Chapter 13
Carly turned to return to the hotel and saw Jason coming toward her on the beach. She wanted to be mad that he had followed her.
She wanted to yell "Leave me alone!" but she couldn't.
All she could do was laugh because Jason was making his way through the crowd with a look of determination on his face but also looking completely out of place.
Kids ran around his legs and he almost fell down. He had to step over bikini clad women. Guys gave him strange looks. He was wearing black boots, jeans, a black t-shirt, and a leather jacket on a beach in Florida.
He stuck out, to say the least.
When he got to her he said, "I finally found you. Do you know I have been up and down five miles of beach already? Let's go back to your hotel and get a beer so we can talk."
He was sweating under the blistering sun's rays and had already forgotten half of the big speech he planned to tell her to make this all okay.
The smile fell from Carly's face. She didn't want to work it out and be best friends again. They would always be that but right now she just wanted to hurt. To grieve losing him as her husband.
She said, "You go get a beer. I'm happy here."
"Carly," he started but she cut him off.
"Did you sign the divorce papers?"
"I signed my copy. But-"
"Good bye, Jason. Go home." Her head fell forward, her eyes closed. The pain was enormous.
"Carly, listen to me."
She opened her eyes at his soft tone. "What? What can you say to make this not hurt?"
He explained, "I figured out why the divorce wasn't as big of deal to me at first. Because we got married for legal reasons and not love."
"Speak for yourself!"
He took her hand. "But I love you now, Carly. And I want to marry you for real. Forever. The right way. I don't want you cheated out of a big church wedding."
She leaned into him, weak with relief and joy, "I didn't care about all that. All I needed was you."
"But I want to give you everything. I want our marriage to start off real this time. Do everything, give you everything, they way I should have a long time ago."
She thought of all the times he told her that they weren't possible, of all the tears, the hurt that stabbed at her and made her doubt her own heart. "I should tell you it's too late."
Jason sucked in a breath.
"How could you let it go this far?" Carly asked " Almost let me get away?"
"Because all that time I...feared... us. But now I fear losing us. Don't give up on me now, Carly. Please, I don't want to lose my family again. It might have taken me till now to admit it but I love my wife and I want you to come home.."
"Say that again," she whispered, loving the sound of those words. From another man, a man who could lie to suit his whim, they would never mean as much. But Jason would only say it if he was sure. If he was banking on forever with her, just like she always wanted with him
He reached out and took her hand, " I love you, Carly Morgan. I love our kids and I love the home we had all together. I never want to lose that."
"Me either," she whispered.
He asked, "What do you say? Will you spend your life with me?"
Tears came to her eyes as she smiled and joked "We could give it another two years."
He brought his mouth down and gave her a quick kiss. "Not gonna be long enough."
She shrugged and said, happily, "Guess we will have to shoot for forever then, Jase."
He let out a breath. He expected her to say yes but part of him was still tense till he knew for sure.
His face relaxed, and he gently tugged her even closer to him.
Jason told her, "I was an idiot. You gave me my family back, without hesitation, just because I asked you to and then I go and almost lose you all over again. I'm sorry I hurt you and it took me so long to figure this out."
She smiled, "Well, you're lucky I'm crazy about you and couldn't stop loving you if I tried."
"Don't ever try."
LATER THAT NIGHT, after dinner and talking more about the future and the past, they went back to the hotel room.
Carly went into the bathroom to shower and when she came out, Jason was laying, in his boxers, on the bed. He watched her go over to the mirror and pick up a comb. Slowly she brought it up and started to do her hair. He saw her reflection in the mirror and his stomach clenched.
She had been thinking, again. And in her expression he could see there were still hints of being unsure.
Jason realized he was not as forgiven as he thought.
Standing up he went over and moved behind her, gently placing his hand over the comb and forcing her to set it down. She met his gaze in the mirror.
"I love you, Carly. Believe in that."
Her eyes fluttered close, she laid her head back on his chest.
He kissed her neck and said "I don't want to be alive if I'm not married to you."
He kissed her shoulder and said, "I'm sorry I ever made you doubt what you mean to me. I know I hurt you. Will you forgive me?"
She opened her eyes, their eyes met in the mirror again.
Softly he repeated, "Will you forgive me, Carly?"
She let out a breath, exhaled and let her fear go.
"I forgive you," she said.
Then turned around and brought her hand up to cup his cheek. For a long moment they just looked at each other, letting past hurts dissolve away, and in that moment they came to a silent agreement.
And started over.
A luminous smile broke onto her face, and soon Jason wore one of his own. Her arms came up around the back of his neck, and she started chuckling, giddy with excitement. Jason laughed softly and then he was stepping just a little closer and dipping his head.
Before he kissed her he whispered, "Carly Morgan. Hmmm. Did I ever tell you how great I think that name sounds?"
His mouth came down on hers. When she pulled away she said, softly, "I've been thinking about names a lot lately."
"Yeah?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
She took his head and placed in on her stomach, "Meet your daughter, Jason."
Carly watched his eyes closely. When she took the test at the Metro Court she was alone, when Dr. Lee confirmed it, she was alone. And though Kelly said it was a little early to know the sex of the baby, Carly was sure already.
Their little girl was on the way.
"Carly," he said softly, tears coming to his eyes. He kneeled on the ground and placed his ear against her stomach. She ran her fingers through his hair.
Jason looked up at her. "Can you believe this? Us?"
"Yeah, Jase, I can. I always believed in us."
He smiled.
She sunk to the ground, and kneeled next to him. She questioned, "You're happy about this, right?"
He nodded. "You love me and your about to give me another kid. Our baby girl is inside of you right now. I couldn't be happier."
A sexy look came into her eyes, she crooked one arm around the back of his neck and pulled him down over her. "We will just see about that, Jase."
June 2007
The ballroom was decorated in blue and silver. The champagne flowed and everyone was having a great time as the appetizers were passed at the start of Jason and Carly's wedding reception.
The ceremony had been in the same church they first married in over two years ago. But instead of being late at night in near darkness this ceremony was in the middle of the day with sunlight blazing in through the stain glass windows.
The vows were traditional this time, as Carly had requested to Father Coates. To say the same words that countless other couples said throughout time, words from the Bible, made her feel like her and Jason were taking their place in a long line of soulmates who found each other on earth.
Now, as they stood outside the ballroom doors, with no one around, Carly said to him "I didn't know I could feel this happy."
He said, "Don't you dare make me cry again. That was embarrassing, to say the least, at the wedding."
"I thought it was cute." She leaned over and gave him a quick kiss.
Inside the ballroom Sonny, the best man, grabbed the microphone from the DJ and said, " I would like to introduce to all of you our guests of honor Jason and Carly Morgan."
Jason took her hand and led her into the ballroom.
Sonny passed the microphone to his stepdaughter, Brooklyn, as the piano player started playing the first chords of the Vanessa Williams song Save the Best for Last.
Brooklyn sang
"Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon..."
As Brooklyn continued, Carly smile grew wider as her husband spun her around the floor.
"Since when can you dance this well?" she asked, smiling "Sneaking away for lessons?"
He blushed.
She laughed. "And who was your dance partner? Better not have been Liz, buster."
"Emily."
"You're lucky."
He looked into her eyes and said, "Yeah, I am.."
"And now we're standing
face to face
Isn't this world a crazy place?
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last ..."
Carly thought back to all the years Jason was with her but just out of her reach. She remembered every man she tried to make it work with when all she wanted was to be here in this moment with Jason. She thought of the women he had spent his time loving when he could have been with her. But none of that mattered now.
Her smile grew as the said silently, He is my man now. My husband, forever. I am the last Mrs. Morgan.
"All of the nights you came to me
when some silly girl had set you free
You wondered how you'd make it through
I wondered what was wrong with you?
'Cause how could you give your love
to someone else?
And share your dreams with me.
Sometimes the very thing you're looking for
is the one thing you can't see ..."
Jason loved the look on Carly's face right now. It was pure joy and everything good in the world. He wanted to keep that smile on her lips for everyday of the rest of her life.
It had taken a long time to get here but it was worth it. It was worth risking his heart. He had never been able to shake his love for her and he had never really wanted to.
Because in the eyes of this woman, his wife, he saw reflected an unending connection. He knew she would be with him everyday for the rest of his time on earth and then beyond.
"Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last..."
"Carly?" he whispered into her ear
"Yes?"
"You know I'll never stop loving you, right? And I never stopped... for one second... since..."
"Jake's." Carly answered with a smile " Me either. It's me and you, Jase, for life. You think you can handle that?"
"Oh yeah,"he said softly as he spun her around "You make me think I can do anything, Mrs. Morgan."
Jason waited for her to answer, "That is what a best friend is for." as she had so many times in the past but instead Carly surprised him by saying,
"That's what a wife is for."
And Brooklyn sang, "You went and saved the best for last."
THE END
NOTE- Hello, here is some news on my upcoming stories-
I am working on a AU Jason and Carly story, called A Killing Kind of Love.
It is a little out there. But J and C are still very connected and, of course, soul mates in it. The premise is that they both left Port Charles in 2000 and when they meet again in 2006 they are very different people than who they are now on GH. They both get mixed up in "relationships" with some GH characters that threaten their lives and their romantic reunion.
Check it out in January.
Probably before that I will post a silly short tale called Road Trip where Jason, Lulu and two more people go down to Tennessee to retrieve Spinelli. I bet you can guess who tags along!
Thanks for reading The Last Mrs. Morgan. It was fun to write two wedding scenes for my favorite couple.
I appreciate so much you taking the time out of your busy lives to indulge in reading my Jason and Carly fantasies.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Sara