Its been two days and her grandmother is still in ICU unconscious. The doctors have explained it all and Elizabeth couldn't believe that her grandmother has been slowly getting worse for the last two years and she didn't know anything about it. She spent almost every day of the last two years with her grandmother and she had no idea she was oblivious to her grandmother's health declining. Running her hand through her hair, Elizabeth tries to fight off the fatigue that threatens to subdue her. She hasn't been able to really sleep in the last two days. She gets in a couple hours here and there, but she can never truly sleep.
"Hey." Jason whispers, kissing the top of her head. "Steven said he'll sit with her. You need to eat something."
"I'm not hungry." Elizabeth stares at her grandmother. "How did I now know? Why didn't I see it?"
"You can't blame yourself for this." Jason knelt down beside her. "Audrey kept it from you. It was her choice."
"I should have seen the signs." Elizabeth took a deep breath. "I don't know what I'm going to do when she's gone."
"Let's just take it one day at a time." Jason takes her hand in his. "Come on, you need to eat."
Elizabeth gave up the protest and allowed Jason to walk her out of the room. They stopped long enough for Elizabeth to hug her brother before getting on the elevator to head out. Jason knew that he couldn't do anything more than take care of her and he'll do it for as long as she lets him. The only time he is able to get her away from Audrey's bedside is for food, he's still trying to figure out a way to get her to sleep.
"Hey, come on in." Carly smiled slightly, feeling bad for Elizabeth. "Sonny's just about done with lunch."
Elizabeth granted Carly a small smile before walking over to the couch to sit down. Jason simply shook his head before walking over to Elizabeth and sitting down with her. Letting them be, Carly walked upstairs to tell her son to come down to eat. Morgan was already taking his nap and won't be up for couple hours. Opening the door to her son's room, Carly found him laying on his bed trying to sketch an image on a piece of paper.
"Mister man, its time to eat." Carly smiled slightly when her son looked up at her. "You into art now?"
"Aunt Lizzie likes it." Michael shrugged, standing up from his bed. "Just thought I'd try it."
"And..." Carly arched her eyebrow.
"Its okay." Michael admitted. "I'm not really good though."
"Its takes time to get good at something." Carly points out. "It took you a few practices to get good at baseball, right?"
"I guess." Michael walks over to her. "Maybe I can ask Aunt Lizzie for lessons."
"Um, you might want to hold of that, bud." Carly stopped her son. "Aunt Lizzie's grandmother's in the hospital and she's not doing too good."
Michael took that in for a moment before shaking his head. With a smile on his face, he walked down the stairs with his mother. Carly wondered what her son had planned, but knew better than to ask. He was a lot more like her than she was willing to admit. That included the planning, only he was slightly better than her at it.
"Aunt Lizzie, can I ask you something?" Michael questioned, plopping down on the couch.
"Sure." Elizabeth picked her head up from Jason's shoulder to look at Michael.
"I've been trying to learn how to draw, but I'm not really good." Michael admitted. "I was wondering if you could teach me."
Jason looked from his girlfriend to his godson, wondering what Michael was getting at. Looking at Elizabeth, he could see that she was really thinking about it. What he didn't know was that she was thinking about how amazing this was. For Michael to ask her to teach him how to do the one thing she's passionate about, it was amazingly sweet. Carly was about to tell her son that Elizabeth might not be able to do it when Elizabeth smiled and shook her head.
"I'd love to do that." Elizabeth assured, glad to have something to look forward to. "I have to go back to the hospital tonight, but I can come by in the morning."
"Okay." Michael leans over and hugs her. "I'm sorry about your grandma."
"Me too." Elizabeth hugs him back. "Thank you, Michael."
Zander and Nikolas are at Kelly's having lunch. They both have the day off and were just fuelling up before heading to the hospital. Neither of them were really close to Audrey, but she was always good to Elizabeth and that made her important in their book.
"Did you hear that Liz's parents are coming to town?" Zander asked Nikolas, continuing when Nikolas just arched his eyebrow. "Seriously, I heard Sarah talking to them."
"I don't get those people." Nikolas sighed, hoping he doesn't see either parent because he will forget all his princely training and sock them both. "Have you talked to Emily?"
"No." Zander shook his head. "I don't trust myself to see her right now."
"Yeah, me either." Nikolas agreed. "I can't believe she'd go against Elizabeth like this."
"No kidding." Zander wanted to knock some sense into the girl he loves. "Liz stood by her when she was dating Juan, but she can't do the same for Liz just because she's dating Jason."
"I don't care how justified Em thinks she is." Nikolas took a drink of his coffee. "You don't turn your back on the people that have always been there for you."
"Brenda says that her justification is Richard Lansing. Something about Elizabeth not being strong enough for the danger in Jason's life." Zander recalled his conversation with the brunette. "Personally, I think that's just an excuse. Emily always fears the day she's no longer important to Jason and that's why she's acting out."
"If she's not careful, that day will come sooner than she thinks." Nikolas tossed a couple bills onto the table. "I may not know Jason like she does, but I do know he's crazy protective over the women he's involved with."
"What Emily needs to grasp is that Elizabeth is safe with Jason." Zander agreed. "And if she doesn't get off her high horse, she'll lose them both, if she hasn't already."
Tears in her eyes, Emily watched as Zander and Nikolas walked out of the diner from her position by the stairs. She couldn't believe that they were against her too. Why couldn't they see the truth? It was right there! Elizabeth doesn't know what she's getting herself into. Robin was shot at because of Jason. She was arrested because of Jason and his job. Elizabeth didn't deserve that kind of life. Not to mention Jason, he doesn't deserve people talking about him anymore than they already are.
A lot of the residents of Port Charles can't stand that he's with Elizabeth. So many of them are making comments about him corrupting the innocent Elizabeth and Emily can't stand to hear it. Those two will never be happy in the long run. Not when so many people are against them being together. With a sigh, Emily gathers her things before leaving the diner. As Emily got into her car, she was pulled out of her thoughts by her cellphone ringing.
"Yeah?" she answered.
"Hey, its Robin." the caller replied. "I just wanted you to know that I'm heading back to Paris."
"What?" Emily nearly shouted. "You're just giving up?"
"Mac gave me an ultimatum." Robin said plainly. "I'm just done. Thanks for the help, but I have a flight to catch."
"You can't just give up!" Emily exclaimed. "They're not good together! Please, you can't just give in!"
"Look, I left an envelope for you at your place." Robin sighed, running her hand through her hair. "If you still want to try and break them up, use what's in there. I have to go."
Before Emily could say much more the line went dead. She seriously couldn't believe that Robin just backed out like that. Not even Lucky wanted to help split them up anymore. Sarah and Lucky are apparently happy together and neither care about Elizabeth anymore. So she was the only one left to split up Jason and Elizabeth. Cursing the world, Emily drove home to see what Robin left for her. Hopefully it'll be the ticket to splitting them up for good.
"I'm sorry you have to go." Brenda says as Robin loads her things onto the counter.
"No you're not." Robin scoffed. "You're the one that told Mac everything."
"Doesn't mean I'm not sorry." Brenda sighed, running her fingers through her hair. "I just think you need more time away from Jason to realize you're better off without him."
"Save it for someone that believes you Brenda." Robin stated. "You just want Jason with Elizabeth since she's your new best friend."
"You're my best friend." Brenda corrected. "Just because I didn't agree with what you're doing, it doesn't mean I don't care about you. Its the only reason I told Mac."
"Do me a favor, stop caring about me." Robin takes off her shoes to go through the metal detector. "Just stay out of my life."
Brenda watched as Robin gathered her things and walked off without a glance back at her. She wanted to say she was hurt, but she wasn't. Brenda felt kind of liberated now that Robin was gone. She has spent the last three years helping Robin.
No matter how much she loved Robin, she will never be the 'yes' friend. Brenda had her own set of beliefs and morals and she will never compromise herself for anyone. That was why she told Jason about the baby. Why she helped Elizabeth out, why she let Jason threaten Robin, and why she told Mac everything that Robin's been doing since she got back to town. Robin was wrong and Brenda won't support that no matter how much she loved her best friend.
"Thanks for lunch Sonny." Elizabeth hugs her friend. "I really appreciate it."
"Anytime." Sonny assures. "I'll have your grandmother in my prayers."
"Thanks." Elizabeth took hold of Jason's hand. "We'll see you guys later."
Jason walked Elizabeth out of the penthouse to take her back to the hospital. He could see that spending time with Michael did her some good. As they drove back to the hospital, Elizabeth stared out the window. She couldn't help but wonder what it'll be like once her grandmother is gone. The doctors are certain that she's going to die. Her condition has been progressing rapidly and the only thing they could do for her now is to keep her comfortable. Her heart ached that she might not get to make things right with her grandmother.
"Hey." Jason took her hand in his. "What're you thinking about?"
"Random stuff." Elizabeth looked at him. "What if she dies and we never get to fix things between us?"
"You'll get your chance to fix things." Jason promises her. "I promise."
"I hope so." Elizabeth sighs, gripping his hand in hers. "My parents are coming back soon. Might be tomorrow or the next day."
"How do you feel about that?" Jason questions, glancing at her.
"Not sure." Elizabeth admits. "They didn't even bother to come back when I nearly died...I just don't know how to feel about them coming back now."
Jason wishes more than anything that he could keep away the people that hurt her the most, but he knows he can't. So instead of keeping them away, he'll just make sure that he's standing next to her against them. No matter what he has done, his parents would always be there for him. What he doesn't get is that Elizabeth has never done anything wrong, but her parents are never there unless it suits them. If Jason could have it his way, he'd ship them to some remote island with all kinds of diseases and wild animals. Luckily for her parents that it wasn't up to him.
"This just might work." Emily shook her head as she looked over the files on the flash drive. "A few tweaks and it'll be perfect. Hopefully it'll work because I don't have anything else."
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