Chapter 13

Elizabeth could not stop staring at Jason. In all the years that she'd known him, it had never been this bad. It was not uncommon to see someone checking him out when he was in public, he was beautiful… his body, face, lips…. His eyes, all perfect. He carried himself with a confidence that made him even more attractive, that and the fact that he didn't seem to realize how sexy he was and that pretty much every woman was checking him out was just icing on the cake. She wasn't sure if it was her hormones or the fact that she was carrying his child, but her feelings for him had increased two-fold in recent weeks.

Now, he was sitting at her kitchen table, in her new house that he had purchased for her, and she realized that she was truly in love with him. It was possible that she had loved him for a long time, probably for years. Something that she'd always thought of as just a friendly bond and other times as simple attraction, had turned out to be so much more.

"Aren't you hungry or are you just going to chew on your bottom lip for dinner?"

Elizabeth blinked from her daze and looked at him, he was staring back at her with his sparkling baby blues, "Sorry… I, I guess I spaced for a minute."

Jason was sure that she'd been staring at him and he couldn't help but wonder what had been running through her mind. This whole day felt so comfortable and it had began in not necessarily a good way. It was the kind of day that he'd imagined his life would be like if he had a family, doing the simple things, spending time together. When he first started working for Sonny, the thought of having a family was the last thing he wanted from life. He needed to feel alive and living in the suburbs with a wife, kids and a dog was just not anything he thought could make him feel that way. Now, year later, that WAS what he wanted… and he didn't want just any family, he wanted this one, in this house, with this family.

"Jason, are you gonna live here wiff me and mommy?"

He quickly glanced at Elizabeth then at Cameron, "No buddy, I'm not."

Elizabeth shifted uncomfortably in her chair. She placed her slice of pizza on her plate and wiped her hands on her napkin. She looked at Jason and gave him a quick nod before talking. "Cameron, we need to talk to you about something. You may not understand it all but we don't want you to get confused so if you have any questions you can ask ok?"

Cameron nodded.

"Well baby, Jason is going to be the new baby's daddy."

Cameron furrowed his brows, seemed to think about what she said for a few seconds then looked at Jason, "Are you going to be my new daddy too?"

Jason felt slightly nervous answering the question, "Do you want me to?"

Cameron just shrugged, "My other daddy doesn't come see me anymore."

Elizabeth quickly spoke up, "But he still loves you so much Cameron. Don't forget that." She wondered silently if she should set it up for Lucky to see Cameron but, at the same time, Lucky had made no effort to see Cameron since she had filed for divorce. It had been over a month since Cameron saw Lucky and seemed to be asking about him less and less. In all their years together, Lucky never adopted Cameron, in fact, he never even discussed it. He may have been a father figure but it was a role that Lucky never seemed to want to make permanent.

Jason bent forward and rested his forearms on the table. He leaned toward Cameron, "Tell you what, you let me know what you want, whatever you want me to be… but until then, I will be your friend, ok?"

Cameron brought a greasy pointer finger to his mouth and pressed it to his lips. He looked up at the ceiling as though he was pondering the question. "Ok." He finally said with a big nod.

Jason looked over his shoulder at Elizabeth and she mouthed the words, "Thank you" to him. He smiled back at her and nodded.

For the past two days, all Elizabeth could think about was the day and night with Jason when he helped them at the house. He was unbelievable, in fact he was perfect. Jason also handled the conversation with Cameron perfectly and she was grateful.

After dinner, Jason stood from the table and announced that he had to leave. Cameron slid out of his chair and gave Jason a hug as he pulled on his leather jacket. He bent down and picked Cameron up in his arms. "I'll come back soon to visit, ok?"

Cameron nodded and Jason placed him back on the ground. Before turning away, Cameron raised his palm in the air to give Jason a high-five. Jason lowered his hand and Cameron slapped it with his own, "Ouch!" Jason screeched as he shook out his hand.

Cameron giggled and ran away, mumbling that Jason was silly.

"I feel like a broken record, but thank you Jason… for everything." Elizabeth whispered and also pulled Jason into a hug. Not realizing she was doing it, she breathed in his scent and smiled.

"Thank you for letting me help."

She lifted her chin, her eyes met his and she pulled her bottom lip between her teeth. Not looking away, Jason lifted his hand to her face and traced a line from her forehead to her ear, securely tucking a strand of hair behind it. His tongue darted out and wet his lips while he contemplated what he should do and what he wanted to do. He should leave but he, without a doubt, wanted to kiss her.

As she watched him back out of the driveway she thought, she wished Sam wasn't in the picture because if that was the case, she would have kissed him. Immediately, she felt guilty for even thinking that because as much as she did not like Sam, no one deserves that.

"Elizabeth my dear…"

Her back was to him so he did not see her roll her eyes at the sound of his voice. "Good afternoon Mr. Quartermaine, is there something I can help you with?"

"I have a board meeting and I thought I'd stop up here and see how you are feeling. How is the pregnancy coming along?"

Elizabeth turned to face him, "I'm fine, thanks for asking." She forced a smile. "Isn't the board meeting on the second floor?"

"Yes, yes dear it is but I just wanted to see if you were well, make sure you were properly caring for your pregnancy."

"Why do you care? My child will not be an heir to anything you try to force on them."

Edward smiled, "You are a little spitfire. Jason may not be in this family anymore, however, that child you are carrying has Quartermaine blood."

"Morgan blood." Elizabeth corrected. She looked over at the Elevator and saw Lorenzo Alcazar step out. He stopped and winked at her before Milo approached him and appeared to ask him to leave. Elizabeth wished he'd do the same for Edward. "Mr. Quartermaine, you'd better get down to your meeting. You don't want to be late." She said with a not so genuine smile. Looking over Edward's shoulder, she saw Alcazar getting back onto the elevator with a smug smile plastered on his face. Her body tensed, "It was nice to see you, Mr. Quartermaine." She said then turned away and grabbed a chart to work on.

A few minutes later, Sam approached the nurses hub. Her day was getting better by the minute. "Hey Milo." Sam flirted and she flashed him her sexiest smile that made Elizabeth want to hit her over the head with the phone sitting a mere inches from her hand. "Having a bad day?" Sam said sarcastically.

Elizabeth looked up at her without moving her head. "I'm just fine, thanks for your concern."

"Jason's life is complicated, are you sure you can deal with it. It is only going to get worse." She taunted.

Elizabeth sucked in a deep breath, "Sam, is there something that you need?"

"Just my life back that you have taken from me."

Elizabeth lifted her head and leaned forward to talk in a low but firm voice, "I have not taken anything from you. If you and Jason are having problems, they are none of my business… although I am sure that in the end you will ruin it because I have noticed that you seem to do that to everything and every relationship you are involved in."

Sam smiled and was surprised. It was obvious that Elizabeth did not know that she and Jason were no longer together. Maybe since Jason didn't tell her, perhaps he was hoping for a reconciliation. She had called him multiple times since their fight that morning. Once Jason left, Sam packed a bag and checked into the Metrocourt. The next day, all of her belongings from the Penthouse were dropped off by a courier service. Jason had yet to return her phone call but the situation was definitely promising.

Elizabeth grabbed the chart from the desk that she had been working on and went to check on a patient, leaving Sam standing there with hope that things would work out with Jason after all.