Thank you all so much for reviewing this story and for following/favorite-ing! I appreciate it. I'm glad you're enjoying it. This is the last chapter of my 'Because of you' story. Please review so I know what you think. Thank you. I don't own any rights to the song title or the singer, but I do own the storyline/story.
Title: Because of You
Artist: Kelly Clarkson
Summary: What happens when Lucky turns abusive towards his girlfriend, Elizabeth? Especially when he picks up on the growing feelings between her and Jason? They grow unexpectedly, but Lucky decides to take care of that once and for all. Will Jason save Elizabeth in time or will she succumb to Lucky's violent threats?
Chapter 3
(At Lucky and Elizabeth's apartment, Elizabeth tries to run away from a deranged Lucky. She runs to her bedroom door and unlocks it and opens it. As she's running to the front door, Lucky grabs her and has her face him. He slaps her across the face)
Lucky: (angrily) "Do you like that, Elizabeth? Huh? You're about to get a whole lot more."
Liz: (crying) "Please, Lucky, let me go. I-I promise I won't tell anyone about what happened."
Lucky: "But you did, Elizabeth. You told Morgan. I'm sure he'll be here soon." (smirks) "Which means I have time to treat the way you deserve…a fucking whore." (angrily) "No on cheats on me and gets away with it!"
Liz: (shakes her head) "But, I didn't, Lucky. Don't you get it? I've always been faithful!"
Lucky: (shouts) "Don't lie to me, bitch!"
(Lucky punches Elizabeth in the nose and then throws her across the room, landing on the coffee table so hard it breaks. He watches her lay still for a few seconds before she slowly moves. Lucky stares at her with rage in his face)
Lucky: "This will teach you to mess with me and lie to me, Elizabeth. No one lies or messes with me and gets away with it."
(Lucky begins to walk closer to her. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Jason is in his black blazer frantically driving to get to Elizabeth. He's driving as fast as he can and cursing under his breath)
Jason: (normal voice) "Come on! Damn it! I need to get there faster!" (worriedly) "Please, Elizabeth, be okay. Please let me get to you in time."
(Jason hits the steering wheel with his hand angrily)
Jason: "I never should have left you alone. Even though you demanded I leave, I should have stayed with you."
(Tears form in his eyes)
Jason: "I'll never forgive myself if something happens to you, Elizabeth. I love you so much. I should have told you how I truly felt." (shakes his head angrily) "I promise you this, Elizabeth, when I see you, I'm never letting you go."
(After what seems like forever of getting to Elizabeth, he finally reaches her apartment parking lot. He notices her car and runs inside the apartment building and when he gets to her door, he tries to open it, but the door is locked. He starts pounding on it, screaming Elizabeth's name. He steps back from the door and runs toward it, breaking the door open, causing the broken door to fall on the ground. Jason frantically looks around until he sees her on the floor in the living room under the broken coffee table. He runs to her)
Jason: "Elizabeth? Elizabeth?"
(Elizabeth isn't moving, so Jason feels her pulse, which is weak. He falls to his knees and takes her in his arms and caresses her bruised face and tangled hair)
Jason: (crying) "Please be okay. Please. I love you so much." (shaking his head) "I never should have left you earlier. I'll never forgive myself."
(As Jason cradles her in his arms, he hears a soft moan coming from her. He looks at her face, hoping to see some kind of facial expression or movement. Elizabeth moves her head and moans softly)
Jason: "It's okay, baby. I'm here. I'm here. I'm never letting you go."
(Elizabeth smiles a little, but her eyes are still closed)
Liz: "Good. You better not ever let me go."
(Jason laughs, so happy she's talking)
Jason: (sniffles) "You scared me. I-I thought I lost you. I thought I would never get the chance to tell you how I feel."
(Elizabeth slowly opens her eyes and looks at him, smiling)
Liz: "You will never lose me. I will always be yours. Truth of the matter is, I think I've always been yours, I just didn't know it."
Jason: "Do you know where Lucky went?"
Liz: (shakes her head) "No, I don't."
Jason: "I'm gonna call an ambulance and wait for them to take you to the hospital and then I'm going after Lucky."
Liz: (shakes her head) "Jason…"
Jason: "Elizabeth, please, don't try stop me."
Liz: (smiles) "No, what I was gonna say was…kick his ass."
Jason: (smirks) "You better believe I will."
(Just as Jason is about to help Elizabeth up, he hears someone come through the front doorway and laugh)
Lucky: "I see you found your precious Elizabeth." (smiles wickedly) "Too bad, I was just about to finish the job."
(Lucky takes a drink of his bottle of alcohol, which is almost gone. Jason looks at Lucky with rage in his eyes. He looks at Elizabeth and kisses her forehead)
Jason: "I'll be right back. I'm taking care of Spencer once and for all."
(Elizabeth nods in repliance and Jason helps her go against the wall in the living room so she doesn't get in the middle of the fight. Jason stands up to face Lucky, who shakes his head and chuckles)
Lucky: "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time, Morgan."
Jason: (angrily) "Now is your chance, Spencer. Are you ready to die? As long as I'm here, you don't have a prayer in living."
Lucky: (laughs) "Do you really think you're that tough, Morgan? Are you forgetting I'm a cop?" (shakes his head) "I have no problem killing you."
Jason: (raises his eyebrows & chuckles) "Do you forget what I do for a living? Trust me, I've dealt with stronger people than you. You're nothing. You say you've been waiting for this moment?" (smiles a little) "Come and get me. We'll see whose left standing."
Liz: (smiles proudly) "My money is on Jason. Always has and always will be."
(Lucky looks at Elizabeth furiously)
Lucky: "Bitch!"
Jason: (glares at him) "Hey! Did I give you permission to talk to her? No, I didn't. You will have to get through me first."
Lucky: "With pleasure."
(Jason walks slowly towards Lucky. Lucky runs to Jason and swings at him, but Jason blocks his face and punches Lucky in the nose, causing Lucky to fall backwards and land on the kitchen table. He raises his hand to feel his nose, which is covered in blood. He looks at Jason)
Jason: (smirks) "Aren't police officers supposed to be tough and good at beating people up when necessary? You can't get in one good punch?" (chuckles softly) "You're one pathetic police officer."
(Lucky gets so fed up with rage that he shouts as he runs to Jason. Lucky raises his fists ready to punch Jason, but Jason stops him by kicking him in his most sensitive spot. Lucky groans in pain and when he tries to get in one last punch, Jason grabs his face and hits him so hard that Lucky falls to the floor and curls up in a ball, holding his crotch and moans. Jason stares at him and sees Lucky doesn't try get up. Jason walks to Elizabeth and bends down and puts his hands on her face, caressing it)
Jason: "How are you feeling?"
Liz: (nods) "I'm better now that you're here." (softly cries) "I'm sorry I told you to leave."
Jason: (shakes his head) "I'm just glad I got here before he…" (tears in his eyes) "I'm so sorry, Elizabeth. I shouldn't have left you. I know you told me to, but deep down, I knew something was gonna happen."
Liz: "Hey." (shakes her head) "All that matters now is you're here now." (smiles a little) "You saved my life."
Jason: "I'd give my life for you. I hope you know that. I love you, Elizabeth Webber. I always have."
Liz: (laughs) "I love you, too, Jason Morgan. I think I've always loved you, even when I was too stubborn to admit it."
Jason: (chuckles) "That makes two of us."
(Elizabeth sees Lucky out of the corner of her eye get up and angrily goes after Jason)
Liz: (gasps loudly) "Jason! Behind you!"
(Jason gets up quickly and turns around but before he can do anything, Lucky punches Jason in the face. Lucky briefly laughs before seeing the look in Jason's face and has a look of horror in his face as Jason punches him in the face, then in the stomach, causing Lucky to hit the back of his head in the corner spot of the counter in the kitchen before laying unconscious on the floor. Elizabeth looks at Jason before looking at Lucky worriedly)
Liz: "I-Is he dead?"
(Jason briefly looks at Elizabeth before turning back to Lucky and deeply sighs)
Jason: "Not sure. I think he's just unconscious. But, don't worry, I'll take care of that right now."
Liz: (puzzled) "What do you mean?"
(Jason takes his gun out of his leather jacket pocket and aims the gun at Lucky's head, pulling the trigger. Jason stares at the bullet hole in Lucky's forehead. Jason sighs)
Jason: "Now, he's dead."
(Jason walks to Elizabeth, bending down to see her better. He softly caresses her hair, which she briefly closes her eyes to feel. She smiles at him)
Jason: "Now you don't ever have to worry about him coming after you."
Liz: "I was worried you didn't get my text."
Jason: (chuckles softly) "I would've gotten here sooner, but traffic was a bitch."
Liz: (laughs) "I agree with you on that."
Jason: (tenderly) "Thank god I got to you in time. Whether you knew it or not, you've always had my heart, Elizabeth."
(Elizabeth rests her hand on his cheek and caresses it)
Liz: (smiles) "And you're never getting it back."
Jason: (nods) "Sounds like a plan."
Liz: "There's something I've always wanted you to secretly do, but couldn't because of Lucky."
Jason: (confused) "What's that?"
Liz: (smiles) "Kiss me."
(Jason looks at her, surprised)
Jason: "What?"
Liz: (tilts her head) "You heard me." (smiling) "Kiss me, Morgan."
(Jason looks at her with a big grin)
Jason: "With pleasure."
(Jason leans in and touches her lips with his. She opens her mouth wide enough so he can slide his tongue in and touches hers, massaging it. After breaking free, he calls 911 and an ambulance arrives within twenty minutes. The paramedics tend to Elizabeth and the police eventually arrive and question Jason and Elizabeth. After the questioning, the police seem pleased with their answers and after being checked out at the hospital, Jason insists she stay overnight like the doctors suggest. Jason agrees to stay the night in Elizabeth's room when she asks him. The doctor's agree to let him stay and put a small cot in the room. But, Elizabeth surprises Jason when she asks him to lay with her. He immediately agrees and wraps his arms around her and places a kiss on her cheek)
Jason: "I love you, my sweet Elizabeth."
Liz: "I love you, too, Jason. Please don't ever leave me."
Jason: (shakes his head) "Never. I will die before I ever leave. Go to sleep, my angel. I'll be right here when you wake up."
(Elizabeth softly sighs, smiling before her eyes close. Jason wraps his arms more tightly around her as he snuggles against her)
The End
I hope you enjoyed this short story and you're pleased with the ending. I hope you will review so I know what you thought. Thanks! I appreciate all that reviewed on this story as well as who followed/favorite! I wasn't sure if I'd be any good on this story, but judging from the responses I got, I did okay. If you would like another story like this, I would be happy to write one for you. Leave your ideas either in a review or PM them to me. Please keep in mind that it may take me a little while to complete it as I have many stories going right now. I prefer only to write a story with Jason/Elizabeth/Lucky just because I'm more comfortable with them and I know more of their history on the show. I will do my best to write the story for you, but if it's a little hard to write the story, I may change the storyline a little bit. I would be happy to discuss with you the storyline of your choice to see if we can make something happen. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Until next time!
