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Chapter 8

"I'm glad you decided to come with me this morning to drop the boys off."

"Me too. I know Liz and I aren't friends, but I think there is a mutual respect and I can deal with that."

"Are you kidding. You saved our son, she is greatful to you."

"Lucky, I wouldn't go that far. I did what had to be done, to save Jake. Besides, I love spending time with your family. Cameron is such a sweet boy and Jake is too cute for words. Your a great father Lucky."

"Well its easy when you got such great kids, isn't that right Cam?"

"Yeah Daddy."

"What about you Jake?"

"Ba."

"I know, you want your bottle, buddy. We're almost to your Mommy's house."

Lucky pulls into the driveway of Elizabeth's home. Notices her car isn't in the driveway.

"Did you call her and let her know we were on our way?"

"No, it's ok though. She probably just went to the store to pick up a few things. You know she has been cooped up in the house for a few days. Maybe the boys needed something. We can wait in the house till she gets back. Come on boys, lets go in the house, watch cartoons."

Lucky, Sam and the boys piled out of the car and walked towards the front door. As Lucky was unlocking the door, neither him or Sam noticed the motorcycle stored on the side of the house.

Jason Morgan has never been a sound sleeper. Comes with the job one would guess. Always be prepared to come out of a sleep into defense mode. And that was exactly what he did the moment he heard someone come into the house. He turned his head to see a sleeping Elizabeth. She didn't stir at the noise downstairs which meant she was going to be hung over this morning. Jason crept out of bed and reached for his jeans and slipped into them without making a sound. He pulled his gun out of motorcycle boot sitting on the floor. His heart in his chest, thinking the worst was going on at the bottom of the stairs. Did someone follow them last night? They had been seen out in public. He slipped out of the bedroom quietly, shutting the door as if it would shield Elizabeth from the possible danger waiting at the foot of the stairs. Jason slinked down the hall. There wasn't much to Elizabeth's home. Two steps and he would be visible from the top of the stairs. He craned his neck and with his gun cocked he peered around to the bottom of the stairs. "Shit."

"JAYSUN! You came back." The rambunctious toddler wiggled out of his daddy's arms and ran to the top of the stairs as fast as his little legs would allow him and jumped at the half-naked enforcer. "You came back you came back. Mommy said you were sad and you couldn't come back anymore. Did we do something to make you sad Jaysun? "

His heart broke at the little boy's question. "No buddy, you and your brother and your mommy could never make me sad."

"Does this mean your not sad anymore?"

"Ahem. Hey Cam, buddy, why don't you take your little brother up to your room and watch Chuggin Charlie?"

"Ok daddy."

"I'l take them up there and get them set up." Sam said reluctantly. Suddenly the amount of testosterone in the room was a bit much for her to handle. "Come on boys."

"What in the hell are you doing here, Morgan? Where is Elizabeth?"

"She had too much to drink last night so I drove her home. She is still upstairs asleep."

"So you drove her home, did you decide to take advantage of her in her drunken state?"

"I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that Lucky. You of all people should know that I would never take advantage of Elizabeth. I would never hurt her like that."

"So then explain it to me why I am finding you in my wife's house, half-naked."

"Ex-wife. For over a year now Lucky. Where is this coming from. Your with Sam, why does it matter who Elizabeth is with?"

"It doesn't unless that person puts my boys in danger."

Jason bowed up at that remark. "Lucky, don't you dare forget that Jake is my son. Now I love the boys and I love Elizabeth."

Sam could hear the boys downstairs arguing. She certainly didn't expect to walk in to Elizabeth's house and see Jason half-naked. God that man always did look good without a shirt on. Oh shit where did that come from? First things first, find Elizabeth and get her downstairs before the men kill themselves or worse, scare the boys.

"Hey Cam, keep an eye on your brother. Don't leave your room and share your toys, ok?"

"Ok. Sam, can I have some milk?"

"Sure, buddy. I find you some and then bring it up to you, ok?"

Sam left the boys alone and shut their door. They did not need to hear the guys yelling at each other, they had already been through enough. Sam hurried to Elizabeth's door and entered. Elizabeth was still passed out in bed and from what Sam could tell, not wearing a stitch of clothing except a pair of heels. Kinky, I didn't think Miss Perfect had it in her.

"Elizabeth, you need to wake up now. Come on, time to wake up. Shit." SLAP.

"Oww. What the hell Sam? Sam! Sam what are you doing in my bedroom? Where is .."

"Jason? He's downstairs with your ex-husband and they are about to kill each other if you don't get up and stop them."

"Oh, shit. What time is it? You guys are early." Elizabeth jumps out of bed.

"Oh – Elizabeth, not a side of I ever wished to see of you."

Oh god." Elizabeth grabs the sheet and wraps it around her. "Could you grab me that robe over there? And please stop yelling and someone please turn the room down."

"Here. I'm going to take it you had too much to drink last night?"

Elizabeth scans the room quickly trying to place the events of last night. She quickly remembers and even quicker blushes.

"Earth to Elizabeth. Jason. Lucky. Your Livingroom. World War III. Let's go."

"Sorry."

"Jason, you told Elizabeth you wouldn't contact her again, and here I find you at her home and from the looks of you and her livingroom, I can only take that to mean you lied."

Lucky, just stop. This isn't Jason's fault. I'm a big girl and I can make my own decisions."

"Elizabeth, you look like hell."

"Thanks, nice to see you too Lucky. Where are the boys?"

"I took care of them. They're in Cameron's room watching a video. Speaking of, Cam wanted milk to drink and Jake wanted a bottle." Sam motions towards the kitchen.

"Sure, that would be great thanks. Jake has a bottle in the fridge, just warm it for 45 seconds in the microwave and Cam's sip cups are in the top left hand cabinet across from the sink. Oh and Sam – coffee – strong coffee, please."

"Sure, I'll be right back."

"Elizabeth, why are you wearing heels?"

"Look, before we answer any more questions or provide explanations. I need to do a few things. I want to say good morning to the boys, I want to get dressed and I need a damn cup of coffee. Cause honestly Lucky, I wasn't expecting you this early. The least you could have done was call first."

"I didn't actually think I would be interuppting you with Jason."

"This isn't about Jason, Lucky. .. Just let me get dressed and we will explain everything."

Jason and Elizabeth went upstairs, said good morning to the boys and made them a promise that they would go do something fun today as long it was warm enough. They entered Elizabeth's room and shut the door behind them to get dressed.

"You ok? Where is your aspirin?"

"Second shelf in the medicine cabinet in my bathroom. Thanks."

"Do you know what you are going to say when we get back downstairs?"

"Yeah, the truth. And I'm not going to sugar coat it either."

Jason and Elizabeth emerged from her room, hand in hand and descended down the stairs to find Lucky and Sam sitting on the couch. Elizabeth could sense the tension from Lucky. He wasn't going to make this easy for her, was he?

"Elizabeth? I um, put Jake down in his crib. He was rubbing his eyes when I went to check on them. And Cam is watching another video. The coffee was ready. I wasn't sure how you wanted it. Uh."

"Thanks Sam. I appreciate your help with the boys. How have you been?"

"Cut the shit Elizabeth. You don't care about how Sam has been. Quit stalling and start explaining what the hell I walked in on."

"Well. And I'm the one who is hungover, but your the one acting like the angry drunk." she stopped in her tracks at that comment. "Lucky, I didn't mean it that way, I'm sorry."

"Just tell me what is going on. Are you and Jason back together?"

"Yes we are."

"GOD DAMMIT ELIZABETH."

"Lucky. Cool it with the yelling. Elizabeth doesn't deserve it and the boys don't deserve to be scared."

"If they are scared it's because of you Morgan. You nearly got my family killed being with Elizabeth." Lucky looks toward Elizabeth. "You told me you were done. That you couldn't be with him anymore. Elizabeth I'm the one that found you in your studio, tearing things apart, destroying paintings. You even called Jason your addiction. And now, everything's ok? I don't understand you."


Jason didn't know any of this, the studio, her paintings. I'm her addiction?

"First of all – don't get that look. This is not your fault. We have already been through this"
She said to Jason. In a whisper, "Your stuck with me, remember."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded her head. "And secondly, I know what I said, I know what I did and I know what I felt. I also know what I feel when I'm not with Jason and if being in love with him is my addiction, then I never want to experience the rehab to stop. Lucky, I don't expect you to understand all of this right away. Jason and I realize this changes a lot of things. And the three of us are going to have to figure this out together."

"Aren't you forgeting Sam in all of this?"

"No I'm not. And Sam, I mean no disrespect to you or your relationship with Lucky. I know that you love him and the boys, but the three of us are their parents."

Sam nods, "Elizabeth, I get it. And believe me I understand."

"I won't allow you put my children at risk like this Elizabeth. You almost lost Jake because of your association with Jason. I won't allow it. Sam, you agree with me, don't you?"

"Lucky, I don't get an opinion on this. They aren't my children, therefore it's not my choice. Look, Elizabeth respected you with our relationship, you owe her that same respect."

Lucky, look. I'm not asking you support my decision. Hell, I'm not even asking you to like it. You don't have to. But I love Jason and he loves me and the boys and we are going to try this. The most important thing is the boys. You can either be an adult about this and still be apart of their lives or you can tell them why you won't be in their lives."

"Your threatening me with custody if I don't approve of you whoring around with Jason."

"Lucky – don't go there. Elizabeth and I aren't going to forbid you from seeing them. Only you can do that."

"What do you speak for Elizabeth now. And how exactly can you prevent me from seeing my boys?"

"Lucky, eventually Jason and I are going to start letting people know that Jake is Jason's. We have to make sure first that I won't face any jail time for committing purgery when I testified at Jason's trial. But we have no desire to stop you from seeing either of the boys. We are going to look at from a co-parenting stand point. You have been apart of the boys lives since they were born and I would be doing them a huge diservice if I all of sudden said you couldn't see them anymore."

"Yeah right. And Jason's going to be just fine with Jake calling me daddy."

"The question is Lucky, will you be ok when Jake calls me daddy? And what about Cameron? I'm not saying that we are going to make him call me dad, but what if he chooses to. Will you be able to handle it?"

"You can't have my boys."

"Look you aren't even listening. We aren't taking them away from anyone. Things will stay the same. You can seem them when you want, you still will have unlimited visits and everything else we agreed upon in the divorce. But it is your decision. No bad mouthing will be allowed. The boys are to stay neutral ground do you understand me. I say nothing about your relationship with Sam and you say nothing about my relationship with Jason. I don't want the boys to loose any of the family they have, but if you can't handle this, you will be the one to tell them goodbye. I won't break their hearts."

"I need time to process all of this. Sam, let's go. Tell the boys I love them."

"Tell them yourself, they should hear it from their father."

With that, Lucky stormed out of the house, with Sam following soon behind.

"Guys, I – I'm not even sure what to say. I'll see you later."

"Bye Sam." they said in unison.

"Well, not exactly how I expected things to go. I'm mean, I knew that Lucky would be angry, but I expected Sam to jump to his defense and tell me a bad mother I'm being by staying in a relationship with you."

"Sam may not have made some smart choices where this family is concerned, but if there is one thing she knows, it's a mother's love and devotion to her children. When Sam and Sonny lost Lila, Sam was devastated. She yearned to be a mother in the worst way. I know she was angry with me, with you, with the whole situation, but I honestly don't think that Sam could ever in good faith say you were a bad mother."

"I just wish I knew what Lucky was thinking or what he was planning. He is a cop and could do so much to get me in trouble."

"You and I both know that while Lucky is on the side of the law, everyone would lose out more if the boys lost you. Give him time to put everything together. I can only hope that he makes the right decision for the boys. I may not like him much, but he has protected you and the boys and they love him. He's right, I imagine it will be difficult to hear Jake call the both of us daddy, but it couldn't be much more difficult if this was a step-parent situation. It's like you said, we'll co-parent."

"I love you, ya know that. You have been amazing through all of this."

"Hey, I wanted to talk to you about something. When do you go back to work?"

"On Monday, why?"

"What do you say to a weekend getaway?"

"Jason, I don't know. Who is going to watch the boys? Grams and Lucky aren't exactly talking to me right now and..."

"Sshh. Stop. Who said anything about the boys not coming with us. The four of us or rather five of us take a weekend trip to Niagra Falls."

"Niagra Falls sounds. Wait, five of us. Am I missing something. You, me, Jake and Cam. Who else is coming with us."

"I thought I would bring Spinelli with us. One, if we need some alone time, we have someone to watch the kids and two, I don't exactly care to leave him at my penthouse for the weekend alone. It will be fine, don't worry."

"Well. I guess it wouldn't hurt if Spinelli came with us. But why this weekend?"

"For starters, you go back to work on Monday and it would be a great way to start over and two, while we are gone, my guys can modifications to the house done."

"So, let's ask the boys."

Elizabeth and Jason sped up the stairs and asking a curious Cameron if he wanted to go on a trip.

"Is Jaysun coming with us momma?"

"Yes baby. Jason is coming with us. He is going to take us to Niagra Falls."

"What's Niagra Falls?"

'Well, buddy it is a place surrounded by a lot of water and you can ride on trains and ships ."

"Yeah. Ships and trains, ships and trains. When can we go momma?"

"Baby, we got to pack first and load up the car. But if you take a nap, by the time you wake up, we will be ready to go."

"And Jaysun is going too, right. Are you going to leave again Jaysun?"

Jason looked at the little boy with the chocolate curls and his mothers eyes and smiled. "Buddy, I'm here always."