A LOST SHIP

Chapter 3

Author's Note: Sorry everyone that had read Chapter 2 previously I just found a little more spite I needed to channel into that dialogue so yes, I deleted the original and reposted. This chapter is a continuation of this rollercoaster of a NYE. Please post your reviews and as previously stated this is NOT a JASAM story. I'm a huge fan of Drew and my girl Sam has been needing a bit of an eye-opener for a while.

As Sam turned she couldn't help the tears that were cascading so freely from her eyes. Just when she thought that time had been resolved and they made peace with it she gets slapped with the real story and she can no longer let it go.

"Jason, when you came to me about your theory of Danny being alive you never told me she kept the truth. She watched me grieve a second child and all she cared about was that she saw this was another way to punish me for what had happened with Jake. I asked you how you came to figure this out and you glossed right over that bit of information that might actually dip that halo of hers. Now her little impromptu visit to the Lake house makes so much sense and how after all the strife she suddenly tells me that you will always belong to me, divorce or not. She didn't have a revelation she was pissed she outed herself and you let her slide."

Sam shakes her head in and twists her jaw looking to the night sky for some sign that this twilight zone episode that is her life will end.

"For god sakes Jason I jumped out of an exploding building to try and save that little boy because I was drowning in the guilt of what I had done to you, to her and especially that little boy. God I should have known that night after with the Russians when she couldn't muster an ounce of gratitude for bringing Jake back."

Sam threw her fists into his chest with a fury "you knew that woman was willing to keep my son, our son for that matter from us and let her hold him after that maniac Heather Webber tried to jump off that roof – what the hell were you thinking? Did she even pretend to be ashamed for what she had done? Don't even both answering that because I can tell by the look on your face I already know. Did it ever occur to you to confront her? Oh no because St Elizabeth can't be held to the same standards as us common peasants. When I froze in that park with Maureen and hired those thugs to scare Liz I was at my very lowest point and you couldn't see my pain or anguish oh no in fact you broke into my apartment and threatened me if I came near Liz and the kids or if anything happened to them. Then the tables are turned and that very same woman willingly stays quiet as another woman raises our son, which in turn put his very life into the hands of that psycho Heather and you have the audacity to let her hold Danny while he was being examined."

Jason scrambled to try and recover in this moment he would be better if the ship had crashed into an iceberg and started taking on water, hell he was actually considering jumping overboard as to not deal with this train wreck. Sam had always been his greatest defender and not only was she not defending him she was scolding him for his past and he was out numbered with Drew's keen knowledge of all of the dirty details.

"Sam, if I could explain that time to you I would, but I can't change what has already happened and the only thing I can do now is move forward and I thought before I was shot we had agreed to not look back. I never meant to leave you and Danny that night and I know that what we shared that kind of love doesn't go away and you can't deny we both felt that tonight. Now Drew can sit here and throw every bad choice I've ever made and remind you of all the ways I've hurt you, but it doesn't change the fact that we love one another and everything we've had thrown at us has made us stronger. HE will never love you or match the kind of connection we share with one another and if tonight didn't do anything else I think it opened both of our eyes to what is truly meant to be and that is US."

Sam stared into Jason's eyes and felt all of his words cascading over her and he too spoke the truth, but the love part was never the problem with them it was life and all of the people that surrounded them that seemed to present them with the most challenges.

Sam couldn't breath and she certainly couldn't process all of this she felt just as this ship adrift in the harbor of her emotions. She ran into the cabin and gripped the bottle to her chest. She looked around replaying what had happened with her and Jason just hours prior in this room and was sickened at how she was transported into this fantasy world. She looked at the dominoes and picked one up and held it to her head it was all a game right now and she was the pawn.

Drew watched as Sam ran inside, but he knew she needed some time alone and he was willing to give that to her. Jason on the other hand was quickly trying to follow her inside, but not before Drew caught his arm firmly. "Don't, right now we've both put too much on her and we both need to give her the space to try and sort all of this out. I didn't bring up your romantic downfalls to gain an upper hand I did it to snap her out of this delusion you were painting. Jason do you even grasp what she has been through or even asked her what the past 5 years have been like for her or Danny for that matter?"

Jason jerked his arm away from Drew and was instantly offended this imposter would try and tell him who Sam was and what she was feeling. He still felt a deep connection to Sam and as he said this brother of his couldn't hold a flame to their love.

"Oh, so now you want to try and spin this little trip down memory lane on helping Sam? You sat here and decided to rehash a history you weren't any part of just to remind Sam of the hurt she's already been through as some twisted tough love crap. I've got news for you, brother, Sam may not have intended to be here tonight with me, but that was the hand we were dealt and until you decided to make an appearance you were the farthest thing from her mind. So go ahead and do your best to point out the mistakes I've made, but it's still doesn't change the fact that on the night I was shot Sam was with me and Danny in OUR bed. Tonight, on this ship she could have been again and that's what really gets under your skin."

To be continued?