, looking quite upset.

"Emily," she said softly. Emily looked up.

"Courtney, Hey. It's nice to see you again." Courtney sat down next to Emily.

"Is everything okay?" Emily looked at Courtney and smiled.

"I'm fine," But Courtney just knew something was wrong.

"I know I don't know you that well, but Jason is your brother, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him, so I think we will be spending a lot of time together. Are you having man troubles?" Emily laughed.

"Can you tell?" Courtney smiled and nodded.

"I have experience in that," she laughed.

"Well I don't how much Jason told you about me, but I left town because I hurt my back in an accident," Courtney nodded.

"I heard something about it."

"Well, I left my boyfriend, Zander, here in Port Charles. Well during my recovery, I broke up with him for many different reasons, I won't go into it right now. Well now I am back and I guess you could say I want to get back together with him, but he thinks I just want to get back together out of pity for him because he had a hard time getting over the break up, but that isn't the reason. I realized that I love him; I want to be with him," Emily explained. Courtney nodded.

"I totally understand. If you really love Zander then fight for him." Emily nodded.

"Thanks for the advice; you know Jason is really lucky to have you." Courtney smiled.

"I'm the lucky one," Courtney smiled. She stood up. "I have to go now, but call me anytime you want to talk." Emily smiled.

"Thanks, it's nice to have girlfriend to talk to, especially since Elizabeth just left town."

"Oh yeah. You and her are best friends," Courtney said, "Elizabeth and I used to not like each other, but every since we had to work together when we were kidnapped, we've gotten to know each other better and we've actually became friends."

"Yeah, we have been friends since we were teenagers; she is a great friend to have."

"Well, I will see you around," Emily said, as she walked away, and Courtney walked away as well.

Unknown to them… Faith had heard them talking about Elizabeth. I guess if I can't get the information about Ric from Elizabeth. I will just have to get Jason to tell me, and the only way I can do that is through his sister.. Emily, Faith thought to herself, as she walked off, planning her next move.

To be continued...

Author's Note: When I first started this story, it was just going to be about Jason and Courtney… and it wasn't going to be a long story, but then I didn't like how Emily and Zander were on the show, so I had to add them in, and then I had an idea for a storyline, so this story is going to go on longer than I thought