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"Elizabeth?" Jason whispered, wondering if he had made a mistake or not. But it wasn't a mistake.
At the sound of her name being said, she looked up to find Jason and Courtney staring at her and
Ric.

"Jason, Courtney, what are you doing here?" Elizabeth uttered. She couldn't even look at them
because they looked so.....together. So Liz stood up and made sure everything was in order and
Ric did the same.

Suddenly she could feel Ric's hand in hers. She turned to him and smiled. Thank god for him.
She didn't know if she could have made it through this ordeal without him, which is how she
found the strength to confront Jason and Courtney.

Jason looked uncomfortable. He hadn't expected Liz to be with Ric of all people. He hadn't
even thought about Liz for weeks now, and now that she was here, right in front of him and
was making out with Ric, he felt the flow of jealousy that he always used to feel when she
was with Lucky and when she was with Zander.

Liz looked Jason straight in the eye and he saw just a glimpse of pain in them. It was so fast
though that he thought he imagined it.

"Well, Ric and I have to get going. Maybe we'll see you guys tonight at Sonny's party." Liz said,
trying to push all her emotions down so Jason wouldn't know that he still affected her. She saw him
put his arm around Courtney and she almost let a couple tears slide down her face.

Jason saw her face as he put his arm around Courtney and quickly dropped it. "Yeah, we might see
you there. I totally forgot about the party with all that's been going on." He watched as Ric put
his arm around Elizabeth but unlike him he kept it there.

"Well, I guess we should go now." Ric replied, noting how depressed Elizabeth looked. "Come on." he
whispered to her.

When Liz and Ric were both far off in the distance, Courtney sighed and turned to Jason. "You're not
over her yet, are you."

"I'll never be over her. But she wasn't really the one to wreak our relationship. I did that on my own
and now I have to pay for it. Listen Courtney, I like you but I don't think we should see each other
anymore. But I hope we can be friends. I think we both know that we're still in love with other people
but are afraid that they'll break our hearts or that we'll do it to them." Jason said sadly, thinking
back to all the times he'd had with Elizabeth.

"Yeah, you're right Jason. I know that A.J is an idiot but for some reason I still love him. But hey,
why don't we go to the party as friends. Maybe at the party we can get back together with those other
people who we're still in love with." Courtney says with a wink."I'll see you later. Will you pick
me up at around 7:30?"

"Sure." Jason replied easily, feeling much more happy than he'd been in awhile.
After Ric dropped her off, Liz decided to look for a dress in her closet to wear to the party that
night. The party where she'd have to see Jason again. She sighed and began to look through her
closet. No way, she thought about the first dress. It was a simple long black tank dress that she
had worn to Carly's supposed funeral. I want to wear something that will make Jason go wild,
Liz thought. Then she found the perfect outfit. A navy blue halter dress that hugged all her curves
and was very short. This will definitely have both Jason and Ric drooling over her.

She took a shower and got dressed. As she was applying her makeup she decided to do something to her
hair. She got out her curling iron and started to curl her hair. 'Jason always liked it that way'
she thought wistfully as she piled her hair up off her shoulders. 'Wait, why am I thinking about
Jason and what he likes? What do I like?"As she thought about it, she knew what she wanted and decided
to go for it. She continued to curl her hair until all of her hair hung in ringlets, then she added
red rose clips throughout her hair. She smiled as she looked herself over in the mirror. She looked
good. She went to her closet and grabbed her ankle length coat and her blue beaded purse and headed out.



Ric stood over by Sonny, listening somewhat. His attention was aimed at the door. Elizabeth had agreed
to meet him there at 8:00 and it was now 8:15. He was just about to reach for his phone when the door
opened and in walked Elizabeth. She looked flushed as she took off her coat, revealing the short blue
dress that showed off her womanly curves.

Ric couldn't help but stare, as Elizabeth made her way over to him. 'She looks incredible.' Ric thought
as he told her that.

Elizabeth blushed. "You're not looking so bad your self." Ric offered her something to drink. He then
realized that Sonny had stopped talking and had started up a conversation with Liz.

"So how have you been doing Elizabeth?" Sonny asked warmly, just as the door opened to reveal Jason
in his signature leather jacket and Courtney on his arm, looking amazing in her red, strapless dress.

" Oh, great" Liz mumbled as she plastered on a fake smile, ready to face anything. She didn't expect what happened next.