Chapter 10

"I don't have time for you."

"You better make some time."

Back rigid with stress and annoyance, Lucky glanced over his shoulder as he continued with long strides back to his car. Giving her one look, he turned back around and dismissed her without a second thought, "Sam, I'm busy."

He had just made his way out of the courtyard of Kelly's and was on his way to his car when Sam had stopped him by yelling his name out. For a brief second he stopped to see who it was, and when he recognized her, he kept on with his venture to his car.

"Trust me; you want to hear what I have to tell you."

Sighing in defeat, Lucky turned back around to find Sam staring at him with her arms crossed under her chest and her lips formed in an angry pout. He leaned against the driver's side of his car, one leg propped against the door, while the other held him up. "Fine, what do you want?"

Letting a smile of victory cross her face, Sam sashayed her way towards Lucky, stopping right in front of him, leaving only an inch between the two. "I have something to tell you about your fiancé." When Lucky did nothing but raise his eyebrows in question, Sam continued. "She's cheating on you."

"What?"

"Well, maybe cheating isn't the right word, but she does have a wandering eye, or in her case, hand." The visual still pissed her off. Seeing Elizabeth and Jason in the park, him holding Cameron while she caressed his thigh, brought out all kinds of emotions for her. All Sam could think about was how it should have been her with Jason. Not Elizabeth.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"I saw Elizabeth in the park today, and she wasn't alone."

Growing frustrated at her one sentence answers, Lucky dropped his arms away from his chest and looked at her with anger in his eyes. "Who was she with Sam?"

"Jason."

The leg that was propped against the side of his car door dropped back down to the ground with a thud. His expression turned from angry, to confusion, back to angry, and then finally to pure aggravation. What the hell was Elizabeth doing with Jason in the park? Lucky had remembered that he saw the two of them together that day in Kelly's. He really didn't think much of it then. He was confused at first, but he was so thrilled that he wasn't caught with Sam, that he had completely forgotten about his fiancé being there with her ex.

"What do you mean she was with Jason?"

"What do you think I mean?" Rolling her eyes to prove her annoyance, Sam placed her hands on her hips as she tilted her head to the side. "I saw Elizabeth and Jason at the park today and they looked mighty cozy. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that they looked like the perfect family." Bitterness laced her voice as she spat out that last word.

Shaking his head, Lucky looked to his right and cursed. "What the hell where they doing together in the park?"

"I don't know, but we have to do something about it. They are getting to close. Before you know it-"

"Shut up."

"Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."

She turned around and began to walk away before Lucky's grip on her arm stopped her. "Why do you think something would happen?"

"What do you think?" When he continued to look at her with a confused expression, she took pity on him and continued. "Isn't it odd that after so long of not talking they are going to Kelly's together and ending up in the park together? Jason can't remember who he is and he doesn't trust anyone, yet every time I see him, your fiancé isn't that far behind. You know their past-"

Dropping his hand from her arm, Lucky backed away from her, "They were just friends."

Sam brought her hand up to Lucky's cheek and patted it like she pitied him. "I may not have been around when Jason and Elizabeth were friends, and Jason never told me about them, but I have heard things. As a matter of fact, most of the information I have received was from Elizabeth herself. Funny how that works out, isn't it?"

"What the hell are you getting at Sam?" She still had her hand on his cheek, but Lucky quickly swatted it away when he heard a passing car looking for a spot.

"All I am saying is that you should keep a close eye on your fiancé and try to keep her away from mine."

Smirking, Lucky placed his hands on his hips and towered over her. "That's funny; the last I heard, Jason threw your ass out. Or rather, he walked out on you." Lifting her left hand to look at her fingers, Lucky tsked, "Where's your ring Sam?"

Yanking her hand away from Lucky, Sam's previous expression of taunting quickly became replaced with anger. "Shut up!" Pointing a finger in his face, she continued "Just keep Elizabeth away from Jason, or else…"

"Or else what?"

"Or else I will have to personally tell her how you spent your night away from home." Moving closer to Lucky, Sam placed her hand upon his chest as she pushed her body against his. "Don't you remember throwing me against the wall as you ripped my shirt off, kissing me all over, throwing me on your bed at Kelly's? Does that-"

"Alright!" He pulled her closer making their noses touch, "Just shut the hell up. Do you want people to know about what happened?"

Being this close to him was doing things to Sam. Her mind flashed back to the night they had slept together and all of the pleasurable things Lucky did to her. Snapping back to reality, Sam pulled herself from his grip. "No! I… I just need to get Jason back, and I need you to help me. Just keep Elizabeth happy and away from Jason, and we should both be fine. No one will ever find out about what happened between us."

With that, Sam turned around and walked back towards Kelly's, all the while feeling his eyes on her.

Lucky watched her go and couldn't help but let his eyes wander over her retreating form. For the past four days his memory of the night kept coming back to him in bits and pieces. He still didn't remember the entire night, but from what he could recall, he and Sam were on fire that night. Even though they were filthy drunk, Lucky couldn't help but think about how enjoyable that night was.

Pushing the thoughts out of his mind with an angry shake of his head, Lucky turned back around to his car. Yanking the door open, he sat behind the wheel, started the car, and pulled out of Kelly's parking lot. Instead of turning left in the direction of the police station, making his way to work, he turned right.

He was heading to his apartment.

As much as he didn't want to think about it, what Sam had said struck a nerve. Elizabeth and Jason had been close at one time. Really close. So close that it had almost ruined Lucky's relationship with Elizabeth at one time. But Elizabeth had been so loyal to him at that time that she didn't give into her need to be with Jason.

Gripping the steering wheel tighter, Lucky slammed on his breaks as he approached a red light. Jason had been such a thorn in his side back then. Every time he turned around he was right there with Elizabeth. She had lied to him when Jason came back to town; she even admitted that she had feelings for the man.

Pushing down on the gas a littler harder than he intended to as the light turned green, Lucky's anger began to grow. Even though Jason had left town, his and Elizabeth's relationship ended many months later. It didn't end because of Jason, but when the man had come back to town nearly two years later, Elizabeth fell right back into routine with Jason.

But then they ended.

Jason moved on with Courtney and Elizabeth moved on with Ric. She had told Lucky that Jason hurt her and she could never be with him. Lucky could still remember the hurt he saw enter her eyes when Jason showed up at Vista Pointe with Courtney. There was also that time when he showed up at Luke's and pulled her aside. Lucky didn't know what they talked about, but he could tell that Elizabeth had cut all ties with Jason that night.

She never talked to him about her relationship with Jason after that. Lucky and Elizabeth had grown apart when she got involved with Ric. They didn't talk that much, but he did know that she and Jason had completely lost touch with their friendship at that time. Making a sharp turn, Lucky held onto that thought. Jason and Elizabeth had grown very far apart, they hardly ever talked. Sam could not be right when she said they looked like the perfect family in the park that day.

They had grown apart.

They hardly spoke to each other.

Jason had also lost his memory.

He had seen the two of them together in Kelly's four days ago.

Pressing his foot against the gas even harder, Lucky had to make it home to see Elizabeth. He didn't want to believe that they had regained their friendship, but there was still that voice that screamed in the back of his head.

He had also lost his friendship with Elizabeth at one time, but they had found their way back together. They were now engaged and living together, planning to raise a family. Swearing under his breath, Lucky didn't want to think that maybe, just maybe, Elizabeth and Jason had also found their way back to each other as friends again.

Nothing good ever came out of the two of them being friends.

The sound of her son's laughter woke her up.

Blinking several times to rid her eyes of sleep, Elizabeth turned her head and took in the scene before her. A huge smile graced her lips as she looked at her son taking small steps towards Jason. For several minutes, she watched as Cameron would grip onto the coffee table, let go of it, take several shaky steps towards Jason, and then fling himself into Jason's arms once he made it towards the man. Jason would pick Cameron up with a smile on his face, lift him high above his head, and then place him back down near the coffee table to repeat the process.

It warmed Elizabeth's heart to hear her son's joyous laughter and see such a bright smile on Jason's face as he bounced the boy in the air a few times before placing him back down. Elizabeth studied Jason and was amazed with the amount of patience he was showing with Cameron. Watching her son take more shaky steps towards Jason caused something within Elizabeth to pull. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but when she looked at Jason's smiling eyes as he gazed at her son, a heavy weight was added to the pulling. Trying to figure out exactly what she was feeling, Elizabeth continued to watch as Cameron made it to Jason again and squealed with delight as Jason threw him in the air.

The heavy weight in her stomach only grew heavier as she took in the scene more and more. Her son was walking-

Shooting straight up in the couch, Elizabeth startled Jason and Cameron, "Oh my God!"

Hugging Cameron to himself, Jason came to her side with concern etched all over his face, "What? What's wrong?"

"I can't believe it." Trying her best to get off of her couch, Elizabeth kicked the blanket away from her feet as she pulled Cameron out of Jason's arms. "He's… oh my god, he was walking!"

Relief washed over Jason as Elizabeth cooed over her son. "He was just walking around the coffee table holding onto it and then he just walked towards me. He fell down a couple of times before he actually made it to me, but he kept trying."

Looking up at Jason with a huge smile across her face, Elizabeth threw her free arm around his neck and gave him a tight hug before she pulled away. "I have been so worried about him not walking yet. The doctors said that it was normal that he wasn't walking yet, but I still worried. Every time I tried to get him to come to me, he never would let go of the coffee table, but now look at my big guy." Giving Cameron a huge kiss on his cheek, the little boy squirmed out of her hold reaching for Jason.

Laughing, Elizabeth placed her son in Jason's arms without hesitation. "He really likes you. You must have won him over with your charm."

Blushing under Elizabeth's playful scrutiny of him, Jason walked back to the other side of the coffee table. Crouching down with Cameron in his arms, Jason set the boy on the floor but kept a light grip around his waist.

Elizabeth followed suit, placing herself across from Jason, leaving a small space between the two, allowing Cameron enough room to walk towards her. Stretching her arms out, Elizabeth smiled at her son and encouraged him, "Come here Cameron."

Placing one wobbly foot in front of the other, Cameron bravely stepped out of Jason's arms and walked towards his mother. The entire time Cameron wobbled his way towards Elizabeth, Jason kept his hands out just in case Cameron fell. Once he was safely in front of his mother, Jason watched as Cameron flew his chubby arms around Elizabeth's neck and hugged her. Jason couldn't help but let a small boyish smile cross his lips as a huge smile appeared on Elizabeth's face.

"Good job!" Giving her son a kiss, Elizabeth turned him around and placed him back on his feet. Cameron's small hands gripped onto his mother's hands that were holding onto his waist until he let go and wobbled his way back towards Jason, hugging him with as much intensity as he hugged Elizabeth.

For several minutes, Cameron walked back and forth between Jason and Elizabeth, strengthening his legs each time he made the venture from one to the other. Cameron was making his way back towards Jason again when Elizabeth felt something push against her stomach. It wasn't until Cameron threw himself into Jason's arms yet again, that Elizabeth shot up from her crouched position and clutched her stomach with a look of pained expression on her face. "Ow!"

Shooting up with Cameron in his arms, Jason quickly strode towards Elizabeth. "What's-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Elizabeth grabbed onto his hand and placed it against her stomach. Another push was made against her stomach as Elizabeth's wide eyes connected with Jason's equally wide ones. "Do you feel that?"

Squinting, Jason felt Elizabeth's stomach move again under his hand. "Is that… is that the baby?"

A watery smile appeared on her face as she shook her head with glee. "Yes. This is the first time that-"

"What the hell is going on?"

Looking around Jason's broad frame, Elizabeth still had her hand over his on her stomach as she saw Lucky standing in the doorway of their apartment. Her expression that was just filled with amazement and happiness turned to confusion as she took in Lucky's angry stance.

"Lucky, hey, I didn't expect you to be home so early." Dropping her hand from Jason's, Elizabeth moved around him and went to greet her fiancé. When Jason turned around with a stony mask over his face, his eyes connected with Lucky's and his grip around Cameron unintentionally tightened.

"I can see that."

His comment made Elizabeth stop right in front of Jason. Lucky looked at them as he slammed the door to their apartment shut making Cameron jump in Jason's arms. The way they stood-Elizabeth slightly in front of Jason, him standing behind her in a protective manner as he held Cameron-made Lucky's anger grow. They looked like the perfect family.

Elizabeth's eyebrows lowered and a frown appeared on her face as she regarded Lucky, "What is that supposed to mean?"

Ignoring her question, Lucky crossed his arms over his chest and did his best to glare at the man behind his fiancé. Jason met his stare head on making Lucky look away and towards Elizabeth, asking a question of his own. "What the hell is Jason doing here."

Looking over her shoulder at the man behind her, Elizabeth gave him an apologetic look before she turned back to look at Lucky, "Lucky, I don't know-"

"What is Jason doing in our home Elizabeth?" His tone grew louder making Elizabeth take a small step back before she tilted her head to the side and raised an eyebrow at Lucky's volume. Placing a hand up to stop Jason once she felt him move forward, Elizabeth ignored Lucky and turned around fully to face Jason.

"I am so terribly sorry and embarrassed right now. But I really need to talk to Lucky."

"You'll be ok?"

When she heard Lucky's grunt of anger, Elizabeth looked over her shoulder and narrowed her eyes at Lucky before she turned back around and softened her face when she began to talk to Jason again.

"I'll be fine, thank you." Lowering her voice, she took Cameron out of his arms, "I'll call you later."

Nodding his head just once, Jason ran a hand down Cameron's head as the boy reached for him again, "Ok."

Walking around Elizabeth, Jason placed a comforting hand on her shoulder before he walked past her and towards the door Lucky stood in front of. Neither man said a word to the other, but once Lucky moved out of the way Jason placed his hand on the doorknob ready to leave before Cameron's cry stopped him. Turning around, Jason soft eyes looked at Cameron's tear filled ones as the boy cried and reached out to him. Hesitating before he walked out of the door, Jason looked at Elizabeth and saw the sadness in her eyes as she soothed her crying son. Finally Jason stepped out of the apartment and shook his head as he heard Cameron's cries grow louder.

Back inside the apartment, Elizabeth glared at Lucky as she bounced her son on her hip, trying her best to ignore his cries as he still reached out for Jason. "That was uncalled for Lucky."

Lucky shook his head at her before he moved closer and attempted to pull Cameron out of her arms. The boy's cries quieted down a bit, but once Lucky reached for him, he shook his head and buried it in his mother's neck. A look of hurt passed over Lucky's face before he walked around her and threw his keys on the coffee table, making his way towards the kitchen.

Placing Cameron down on the floor by his toys, Elizabeth straightened once Lucky walked out of the kitchen with a beer in his hand. The swinging doors made a loud crash against the wall as he pushed them open, and they swung back and forth several times before they stilled. Stopping in front of her, Lucky cocked his head to the side, "What's going on Elizabeth, why was Jason here?"

Crossing her arms under her chest, Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders as she tipped her head to the side, "What? Am I not allowed to have friends over Lucky? If that-"

Swearing, Lucky spun around and walked towards the couch. Plopping down with his elbows on his knees, he placed his beer on the coffee table and twirled it around between his forefinger and thumb. "That's not what I…" huffing, Lucky looked back at her, standing in the same spot. "Since when did Jason become your friend again?"

She dropped her hands down to her sides and let the palms of her hands slap her thighs. "What is this really about Lucky?"

"I just didn't know that you and Jason were friends again. Excuse me for being a little upset walking into my apartment seeing Jason holding Cameron while you held his hand to your stomach."

Her eyes softened at his defeated tone. Walking towards him, she sat next to him on the couch but didn't touch him. "Lucky, Jason is going through a hard time right now. He can't remember anything and I am just trying to be a friend to him. He doesn't really have anyone right now."

Elizabeth watched on as anger began to make its way back into Lucky's eyes. "What about Sam and Sonny? Why does he have to hang around you? I don't like it-"

"Sorry to break it to you Lucky, but I am my own person and you can hate it all you want to but Jason is my friend."

"Sure as hell didn't look that way when I walked in."

Moving further away from him on the couch, Elizabeth looked at her son playing on the floor before she turned her annoyed eyes back to Lucky, "What is that supposed to mean Lucky?"

Taking a long pull from his beer, Lucky slammed in back on the table before he turned his attention back to Elizabeth and spoke to her with angry words. "He looked to comfortable in here with you Elizabeth. He was holding Cameron, standing awfully close to you-"

"That's because I wanted him to feel the baby kick-"

He continued on as if she had never spoken, "Something isn't right Elizabeth, the way he looked at you, it was like he didn't want to leave. It kind of reminds me of the way he used to look at you when we were together during that whole Face of Deception thing."

Standing up from the couch, Elizabeth moved towards Cameron. Turning back around, she placed a comforting hand on her growing belly. "Lucky, you are being ridiculous. Jason is just my friend. He needs me right now and-"

"I don't want you hanging around with him."

In a deathly calm voice Elizabeth looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Excuse me?"

Standing up, Lucky crossed his arms over his chest and looked down at her as she stood on the opposite side of the coffee table. He spoke as if his words mad the most sense in the world. "I don't trust Jason, he is no good for you Elizabeth. I don't want you to see him."

"That's not your call to make."

"Yes it is!" Raising his hand, Lucky pointed to his chest "I am your fiancée Elizabeth, I think I have a right to tell you who I do and do not like you being around."

"Your right, you are my fiancé, and you can voice your concerns about who I see. But you have no right to tell me who I can and cannot see."

Moving his hands to his hips, Lucky glared at her. "So that's it, you are going to ignore my feelings and still see Jason even though I told you not to."

"Would you listen to yourself!" Throwing her hands in the air, Elizabeth turned away from him, too annoyed to look at him. Turning back around, she saw Lucky take a step back at the fury that entered her eyes. "I am not some kid that has to obey your orders Lucky."

"I'm not giving you orders, I'm just telling you to stay away from Jason."

"What the hell do you call that?"

"Elizabeth, Jason is too dangerous to be around. And look at what happened before. The man can never just be your friend, he will use your friendship and your loyalty against you and-"

"Jason has never used me." The words were spoken with a threatening tone making Lucky pause.

"No? What about before when we were together and he used you to stay in your studio. Or what about when you lived with him and he lied to you and then ended up in bed with Courtney."

Closing her eyes, Elizabeth gritted her teeth together as she shook her head, "Do not talk about stuff that you know nothing about. Yes, Jason and I have had hard times through our friendship, but do not try to degrade my friendship with him to make your self feel better."

"What friendship?" Walking around the coffee table, Lucky placed his hands on her shoulders and tried to make her reason with him. "You told me yourself how much Jason hurt you and how you didn't know him anymore."

"I was hurt at that time Lucky."

Backing away from her, Lucky looked at her with fury. "Why is it so hard for you to not be friends with Jason. Why? Why are you letting him back into our lives?"

"I told you, Jason is my friend and I am not going to turn my back on him when he needs me."

"Even if it will cost you us?"

Elizabeth stared at Lucky, really stared at him. Their eyes were connected and she did nothing to hide the hurt in hers. "What?"

He didn't make any move to comfort her when he continued. "Jason always has this way of getting in between us, are you really willing to sacrifice us just so that you can be his friend."

"Are you giving me an ultimatum Lucky?"

"Treat it how you want to Elizabeth. All I am saying is that Jason will find a way to rip us apart. He will use your trust in him against you."

She looked at Lucky for a long time before she picked Cameron up and grabbed her purse off of the coffee table. "You really do think that little of me don't you? I thought we settled this when you told me Jax would use my nativity against me, but I guess we didn't." Giving Lucky one last look, Elizabeth turned around, "Jason doesn't have to do anything to rip us apart. You're doing a damn fine job of doing that yourself Lucky."

As she made her way to the door, Lucky called out to her. "Wait! Where are you going?"

Not even turning around to look at him, Elizabeth opened the door and stepped outside, "Out."

And with that she slammed the door and was gone.

The phone rang three times before the other man answered it. "What?"

"I need one of your men to meet me down by the Elm Street Pier."

A heavy sigh was heard on the other end before the other man asked, "What for?"

A sinister smile graced Manny's face as he looked out at the water. "Our little plan has been moved up a bit. I just got some interesting information today that might make it a little less messy for us."

Manny heard another annoyed sigh on the other end of the phone before Alcazar spoke again. "Tell me what is going on first, and then I'll send someone out there."

"I overheard a conversation between Officer Spencer and a woman named Sam. Apparently they had something going on the other night and the woman is threatening to tell Spencer's girl about it. I'm planning on going to pay him a little visit today."

Pacing the length of the docks, Manny continued. "I figure if I can persuade him to change his testimony, then maybe we don't need take such drastic measures."

"Then why do you need me to send one of my men?"

Laughing, Manny stopped his pacing, "If Lucky doesn't want to listen to me, than we will just have to go back to the original plan. We kill him."