Sunday night and Elizabeth has talked Jason into hanging out at Jake's again. She knew what waited for her in the morning and she just wanted to have a good time before having to go to work the next day. Of course, working in the morning meant no alcohol, but she can live with that. Jason is playing pool while she hangs out with Zander. Unfortunately, Sonny had an assignment for Johnny and he couldn't be there, but that didn't stop Zander and Elizabeth from having fun.
"Back again?" Carly questioned, leaning against the pool table. "Wanna play a game?"
"Do you ever miss a day of being here?" Jason counters. "I thought you're in a relationship now."
"Oh, I am." Carly shrugged. "Just not a boyfriend/girlfriend type. He doesn't tell me what to do and I don't act like I'm his wife."
"Ah." Jason shook his head. "Wanna break?"
"Lag." Carly grabbed a pool stick. "So when are you going to drop the act and just give her a chance?"
"Don't start." Jason states, lining up his shot.
"I'm being serious." Carly waits for him to take the shot before setting up her lag. "So what if your ex burned you badly, its time to move on and this muffin face could be the one to help you with that."
"She deserves better than me." Jason finds himself saying, racking up the balls for Carly.
"That's a load of bull and you know it." Carly eyes him intently. "You'll never know until you try."
"Just take your shot."
As Jason and Carly start their game, Elizabeth and Zander get up to dance. For a night without alcohol, Elizabeth didn't really mind it. Its giving her the chance to truly catch up with Zander, to talk to him about Emily and whatever else is happening in his life. Of course, dancing with him is a lot more fun when they're not stumbling over each other. The night was going great until Zander was called in to work.
"Sorry." Zander kissed her cheek. "Call you later?"
"Sure." Elizabeth smiled before watching him leave. "Now what?"
"How about I buy you a drink?" a familiar voice spoke from behind her.
"Dr. Patrick Drake." Elizabeth shook her head. "No thanks."
"Aw, come on." he smirked. "Its just a drink."
"And I work in the morning." Elizabeth said plainly. "So, thanks but no thanks."
"You know, I've never seen you outside of work." he says, leaning against the bar. "I'd be a fool to not take advantage of the moment."
"Your charm may work on the other nurses at GH, but I'm not one of them." Elizabeth smiles politely. "You're not my type."
"I'm everyone's type." Patrick counters. "You'd know that if you just gave me a chance."
"Like I said, you're not my type." Elizabeth takes her drink from Coleman. "You're better off trying to get Nurse Nadine into bed."
"Why would I want her, when you and I can make real fireworks?" Patrick cuts her off. "Don't knock me till you try me."
"She said no." Jason firm voice spoke from behind Patrick. "Take it and get lost."
"Stay out of it." Patrick turns to glare at Jason. "This is between me and the lady."
"She said no." Jason states, his hands clenching into fists. "Leave now."
"That's up to Nurse Webber." Patrick turns his smirk to her. "Come on, live on the edge."
"I already do." Elizabeth grabbed her jacket. "I'm ready to go, Jason."
Jason nudged Patrick out of the way before taking Elizabeth's hand and walking out of the bar with her. All to Carly's immense pleasure. Jason was so ready to pound the stupid doctor's face in, it was bad enough that Jason hated him already. The pathetic man slut tried to get with his sister and wouldn't take no for an answer. Jason, of course, stepped in and had his men drive the point home. Sure enough, the doctor left his sister alone and Jason's wasn't adverse to personally driving the point home about Elizabeth.
"I could have handled him." Elizabeth points out as they head back to Harbor View Towers. "You didn't have to step in."
"I can't stand that guy." Jason says plainly. "He doesn't know when to stop."
"He's nothing new." Elizabeth can see that Patrick really bothered him. "A lot of guys hit on me like that."
"Its not right." Jason states. "No means no. Plain and simple."
"I'm glad you know that, but not a lot of men like Patrick Drake do."
"You ready to call it a night?" Jason questions, pulling into the garage. "Because I'm not."
"What do you have in mind?"
Jason parks the SUV and guides her to his bike a few spots over. "You up for it?" Jason questions, holding out the helmet.
"I've never rode on one before." Elizabeth says as she takes the helmet into her hands. "Is it safe?"
"You'll have to see for yourself." Jason counters, straddling the bike. "What's life without risk?"
Elizabeth eyes him intently before strapping on the helmet and straddling the bike behind him. As she secures her arms around him, Jason starts up the bike and does his best to ignore the feeling he gets with her arms wrapped around his waist. Once the tires hit the road, Jason takes off top speed, causing her to scream aloud at the rush she feels. Jason goes as fast as the bike can take them, taking the turn onto the winding road, his favorite place to ride in all of Port Charles.
As the wind is blowing hard against them, Elizabeth feels so alive. She has never felt a feeling quite like this and she was truly loving it. The faster they went, every turn they hit, Elizabeth had adrenaline pumping through her veins. In that moment its like nothing can touch her. Not the danger or the troubles of her life. Not the stress of work or the sadness of not having a love life. In that moment, all she can care about is the bike beneath her and the world exploding around her. A part of her felt like she could almost fly.
"What is this place?" Elizabeth questions as Jason shuts off the engine.
"Its a bridge." Jason says as he helps her off the bike. "I'd think you've seen a bridge before."
"I know its a bridge." Elizabeth slaps his arm once he dismounts. "I mean, where are we?"
"There used to be an estate just past the bridge." Jason gestures to the other end of the bridge. "There's nothing left of it though...the bridge is pretty much all there is."
"Why bring me here?" Elizabeth wonders as she looks over the railing.
"Its away from everything." Jason shrugs, leaning against the railing. "Its safe and doesn't run the risk of me having to beat a certain doctor to a pulp."
"I'm used to guys like Patrick Drake." Elizabeth admits, taking a deep breath. "His type is pretty much the only type that isn't afraid to pursue me."
"That's because they don't want much." Jason turns to look at her. "You deserve better than his type."
"Glad you think so." Elizabeth sighs, staring out at the abyss. "But I doubt any sane man will ever give me a second look once they find out who I am."
"All it takes is just one."
"Right." Elizabeth looks at him and smiles. "Too bad you're not the dating type."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well..." Elizabeth laughs nervously before looking away. "Forget it...its nothing."
"Don't do that." Jason turns her to look at him. "Finish it."
"I like you." Elizabeth admits. "And I kind of wish you were the dating type because I'd like to see if we could...you know...but you're not and I'm just the girl you have to protect."
"What if I said I wanted to try?" Jason counters. "Would you want to?"
"Jason, you already said you'd never do it again." Elizabeth reminds him. "You were pretty adamant about it."
"I know what I said." Jason sighs, running a hand down his face. "But what if I wanted to try...I'm not saying I'd be any good at it, but what if I said I'd try?"
"I'd say, okay." Elizabeth eyes him curiously. "Are you sure you'd want to though?"
"I'm already losing my mind with wanting you." Jason practically blurts out. "I just don't see why I have to if we can try for something real."
"Wow." Elizabeth is a little taken aback by his words. "I feel the same way...you're pretty much all I think about as far as guys go."
"Okay...so we'll try?" Jason really sucked at things like this.
"Yeah...we'll try." Elizabeth smiles slightly. "I mean, we already know the kissing is unbelievable...who knows what the rest will be like."
Jason simply shook his head before handing her the helmet and straddling the bike. He knew that they wouldn't be landing in a bed any time soon, but he was looking forward to seeing where this would take them. Once she was straddled behind him, Jason started up the bike and off they went. Both thriving off the feeling that they felt as the bike went faster and faster. Before either of them knew it, they were back at Harbor View Towers and walking through the door of the penthouse.
"I'm gonna call it a night." Elizabeth says as she takes off her jacket. "I'm so wiped."
"Elizabeth?" Jason stops her as she's going upstairs.
"Yeah?" Elizabeth stares into his eyes as he pulls her into his arms. "Jason?"
He smirks before claiming her lips with his. Elizabeth immediately melts into his embrace, his kisses were something she wasn't sure she'd ever get enough of. The way he moves his lips over hers, the kinds of things his tongue can do, she was sure she has never been kissed like this before. Like the other two times, kissing him had her practically forgetting her own name. Breathing becoming essential, Jason pulls away, brushing a few strands of hair from her face.
"Goodnight." Jason says, helping her stand upright. "See you in the morning."
"Goodnight." Elizabeth manages before smiling and walking upstairs to her room.
Jason watched her as she made her way up the stairs. He wasn't sure about this whole relationship thing and he knew that he had to have lost his mind to even think about doing this again, but he was doing it regardless. Not that he'd ever admit it aloud, Carly was right. The only way he's going to know for sure if he can do this again or not would be to try. After all the time he has spent with Elizabeth, he doesn't know anyone better to try the whole relationship thing with.
There are so many reasons why this is a bad idea. Sonny will more than likely hate this and her father wouldn't be too thrilled either, but Jason couldn't back out. After so many years of living the way he lives, Jason found that he wanted more. Thanks to a certain petite brunette, Jason wants to take the chance and follow his own advice. What's life without risk? So he's going to risk it and see where it takes him. There was still that part of him that wanted someone to kill him and stop him from becoming more of an idiot, but it wasn't as big a part as the one that wanted to try.
So if this blows up in his face, if its a complete failure, at least he had the guts to try. Eyeing his wet bar, Jason shook his head and forced himself to walk upstairs to his bedroom. If he's going to do this, he had to do it the right way and commit completely. Which meant that getting blind drunk was out of the question, for now. Stripping out of his clothes, Jason crawled into bed and called it a night, hoping that tomorrow won't be too bad. And praying to all that's holy that Carly stays the hell out of his life now.
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