Please forgive me for the second part of this chap, it really was a struggle. I think Lucky is a weak character and find him hard to write.

Chapter 5

"What are you doing?" Jason asked as he tossed his keys on the desk then dropped his leather jacket over the back of the desk chair.

Sam looked up from the laptop and smiled, "I'm just doing some research."

"Research?"

She looked back that the computer screen, "Fertility problems, high risk pregnancies, all sorts of stuff."

"Oh." He quietly whispered. He shifted his weight between his feet but didn't move from his place next to the desk. "Uh, we need to talk."

"Ok." Sam said hesitantly as she closed the laptop.

Jason ran through different ways to say it in his head but went with the decision he'd made on the way home, brutal honesty. "The baby Elizabeth is carrying is mine. I'm the father, not Lucky."

Sam shook her head, "That's not possible." Jason just looked at her. She continued, "The paternity test said it was Lucky and that is like 99.9999999 percent accurate, so that's about a one in a ten million chance that it is wrong."

"How do you know that?" Jason asked curiously.

"I came across a few in the file room." She shrugged.

Jason shook his head, "You know you aren't supposed to read the stuff you are filing, confidentiality and all that."

Sam rolled her eyes, "Anyway, why would she lie? What does she want money from you or something?"

"She doesn't want money and she is not lying. The first test, the only test, revealed that I was the father. Everyone just made the wrong conclusion."

Sam stood, "So you have been lying about this all these months?"

"What? No! I just found out a few days ago." He explained, still staying by the desk, not making any attempt to move closer to her.

"But you have known about this for a few days and are just telling me now!"

"I-I needed to know how I felt about it, and I needed to discuss things with Elizabeth."

Sam threw her arms in the air, "Is that where you were tonight? With her?" Jason nodded. "Well isn't this great, she is giving you a child and of course that works out perfect for her, you have money and can help upgrade her lifestyle."

"She isn't like that." He mumbled.

Her head turned on an angle and her voice was mocking, "Oh, she isn't? Well, please explain then because you obviously know her very well."

Jason closed his eyes and took a deep breath in an attempt to remain calm, "Sam, there is nothing going on with me and Elizabeth. It was just that one night, beyond that we are just friends and have been for many years." At least that was what he kept telling himself so that would work for Sam as well.

"No Jason… she is more then a friend… she IS the mother of YOUR child!" Sam howled. "So are you going to push me to the curb now and marry her… be one happy family?"

Jason's eyes bore into her, "Is that what you want? I thought we were working through this?"

"I thought so too but Elizabeth can give you the perfect family that I can't. Shit, one night with you and she gets knocked up… one time…" Sam paused and took a step in his direction, still leaving a few feet between them. "Was it just one time?"

"That night was it." He assured her.

She quickly shook her head, "No, that's not what I'm asking. I'm saying did you have sex with her more then once that night Jason?"

"Why does it matter, you were off fucking RICK!"

Sam raised her eyebrows, "It was just once with Rick and I was drunk… were you drunk?" Jason just stared at her and didn't answer. "I didn't think so." She spat. "Now, as I asked, was it more then once?"

"It doesn't matter." He barked.

"It matters to me."

Jason shook his head.

"How many times JASON?" she asked, her voice raising.

"Two!" Jason answered but thought three and quickly corrected himself silently thinking four.

"OH… OHHHH, so you fucked her twice in this place, that's just great!"

Jason closed his eyes again and wiped his fingers across his forehead, "Sam, we have been through this, you know I was with her… just like I know about you and Rick. Are you saying that you can't get past this now because of the pregnancy?"

Sam stepped around him, "No… but I can't believe you are being so naïve here, she is obviously taking advantage of you! She trapped you Jason!"

"That's not how it happened, she was here because…"

Sam held her hand up, "Spare me the graphic details Jason! I need some time alone." Sam turned toward the steps. "You may not see it but I do and I'm sure everyone else will too when they find out that she tricked you into getting her pregnant."

"I used protection Elizabeth!"

Sam stopped on the bottom step and turned to look at him, her blood all rushed to her face, "Sam!" she corrected.

Jason narrowed his eyes, "What?" Before she could answer, he realized what he'd just done and all he could think was that he was fucked. Luckily she was on the stairs and there was nothing in reaching distance that she could throw at him, he was in no mood to dodge flying objects.

"My name… is Sam." She said in almost a growl then stomped up the stairs. He flinched when she slammed the bedroom door closed.

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"Thank you guys so much for coming." Elizabeth said as Nicolas and Emily approached her. They were standing outside the building that house the apartment she'd shared with Lucky.

Nicolas just nodded but Emily smiled, "Anything we can do to help. I know this is and will be hard for the both of you." The look in Nicolas's eyes told her that he did not approve but was there to support his girlfriend and brother.

"Whatever you guys prefer to do, you can either wait out here and go up after I talk to him… so you don't have to hear it all or you can come up with me now. I just appreciate you coming, I worry about him." Elizabeth voiced as she reached for the door of the building.

Emily looked at Nicolas then answered, "How about we come up with you but we will wait in the hall."

A few minutes later, Elizabeth retrieved her key and opened the door to her former apartment, entering by herself. "Lucky!" she called.

He walked out of the small kitchen, "Elizabeth, what are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you about something and I thought it would be best to do it in person."

Lucky looked down at his hands, "I, uh, I signed the papers. Did you get your copy?"

Elizabeth nodded, "Lucky, can you sit?" she nodded her head to the couch that also was their bed when they were together. He sat but she did not sit beside him. "How are things going?"

Lucky shrugged, "One day at a time. Is everything ok? Is the baby ok?"

Elizabeth gently rubbed her hands over her belly and nodded. "The night I found you here with Maxi…"

He cut her off, "Elizabeth, I was high and I told you before that I was sorry about the whole Maxi thing. If that's what you…"

This time she cut him off, "No Lucky, let me finish. The night I found you here with Maxi I was really hurt. I walked around town for a while and had no money, I couldn't go to my Grams… long story short, I stayed at Jason's that night." Elizabeth took a deep breath and Lucky's eyes narrowed. "Something happened… I had just seen you with Maxi, he had just seen Sam with Rick. Lucky, I had sex with Jason."

She could immediately see the hurt in his eyes. "There's more." She added and he squeezed his eyes closed as she spoke. "I took a paternity test… and Jason is the father of my baby." Her heart raced as she waited and braced herself for his reaction.

A few minutes went by before he spoke. He stood from the couch and began pacing the length of the room. "So you lied, made me feel guilty while all along you were unfaithful to me too."

Elizabeth shook her head as the tears began welling up in her eyes, "No, it was just that one night."

Lucky stopped and glared at her, "Not with Jason… if it was anyone else I'd believe you but with Jason, it was more Elizabeth. I'm not blind, but I guess I just thought that what we had was more."

"Lucky, it wasn't like that."

"No? You were just waiting for your chance!" He said raising his voice. "You found me with Maxi and ran to him. I think you have always had this connection with Jason but chose me because I was the safe choice."

"And look where it got me!"

Lucky chuckled, "Knocked up by a hit man…" he clapped his hands. "Bravo!"

She shrugged off his smug remark. "I never wanted to hurt you Lucky." She said with regret.

"Get out!" Lucky growled.

Elizabeth hesitated but decided it would be best for her to leave before their argument escalated. She stopped at the door, "Take care of yourself Lucky." She walked out the door and closed it behind her. Emily quickly approached her and pulled her into a hug. Nicolas walked past the women and entered the apartment. "Watch out for him Em, ok?" Elizabeth pleaded.

"I will, don't worry about him. We will make sure he is fine." Emily released her. "Everything will be fine, it may not seem like it right now but it really is working out for the best."

Elizabeth managed a small smile, "Thank you Em."