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Chapter 13

For once everything went right according to schedule. The shipment came in on time, it was processed and everything stored in record time. Jason took the quiet time to go over the next week's shipment schedule as well as tackling some of the invoices that had piled up. After everything was done he looked at the clock on the wall in his office and grinned. They weren't expected at Sonny's for at least an hour. He was going to go home and see what his girl was up to.

Stepping off the elevator he found his two guards tapping their feet to the loud music coming from penthouse two. Giving them both a nod he knocked on the door. When Elizabeth didn't answer he knocked again with the same result. After a brief internal struggle he simply used his key and let himself in.

She was in the living room dancing to driving bass beat. Instantly his mind went back to last night when she'd given him that very private dance. Today she was fully clothed but the effect was still the same. Watching her swing her hips was making him hot. He wondered if she had any idea of just how sexy she was.

He was grinning when she looked up at spotted him. With a shy smile of her own she walked over and turned off the music. "Hi, I wasn't expecting you."

"There was no need to stop on my account." He watched as she blushed slightly. "I like watching you dance."

"I bet you do." She said trying to be bold. "Everything went okay?"

"Yeah, since I finished up early I thought I'd see what you and Cam were up to?" Looking around he didn't see the little boy.

"You just missed him he's having a morning nap. He's excited about meeting Morgan." Elizabeth wasn't sure how this whole her son and Carly's son friendship was going to work out but she was willing to try. Hopefully Morgan was nothing like his older brother.

"Morgan is a great kid. He isn't showing any of the troubling behaviors that Michael is." Jason knew what her big worry was. Actually he thought having Cam and Elizabeth in his life would be good for Morgan. The little boy often was overshadowed by his troublesome older brother. Morgan needed to start having friends of his own.

"That's good. Hopefully Carly and I can behave too." Elizabeth said wondering how long this truce was going to last.

"How long are you gonna stand over there before you come over here and greet me properly?" Jason teased her giving her a sinful grin. The entire room was still between them.

"Greet you properly?" She asked pretending not to know what he was getting at.

"I did just come home from the office." He slipped his jacket off throwing it across a chair. Crossing his arms across his chest he waited noting how her eyes went to his biceps.

"You worked for maybe three hours." Elizabeth said trying not to stare at the way his shirt stretched across his arms. She loved his body, but his biceps were her favorite. She loved how safe she felt when his strong arms were wrapped around her holding her close.

"Come here Elizabeth." His voice was soft but the command was clear.

Chewing on her bottom lip she shook her head no.

Jason arched an eyebrow at her trying to suppress a grin. He liked it when she was feisty. "No?"

"No." She said looking directly into his eyes.

"You don't want me to have to come over there." He mock warned giving her a glare.

She snorted at him. "You don't scare me." But he did make her knees weak.

"Is that right?" He had to smile, playing with Elizabeth was fun.

She imitated his stance and crossed her arms across her chest giving him her best glare. "That's right." She didn't take her eyes off him, but she still wasn't fast enough. One second he was across the room and the next she was being held high against his chest. "You're really fast!" She exclaimed in surprise.

"Not always." He said thinking about this morning.

She blushed bright and dropped her head to this shoulder. This morning had been epic. Looking up again she brought her lips to his for a soft kiss. "Welcome home."

He put her on her feet, leaning down to give her a deeper kiss. When he let her go he watched as she shivered and hugged herself. "Hey." He said softly. "Did I scare you?"

"No. I just had no idea that you could move that quickly." She wasn't scared of him, but she did understand that she just got a peek at one of the reasons Jason was so deadly. She was guessing that not many people got away from him.

She was doing so well, that it was easy to forget that two days ago her ex-husband had assaulted her. The cast was a reminder but honestly when they teased one another he didn't see it. He got so caught up in playing he forgot everything else but what they were doing at that moment. "Come here." He said softly, this time it was a request.

She moved into his arms. "I'm fine Jason, really." She looked up at him and smiled trying to soothe him. "I do need to get showered and changed. Can you keep an ear out for Cam?"

"I can do that. Does he need to get changed when he wakes up?" Jason wanted Elizabeth to be able to take her time.

"His clothes are on the dresser. I've never been to Sonny's so if the clothes I picked are too fussy, you can swap them out." She was planning on wearing a sleeveless sundress that covered her entire back.

"I'm sure what you picked is fine." Jason leaned in and gave her a soft kiss. "We'll be fine. Go on."

"I'll go make myself pretty for you." She said feeling lighter as she shook off her mood.

"That won't take anytime at all since I already think you're the most beautiful woman in the world." He told her smiling.

Her heart just rolled over. Jason was not one for overly sappy compliments. He tended to be plain spoken and she was okay with that. However when he did give compliments they were outstanding. She giggled as she turned to the stairs. Looking over her shoulder she grinned and ran upstairs.

Sonny himself opened the door when they arrived. He smiled wide when Elizabeth handed him a plate piled high with her brownies, going so far as to ask what she'd brought for everyone else.

The food was set up in the front parlor buffet style and everyone was sitting around either inside or out on the patio that the French style doors opened onto. Elizabeth was astounded at the amount of food, mostly because she knew that Sonny had cooked almost all of it. "He always makes enough food to feed an army."

Jason turned and made sure to keep Elizabeth close. "I thought you were gone for the weekend?"

"You don't need to stand guard Jason." Carly said giving her best friend a look. "I'm not going to attack her. And there was a problem at the hotel so we had to come back last night."

"Hi Carly." Elizabeth greeted the blonde stepping away from Jason. If the two women were going to be civil to one another it may as well start right now. "Would you like to introduce the boys to one another?"

"Might as well." Carly looked Elizabeth over and had to admit the other woman looked good. "Did you get that at the MetroCourt boutique?" The blue A line dress showed off her tiny waist.

"Yeah, last year it was seventy-five percent off because it was November and since it was my birthday I splurged." Elizabeth was only slightly self-conscious knowing the other woman didn't need to wait for a sale to buy things.

"You look really good in it. I'll let the manager know that you're a friend of mine and he'll make sure that you get a discount on anything you buy." There she'd done her good deed for Elizabeth, and maybe now Jason would back off a little.

"Thank you Carly, that's very nice of you." Not that Elizabeth would be shopping there all that often. Even with the discount the dress had been expensive.

"No problem. Morgan, come here." Carly called out to her youngest son who came running. "This is your Aunt Liz she has a little boy your age."

Elizabeth, Jason and Sonny all looked shocked at how Carly chose to handle the introductions. Choosing not to address it Elizabeth called Cam over. Carly took over as soon he came over. "Hi Cameron, I'm your Aunt Carly and this is your cousin Morgan."

"Do you wike Chuggin Charwie?" Cam asked the other little boy getting right to what was most important.

Morgan smiled and nodded. He was a pretty quiet kid.

"Do you want to come to my house and pway with my trains?" Cam asked.

"Okay." Morgan didn't get to go over other people's houses that often.

Cam looked up at his mother. "Morgan's my new friend. He's coming over to pway."

"That's fine." The adults would work out the timing. Elizabeth was just happy to see that the two boys were getting along so far.

"Morgan, why don't you take Cam to the playroom and show him your trucks." Sonny suggested also happy the kids were getting along. Without waiting for an answer the two new best friends ran off.

"Where is Michael?" Jason asked not wanting Cam to have to deal with his nephew's worsening attitude.

"His room. He let his mouth get away from him this morning." Sonny didn't hit his kids but he did punish them when they got out of line. If Carly had done the same Michael might not have become such a problem. Instead she let him walk around thinking that just because Sonny Corinthos was his father he could do whatever he wanted. Her encouragement of that attitude and her attitude towards people she didn't like was the primary reason why Michael was so out of control.

"He's not doing any better?" Jason had hoped that the improvement in Carly's behavior would rub off on her eldest son.

"No, actually he's getting worse. He got into a fight at school on Friday." Sonny, Carly and Jax were planning on sitting down later and figuring out what to do next. Jax had suggested military school and Sonny was now considering it.

"Did he say why?" Jason had also accepted his part in how Michael was turning out. He did his best to make sure he never discussed business around either one of the boys. But Michael wasn't stupid he knew what his dad and uncle did.

"He said the other boy bumped into him in the hall and didn't apologize fast enough." Sonny shook his head. "I've already told Carly that Michael is not to be around Cameron, and Morgan is going to stay here for the time being." The two men looked over to where Carly, Elizabeth and Kate were all talking. Since Elizabeth didn't really know Kate well, and Carly and Kate didn't get along at all they could only imagine how awkward it was going.

Sonny walked over to the trio. "Ladies, Elizabeth may I speak to you for a moment?" He asked, when she agreed they went to one of the tables outside. Sonny made sure to stay where Jason could see them so that Elizabeth didn't feel uncomfortable. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Elizabeth hadn't known what the older man was going to say but she didn't expect that.

"For how I behaved in the past. I don't know if Jason told you but I've been diagnosed as bi-polar. I'm not using that as an excuse, because I'm pretty selfish I can admit that. But going to therapy and taking my medication has helped me see just how self-absorbed I was and how many people I hurt. You were one of them." Sonny didn't apologize to many people and he was sweating this one out.

"Thank you Sonny. That's in the past and I think it's best if we just all moved on. I'm glad that you are getting help and feeling better. It must be a relief." Elizabeth gave him a smile.

"It is. I don't feel so out of control all the time. I still have a temper." Sonny admitted grinning. "But I can keep from acting on it."

"Of course you still have a temper you are a hot-blooded Latin male." Elizabeth teased the mob boss and laughed when he blushed.

"Jason's gonna beat me up if you keep talking like that." Sonny said laughing. "I'm glad you two are back together."

"Me too." She told him honestly.

"Okay, enough sappy stuff. Go eat, your too thin." Sonny walked her back to Jason just as Johnny and Francis arrived.

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