It had been two weeks since Jason Morgan had showed up in Port Charles and already, he had made himself quite comfortable in town. He was nightly fixture at Carly's club and had almost convinced her to hire him on as a part-time bouncer when one of her guys quit. Carly had seriously considered it, until she saw the look Courtney had given her and reluctantly told him she was looking for someone more permanent.

He wasn't just at the club either. Courtney would see him when she left classes or at the park when she was out jogging. He rarely approached her but he always made sure saw him. She wasn't sure if she was just paranoid in thinking that he was tailing her or if it was all coincidental.

She was sure however, that he wasn't at the Port Charles Grill, which is where she was tonight. AJ had been out of town for the last two weeks on family business and now that he was back, Courtney felt a little bit safer. She hadn't told him about Jason being in town when they had spoken on the phone because she knew he would have neglected work and come straight home and that was something his family wouldn't appreciate, so she kept quiet. Now that he was home though, she'd have to tell him sooner or later.

"This is nice," she said, smiling across the table at him. "I can't remember the last time the two of us went out like this."

"It's been too long," AJ agreed, reaching over and touching her hand. "We should come here more often," he added, taking a drink from his glass. "It's a nice change from the Cellar, it's quieter, the food is excellent, there's no--"

"No Carly," Courtney finished with a small laugh.

"Let the record show that you said it not me." AJ winked. His face turned serious as he set his glass down. "So has anything happened since I've been gone?"

"Actually, some stu--"

"Oh my god you guys, look who's here!" Carly swooped down on their table suddenly out of nowhere.

"Carly. Hey." AJ looked over at Courtney who shrugged her shoulders. She hadn't told Carly where they were going, the girl just always seemed to know.

"Who Carly?" Courtney asked. She turned her head in the direction Courtney nodded. Seated at the bar was a very attractive blonde, dressed completely in black and drinking a martini. "I don't recognize her, who is that?"

"Faith Roscoe Corinthos, wife of Sonny, sister-in-law of the recently deceased Bobby." Carly's voice lowered into her gossiping tone. "She's been out of town for the longest time, it can't be good that she's back. She's crazy from what I hear, borderline psychotic."

AJ choked on his drink as he tried to stifle his laugh. Courtney shot him a look and he apologized.

"Do you think her being back has anything to do with Bobby?" Courtney asked, tapping her fork against her plate nervously.

Carly shrugged. "Probably, I'm sure that now that Jason's back, Adella's calling for all forces on the home front and I've heard that the only one in that family as lethal as Jason is Faith. They call her the Black Widow. Which really makes no sense to me, seeing as how she's not a widow, but I don't know if--"

"Wait, Jason Morgan?" AJ interrupted Carly's rambling. "You didn't tell me Jason was back in town."

"I was about to when Carly showed up." Courtney was surprised at the tone of AJ's voice. "AJ, it's okay, he's not--"

"It's not okay," he interrupted. He sighed. "Has he been hanging around you? I don't want you talking to him, okay?"

"Aw, how cute. Big strong AJ being all protective of his little innocent girlfriend." Carly's saccharine voice dripped with sarcasm. "You guys are lame, I'm going to go have some fun while I'm still alive." She reached over and took AJ's drink, swallowing it in one gulp. "You two should do the same. Later."

"Remind me why you're friends with her?" AJ asked. "Forget it, we've got other things to talk about. Has Jason Morgan been hanging around you?"

"He's around," Courtney said truthfully. "I wouldn't say he's specifically around me but he's around town. He's digging around for information on Bobby, AJ you knew it was only a matter of time before he showed up."

"I figured sooner than later," AJ said. He gestured for a waiter to bring him another drink. "Court, there's something I have to tell you. Jason my brother."

"I'm sorry, I thought I just heard you say Jason Morgan was your brother." Courtney stared at him. "AJ, what in the hell are you talking about? I've met your family."

He nodded amicably. "You've met my parents, and you've met Emily, hell, you've met a few cousins, and now you've met Jason." He picked up his fresh drink and raised it to his mouth. "Jason is my half-brother, he's my mom's, not my dad's but they raised him together. They'll tell you different now, but Jason was always favored over me because he was following in the footsteps of the family, he was going to be a doctor." AJ shook his head. "He was taking college courses his junior year of high school."

"Wow." Despite herself, Courtney was impressed with this information. She wasn't sure why, but she knew that her answer wasn't the one AJ was looking for and she realized there had to be some extreme sibling rivalry between the two. All AJ had ever told her about his family was how they were constantly on his back to do better, that he was never good enough and now he was telling her that Jason, of all people, had been the Quartermaine golden child. "What happened?"

"There was a car accident, and Jason was thrown hard from the car. There was a lot of brain damage and he was in a coma for weeks. When he woke up, he wasn't Jason anymore. He couldn't remember anything about who he was or anyone around him."

"That's horrible."

AJ nodded. "My parents did what they do best. They pushed him. They pushed him so hard to remember everything that he couldn't take it anymore and when he couldn't remember they made him feel worthless and he just left. He walked out of the house and he never came back."

"How did he end up working for the Corinthos family?"

AJ shook his head. "I don't know, but for whatever reason Adella Corinthos took him under her wing and turned him into the mobster wannabe that he is now."

"Why didn't you tell me any of this before now?" Courtney asked with a shake of her head. "AJ, ever since that night we've known Jason was coming back into town, how come you didn't tell me he was your brother?"

"Yeah big brother, why didn't you tell her?"

Both Courtney and AJ looked up to see Jason standing over their table. Across the room, Carly spied this as well, and whispered "Incoming," as she turned to the bartender to order another drink without fully taking her eyes off of the table. This was one show she didn't want to miss.

"I've got to say Courtney, in all of our little talks, you never mentioned you were dating AJ Quartermaine." Jason pulled out the chair formerly occupied by Carly and sat down. "I didn't know we were keeping secrets from each other now."

"You never asked me who I was dating," Courtney shot back defensively, not looking at AJ. She had a feeling this wasn't going to go well. "Besides, you spend enough time digging around for information, I'm surprised you didn't find out yourself."

"Talks?" AJ echoed. "Court, you said he wasn't bothering you."

"Maybe that's because I'm not bothering her," Jason pointed out. "I mean, maybe she enjoys my company just a little bit."

"Not really," she said, glaring at him.

He shrugged. "It's okay, I'm not in town long anyways, I don't need a best friend. I'll admit this though, I knew you were dating AJ." He held up his hands in mock defeat. "I did, but since you never seemed to be aware of the connection between the two of us, I figured you didn't know and well, I didn't want to ruin the surprise." He leaned back in his chair. "Though I am glad to be here for the announcement."

"Stay away from Courtney," AJ said, staring at the man seated next to him.

"Why? She's been very helpful to me. You know why I'm in town, right AJ? Bobby's dead and someone killed him and your girlfriend and her friend seem to be the only ones here who really knew him all that well." He leaned forward slightly. "What about you AJ? Did you know Bobby? I suppose you wouldn't really have needed to know him to kill him though, would you?"

"What's your point Jason?"

He shrugged. "I'm just saying, where were you the night Bobby disappeared?"

"He was with me." Courtney spoke up, unable to keep silent any longer.

Jason nodded. "I'll give you this AJ, you still know how to pick the girls."

"I want you to leave Courtney alone," AJ repeated. "Come on Jason, she knew Bobby only because he worked at the Cellar, that was all, they weren't friends."

"They weren't?" Jason cocked his head to the side. "That's not what I've heard, but if you say so AJ well then, it must be true, shouldn't it?"

"What do you mean, that's not what you heard?" Courtney tried to keep her voice as calm as she spoke while a million different possibilities of what Jason was talking about ran through her head.

"It is extremely rude Jason, to invite me out for drinks and then leave me stranded at the bar while you stand here chitchatting with other people. If I wanted to be ignored, I'd have stayed home with my husband." They looked up once more to find someone new standing over their table. It was the woman Carly had pointed out earlier, Faith.

"Faith." Jason greeted her with a smile but Courtney detected annoyance in his voice. She didn't like being able to tell the differences in his tones. "Let me introduce you. This is AJ Quartermaine and Courtney Matthews, remember, I was telling you about them earlier?"

"Right." Faith glanced down at Courtney quickly before turning back to Jason. "I thought this was pleasure, and not business," she said with a slight pout.

"I'll never understand why you girls won't mix business and pleasure," Jason looked directly at Courtney as he pushed the chair back from the table and stood up. "I suppose I'll put off the business until tomorrow." He smiled. "You get out of class at two tomorrow right?" He didn't give her a chance to answer before continuing. "Doesn't matter, I'll just catch you when I catch you." He turned to AJ. "See you around big brother." He was a few feet away when he turned around after only a few steps. "Oh and Court?" She cringed at the familiar nickname. Make sure he doesn't have too much to drink tonight, you know how he can get, don't you?" He guided Faith towards the bar again and didn't look back.

"What the hell Courtney?"

"Me? You're asking me what the hell?" She shook her head. "AJ, did you hear him? He all but threatened me!"

"What?" AJ blinked.

"Him and Faith, they know something!" She closed her eyes and put her head in her hands. "Oh my god, they know about me and Carly, they have to."

"How can you be so sure? He didn't say anything."

"I'll put off the business until tomorrow? I'll catch you when I catch you?" She shook her head. "Don't tell me I'm being paranoid AJ, he knows something."

"And you would know that how? Because you've spent so much time with him that you know everything about him now?" AJ shot back.

Her laughter was brittle as she leaned back in her chair. "Unbelievable. I'm being threatened by a mob enforcer and you're jealous because I've had a few conversations with him? Nice AJ, real nice."

"Courtney, trust me, he doesn't know anything." AJ shook his head. "He doesn't know anything so he's just baiting you into giving him something he can use. Don't fall for it Court, and don't fall for his charm."

"Charm?" Courtney laughed again. "Jason is anything but charming AJ. He scares the crap out of me."

"Good, make sure it stays that way." He pushed his own chair back. "What do you say we get out of here?" he asked. "It's getting too crowded and I haven't seen you in weeks, I've missed you."

"But AJ, what if--"

"Court, I get that you're scared, I do. And I won't lie, you should be, but trust me, Jason doesn't know anything. If he did, well," AJ paused. "We wouldn't be here having dinner. I'm not going to let him get to you Courtney, he's not going to find out anything about that night and what you and Carly did. I promise. Now come on, let's get out of here before the night's completely ruined."

"All right," she agreed finally, moving her own chair. She watched as AJ finished the last of his drink and remembered Jason's last words to them. She shook her head and chalked it up to another one of his scare tactics. She waved goodbye to Carly as AJ helped her put on her coat and took her hand as they walked out of the PC Grille.

Over at the bar, Faith watched as the couple made their way out. "So what's the deal there?" she asked, turning back to Jason.

He shrugged, swallowing before he answered. "They know something about Bobby that they aren't telling me," he said. "Courtney, she seems to be the weakest of the three, I'm sure I can get her to break down the easiest though her friend over there? The one whose staring at us? I'm sure I could get her to talk as well."

"They killed Bobby?"

"I didn't say that," Jason corrected her. "I said they know something. That's entirely different."

"Yeah, it's not nearly as fun," Faith said somberly. She finished her drink and ran her tongue over her lips, not wanting to waste any of the alcohol. "Someone's going to have to give soon or Adella's going to be pissed. She's already talking about bringing in two of the other families to start searching and you and I both know if she brings in the Corolla family they're going to cause all sorts of hell for the citizens of Port Charles."

"You keep Adella at bay," Jason said as he set his glass down. "Leave everything else to me, I'll tighten the screws a little bit more, let them believe I'm getting close and they'll cave. You'll see." He smiled at Faith and they both turned their attention to Carly, who was still at the other end of the bar, flirting with a group of guys. "It's only a matter of time."