Chapter 7

Sam sat there, in Kelly's, looking at the girl. She was pretty, with her dark hair and her dark eyes, and all she could think of was her own Lila. The little girl had asked her mother if she could treat Sam something to drink, and Karen had agreed. Karen had to go to the bathroom, leaving Sam alone with Lila.

''So, Lila, when did you guys get in Port Charles?'' Sam asked the girl, not knowing what to ask a little girl. She was a mother herself, but never got to raise her own baby, and she never really got a chance at motherhood after that.

''We got here yesterday,'' Lila answered with a grin, and Sam smiled at her. ''I love my new home, its big!''

''It is? That's good, right? Then you and your mother have enough space. Where is your father?'' She asked, and the little girl frowned, thinking about that. It wasn't Lila who answered that last question; it was Karen who had just returned.

''He passed away a couple of days before we finalized the adoption,'' she said, and she looked at Lila.

''She's adopted?'' Sam asked, and then she gave a good look between mother and daughter. Now that Karen had said it, she didn't look at all like her.

''Yes, I can't have children of my own, and my husband and I had been waiting for an opportunity like this. Lila is a miracle,'' Karen explained. Sam looked back at Lila, who was drinking her soda, and smiled.

''I can understand that,'' she said softly, and she felt Karen looking at her.

''Do you have any children?'' Karen asked, and Sam shook her head.

''No, I don't,'' Sam now whispered, and she felt a lump in her throat. She thought about her little girl, and seeing this Lila was not making it easier. She was all she had imagined her baby would look like when she was her age, and she couldn't help it.

''I'm sorry,'' Karen said, seeing tears forming in Sam's eyes. Sam looked at Karen.

''I lost my baby girl when she was born,'' Sam said, and Karen nodded. ''She would have been Lila's age – this is really weird, I wanted to call my baby girl Lila too.''

''Oh – we didn't name her. Her name was already on the birth certificate,'' Karen said, and Sam looked at her in surprise. ''They said her parents had named her Lila, and I didn't want to change.''

''Wow – that is so weird,'' Sam whispered to herself, and she looked back at Lila. This girl – she could have been her daughter, if her daughter didn't die. She looked up at Mike, who was looking at her. He was concerned by the look on her face and she smiled at him.

''I need to make a phone call, I'll be right back,'' she told Karen, and she walked outside. She reached for her phone and got it out of her pocket and saw her battery was dead. She cursed – why didn't she recharge it when she got home last night.

''Mike,'' she said when she walked back in the diner, ''can I use the phone here? My battery is dead and I need to call Jason.'' Mike nodded and handed her the phone.

She dialed Jason's number, and waited for him to pick up. He didn't, and she panicked. He never let his phone ring this long. She looked at Mike, and she tried to call him again. Again – he didn't pick up his phone. She decided to go over to the penthouse.

When she arrived at the penthouse she knocked on the door. She waited but there was no answer.

''Damn it,'' she said to herself, and she turned around. She had to find him. Maybe he did go to the hospital already to talk to Robin about the treatment.

She arrived at the hospital and asked the nurse where Robin was.

''I'll page her, if you want,'' the nurse said, and Sam nodded. She needed to know if Jason was here, and she sat down in the waiting area after telling the nurse where she was.

She waited for some time before Robin came around the corner. When she saw Sam she began walking faster.

''Sam, Jason asked me to call you but you didn't pick up your phone,'' Robin said, and Sam nodded.

''My battery was dead and I called Jason from Kelly's. He didn't pick… wait, is Jason here?'' Sam asked, suddenly hearing what Robin had said.

''Yes, he started the treatment, and asked me to call you and ask you to come over here,'' Robin explained as she took Sam by the arm and practically dragged her with her. Sam only noticed where they were going when she saw Jason – laying in that hospital bed. He was trying to get out of bed, and she looked at Robin.

''Go in, Sam, help him get through this,'' Robin said, before walking away. Sam went in the room and cleared her throat, and Jason looked up. She could see the pain in his face, and she walked over to him. He looked at her, and saw she wanted to say something and he laid back down. There was something in him – something different but all the same.

''Jason,'' she just said, and he looked back at her again.

''I don't remember anything yet, Sam,'' he said, and he closed his eyes again.

''I'm sorry I wasn't here for you,'' she whispered, and she heard his breathing become even. He had fallen back asleep.

She had been sitting in this room for hours now, and suddenly Jason began moving. He was having a nightmare, and she walked over to him to calm him down.

''Jason, calm down, ok,'' she said, and she stroked his forehead with her thumb. She kept repeating for him to calm down.

''Sam,'' Jason said, and he opened his eyes. He looked at her with dull eyes, and she looked back at him. ''Sam this isn't working.''

''I know – but it will,'' she replied, and he nodded. Robin walked in the room, and she examined Jason.

''Jason, we have to stop this now,'' she said. ''It isn't working at this moment, but we have to do this treatment again when you are up to it.''

''Why isn't it working?'' Sam asked, and Robin looked at her and she could see she had no answer either.

''I'll make sure you are ok to leave, but you have to have someone with you until you want to come back,'' Robin said, and Jason nodded. He felt better now, the drug was stopped and he didn't feel like his head was going to explode anymore.

''Thank you Robin,'' he said, and he looked at Sam. ''Do you want to stay with me until I go back?'' he asked her, and she nodded with a smile.

''Always,'' she said. ''And I will be here when you go back in.''