A/N: SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for the corny ending I know it was stupid and cheesy and I don't blame you for not reviewing. BUT I needed it to end there for the sake of this chapter and I have a feeling your not gonna like the end of this chapter either. But you know you will all grin and call me dirty names while you review! scared smile> I will do shout outs next chapter cause I want to get straight into this chapter it's going to be a hard chapter for yall to stomach and I think that I should just get it over with before you all start throwing pitchforks at me. Shaky Smile Runs for Cover>

Chapter 10

"I'm not her only parent. She IS your daughter to you know." he threw back annoyed with her blatant disregard for the fact that Katie IS her daughter as well as his.

She groaned as she realized that he truly wasn't going to touch the child. Finally giving in she picked up her screaming daughter, but no before throwing the nastiest look she could manage at him. "Shh" she whispered bouncing the baby lightly.

He knew if looks could only kill he would have been dead. He sat down on the couch behind him and just watched the only woman he'd ever love and their child. As the little girl started to calm down and snuggle into her mothers arms he continued to make his point. "Why do you wanna stay away from us? You can't honestly tell me you don't love that little girl like crazy. I can see it Courtney I can see how much you love her. Why in the world do you want to give her up?" he asked.

"Because...It's safer for her." she glared as the baby drifted slowly to sleep. "If I recall correctly that's what you told me when you left me." she spat tempestuously. "If you can leave me with a sorry excuse..."

"I'm sorry about that Courtney and I know that doesn't make up for the fact that I did it and I wish I could take it back you don't know how much. I was stupid for leaving you on Sonny's orders and I realized that..."

"Yeah Jason you realized that after you realized you had a daughter that you had to take care of" She spat as she glanced lovingly at her daughter that for some reason as hard as she tried she just couldn't put down.

"That's not true..."

"Really? Then why didn't you come find me you have plenty of resources" silence "Exactly Jason you suddenly had someone who was your's, she was an obligation and you had to take care of completely and that's when your little mind said DING oops I made a mistake." she spat her voice dangerously low.

"You know what Courtney"he started getting up. "Katie is OUR daughter and she is not an OBLIGATION as you so discreetly put it, but obviously she was nothing to you cause you dumped her on my doorstep without a second thought..." he didn't care how cruel he was being. He wasn't going to continue to let her degrade him as a father or continue calling Katie HIS daughter.

"You don't know the first thing about what I fell for or about OUR daughter." she yelled finally letting her anger get the best of her. Before anything could escalate any further she turned and walked through the doorway right off the living room that lead to her room. She quickly laid the blanket that was wrapped around her in the carrier down on the bed and laid the baby down kissing her forehead. She left the door cracked as she returned to face her ex. Lover.

Funny how you become so attached to things and people so quickly. Het thought to himself as he watched Courtney tend to their daughter once again. From a distance it probably seemed like it was a normal couple fighting with their baby in the other room but that wasn't the case not in the least.

"Don't you ever proceed to tell me how I feel" she pointed to herself. "Especially about that little girl Jason Morgan!" she yelled gesturing towards the now cracked door.

"I carried that baby for 9 months I loved her. I kept her alive. I brought her into this world." she yelled emphasizing the "I" in every sentence. "And that Jason Morgan brings an unconditional love that you'll never be able to experience."

She had fire in her eyes now. And you better believe he noticed. "Then why did you leave her?" he as calmly.

He's calmness pissed her off to say the least. How he could be so damn calm while she was boiling was beyond her. "Get Out!" she demanded tears in her eyes she didn't want to answer to him. She had left their baby with him because she knew he would take care of her. At the time it was safer for Katie to be with her father now...knowing Janine had already found them in Port Charles...whether Jason could protect Katie or not was besides the point.

"What?"he asked confused. Surely she wasn't kicking him out and expecting him to leave Katie with her.

"I said get out NOW!" she stated firmly pointing to the door.

"There is no way im leaving without Katie much less you." he hissed his voice barley above a whisper, his face dangerously close to hers.

"She's my daughter as you keep so kindly reminding me so thank you for taking care of her and thank you for saving me a trip and bringing her home." She said as she stormed over to the front door and held it open.

"What..what's wrong?" a frantic Sonny asked as he watched his wife keel over grasping her stomach.

"The...Ahhhhhh...the baby...Ahhhhhh" she screamed as doubled over in pain once again.

"MAX!" Sonny yelled as he left his pregnant wives side to grab the phone.

"Yea"Max called as he opened the door and stuck his head in.

"Get the car I think Carly is going into labor." he called as he frantically called Dr. Meadows. "Hello...Dr. Meadows?...Yeah I think Carly has gone into labor...yeah I'm bringing her in now...yeah thanks." as he finished his call his wife let out yet another heart wrenching scream.

"Breath Carly Breath" he coached

she looked up enough to flip him off and yell. "You try to breath when you have something the size of a watermelon coming out of a damn whole the size of a pea" she yelled before screaming again.

"I love you to" he laughed as he quickly gathered her in his arms and carried her out the door and in to the elevator.

"Levi, I'm telling you to not go over there! She needs some time to herself, you know like without you around." Pierre said emphasizing the "without"

"Oh what do you know!" she scoffed as she picked up her jean jacket and attempted to put it on.

He laughed at his best friend's wife. The simplest of task had become like accomplishing world peace for her. "You need some help?" he asked.

"Yes do you mind?" she sassed glaring at him.

"No I don't mind. But I'm not helping you cause if you go over there then your gonna push her over the edge she needs time to think not time to be harassed by

Mrs. Alwaysgottaberightmelodramafreakiknowwhatimtalkingaboutmywayorthehighway you." Pierre stopped trying to catch his breath.

David sat back and watched the exchange between his wife and best friend. He knew Pierre had a point, but he also knew Pierre would go over to Courtney's even after preaching to Levi to stay away. He wasn't blind he saw the crush Pierre had developed on Courtney, but he also saw the look in Courtney's eyes whenever she saw he and Levi together. Why she wouldn't admit she wasn't over what she left behind was a mystery to him but all the same he didn't ask. Finally breaking out of his reverie he decided to intervene. "Why don't we all go over and see how she's doing and then all of us can leave." he offered.

Levi looked from her husband to Pierre a few times before nodding. "Fine but I'm knocking." she said as if knocking was the one thing they would all fight over.

"Whatever" Pierre sighed as the three headed off to Courtney's home.

"I'm not going anywhere Courtney especially not with out Katie." he yelled as he walked over and slammed the door shut.

"Well you aren't taking MY daughter anywhere." she yelled as she followed him back into the livingroom.

"Your daughter?" he asked taken aback. "Who was the one not 10 minutes ago saying she was MY daughter not acknowledging her as your own." he asked incredulously. "You know I thought I wanted our daughter to know her mother but now I think she's better off if she thinks of Luz as a mother."

That was the last straw. He had tugged on every string and pushed on every button. But that...that was the big red button that said do not push...and he pushed it. Before anything else had the chance to be said she smacked him. As hard as she could she wanted it to sting into his face until the day of his death. And she had succeeded.

That brought him out of the autopilot that he had put himself on. That slap brought him out of the train of thought that made him want to hurt her so bad. He had succeeded and in doing so he had just hurt the chances of his daughter ever having a stable home ...of him having the love of his life. His first instinct was to reach out to her but that didn't go to well.

"Don't touch me" she hissed through gritted teeth. She couldn't imagine what she had ever seen in him. "The one good thing you ever gave me was Katie and for her I am forever grateful but right now I want you out of my house NOW!"

He wanted to comfort her...to reach out and hold her, but he couldn't. He couldn't stand seeing her eyes filled to the rim with tears...especially knowing he put them there. He couldn't take back his words as much as he wanted to...and he knew his apologies would fall on death ears. So he turned around and silently walked to his daughter.

Surprised he was giving in this easily she sighed as she let her tense body relax just a little. She waited for him to return out of the bedroom after saying his goodbyes but was surprised when whe walked out that he was carrying their daughter. "Jason? Jason what are you doing?" she asked panic setting in as he gently set Katie in the carrier and started to get her sleeping form settled in.

"I told you I wasn't leaving without my daughter." he stated simply not even bothering to look up from the belt he was now fiddling with.

"Jason don't do this..." she pleaded as tears started to cascade down her face. "I'm her mother..."

"Then why the hell haven't you acted like it? Dammit Courtney I'm not leaving her for you to go and dump her on someone else's doorstep." he yelled as he zipped the carrier cover up and looked at his daughters angelic face. There was no doubt she took after Courtney.

"You are not taking my daughter anywhere!" she warned pointing a finger in his face. She fiercely wiped away her tears before grabbing onto the carrier before he could remove it from her reach.

He glared at her before snatching the carrier out of her hand.

"Jason" she screamed. Trying to push past him and get her daughter.

David rolled his eyes as once again Levi and Pierre found something to bicker about. "Would you guys just shut up" he groaned in his french Canadian accent.

"Come on" Levi sighed as she stopped even acknowledging Pierre's presence and practically skipped to the door. Well as much as a pregnant woman can skip. Right as she was about to knock they heard Courtney scream.

Without another thought Pierre bust into the house heading straight for Jason.

A/N: Sorry this wasn't where I wanted to end it but it's already like 1 in the morning and im tired and I already know the half of you are going to come after me with hand grenades and heavy artillery because of all the Journey hate. I'm sorry and I'll I can say is I am a Journey fan I swear Scouts honor. Seriously though it's only going to get worst and worst and then awful and they terrible and then unbearable before it even starts to look green on the other side. I hope you all appreciate that I have been writing this for lets see it's 1:07 now and I was writing it at like 8:30. Believe me it kill's to write it just as much as it does to read it, but I stuck with it for story purposes but I hope I still have a few readers left by the end of this note.