Part Thirty-One

Elizabeth looked around the room, her heart heavy, a smile across her face. It was filled with everyone who she loved dearly, who meant everything to her.

Max, Milo, and Johnny, the three big, mean looking, lovable bears who were more like brothers to her than her guards. They filled a void in her heart where Steven had vacated when he would never accept her. She wanted nothing more than for Steven to love her like a sister, to be the big brother she had dreamt him to be. But now she had these three lugs to make up for it.

Sonny, the man who was more like a father to her than her own father, so very caring and understanding. His smile could win over any woman, it defiantly won her over the very moment she first met him. One look into his kind eyes, one dimpled smile from him and she just knew that he was a wonderful man. She was sure that when his first wife, Alexis, was alive, he had to have been a wonderful husband to her. He was defiantly wonderful with Kristina. She just hoped that Sonny would get another chance at love. The chance she got with Jason.

Jason. A sigh escaped her lips as she looked at the man of her dreams laughing with his friends. He was everything to her, yet she was still able to be her own person. She had a life before him but now, being with him and loving him, she could never imagine living life without him.

As stubborn and needing to be in control as he was, he was perfect. Maybe not perfect in anyone else's eyes, but to her… for her, he was perfect.

As if sensing her staring at him, he turned his head to lock eyes with her, his humorous smile turning into a soft smile, gazing at her as if he still needed to reassure himself that she was real. It was like that for her too. She still couldn't believe she had him.

Her Jason.

Their gazes stayed locked, her dark blue to his light, they moved closer to each other as if forgetting everyone else was in the room. Just before their lips could meet, Sonny broke through their haze.

"A toast for the engaged couple," he announced as he hit his knife against the rim of his wine glass. The three guards cheered, Kristina clapped her hands, not really knowing what was going on but loving the excitement.

Elizabeth blushed as she moved back to sit in her seat considering she was halfway off of it to get closer to Jason. Being in the same position, Jason scooted back into his seat, not liking how far he sat from Elizabeth. Sonny's dining room table was too big for such a small group of people.

"I've known you for a long time, Jason. I knew you when you were an angry man who hated almost everyone around you and I've watched you grow into the man you are today. There was a time when I didn't think I would ever see you truly happy, but that's changed. And that's because of you, Elizabeth. Not only have you made Jason happy, but you've brought a new light to this small family." Sonny swallowed, his gaze suddenly glossy, his speech coming out broken.

Elizabeth used her napkin in her lap to wipe away a tear that spilled past her lashes. She bit her bottom lip to prevent it from quivering. Damn emotions, she cursed, making her look like a big baby.

Somewhat composed, Sonny continued. "You're a special woman, Elizabeth." He raised his glass. "Welcome to the family."

"Here, here!" Johnny raised his glass, elbowing Elizabeth in the side, causing her to jerk towards Jason who quickly reached out to catch her; preventing her from falling while he glared at Johnny.

After she was situated in her seat, Jason reached for her hand under the table. She smiled at him, bringing the wine glass to her lips like everyone else but not taking a sip.

Johnny threw one beefy arm around Elizabeth's shoulders. "If Jason ever treats you wrong, you just come to one of us. We'll take care of him for you." He then leaned down closer to her, his voice sounding serious but his eyes laughing the entire time. "And if you ever want a real man, just come knocking on my door."

At the face Elizabeth made, Johnny winked, his huge shoulders shaking with laughter at the sound of Jason's chair scraping against the tile as it moved back. No doubt his sign that he was close to getting out of his chair and beating the shit out of Johnny.

Max, one to always take everything serious, gave Johnny a wide eyed look. "You know that will never happen. One, Elizabeth loves him, and B, Jason would kill you if Elizabeth even thought of doing… anything with you. You saw how he was before they were even together. I could have sworn he came close killing me with just the looks he would give me every time I was near her." Scratching his head, Max gave Jason a confused look. "You know, I never understood why you would always glare at me. I'm her damn guard. I have to be close to her."

Elizabeth laughed, Johnny smacked his forehead, Sonny gave Max a pitying look. "It's called jealously." He provided.

"I wasn't jealous of Max."

Not hearing Jason's remark, only focusing on Sonny's, Max smiled. "Jason was jealous of me? Damn," he smacked his knee, "that's something."

Sonny poked his fork at Max. "Stop cursing in front of Kristina."

All eyes turned to the little girl who was slurping a long piece of spaghetti into her mouth. Her cheeks sucked in, red sauce all over he lips and chin; she looked up to see everyone smiling at her and gave a cheeky grin.

Max's face reddened. "Sorry." His sullen expression didn't last very long. A huge smile sprung on his face. He chuckled a bit. "I can't believe Jason was jealous of me."

"I wasn't jealous of you." Jason stared at Max. When Elizabeth and the body guard shared a smile, Jason's arm went around Elizabeth's shoulders to pull her into his side. He glared at Johnny when he found the other man's arm still around his fiancé's shoulders. He knocked the mans arm off, still glaring at the other man over Elizabeth's head.

Elizabeth smiled up at him. She cupped his cheek softly, bringing his face towards hers for a brief, soft kiss. When they pulled apart their eyes spoke volumes to each other. Elizabeth made a face when she heard both Max and Johnny making kissing noises like they were twelve year olds.

Tearing her gaze away from Jason, she looked at Johnny then Max, a smirk curving her full lips. "When do you think you two are going to settle down? It won't be easy to find the happiness that Jason and I found, but don't you think it's time to find one woman?"

Both guards made disgusted faces. "I'm never settling down. I'm not the one woman type of man. Spending more than two nights with one woman is too much for me." Johnny grossed.

"Same here," Max chipped in. "There are too many women out there for me to pick just one. A different woman in my bed every night is what I'm looking for."

"Oh?" Elizabeth asked, thinking both men were pigs. Her smirk grew into a smile. "So is that what you were doing when you were following Emily around all day last Friday when we went shopping?" She heard Sonny choke on his drink. "I thought that you might have had a thing for her, but I didn't know you were just trying to make her one of the woman to share your bed for a night."

"What?!" Jason's voice rang through the dining room.

"That… I… you… No!" Max shouted as Jason looked like he was going to get out of his chair. "Emily's a beautiful woman, but I would never think of her that way." Sweat began to form on his eyebrows."

"Is Emily not good enough for you?" Elizabeth asked in a very serious tone. She knew Jason was getting upset, but she would stop it before it got out of hand. She could handle him when the time came. It was just so much fun to see Max squirm.

She new he had real feelings for Jason's sister. Max followed her around like a love sick puppy. It was only a matter of time before Elizabeth would work her magic and get the two of them together, whether Jason liked it or not. Everyone deserved to have love and by the longing looks Emily gave Max when he wasn't looking, Elizabeth knew they were next to find it.

But Max still deserved to suffer for his comment from before. A different woman in his bed every night? Yeah right, what a pig.

Johnny was laughing so hard his face was turning red. Max's was just as red but for a different reason. Sonny was doing his best to hold back his laughter but wasn't succeeding at all. Jason looked ready to leap across the table but with Elizabeth's hand soothing over his thigh, he stayed right where he was.

"I… really, that wasn't my intention… Jason, man, I have nothing but respect for you sister." When Johnny's laugh grew louder, Max pointed at him, his hand shaking a little. "What about him, he was the one staring at Sarah's ass the entire time."

Elizabeth hadn't seen that, but by the way Johnny's laughter stopped suddenly, Elizabeth mind began to spin. She had seen the way Johnny was looking at Sarah when her sister had shown up for the shopping trip to look at wedding dresses for Elizabeth. She didn't think anything of it at first, but from how quickly Johnny shut up, Elizabeth figured there was more to it than Johnny just checking out her sister's ass.

Uncomfortable with everyone looking at him, Johnny cleared his throat, pointed a finger right back at Max. "You were the one staring at Emily's ass the entire time."

Sonny clamped his hands over Kristina's ears, shaking his head at his two body guards. Jason leaned forward, giving both guards a look. Emily was his only sister and one of the only Quartermaines that he was close to. He would be damned if he let one of his bodyguards near her.

Too bad he didn't know what was already being planned in Elizabeth's mind.

On the spot yet again, Max turned panicked eyes to Elizabeth. "Hey," he nearly shouted, close to chocking with fear of being killed. He really needed a new job. If he wasn't in danger of being hit with stray bullets, he was in danger of being killed by his boss. "Did you go to the hospital yet?" he hurried out.

Elizabeth's hand on Jason's thigh stopped moving as her eyes opened wide. Shut up! Her eyes told Max, but the damn idiot didn't listen.

"You really scared the hell out of us. What did the doctor say?" His voice was still strained, but with Jason now looking at Elizabeth, Max felt his ploy to change the topic worked wonders.

"Why did you have to go to the hospital? Why didn't you tell me? Are you ok?" All three questions sounded more like a demand coming out of Jason's mouth rather than a question. One hand was tipping her face towards his while he searched her eyes, the other ran over her body, searching for God only knew.

Sonny leaned forward, his brow creased. "What happened?"

Max, still oblivious to the fact that Elizabeth wanted him to keep his damn mouth closed, something he promised to do after the incident, was more than happy to answer. "Yesterday at work, she looked really pale but she said she was fine. I tried to get her to sit down but she wouldn't."

"Shut up, Max."

Johnny continued for his friend when Max didn't know whether to continue like both of his bosses wanted him to or to stop like Elizabeth was demanding he do. Max really did have a soft spot for the little lady. So did Johnny, but he still felt he should explain to Jason what happened.

"She was carrying a tray of food out to a table when she stopped and swayed. We tried to get to her in time but she fell right in the middle of the restaurant."

"More like fainted." Max clarified.

"What?" Jason demanded.

"Are you ok?" Sonny questioned.

"She fell really hard."

"We tried to get her to the hospital but she wouldn't go."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Jason's question was directed towards Elizabeth, but Johnny answered. "She made us promise that we wouldn't tell because she wanted to tell you, but she also promised to go to the doctor." Johnny looked across the table at Milo who had been his normal quiet the entire night. "You were her guard today, why didn't you take her. We told you to take her."

"I did." The youngest guard said around a mouth full of bread.

Everyone waited for him to continue. He placed another piece of bread in his mouth and began to chew.

"Milo, if you don't tell me what the hell is going on, I swear—"

"I'm pregnant."

Jason's head whipped towards Elizabeth, not able to finish his threat at her softly spoken declaration.

"What?" He asked his voice just as soft as hers was.

"I'm pregnant." Her eyes shinned as they bore into his. He could see happiness along with trepidation in her expressive eyes. She was looking at him, wondering what he thought, how he felt about this.

The entire room was silent except for Kristina's slurping sounds as she ate her spaghetti.

Jason stared at her for another moment. He was finding it hard to breathe, to think.

One moment he was looking at her with an expression of awe and then the next he was standing up, picking her up in his massive arms and marching straight towards Sonny's penthouse door. Everyone watched them, slight smiles on all of their faces, a full blown goofy smile on Max's face.

Elizabeth wrapped her arms around Jason's neck, not able to take her eyes off of his. She still didn't know exactly how he felt in that moment but the look in his eyes was so mesmerizing that she never wanted to look away.

She did look away though. When Kristina, her favorite little girl in the entire world, said the one thing that made this all final, "Where's Uncle Jason taking Aunt Elizabeth?"

Elizabeth tore her gaze away from Jason's and looked at the five others watching them. This was her family.

Jason never broke stride as he walked out of Sonny's penthouse and towards his. He hardly even paused when he opened the door to their penthouse, closing it behind them. His grip on her tightened a bit as he walked up the stairs and towards their room.

It had been three weeks since Elizabeth had been kidnapped and he found out his real feelings for her. They were feelings he had all along, but they were buried so deep, afraid to come out, that he kept them hidden. Even from him self.

But now that he allowed himself to feel, to love, he was going to make everything right. Jason never thought he would marry. But he knew this was right. It took him a long time to get up the nerve to ask her but he had it all planned on how he was going to do it.

He had planned on taking her for a ride on his bike to the lake he took her to all that time ago. When they got there, he didn't know how he was going to ask, but he knew that he wanted to ask her then.

But he had screwed it all up and yet, it still ended up perfect.

For the first time he could ever remember, he was nervous. So nervous his palms were sweaty and his voice was shaky. On the elevator ride down to the parking garage where his bike was, he stood next to her, her hand in his and he blurted the question out right then and there.

It wasn't romantic; it wasn't the way he had planned on asking her, he didn't even get on one knee. The question just came out and she said yes right before she threw her arms around his neck and ravished his mouth, placing kisses all over his face.

They never made it to the lake that day, didn't even make it to the parking garage. Jason had pressed the button to their floor the second the elevator stopped and brought her right back to their room.

Like he was doing right now.

Only this time he wasn't pulling her clothes off, he wasn't slamming her against the wall debating whether or not they would even make it to the bed.

This time, he was caring her as if she were the most precious thing in the world. Hell, she was the most precious thing in the world. And she was carrying his child.

His step faltered as he entered their room. He was never going to get used to that.

She cupped his cheek, placed a sweet kiss against his lips. When he placed her gently down on the bed, her brow furrowed when he stepped back. This wasn't right; he was supposed to get in bed with her.

"What—"

"You need to rest." He stated, pointing a finger at her when she dared to move.

"Jason, I'm fine."

"I don't care. You're still going to rest."

"If you expect me to stay in bed for nine months, you're crazy."

All the air seemed to leave his lungs. His chest got tight, his shoulders slumped, his arms went lax at his sides. He stared down at her. This really was real.

Crawling into bed with her, Jason laid on his side, his elbow propping him up. "Are you sure?"

A beautiful smile lit her face. "The doctor confirmed it today."

"How long have you known."

His hand was running through her hair, his face soft and so beautiful. "I suspected it last week but put it off because I wasn't sure. But after what happened yesterday, I knew."

His hand moved from her hair, ran down her arm and found the hem of her shirt. Her eyes began to water as he lifted her shirt and ran his palm over her smooth stomach. His hand was so large it spread across her entire stomach, making her feel so tiny.

He lowered his head, hesitated a second before he continued down to her stomach. His soft kiss lingered for a moment before he pulled back and turned his glossy gaze to hers.

Elizabeth's hand cupped his cheek. "You're ok with this?"

Jason's head dipped once, "Yes."

He said so little but his expression—his eyes—told her everything she needed to know. He was more than ok with this; he wanted this as much as she did.

Their lips met in a fiery kiss. His firm, hers soft. Their kiss was one of love, promise, and hope for the future. Their kiss marked the beginning of their lives together.

Jason pulled back. The emotions running through the both of them in that moment were so strong and powerful it scared him a little bit. Hell, Elizabeth scared the hell out of him. He never met someone that made him feel so much.

She meant too much to him, offered him way too much happiness that he began to realize that that could cause a problem.

Forehead creased, mouth tight with worry, Jason began to warn her. "My job—"

Her fingers on his lips stopped him before he even had a chance to begin. "You don't have to explain anything to me or warn me about anything. I love you and I am going to spend the rest of my life with you. Nothing will change that." She grabbed his hand, placed it on her belly. "We are going to spend the rest of our lives with you. One big happy family." She laughed.

Jason's fingers clenched slightly on her belly, his smile came easily.

He was really going to be a father.

Elizabeth ran her hand through his hair, down his arm.

"Every occurrence we'll face, whether intentional or not, we'll face it together."

The End.

I still cannot believe that I have finished my very first story, especially since this story was never really meant to happen. When I began writing to the Flash Fiction prompts (at The Canvas), I made a vow to myself that I would try to write for each prompt. When I wrote the first part of Unintentional Occurrences that was supposed to be it. There wasn't supposed to be anything else. But I had gotten such awesome replies and people asking me to continue (some telling me I had to, lol) that I just decided to go with it.

I seriously had no idea what I was going to do with this story and I just went with the flow. This may not be the most fantastic story and heck, people might not even think that it's that good of a story, but I love it. It wasn't the first I began, but it's the very first story that I finished and I have enjoyed writing every chapter.

It defiantly took me longer to write this story than I anticipated. I wanted nothing more than to write a chapter each time the prompt was given, but I fell waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind, lol.

All babbling aside, I have to thank each and every one of you who ever wrote feedback, who wrote feedback for every single chapter, this story never would have continued without you all. I looked so forward to reading what you all thought about each update and I would always end up with a huge smile on my face because you all made my day.

This is a very big accomplishment for me! I still can't believe I'm done with this, and in a way, it's kind of sad. But I can defiantly see me writing a one part look into the future for these two when the right prompt is given. It may not be soon, but I would love to write a little something with Jason and his daughter .

I would love to read about what you all thought about not only this last chapter, but the entire story! And THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!