Hopefully this moment was worth the 7 chapters of waiting because I wanted to make this moment perfect for us all when it came.
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Sam stared holes into her cousin; as she tried to get a grip on what he meant. Her life had been turned upside down a lot in a short amount of time, and most of it was cause by Elizabeth doing things to her family. Now Nikolas was going to give her something back, and in that moment he sounded like a true Cassadine scaring her a little.
"Helena told me something, and I told Elizabeth about it. However Elizabeth wanted to keep it a secret... At one point I was ready to tell you until Helena threatened Spencer. Now knowing everything that has been taken from you... I just can't not tell you," Nikolas went on and on trying to figure out the best way to tell his cousin.
"What!" Sam demanded again from him.
"Jake Doe is Jason Morgan," Nikolas stated firmly to Sam.
"No, you're wrong. There's no way you'd keep this from me. You'd never do that to Danny who is a little boy," Sam shook her head in disbelief.
"There's a DNA test to prove it," Nikolas replied pulling it out.
"This is a trick of Helena's," Sam reasoned the results away.
"Helena didn't know I had it ran because I didn't believe her at first either," Nikolas said as he was ashamed of violating Sam's trust.
Suddenly with out warning Nikolas was charged by Jason slamming him into the wall, and Jason held him there with his arm against his throat.
"You messed with Sam and Danny like that. Forget that you messed with me," Jason growled as he was more than pissed off.
"I can't breathe," Nikolas choked out barely.
"Jason, don't do this! I need you here, and our boys need you here. You can't leave us again," Sam pleaded with tears in her eyes; wanting him to let Nikolas go for their family.
Seeing Sam in tears Jason dropped Nikolas; letting him slide to the ground.
"You're right.. He doesn't get anymore," Jason agreed as he pulled Sam into his arms and walked her way from the scum on the floor.
"Get out," Sam told Nikolas as she held onto Jason for dear life.
Slowly Nikolas got up to his feet, and straiten his clothes before turning to face Sam and Jason.
"I hope you can understand one day because the last thing I wanted was to hurt you," Nikolas spoke to Sam not knowing if it would do any good in the end.
"Sam told you to get out and I suggest you do it now," Jason replied flatly as he controlled himself for Sam's sake.
"I'll go," Nikolas sighed before going to the door leaving.
After a few minutes Jason let Sam go because he wasn't sure if he had overstepped.
"Please don't let go... Unless you wanted to," Sam whispered not about to let go herself yet.
"I thought I might have been to forward," Jason admitted as he returned his arms around her.
"No, I'm just fine with you holding on. Everything might be weird with you not remembering. It's more likely that I'm overstepping than you," Sam replied as tears traced her face.
"It's alright... You hold on as long as you need to right now," Jason stated as he took one hand sweeping hair out of her face.
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Even though Sam knew she should let go of Jason because he didn't remember anything of their life from before, she couldn't. Her heart was beating wildly knowing that the person who was truly her other half was alive next to her. Nothing else in that moment mattered to her than the fact that her Jason was alive. What came next was not even in her thought process; she was holding on to him tightly as he held onto her.
"I just saw Nikolas... Whoa, what did I miss?" Carly asked, walking into the penthouse with the boys.
Blushing Sam hid her face in Jason's chest; as Carly took the boys upstairs to eat in Danny's room. She knew that Carly would be back with the boys, but after the news everything in her head left except what had just happened.
"Hi," Sam said as she and Jason let go; when they saw Carly coming down the stairs.
"Would someone like to tell me what's going on? I like Jakeson a lot more than Patrick... Well, it's true!" Carly stated as she eyed the pair.
"Come sit with me," Sam requested as she held her hand out to Carly.
"Okay," Carly replied reluctantly as she took Sam by the hand.
Slowly Sam walked Carly over to the couch, and they both took a seat with Carly eyeing her worriedly.
"Nikolas came here and told me something else about Helena," Sam started off slowly.
"What has that crazy hag done now," Carly growled almost at the mention of the woman.
"Helena told Nikolas that Jason was alive and in Port Charles," Sam told her softly.
"It's a lie! That woman loves to mess with people," Carly shook her head.
"Actually Nikolas got proof that Jason is alive in Port Charles," Sam countered knowing this was hard to hear.
"If he's alive then where is he?" Carly whispered almost afraid to hope.
"Right in this room with us now, and I have a DNA test to prove it too," Sam pointed to Jason causing Carly to look.
Shaking her head Carly got up going over to Jason, and placed her hands on the sides of his face looking him in the eyes.
"It's you! You were here this whole time... I missed you so much," Carly stammered as tears fell down her face.
"I know you have, and I've seen it in your eyes and heart," Jason replied as he opened up to her.
"I didn't want to believe that you were gone, and I did my best to stand by Sam and the boys for you and her," Carly cried as she threw her arms around him.
"Just breathe," Jason said as he wrapped his arms around her.
"If you leave either of us again; I promise to kill you," Carly warned him as she was overwhelmed by this.
"I will do my very best," Jason promised her as she let him go, and then he let her go too.
"Tell the boys I love them, and I'm going to get out of the way. Your family needs time with you on their own... Even you need it too," Carly smiled through the tears as she wiped them away.
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With that Carly came over to Sam giving her a knowing look and hug before leaving them all for the night. Both Jason or Sam didn't know what to do now; they knew that the boys would have to be told Jason was their dad. For now Sam couldn't think past that moment in time because she was just happy to know that Jason was alive and in her life. The tears yet again started to flow down her face; as she sat on the couch, trying to pull herself together.
"What you do," JJ asked Jason as he came downstairs to see his mom crying.
"Honey, these are happy tears; please come over here for me," Sam waved him over to her, but Sam knew JJ wasn't sure about this.
"Happy tears?" JJ questioned confused by the conflicting ideal, but went over to his mom all the same.
"Well I got some special news," Sam smiled as he sat down next to her.
"A surprise?" Danny asked making everyone look to see him on the stairs.
"Sort of," Sam motioned Danny to join her and JJ.
"What?" JJ asked as Danny came over and Sam pulled him into her lap
"Jakeson didn't know who he was," Sam started off slowly.
"His brain got a boo-boo, and his face got messed up in the accident," Danny interjected what he knew.
"That's right. Well today we found out that Jakeson is very special to our family," Sam said as she looked at her boys.
"How?" Danny asked eyeing his mom.
"Jakeson's real name is Jason Morgan," Sam told them both.
"That's daddy's name," Danny smiled ear to ear.
"Jason is your dad... Mommy didn't recognize him because his face got hurt," Sam replied softly to her son.
Danny climbed out of Sam's lap; going over to Jason smiling ear to ear.
"I'm glad you're my daddy and JJ's daddy too," Danny looked up at his dad.
"I'm glad that I have two boys," Jason crouched down to his son's level.
"Lila too! She's still in heaven because she was too little. I told JJ about her like mommy told me," Danny stuck his trembling lip out; as he talked of his big sister.
"We keep her in a special place in our hearts because no matter what she is always with us," Jason whispered almost as he pulled Danny into a hug.
Slowly JJ ventured closer to Jason who was holding Danny; then Jason held out one hand to JJ who took it after a minute. With that Jason pulled both his boys into a group hug because he wanted to have them both close to him.
"Where's Aunt Carly?" JJ asked as Jason let him and Danny go.
"Carly wanted to give us all some time with Jason, and I think she went to tell Uncle Sonny the news too," Sam explained to JJ.
"Uncle Sonny was really sad... He looks at daddy's picture, and gets a far away look in his eyes," Danny frowned not liking someone he loved to be sad.
"Danny, you know that I will never leave again; if I have the choice, buddy," Jason asked his little boy.
"I know," Danny agreed with the nod of his head.
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Before the night was out Jason had slowly won JJ's trust over, and Sam watched Jason put both of their boys to bed for the night. Danny had been surprisingly the hardest to get down of the two because he wanted his daddy to read him story after story until Sam cut him off. When Jason came out of Danny's room Sam followed him downstairs into the living room to talk.
"That went better than we could of hoped for," Sam sighed relieved that the boys were asleep.
"I know this has to be really hard that I don't remember you, and I'm the man you loved standing here in what was our home," Jason stated more than questioned Sam about it.
"Yeah, it's hard... But I can survive as long as you are somewhere in the world. We may never get what we had back, and I will learn to be okay with that if I have too," Sam answered him open and honestly.
"You've said something like that before," Jason questioned as he could hear the echo of words from long ago, but there were no images tied to them.
"A long time ago," Sam fought back the sad memories.
"I made you sad," Jason stated as he felt it in his gut.
"That was a really hard time, and some really sad memories attached," Sam admitted softly.
"Maybe I should go," Jason suggested not wanting to hurt Sam anymore.
"I'd really like it if you would stay... The couch pulls out now into a bed, so it's a little bit better than before," Sam asked not wanting him out of her sight really.
"Are you sure?" Jason questioned not wanting to impose on Sam, but not wanting to leave either.
"I'm sure... Let me get you some pillows and covers," Sam nodded as she looked to Jason.
"Thanks," Jason smiled a little as she left.
Going into the closet Sam got everything she needed for Jason, and went back to find he had taken off his shirt.
"Here are the pillows and covers," Sam mumbled as she looked away noticing the pullout was out, so she put the pillows and blanket on the bed.
"Sorry, I should," Jason started to say as he caught Sam staring at his chest.
"No, just a lot of history right there," Sam shook her head; as she couldn't help looking.
"All I see is a violent life," Jason frowned at the scars on his body.
"May I," Sam asked eyeing him.
"Sure," Jason agreed a little reluctant.
"This scar here was at GH years ago, and I actually gave it to you surprisingly," Sam reached out touching the scar on his arm.
"You?" Jason asked incredulously.
"You and a guy where fighting, and you told me to take the shot. I've never known you to say anything that you didn't mean, so I took the shot hitting you instead of the other guy," Sam explained what had happened softly.
"One," Jason started to say.
"This one here in the shoulder is from taking a bullet for me. If it wasn't for you that night I might have died. There are many scars that have good reasons behind them," Sam cut him off, as she touch the scar on his shoulder because she knew his heart inside and out.
