Chapter 26

Jason had woken up from a deep sleep with a jolt. "Courtney!" He screamed out. He had sweat dripping down his face, and his clothes were sticking to him from the sweat. He looked around the room, and realized Courtney, his Courtney, and their baby, weren't here. He sighed deeply, knowing that he was breaking down inside. He couldn't live without her. She was everything to him, and now that she wasn't here, he didin't know what to do. He shook his head again, and grabbed his jacket, and walked out of the penthouse.

Courtney was dressed and packed, with her ticket in hand, and was ready to go to Port Charles to see what it was there, and how it affected her. She looked down at the still sleeping Lorenzo and smiled, and felt this warm feeling in her heart. Something she had never felt before. She knew she still couldn't say she loved him, but she cared deeply for him. She bent down and kissed him lightly on the forehead, and whispered him his ear.

"I'll be back. Just need to take care of something. Bye." She whispered as she got back up, and walked out the door, ready for her little adventure to Port Charles.

Six hours later, Courtney stepped off the plane, and read the sign above her, "Welcome to Port Charles" She sighed as she grabbed her carry on and walked out of the airport. She managed to catch a cab, and didn't really know where to go.

"Ummm... so where is a good place where I can stay?" She asked the cab driver.

"Uhh... well there is this good place called the Metro Court."

"Great. That's where I'll go." The driver rode through the streets of Port Charles, as Courtney watched on as she saw what everyday life was like in Port Charles. They passed by a park, and she saw a couple of kids playing, and a little red head boy caught her eye. She watched as he swung on the swings, as a woman, who she was guessing was his mother, was pushing him. She smiled as she saw him jump off while high in the air, as his mother gasped, almost afraid her son got hurt, but smiled when she saw him smile at her. Courtney smiled at the scene in front of her window, but something inside her twitched, like she knew them or something. She knew it was weird because she never had met them, but she still felt it. Suddenly her thoughts were jostled by the sudden jerk in the taxi, and the gruffy looking man, looking at her with hungry eyes said "$25.50 pretty lady."

She paid him, and quickly got out of the car, and looked up at the expensive looking hotel, and sighed. She walked in and walked up to the front desk, which was runned by a twenty something year old, and the lady looked at her and smiled, not knowing who she was. She gave her a key to the suite upstairs, and Courtney thanked her, grabbed her bag, and got on the elavator to her room.

Jason had been working for awhile, just to clear his head. He was trying to come up with a lead as to who the bastard was who did this to Courtney and their child. He was going to make them pay for what they did. His thoughts were interupted when he heard a small voice and footsteps behind him said, "Jason."

Jason turned around and looked at the person behind him. His eyes grew cold at her sight, and asked, "What do you want Sam?"

"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what happened to Courtney." She said through gritted teeth, knowing she didn't mean it, and glad to know that that stupid bitch was dead.

"Yeah." He said simply before turning around and looking at the water.

Sam shook her head, trying to keep the tears at bay, knowing that she needed to do something, and fast. She turned around and walked off the docks, trying to figure out how she was going to make Jason hers, and only hers.

Jason sighed deeply as he heard Sam leave, thankfully. He shook his head, and he heard his stomach grumble lightly. He hadn't eaten in a while, and decided to head to Kelly's for some dinner.

Once Courtney got settled into her room, she came back downstaris in a black tank top, and a white mini skirt, showing off her tan legs, with leather boots coming up to just below her knees. It was to hot to wear jeans, and she wanted to make these first couple of months count, before she started to show. She smiled as she thought of her growning baby inside of her. Hers and Lorenzo's. She smiled and thought about their night, but realized that she didn't love him. She barely knew him, but yet they were still having a baby. She sighed as she turned as she came to a place called Kelly's. She heard her stomach grumble in response and laughed and said, "Your hungry too baby, don't worry so is mommy." She opened the door, and walked in, noticing a few heads look up to the new arriving custamor. A few gasped, and an old man dropped a couple of plates when he walked out from the back. Everything went dead quite, and everyone was staring at her, but as Courtney looked around the dead silent room, she connected eyes with the blue eyed man at the table closest to her, and gasped as she looked into his clear blue eyes. They captivated her, and she remembered her dream. Those were the eyes, and this was the man she was dreaming about. Damn he was gorgeous! Then suddenly a bright light shined in front of her... taking her back...

Flashback

Courtney: Sorry about the wait. Breakfast is still being served if you want that. Special is eggs benedict. If you want lunch, the blue plate is caesar salad with grilled chicken. Don't tell me. Let me guess. You want a hamburger burned with french fries. You guys always do.

Jason: "You guys"?

Courtney: Yeah. Investment bankers dressing down for your morning off. I can spot you every time.

Woman: Oh, miss?

Woman whistles

Woman: Could you -- I need to -- could you please come over -- I don't have time. Could you just -- I ordered over-easy eggs. These are not over-easy.

Courtney: I think that's what our cook calls over easy, but if you just give me --

Woman: Yeah, well, I've been waiting here for almost 15 minutes.

Courtney: I'm really sorry. Look, we're short and it's really busy --

Woman: Not my problem. I'm going to be late for work.

Jason: Over-easy eggs

Courtney: Hey, I -- I just wanted to thank you for your help with that customer over there. I'm new here, and I really don't need the complaints.

Jason: All I did was hand the lady a plate of eggs.

Courtney: Yeah, well, you came to my rescue, so I owe you.

Jason: I thought someone should cut you a break.

Courtney: You know, most people don't even notice the waitress unless their order is wrong. And then some people just look and you don't want them to, but that's another story. I have no idea how i will ever repay you.

Jason: I do.

Courtney: Look, I am happily married to a wonderful man who I am madly in love with, so --

Jason: That's great. Could I get another order of eggs?

Courtney: Oh -- ahem.

Courtney: On the house.

Jason: That's not necessary.

Courtney: No. You sacrificed your first order for me, and, maybe even better, you made me laugh. Well, the situation did.

Jason: It had to be the situation. Nobody thinks I'm funny.

Courtney: Well, you don't smile much.

Jason: Most people don't think the truth is funny.

Courtney: Well, what do they know? Um -- so, do you think that maybe you were one of those people born without a sense of humor?

Jason: No. I used to have one, but I lost it a while ago.

Courtney: So, how do you think you lost your sense of humor?

Jason: It's a long story.

Courtney: Well, I would love to hear it sometime. Hey.

A.J.: Why is my wife making nice with the man who threatened to kill me?

Courtney: What?

A.J.: This is Jason, my brother.

End Flashback

Courtney shook her head violently, and then looked up to still see everyone looking at her, and the blue eyed man named Jason, who was, her husbands brother? She shook her head again, and saw him stand up and walk over to her, but she began to feel violently dizzy, and then suddenly collapsed to the ground, with Jason to her side, catching her before she hit the ground, and everyone else coming over to see the supposedly dead Courtney Matthews.

Jason saw her walk in, and just stopped breathing. His beautiful, and still pregnant, Courtney was here! She wasn't dead. He just saw her stare at him, and then before he knew it he was up and walking towards her, hoping it wasn't another one of his visions of her again, but it wasn't, and he knew it once he caught her in his arms once she fainted. He looked down at her beautiful face, as she looked back at him confused.

Courtney looked up into Jason's blue eyed gaze and whipsered, "It's you." Before slipping into unconciousness.

A/N I know it took me forever to update! But I rpomise the updates are going to come quicker! I am in the process of the chapters on the other stories, so in a couple of days, maybe by tomorrow I will have updates done for the other two stories of mine! I know you all are thinking... YES FINALLY! WEll come on know... I gave you an update, a kinda short one, but at least it was one. I don't know if I did such a great job on this chapter, but review and tell me if I did or didn't!