Ch. 5

Authors Note: This chapter is pretty hard for me to write. What will happen in this next chapter comes from something my school experiences at the end of this past school year, so I'm sorry if this upsets anyone.

RIP Ryan W. F.

Courtney: Hi, I got a call saying my son was brought into the E.R. not too long ago

Nurse: What is your son's name?

Courtney: Matthew Morgan

Nurse: A doctor will be right out to see you

Courtney: Why can't I just go see him?

Nurse: Let me go get the doctor for you

Courtney: Can you please just direct me to my son's room and the doctor can talk to me and my husband there.

Luckily, Dr. Patrick Drake walked out

"Thank you nurse, but I'll take it from here" Dr. Drake said with a little shakiness in his voice, which didn't go unnoticed by the Morgan's or Dr. Drake himself.

"Where's our son?" Courtney asked somewhat rudely, not that she cared. She wanted her son and wanted him now.

"Mr. and Mrs. Morgan I'm so sorry, but your son didn't make it"

"What do you mean he didn't make it? Where is Matthew?" Jason screamed. Courtney had tears running down her cheeks, and Jason's eyes were watering. This wasn't happening. He wasn't gone. Matthew had to be alright.

"Matthew was in a car accident. He and a friend were speeding down I-84 off of exit 63 when Matthew hit a guardrail and then an electrical box. His friend pulled him out from his car, with Matthew barely breathing. Ambulances arrived at the scene and tried to give him CPR, but he was already gone"

"No, no, no, he's not gone. It must be someone else, not my son. It's not my son, it just can't be" Courtney cried out. She was openly crying with Jason holding on to her, even though he was about to lose it too.

"I'm so sorry Courtney and Jason, but Matthew is dead"

"Oh My G-d" Courtney said as she began to cry even harder as she slid to the floor with Jason's arms still around her. Big bad Jason Morgan was crying too now.

"Is there anyone I can call or anything I can do for you?" Dr. Drake asked the couple. He was truly sorry for them. Matthew Morgan was only 17, yet his life was unfairly taken from him

"No, thank you" Jason replied somewhat rudely, not that he gave a damn either. His kid was dead, politeness didn't matter

"Alright, I'll leave you both alone for now, but I'll check back in a little bit. Again, I'm so sorry this happened"

"Thanks. Me too" Courtney told him.

Jason and Courtney just held on to each other and cried. After about 20 minutes, words were finally spoken.

"Jason?" Courtney softly whispered

"Yeah baby?"

"Why did this happen?"

"I wish I know. I really wish I knew"

"We should call Sonny and Carly. They're probably worried about Matthew" Courtney told her husband, but at Matthew's name, she started to cry again.

"Hey, it's ok. We'll get through this, I promise. Come on, let's go call them" Jason said as he got up then pulled up Courtney. He put his arm around her and led her to the waiting area, where some seats were located. He got out his phone and dialed his home phone, figuring either Sonny or Carly would be there

RING RING

"Hello?"

"Hey Logan, its Dad"

"Dad, hi! Where'd you and mom go? Caroline and I came down to say goodnight and found Uncle Sonny here but he wouldn't tell us where you went."

"We'll tell you and your sister soon, but for now can you put your Uncle on the phone?"

"Yeah, sure"

"Logan?"

"Yeah Dad?"

"I love you"

"Love you too, here's Uncle Sonny"

"Hey Jason, what's going on?"

"You and Carly need to get to the hospital now"

"Jason, what happened?"

"Leave Caroline and Logan at home with a guard outside the door, then come over to the E.R. and Courtney and I will explain everything to you"

"Ok, man. We'll be right there" Sonny said before he heard a click on the other line.

Sonny and Carly had raced over to the hospital completely confused as to why they were. They both realized it had to be bad or Jason would have just told Sonny on the phone. Sonny had left the girls at the house and they were just as confused as the adults. Truthfully, Sonny Corinthos was scared.

The Corinthos' walked off of the elevator and looked around for Jason and Courtney. They found Courtney in Jason's arms in the waiting area. It looked like they had been crying… a lot. But then again, their kid was brought into the E.R., who wouldn't be crying? That's what Carly thought to herself, but a part of her knew better.

Carly and Sonny walked over to them, and finally spoke up

"Hey guys" Carly choked out

"Hi Carly" Courtney said back "Hi Sonny"

"Wh-where's Matthew?" Carly asked "Is he alright?"

"No, he's not alright" Jason told them

"Well what's wrong with him? Have you talked to the doctors yet?"

"Yup" Jason responded. How was he going to tell them? He hadn't even accepted it himself

"Ok guys, what's going on? Please, just tell us" Carly begged

"Matthew got into a car accident. He's dead" Courtney told him. At "he's dead" she began to cry again and all Jason could do was hold on to her. He wanted to do more but he couldn't. For the first time in a very long time, Jason was powerless, and he hated it.

"Oh My, Oh G-d guys I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" and Carly began to cry for the loss of her young nephew as Courtney let go of Jason's grasp and ran into her best friend's arms. They hugged and cried and held onto each other, for the unthinkable had just happened.

Courtney let go of Carly, only to look into the eyes of her big brother. She walked over slowly to him and he whispered

"I'm so sorry"

And she whispered back "me too" and walked into his arms, held on, and cried with him. Carly ran over to Jason and held onto him as they both cried.

They all stayed like that for a good half hour. Finally Courtney spoke

"I need to get out of here. Do you think there's paperwork or anything we have to do Jason?"

Jason walked over to her. "If there is, we'll do it later. Let's just go home"

"We still have to tell all the kids."

"I know, we will."

"I left my cell phone at home in the rush of everything. Can I borrow yours?"

"Yeah of course" Jason said as he pulled out his cell and gave it to her

RING RING

"Hello?"

"Hi JJ, its mom"

"I know who it is mom. What's going on?"

"I know it's late, but you, and Emme, and your cousins need to come home right now"

"Why? What happened?"

"You all just need to come home. Please, JJ just get everyone to our house, and we'll talk"

"Alright we'll be right there"

Courtney hung up the phone and turned to Jason, Sonny, and Carly.

"He said he'd come home with all the kids, now I'm going to call home and talk to Caroline and Logan and just let them know we're on our way home"

"Won't they be asleep?" Jason asked her

"Are you kidding me? They're home alone on a school night. Those girls are doing anything but sleeping."

RING RING

"Helloooooo?" Caroline asked rather enthusiastically

"Hey there Caroline"

"MOM! Um hey, how are you?" Caroline said, changing her tone to sleepy and adding in a yawn for good measure. Courtney was amused that Caroline actually thought that would work

"Did I wake you and your sister?"

"Maybe Logan, she's asleep already, and I'm about to go to bed"

"CAROLINE! Who the hell was that on the phone?" Logan yelled to her sister, which was heard by Courtney of course.

"Guess she's up" Caroline said into the phone embarrassed. Logan walked over to Caroline and Caroline shot Logan a dirty look

"Well that's good actually. Can you two stay up until your dad and I get home?"

"Wait, you want us to stay up late on a school night? What's wrong? What happened? Did Daddy get shot or something?"

"No, daddy didn't get shot" Courtney assured her daughter. Jason rolled his eyes at that comment while Sonny and Carly were amused by it. Leave it to the Morgan girls to lighten a moment. "Just grab some chocolate ice cream and we'll be home soon. Don't be surprised to see your older siblings or cousins walk in"

"Do older siblings include Matthew? He's still not home yet, and I'm getting kind of worried."

Courtney's heart sank. No, it doesn't include Matthew and it never will she thought to herself

"Just wait up for us, ok?"

"Sure. We'll be waiting"

CLICK

Courtney started to cry and Jason quickly wrapped his arms around her

"Hey, baby, it'll be ok" Jason tried to tell his wife

"Caroline asked me if Matthew was coming home too when I said her older siblings were coming home. The answer to that is no, he's not, and he never will. How are we going to tell her? Or Logan, JJ, and Emme for that matter? And what about Michael, Kristina, Morgan, and Adella huh? How did this all happen Jason? Why did this all happen?"

"Courtney, I wish I knew. Come on, let's go home"