AN:

So... this chapter is really kinda just filler. Sorry but its need for later chapters.

~Kelly~

Chapter Nineteen

Sam ran her hands nervously down her skirt and stepped on the elevator. She had expected Jason to show up at the lake house last night. In fact, she had counted on it. That was the whole reason she seduced Ric. When he did not Sam knew she had to go to her backup plan.

By the time the elevator door opened, Sam was in tears. She knew that tears easily manipulated Jason. It usually it took only a few for the mobster to cave. Hopefully she could use them while telling Jason about last night. For her plan to work Sam needed him to believe that Ric had seduced her.

She knocked and took a deep breath. "Can we talk?" She asked when Jason opened the door.

He sighed and ran a hand across the back of his neck. Jason had no interest in talking to Sam not for any reason. However letting the woman talk might be the least painful to get rid of her. "What do you want?"

Sam ignored the disinterested look on Jason's face and steeped into the penthouse. It looked almost exactly the same as when she lived there. This place was one of the first homes she ever had. And she was not about to lose it now. "When you left... god Jason it hurt so much. Especially since I know, you still loved me. I... I just wanted to find some way to make you see that. I know you're scared of the danger but I'm not."

"Is that why you're here?" Jason question when the woman finally stopped speaking. He wondered if last night wasn't some sort of set up. Sam running to him just proved that it was.

"Partly. Last night... I... was drinking and hurting and god Jason I am just so sorry. Ric he was there and we were drinking and then somehow..."

"You slept with him."

She closed her eyes causing several tears to spill form her brown eyes and nodded. This was going even better than she planned. "Yes. I never meant to hurt you. I... I just you hurt me so much. You let Alexis convince you that abandoning me was the right thing. All I wanted was..."

"To makes Alexis and I pay."

"What?" Sam said out of complete shock. She never considered that Jason might figure out her plan. "No. That's not it at all. I had a moment of weakness. Ric... he was being so understanding and then he kissed me..."

"So you're saying Ric seduced you."

Sam nodded as more tears ran down her face. In her head, she was starting to celebrate. She was about to get Jason back and make Alexis pay all at the same time. "I'm sorry. I do not know what happened. Can you forgive me?"

"There's nothing for me to forgive Sam."

"I'm so happy you said that. Since you feel that way, I think it would be a good idea to move back in here. At least until the whole situation with Ric calms down."

All he could do was blink in reaction to what Sam had said. What made her think that Jason was going to let her stay here? "You're not staying here."

"Why not? Now that we're back together..."

"Were not back together Sam." Jason insisted firmly. Somehow, he had to but an end to Sam's hopes. He hated that it meant hurting her but lying would hurt more.

"But you said you forgave me." She pouted the same way Jason had seen Cameron do several times. He wondered now how he had missed this side of Sam.

"No. I said there was nothing to forgive. There is a huge difference. I don't want to be with you any more Sam."

"Stop saying that you love me I know you do." Sam snapped her brown eyes shooting daggers at the mobster. How dare he try and act like things were over between them. Things only ended when she said so.

"You're wrong Sam I don't love you. I'm not sure if I ever did."

"You don't mean that."

"Sam please don't keep doing this. We are not getting back together. I... I've been seeing someone else."

Hearing that Jason had already moved on was more than she could handle. "What? You're cheating on me! How could you betray me that way?"

"We're not together Sam. I ended things months ago."

"Jason we both know you didn't mean it. This... this could be our chance to start over. Please just give us a second chance."

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It had been a long and trying day. At this point, all she wanted was to convince Jason to take her on his bike. It had been so long since they had shared a ride. With everything going on Elizabeth thought it was a great idea.

That is why she was shocked to see Nikolas waiting outside her apartment. Elizabeth did not she would see the prince anytime soon. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to apologize for my behavior the other day. I... I should not have taken my anger out on you. When you told me about the drugs... I was shocked. However that's no excuse."

"No it isn't." Elizabeth said coldly. She wasn't about to fall all over herself just because Nikolas had apologized.

"You don't have anything else to say?"

"Why would I?"

Nikolas shook his head at the young nurse. Elizabeth was clearly still angry and was determined to take it out on him. "You could pretend to be sorry for cheating on Lucky."

"I did not cheat on Lucky. He's the one who... you know what it doesn't matter any more. Maybe you should leave."

"You're throwing me out?" Nikolas asked stunned by Elizabeth's behavior. He immediately blamed it on her association with Jason Morgan. The man had always had this hold over Elizabeth. Maybe he could find away to keep them apart for good. "Fine. I'm leaving."

Elizabeth sighed as she watched Nikolas storm off. She had no idea what was going on in her friend's head. It was nearly as bad as the last time Lucky "died". Hopefully this time Nikolas would not try to kiss her. Elizabeth doubted that Jason would stand by this time. Speaking of which... she really needed a ride now. Elizabeth was sure she could persuade Jason to go for a ride.