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Chapter 2

Carly regretted offering her help as the wedding neared. Working with Sam was too much torture even if it helped Jason in the long run. "No you don't want those colors." She sighed. "Go for something simple. Black you like black and it'll be Valentine's Day so go with black and red. Those should be the colors for the reception." She tried to convince Sam as they sat on the sofa in Jason's penthouse.

"Hmm." Sam began to think it over as Jason walked though the door and joined them. "What do you think of red and black as our colors for the reception?" she asked.

"Sounds good." Jason said as he took his jacket off, still trying to take in the sight of Carly and Sam working together.

"Alright then it's settled." Sam rose from the sofa. "I'll be right back."

"You should get down on your knees and thank me." Carly said walking up to Jason. "If you would've seen the colors she was talking about,"

"That bad?" Jason looked toward the stairs to make sure Sam couldn't overhear.

"Yes that bad. There was some talk of bright green." Carly shuddered at Sam's ideas.

Jason grinned, the simplest things like color set Carly off. "When you put it that way, thank you."

"I said to thank me on your knees."

"Not happening." Jason stated as he headed to the kitchen. "Want a beer?" he called out.

"Sure." Carly sat back down on the sofa. "So I'm assuming Sonny will be your best man?" she asked as Jason walked back in.

Jason nodded and handed her the beer.

"And Emily is going to be Sam's maid of honor." Carly said looking over her notes, as more time passed she just wasn't offering her hotel, she was planning the whole thing.

"Shouldn't it be you since you're doing all of this?"

"No. Emily and Sam get along, we don't. I'm doing this for you and only you. I don't need to be apart of the wedding party. Plus I'll get all my glory as the wedding planner." Carly said with a smile.

"Wedding planner?"

"Yeah. I'm already doing most of it and this late in the game you'll never find a real planner willing to work such little time. Just be glad I have good taste." Carly explained as she shut her pad and offered Jason one of her bright smiles.

"Thanks." Jason said from his heart. "You're really going out on the limb to help me." He knew how Carly felt about everything but still she was there helping more then she had to.

Carly continued to smile and nearly blush; she hated when Jason looked at her so honest and spoke from his heart. "It's what you want so I have to do my best to give you the best wedding I can." She reminded him.

Sam came back downstairs and explained she wanted to call her brother in private. "He'll be here for the wedding." She beamed with happiness.

"You both need to come up with a guest list." Carly said. "I'm sure we can fit everyone and leave a spot for my date. I'm thinking of asking Patrick Drake." She explained and caught the sudden anger in Jason's eyes. She knew he didn't like the doctor, she couldn't understand why after all these years she was glad to see Jason angry, maybe even jealous of her with another guy.

"That's nice." Sam said hoping now that Carly was interested in someone she wouldn't come by as much after the wedding. "He did save Jason's life so it would only be nice to invite him. Robin too," she added.

"Wouldn't go that far." Carly said as she wrote names down.

"She helped save Jason too. I know you don't like---"

"No, I hate her. But it's your wedding so invite her." Carly became very angry but she tried not to let it show.

But again Sam didn't know when to stop. "Why do you hate her so much? For telling AJ the truth?"

"It was more then that!" Carly snapped and glanced at Jason. "It's everything she took away from me." She softly added and looked down at her hands. "But like I said it's your wedding, the past doesn't matter anymore." She gathered her things and stood from her seat, she needed to leave before she said something Jason would regret. "We picked the inventions, I'll be by tomorrow to show you the finished product and then they can be mailed out." She left the penthouse.

"She's upset isn't she?" Sam asked.

"It was a hard time for her. It isn't something she likes to talk about." Jason said, sorry that Carly had to think of those bad memories now while dealing with a wedding she didn't approve of.

Carly headed home after leaving Jason's, the boys were with Sonny and she was glad for the time alone. She left everything on her desk and headed upstairs for a warm shower.

Once dressed, she threw on something simple, t-shirt and shorts before heading back downstairs. She poured a cup of coffee and headed to her desk. Before she could start any of the work in front of her, there was a knock on the door. "What are you doing here? I thought you'd be sick of me by now." She said letting him in.

"I wanted to make sure you were ok." Jason answered. "I was just going to stop by tomorrow but it couldn't wait."

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Isabelle A.