Chapter 40- The Wedding to Nowhere

"Angels are supposed to watch over things," Jason said softly, holding Elizabeth's hands and gazing into her eyes. "But now, my angel is right here with me. And we can watch over our children together. You're so beautiful. Smart. You make me see things I've never noticed until you've pointed them out. The future is so unknown, but the one thing I do know, is that everything will be okay as long as we're together."

Scout climbed onto Sam's lap and nestled against her chest. Sam kissed her forehead, then wrapped her arms around Danny and Willow. Danny turned and noticed Carolyn dabbing at her wet eyes, and Jeff wrapped his arm around her.

"Being locked up for three years and being apart even longer than that makes me realize that none of us knows how long we have," Elizabeth said. "I don't want to waste anymore time. I want to be with you always, with our children. I know things might not be perfect, but we always end up back to nowhere. This time though, I want us to stay at nowhere, because it's the only place I want to be."

Drew turned around and winked at Sam and their kids.

"By the power vested in me by the island of Spoon," Father Coates said. "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
Jason wrapped his arms around Elizabeth and kissed her tenderly.

Everyone rose and clapped. Cam and Jake fist bumped.

Jason and Elizabeth walked up the aisle followed by Cam, Jake, Aiden, and Violet. But Jeff and Carolyn had disappeared.

Monica beamed and wrapped her arms around Drew's waist. "Well, that was a lovely ceremony."

"It sure was," Drew said.

"I'm so blessed to be a part of it," Monica said. "I'm so happy to have all of you here. If only your father could be here."

"Thanks for inviting me, Drew," Willow said.

"Jason said to bring the family." Drew wrapped arm around Willow. "You're part of our family."

Willow smiled.

They started to head out when Carly wrapped her arm around Josslyn. "I thought maybe we could spend the rest of the day together."

Josslyn moved away from her. "I don't want to."

Carly sighed. "But you let me sit with you. I thought—"

"You thought wrong." Josslyn crossed her arms. "Look, I'm glad you're okay from your fall. But I didn't stop you from sitting with us for Cam's sake. I didn't want to cause a scene!"

"Joss…" Jax squeezed her shoulders. "Your mother is trying."

"Well, trying isn't good enough!" Josslyn said. "It doesn't make up for how she's treated people. And is Donna with Grandma again?"

Carly frowned. "It was just for the wedding. I wanted to be here for Jason. Despite what everyone thinks, I want him to be happy. I have been trying to spend more time with Donna."

"Good," Josslyn said. "Then go home to her. You showed support, now leave. Don't ruin this for Cam and his family."

GHGHGH

That night as Danny laid in bed, Scout started screaming uncontrollably. Danny darted to the hallway and so did Willow. Willow flicked on the light and Scout huddled in a ball next to the couch shaking.

Sam and Drew came upstairs. Sam sighed and passed Danny and Willow. She dropped beside Scout and tried to wrap her arms around her, but she flinched back.

"No! No! No!" Scout wailed. "I don't want to go back! I don't want to! Don't make me go back!"

Danny turned and banged his forehead against the wall. Why did he make Scout go with him? Drew patted Danny's back.

"Scout, baby, no one's making you go back," Sam said.

"The Magnificent V will, and he'll be mad!" Scout cried. "He's gonna flush me…"

"Mommy won't let that happen," Sam said.

"Mommy's too far away…"

"No baby, Mommy's right here."

"I don't want my V-Vitamins. I want Mommy."

"I'm right here…" Sam repeated.

"The principal scares me. She hurt Willow…"

Danny looked over at Willow who stared at the ground.

"I know she did," Sam said. "But she can't hurt any of us anymore."

"But she'll be mad and take away the electricity," Scout said. "I don't want it to be dark."

Sam sighed. "But she's gone. She's not going to take away the electricity."

"But she and the All-Powerful V discovered it and they can take it away if we don't listen."

"Neither of them discovered electricity. Benjamin Franklin did. Everything they told you are lies."

"They didn't invent the airplane or the computer or penicillin either?"

Sam shook her head. "No. They didn't invent anything. They just told you those things to control you."

"I want my mommy…"

"Baby, come here…" Sam gently moved Scout's arms away. "See, Mommy's right here. Do you see me?"

"Mommy?" Scout whimpered.

Sam lifted her onto her lap and kissed the top of her head. "It's okay, sweetie. Everything's going to be okay. You have an appointment with Dr. Kevin this week. He's really nice. Do you want Mommy to go with you?"

Scout nodded.

GHGHGH

Drew and Sam took Scout downstairs to sleep with them the rest of the night, but neither Willow nor Danny could sleep. Guilt flooded Danny. It was all his fault. How could he have pushed Scout to go with him after she finally had a good night's sleep? He was a bad brother.

He and Willow spent the rest of the night playing Crazy 8s together. While he missed seeing Angelica, it was kind of nice spending time with Willow.

The next morning, Danny wanted to check on the Webbers. This time he didn't drag Scout along with him. He just said he wanted to visit his grandparents. He made his way to Wyndemere and up to Alexis' office where she and Julian were talking to Jeff and Carolyn.

"Steve and Elizabeth should be here soon," Alexis said.

"Did you tell them?" Carolyn asked.

"No," Julian said. "We just said we needed to see them."

"So, Sarah's not here?" Jeff asked.

"No, she hasn't lived in Port Charles for years," Alexis said. "Oh, hi, Danny!"

"Hi…" Danny slowly walked in and sat at the edge of the desk. "I was just wondering how they're doing…"

"Well, we're showered and rested," Jeff said. "And finally free thanks to you and Angelica."

Alexis raised an eyebrow. "Thanks to Danny?"

"Uh… he just means because I found them at the docks." Danny swallowed hard, hoping they wouldn't figure it out.

Knock. Knock. Elizabeth appeared in the doorway with Steve.

"Hi. Alexis?" Elizabeth said. "You wanted to see us?"

Jeff and Carolyn turned, and Elizabeth and Steve's faces paled. Steve's eyes grew wide and Elizabeth's mouth dropped slightly. They stared at each other in silence for several seconds, then Jeff and Carolyn rose to their feet. They slowly walked towards them. Carolyn lifted her shaky hands and cupped Elizabeth's face in them. Then she wrapped her arms around her.

"I thought I'd never see you again!" Carolyn cried.

Elizabeth's eyes bulged and her arms hung at her sides.

Jeff squeezed Steve's shoulder, then made to hug him, but Steve stepped back.

Steve clenched his jaw. "You think you can just waltz back into our lives like a day hasn't gone by and just pick up where we left off?"

Carolyn released Elizabeth from the hug but held her hands. "That's what we need to talk to you about."

"No, we don't need to talk," Steve said. "We've moved on. We don't need to go back to that place."

"But Steven—" Jeff started to say.

"Steve's right…" Elizabeth said barely above a whisper. "You left me with friends and moved to Bosnia… I was fourteen."

"We didn't want to do that," Carolyn said. "We—"

"You didn't even call me or send a letter!" Elizabeth pushed away the tears at the corners of her eyes. "You missed everything. The birth of my boys…"

"My med school graduation," Steve added.

"We wanted to be there for those things," Carolyn said. "We wanted to be there for everything."

"But you weren't…" Elizabeth said.

"Please, just let us explain," Carolyn said.

"I—I can't…" Tears streamed down her cheeks and she let go of her mother's hands. "I need to think… I need to get out of here." Elizabeth turned and hastened from the room.

Steve shook his head. "You have no idea what we've been through." He took off after Elizabeth.

Danny looked at Julian and Alexis. Carolyn buried her face in her hands and cried.