A/N: So good news...here is an update, yay! And here is the bad news...our time together with Jason and Alexis is drawing to the end...Thanks all the reviewers who have enjoyed and are still enjoying the ride...you guys really make my day!

Alexis sat in the bathroom until the commotion outside broke. She sat in there and replayed every word he had said...the way his lips felt against hers, the look in his eyes. It made her even more confused; this morning he had shattered her world, and then he came right back in trying to piece it back together. She had no idea what was going on, but she would...soon.

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Jason sat in the interrogation room and watched Mac and Carly argue. Finally Mac opened the door, "I am ready to take your statement...but your attorney is caught in traffic"

He interrupted, "I'm ready Mac; I have nothing to hide"

The older man nodded and closed the door, "alright, you know the charges against you are fraud...for faking your death...go ahead" he said clicking the recorder on.

"I didn't fake my death. I was shot on the docks; I don't remember by who or what happened after that...until I woke up on a boat two months later, Sam and I were reunited and we wed...that is the story" he said stonewalling.

Mac nodded as his door flung open and Diane Miller stood there, "I have an order that you release my client...there is no evidence to prove that there was any fraud involved" she said hanging him a paper.

The police chief nodded, "actually...I agree with you...your client is free to go home"

The reality struck Jason...where exactly was home...

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Sonny was waiting outside the doorway of the bathroom long after the paparazzi had left; he didn't want to rush her. He had sent Sam home with Max, Carly followed Jason to the PCPD, and she needed someone...and he vowed to be here. It took all his strength not to bloody Jason's face when he got off of that plane, but there was something about the look in his best friend's eyes that worried him..

"You didn't have to wait" she said slowly walking out.

He shrugged as they walked silently to the car...Jason better have a solid story.

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Carly beeped the alarm on the Porsche as Jason climbed in.

"What?" she asked as he gave her a funny look.

"Jax talked me into getting my license...we thought it was important for someone to always be readily available to take Alexis to the hospital when she went into labor"

To hear Alexis' pregnancy talked about brought tears to his eyes, "oh"

"I actually went to some Dr.'s appointments with her" she said smiling.

He nodded, "thank you Carly..."

"JJ..he's really something else...all that hate between Alexis and I...when you died; it just didn't seem to matter anymore...she loves you Jason"

He winced hearing her tone, "and I love her Carly"

"So then why did you marry Sam?"

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Sam sat on the couch at the Penthouse...Max had taken her there since it was still empty. It was bare; not that it hadn't always been...but there were no frames lining the mantle...nothing on the desk...it was a shell of a house. She guess it fit since there's was a shell of a marriage. This wasn't how things were supposed to happen...and a part of her ached to talk to Alexis; to tell her everything...but she knew she couldn't...Helena was a part of this now, and she had to trust that Jason would make things right.

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"Mommy, JJ threw up all over Jax's shirt...it was funny" Kristina said clapping.

Molly followed suit as Sonny and Alexis made their ways over the threshold.

"Ha, ha...so funny" came from the tall blond who was busy wiping away the regurgitated baby formula.

Alexis smiled sadly, "sorry about that" she said plopping down on the couch.

Sonny made his way to Jax, "listen...I gotta go; please stay with her"

Jax was about to roll his eyes but saw the real concern in the other man's, "of course"

As he said his goodbyes he went across the city.

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"I don't want to talk about it Carly"

She gave him stank face, "well we wouldn't have to if you wouldn't have shown up back from the dead, married"

"I can't talk about it right now Carly...one day I will, but not right now...I need a favor" he asked as they pulled up to the Harborview Towers.

Carly rolled her eyes, "anything"

"I need a secret meeting with Luke...no one can know"

The way he said it made Carly's pulse race, but she complied...although in her heart she knew it was more serious than she had thought.

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Sam had gone to the drugstore to buy personal items when Jason heard knocking on the door.

As soon as it opened he saw his best friend looking quite perturbed, "welcome back" is all that Sonny muttered.

Jason nodded, "thanks" he said coolly.

The vein inside Sonny's forehead willed itself to burst, "did you have to do it like this? She loved you...she would have let you go if you asked...you didn't have to stomp on her heart"

This pissed the younger man off, "I don't wanna fight with you Sonny...let's not do this right now" she said walking away.

"Let's not talk about what a coward you are? Do you know what those months were like when she mourned you...hell we all did...when she didn't want to get out of bed?"

Something snapped and Jason kicked the coffee table, "no, but I'm sure you did, didn't you...I'm gone and you just slid right in...how long did it take you to take advantage of her grief and slide your way in my bed?"

To that Sonny swung barely clipping under his right eye...but now the adrenaline was coursing through Jason's veins as he took his best friend and pinned him to the wall.

"Are you mad I'm back because this ruins your little happy family"

Sonny managed to shake him off, "there is nothing going on between Alexis and I...though it would serve you right..."

He stormed out after that leaving Jason feeling even worse.

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The meeting was to be at the Metro Court...Sam and Jason had booked a room under the guise of staying there for awhile...Sam browsed through the boutique as Jason let himself in.

"Well if it isn't the Borg back from the dead? You know your family misses you too; maybe you should drop them a line" he said laughing as her poured himself another drink from the mini bar.

Jason stone faced him, "You wouldn't be here if I wasn't desperate"

Luke got serious, "why do I have a feeling this has something to do with one big bat who has it out for the vampire princess?"

And to that he sat down and told Luke the story...finishing with, "you find her Luke, and I will kill her"

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Alexis laid down in bed with the bassinet off to the left...JJ was cradled in her arms as he finished drinking his bottle. She heard a strange rustling coming from the hallway; she put JJ down and when she went out she gasped.

"Shhh" Jason said clad in all black.

Alexis nodded as they made their way back to the room her closing the door.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked.

He wandered over to the bassinet to look at the chubby faced boy with chestnut hair and blue eyes, "he looks like you" he said not even attempting to wipe the tears away.

This seemed to soften her, "I always though he looked like you" she said coming to sit on the bed openly letting the tears fall.

Jason looked at her and knelt in front of her wiping the tears away, "I am going to tell you the whole story...but no one can know...not Jax, not Sonny...no one"

She nodded and he continued, and as he wove the story she went from abject anger towards Ric to a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach when he said her name...Helena.

"What are we going to do?" she asked.

He shook his head, "I will handle this...you just stay safe...I can't lose you" he said laying his head down on her lap as her fingers played in his hair.

After he brought his lips to hers and engulfed her mouth...she was busying her hands with stripping off his shirt when he grabbed them, "not tonight"

Before she could look disappointed he scooped her up to her side of the bed, "I just need to hold you" he said cradling her in his arms...they slept that way until just before dawn...he kissed her head and his sons...then peaked in on the girl's laying kisses on each of their faces.

He stood by the window before hopping out to look back...he had to find Helena...and then he would come home to his family...