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Just trying to breathe Sam wondered still if this was the right choice for her boys, Jason, and herself. As she felt Jason take her hand in his; Sam finally got a good deep breath. Even though she knew the risks; Sam still felt like it was the right thing to do. No one other Jason than understood how much she hated hospitals, but this was hopefully the start of better times for their family.
"I wish you could crawl in here with me," Sam mumbled as she was scared this wouldn't work.
"I'm right here for you... When you get out I'll lay right next to you all night," Jason kissed her gently.
"We're doing this... It's real now," Sam teared up as she was overwhelmed.
"Talked to me," Jason whispered softly.
"I never thought that we'd be pregnant together again. That you would never get the chance to see our child grow inside of me again," Sam stammered in tears because it wasn't all about the fear.
It was about what she hadn't dared to hope since he disappeared that night.
"Only good things are going to happen here. JJ came home to us, and I came home to my family. We are going to do this together. If you'll let me... I'll sleep on the couch for the next nine months because I want to be there for you and the boys both," Jason promised Sam.
"You don't have to... You live next door," Sam smiled as she was thankful for the offer, but not wanting him to feel pressured.
"I want to be close," Jason tried to reassure her.
"Okay," Sam agreed liking the ideal of him being close.
"I'm sure you'll have to be taking it easy when you go home. While JJ will understand about it; Danny is too little to fully understand what's going on," Jason said as he ran his hand gently through her hair softly.
"I think maybe we should let your mom take the boys for a few days. JJ is handling things really good. This might make him curious, but he'll go along with it for Danny," Sam suggested not wanting to explain anything yet to JJ.
"I'm sure she would be more than happy to have them both. Once you go in I'll go talk to Monica about it, and be back before you're done," Jason agreed as he wanted to make things as easy as he could for Sam.
"You'll need to be there for JJ to be okay with this. Make sure to take him aside and let him know that I'm fine. Danny has spent a few days with Monica, Carly and Sonny, or my family. For him it's not a big deal at all," Sam explained even though Jason had picked up a lot about the boys.
"It's okay to be nervous about this," Jason said as he kissed her forehead.
"Excuse me, it's time for us to take Mrs. Morgan up now. Miss Webber is prepped and waiting on us ," Dr. Lee said as she entered the room with nurses.
"One last kiss," Sam asked as she looked to Jason.
"Many more to come," Jason promised as he kissed her.
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After Sam was taken away Jason just walked through the halls of GH not ready to face his mother. He wasn't sure what to do or where to go either. When Jason finally stopped he found himself outside of the chapel. Gently taking the handle in his hand Jason went inside taking a seat on a pew. Sam was fighting for their child; Jason wished there was something to do right now.
"Jason," came Monica's voice as Jason covered his face with his hands.
"Hi," Jason said as he dropped his hands.
"Is something wrong?" Monica asked worried for her son and his family.
"Come sit down," Jason motioned to the seat next to him.
"You're scaring me," Monica admitted as she went taking a seat next to her son.
"No one is physically hurt... Elizabeth got a hold of another embryo belonging to Sam and myself. She has gotten herself pregnant," Jason started to explain.
"I just don't know anymore. That woman has taken enough," Monica complained as she shook her head.
"Right now Sam's doctor is doing an experimental procedure to take the baby from Elizabeth and put the baby in Sam's body where it belongs," Jason whispered almost.
"Wow," Monica replied as she had heard of it, but this was a first for General Hospital.
"I wish I could of protected Sam from all of this. Maybe if I knew my past," Jason trailed off at the end a little.
"No, you wouldn't of thought the Elizabeth you knew was capable of this. It would be worse if you remembered your past, and then having her betray you in that way yet again," Monica shook her head as she reached out taking her son by the hand.
"What?" Jason asked seeing there was something more behind Monica's eyes.
"Are you sure?" Monica questioned softly.
"Yes," Jason said as he wanted to know.
"I think you were always trying to save Elizabeth. That the love you thought you had; was not like it should have been. When JJ was suppose to of been conceived; I think that it was mixture of your pain and taking her pain. To me at least, it was like you were trying to shelter her. Take the words of this old woman with a grain of salt. It's not my place to say what you felt or didn't," Monica said backing off at the end; not sure if she overstepped.
"Would you mind taking the boys for a few days? I want to give Sam some time to recover," Jason changed the subject.
"I'd love to have them... If you're sure?" Monica questioned her son.
"We're sure about it... I talked it over with Sam. They're with Carly tonight at the penthouse, so how about picking them up after school," Jason nodded slightly.
"I'm overdo for some time off, so I think this is perfect for me. I love you, Sam and the boys so much. Let me know if I can send food over for the two of you or something," Monica smiled glad to be in her son's life.
"I'll see you tomorrow at the penthouse around 4pm to get the boys, Mom," Jason said as he watch as his mother smiled when she heard him call her mom.
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Jason sat down next to Sam's hospital bed as she was still resting after they brought her back to the room. According to Dr. Lee the procedure had went perfectly on both the retrieval and the reimplantation of the embryo. For the moment everything look like it should; now they had to wait to see if it took. The wait was two weeks before they knew for sure that Sam was pregnant.
"Jason," Sam mumbled as she opened her eyes slowly.
"Right here," Jason smiled as he swept hair gently from her face.
"We did it," Sam said softly as she looked at Jason.
"Dr. Lee says it all went well," Jason agreed with her.
Sam felt so tired as she tried to focus on Jason, but she knew that sooner rather than later sleep was coming.
"In here, please," Sam whispered almost, as she wanted him next to her.
"Okay," Jason replied as he got up and gently got in next to her.
"This is what I missed," Sam mumbled as she snuggled in close to Jason.
"I didn't know it until on the docks, but somewhere inside I was missing you too," Jason admitted as Sam drifted off to sleep next to him.
The ache wasn't about his memories, but it was him missing Sam. Without realizing it before Jason felt relief when he was in Sam's and the boys' company. Now he wanted nothing more to remember the life he didn't remember with Sam and his family.
"Lila," Emily called after her rambunctious niece who entered the hospital room.
"They can't see me," Lila smirked as she stopped at the sight of her parents.
"It's different than you thought," Emily assumed as she entered the room and tried to read Lila's expression.
"It's better than I thought," Lila smiled as she wished they knew she was there.
"How so, Lil," Emily asked as she was glad for this moment to be there.
"Daddy is back with mom and Danny. JJ is finally home with them," Lila sighed as she thought about how alone JJ had been.
"It's been a hard road," Emily agreed as she came wrapping her arms around Lila.
"JJ has forgotten our time together by now," Lila frowned at the statement.
"It's not our place to stay in their memories when we visit most of the time. He will remember that someone was there for him deep inside," Emily explained as she ruffled Lila's black curly hair locks.
"We'll have to tell Great Grandmother about our visit. It will ease her mind that they are doing alright," Lila bit her bottom lip in a nervous habit of hers.
"Everything will work out as it should. Plus these two are just meant to be I know it," Emily tried to reassure Lila the best she could.
As time was running out Lila walked up to her parents taking a closer look who both were sleeping now.
"I love you both," Lila whispered as she kissed her daddy's cheek gently and then went around to kiss her mom's cheek as well.
"Time is up. Come on, let's get back now," Emily held out her hand; which Lila came taking.
"Bye," Lila smiled as she disappeared along with Emily as well.
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In the morning Sam insisted that Jason go check on the boys who would be wondering where they were. JJ would be worried Sam knew; unless Jason went to explain thing to him. With that in mind Jason headed back to the penthouse to see his boys. As he opened the door Danny spotted him first, and ran strait into Jason's arm without a second thought. While JJ was looking for his mother worriedly next to Carly at the kitchen table.
"Hi buddy, did you have fun?" Jason asked as he picked Danny up.
"Where's mommy," Danny asked as he noticed his mom wasn't there.
"She is working on something special," Jason answered sticking as close to the truth as he could.
"Okay," Danny accepted what his dad said.
"I'm going to help her with it, so you and JJ are going to be with your grandmother for a few days," Jason explained seeing JJ's taking interest in what he just said.
"Can I eat cookies and play with Alice? I can show JJ were all the good hiding spots are. Aunt Tracy doesn't like when you hide in her room," Danny rambled excited.
"Danny, it's time to get ready," Carly smiled as she came and got Danny from Jason before heading upstairs.
Once Danny was out of earshot Jason went over to JJ, and took a seat at the table knowing JJ had questions for him.
"Where's mom? Is she okay," JJ rushed as he spoke.
"Breathe... She is fine," Jason promised him softly.
"Why isn't she here," JJ wanted to know.
"It's complicated... The doctors took the baby from the bad lady, and they put it into your mom to grow. We don't know if it will work," Jason tried to explain what was going on.
"So the baby is inside mom," JJ asked as he was trying to wrap his mind around what his dad had said.
"Yes, the baby is inside your mom," Jason nodded slightly.
"She can't hurt them now," JJ replied as he looked to his dad.
"Them?" Jason questioned him softly.
"The babies... At least I see two in my dreams," JJ shrugged as he realized he had slipped up by saying them.
"It will be a while before we know," Jason chuckled lightly.
"I better go get ready too," JJ said as he got up before rushing off upstairs.
Just sitting alone at the table Jason found it hard to imagine two more kids. Yet the thought of having two girls appealed to Jason more than he'd like to admit. Then he would have two each with Sam... Hopefully they would look like their mother because the boys look just like him.
"I was listening on the stairs; when you were talking with JJ," Carly told him as she came down the stairs.
"I'm not surprised... Although I was going to tell you about it," Jason smiled at his best friend.
"I know... Snooping is just a part of my nature," Carly shrugged as she went over and pulled Jason to his feet to hug him.
"What?" Jason questioned her softly.
"You're not just my best friend, but you're my brother and confidant. I love you... I need to say it more often," Carly mused as she pulled back to look at Jason.
