A/N – Thanks for the comments! Interesting theories! * Guest – Yeah, I wanted to give Danny some time with Jason before it's the every other weekend stuff.
Let me make this clear. Johnny and Jordan might be going on a date because of a plot point, but they are not going to be together. I don't like her. I've also decided, quite ironically, that now playing Johnny O'Brien is model Jason Morgan (google him). Sorry, I'm not into the original actor so I keep changing up my fantasy Johnny lol. Two Jasons….now that would be a great sandwich!
Chapter 57 – Down Time
Jason finished getting changed for the get together at the Floating Rib. He joined everyone downstairs and smiled when he saw his mom and Alexis. "Hey."
Monica gave him a hug and Alexis smiled.
"I left you a list. Our numbers are on there and what snacks and drinks that the boys like. Don't let them talk you into anything crazy. Trust me, they will try," Liz said.
Alexis grinned. "I'm sure we can handle it."
"Bed time is at 8:30 since it's the weekend. Danny will probably fall asleep before that. They were running around a lot today. One book for Jake or you'll be up with him all night. Cam can stay up until 10:00."
Monica smiled. Liz ran a tight ship and she loved it. "Got it."
Liz gave both of them a hug. "Thank you so much for doing this. I needed a night out."
"I know how that feels. Have fun," Alexis said.
"And don't worry, we'll be fine."
Jason told them about the guards and he grabbed his keys and they took off. They were running a little late, so everyone else would be there. Francis was going to drive them so they didn't have to worry about drinking.
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Patrick laughed loudly as Epiphany did an impression of Obrecht. Liz grinned as she walked towards them.
"That was classic."
Epiphany grinned and stood up and hugged her. "I'm so glad that you could make it. You're behind."
Liz laughed. "Hand me a shot glass and we'll take care of that."
Jason went to the bar and got a beer and then sat down next to Patrick. Liz did a quick shot and sat on his lap. She looked around the bar and saw Johnny playing pool with Michael and Sabrina as AJ watched. A few other nurses waved and she waved back.
"Is Robin coming?" Liz asked.
Epiphany shook her head. "She's with Emma."
"We'll just have to do a shot in her honor then," Liz said smiling. She was handed some kind of pink concoction and took a sip.
Dylan and Georgie sat down.
Patrick smiled. "Hey guys."
"Hey Patrick," Georgie said smiling.
Dylan shook his hand.
"I'm half expecting Josslyn to walk through the door with a fake I.D.," Patrick said.
Liz almost spit out her drink and then laughed. "You are so bad."
Patrick grinned. "Cam has swagger."
"Maybe you need to take a few lessons," Epiphany said.
Patrick frowned. "Please."
Epiphany grinned. "You're out of practice Drake Jr., after being domesticated."
Liz laughed loudly at the look on Patrick's face.
Jason grinned.
"Don't even smile Mr. Mom," Patrick said to Jason who shrugged.
"I don't mind staying home with my kids. They rock."
Liz smiled. A slow song came on. "Dance with me."
Jason made a face. "Do I have too?"
"Yes."
"Alright."
Patrick pretended to cough. "Wus."
Jason rolled his eyes as he stood up. "There is not one thing about me that screams wus."
"You got that right," Epiphany muttered.
Jason took Liz's hands and walked to the dance floor. She winked at Piph and they both grinned. Operation Jason sandwich had commenced.
Liz laid her head on Jason's chest as they swayed.
"You having fun baby?"
Liz smiled. "Yes."
He kissed the top of her head.
Johnny snuck over to the jukebox.
"Are you going to forgive me for making you dance?"
"I guess."
She smiled and then bit her lip to keep from laughing. The slow song stopped abruptly and they broke apart. The song "Kiss" from Prince started playing and Liz started dancing around Jason who was looking at her like she was crazy. In fact, he didn't even notice Epiphany slide behind him until everyone started to cheer loudly then he felt her butt touch his and he spun around.
"Hey gorgeous," Epiphany said as she turned around.
Jason chuckled.
Epiphany grinned and he felt Elizabeth grab his hips and move them as she grinded against him.
"Uh honey," Jason said over his shoulder, "should you be doing that right now?"
Liz grinned. Right before Prince sang, "Kiss," Liz turned Jason and pulled him down and she an Epiphany kissed him on the cheek.
Everyone was whistling and yelling. Patrick had taken some video and was texting it to Robin.
Jason just shook his head. Georgie got up and joined them and Jason grinned.
Johnny yelled. "Move Jason."
Jason shot him a look.
The girls laughed and danced around him and on the next chorus, Liz pulled Jason down and kissed him on the lips while Georgie and Epiphany kissed him on either cheek.
"Jason, you're such a manwhore," Patrick yelled.
Dylan was shocked that Georgie was being so comfortable with Jason. Elizabeth had talked her into it and her need to tease Jason overwhelmed her occasional shyness with him.
Michael and AJ were cracking up watching Jason's expressions. Sabrina dragged Michael to the dance floor and a few of the nurses surrounded him and he grinned and started dancing with them and everyone cheered.
Epiphany sat down a few minutes before the song ended grinning from ear to ear. Jason shocked both Georgie and Liz by grabbing their hands and spinning them at the same time. They were laughing so hard. When the song ended, Liz jumped up and wrapped her legs around Jason and gave him a passionate kiss as everyone clapped.
He grinned when she pulled back. "You are very bad."
She smiled. "Only with you."
He carried her back to the table and sat down. "Epiphany, were you the one that grabbed my ass?"
She feigned innocence, "It was Georgie."
Georgie laughed. "No it wasn't. It was Johnny."
Elizabeth laughed at the look on Jason's face.
Johnny rolled his eyes. "Piph, I would think that you would have enough balls to fess up to your wandering hands."
Epiphany laughed. "Fine, it was me. If I can't take you home, at least I can have some fun on the dance floor."
Everyone laughed and gave her high fives.
Liz was happy that Jason had a sense of humor now, because she couldn't imagine him tolerating any of this back in the day.
"What are you thinking?" he asked.
"Just that I'm happy you went along with everything."
Jason shrugged. "I know you guys were teasing me and Epiphany is my faux girlfriend." Georgie joining him had completely taken him off guard which was what they were hoping for.
Epiphany laughed.
He leaned in closer to her. "And my girl was hot tonight."
Liz grinned. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Patrick and Johnny started gagging.
Jason smirked, never taking his eyes off of Elizabeth. "We can't take them anywhere."
Georgie dragged Dylan onto the dance floor.
Patrick grabbed Epiphany's hand. "Let's go. I'm stealing your faux girlfriend Morgan and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it."
Jason smiled. "Let's be clear, you're borrowing her."
Patrick grinned and Liz stood up and cheered when he pretended to smack Epiphany's ass.
"This is classic," Liz said.
Michael grabbed Liz's hand and they joined the group and Jason watched with a big smile on his face. Elizabeth was having so much fun. He couldn't wait until all the drama was over so they could relax like this more often.
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They walked into the house laughing and then tried to be quiet, making Monica and Alexis chuckle.
"How were the boys?" Liz asked.
"They were very good," Alexis said smiling.
Jason kissed Monica on the cheek. "Thanks again. Cody will drop you off."
Monica gave Liz a hug.
Alexis grabbed her purse. "Thanks for asking me to help."
Liz smiled. "I'm glad you got to spend some more time with Danny."
"Me too." Sam would be home soon and Alexis was glad because while Danny was doing well, he still missed his mom.
They left. Georgie and Dylan were staying at the Metro Court, so Jason and Liz went into the den.
Jason picked her up and laid her on the couch and then hovered over her. "I thought we could make out in here for a while."
Liz grinned. "Fine by me."
They made out like teenagers and then Jason grabbed her and carried her upstairs. They checked on the boys real quick and then ran into their room and made love before falling asleep snuggled against each other.
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The next day was filled with lots of preparations. Jason took Danny over to Alexis's house so they could decorate. He was going to spend the night with her and they'd bring him over for party time.
Jake helped color some banners for Danny's room and Cam helped the guys outside.
"I wish I hadn't missed your birthday Jake," Jason said.
Cam slightly smiled. "It's okay. I feel like I got a house, Jake, Danny, and a dad so I'm good."
Jason smiled. "That is quite the haul."
"I've already started my Christmas list."
"Really? I can remember when all you wanted was Chuggin' Charlie."
Cam grinned.
"You know that Josslyn is going to be here tomorrow and Emma."
"I know."
"Better you than me."
Cam smiled. "Emma and I are good. Josslyn—we'll just have to see."
Dylan walked up. "The bouncy thing will be delivered in the morning."
"Thanks!"
They put up a few more decorations and then joined Elizabeth and Georgie, who were baking a race car cake, in the kitchen.
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By the time dinner came around, they were all starving so Johnny ordered some pizza which they hungrily devoured.
Jason got up and walked into the den to take a call. "Sharon, is everything okay?"
She wiped a tear off of her face. "I'm just having a bad day."
He sat down on the couch. "I'm sorry. What can I do?"
She sighed. "I just needed to hear from a friend, maybe take my mind of things. What are you up to?"
He was a little worried that maybe she had gone off of her meds.
"We're having a birthday party for Danny tomorrow."
She slightly smiled. "I wish I could be there. He's so cute."
Jason smiled. "He's going to go crazy when he sees all the race car decorations."
"They're great at that age. Noah just looks at me funny now and says thanks."
Jason chuckled. "It would be funny if he jumped up and down."
She giggled. "True."
"We went out last night and they made me dance."
Sharon laughed. "Now that I wish I could have seen."
"I believe there is video. Let me see if I can get a copy." He wouldn't normally do that but she sounded like she needed it. He put her on speaker and then texted Patrick to send it to him. It took a couple of minutes but he forwarded it on.
"Oh, that was quick," she said. She put her phone on speaker too and then watched it. "Oh my God, I can't believe you let them do that."
Jason smiled. "My girl needed to unwind and I'd do anything for her."
Sharon smiled. "Awwww. We need to clone you."
"That would be a little scary."
"Well, I'm sure that you're busy. Thanks for making smile and laugh."
"Any time. It will okay Sharon, just hang in there."
"Thanks."
He ended the call and got back to work.
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The next morning, everyone was excited to see Danny's reaction. They ate breakfast together and just chilled. All the hard work was done. There wouldn't be as many people as Jake's party so that took some pressure off. Jason was just going to make hamburgers and hotdogs for the younger set and then Johnny was going to make two kinds of tacos for the adults. Michael was going to whip up some guacamole and Alexis was bringing some salsa. The cake looked awesome. Liz and Georgie had done a great job decorating it.
The guests started to arrive. Monica and Tracy were there. Jason was a little surprised about Tracy but he was glad she was supporting him. They had come a long way. She still got snarky from time to time but she balanced it out with being nice here and there.
Sabrina walked in tentatively. "Hi."
Jason smiled. "Hello."
"I was wondering, do you think that I could talk to Elizabeth really quick?"
"Um, let me go see where she is."
Jake ran up.
"Jake, this is Sabrina."
He smiled. "Hello. Are you here for my brother's birthday?"
Sabrina smiled. "Yup."
Jake grinned. He was ready to have fun. The faster people got there, the faster he could play. Since he got up, he had been begging to get into the bouncy. It was like torture having it sit back there without him in it.
Jason ran off and got Elizabeth.
"Sabrina…."
"Hi. Could we talk for a minute?"
Liz nodded. "Follow me."
Sabrina handed Jason the bag with Danny's present and she followed Liz to the den.
"Nice house."
"Thanks."
Sabrina was very nervous. "I know that you know and I just want to say that I have no excuse for what I did. Things were rough for me and I spiraled out of control. I never want to feel that way or do anything like that ever again. It took a while for me to find myself again, but I feel much better and as a peace offering of sorts, I've brought you a few things."
Liz was surprised. "Sabrina, you really didn't have to."
"I know. I just—you were always nice to me and it's hard knowing that you know. I feel like I let everyone down."
"I certainly know how that feels."
They sat down and Liz opened the envelope.
"I'm around her a lot and I started paying attention to who she was meeting with. I'll admit, I eavesdropped, but for that I'm not sorry."
Liz smirked. "Wow. She was busy," she said flipping through the pictures.
"I think that person works for Helena. I heard him mention her once and then from then on, he called her the Queen. When Michael told me some of the stuff that was going on, I started piecing things together. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't jumping the gun, but then when I printed everything out, it made sense."
Liz wondered if this man was still wandering around Port Charles. "Having a picture of this guy will definitely help." It was disturbing that Obrecht was probably doing Helen's bidding and she wondered exactly what was going on.
"There's one more thing, I think Obrecht has been cutting corners with some of the poorer patients. Instead of denying them, she's been giving them substandard care." Sabrina handed her a piece of paper. "Since she has been there, there has been a twenty-five percent rise in patient deaths. I'm not sure how it's happening, but I was shocked at the high number."
"That dirty bitch," Liz muttered.
"A lot of them die from some kind of infection. I'm not sure if she's injecting them with it or what."
Liz shook her head. "Alright, you can't tell anyone else about this. Does Michael know everything?"
"No. He just knew the Helena part."
"Good. Sabrina, you need to be careful. Obrecht is smart and if she thinks that you're watching her, you could get hurt. She's lethal." Liz knew that all too well after getting shot by her.
"I'll be careful. I am willing to spy though. I honestly wish that someone had stopped me."
"You were in the midst of a breakdown. Obrecht is just being her evil self."
They stood up and Liz put everything back in the envelope. "Thank you for bringing this to me."
Sabina slightly smiled. "My pleasure." Nobody liked that tyrant and she couldn't wait to see her go.
