Chapter 4

Aaron was startled by the sudden knocking on his hotel door. It took him a minute to remember he had ordered breakfast and that was most likely who was at the door.

He shook himself awake as he walked to the door and opened it.

He was surprised to see a nice looking woman who was not wearing a hotel uniform push his food cart into the room. He noticed she looked surprised at first then covered by looking away quickly.

"Has everything been to your liking Mr. Davidson?" She asked with a bright smile.

"Everything has been fine." He told her suspiciously. "Does management check on all the guest?"

"Sorry." She looked at him guiltily. "I'm Olivia Falconeri. I am half owner of the hotel. When Jason came to me and asked me for your room number I made him tell me why before I would. Curiousity got to me this morning especially when I saw you had ordered breakfast."

"So I take it you knew Jason before the accident?"

"Yes I did," she answered him. "Not as long as the others though. Get ready for some freak outs because when they lay eyes on you for the first time it will be a shock to the system."

Aaron was already tired of it. He was reconsidering staying another day to meet Jason's family at lunch. If this was any inkling of what he was going to have to put up with.

"You don't have to worry so much." Reading the look on his face. "After the initial shock wears off they will all love you just because you are his brother. Then if you are a good person they will love you for you.

"Maybe not all the Quartermaines though," she rattled on. "I am dating your cousin Ned by the way. You shouldn't have a problem with him or his brother Dillon but their mother,Tracy, on the other hand. You will need to watch out for her."

"I'm sorry," Aaron started motioning toward the door. "I didn't sleep well last night. I was thinking I might try to get some more rest after I have breakfast."

"Oh!" Olivia exclaimed. "I'm sorry, I overstepped. I do that alot. Just forget I said anything especially about Tracy."

She hurried out the door with embarrassment.

Aaron decided he would contact Jason after he tried to take a nap and make sure he was just meeting his wife and kids today. He didn't think he could take more than that.

It was several hours later when Jason got the phone call from Aaron explaining what happened with Olivia.

He sighed with exasperation. Now he had to tell Sam it would not be a good idea for Maxie to join them for lunch today. He really didn't want to disappoint her. Not that she wouldn't understand but he was tired of her having to be so understanding about other people's screw ups.

He looked out at Jake and Danny playing on the jungle gym as he put his call through to Sam. At least the boys were getting along. They hadn't been together this long before. He was surprised that Jake had elected to stay with him and Sam while Elizabeth, Cam and Aiden went to visit Lucky.

"Is everything alright?" Sam asked as soon as she answered her phone.

"Everything is fine with us." He told her. "But I just got an upsetting call from Aaron because of Olivia."

"Tell me he didn't cancel."

"He didn't." he told her. "But I am thinking it would be a good idea if we delay the introduction between him and Maxie. I think he is already on overload and I don't know if Maxie can contain herself."

"I guess we don't want to scare him away." Sam sighed. She hadn't been too sure it had been a good idea to invite Maxie anyway. "I will call and tell her today is not a good day and I will promise I to take her to lunch tomorrow."

"Are you boys staying out until time to go get Aaron?" Sam asked.

"That is what I was thinking." Jason answered her. "I will order lunch from the Metro Court and pick it up at the same time."

"Sounds good to me." Sam told him.

"Are you sure you are alright with this?" Jason asked her.

"Jason," Sam said with slight annoyance. "I told you last night and again this morning I will be fine with it. If I had met him without knowing anything about him I might have an issue but I am expecting to see a man with your original face. I will be fine."

"Sorry," he apologized. "I just don't want you to be uncomfortable. Love you."

"Love you too."

"We should be home in a little over an hour." he told her. "Is Emily doing alright?"

"Emily is doing just fine." she reassured him. "She is watching me fold laundry right now. Then I thought I would get us both ready for company."

After saying goodbye to each other and ending the call, Jason looked out at the boys playing. He sometimes couldn't believe how his life had turned out. Before getting shot and kidnapped, he had just gotten Sam and Danny back in his life and lost them again. Now he was back with Sam and his three kids and he couldn't be happier. He didn't want to ever take any of them for granted. He remembered how empty his life was when he stupidly let Sam walk out of his life when she was pregnant with Danny. He was never making a mistake like that again.

All four of them were getting off the elevator when Jason looked down at the boys.

"Just in case Emily is asleep," Jason started to tell them.

"We will be quiet." Jake finished for him.

"Go upstairs and get cleaned up." he directed at the boys as he walked in the penthouse. Aaron followed behind them.

For being a high dollar penthouse is was sparse of furnishings and decorations. There were a few family photos on the mantel above the fireplace but little else in the way of art. Just a very simple couch and chair as well as a simple dinning table.

After placing the bags of food on the table Jason walked back to Aaron. "You can have a seat while I go check on Sam and Emily."

Instead of sitting on the couch he walked over the the mantel and looked at the family photos. He had seen other photos of Jason's family the night before but there were different one's on the mantel. One of them appeared to be a wedding photo that had both of the boys in it. He was glad they all seemed so happy. One of the photos appeared to have been taken the same day but just had Jason and another young man in it. Both had silly grins on their faces as Jason was making bunny ears on top of the young man's head.

"That is our nephew, Michael." Jason told him as Aaron was placing the photo back on the mantel.

Jason was holding a squirming Emily on his shoulder as he came fully into the living room.

"Michael is like a son to me." Jason found himself admitting. "He is out of town on a business trip. He will be glad to meet you."

"I got the impression from Olivia that not everyone in the family is going to feel that way?" Aaron said questionly.

"Tracy." Jason said with certainty. "Don't worry we will save her for last. She may surprise us. She may be happy that her brother had another son."

Jason tried to sound more convincing than he felt.

"This is Emily," Jason introduced the infant as he turned her around to face Aaron.

"She is beautiful." Aaron said as he was taken in by the infant's smile. He reached out and took her hand she was waving around.

They both looked up at the sound of feet hitting the stairs. Sam was leading the boys down the staircase. The boys went straight to the kitchen like they were on a mission. Aaron didn't question it.

Sam was wearing the standard jeans and navy blue t-shirt. They seemed a very casual family. It was a surprise for Aaron that they were so casual and sparse with their clothing and possessions. Even though they had the money to live more extravagantly they seemed to like a simple life.

"Hello, I'm Sam." Sam put her hands out to shake his hand. "It's nice to meet you."

Aaron shook her hand. "Good to meet you."

"I know the boys are hungry so let's get lunch started." Jason said as he walked with Emily toward the dining room table.

As if on cue the boys were coming out of the kitchen carrying plastic plates and silverware.

"I thought Monica would be joining us?" Sam inquired after they were all settled with their food.

"She texted that she would be late and said to go ahead and eat without her." Jason told her. "She didn't say why she would be late." He had a feeling it was about the DNA test but he didn't say that.

Jason was about to ask Aaron a question about his family when he noticed Jake looking at Aaron strangely. It was like he was trying to figure something out but Jason couldn't figure out why he would be looking at Aaron in that matter.

"Jake," Jason prompted. "Is something wrong?"

"I know where I have seen Aaron before!" Jake said excitedly. Then a scared expression went across his face. "I forgot I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about that time."

"What time?" Jason asked him.

"Just forget I said anything." Jake insisted. "If I say anymore something bad is going to happen."

"Nothing bad is going to happen." Jason told him as he got up to walk around to him. Jason had a suspicion he knew where Jake had seen Aaron. But it wasn't Aaron he had seen.

"Yes it will!" Jake yelled as he jerked himself up from the table and ran upstairs.

"I'm going to go up and talk to him." Jason told them after a knowing look passed between him and Sam.

At that moment Emily started wailing from her baby swing.

"She's probably hungry." Sam said as she looked at Aaron apologetically. "I need to go get her a bottle ready."

"I want to help!" Danny exclaimed as he rushed after Sam as she carried Emily to the kitchen with her.

Just as Sam and Danny went into the kitchen someone started knocking on the front door. Not knowing what else to do Aaron got up and answered the door and instantly regretted it.

The young woman with short blonde hair stood on the other side of the door with an open mouth surprised look on her face. He just moved out of the doorway and she let herself in. He didn't know what to make of her. He had thought it might be Monica.

"Wow," She said. "You do look exactly like Jason used to look. I mean, Sam told me what you looked like but I just wasn't prepared for how much you look like him."

"Maxie!" Sam yelled in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I came for lunch." Maxie said indignantly. "You did invite me."

"Then I guess you didn't bother checking your messages because I called and asked for a raincheck on lunch." She looked at Aaron unsure how he was taking this latest event after what happened that morning with Olivia. She was bouncing a still fussy Emily on her shoulder while Danny had followed her carrying the baby bottle.

Sam was debating what to do when there was more knocking at the door. Before Sam could stop him, Aaron opened the door again assuming it was Monica.

Both Sam and Maxie looked in horror as they saw Carly standing at the door. Sam didn't know how to avoid the oncoming train wreck that was about to happen.

"What's wrong with you two?" Carly asked not noticing Aaron as she came into the living room. She was about to go to Sam to get Emily when she saw Jason coming down the stairs and he gave her the same horrified look.

"What is going on with all of you?" She asked as she looked back toward the door to see who had let her in.

Jason rushed to her side to keep her from falling down as she just stared at Aaron's face. "Who who is that?" She stumbled out the question.

"That is my twin brother Aaron." Jason told her. He could see all the questions she had going around in her head. He was surprised she hadn't started blurting them out. "Before you start asking, he really is my brother. Brad handled the DNA test personally."

"Ok, you have a twin brother." Carly took a calming breath. "That's a good thing. Right? As long as there isn't any Cassadine mind games being played I think I can handle this."

They all looked at her in surprise at her calm reaction.

"What?" She asked. "Do you really want me to give you hell about not calling and telling me immediately that your twin brother materialized here in Port Charles? Now give me my god daughter and I will feed her. She is not going to be happy being kept waiting."

She took Emily from Sam and Danny sat down beside her on the couch. He had been quietly observing the hysterics around him thinking he would prefer to be upstairs with Jake and playing with his toys. As if reading his mind Carly took the bottle from him and said, "I bet you would rather go play instead of being bored with all this adult talk."

"Go ahead and go play with Jake." Jason told Danny. "He is better now after I talked to him."

After Danny left the room Carly asked with concern, "What is wrong with Jake?"

"He was upset about some events he remembered about Cassadine Island." he told everyone in the room. "I don't want to go into any details yet until I talk to the therapist and then Elizabeth."

"Well, Aaron," Carly looked over at him deciding to let any questions she had go until later. "Come sit down beside me and tell me all about yourself."

"What do you want to know?" Aaron asked her as he moved to sit on the couch with her.

"Whatever you feel comfortable telling us?" Carly said to him as she put Emily up on her shoulder and began patting the baby lightly on the back.

Jason took that opportunity to pull Sam toward the dining room table. He looked over at Aaron, Carly and Maxie talking amongst themselves. In a low tone he revealed to Sam, "I was definitely on Cassadine Island during Jake's time there. I didn't tell him it was me and not Aaron though. I wasn't sure what to say. I am going to call Kevin in the morning and see what he thinks then I have to call Liz and let her know what is going on here."

Before Sam could reply there was frantic knocking on their door. They both looked at each other like 'What now!'

Monica rushed through the door as soon as he had started opening it. She hurriedly shut the door behind her.

"I'm afraid I have been followed." She looked at everyone around the room. "We are in for an unpleasant visitor."

There was banging on the door as they could all hear Tracy yelling through the door, "I know you are in there Monica. I am not going away until you tell me why you are running another DNA test on Danny, Jason and someone named Aaron!"