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Chapter 12

Elizabeth woke up and for a brief second a wave of sadness washed through her. She'd had the most amazing dream. Jason had come home. She had similar dreams often right after his plane crashed. Him showing up at the hospital, him walking into Kelly's, her walking up to their bench on the docks and seeing him sitting there. Last night was the first time she dreamed he came to the mansion, but since they were now staying here it made sense. The second she opened her eyes she would have to let go again and she didn't want to.

"Morning." Jason said softly. She had gone from relaxed to tense.

Elizabeth's eyes popped open and she, very ungracefully, rolled over. Seeing Jason she clutch him tight just holding on. "You're real."

He could hear the tears. He just held her close and waited for her to be ready. When she looked up at him he smiled. "Hi." She was beautiful. "You're so beautiful." As she blushed and looked away he kept going. "I always thought so, and it seems like you never knew."

She didn't see herself that way, but she was glad he did. "I thought I dreamed you." She gently touched his face.

"No." Jason leaned forward and gave her a soft kiss. "But I know how you feel. On the island I woke up most mornings feeling like we had been together the night before. My dreams of you were so vivid it was like I could feel you, and sometimes I swore I could smell vanilla."

"I dreamed of you too." Elizabeth told him cuddling as close as her belly would allow.

"I like dreaming of you, but this is better. I can see pictures better too. Some are still a struggle though. Have you been painting, since I left?" Jason was looking forward to testing out this returned skill by looking at her artwork.

"No." She hadn't had any desire to paint. "I had plans to do a mural on Jake's wall, but I need to get a permanent address first. Monica wants us to stay here. I think with Em, gone she is lonely." Elizabeth told him.

"Where does my sister live now?" Jason hadn't been aware that Emily moved out.

"She and Matt have a loft." Elizabeth told him and giggled at the frown on his face. "She's an adult Jason."

"She's my baby sister." He said not liking that she was living with Hunter.

"It could be worse, she could have dated Patrick." That made him frown harder which in turn made her giggle harder. "She said it was time for a change. Losing you made her want to fully embrace her life."

"Where would you like this permanent address to be?" Jason asked her. They needed to get settled.

"I've not given it any thought." Elizabeth honestly told him. "Staying at the gate house and then here has been wonderful though. If I had stayed in Port Charles I would have probably gone back to the neighborhood I was living in before. I would want to be close so Monica could still visit."

Jason gave her a squeeze as he spoke again. "It was a good neighborhood, but it's also busy. I want you with me, so we will need to move somewhere that can be secured." While sleeping with her in his arms had been wonderful, she might want some space in the future. They were not together when he left. They wanted to be together now, but he had no idea how fast she wanted to move.

"I want to be with you. I want us all together." She said running her hands across his chest. "We've been apart for too long already." Against his side her stomach jumped. A few seconds later it happened again.

"What's that?" Jason asked concerned when it happened a third time.

"Jake has the hiccups." Elizabeth took Jason's hand and placed it on her stomach. "It'll stop in a few minutes."

"The hiccups." Jason said laughing. He rubbed her stomach and she closed her eyes in delight. Sure enough about a minute later the baby calmed down. As he watched a little foot pushed the skin up and Jason placed his hand there feeling the life inside her press against his palm. "This amazes me. I don't have the words to tell you how much. When is your next appointment?"

"Tomorrow." Elizabeth told him as Jason placed his cheek against her tummy. "Would you like to come?"

"I would." He told her. Placing a kiss on her round belly he came back up so he could look into her eyes. "We are putting things in place so that Sonny will not be an issue any longer."

"We?" Elizabeth wanted to know who he was working with.

He gave her a boyish grin. "Francis is here."

"Really?" Elizabeth said smiling wide. "I've missed him. I'm looking forward to catching up."

"He is too. Cody is helping." Jason said going down the list.

"I met him a few times. He's nice." The guard had always been respectful.

"Marco and Paulie are here." He said smiling.

"It's like a school reunion." She had liked them as well.

"Francis brought some new guys, one is Shawn Butler. He's been keeping an eye out for you." Jason explained.

"I would like to meet him to say thank you." Elizabeth appreciated the hard work the guys did.

"That can be arranged. Francis has another guy working for him, who you'll met but I can't tell you his name just yet." Jason didn't want to put the other man at risk. He trusted Elizabeth, but Logan was undercover and talking about him was risky. "Stan is helping."

Elizabeth covered her mouth in shock. "Will he be able to talk to Piph?"

"When this is over, he will." Jason said rubbing his girl's back.

"She'll be so happy." Elizabeth couldn't wait for that to happen.

"There is one more member to our crew." Jason said smiling. "Johnny O'Brien is here as well."

Her blue eyes instantly flooded with tears. "Johnny's alive?" She had missed her friend. She still put flowers on his grave on his birthday. "Really?"

"Really?" Jason said wiping away the moisture. "We faked his death. When this is all over I know he wants to see you."

"I want to see him too." Elizabeth hugged Jason tightly. "Thank you for not killing my friend."

"It's one of the things I'm most proud of." Jason admitted. "Back then I was all about doing what Sonny told me too. It was one of the main reasons we didn't make it. I didn't put boundaries in place. But I couldn't carry out that order. It just felt wrong."

"I wasn't exactly telling the people around me to mind their own business. I should have been stronger instead I went along with what everyone else wanted. I did the same thing when you walked away. Over the last six months I've gotten stronger. I've gotten better at standing up for me and my boys. So I hope you're ready for the fact that I'm not just going to agree with whatever you say." She warned him.

"Are you saying we are going to be having fights?" Jason knew from firsthand experience how wicked her temper could be. He also knew how hot it made him when she got all feisty.

"Possibly." Elizabeth saw his eyes darken and knew what that meant.

"So we get to have make-up sex?" Jason was already planning their first disagreement.

"Really Jason. That's what you want to know." She said rolling her eyes. "You're such a guy."

"As long as I'm your guy, then that's fine." He said giving her another soft kiss. "We need to feed you. You only ate one slice of pizza last night."

"Yeah, we are getting hungry." Elizabeth rolled over and with Jason's assistance got out of bed. "I'm not exactly graceful these days." She said grinning.

"You've never really been graceful." He said teasing her. "You've always been a bit clumsy."

"Jason, that's mean." She pouted.

"But true. I'm sure Johnny will back me up." He smirked. "You destroyed one of his favorite suits." He said starting to laugh.

She joined him. "Yeah, red paint on a grey suit. Oil paint at that." She had tripped and the paint went flying. "At least he was able to save his shoes. I'm going to shower and then it will be your turn."

"I'll unpack while you do." He said watching her waddle out of the room. Cute and sexy that was his girl.

Just like he recalled breakfast was served in the parlor. Edward was already downstairs. That was something else Jason remembered. He never beat his grandfather down, no matter how early he got up. "Grandfather."

"Good morning." Edward got to his feet. "How are you this morning?" He directed the question to Elizabeth.

"Good, and you?" She looked him over. "Your color is back. You scared me last night Edward." Elizabeth walked over and kissed his check. "That's decaf right?"

Edward just lapped her attention up. "It is." He said helping her to sit on the couch. "What can I get for you this morning?" He liked doting on the younger woman.

"I'm standing right here." Jason pointed out. His grandfather was flirting with his girl.

"Get used to that." Tracy said coming into the room.

"Good morning." Jason said to his aunt still watching his grandfather fuss over Elizabeth. "This happens every morning?"

Tracy smirked at her nephew. "Yup. When you have a minute I can tell you what I learned." Which wasn't a whole lot. She would tell her nephew, but none it would help him. Gino spent more time watching his own family than his enemies.

"Alright." Jason said grabbing a plate and helping himself to the buffet. When he turned around his aunt and grandfather were watching him. "What?"

"You don't eat breakfast." Edward told him.

"I do if I'm hungry." Jason told his grandfather.

"I've seen him eat breakfast." Elizabeth assured the Quartermaines. "Jason come sit with me."

"Okay." Jason grabbed some coffee and joined the family. They were finishing up when Alice walked in the room.

"You may wish to turn on the television." The maid told them. She'd been gabbing with cook when the breaking news alert came across the screen.

Edward did and they all watched as Sam McCall was brought out of the Towers in handcuffs. As the newscaster began to read the laundry list of crimes it was alleged the former host of Everyday Heroes was being accused of committing Elizabeth's mouth dropped open. "Wow, she's been busy."

"Doesn't surprise me." Tracy said grinning. She wondered how Jason had pulled that off. "Wait, what did she just say?"

"She said that when the station contacted Alexis Davis-Cassadine, she said Sam wasn't her daughter." Elizabeth hadn't seen that coming. With that denial Nikolas wouldn't be coming back to help Sam either. He didn't like the woman, but he always stuck by family. That was why they were no longer speaking. Nikolas sided with Lucky in the divorce. "I was expecting Alexis to hop on her broom and fly to her daughter's rescue. After all her daughter is always the victim. She even took Sam's side when she said Ric got her drunk and took advantage of her." While she and the lawyer were never close, Alexis had become down right mean during the time Elizabeth dated Jason.

"All that time Alexis spent running around defending the actions of Sam, and it turns out she was just another victim being scammed. I'm thinking the embarrassment will keep her from returning to Port Charles for a long while." Edward shook his head. He had been thrilled when Jason stopped seeing Sam. Even though at the time his grandson wasn't speaking to him, it was good to know Sam was out of his life. "Guess she finally got around to running a DNA test."

Jason knew that Alexis hadn't run a DNA test, if she did it would show that Sam was really her child. The proof that Sam had been working with Sonny and Karpov had already been delivered. Alexis had no plans to help her eldest daughter after what Kristina was put through. Nope Sam was on her own. Which is why when John offered her the deal, she was going to take it.

The lawyer did agree to taking care of Claudia. Alexis also wanted to know when Sonny was dead. Jason had no idea what Alexis had planned and frankly he didn't care. He did know that Cassadines didn't leave enemies standing. That family was more ruthless than anyone he'd ever met in the mob. It was a wonder Ric was still breathing after sleeping with Sam. That was probably because of Molly.

Elizabeth's phone buzzed and Jason answered. "Morgan."

"Sam has gotten the message." Francis told his friend. "She is ready to sell Sonny out. We told her that she would be sprung during her transport after giving her statement. I'm told she is thrilled that you are choosing her over that bitch Elizabeth and can't wait to see you." Francis passed along.

"Thank you." Jason said before hanging up. One down and three more to go.

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