Ch. 7
Courtney: Ok, guys, it's really late. Or really early depending on which way you look at it, so it's time to go to bed. I'm sure we could all use some sleep after this crazy night
Caroline: I don't think I can go to sleep knowing tomorrow Logan and I won't get woken up by Matthew
Courtney: He wakes you up? Since when?
Caroline: Well at 6 every morning, my alarm goes off then in the room next door Logan's goes off. We keep the doors to our bathroom open so our rooms are connected to each other. Anyways, we kind of get two wake up calls that way because Logan's is 10 minutes after mine. Then you come in mom and wake us up, but we always fall back asleep. So Matthew comes in every morning, even if he's staying home sick or something, and wakes us up and doesn't leave until we are fully out of bed.
Logan: Without Matthew, Caroline and I would have been late to school just about every day this year. Ah Carr, now I don't want to go to bed either! I don't want to wake up by anyone but him
Courtney: And I thought I was done crying
Jason instinctively wrapped his arms around Courtney and kissed her forehead as a simple gesture of letting his wife know he was there. Courtney was grateful for it and although it was tempting to get lost in her husband, her kids needed her.
"Come on everyone. JJ and Emme you guys are staying here for the night, Michael, Kris, Morgan I assume you're staying at your parents and Blake" Courtney said as she turned to look at him
"Mrs. Morgan I was just here for Emme and umm JJ, Kristina, and Morgan. I was just on my way home, I can come back tomorrow for all of the college students if you wish, or if you just want family time I'll come back whenever you or Mr. Morgan call or"
"Whoa Whoa Whoa, calm down Blake. First off, please call me Courtney. Mrs. Morgan is my mother-in-law. Well, technically that's Quartermaine, but you get the point. Second, it's about 2 in the morning and if you are going to come back tomorrow, which yes I would like you to, then it's absolutely pointless for you to go back to wherever the heck you live anyways. You can stay here"
Emme's mouth dropped open to that. Was Courtney so grief-stricken that she just invited the bodyguard to stay at their house for the night! The bodyguard who Emme was crushing on nonetheless. Jason was also shocked by his wife's proposal.
"Oh, that's very sweet of you Mrs. Mor-… Courtney" Blake corrected himself "But really, it's not too far away. Besides, your family needs some alone time I'm sure"
"Well they could also use friends and you spend a lot of time with my children, nephews, and niece so I assume you are all somewhat friends, so they'll need you too. A shoulder to lean on if you will. Oh come on, it's only one night and I promise we don't bite. Even Jason can stay tame after a night that we just had. Besides, the guest room bed is really comfortable. I made sure of it."
"Umm well… I can see you're not going to give up on this, so sure. Thank you very much Courtney, it's very generous of you"
"Not a problem at all. Emme will you show Blake where the guest room is please?" Courtney asked her daughter. She was well aware of Blake and Emme and saw this as a great opportunity for them.
"Sure mom. Come on Blake" Emme said as she connected with her crush. Blake was a little scared to see how this would go. Emme was feeling the same thing, especially when it hit her: her room was next to the guest room.
Courtney smiled as she watched her little girl, who wasn't so little, walk up the stairs with a potential love interest.
"Ok, all Corinthos kids lets go back home. Court, Jason, we'll be back tomorrow?" Sonny asked
"Please do. Tomorrow is going to be the hardest because reality will set it. Besides, we have to take care of all of the arrangements and" Courtney was cut off by Jason
"Don't worry about any of that. Sonny and I will handle it"
"Jase, really, I'm okay with it." Courtney assured him as she leaned up to kiss him
"Amazing how tragedy has just happened and Courtney and Jason Morgan still have the most powerful love on Earth, and show it" Logan said amusingly
Carly moved towards her niece and told her "Your parents will always have the most powerful love on Earth Logan"
"You don't think the most powerful love is yours and Uncle Sonny's?"
"Don't get me wrong, your uncle and I share a very special and powerful connection, but your mom and dad just have the MOST powerful. Got it?"
"Yeah, I get it" Lo said with a smile. The first smiled she showed since the news about Matthew had been said. Then suddenly, a frown appeared again. "Is it wrong to smile after what just happened?" Logan questioned
"Not at all Lo because I think it's what Matthew would want. I don't think he'd want us to sit around grieving all day, every day. Granted, we do need to grieve and be sad and cry, but not all the time. You're a kid with a life and you're aloud to live it. In fact, you should live it up more than ever in honor of your big brother. He's watching you Lo, watching you and your brother, and sisters, and cousins, and aunt, and uncle, and Grandpa Mike, and even your dad and me. He's always looking out for us because we now have our own guardian angel" Courtney said as she wrapped her arms around Logan and kissed her head.
"Yeah, I guess you're right"
"I'm your mother. I'm always right. Now up to bed Logan and Caroline. You too JJ"
"And Adella, Kris, Michael, Morgan go next door now"
Adella and Logan hugged then Caroline grabbed her little sisters' hand and led her upstairs while Morgan reached for Adella and all the Corinthos kids walked out. Sonny, Carly, Courtney, and Jason hugged, held back tears, and assured each other they'd see each other bright and early tomorrow. "We'll get through this as a family" Carly told Courtney. Courtney thought to herself that the family would forever be missing a piece of it without Matthew, but instead bit her bottom lip and whispered "I know Carly". Sonny and Carly walked out, and Courtney and Jason turned off the outside lights. They turned around and looked into each others eyes
"Jason?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't let me push you away. I don't want to, but I know myself and you know me, and I think I will. But really, I don't want to. I want to stay strong for you and our kids but I don't know if I can"
"Courtney, I will never let you push me away. And you don't have to be strong all the time. You're aloud to cry and break down if you need to. You're still the strongest woman I know and I love you so much Court. We'll get through this, together. I promise." Jason said as he kissed her forehead
"G-d, you are amazing Jason. Come on, let's go to bed. I just want to lie in your arms… and cry"
"I want to do the same with you"
"You want to cry?" Courtney said surprised. This was not Jason like.
"Well, I'm not sure. But I'm going to cry eventually and if I'm going to, I'd like it to be with you. I lost my son tonight Court, and even Anger Boy will cry over that"
"You are the most amazing man I've ever met Jason"
"You are even more amazing. Come on, let's go" Jason told her as they held hands and walked up the stairs. They knew their lives would forever be changed, but they would get through it. They had to.