Chapter Six

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6 am

When the sun came up Jax was flying over the coast of Florida, heading for somewhere tropical, somewhere the noise of tourists would drown out the thoughts in his head.

Next to him, Sam sat in the co-pilot seat. She had his suit jacket thrown over her skimpy dress. She had called him when he was driving toward the airport.

"He did it." she had said "Jason admitted he slept with Carly. I walked out on him."

"It's better to know the truth now, Sam."

"Is it really? I liked living my lie. Didn't you?"

"Yeah, I did. But that's over. I'm on my way to my plane to get the hell out of this town."

"Got room for one more?"

"Meet me at the airport."

Now Jax looked down at the water beneath him, a wave of blue that went on for miles. Then he tore his eyes away and focused on the empty sky in front of him, the water was too beautiful to see when he felt this ugly inside.

1 pm

Jason thought he might feel guilty the next day because of ending things with Sam. He thought he might feel nervous about things not working out with Carly. But he didn't.

Instead he woke up feeling filled with a soul healing peace, something that he had never experienced before.

He called Carly and left her a phone message telling her to stay home; he would handle going to the church and telling everyone the wedding would not be taking place.

When it was over Jason called Carly again. She was in her living room.

The first words he said was "It wasn't a mistake. Tell me you know that."

"I know that."

Jason smiled. He knew she would say that, deep inside of himself there were no doubts, but it still felt great to hear. He told Carly, "Sam moved out."

"Jax left town."

"Do you need some time alone? Because if not I was hoping I could come over."

"How fast can you get here?"

"Open your front door."

Carly's head spun around and she saw a shadow through the glass of her door. She jogged over and flung it open and then moved into Jason's arms.

"You're here." she whispered happily

"Did you think I could stay away?" Jason asked "How did I go so long without realizing what we could have ?"

"I tried telling you." She took his hand and pulled him inside.

"Yeah, you did."

"And I was right all along."

"Yeah, you were." Jason agreed with a smile.

They sat on the couch together.

"So are you going to listen to me next time?"

"There won't be a next time. This is it, Carly. At least for me. I can feel it."

"Finally!"

Remembering what she had said the night before Jason told her now, "Say the word and I am yours."

As he spoke, he was already pulling her close, loving the way she so easily came into his embrace, without any hesitation.

"Word." she said as his lips crushed into hers.

Carly sometimes wished she was a different type of woman, one who didn't have to fight and claw for everything she got, one who could settle for less and call it perfect. But not today.

Because that thing inside of her that made her keep reaching for more till she got what she knew she deserved had caused her to spill her heart to Jason the night before, to reveal her need one more time.

And at the last possible second Jason caught her, saving her from falling into another wrong marriage, saving her for himself.

"The kids?" Jason asked

"At Bobbie's." Carly said as she unbuttoned his shirt.

She kissed his chest, right over his heart. He pulled her mouth back up to his.

Jason thought, This was right here waiting for me all this time, this connection, this woman, this love.

She stood up and in one quick motion her dress fell around her feet.

Then she was back on the couch, his lips on his again, and he soon he said "God, it's been too long."

She laughed happily."It's been 12 hours."

"It feels like years." he said, his eyes connecting with hers. His next kiss was so tender tears came to Carly's eyes.

"Jase..." the word was a plea. He knew she meant Don't ever leave me again.

Jason replied "I'm right here. I couldn't resist you if I tried and I am sick of trying." he kissed her again "I need this as much as you do. I need you forever."

His mouth scorched a path of kisses over her skin until she forgot what she was thinking and could only feel. And what she felt was love- the only version that ever made sense to her- the kind of love that made the word mean more that sex or commitment. It turned a four letter word into eternity.

Jason stilled. He whispered, "You're the one I want to marry."

With that Carly had the last thing she needed to make her world complete.

Because though Jason might have broken his word to Sam only hours before Carly knew that he never would lie to her. He would never say it if he wasn't sure he could go through with it.

Carly forced Jason to sit up and her arms snaked around his back, their bodies were pressed together. His fingers were tangled in her hair.

"Say the word, Jase, and we can be married by the morning."

Those blue eyes that she could never get enough of met hers, and his mouth curved into a smile.

He said, "Word."

THE END

Author's note- Well I am not sure what story I will post next. A Million years Gone By is done but so heartbreakingly sad. I have to think about it more but I will be posting more J and C stories soon.

Thanks for wandering into my fantasy Jason and Carly world. I will always be rooting for these two to find their way back to each other on the show.

Sara