Hello again readers! I know, it's been a very long time since I last updated and that's on me. Life has gotten a bit hectic what with college and work and homework and all that lovely stuff. Thank you to those who have reviewed and encouraged, I appreciate it. So much has happened in the show since I last updated, so I tried to cover as much as I possibly could. Now just a warning, I added a twist here that some readers may not be a fan of, I get it. I tried to incorporate my changed opinions of some of the characters as seamlessly as possible without interrupting the general flow of the work. Now, lovely readers I do hope you'll forgive me and I know I've said it before, but I plan on updating soon. i already have the next chapter started. I've found my muse again and I can't wait to write even more. Just a final note: REVIEWS will prompt faster response, anything will do. Please, be honest. Don't hold back. I appreciate all of your feedback.

Love Jess

Just for context, it is past Halloween and everyone now knows that Valerie and Dante slept together, but not for the reasons broadcast in the show, but in a different way that I'll get to explaining.

"So here's all of Rocco's things, and I'll be by to pick him up in two days at about noon, does that work?" Lulu asked coldly, eying her soon to be ex with barely concealed hostility.

Dante's eyes were pained. "Yes, but Lulu can we talk? I love you, the fling with Valerie didn't mean anything."

"Is that supposed to help your case? That you would throw away our marriage like yesterday's trash over something that 'didn't mean anything'? Really Dante?"

Dante threw up his hands in exasperation. "What do you want me to say? That I'm sorry? I'm pretty sure I've already said that more times than you can count. I made a mistake, Lulu. I thought that you had thrown our marriage away."

Lulu shook her head. "Yes, I lied, but I didn't have any other choice. You're a cop, Dante. Your instinct would have been to go by the book; that would have cost my brother's lives."

"You don't know that. You don't, didn't trust me."

"You're right, I don't trust you anymore. Oh, and I almost forgot. These are for you." Lulu pulled out the divorce papers that she had had Alexis draw up.

"Lulu, please, you don't want to do this." Dante pleaded, reaching out to touch her only to have her recoil in disgust.

"Don't touch me." She hissed. "You act like you weren't expecting this? It's been weeks since I found out at my Halloween party about your tryst with my whore cousin."

"Is this because of him?" Dante asked, drawing a cold edge to his voice.

"Dillon has nothing to do with this." Lulu spat. "This is for me because of what you did."

"You're with him now aren't you?"

"No, but that's none of your business now is it?" Lulu asked, now I'm going to go before Rocco gets back out of the bathroom and wonders why his parents are fighting. Goodbye, Dante."

"Goodbye," Dante croaked as he watched Lulu walk away, her hair flinging behind her.

"Stupid, arrogant, cheating asshole." Lulu seethed as she made her way to her car. When she got into her car she felt her phone buzz.

Without looking at who was calling, she quickly said. "I don't want to hear it, Dante."

"It's me." Dillon's voice was like angel's singing compared to the voice she was originally expecting.

"Dillon," she murmured, relaxing as she started her car.

"Did you get Rocco to Dante's alright? Did something happen?'

"Just Dante begging forgiveness, nothing new."

Lulu was about half way to the Quartermaine mansion when Dillon responded again. "Dammit, can't he just realize that he's not good enough for you and to just let you be with someone who is?"

"And who did you have in mind?" Lulu asked as she parked her car and strode up towards the door.

"Me." Lulu heard his answer not over the phone but from the opened terrace door. Without a word, Dillon strode towards Lulu and pulled her into his arms, bending his lips to hers.

Lulu responded immediately, wrapping her arms around his neck, tangling her fingers in his hair. After a few moments, they pulled apart breathlessly.

"I don't know what that was, but…" Dillon began

"But it's definitely worth exploring." Lulu said before pulling his lips back to hers. Dillon groaned and grasped the skin at her waist.

"Lulu, you have no idea how much I've wanted this." Dillon whispered as he bent his forehead to hers.

"I want you." Lulu murmured. "When we were rescuing my brothers together, it felt almost right."

Dillon smiled. "Nobody's inside. Do you want to take this inside?"

Lulu's mouth quirked up into a smile as she nodded and took his waiting hand as he pulled her inside.

Meanwhile, Ric was getting closer and closer to the truth behind what had happened while he was in witness protection.

"Come on Lansing, think." He urged himself. "There's no hope, this is useless." The sentiment launched him back into a memory.

"There's no hope. This is useless. I can't be Jason Morgan."

The instructor eyed him and looked at Mr. C. (Gideon). Gideon ushered for the instructor to occupy himself for the moment.

"Do you love Elizabeth?"

"Of course I do." Ric responded.

"Do you love your daughter?'

Ric's eyes burned with fury. "How dare you question my love for my daughter?"

Gideon put his hands up. "I'm not questioning anything. You need to remember why you're doing this, Lansing. The Jeromes are still a force in Port Charles. Until they are dealt with, you cannot go back not without some way of protecting yourself and your family."

"I've been in hiding for too damn long!" Ric seethed grabbing a knife on the table and throwing it at the person shaped target they'd been practicing on. The blade pierced just near the center of the target."

Ric panted and looked at Gideon as he chuckled and clapped his hands slowly. "Well done. It seems that all you need is to be reminded of your priorities."

"Now what?" Ric asked gruffly.

"I don't think you need to know everything that Jason learned as that would take much longer, but it seems you know enough to be useful."

"Excellent, so I can go home?"

"Not yet, Lansing. Remember, the witness protection program is currently working on keeping your existence a secret. If you go back not only will there be legal consequences but also other complications. We need to do this by the book."

"Alright, let me know." Ric said as he walked toward the exit.

When he walked outside to get a breath of fresh air he felt his arms being pulled behind him and suddenly the strong scent of chloroform permeated throughout his airways and he wasn't able to defend himself from being kidnapped.

"That's all I remember?" Ric asked himself, tossing his hands through his hair. "Because after that I was found, so there's nothing else. Mr. C. looks a bit familiar, though."

"How so?" Sonny asked from his out of the way spot near the fireplace where he had been watching Ric wrack his brains for answers.

"I've seen him somewhere else, I know I have, but I can't place it."

"Let me call Jason." Sonny said as he pulled out his phone. "Jason, its Sonny. Ric has basically reached the end of his memory line from his missing time. He says he recognizes the man who trained him from somewhere. We've already established that it's probably Cassadine. Any theories? That's alright, get back to me."

"What did Jason have to say?" Ric asked.

"He said that that means that this Mr. C. might be in town, perhaps under a different name, different look. We're keeping an eye out."

Ric sighed. "I don't know what to say, Sonny. I'm sorry for everything."

Sonny eyed his skeptically. "Sorry for trying to protect your family?"

"Sorry for what I did with the training I received."

"From what I understand, you weren't in your right mind. However, there are a few other things that you should be sorry for."

"Like?"

"Like how you hired a woman to pretend to be my best friend's wife when he was memory impaired."

Ric groaned. "Haven't we been over this? I loved Elizabeth, a part of me still does, but I've moved on. I did what I thought was necessary to keep her with me. Looking back on it, there were way too many loose ends involved and I should have gotten her heart honestly."

"But you didn't."

"No, but at the same time, I felt like Elizabeth was lying a bit on her end."

"Well of course, she was in love with Jason, even when everyone including her thought she was Jake."

"See, that's where I'm a bit tripped up, when it came to light that Jake was really Jason, she accepted it as fact."

"We all kind of did, even before we got the DNA test that would have put any claims other wise to rest."

"Yes, but she seemed almost relieved and like she was acting surprised."

"Well relief is understandable. She loved Jason. We all do. Finding out that he is alive would warrant a reaction like that."

"But, she seemed a bit off."

"What are you saying?" Sonny asked, his brow furrowed."

"Do you think maybe Elizabeth knew that Jake was really Jason?"

"If that were the case why would she stay with you when she knew he wasn't married to Hayden and was actually married to Sam? Even though he didn't know it yet."

"Exactly, he didn't know."

"If Elizabeth had known that Jake was Jason then her finding out that he wasn't married to Hayden would have been redundant as she would already be aware that he was actually married to someone else."

"Perhaps, but what if she was waiting for the truth to come out and then because he wouldn't really remember Sam, she would end up with him?"

"Jason loves Elizabeth, Ric. And she loves him."

"It's just I walked in on her in discussion over the phone with someone discussing how their plan was almost complete and she would finally have her happy ending."

"That is a bit concerning." Sonny mused. "Have you told anyone else?'

"No," Ric shook his head. "I haven't."

"Don't. Not yet, anyway. I want to look into this. I'm still a bit skeptical but you present a good case. Just don't say anything yet, I don't want it to muddy the investigation."

"I won't." Ric promised as Sonny left the apartment.

"Elizabeth, can we talk?" Robin asked as she walked up to the nurse's station.

Elizabeth looked up. "Yeah, what about?"

"I'm a bit concerned. Can you come with me to my office?"

"Oh no, did I do something wrong? I feel like I'm being summoned to the principal's office."

"No, no, nothing like that," Robin said, closing the door behind them as she gestured for Elizabeth to take a seat. "You've seemed off lately. Is something going on?"

Elizabeth panicked for just a moment. Did Robin hear something or see something that she shouldn't have. Elizabeth kept her expression serene. "No, nothing at all. What gives you that idea?"

"It's just that you've been making some strange phone calls that are always mysterious and hushed."

"Have you been spying on me?" Elizabeth said in a deceivingly playful tone.

"No," Robin shook her head. "Forget I said anything."

"Alright." Elizabeth agreed reluctantly. "Have I told you how much I missed you?"

Robin grinned and embraced Elizabeth. "I've missed you, too."

"Well, I'm going to get back, see you later?"

Robin nodded and leaned back in her chair as she took a deep breath. "Elizabeth, there's something going on, and I don't like it. If it affects Jason, you'll have me to answer to."

Elizabeth hurried back to the nurse's station where she clocked out and made her way to the locker room to change into street clothes.

As she was walking towards her car, she felt a hand reach out and grab her. She reacted defensively only to find her co-conspirator falling from the blow to the groin.

"Oh, Gideon, I'm so sorry."

Gideon blew a gust of air out and took a deep breath as he stood back up, running his hands through his hair as his misty grey eyes eyed her speculatively.

"Impressive, Elizabeth. Has Jason been teaching you?"

Elizabeth flinched. "Don't bring him up."

"Why? He's the whole reason behind all of this."

"What do you want?"

"Well, I'd like to thank you."

"For?"

"Introducing me to Sam."

"I didn't…"

"No, but the situation that you and I have concocted had this involved, and I must say she is exquisite."

"Agree to disagree." Elizabeth muttered. "She's a manipulative, slimy, conniving bitch."

Gideon strode towards her quickly seething. "You will not insult her, do you hear me? Just because the relationship started off dishonestly, I've fallen for her."

"That's good. I've seen she's fallen for you, too. Jason loves me. Nothing will change that."

Gideon chuckled. "Oh, but it could. If he found out that you knew that he was Jason before he remembered. Poor Ric, you had him fooled. Too bad you found about Jason after you agreed to give him another chance."

"I didn't want to hurt him. I wanted to be with Jason. You wouldn't let me."

"Because it wouldn't have worked, Elizabeth. Ric would have been skeptical and he would have looked into it and he may have uncovered the truth. That would have been very counterproductive. However, Jason remembering wasn't in the plan, but it turns out it was for the best."

"Yes, I have him and you have Sam. Everything worked out for everyone."

"Yes, but Elizabeth, what if Jason decides that he does love Sam or Sam loves Jason more than me?"

"He wouldn't do that to me," Elizabeth shook her head. "He loves me."

"But what if he found out?"

"How would he find out?" Elizabeth asked, exasperated. "Are you going to tell him? That would only tear you and Sam apart."

"Ric, Elizabeth, Ric. I may not have been publically there, but I was there when the whole thing went down. I was getting a room under an alias and had a disguise. You seemed surprised to the untrained eye, but if someone were actually paying attention they would see that you weren't surprised, you knew who he was, and you were acting the part to keep a cover."

"Ric doesn't remember anything."

Gideon stopped short. Elizabeth didn't know about his involvement with Jake. Hell, Elizabeth didn't even know that Gideon was Helena's grandson. The only thing she knew was that Gideon had worked as a physician for Helena when Jason was first abducted from Sonny's doorstep. That was the most believable story. She couldn't know that he was behind Ric's training or that he was the one that Jake referred to as 'James'.

"For now, but he's been trying to remember his time in witness protection. I don't know who was behind it as I wasn't working for Helena yet, but if he digs deep enough he might uncover something unfortunate."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Nothing. I'm just warning you."

Elizabeth shook her head. "Goodnight, Dr. Tate."

"Goodnight, Elizabeth." He murmured as he made his way to the dark sedan.

Both of them were completely unaware that Sonny who had been lurking in the shadows, following Elizabeth. He had a wire on for surveillance purposes and he shook his head as he ducked behind a nearby car as both cars exited the parking garage.

"Elizabeth, what the hell are you doing and what does the good Dr. Tate have to do with it?" Sonny mused to himself.

Meanwhile, Gideon was just arriving home to find Sam lounging against the door.

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" Gideon asked with an easy smile as he pulled the brunette forward by her belt loops and pressed a passionate kiss against her lips.

Sam got lost in the kiss as she tangled her fingers in his wavy black hair. "Monica's watching Danny and I thought I would take this time to spend time with you."

"Well, I'm not complaining." Gideon whispered huskily as he reached behind her to unlock the door.

As soon as the two were in the apartment, Gideon had her pressed against the door as his hands explored the contours of her clothed body.

Brazen, she pulled Gideon by his tie toward the couch and shoved him into the cushions as she proceeded to strip for him. She shrugged off her jacket and through it to the side and began working on the buttons of her blouse, excruciatingly slowly. She watched as Gideon's eyes became more and more dilated as their grey hue darkened to near black. When she removed her tight jeans and stood before him in lacy lingerie, she had to push him back as he had reached forward to take control.

"You like?" she asked, with a quirked eyebrow as she straddle his waist, grinding lightly against the bulge in his black jeans.

Gideon groaned as he reached behind her to unclasp the bra. "You have no idea." He whispered as his eyes raked over he freed breasts.

"You're a bit overdressed, Dr. Tate." She whispered, her teeth grazing his earlobe. Gideon growled and pinned her against the couch, ripping off his shirt as he did so, the buttons scattering with a soft clatter.

"Is that so?" he asked as he watched her eyes admire his toned abdomen. He got up then and briskly shimmied his pants down to his ankles where he kicked them to the side, leaving his erection barely sheathed.

"Please, let me." Sam whispered pulling down his boxers watching his member spring free.

Before Gideon could say anything, she closed her lips around him, and nipped and sucked her way back until he felt her nose press into his dark pubic hair.

"Sam, yes, thank you." He whispered reverently as he involuntarily thrust into her mouth. Within a few moments, his breathing became even faster and in a rush, he came gloriously. She quickly swallowed every last drop, and licked her lips.

"Thank you, Sam." He whispered as he removed her panties. "Now you?"

Sam shook her head and giggled at Gideon's confused expression. "I just want you inside me."

"Your wish is my command." He murmured as he buried himself inside her, relishing in the cry of ecstasy that escaped Sam's lips.

"Yes, Gideon, yes." She cried matching him thrust for thrust as his hair usually combed back started to fall into his face.

Without warning, he picked her up and pressed her against the wall, thrusting into her harder, faster.

"Gideon, please, yes, god yes." She cried as she came gloriously around him. Gideon came shortly after with a climax of his own and with his remaining energy carried her back to the sofa.

"That was amazing." Gideon whispered, brushing the hair out of her eyes.

"You're telling me." Sam whispered. "I love you, Gideon."

Gideon's heart skipped a beat. It was the first time she had said that to him.

"I love you, too, Sam." He whispered and pulled her in for a passionate kiss that had his cock snapping back to attention.

"Already?" Sam asked, impressed.

"It's what you do to me." Gideon whispered.

"Do what you like."

Gideon raised an eyebrow and decided to experiment. He pulled into his arms and towards the pool table.

"I'm going to take you from behind."

Sam moaned in anticipation.

Gideon gently pushed her into the position he needed her and without warning, plunged into her once more.

Sam gasped at his fullness and gripped the edge of the table as he thrusted into her again and again. Suddenly, he stopped. She moaned in protest.

"I need to look at you." Gideon explained, pulling out only to lift her onto the pool table and plunge into her once more. He stared into her eyes. "I love you so much, Sam."

"And I you," She murmured and lifted her leg so that it rested against his shoulder.

"Beautiful and flexible." Gideon murmured and thrust into her even deeper, causing her to cry out even louder as he brought her closer and closer to the edge.

In a glorious moment, they both reached their climax and slumped to the ground.

Meanwhile, Sonny was listening and watching the footage from the nearly undetectable camera that he had attached to himself with the wire. He still couldn't believe that Elizabeth and Gideon had fooled them all, but he would be exposing them soon enough.