The Letter Part III
Author's Note: The rating has changed on this story. It's now M for mature.
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It had been three glorious months since Jason and Sam had gotten married.
After a long sojourn to Hawaii for a honeymoon and time away from the chaos of Port Charles. After reluctantly leaving their solitude the two returned home and settled into married life after Jason carried his bride over the threshold. They adored finally being husband and wife and everything that went with marriage but one was their shared absolute favorite part. It was falling asleep and waking up together. Each night they're the last thing they saw before closing their eyes and the first thing they saw when they opened them in the morning.
Although, over the last week or so the mornings had not been kind to his wife.
Sam was rousted out of bed with an awful flu. It had Sam retching into the porcelain god and this morning was no different. She flung the covers off her to rushing to their bathroom. Jason immediately followed her with concern. He put a clip in her hair to hold it back and grabbed a washcloth, ran it under cold water then squeezed the extra water out.
Jason sat down with his back supported by the wall. After the queasiness ended she fell back against him and sat between his knees where she rested her elbows then Sam closed her eyes and leaned back her head. Jason dabbed her beautiful face with the cool damp cloth hoping to relax her. Sam felt utterly spent even though she just got up.
She took in a deep breath and then let out a long sigh.
Her stomach was still churning.
"Oh God, Jason...It's been over a week! This flu just won't quit." Sam said. "It should be over with already!"
There was an idea forming in Jason's head but he wasn't sure how to broach the subject. He placed a kiss to her hair then rested his cheek against her head and decided that the straightforward approach was the best.
"Babe, when was your last period?"
Sam pulled away from him slightly to look him in the eye. She still looked green and ashen but her brows were furrowed in confusion. "I don't know..."
She sat up straighter and moved so they were face to face. "Now that you mention it... I think it should've been like ten days ago. Jason, do you really think that I could be pregnant?"
He shrugged as he tucked the bangs that were always falling into her eyes behind her ear. Jason trailed the back of his fingers down her neck and looked into the beautiful eyes that held the tiniest bit of hope behind the love and caution in their dark depths.
"Well, you've been sick everyday this week and if it were really the flu or something contagious then I should have it too by now. Don't you think?"
Sam had a hint of smile but clearly getting nervous as she said, "Jason you know I want a baby more than anything but it's just... I mean, Dr. Meadows said last year that-"
"That in a year you could be ready to be pregnant." He finished.
Truth be told, he was nervous too. He'd had the idea for two days but didn't want to get either of their hopes up. Before Sam, he thought the closest thing he would ever come to having kids was being an uncle to Morgan and Michael.
Just like every other aspect of his life Sam changed, fatherhood was no longer a question of if but when would it happen. However, they'd had a difficult time so far trying to make their dream of parenthood a reality. The last time she'd been pregnant, not only had they lost their baby girl but he'd come too close to losing Sam. She'd nearly died and... Jason shook his head not even able to handle the memories.
He couldn't bare the thought of life without her.
"But then the shooting happened."
Just like that he was assaulted with memories of another time he'd almost lost her.
Jason looked down with regret as shame filled him whenever that was brought up. No matter what Sam said about not blaming himself. He did. Jason blamed himself for the entire thing. Sam had been punished just because he loved her more than his next breath.
Manny had targeted her because she was the center of his world. Not only that but he'd gone and made the situation worse with his stupidity.
As if sensing where his head was and her innate ability to always know what he was thinking without him saying a word... she made him look at her.
"Don't do that. Don't go back there. It wasn't your fault. So stop letting this come between us anytime it's talked about and it's gonna be from time to time but brooding up a storm is just letting him win. He didn't win. Jason, we did."
God, this woman was incredible.
She was his heart and soul... the one that made him fall in love deeper than anything he'd ever felt. His sole desire was to make her as happy as she'd made him by giving him the one thing he didn't think anyone ever would... unconditional love.
He held her face in his hands. He never wanted to be without her again. Nothing was taking them from each other ever again. He could see the determination he felt in his bones reflected back at him from his wife who was a fighter not to be underestimated. People that made that mistake were quickly taught a lesson.
"I don't know what I did to deserve you Morgan but I'd do it a million times over because you're the best thing that has ever happened to me." Jason loved that now they shared the same last name.
She smiled from ear to ear. "Back at you, Morgan."
Suddenly, feeling a lot better... Sam stood up from the floor. After she brushed her teeth Sam smirked at Jason who was still on the floor. Sam leaned back against the counter and crossed her ankles. She knew that he loved every inch of her but also knew her legs were particularly irresistible. Right at that moment, she was giving him a fantastic angle of a favorite feature.
By the darkness clouding his eyes, Sam could tell that she was getting exactly what she wanted.
Sam moved toward the shower and opened the door to turn on the spray. The hot water began to fog up the room with steam. It was nothing compared to the heat of those steel blue eyes as Jason kept staring at her, his jaw clenching, and his muscles tightening.
She knew that Jason was getting harder as each second past. Sam took the clip from her hair letting it fall down in waves then she tilted her head to the side then "innocently" moved her foot up and down her calf slowly.
"You know... our odds are gonna be better if we try more... so how about we do it again?" Sam asked as she moved backwards into the shower stall without taking off her long white sleep shirt. The water flowed over her body making her shirt transparent as it clung to her bare breasts. Sam licked her lips and dipped her head back as her hair was drenched by the water that moved it smoothly from her face.
He practically jumped up from the floor and entered the shower fully clothed. He backed her up against the shower wall. Jason grabbed her face with his hands before plunging his tongue into her mouth and started devouring her. Sam was just as eager but then she pushed him away roughly to the the other side of the shower. Her intent made obvious when she grabbed at his shirt. Clearly annoyed that it was impeding her ability to feel his skin against her fingers, Sam peeled it away from his chest and he raised his arms to help her remove it all the way. She threw it on the floor of the shower before pulling his face back to hers.
She scratched her nails up and down his now bare back and torso. The feel of his hard chest and stomach flinching under her touch as she applied just enough pressure to cause a twinge of pain. Sam did not let that take her attention away from the battle of their tongues as they tried to dominate the other. Jason dropped his pants to the floor and then in one swift move ripped the panties off of her. He hoisted her up into his arms while her legs locked around his waist and he moved so that they were underneath the main shower head and the spray covered them both. They began to move together never taking their eyes off the other as they built toward their climax.
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Only the next day a beaming Jason and Sam walked out of Dr. Meadows' office. Both clad in their signature black leather jackets, they were walking side by side not allowing light to come between them as he had one arm thrown protectively over her shoulder and her arm secured under his jacket around his torso. However, the small picture they held out in front of them by each taking a side had their complete attention. The newlyweds were so engrossed in the image that they were oblivious to anything and any one else as they made their way passed the main nurses' station.
Neither of them noticed that one nurse was watching their every move until the elevator doors closed blocking them from view.
Once they were out of sight, Elizabeth immediately pulled up the access to the patient files for Dr. Meadows. This was not her department so she had no proper clearance to be looking at these charts but the curiosity got the best of her. As she typed in the name that made her want to gag Sam Morgan and waited with dread. The chart popped up and she skimmed it looking for only one thing.
Pregnancy test: Positive.
Elizabeth's worst fears were confirmed. She had truly lost any chance of being with Jason who she had always been in love with a little. She had always looked at him as the one that got away. Elizabeth had been upset after finding out about him and Courtney and after he'd married her, she'd been even more devastated. Yet, something had always told her that wasn't going to last. Even though she had also moved on with others... a part of her hoped that she'd get her chance with Jason. She had never given up the idea that they'd have their time to be with him.
That was before Sam McCall.
Anybody that had ever seen those two together could tell something was different about Sam; the way that Jason looked at her, talked about her made it obvious that it wasn't just the two of them falling in love. She was a game changer for Jason. It was clear that they were made for each other; they belonged together and any time they were apart they were both miserable. Now they were committed to a life together and they were going to have the baby they wanted since before they admitted they were in love.
Any chance she had with Jason was gone.
She could feel the tears spring to her eyes and wished it was just her own pregnancy hormones. Elizabeth knew it was more than that and ran away to the closest ladies room. She was too distraught to bother to log out of her computer or realize that she hadn't been standing at the nurses' station alone and that someone had seen the whole thing unfold.
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Carly was walking into Kelly's with Michael to pick up lunch. Her son was thrilled he'd have a baby cousin. He talked about it non stop since finding out last week that Uncle Jason and Aunt Sam were having a baby. They'd also started a little tradition of bringing Sam lunch whenever Jason was working. He hated leaving his pregnant wife at home by herself. Sam didn't like to be coddled because she could take care of herself. However, Carly knew both were worried and after what they'd gone through during Sam's last pregnancy, their worry wasn't unfounded.
So if she could help by checking on Sam that was fine especially since the more time they spent together the more they realized they had a lot in common. In fact, today Carly and Michael were going to spend the afternoon with Sam watching Top Gun, a movie the women found out they both adored given a mutual major crush on Tom Cruise especially when he was dressed like a fighter pilot. She also knew that Michael was going to love the movie as much as she and Sam but for totally different reasons. Her redheaded trouble maker was just excited about getting to watch the movie on Jason's huge television with surround sound.
He held open the door, "Mom we have to make sure to get Auntie Sam something sweet... and maybe put something weird on it like... oh, how about a cupcake with olives on top?"
Carly smirked down at him and laughed, "Why would Sam want something like that?"
"I though women like icky foods when they're having a baby... did you eat weird stuff when you were pregnant with me?"
Carly was about to answer when a voice stopped her cold.
"Sam's pregnant?"
Carly looked up to see Alexis Davis who seemed like she was just about to exit the diner. Now she stood with a stunned look on her face obviously she'd not been told that Sam and Jason were expecting.
She smirked. Good. Carly had been meaning to have a conversation with the cold blooded bitch ever since she had nearly destroyed her best friend's life. And now that she was taking a liking to Sam... she was doubly pissed.
Carly looked down at Michael, "Honey, why don't you go find Grandpa Mike? Mom needs to have a grown up talk. Then we'll order lunch and go see Auntie Sam."
"No cupcakes with olives though!" Carly chuckled as he ran off then turned her attention back to Alexis as she gave her a sickly sweet smile, "Kids... they're the greatest gift, a true blessing."
Once the little boy was out of earshot the shrewd attorney started in right away. "Is it true? Is Sam really having a baby?"
"Yes, she is actually." Carly said.
Alexis began to smile in an awestruck manner, "I'm going to be a grandma?"
Carly laughed snidely at the woman and asked, "Why in the hell would you think that? What makes you think you're getting anywhere near this kid?"
Alexis rolled her eyes, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that kids are a blessing to most mothers but not to you."
"How dare you say that I don't think my kids are a blessing."
"Well, you don't because of how you treat your yes, pregnant daughter. I'm not surprised you didn't know about it given your recent behavior or overall treatment of this daughter who you claim is such a blessing but you couldn't have given a damn what happened to Sam until you found out she was your daughter. You think squeezing her out from between your legs 26 years ago gives you the right to control her life now! I'm not the only one that knows you guilt tripped Jason into leaving Sam."
Alexis pursed her lips as she did when she was about to judge someone as well as proving why she was right to do whatever the hell she wanted.
"Jason is a danger to her and she was shot because of him."
"And you've never been a danger to Sam?"
"Of course not." Alexis huffed.
"So you've conveniently forgotten the time that you screamed at her until she broke under the pressure and agreed to risk her daughter's life. "
"Kristina was dying."
"And Lila did die. Let's not forget just how close Sam to death herself, that blessing of a daughter would've been dead if it weren't for Jason... do you know how distraught he was sitting vigil by her bedside actually praying to God that he didn't lose the woman he loves? The woman he's loved a lot longer than you. The woman that he's given unconditional support since she found out that she had the bad luck to wind up with you as a biological mother."
"The situation with Kristina was completely different."
Carly crossed her arms over her chest and tilted her head, "Why? Because the doctors said it wasn't your fault? I was there Alexis. You wanted one thing and that was the stem cells. You went into that chapel and badgered Sam until she agreed to risk her baby's life and for all your talk about how you'd risk Kristina's life if the roles were reversed, none of us believed it. You did a lousy job of acting like it mattered to you what happened to either Sam or Lila."
Alexis continued her superiority act. "I wanted my daughter to live."
Carly narrowed her eyes feeling anger flare inside of her, "So did Sam. Except her daughter didn't live. Sam almost didn't live. You are standing there thinking that you're absolved of all responsibility because the doctors said so... give me a fucking break. Lady, you were a ruthless bitch that day and everyone there saw that you didn't give a damn about the lives of Sam or Lila."
Alexis huffed and flipped her hair over shoulder as she raised her head high in typical Alexis Davis superiority fashion.
"I didn't cause Sam's condition and I'm very sorry about what happened to her baby. Jason is the reason that Sam was shot. There's a difference."
Carly got right in Alexis' face,"Sam's condition? Her baby? My God, you can't even say the words about how much danger Sam was in and you can't even say her baby's name! But I agree with you. There is a difference. Jason doesn't care about Sam because he has to, Jason loves Sam because he knows her. I can tell you that Sam is the single most important person in his life. She means everything to him. So if you want to get to know her then you need to wise up and stop thinking that Sam owes a damn thing just because she spent nine months in your womb. If you don't then you're only going to find out about your grandchild's birth when Sam and Jason announce it in the newspaper."
Carly gave Alexis a hard glare before transforming her face into a smile then turned and walked up to the counter where Michael was waiting with a few take out bags.
"Come on, Michael... let's go deliver Auntie Sam her burger. She is probably awfully hungry now that she's eating for two."
She made sure that the attorney heard her every word as she gave Alexis a condescending smirk as they passed by the shell shocked woman before they headed out the door.
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End of Part III
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