Disclaimer: I don't own General Hospital or Any of its characters.
This is a JaSam story. Any Liason fans may not want to read. This is my take on how the writers of the show should rectify the decision to pair Liz and Jason together. (They really don't work for me as a couple.) This fic takes place almost 3 years from the current story line.
Chapter 1
"That's the last one." Says a mysterious person to no one in particular. The person smiles to themselves holding up 3 individual letters, each addressed to different people but all having to do with the same subject.
Jason and Elizabeth were at home at the penthouse on the couch, watching their son Jake play with his toy trains. Cameron was upstairs in his room playing video games. Liz wrapped her arms around Jason as she snuggled up to him. "God I can't believe Jake is going to be 3 in a few days." Jason smiled, kissed her on the forehead and said "Me neither. So do you have everything you need for his party?"
"I think so. We spent a fortune on decorations and I am so grateful to Mike for letting us have the party at Kelly's." Liz said with a big smile. "I just need to pick up the cake on Saturday." "I can do that." Jason responds, just as his cell phone goes off.
"Hello" Jason answers already knowing who it is on the phone.
"Jason, I need you to come over to my house as soon as possible."
"Sonny, What's up?"
"Sam's back in town."
"What does that have to do with me?" Jason rubs his head with one hand starting to feel a headache come on.
"Get over here and you'll find out." Sonny says with a stern voice.
Jason closes the phone and moves his arm from around Liz. "Let me guess." She says looking annoyed.
"Gotta go." Jason says getting up and bending down to kiss Jake.
"Where you going daddy?" Jake asked
"Daddy has to go to work." Liz replied. "To work daddy?" Jake says.
Jason picks Jake up and says "Yes to work. I'll be back soon."
"Be back as soon as I can." He bends over and kisses Liz.
"I love you" she says. "Be safe please." "Love you too and I will. Love you Jake."
"Luv you too daddy."
Jason arrives at Sonny's 20 minutes later. "So what's this about Sonny?" He asked with an annoyed tone.
"Well like I said on the phone. Sam is back and it appears that she and Lucky are no longer together."
"Again I ask what does that have to do with me?"
"Well she could be back to start some trouble. She went straight to the hospital once she got here. I'm just wondering what she could possibly be doing back here."
The headache was here. Jason rubbed his head and casually said, "She could be here to see Alexis and Molly and Kristina"
"Or she could be back to start trouble for you Jason."
"Look Sonny. I appreciate your concern but Sam was happy with Lucky when she left. They left to start a new life together, away from Port Charles."
"But suddenly that happy life isn't a happy life together because she's back. And to my understanding, she wants to see YOU."
"For what?"
Elizabeth knew that Jason wouldn't be back soon like he said. Whenever Sonny called him like this, Jason would be gone for hours. It was probably an issue with him and Carly. It was always an issue with him and Carly. Either Sonny called or Carly called and Jason had to go be a mediator before they killed each other. Elizabeth smiled to herself because she knew that was just the kind of friend Jason was. He was always there for her no matter what. And now they were together. A real couple, raising Cameron and Jake together. Jake had brought them together. She was so in love with him and she had fought it for so long. Jake made her realize it. "My little miracle baby." She said out loud. Jake looked at her like she was strange. There was a knock on the door. Elizabeth got up off the couch to see who it was. She opened the door but no one was there. There was just an envelope addressed to "Elizabeth". It was typed, not handwritten.
Liz opened the letter.
Hello Liz,
I hope you're enjoying your happy little family time. It won't last long. Enjoy it while you can. He's going to find out that you're a liar. And the child that brought you together will be the same child to tear you apart.
Liz was confused. What was this person talking about? I didn't lie about anything. Jason knows that I have been nothing but honest with him. Even when I asked him to let Lucky raise Jake as his own, he knew the truth. She decided it was nothing and threw the letter away. No need to cause problems where there aren't any. She got up to get the boys ready for bed.
Lucky was at the airport in LA. He was about to board a plane to Port Charles. He and Sam ended things because he wanted kids and she couldn't have any. He tried to get passed it but couldn't. She said she understood his position and that she loved him and knew it was time to let him go to find someone who could give him a family. She said it was over and that she was going to go back to Port Charles to see her sisters. She would move out when she got back. He chose to stay in LA and give her some space. He wouldn't be going back to Port Charles if it wasn't for the letter he found at his front door a couple of days ago.
Lucky,
You gave up on him too easily. You let her take what was yours. She lied. She's been playing you the whole time. Everyone thinks she's so sweet and innocent. Wait until the truth comes out. He was her way of getting into Morgan's life. She's playing house with another man who is playing daddy to YOUR son.
Where did this letter come from? Was Sam trying to get back at him for not being able to get passed the fact that she can't give him children? No. Sam was in Port Charles. He put her on the plane 4 days ago. She cried and said that she was sorry. What they had was real. They became lovers and friends and they built a strong relationship. She wouldn't play with his emotions like this. Would she? No. He shook the thought out of his head. Not Sam. I have to find out what this is about. He handed his ticket to the attendant at the gate. Port Charles here I come. Lucky thought to himself.
This place hasn't changed a bit. It feels like it's been forever. Sam thought to herself. I just want to see my sisters and Alexis and then I'll be on my way. I have to make this quick. I went to the hospital and got checked out. I'm all good for going back to salvage work. I can't have children so I don't have to worry about the strain it would put on my body. She walked up to the lake house and knocked on the door. There was no answer. "Damn. Where are they?" Sam said aloud.
"What are you doing here?" said an all too familiar voice from behind.
Sam turned around and found herself face to face with the one true love of her life.
"Hello, Jason. I knew I would see you eventually but I didn't think it would be this soon."
"I asked what you're doing here Sam?" Jason said.
"Well this looks like the home of my sisters and my mother, what could I possibly be doing here?" She said sarcastically. "Oh wait did you really think I came back to Port Charles to get you back? Jason. Not on your life. I guess you heard that I said I wanted to see you. I'm glad the gossip circuit still works around here. I wouldn't have wanted to have to call your phone and disturb your precious little family."
"Sam what are you up to?"
"Actually I wanted to talk business with you."
"What kind of business?"
"Well I was going to wait until after I saw my sisters but since you're here now I guess now is as good a time as any."
"Spit it out already. I need to get going." Jason said sternly.
"That's right; you gotta go home to the wife and kids. Wait, are you and Elizabeth married already?" Jason was getting annoyed. "I guess by that look it means no. Anyway, are you going to string her along too or are you gonna make an honest woman out of her like you never did me?"
"Sam. I'm running out of patience."
"Fine. I just wanted to ask you if you planned on doing anything with that salvage boat you brought for me a few years back. I saw that it's still at the docks. I wanted to know if I could buy it from you." Sam said with a half smile.
"Is that why you're really here?" He asked her unsure of her true intentions.
"Well if you must know. I moved to LA with Lucky. We were good for a couple of years but he wants children. Something I can't give him, thanks to you. So we broke up. I came here to see my sisters because they are the only family I have anymore and I happened to walk on the pier and saw the salvage boat. It gave me an idea. I don't have anything to keep me here anymore and I have nothing to go back to in LA so why not start over doing something I can actually do well. Salvage work. I mean I can live on the boat and not have to worry about anything or anyone. You won't have to see me again. I'll just come back to see my sisters every once in a while and I promise to steer clear of you and your happy little family" With that comment Sam realized something. "Wait isn't your son's birthday coming up? That's right so you really don't want me hanging around. So let's make this quick and easy, how much for the boat?"
"If that's really all you want. The boat is yours." Jason said flatly.
"I don't want your charity Jason. I don't want you to just give it to me. I'll buy it from you fair and square." She looked him square in the eye.
"You don't have to buy it. Sam it's your boat. I bought it for you. Your name is on all the paperwork."
"How much did it cost? I'll reimburse you. And don't you dare tell me that you won't take my money. We are longer lovers or even friends for that matter. Remember you even threatened to kill me after the countless times I almost died for you." Sam had to stop herself. "I'm sorry let's not turn it into a trip down memory lane. This was intended to be a business transaction. How much?"
"Sam you think I remember what I paid for a boat 5 years ago. Do you know how many boats I have brought?" He got the headache again. Sam was starting to get to him. She was starting to get a reaction out of him.
Sam smirked when she noticed that she was getting to him. So she took a few steps closer to him and said, "Fine. Look it up and get back to me. I'll be here for about a week. That should give me time to get things in order for me to leave. I'll probably take a room at Jakes since this is a short term visit. Now if you'll excuse me. I must go see if I can locate my mother and sisters if you don't mind." Sam brushed passed Jason and left the lake house, leaving Jason frustrated.
Jason walked off slowly and could not understand why she got to him after all this time. She is still as stubborn as ever. "I should have just made up a number." He thought to himself. He didn't quite understand why he hadn't. That just meant she would be around longer. He shook it off or at least tried to. He stopped to think about the day he had brought the boat for Sam as a surprise. He began to remember the smile she had. She practically tackled him to the floor she was so excited. He shook his head again. He hadn't thought about his time with Sam in almost 3 years, why was he beginning to now. He was happy with Liz and Jake and Cam. Why after all this time and all that had happened did she affect him still?
Neither Sam nor Jason realized that they were being watched. The mysterious figure in the bushes smiled and said "I had no idea she was back in town. This is going to be more fun than I thought. And she is going to thank me for what I'm about to do." And they disappear into the night.
Jason got home almost 4 hours later. It was a little passed midnight. As Jason walked up to the door, there was a letter on the floor addressed to him. He walked inside and looked around. Liz and the kids were upstairs fast asleep. He remembered she had an early shift at the hospital in the morning. He sat down at the desk and opened the letter.
Jason,
I took you for a much more perceptive person. I thought you knew how to read people. I guess it's true that love is blind. When will you wake up and see that she's been lying to you all along. Enjoy your happy little family for a little while longer. The truth is about to come out and you will finally see your beloveds true colors.
P.S. Did she ever change baby Jakes' birth certificate?
Jason was in no mood for games. "And I promise to steer clear of you and your happy little family". Those were the words Sam had just got finished using to describe him and Liz. "She's starting to play games with me already." But how would she have gotten the note to the penthouse? She didn't know that I was going to find her at the lake house and she wouldn't have had enough time to get back here without me running into her. Maybe she was working with somebody. I knew this wasn't about a boat. I hope I won't have to really kill her. Jason was about to head upstairs but with all the thoughts running through his head, he went to the couch instead. He put the letter in his pocket and lay down. His mind was going a million miles a minute. "And I promise to steer clear of you and your happy little family." He kept hearing Sam say. "Jason, Lucky isn't the father of this baby, you are." He remembered the words coming from Liz in the elevator during the hostage crisis. "Jason, are you serious? A salvage boat? You bought me a salvage boat? Thank you, thank you, and thank you. I can't believe it, my very own salvage boat. God Jason. I love you so much and I can't believe how lucky I am to have you in my life and that you love me the way you do. Thank you. I couldn't even ask for anything more." That was what Sam said when he first bought her the stupid boat. Right before she jumped on him and they made love right there on the living room floor. Right below where he now lay. He looked at the floor and smiled. Wait what am I doing? I should not be thinking about Sam and what it was like to make love to her. She's just here to cause trouble. "P.S. Did she ever change baby Jakes birth certificate?" That last line of the note rang out in his mind. He had been so excited to be able to finally claim his son that he did not even think about the birth certificate. He just started being referred to as Jake Morgan. Jason closed his eyes. He would ask Liz about it tomorrow. He drifted off to sleep where his thoughts went not to Liz and the kids but to Sam.
Dream Sequence. (This contains graphic content)
Jason walks into Jakes bar. Coleman is there. "Hey Coleman you seen Sam?" Jason asks. "Yeah she got a room upstairs for a few days she says. Not planning on staying in town long. Just passing through to say a few hello and goodbye's before finishing up some business and hitting the big blue sea." Coleman responds.
"Is she here?" Just then Sam walks downstairs and Coleman says, "Right behind you". Jason turns around and Sam is in a sexy white top with tight black jeans. Jason immediately gets turned on. Sam sees him and walks right up to the bar and says "Coleman I can tell I'm gonna need at least 5 no 6 shots of tequila, better yet make 'em all doubles." Coleman lines up the shot glasses and starts to fill them. "Jason looks at Sam and says "we need to talk." "okay we can talk after I finish a couple of these shots and over a game of pool." Sam says seductively. "This is not a game Sam. I know that you are trying to cause problems for me and Elizabeth. You can't stand the fact that Jake is my son. Stop sending me cryptic letters or else." Jason's eyes went cold. Sam downed 2 more shots. "Oh don't get all serious and turn Stone Cold on me Mr. Morgan. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I don't care about You, Liz or your son. Be happy. I'm way over that now. I have actually come to terms with the fact that you and I are over, I will never have kids and that I will probably never find another man because he will always want children or I would always compare him to you. And not necessarily in a good way." Sam finished off the last of the 12 shots of tequila and told Coleman to fill them back up. She strolled over to the pool table and started to rack the balls. "Jason was now watching her bend over the table. He was getting turned on again. Then the bar was empty. Suddenly, Sam was on the pool table saying "Jason you know you want me. You know you miss the way I used to kiss you and make your body catch fire with a single touch. I want you too. I miss you. I need to feel you inside me. Please one last time. Let me go off and know that I was able to take you inside of me a final time. Let me feel loved by you. I know you remember how it was. Sam started to undress. She stripped down to her bra and panties before Jason made a move. There she was in a black lace bra with matching panties. Her large breast spilling over the top begging to be kissed. He pulled Sam close and began to kiss on her breast. He unhooked her bra and she lifted his shirt. She grabbed for his belt as he went to slip off her underwear. He remembered this smell. It was intoxicating. It used to arouse him just being next to her and smell her flesh. He needed it now .He lay her back on the pool table. He pulled his pants off and climbed on top of her. Jason, come on. Make love to me. Make love to me like you used to. Jason entered her and she screamed out in pleasure. God I need this Jason. Don't stop please. Jason began to thrust harder, pushing deeper into her body with each thrust. Sam began shaking. God he missed the feeling of her body trembling beneath him. This only pushed him to go harder. Yes she screamed out YES, Jason YES. He stopped for a minute to look into her eyes. Her eyes were closed. Look at me he said. She did and he kissed her with more passion and fire than he ever had. He then began to start thrusting again. This time it was slow and steady. She was moaning and pulling at his back, grabbing him to pull him deeper into her. Jason, she cried. I still love you. He looked at her and put his head down. He began to kiss her neck and move a little quicker. He began to thrust a little harder and with this she started to scream again. This excited him to the point of no return. He pushed in one final time and came deep inside her. He fell limp on top of her. She stroked his back as she had done so many times before. He looked up at her and said, I still love you too.
(pause in dream sequence)
Liz was watching him sleep. He was sweating. She went to check to see if he had a fever but he didn't feel hot. He was mumbling. She leaned in and all she heard was "love you too." Liz smiled assuming he had been having a hot and heavy sex dream about the two of them. "I'll have to arrange a special night where it's just the two of us so we can make that dream come true." Liz went back upstairs to get ready for work. She wasn't sure what time Jason came in but she figured it must have been late since he decided to sleep on the couch in his clothes. She opted not to wake him but to go upstairs and get her and the boys ready. She would let them say bye to their daddy before they left.
(Continuation of dream sequence)
Jason if we still love each other why can't we be together? Sam asked. I'm with Elizabeth and we're trying to raise our son together. I made a commitment to her and Jake and Cameron. What about the commitments you made to me Jason. Remember those. I know it's been a long time and I know a lot has happened but we belong together and you know it. I was able to make you fall in love with me again when you couldn't even remember your own name. Don't you remember that Jason. Elizabeth may have your son but she will never have your heart or soul. I'm your soul mate Jason. Me. Sam McCall. The one woman who risked it all for you. Life and limb. I'm the one who accepted your life, accepted you for who you were and never once asked you to change. I begged you to let me be a part of that same life when you tried to push me away because it was too dangerous. Jason I can't have children. I lost that ability. Please, don't make me go another minute without you. I thought I lost you too and that my life was over. It didn't work out with Lucky because he wasn't you. I tried to move on. I tried to make you hurt like I hurt but the pain doesn't go away Jason. You feel that same emptiness that I do. You feel incomplete. I know you do. Listen to your heart Jason. You know that we should be together. You may love Elizabeth but you're in love with me. You were angry with me before. You never let go of those feelings of love though. I know this because I know you. I know your heart. Listen to your heart. Jason took Sam in his arms……
and then he woke up.
(End Dream sequence)
Liz and the boys were just coming down the stairs when Jason shot up out of his sleep. "That must have been one hell of a dream." Liz said smiling. Jason looked a little shocked. "Mommy you said a bad word." Cameron warned her. "Oh mommy is sorry for saying that word honey, I won't say it again." "Okay, Good morning Daddy." Jason smiled at the boys and looked at Liz. "Good morning. What time is it?" He asked. "A little after 7. I have to go my shift starts at 8. What time did you get in last night?" Liz inquired. "Around 1 I think." Jason said still trying to make out his dream in his head. "Was Sonny calling because of Carly?"
"No. there might be a problem in town but we are not sure yet. He just wanted me to take proper precautions." Jason answered as straight forward as possible without giving Liz the exact who what and where of the problem. "Anything me and the boys need to worry about?" Liz asked with a worried look on her face. "No. Not right now. I'll let you know if anything serious comes up that you should be on alert about."
"Okay well I need to get going. Boys say bye to daddy and we'll see you later." Liz said realizing if she didn't leave now she was going to be late.
"Bye Daddy." Cameron said and gave Jason a hug. Jason hugged him back and said "see you later big guy" Jake looked hurt. "But I wanna be big too daddy." He said with a pout. "Well Mr. Morgan you're going to be a big guy on your birthday in just 2 days" Jason reassured him. "Okay. Bye Daddy. See you later." And Jake hugged Jason. Liz leaned in for a kiss and told Jason she loved him and see him for dinner. He said I love you back and okay. After Liz left though, Jason's mind wet back to his dream. "Where did that come from?" he said out loud.