chapter 3
"Courtney" he called up the stairs.
"I'm right here" she said as she wandered down the stairs holding her shoes and a little bow tie.
She was breathtaking with her black halter shirt that cut low but not to low and her pinstripe pants. As he looked her over and admired her beauty his eyes stopped on the bow tie in her hands. "No, No , No, No, No, No!" he said running to block her from Scott.
"What!" she asked trying to get around him. "I want to put this on him he'll look cute."
"Courtney there is no way in hell I am going to let you put that hideous thing on my son." he said seriously as he tried to grab the bow tie away from him.
"He's wearing it"she stated very matter of factly. As he grabbed the bow tie and went to throw it away.
"No he's not! Besides it doesn't match his outfit." he said in a fable attempt to persuade her not to torture his poor son with the hideous piece of clothing that she had presented.
"Jason! What did you put on him I told you to dress him up." she said as she stormed past him to the carrier that held their son. "Aw Jase" she said as she looked at her son. Jason had dressed him in a pair of jeans and a white button up collar shirt that had blue vertical stripes, with little Nike tennis shoes.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Jase sweety he's so cute." she said picking up the gurgling baby and admiring their son. As she looked at him she couldn't help but think of the little girl that they once lost. "Let's go"
"Ok" he said just little confused by her sudden change in mood. But he was going to wait for her to come to him.
The whole drive to the Quartermaine mansion was silent except for the occasional cooing of Scott. It was an uneasy silence that he didn't know how to break. So for now he just focused on the road and tried to put his mind else where. As he pulled into the long driveway he decided to break the tension before going into what would be a very long night. As he shut off the black Dodge Durango he turned and grabbed his wife's arm preventing her from further undoing her seatbelt.
"What?" she asked
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing I was thinking about the...the baby we lost." she said her voice barley above a whisper.
"Court..Court listen to me we have a beautiful baby boy now and we have to think about him. I'm not saying that, that baby doesn't matter, because it does but now, look at what we have now." he said gesturing to the carrier in the backseat.
"Yeah" she said as she stared lovingly at their angel. She wiped the tears from her eyes. "Come on."
As they walked up to the front door the he got a really bad feeling about this dinner. He brushed it off and remembered that this was for Lila and Monica and Emily.
"Good evening." Reginald greeted as he opened the door and gestured for them to come in.
Jason nodded as a thanks and placed his hand on the small of Courtney's back leading her into the family room.
Courtney looked up at him and gave him a reassuring smile before adjusting the carrier on her arm and walking into the room. Their entrance went unnoticed at first because all the Quartermaines were in a famous family fight over nothing in particular.
"Jason" Emily called as she spotted the trio and gave him a hug.
"Hey Em!" Jason said hugging her back.
"Hey Court how ya doing, you look great!" Emily commented hugging Courtney before turning her attention to her nephew. "Aw how cute! Can I hold him."
"Of course you can Emily!"Courtney said handing Jason the carrier so she could take Scott out. "Here we go" she sighed as she handed the sleeping baby to Emily.
"Oh he's so cute. I love his outfit." Emily said as she stared at her nephew.
By that time all of the family had stopped arguing and taken notice. Soon there was an uproar around them.
Upon seeing Jason Edward immediately started talking about 'The Next Quartermaine Heir', while Alan started to insult Courtney with stripper and cheap freeloader comments.
"Edward Alan Quartermaine and Alan Daniel Quartermaine you both will stop it right now."Lila scolded the two. "Edward we will not be claiming Jason and Courtney's son as anything and Alan Courtney is apart of the family and we will not use foul language against her." Lila stated in a very matter of fact tone.
Before another word could be spoken AJ entered the room through the patio. If it wasn't bad enough, the fact that he was there period, he was drunk. "This must be my prodical nephew" AJ said as he stumbled over to Monica who now held Scott.
Courtney made her way over to Monica taking Scott from her. "AJ this is your nephew Scott." she said as politely as she could manage.
"Fancy. How did you pick that name. Daisy?"he asked as he fell over the coffee table in an attempt to get closer to Courtney and Scott.
"AJ you're a disgrace to this family. Look at you waltzing in here drunk out of your mind." Edward scoffed as AJ tried to catch his balance.
"Screw you grandfather!" AJ slurred while the whole family watched AJ make a total ass out of himself.
"Your not welcome at dinner" Monica said as she crossed her arms in front of her."Go sleep it off AJ"
"Go to hell all of you!" AJ yelled as he stumbled up the stairs and out of sight.
"Shall we eat?"Monica said brightly after AJ was completely out of sight. "Courtney do you want to put Scott in the nursery, so we can have a nice quiet dinner?"
"Oh I don't think.."she started
"Oh he'll be fine he looks tired anyways" Monica 'reassured' although it wasn't really reassuring at all.
"I'll take him up for you if you want?" Emily offered.
Jason took Scott from Courtney's arms. "Thanks Em."he said as he handed her his son. He gave Courtney a reassuring kiss as a look of absolute terror appeared on her face. "He'll be fine!" he whispered kissing the side of her head. If he was going to be here he might as well make the best of it.
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It had been a pleasant evening so far. They had made it through the main dish without any commotion. Courtney had been answering all of Monica and Emily's questions about Scott and how fast he was growing. While Tracy and Alan and Edward were fighting over ELQ. Dillon was totally engrossed in his meal drowning out all the conversations going on around him as was Ned. Lila had made small talk with Jason about Scott and Michael. All seemed to be going well until...
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AJ stumbled into the nursery. "Aw lookie it's the prodical nephew." He said as he approached the playpen Scott was in. "Hey little fella." he said as he picked him up. "Hey your dad stole my son!" he stated angrily. "Wonder how he would feel if I stole you from him." he said as he let out a breath.
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"Oh My God" Courtney said as she jumped out of her seat and ran to the stairs Jason quick on her tail.
The Quartermaines looked around at each other. No one had any clue what had just happened. One minute every one was sitting and having pleasant conversation the next there was a shrill crying coming from upstairs and the next second Courtney and Jason were out of there. Emily was the first to realize what might have happened. "AJ" was all she said before she ran up the stairs with the rest of the Quartermaines in tow.
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"Oh God" Courtney gasped as she rounded the corner and saw AJ holding her son and yelling at him.
"What the hell is wrong with you! Shut Up!" AJ yelled before noticing Jason and Courtney standing in the doorway. "What's the matter Golden Boy. You look like you just saw a ghost." he mocked.
"AJ put my son down NOW!" Jason demanded his eyes glazing over with hatred for his brother.
"Why? You stole my wife and son from me. I just wanna return the favor." he said with disgust.
"AJ, Scott never did anything to you just please give me back my baby." Courtney pleaded.
"Oh he didn't but you did." AJ started to rant unconsciously tightening his grip on the baby, causing Scott to screech. He watched as Courtney cringed at the sound of her child squealing. "What do you say Court you wanna help pass your hubby some karma and come back to me...it will be perfect you me and our son." he said as he looked down at Scott with a sick want in his eyes.
"AJ please just give me Scott and we can talk about this." Courtney tried again taking slow strides towards him. When she got close enough she gently pulled Scott out of AJ's grasp. But in turn AJ grabbed her around the waist and pulled her straight up against him.
That was the breaking point now that Courtney had gotten Scott away from his brother Jason lunged at him pinning him up against the wall by the neck. "If you ever and I mean ever..." Jason started in a low intense voice. "...come near my son or wife again not only will I kill you but I'll do it in the most painfully excruciating way that you can think of." with that he released his brother and turned to his wife who was trying unsuccessfully to calm their son. Neither had noticed their audience that had appeared.
Without another word Jason and Courtney left with their hysterical son.
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An hour later they were at their penthouse still trying to console their seemingly unconsolable son. "Here" she handed him the crying baby. "You try I've done everything I could think off I've bathed him, feed him, sang, to him tried to give him toys, rubbed his back I can't do it anymore." she said frustrated
He knew that she was frustrated and by now was already doubting herself as a parent. He sat down in the rocker and slowly started to rock back and forth. Scott slowly started to calm down. That was the last nail in the coffin. "God see he doesn't even like me." she said as tears started to flow down her face.
"No that's not true...come here." he said gently.
"No" she said as she started to walk out of the room.
"Courtney NOW!" he demanded as she slowly turned and headed back to the rocker. "Sit" he said pulling her down on his lap. He handed her Scott. His luck Scott awoke from the movement and started to cry again.
"See I'm a failure as a parent." she said as she got up and tried to hand Scott back to him.
"No" he said as he grabbed her butt and forced her to sit back down on his lap. "Now calm down if your upset he's going to be upset slow down your breathing if your calm he's calm." he explained as she glared at him but followed his directions. Scott immediately calmed down and fell asleep. "See" he commented with a smile.
"Thank you Dr. Phil" she giggled as she leaned back and rested her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his head on hers. That's how they slept. Together with their baby in the rocking chair slowly rocking back and forth. All drifting into a peaceful slumber with dreams of their future.
A/N: sorry couldn't resist ending it here it jsut seemed so cute and so peaceful. Well you know he drill if you read you feed. Looking forward to knowing what you think.
