Rated: M
Disclaimer: I don't own them, I just like writing about them
Song Lyrics credit: There You'll Be by Faith Hill
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There You'll Be
Epilogue
"In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky. In my heart there'll always be a place for you for all my life. I'll keep a part of you with me, and every where I am there you'll be. And every where I am, there you'll be."
Jason leaned against the doorway and watched Elizabeth rocking their daughter in her arms, trying to settle her down for the rest of the night. He remembered the first night he had heard her singing this song to the twins and he'd asked her about it. The words, they were sad, he had frowned and she had smiled at him and brushed a hand across his cheek in that comforting way of hers that made his heart bloom with love for her.
"They're hopeful," she had told him, "I'm telling our children the story of our lives." Then she had leaned down and pressed a kiss to his mouth. "No matter where I was, no matter how far away you went, you were always with me." Then she surprised him, that soft voice singing sweetly to him this time, "Cause I always saw in you my light, my strength, and I want to thank you now for all the ways. You right there for me, you right there for me. Always."
He had tucked the tail of her braid over the shoulder of the pale pink nightgown she had worn to bed and knew in that moment that he would never love anyone as much as he loved her.
A moment.
A lifetime.
"Did she wake her brother," Jason murmured, smiling when Elizabeth turned slightly toward him, as if she'd always known he was standing there.
"No," she whispered back, "Little Aubrey Rose wants her Daddy." Neither of them had failed to notice how the baby had turned toward him the moment she heard his voice. Before she could say more, there was a soft whine from the crib and Elizabeth chuckled, "Uh, oh, now you've done it."
He walked over to the crib, and lifting the baby into his arms and tucking him neatly against him. Blue eyes blinked open to stare at him owlishly for a second before closing again as Liam Edward snuggled against the warmth of his chest. It had seemed as if the babies had known the sound of his voice from the moment they were born. Probably from all the months he had spent rubbing Elizabeth's stomach and talking to them.
Four months and these two miracles still completely astounded him. Both had Elizabeth's dark hair, though Brie's eyes seemed to be more the color of his, while Liam's were the color and shape of Elizabeth's. Each already had clear and definite dispositions of their own. Brie was bright sunny and all smiles while Liam was calm, that smile when it came was sweet and heart grabbing just like his mother's. Both had their father wrapped firmly around their fingers.
"No," Jason smiled, "He just likes to hear his Momma sing." He settled the sleeping baby back into his crib, then went to take his sister and place her in her own bed, though she wasn't the least bit sleepy, gurgling up at him with a gummy smile. He leaned over and placed a kiss to her forehead. "Time to sleep little Rose," he brushed a hand over her head before stepping away.
He held out a hand and Elizabeth slipped hers into his, lacing their fingers together just as always and he led her from the room, turning off the light leaving only the little elephant lamp on the table on dim. "So," he pulled her into his arms, brushing a kiss over her mouth, "You still plan on marrying me tomorrow?"
The little ceremony would be held in the rose garden at the Quartermaine mansion and would only be attended by their family and friends. So much in their lives had changed so swiftly. He left the business, and though it had been difficult, he couldn't regret the decision. He still watched out for Michael, Morgan, Kristina and Molly because he had given his word that he would but he had a family of his own now and their needs had come first.
Taking over the security firm had been an adjustment, but it was just interesting enough to keep his mind active and interested.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world," Elizabeth laid her head against his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist and felt happier than she'd ever known she could. Jason had been adamant about getting married by the time she reached her ninth month of pregnancy, but she had insisted that she wasn't waddling down the aisle.
"You know I love you," she could feel him smile as he pressed kiss to her temple.
"I know," and she never doubted, never wondered, because he showed her every day in so many ways how much he cherished her. "I love you too." And in return, she gave him the same.
She was due to return to her nursing next month and was actually looking forward to it. Cam had started school and was attending kindergarten all day now. He and Jason were thick as thieves and there wasn't a better father she would chose for her children. He never treated Cam any differently than Brie or Liam; from the moment they moved into the penthouse, he had considered Cameron to be his son. The adoption papers that would finalize in a few months would make it legal.
Jason lived with them now, using his old penthouse for business mostly so he didn't have to go into his office downtown unless it was necessary. He had made her promise that after their two week honeymoon in Tuscany, she would start looking at those real estate booklets he kept bringing home. The man was insistent on buying her a dream house. She could have told him that it wasn't the place that made it a home; it was the love and the family who lived there. Jason and their children were her dream.
Tomorrow wasn't to be some elaborate wedding, she had that already and that wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It certainly hadn't guaranteed forever. No this feeling that enveloped her every time Jason held her, that was the promise of forever. Nothing was perfect but their friendship was their foundation.
Love, now that was their passion.
The End