An hour later Jason and Carly were back at his penthouse. They walked into a bedroom upstairs and Jason said, "This can be your room and the boys will share the other one."
Carly took a look around. "Who decorated this place?"
"Brenda."
" You know I'm going to start redecorating tomorrow, don't you?" She walked over to the closet and tossed her over night bag inside. Then she sat on the bed.
"I kinda figured you would." Jason said "You can do whatever you want to this room and the boys room but leave the rest of the place as is. I like how it looks."
"You'll like how I"ll make it look better, believe me."
"Don't go trying to change my whole life."
She smiled sweetly at him, "Would I do that?"
"Yes!" he laughed.
"You're going to love living with me." she promised him "You got more than a wife tonight. You got your best friend here 24/7 now."
"Thanks for doing this, Carly." He leaned against the doorframe, looking uncertain about what to do or say. "The cops would force you to testify about seeing me kill Ric if you weren't...if we didn't do this."
"I'd never do that to you. They could lock me up for 100 years and I still wouldn't sit in a courtroom and say one bad word about you."
"I know you wouldn't."
"I can't wait to see Alexis' face when I'm on the stand and I drop the bombshell that I can't answer any question because I am your wife."
Jason smiled. "You get too much pleasure out of upsetting her."
"It's just fun."
He laughed and said. "Good night, Carly."
"Sweet dreams, Jase."
"You too." Then he left the room.
Carly tried to squash her disappointment that her wedding night would be spent sleeping alone. Don't get ahead of yourself, girl, Carly silently warned herself.
THE NEXT NIGHT, Carly brought her children to Jason's and ordered a pizza. When Jason came in she stood and went to meet her at the door.
She whispered, " I thought we should tell them together. I don't want them to hear about it on the news after I testify tomorrow."
"Alright. Lets do it."
Carly pulled her necklace, that held the two wedding bands, off. She wore it under her shirt so no one would see but she would know they were there.
They both slipped on their rings now and turned to face the kids.
"Jason and I have some great new, boys." Carly said
Michael had a mouth full of pizza but Morgan asked, "Are we going to Disney world?"
Carly laughed, "Not anytime soon."
Carly grabbed Jason's hand and led him over to the couch, where they sat down. The kids were on the floor kneeled by the coffee table.
Jason said, "You boys know I love both of you and your mother very much. And I want all of us to be happy and together. So for right now, but probably not forever, Carly and I are going to be married."
"We went to the church last night, " Carly added " and Father Coates made us husband and wife."
Morgan's eyes got big and he asked "So do we get to live with Uncle Jason?"
"Yes, we do, hon." Carly said
"Awesome!" cried Morgan and he stood and flung himself on top of Jason.
Jason hugged him and said, "I like the idea too, buddy."
Michael was scowling at them. " I don't get it."
"What?" asked Carly nervously
"Jason said you two are married for now. What does that mean? I thought when you get married it's forever. But you and dad got divorced and you and Lorenzo got divorced. So is marriage just like dating? You break up when you get mad?"
"Even if Jason and I divorce we are not breaking up- ever. You'll never lose your Uncle Jason."
Michael looked at Jason, "Is that true?"
"Your mother wouldn't lie to you. And I would never chose to stay away from you boys. So whether you live here, and Carly and I are married or not, we're all still a family, like always, right?"
"Right!" said Michael and Morgan together.
Jason and Carly shared a look. They both hoped their boys would be okay with this new situation.
"Let's have a toast." Carly said
Michael poured everyone a glass of water.
Carly raised hers and said, "To being one big happy family forever."
Everyone tapped their glasses.
Jason smiled and then suddenly realized he hadn't felt this happy in his apartment in a long time.