Chapter 13 – Reunion

The next morning, Michael suddenly sprang to life. "Elizabeth." He yelled. His head ached and he immediately recoiled.

"Michael, she's in her room." Carly said gently.

"Mom, what are you doing here" He said holding his throbbing head.

"You were hit over the head and have been unconscious for 12 hours. Where else would I be?"

"I thought you were in jail."

"They let me out when they figured out that Jerry was the one behind all of this.

"Is that who hit me in the head?"

"Yes."

"Elizabeth?" He said in a panic.

Carly paused and looked at him. He was not her little boy anymore. It's not like he ever listened to her to begin with. But she knew that he was not going to give up on Liz.

"She going to be fine. She's talking again; asking for you."

He smiled at the thought of her.

"Just get a little more rest and I'll take you over there okay."

"Thanks mom!" He didn't want to wait but knew he didn't have the strength. He didn't want to scare Elizabeth. He closed his eyes and thought of her while he rested.

Carly walked over to Elizabeth's room. Lulu had gone home to change so Liz was alone. She stood in the doorway and watched her sleep. She looked pale and weak. Carly sighed and sat in the chair next to the bed. Part of her would be forever thankful for Elizabeth for saving Joss. But her other parts hated this woman beyond reason. She always hated Jason's women. She wanted all of Jason and they just took away his attention on her. But, she knew she had to get beyond this if she wanted Michael in her life. Elizabeth's eyes opened and found Carly's. She jumped a little in surprise.

"I'm not going to hurt you."

"I know." Liz said weakly. Liz looked at the glass of water. Carly saw her glance and put the glass up to her mouth.

"Just look at us getting along." Carly said sarcastically.

Liz smiled and stared at her for a moment. Part of her was relieved when she realized Carly wasn't involved. She knew it would kill Michael.

"You didn't poison it did you?" She said smiling.

Carly laughed. "I had no time to pick some up."

Liz started to look serious. "I need to tell you something important." She whispered.

Carly saw the urgency in her eyes.

"Go on."

"Jerry told me that he did all of this to get revenge on you."

Carly looked at her and nodded for her to continue. Even though she knew Liz was right, the words still stung.

"He wanted to get back at you because of the way things ended with Jax."

Liz was really struggling to talk and Carly gave her some more water.

"He had planned to take Joss and give her back to Jax. He was watching her."

Carly looked at Liz terrified.

"Go get her Carly. We can't lose her. She's the only part of Jake I have left."

Carly stared at her for a moment trying to process what she just heard. She turned and walked towards the door and then stopped and turned towards her again. She swallowed hard.

"Thank you." She whispered.

"Thank you for saving me." Liz said gratefully.

"I'd do anything for my son." She said walking out the door.

Carly ran as fast as she could. She called Sonny but he didn't pick up. So, she swallowed her pride and called AJ and asked him to meet her to go get Joss. He heard how scared she was and agreed. He'd do it for Michael.

"She met AJ at the nanny's house and was surprised to see John standing by his car."

She panicked thinking something had gone wrong. "John, what is it?"

John saw the fear in her eyes. "It's okay. She's playing in the house."

Carly started to lose her balance and AJ steadied her against him. Even though she hated the man, she had to admit that she was glad he was there.

"How did you know to come here?"

"Jerry actually had left an envelope in his hotel room in case of his demise. He mentioned Joss so I located her to make sure she wasn't kidnapped."

Carly started to calm down. "Thank you John." She turned to AJ. "Let's go get my baby".

Carly walked into the house and saw Joss playing with some dolls on the floor. She just started crying and let out a little noise. Joss looked up and saw her mother. She could tell something was wrong but was so happy to see her. "Mommy!" She said jumping up and running over to her.

Carly got down on her knees and just held her. "Mommy is so glad to you see you baby." She said crying.

"What's wrong Mommy. Did someone make you sad?"

"I'm just really glad to see you. I missed you." She said smiling through her tears.

"I missed you too mommy. Come play with me." Carly looked over at the nanny who smiled at her. AJ watched them play and then joined in. What a strange world. He looked over at Carly. He was thinking that he had hated Carly for so many years. She always managed to drive him insane but at the same time, she had so much fire….. He let the thoughts trail off and said, "What am I doing?" under his breath.

Epiphany steered the wheelchair around the corner. Feliz was standing next to Liz's bed and as Epiphany pushed him closer, Michael noticed Liz was smiling. As they entered the room, it was all Epiphany could do to keep Michael in the chair. "Do I need to sit on you Michael Corinthos Jr.?" She said with a smirk.

He looked at her and laughed, knowing she'd do it in a heartbeat.

"No, just drive faster will ya."

She smiled and pushed him further into the room. He could no longer contain himself and jumped up.

Unfortunately, it was a bit too much too fast and Epiphany and Felix lunged to steady him.

"Boy, take your time please. I'm not diving onto the floor to break your fall."

Liz chuckled as Michael slowly moved towards her.

"Elizabeth, I'm so sorry."

"Come here please. I missed your mouth."

Epiphany rolled her eyes and Felix smiled to himself. At least one of us was getting some. He thought to himself.

"That's our cue to leave." Epiphany said pushing Felix out of the room.

Michael climbed into the bed next to her and she snuggled up against him. It felt so good to feel his body hugging hers. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"You know I'm going to spend all my time making this up to you."

She smiled and looked up into his eyes. "I'm seriously going to hold you to that."

Michael gently kissed her lips and felt her relax.

"I love you." She said softly.

His eyes jerked open and he stared at her. "I love you more."

"How's your head?"

"Luckily, my head is hard as a rock." He said knocking it and then grimacing.

"I can't wait to go home with you." She said snuggling into him.

"I'm not going to let you out of my sight."

She stared into his eyes for a moment and then closed hers. She felt the warmth of his body next to her and smiled. Everything was going to be alright. She had no idea what the future held for them. But, she was going to enjoy every minute of it. After what they had just been through, they could conquer anything.

THE END