It had been two long days since he'd refused to take no for an answer. She hadn't known what to expect, the next morning everything had seemed normal they'd had breakfast, talked, then he'd gotten up to leave kissing her goodbye. She cursed herself for responding to him. He kept doing it to her. They would be talking, out for a ride, shooting a game of pool stuff they'd always done and he'd kiss her. She hated that she'd come to look foward to it. That she wanted him to kiss her. She was also worried, that she was distracting him. Night after night she sat up worrying about where he was, what he was doing. She didn't want to worry, she didn't want to care.
"But I do." She sighed. Wrapping the worn yellow afghan around herself. She shook her head trying to clear it of thoughts of him. She pulled the faded photo out of her pocket as if to reassure herself she was doing the right thing, and then it hit her. "No, I wont let you do this to me anymore. Not this time." She declared standing up.
"Hey." Jason said walking into the penthouse and shrugging off his jacket. "I didn't think you'd be up."
"I, I want to try." She replied slowly.
"Try what?" He asked confused.
"To be more than friends, it scares me but, I want to try." She replied walking over to him. "It wont be easy, I have a lot of issues."
"So do I." He replied. She paused inches away from him nervously bitting her bottom lip. She slowly released it one arm slowly snaked it way around his neck gently pulling him down to her and for the first time she kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her as the kiss became heated. Neither knew who started moving first but, next thing they knew they were crashing down onto the sofa. He held himself up so he wouldn't crush her as she broke away breathless.
"I'm sorry." He said sitting up.
"No, it's ok. It wasn't your fault. I just think we need to take things slowly." She said worrying her bottom lip again. He gently placed a hand on her cheek pulling it free from her teeth.
"I can do that." He said placing a gentle kiss on her lips. "How about a game of pool?"
"I don't know how to play." She replied. "I was going to learn once but than this big brute of a man came in and scared off my teacher then he threw me over his shoulder and carried me out of the bar." She teased.
"Big brute huh?" He asked smirking.
"Ok maybe he isn't that bad." She teased.
"Not that bad huh?" He asked smirking as he pulled her into his lap and began ticking her.
"Ok, ok, I give. He's great." She said laughing.
"And don't you forget it." Jason laughed.
"You fight dirty Morgan." She said mock glaring at him. "Besides, I'm still angry I didn't get my lesson."
"I can teach you." He offered.
"I'd like that." She replied.
A week Later:
"What's wrong?" Carly asked the obviously distracted brunet.
"Huh, sorry." Elizabeth replied realizing she hadn't been paying attention.
"It's ok." Carly said waving off her apology as she set the sample book she'd gotten for the nursery down. "What's on your mind? Let me guess, tall, blonde, doesn't say much." She teased.
"No,...well yes." Liz admitted. "I'm just so confused."
"Wanna talk about it?" Carly asked.
"You've got enough on your mind without my problems." Liz replied.
"Hey, come on, I could use the distraction and, we're friends right? Well, I'd like to think so anyways." Carly replied.
"I haven't had a girlfriend since...well since I was a teenager." Liz admitted.
"Me either." Carly replied. "Now spill." She demanded.
"He told me he wanted more, more than friendship." Liz began.
"Good for him, I knew one of these days he'd grow a brain." Carly said grinning.
"Yeah well, I told him no." Liz replied.
"I'm going to have to hurt you, aren't I." Carly groaned.
"But, he said he wasn't taking no for an answer." Liz continued. "And not in a creepy perverted sort of way." She quickly explained.
"Don't worry I don't think Jason is the creepy pervert type." Carly laughed. "So, you don't like him, as more than a friend?"
"I do, A few days ago, I told him I'd try, see where it went." Liz replied.
"Ok, I don't have to hurt you. So what's the problem?" Carly asked.
"I, I think I might be falling in love with him." Liz admitted covering her ears at Carly's squeal of delight.
Safe house:
"How's everything?" Sonny asked.
"I still am trying to figure out who tipped Alcazar off, this should have been over last week." Jason sighed.
"I know, this isn't exactly how I saw it playing out either but, we've come to far to back out now." Sonny replied.
"I know, Carly said to tell you she misses you." Jason replied. "And this better be over before the babies due or she'll be planning your real funeral."
"I don't doubt it." Sonny chuckled. "How's Liz?"
"Better, I can't keep lying to her." Jason replied.
"You don't have a choice." Sonny replied.
"I know damn it but, it's just..." Jason trailed off frustrated.
"You love her, don't you." Sonny asked.
"Yes." Jason replied looking him in the eye. "And when this is over, she'll hate me."
