It's the early hours of the morning and Jason awakens as he feels a warm presence beside him.
He takes a deep breath, her essence surrounding him, practically drowning him in her sweet delicateness. He wants to open his eyes, but he doesn't. He uses his other senses to take her in. His sense of smell to breathe in her aroma. His sense of touch to take in the way her body feels against him.
When the need to see her becomes too much, Jason opens his eyes and is at awe of her beauty.
He wonders if anyone has had the chance to see her in this moment. At this time of day when she's at peace and her face free of any stress or worries.
Unconsciously, Jason reaches out to brush the hair from her face.
A small smile touching her lips as he does, a smile incapable of not gracing his face. What he wouldn't give to wake up to her every single day.
He thought she'd wake up, but she just snuggled deeper into the sheets. Though he'd love to watch her as she slept, Jason pulled himself out from the sheets and made his way downstairs. Last night had been the most perfect date he has ever been on. Nothing was forced. The entire time with Elizabeth flowed naturally and he enjoyed it.
So, of course, he had to make this morning memorable enough to stay with her when she went to work in the afternoon.
The morning held such calm, he couldn't remember a day where he woke up so content. He was making his way into the kitchen when the front door opened up wide and, of course, she was standing there.
"Carly, not now." Jason groaned, running a hand down his face to fight off the remnants of sleep left in his eyes. "I want to make breakfast."
"Wow." Carly folds her arms over her chest. "The brunette warrants a Jason-cooked meal...so I'm really stuck with her?"
"Carly." his tone a warning one, he was in no mood for this.
"Relax. I knew she was here." Carly closed the door, walking over to him. "I won't keep you for long."
"What now?" he asks, leaning against his pool table.
"I just want to know if you're sure about this girl." Carly shrugged. "If Robin were to walk through that door right now, apologizing for everything and saying she wants to try again, will you send her away for Elizabeth?"
Jason thought about what Carly was going on about.
What would he do if he Robin came back?
"Carly, I don't know where this is going with Elizabeth." Jason admitted, she could leave and never speak to him again, anything can happen. "But Robin and I are over. That much I'm sure on."
"Good." Carly shook her head, accepting his answer. "Because if I'm going to put effort into getting to know this new brunette, I don't want it to go to waste if you take back that little goody goody."
"Are you done now?" Jason pushed away from the pool table. "I have breakfast to make."
"For now?" Carly shrugged. "Sure. I'm done."
"Good. You know the way out." Jason turned away from her and walked into the kitchen.
Carly watched him for a moment, seeing that he was really happy. Though she still couldn't understand why he always went for brunettes, she really believes this one will do the trick. Lila's right, not that it was a surprise, Jason and Elizabeth are meant for each other.
God help her because Carly is going to make sure they don't mess it up. But more importantly, God help Robin if she ever decides to come back to Port Charles.
Carly still had a bone to pick with that little brat and if she ever shows her face in town, looking for Jason, she was going to have a hell of a fight on her hands.
As she walked over to the door, Carly looked back at the stairs.
"I really hope you can handle this life." she whispers, shaking her head. "Because he needs someone like you."
With that Carly walks out of the penthouse and back to her own family. She'll help Elizabeth as much as she can, but this is Elizabeth's chance to prove herself. Which meant, standing up to anyone and everyone that caused her problems. Not just her family, but even her friends.
Carly remembers what it was like when she first got together with Sonny. The Quatermaines had their reservations where she was concerned, but they didn't refrain from telling her not to be with Sonny. Telling her that Sonny will only cause her heart ache. They, along with the rest of the town, put their two cents into her relationship, until finally she snapped.
Elizabeth will learn and Carly hoped that she'll listen to what happens next because this will prove to Elizabeth who her friends are...and who her foes are.
Jason was finished with breakfast and set it up on the coffee table before walking back upstairs. A smile touching his lips as she came into view, still snuggled deep within the covers. She looked like a peaceful angel against his bed.
Sitting down on the bed, Jason watched her for a moment longer. Not wanting to wake her, but knowing that he should, Jason gently brushed her fingers against her cheek.
When she didn't wake, Jason leant in and pressed a soft kiss to her temple.
"Hi." she whispers, taking a deep breath before opening her eyes slowly.
"Hi." he whispers, watching as she started to break away from her slumber and sat up. "You hungry?"
"Starving." she laughs softly, scooting closer to him. "But first..."
Elizabeth runs her fingers through his hair before leaning in, not going all the way, because she knows he'll close the gap and he does.
The kiss is soft and sweet. A simple greeting to start off their morning.
Satisfied for now, Elizabeth pulls herself out of bed, following him downstairs to eat breakfast. She was surprised to find that he cooked them breakfast.
"I'm usually a light sleeper." Elizabeth says as she sits down. "How did I not hear you?"
"You were really tired." Jason shrugs, handing her a glass of orange juice. "You work too hard. I don't think you've had a single day off all week."
"I didn't." she admits, taking a drink of juice. "I'm off on Wednesday and Thursday, but I doubt it'll actually be my days off."
"Why do you let them work you so hard?" Jason eyed her intently. "I mean, its not right for them to rely on you when the other waitresses call in."
"I don't mind working." she concedes, taking a bite of food before continuing. "I like being busy. I just hate it when more than one calls in."
"Then why not talk to Ruby about it?" Jason suggests, seeing that she was truly exhausted, it was in her eyes. "You work too hard."
"I'll talk to her today." she had been planning on it already. "Okay?"
"Okay." Jason shakes his head and lets the conversation drop.
He could see that she really needed to eat and he'll let her. A part of him wanted to talk to Ruby himself. Elizabeth didn't deserve to be taken advantage of and if Ruby doesn't hire new workers, firing the old, Jason will take it upon himself to talk to Ruby.
They ate in silence, allowing the calmness that fell over them. Elizabeth relished in the home cooked meal. She always cooks at her Gram's house and she was getting tired of eating her own cooking. It was refreshing to be able to wake up and have someone else cook breakfast.
When breakfast was done, Elizabeth sat in the living room as he loaded the dishwasher. She wanted to do the dishes, but he wouldn't hear of it, saying that she'll have enough of that when she goes into work at twelve. Knowing he was right, she just sat down and relaxed.
Carly was pacing back and forth, debating at whether to make the call she was about to make. Yes, she said she'd try with the brunette, but making her life easy...huh.
With a sigh, she picks up the phone and calls the diner, thankful that Ruby answers.
"Ruby, its Carly." she replies. "Listen, Elizabeth can't come into work today. She's seriously exhausted from working alone yesterday."
"Since when are you and Elizabeth friends that you're calling for her?" Ruby counters, waving away the waitress that was walking over to her.
"I'm sure you, along with the rest of Port Charles, know that Elizabeth and Jason are dating." Carly said carefully. "And you also know that in my circle, we look out for each other."
"Get to the point Carly."
"Elizabeth is a loyal worker and yes, she doesn't complain when you call her in at any given moment." Carly picked up her son as he began to cry. "But you need to realize that she's only one person. Figure out your staff before you work Elizabeth into an early grave."
The line went silent for a moment, she almost thought that the woman hung up on her.
"You're right." Ruby admitted, as hard as that was. "Tell Elizabeth she has the day off. I'll work on the staff."
Carly didn't have to think of a reply because the line went dead.
"Well that went better than I thought." Carly muttered to herself, smiling at her son. "What do you think Morgan? Did mommy do good?"
Handing Morgan off to Leticia, she walked across the hall to Jason's penthouse. If she was going to do something good for the brunette, it wasn't going unnoticed.
"Where's Jason?" Carly walks into the penthouse. "Muffin, where is he?"
"Kitchen." Elizabeth pointed behind her. "Doing dishes."
"Good." Carly closed the door. "I have like five minutes before he comes back out. What're you doing today?"
"Working." Elizabeth eyed her curiously.
"Wrong." Carly shook her head. "I called Ruby and you have the day off. Now what are you doing today?"
"You did what?" Elizabeth stood up, looking at her confused. "Why would you do that?"
"Wrong answer." Carly arched an eyebrow. "The correct response is, thank you Carly and to show my appreciation, I'll hangout with you while Sonny and Jason are working at the warehouse."
Elizabeth looked at her like she had two heads and a hundred arms. Carly wants to hangout with her? Willingly? Okay, where was the camera and when was it going to be on TV?
"Thank you?" Elizabeth says cautiously.
"Close enough." Carly sighs, shaking her head. "Look, we're going to be seeing a lot of each other. We might as well hangout now."
"Okay." Elizabeth is still cautious, but accepts that with Carly, she'll probably be confused a lot. "I guess I'll see you when Jason heads to the warehouse."
"Good." Carly walked over to the door. "See you then."
And before Elizabeth could say anything else, Carly was out the door. She didn't have time to really think it through because Jason was soon beside her and she just accepted that she'd be spending the afternoon with Carly. Strange. But welcomed.
"Was Carly just here?" Jason eyed Elizabeth curiously.
"Yeah...apparently we're hanging out when you head to the warehouse with Sonny." Elizabeth shook her head, still confused by the encounter. "She called Ruby and got my shift handed to someone else."
Jason had to admit that he was happy about that. Elizabeth was clearly not ready to work another long shift. He'd have to thank Carly for that.
"So what do you want to do until then?" Jason questioned, watching her as she tucked her hair behind her ear. "Pool?"
"How about a ride?" Elizabeth suggested. "I can really go for one of those."
"A ride it is." Jason stood up and held his hand out to her. "But first...you need to get dressed."
Elizabeth looked down at herself and laughed as Jason pulled her into his arms.
She had completely forgotten that she was only in his t-shirt. A part of her curious why Carly hadn't pointed it out, but figured that she didn't really care.
Jason claimed her lips in a soft, lingering kiss before turning her towards the stairs.
"I'll be down her when you're dressed." Jason wrapping his arms around her from behind for a moment. "You're beautiful."
Elizabeth started to blush as he placed a soft kiss on her neck before releasing her.
Whatever happened today...it was definitely a good day.
Author's Note:
Once again, thank you to the reviewers. To the readers. And to anyone that finds this fic the least bit entertaining.
You are all amazing and I really hope you enjoyed the update.