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Chapter 5

Jason pulled the casserole that Sonny had sent over from the oven to let it cool. Elizabeth had invited him to stay and he immediately accepted. Right now she and Cameron were upstairs exploring all the cool stuff in his room. All his things were up there plus a few surprises that Jason had arranged. The biggest, and the one that made Cam unable to speak for ten whole minutes, was the Chuggin Charlie shaped bed that he would now sleep in. Elizabeth had actually cried when she saw it. He wanted to get something for her but at the moment he had no idea what.

Hearing footsteps he moved into the front room in time to see Elizabeth at the bottom of the stairs. "Where is Cam?"

"Really? Jason he may never leave his room again." In addition to the bed there was a train table with tracks and every Chuggin Charlie train the guys could find. Bins under the structure made sure the little boy wouldn't leave a messy room. "Thank you for getting those things for him. I save up and get him one train every month, but they're really expensive."

"I know this is hard for him and I just wanted to make it easier." Jason had been as excited to show the toys to Cam as the little boy was to see them.

"He's definitely not thinking about Lucky or the fact that he isn't staying at Gram's. Most likely in a day or two he will start asking questions and hopefully I will have some answers." She knew he wouldn't understand a lot of what she was saying but she wanted this to be as easy for him as possible.

"I'm sure that you'll do great. You're really good with him." Over the last year he'd occasionally run into them together and Cam was always smiling. Jason was always amazed at how patient Elizabeth was with her son. He saw them together and wanted to be a part of that unit.

"Thanks." Looking up she found herself snared in his gaze. He had the most amazing eyes, and when he let her look at him and see inside it always left her humbled.

"You're welcome." Wanting to touch her he pushed a stray strand of hair from her face. Leaning down his lips were just about to touch hers when Cam ran from his room. Jason jerked back putting space between the two adults. "I'll get dinner." He said going into the kitchen.

"Sonny." Carly yelled as she came through the front door of Greystone. Michael and Morgan were already heading up to their rooms to drop off their things. It was Sonny's weekend with the boys. "Sonny, where are you!?" Carly yelled again.

"Don't yell in the house." Sonny said coming out of his office. He'd been on the phone when his ex wife arrived. "Come into the office. I need to talk with you." He'd given this a lot of thought. They could just wait for Carly to find out about the changes in Jason's life and watch her explode. Or he could tell her and try to contain the explosion. His friend had stood in front of many women for Sonny. Now it was his turn to try to protect Jason.

"What?" Carly said looking around at the furnishings. Kate Howard, Sonny's current girlfriend had decorated the place. Carly thought it looked tacky.

"Sit down." Sonny closed the door. Leticia would keep an eye on the boys. "Some things have happened and I figured I would tell you. Then I'm going to try to keep you from doing something stupid."

"I haven't done anything stupid in months. I told you I was trying to do better." Michael had purchased a gun to shot Kate after listening to Carly rant about the woman. It had been an eye opener to say the least.

"We'll see." Sonny muttered. He sat in the chair opposite the one Carly was in. "Lucky Spencer beat up Elizabeth Webber this morning."

"What?" Carly couldn't stand Elizabeth, but she wouldn't wish that on her. "Are you sure it was Lucky. He seems to love her, though why I don't know."

"It was Lucky. Jason is helping her and her son out." Sonny waited for the explosion.

"Wow that was fast." Carly said rolling her eyes. "Did she even leave the hospital before she ran to Jason? If she thinks I'm going to sit back and just let her worm her way back into Jason's life just to leave him again she is mistaken." Carly was already getting up to go find the muffin and set her straight.

"Sit down Carly." Sonny told his ex giving him a long look she did. "You have got to stop this."

"Stop what?" Carly asked not knowing what he was talking about.

"The 'I know what's best for Jason' thing you do. He's a grown man one who is capable of making his own choices. It's clear that he had chosen to help Elizabeth." Sonny would go with trying to reason with Carly. If that didn't work he'd go to plan B.

"We both know it won't end with him helping her out. Jason has always had a thing for that goody goody." Carly threw out she wasn't going to be talked out of going to see Jason.

"Why do you care? You have a husband and kids, and Jason is supposed to not have a life. Listen to yourself Carly." Sonny pointed out.

"She isn't good enough for him." Carly went to her old fall back position.

"He seems to think so. He already made it clear to me that he will not tolerate any interference." Jason had finally decided that everyone could go to hell he was going to be with the woman he loved. Sonny had to respect that. "You can either try to be an adult and be civil to Elizabeth or you can lose Jason."

"Jason won't turn his back on me." He'd forgiven her too many times to walk away now.

"Think that if you want, but this time you are wrong." Sonny got up to get a glass of club soda, still he saw the look of doubt that crossed Carly's face. She knew that things were always different when Elizabeth was involved. That was why she was so afraid. "Look at it this way. Would you rather have Jason with Sam or Elizabeth?" Plan B, make Carly think this was somehow her idea.

Carly took the beverage Sonny offered and really gave the situation some thought. Jason kept coming back to Elizabeth. No matter how far apart they drifted they always came back to one another. Carly hated Elizabeth always had. Still she had never asked Jason to choose between them. Sam had. Sam wanted Carly out of Jason's life all together. Elizabeth just wanted boundaries. Since Jax did too it wasn't like it she was doing it for the muffin.

To be honest she didn't even really know Elizabeth. Maybe if she gave her a chance she would prove to not be so bad. It wasn't like Carly had a lot of friends. She could give muffin a try but if she hurt Jason again all bets were off. She was handling this maturity thing quite well Carly thought to herself.

Sonny almost laughed out loud when he realized that it was actually working. Carly was talking herself into not going off half cocked. He was impressed. She was still going to right from here to the penthouse but at least she wouldn't be surprised when Jason laid down the law. Carly got up. "You and Jax have a good weekend."

"We intend to." It would start right after she swung by the Towers.

Carly walked off the elevator and without knocking walked into penthouse four. Spinelli was on the couch with is computer on his lap. "Where is Jason?" She asked.

"Valkeyrie. Greetings. Stone Cold is with the Maternal One and the Adorable Tot." Spinelli said smiling at Carly.

Having been around the hacker for some time now she got most of his weird language. The maternal one and the adorable tot had to be Elizabeth and her son, what was his name, Charlie? "And they are?"

"Across the hall." Spinelli said turning back to whatever he was doing. "Stone Cold is helping them get settled into their new abode."

"They live across the hall." Sonny had failed to mention that. Shaking her head Carly marched across the hall and turned the knob only to find it locked. Rooting through her purse she produced a key which failed to work. The locks had been changed. She'd have to find someone to give her a key. Banging on the door she crossed her arms over her chest and waited.

Jason already knew who was on the other side. Sonny had called to tell him that he sat Carly down and told her what was going on. The guards downstairs had alerted him when she walked through the door. Today was the last day she would be allowed upstairs without calling first. Jason had been serious when he decided that Elizabeth and Cam would come first. Aside from Sam this would be the biggest test.

He waited until Elizabeth took Cameron upstairs before opening the door. Stepping forward he pushed Carly back making it clear she was not getting in the penthouse. "Yes?" He said like he had no idea why she was here.

"I came to see Elizabeth." Carly said stepping to the side.

"Do you really think you're going to get around me Carly?" Jason said looking down at her. He really should have put Carly in her place years ago.

"If she can't handle a simple conversation with me how is she going to handle the rest of your life?" The second the words were out of her mouth she knew she had made a mistake. Jason's eyes went flat and Carly actually felt a sliver of fear.

"You don't get to decide who is a part of my life and who isn't. I'm going to say this once Carly so listen carefully. There is no her or you. There is only Elizabeth. Hurt her and I will make sure that you regret it." Jason's tone was low and cold. "Now if you want to speak to Elizabeth I will ask her if she wants to see you." Jason turned for the penthouse but before he entered he looked back. "From now on call before you come up and knock when you get here. On both doors."

Five minutes later Elizabeth stepped into the hall. Jason was standing in the doorway. Carly winced when she saw the other woman's face. Lucky was quite a bit bigger than his wife. She was fortunate that he hadn't done more damage. "I'm sorry you were hurt." Carly could do this.

"Thank you. Would you like to come in?" Elizabeth offered. She didn't like Carly but for Jason she would make an effort.

"No thank you. I just stopped by to see if you and your son…?" What the heck was his name? "needed anything?" That wasn't why she had come but it would work.

"Thank you, we are fine. Jason has been really good to us." Elizabeth thought this was the oddest conversation she'd ever had. "Jason would you excuse us?" When he went inside Elizabeth turned to the other woman. "Get it off your chest. This will stay between us." Carly was probably ready to explode.

"I don't like you." Carly said bluntly.

"I don't like you either. Although to be honest, I don't really know you. Except for the screaming in my face Carly." Elizabeth responded it had been some time since their last confrontation.

"I'm willing to try." Carly offered as an olive branch. "But I don't promise to always get it right." Elizabeth was clearly the better choice. She'd never gotten knocked up by Sonny.

"I can try as well." Elizabeth was willing to meet her halfway. "And trust me if you get out of line I am more than capable of correcting you."

Carly remembered that Elizabeth packed more of a punch than most people would think. "Truce." She extended her hand.

"Truce." Elizabeth shook it.

"Maybe your son might like to meet my boys. He and Morgan are the same age." Carly offered, like her the boys didn't have a lot of friends. Only in their case it was because of their last name.

"I think that can be arranged." Elizabeth agreed they made very uncomfortable small talk before Carly got back on the elevator. Elizabeth was still grinning when she walked back into the penthouse Jason was never going to believe this.

In the garage Carly was walking to her car when Emily spotted her. "Carly, come to make trouble?"

"No. princess I didn't. I've decided to play nice. For now." Carly didn't like Emily either.

"Good, because I'd hate to have to hurt you." Emily wasn't afraid of her former sister in law.

"I'd like to see you try." Carly never backed down from a fight. However hitting Jason's sister would most likely have the same results as hitting Elizabeth. Carly could be reckless but she wasn't stupid. "Did you want something?"

Emily looked at the older woman and realized that Carly could actually be useful for a change. She would sic her on Sam. "Did you know that Sam spent the night of the blackout screwing Ric on the floor of Alexis's house?"

Carly's mouth fell open. Granted she didn't have a lot of room to talk, she'd bedded her stepfather to get revenge against her mother. Of course Bobbie hadn't been dying of cancer at the time. "Wow, where did you hear that?"

"From Jason, he saw them. He was going to go tell Sam he wanted to try again and that was the sight that greeted him." Emily watched as Carly's temper rose.

"Sam came to see me today. She wanted me to talk to Jason for her. Tell him that they belonged together. That bitch was going to use me knowing she fucked Ric last night. She isn't getting anywhere near Jason." Carly congratulated herself on making the right choice. Sam would learn what happened when you tried to play Carly Corinthos Jacks. "I will handle her." The blonde said before walking to her car.

Emily just whistled as she headed up to the penthouse level. She wanted to check on everyone before going home.

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