It's been about a week since Jake left Liz. He still can't believe the thinks that he found out. But one of the things that is really making him wonder is his reaction to it. He was with Liz. He was already half in love with her, so why did finding out what she did to Sam and Danny affect him more than what Sam did to Liz and her boys? He just couldn't figure it out. Shouldn't it have been the other way around?

After talking with Sonny, he felt that they had come to some sort of and understanding. He even asked him if he knew of any legal job openings. Sonny told his that his restaurant manager had just quit and he needed someone to take over. If he felt that he could do it, the job was his. He gladly accepted it and moved back into his room at the Metro Court. Carly tried to get him to come and stay with her but Jake said he needed to do this on his own.

As he is sitting down on the docks, his mind wonders back to Liz. He just couldn't get over how wrong he was about her. And she had not left him alone this past week either. She was constantly calling him and showing up at the Metro Court. A part of him still cared for her. She really helped him when he woke up with no memory. She gave him a place to stay and a shoulder to lean on. And he thought that she gave him a chance at love. But he was wrong. The past week she has been saying how they can't let Sam ruin what they had finally found together. That they had waited too long to be together to let her screw it up. He can't quite put his finger on it but the way she said it just seemed too desperate. But to him it seemed that she was still hung up on Jason Morgan. She would find ways to bring him up in conversations and he caught her staring at his picture many times. Why she still had the picture he didn't know. It wasn't like she was the wife he left behind.

And like magic, almost as if she could tell he was thinking about her, there she is. Coming from the boasts. She must have been visiting Nikolas. Again. "Jake! I'm so glad that I ran into you." she says. "Please we really need to talk." She whines.

"Elizabeth there is nothing left to talk about. Look, I am beyond grateful to you for the things that you have done for me but we are not going to work." He gets up to walk away.

"Jake, please! You can't let Sam ruin what we have. We have waited so long. Don't let her win." She pleads.

"Liz this is not Sam's fault. We just don't fit. The more and more I think about it, the less and less we make scenes." he says "You are the one that tried to make Sam out to be some horrible human being when you are just as guilty! Sam never tried to make me hate you and now I find out that she easily could have. She has been pushing me to be with you. I don't want to be with someone like you. I've been jerked around enough." He ignores the tears that are streaming down her face and walks away.

Nikolas is beyond frustrated. He never realized just how selfish Liz was until now. All she really cares about is having Jason in her bed. She doesn't care that if the truth comes out he will be the one that truly suffers. She just left after demanding that Nikolas talk to Sam and tell her to stay away from Jake. She couldn't even hold on to Jason when it was all a lie. Nikolas starts to wonder if these little things that happen are signs that he needs to tell the truth. But when he thinks about all that he has to lose, he just can't bring himself to do it.

Sam is at the Metro Court helping Carly put up the decorations for Danny's party. The party is less than an hour away and they are almost done. "Hey Carly, I just wanted to thank you again for letting us have the party here."

"Are you kidding? I would have kicked your ass if you suggested anywhere else." They both share a laugh. "Where is the birthday boy by the way?" Carly asks.

"He is with Patrick and Emma back at the house. They should be here in about 30 minutes." Sam answers.

"How are things going between you and Patrick and the whole moving in thing?" "It's been great. Emma and Danny absolutely adore each other so there is not fighting between them. And I'm adjusting pretty well actually. I never thought I would be living with another man before but I'm really glad I decided to." Sam says with a sad smile.

"You still miss him, don't you?" Carly asks her.

"Everyday." Sam says. "Patrick has helped but it's not the same. Just like having me there is not the same as having Robin there." Sam sighs. "I love Patrick. I am in love with him and I didn't think that I would ever be in love with another man. But my heart will always belong to Jason. It's because of Jason that I can live Patrick. I know that Jason would want me to move on. Not just for my own sake but for Danny too. And I finally feel like I have. I wish with everything in me that Jason were here with us and we could be celebrating Danny's birthday as a family but I'm never going to get that." Sam says with tear in her eyes. Carly reaches out and grads her hand. "And Patrick understand that. Because deep down he wishes the same for him and Emma. And in the weirdest was that is what makes us work so well. While we can't have what we both really want, it doesn't mean that we can't have something great together. And we do." She finishes with a smile.

"I'm really happy for you, Sam. I know how hard it was for you after Jason passed and I'm glad you finally found some peace."

"Thanks, Carly."

They finish putting up the decorations when Sam asks Carly "Hey did you remember to text Jake? I haven't seen him around town to invite him."

"I did and he says that he will be here so long as Lizzy isn't." Carly says with a little smirk.

"What!?" Sam says shocked.

"OMG! You don't know? Jake dumped Liz!" Carly said excitedly.

"What happened?" Sam asks. "They seemed so happy."

"You happened. After the way that Liz spoke to you at Kelly's Jake demanded to know why she was treating you that way. So she told him everything that happened that summer."

Sam goes white in the face. Damn it, why can't that woman leave the past in the past. Sam has apologized over and over again and Liz even said she forgave her. "So Jake knows everything that I did to Liz?"

"Yes, but as she was going off, Sonny happened to stop by and heard everything that she was telling Jake. So he decided to school Jake on all the things that Liz did to you Jason and Danny."

Sam was shocked. "He what?"

"Yeah. He told him everything. And after he did Jake decided he didn't want to be with Lizzy anymore." Carly say gleefully. "But of course, Liz being Liz she has not left him alone. She keeps calling and showing up at his room. It's pretty pathetic if you ask me."

"I can't believe this. I mean I know she was a bitch to me that day at Kelly's but I had no idea she still felt this way. I though she had let it all go." Sam flops down in to a nearby chair. "Jake was happy with Liz. And now because of me, he isn't."

"No, Sam this had nothing to do with you and everything to do with the fact that Liz is a bitch."

"Carly is right, Sam. This wasn't your fault."

They both look up and see Jake not too far for them. "Elizabeth did this all on her own. What she said to you was completely unnecessary."

"Jake, I am so sor…"

"No, Sam. It's not on you." he says firmly.

"Still. I'm sorry that it didn't work out. You guys really did seem happy." "I did too. But I was blinded by gratitude. I guess I just confused that with attraction."

"Well there is still a tiny problem. Liz is Patrick's best friend so I had to invite her. I hope that you will still decide to stay. I know that Patrick really wanted to talk to you and Danny would be so excited to see you. Please?!" Sam pleads. "I promise that Liz will not bother you."

Jake and Carly both laugh at her before Jake says "OK! OK, I'll stay. But only if I can help put stuff up. I don't want to feel useless." He says

"Yessss!" Sam say while pumping a fist in the air. "OK, you can help put the tables together. You see the big one over there?" she pints to it. "Can you put that one by the entrance? That is where all the presents are going to go."

"You got it." He says. They give each other a high five and go to work. Carly sits back at watches them interact. She smiles softly because it reminds her of how Jason and Sam use to be.

Across town at General Hospital, Hayden is getting ready to be discharged. Epiphany comes in with the paper work for her to sign. "Well, here you go! Sign these and you are all set."

"Thank you!" Hayden exclaims. "And thank you for taking such good care of me this past week. I think I would have gone crazy if it hadn't being for you." she smiles at her.

"My pleasure, sweetie. Now you take care of yourself, you here. I don't want to see you back here again." She says firmly as she helps Hayden into the wheel chair.

"Scouts honor. I can't wait to get out of here and surprise Nikolas." She says as she is wheeled into the elevator.

"I bet he is going to be so happy to see you." Epiphany says with a smile.

"Oh, I know he will." Says Hayden. "They all will." She finishes with a smile as the elevator doors close.