A/N: Yes, absolutely, I know….. I am mean and evil to leave all of you hanging there….. and I'm not going to fix it here, either! I'm obviously not sticking completely to the original storyline (let's face it – it sucked!), but I am thinking about keeping several of the major elements in. Since I was just gearing up, I was sticking fairly close to the original, but it will be veering off very soon. I hope you all will still continue to read, even if I didn't finish the Liason lovin' from the last chapter.

Chapter Nine

The knock at the studio door put a stop to all forward movement. Dropping his head into the crook of her neck for the briefest of moments, Elizabeth felt the growl in his chest before he grabbed his gun from the floor.

"Elizabeth, open the door," came Carly's muffled voice from the other side of the thick door.

Letting go of Elizabeth and allowing her to rise from the couch, Jason tells her, "I am not sorry for kissing you, but I shouldn't have done that to you when things are so unresolved between me and Sam."

Relieved that he wasn't sorry for kissing her, she knew that she shouldn't have encouraged it. "Jason, it's fine." Opening the door, Carly heads straight for Jason, "Oh, thank God you're alright. I came as soon as I heard."

"We're trying to keep the fact that Jason's here a secret."

"That's why I said your name and not his."

"Carly, you shouldn't even be here."

"Don't tell me I shouldn't be here. You scared the hell out of me."

"I'm okay, thanks to Elizabeth."

Looking at the woman she has hated for years, it killed her to have to say any nice words to her, "Thank you, but I can take it from here."

"Jason needs medical attention."

"Yeah, and so do you. You took a nasty fall earlier at the Quartermaine's."

Confused, Jason looked between the two women, he had forgotten that she had passed out during Ric's little impromptu entrance during Luke and Laura's wedding reception, "What do you mean? You…did you fall?"

Struggling to cover for her over-emotional state when Ric had announced that he was arresting Jason, "Uh, well, yeah, I got light-headed, but it was no big deal."

A perfect excuse to get her away from Jason, Carly jumped on that statement, "It is a big deal, you should get that checked out. You can't be too careful."

"You know, Carly is right. You should take care of yourself, Elizabeth, and ou…your baby. I will be fine right now." 'Whew, he almost blew that one', Jason thought, hoping that Carly didn't hear his near slip up.

Realizing that she wasn't going to win, and not being able to argue with him because they weren't alone anymore, she decides to let Carly have some time with Jason, "His bandage needs to be changed every couple of hours. If he starts to get a fever, or the wound re-opens, you're gonna need to take him to the emergency room…."

"He's in good hands with me. Thank you," Carly said, dismissing Elizabeth from the room, like she wished she could dismiss her from Jason's life.

Turning to Jason, "I'm really glad you're alright."

"Thanks again, for everything. We'll talk later, okay?"

"Sure."

Carly wasn't sure what to make of what he said, but she really didn't like his tone. Damn it, if he's with Sam, she doesn't have to worry about things like this. When he's "with" Elizabeth, he does things and acts completely different. Oh, no, she's not having that. As much as she hates Sam, she would rather Jason be with Sam that with Elizabeth. "What the hell was that?"

Playing it off, "She saved…she saved my life. I'm very grateful." He's just not going to tell Carly how much she saved his life….or how.

Carly had a feeling that Jason was hiding something from her; she just couldn't put her finger on what it was. "Well, I don't want to see you get pulled into something that can't work Jason. Besides, Sam is a wreck after seeing you fall off a building. Have you even thought about her and how she's doing?"

"Of course I have. Sonny told me that she was arrested for shooting Diego Alcazar," he said.

"Look, you were shot. Elizabeth saved your life and it would be easy for you to mistake that for something that it's not. Don't get caught up in old feelings and forget that the person you are with is better for you."

"Carly, you know I love you, but you need to stay out of this. Whatever happens in my personal life is just that, personal."

"You've just got to be more careful. I don't think you know how much I need you in my life. You are not just my friend, you're my everything. You know how you, me and Sonny, we need each other, we care about each other. I just need you to think about us before you do anything stupid, okay?"

Shaking his head, he didn't want to discuss what he was going to do with Carly. He still needed to think about what Elizabeth had admitted to him and figure out how to get where he wanted them to be. "Carly, I'm fine. I just need to rest. Why don't you go home and be with your boys? I'm just gonna sleep for a while. Besides, I'm sure Sonny will be back soon."

Carly did not want to run into Sonny, especially not after kissing him earlier. "Okay, I'm going. Please, please, please take care of yourself. And think about what I said." Jumping up, she hugged and kissed him before running out of the door.