A/N – Thanks for the reviews. To Guest reviewer who isn't happy as a Jason fan. I'm a Jason fan too, but honestly, he can be a jerk sometimes. I've wanted to wring his neck a lot on the show; Liz too. He makes mistakes and has to grow up just like anyone else. I don't think it's really that farfetched for him to get pissed because he doesn't get his way or ignore people. Honestly, it's more of a challenge for me to change it up here and there instead of writing some perfect fairy tale. Angsty and painful? Yes. Worth it in the end? Definitely. And to the other Guest who said she shouldn't run away, I agree. She wasn't thinking, she just reacted. And yes, I do have a plan. J

You'll find out more of their motivations this chapter. I really didn't want to give you that upfront because then there wouldn't be any real angst. Thanks for all of the feedback. We might not always see eye to eye but I value all of it. By the way, I mentioned Liz was 22. I picture Jason at 27.

Chapter 5 – We Need to Talk

Liz was pressed against his back and Dante could feel her trembling.

Suddenly, Sonny appeared. "Dante?" he asked.

Dante frowned. "Dad?"

Liz tried to hide her shock.

Sonny hadn't seen his son in five years. "What are you doing here?" he asked as he studied his son's face. He had missed him terribly.

"I found her walking along the road and I gave her a ride and then took her to my apartment."

"Son of a bitch," Jason muttered. He can't stand Dante because Sonny had been so hurt by his rejection.

"I slept on the couch," he said looking over at a very pissed off Jason. "Maybe if you weren't such an asshole, she wouldn't have left in the first place."

Jason rushed him again and Sonny stepped in front of Dante. "Don't even think about it, Jason. He didn't do anything wrong. This is all on you."

Jason stormed back into the house. He is so angry that he could kill Dante.

"I think you should go, but I'd like to talk to you later," Sonny said.

Dante nodded and turned to Liz. "Are you sure you want to stay here?"

She nodded. "I'm sorry, but I have to deal with this."

"You have nothing to apologize for. Call me if you need me." He squeezed her hand and got back into the car. She watched him drive off and then turned to find Sonny right in front of her.

"I don't think I have to tell you that you can never do that again. You're lucky my son found you instead of one of our enemies," he said firmly.

She nodded; her eyes filled with tears. "I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking like that. I just don't know what to do. He hates me," she said trying not to cry.

Sonny held her hand. "I'm sorry. I'll talk to him, but it's not about you. He's just pissed that his choices were taken away."

"I don't know if we can be fixed," Liz said as her bottom lip quivered.

Sonny gave her a little hug. "Don't worry. We'll fix it. I promise."

She nodded and Sonny led her into the house.

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Jason was in the living room sitting on the couch, so Liz sat across from him.

Frankly, he couldn't believe that she had the balls to yell at him and leave like that. Maybe he had underestimated her.

"Aren't you going to apologize?" she asked defiantly.

Jason sat forward and gazed at her incredulously. "Are you kidding me right now?"

Liz stood and gave him a look. "Then we have nothing to talk about."

She turned and started going up the stairs and Jason ran behind her. "Don't walk away from me," he said with his voice so low that she felt her body tremble.

She spun around to face him. "Don't tell me what to do or talk to me in that tone of voice. You are not my father and do not own me. You are just a poor excuse for a husband who throws ridiculous tantrums and has no clue how to treat a woman properly."

Johnny fought back a laugh. He is proud of her.

"Where is the obedient Liz? She was much easier to deal with," Jason said sarcastically.

Liz pushed Jason backward almost causing him to fall down the stairs as the rest of the men held their breath. "She's fucking dead! You killed her and if you weren't such an ass, we wouldn't be having any problems. I'm giving you notice, Morgan. Get your shit together or I'm out of here. This is your last chance even though you don't deserve one."

She spun and ran up the steps leaving a stunned Jason in her wake.

Johnny glanced at Sonny who couldn't hide his smile.

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Jason walked towards them. "What do I do?" he asked as he sat in a chair.

"You date your wife and get to know her," Sonny said.

"You grovel," Francis said loudly, "and stop acting like an asshole."

Jason is exhausted. "Alright, enough. You, dough heads, need to get out of my house, so I can get some sleep." He watched them leave, but before he could get up, Skye Alcazar strode inside.

"Did Liz call her mommy?"

Skye walked over to him and angrily plunged a small knife into the wood of his chair just missing his hand. "If you ever treat my daughter like you did last night, I will make you suffer beyond your wildest dreams. You disgust me. What is your problem anyway?"

Jason studied her for a moment. "I don't even think I know anymore."

Skye sat. "You are purposely trying to hurt her when she did nothing to you."

Jason still ignored her gaze. "I know I screwed up, okay?"

Skye stood. "Well, that's an understatement. Grow up, Morgan, or you're going to lose the best thing that has ever happened to you and you'll only have your immature tantrums to keep you warm at night," she warned right before pulling the knife out of the wood and then heading upstairs. She called out Liz's name and was pulled into a room.

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Liz is surprised to see her. "You didn't have to come over here."

"Yes, I did. I wasn't going to let that bully hurt you any more than he already has."

"Thanks, mom." She appreciates the support and hugs her.

"Can I ask you something?"

Liz pulled back. "Yes."

"Are you falling for him?"

Liz stood and shook her head. "I don't know what I feel anymore. There are times where he's nice and I see a person that I think I could fall in love with and then he does or says something stupid that makes me want to kill him. Underneath all of that there's a connection that I can't explain," she said exasperatedly.

Skye smirked. "How long are you willing to play this game?"

"I don't know. I guess I'm just not ready to give up yet."

"You have a lot of thinking to do, Mija. You call me if you need me." Skye is scared for her daughter. She doesn't want Liz to get her heart broken and that is partly why she was so against the marriage in the first place. Maybe their need to shelter Elizabeth will end up causing her harm. Liz isn't a typical twenty-two-year-old. She is young and naïve in a lot of ways. All of which means that she is at a disadvantage where Jason Morgan is concerned.

Liz hugged her mother again. "Thanks, mom. I love you."

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Liz watched Jason sleep from the doorway for a few minutes and then went downstairs. She made herself some lunch and sat there thinking. No one seemed to be able to reach Jason and she was at her wit's end and didn't know how to handle it. When she was in high school, no one would date her because of who her father was and she even ended up taking one of the younger guards to her prom. Liz had never been in a relationship and now she is married and it's already tanking. She doesn't want to fail. Her family is counting on her and she wants to show her dad that she will do what is necessary to protect them and the business.

A few hours later, she decides that she will make him a hoagie and brought the tray up to his room. Jason is sitting up and curiously watches her place the tray on his lap.

"I thought you might be hungry," she said softly before turning and walking away.

"It's not poisoned is it?" he asked trying to lighten the tension between them.

She turned. "I guess you're about to find out."

Jason tracked her until she disappeared and then took a bite. It is very good, so he practically inhaled it.

He got in the shower and when he came out the tray was gone. After changing, he went back downstairs and when he couldn't find her, he went outside and found her sitting on a bench where she is writing on something, so he moved closer and realizes that she is drawing.

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He was so quiet that she didn't even hear him come up behind her. He stood and watched her draw for fifteen minutes before she realized that he was there.

"Jason," she as she jumped a mile.

He smiled. "I didn't realize that you had so much talent." Usually, he has a problem seeing details like that, but the way she is drawing it, puts some depth into it, so he can distinguish the patterns.

"Thank you," she said surprised by the compliment.

He sat next to her. "I wanted to say that I'm sorry for the way I've been behaving. I will try harder."

"It's only as hard as you make it. I feel like you hate me and that's kind of hard to take."

"I don't hate you. I just hate the situation. I don't like being forced into things. There are a lot of things you don't know. My whole family turned against me after my accident and tried to force me into being someone I didn't want to be. They thought they were helping me and did something awful that hurt me badly." He isn't ready to tell her about everything that happened then. He hates even thinking about it. That time period was very dark for him and he had barely survived it. "Sonny was the only one that didn't try to control me and now I feel like he's doing the same thing as they did." While it wasn't exactly the same because Sonny had been upfront with him and in the end, he could have said no, even though he probably would have lost the partnership. It still felt forced and made him feel how he felt back then.

Elizabeth knows about the car accident. It was one of the few details she had been given before the wedding, but she didn't know what he went through exactly. She hopes that at some point, if they give it go, that he will confide in her. "Is being married to me that horrible?"

Jason stared at her for a moment. "No, but it was never about you. I like you. Do you think that I don't understand how hard this must be for you? You're not supposed to be stuck with someone either. You're beautiful and smart and you deserve someone who is going to appreciate and love you."

"Are you saying that can't be you?"

"I don't know. I've never been in love, at least not that I remember. I've had some girlfriends, but none of them could handle my job so it never ended well. In the last few years, I've chosen to focus on business instead."

"Jason, I'm sorry I ran out like that. I was just angry, but I know that it was stupid. You have to realize that this is all new to me too. I have no reference point and it has been lonely for me being the daughter of a mob boss and unfortunately, the first thing you did was bail on me," she said painfully.

"I didn't give you much of a choice but to run. I don't know where we go from here, but I don't want to keep hurting you."

"Then don't. Can we just start getting to know each other? Look, if after all is said and done it doesn't work out, we'll end it. Deal?"

Jason slightly smiled. "Deal."

A/N Clearly Skye and Jason are not related in this fic.