A/N - Thanks for the comments! Glad you're hanging in there with me. I'll be back after Monday next week. Hope you like Obrecht's public humiliation. If you do, let me know.

The link to Liz's dress is in my profile (last entry).

Chapter 71 - Issues

Diane went upstairs and walked into the master bedroom. "Rise and shine gorgeous."

Liz threw the pillow aside and sat up quickly. "What are you doing here?"

Diane shut the door and unzipped the garment bag. Liz's mouth dropped open as she held the gown up.

"Oh my God, it's perfect," Liz said as tears threatened to fall.

"I knew you'd like it. Get up. We need to make sure it fits."

It wasn't an overly fancy dress but very classy. It was sleeveless and the bodice was decorated with lace and dipped lower in the back. The skirt was slightly full and totally plain. When she put it on, Diane swore she could just put her on the top of cake. It was perfection.

"He is going to drool when he sees you."

She grinned. "I love it Diane."

"Well, I do aim to please."

Nikki snuck into the room and gasped. "Oh my God you look so beautiful Elizabeth."

Liz couldn't stop smiling.

"What is Jason going to wear?"

"Well, I got him a black button up shirt and a black jacket. I found some loose fitting pants that shouldn't bother his wound. It was tricky, but I think it will work. Everyone will be looking at Elizabeth anyway," Diane said.

"I'll say," Nikki said.

"I better take it off. I'm so excited," Liz said, turning so Diane could undo her dress.

Everything was coming together and now, all they needed was for Patrick to sign off on Jason's excursion.

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Liz walked into Jason's room with a huge smile on her face.

"Wasn't expecting that," Georgie muttered to Dylan. They thought for sure that Elizabeth was going to yell at them.

Jason smiled. "Welcome back beautiful. Did you get some sleep?"

She nodded. "Diane brought over my wedding dress."

"Aw man," Georgie said.

Liz gave her a playful glare. "That's what you get for tricking me."

Dylan chuckled.

"It's absolutely gorgeous. I may never take it off."

Jason gave her a look and they all laughed.

Georgie and Dylan said goodbye and Liz sat down. They were headed for a little rendezvous before they went back to the house.

"It's not like you're going to be up for doing anything."

He smirked and she shook her head.

"We are not doing it this weekend. You are in no condition."

"Speak for yourself."

She rolled her eyes. "I might have to get Epiphany to threaten Patrick's life in order to get him to sign off on your field trip. By the way, Diane is going to have someone serve Obrecht with papers tomorrow right after the board meeting. It will be very public and humiliating and I for one can't wait."

Jason chuckled. "Is Jordan involved in this?" It had been discussed as a possibility, but Liz and Spinelli ended up making the final plans and they hadn't talked about it after that.

"Yup. Diane has been working with her and Kyle will be here to arrest her. They don't think she'll get bail or every see the light of day again."

"Good."

She bit her lip and Jason frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"Is it wrong that I just want her gone altogether?" Liz whispered. "She could still try to hurt us and this family has been through enough."

Jason didn't want to tell her that they were already working on it. As soon as they took her to prison, Dr. Obrecht would have a very tragic and painful accident. "You let me worry about all of that."

Patrick walked into the room. "Got your test results."

"How am I doing?"

"Horrible. I'm afraid I'm going to have to stand in for you Saturday."

They both laughed at the look on Jason's face.

"Just kidding. You're doing as well as expected. We'll give you some pain medication to get through the ceremony."

"You think I'll need it?"

"Jason, you don't realize it, but you died twice and we cut through your stomach muscles. It's going to really hurt when we get you up tomorrow."

"I can handle it."

Liz sighed. "You'll take the medicine because I will not have you grimacing during our vows."

"Fine."

Monica smirked from the doorway. Jason was the worst patient. She was so happy for them.

"Tomorrow morning we'll get you up and into a transport chair and then we'll take you to your new digs. We'll see how well you handle the wedding and we'll shoot for Monday or Tuesday to get you home with major restrictions."

"Don't worry. I'll be watching him like a hawk," Liz said.

Monica chuckled and Jason looked up.

"Mom, you could come help me."

Monica was beaming. "You need to do what Patrick tells you too or I'll have Alice come by and enforce the rules."

Jason pouted a little and Liz grinned and gave him a kiss.

"We'll take the feeding tube out tomorrow as well."

"Oh good, hospital food."

"You are just a ray of sunshine today," Patrick said. He looked over at Monica. "Maybe we should increase the drugs."

She smirked. "Stop teasing my son."

Patrick grinned. "Alright, I guess I'll stop poking the bear."

Monica waved goodbye and left.

"Is my baby grumpy?" Liz asked before laying kisses all over his face.

He grunted and closed his eyes.

"You're just like your son."

His eyes snapped back open. "Which one?"

She smiled. "Jake. Georgie was kiss attacking him and he yelled for help so I attacked Cam." Jake loved his mommy's kisses.

Jason slightly smiled. "I'm jealous."

She laid more kisses on his face. "That better?"

"Uh huh."

He wanted to hold her and feel her in his arms and he was getting even grumpier because he couldn't.

"I think I can put a smile on that face."

"How?"

"Friday night, guess who's giving you a sponge bath?"

He looked at her skeptically, thinking she was going to say Piph.

"Not her. Me."

Jason grinned. "Make sure you don't miss any spots."

She chuckled. "Are you questioning my sponge bathing abilities?"

His eyebrow shot up. "I don't know. How much practice do you have?"

She smirked. "You'll never find out. What happens at G.H. stays at G.H."

She sat down and grabbed a book. "Sleep. You're gonna need it."

He smiled and then shut his eyes. When the boss tells you to sleep, you sleep.

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The next day, Liz jumped up and went to the main nurse's desk at exactly 9:59 A.M. Epiphany grinned when she saw her. It was show time.

Dr. Obrecht rolled her eyes and walked towards Elizabeth. "Don't you have something better to do then distract my nurses? I can't wait until your criminal boyfriend leaves this place. You're both nothing but a blight on our reputation."

Liz rolled her eyes. "You held me hostage and shot me. You want to tell me again how your reputation doesn't hurt this hospital, you crazy bat."

And then Obrecht made a mistake. She grabbed Elizabeth and tugged her as Cody ran towards them. Liz swung her right fist around and clocked her and Cody watched as the stunned doctor smacked Elizabeth. He went to step in between them but Epiphany stopped him.

"She needs to do this."

Liz smacked the taste of Liesl's mouth and then jumped on top of her hitting her twice.

"Now you should stop it." Piph could tell that Liz was just getting started.

Jordan ran towards the two women as Cody pulled Elizabeth off of her.

"I want her arrested for assault," Liesl yelled.

Jordan rolled her eyes. "I saw the whole thing. You shouldn't have touched her. Do you need a doctor?"

Dr. Obrecht glared and wiped some blood off the corner of her mouth. "No. I want her out of here and I plan on getting a restraining order."

"Well, since you're headed to the courthouse, you can call your lawyer then."

Liesl frowned. "Why am I going to jail?"

"You should already be in there you witch," Liz yelled.

Dylan, who had watched the whole thing, walked over to them and held Liz's face in his hands. "You did good, but I really want to hear what Jordan has to say."

Liz nodded. "Sorry."

Jordan and Dylan smirked. She had to admit, Elizabeth was a lot tougher than people gave her credit for. "Dr. Liesl Obrecht, you are under arrest for fifty counts of murder."

"What?"

"Let her finish, she's getting to the good part," Dylan said, smiling.

"We have evidence that not only have you been giving substandard care to poorer patients, but you've been injecting them with drugs to kill them. Fortunately for us, when we exhumed several bodies, they all have traces of the same drug in their system."

Kyle cuffed her.

"This is outrageous. Clearly Elizabeth has paid someone off to get rid of me."

Liz grinned. "Sucks to be you doesn't it?"

Obrecht's mouth dropped open. "See, it was her. She just admitted it."

"Actually, we have you on video killing someone and the same drug was found in his system. Face it, you're going away for a long, long time. Read Dr. Obrecht her rights please."

Kyle smiled and began doing just that while the board members stood there stunned.

One of them cleared their throat. "Dr. Drake, would you consider being the interim Chief of Staff until we can hold some interviews and take a vote?"

Patrick smiled. "I would consider it if you're willing to vote on giving Elizabeth Webber her position back. It's clear that after kidnapping and shooting her, Dr. Obrecht had it out for her and fired her unnecessarily."

The man nodded. "I agree. Ms. Webber has always been a very good staff member. We'll vote in the next meeting."

"Thank you," Elizabeth said.

Epiphany grinned. "This is the best day ever," she said to Patrick as the board members walked away.

"Definitely."

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Jason watched Elizabeth walk into the room. She had a huge smile on her face and he couldn't help but smile too. "I take it that it went well?"

"Oh, it was fabulous to see the look on her face."

He frowned. "What happen to your face?"

Liz sucked in a breath. If that bitch ruined her face for the wedding, she was going to march over to the PCPD and kick her ass. Jason watched her disappear into the bathroom.

"Shit," Liz said. It was a very faint bruise. At least she could cover it up with makeup. Slowly, she walked back into the other room.

"You were in a fight weren't you?"

She nodded. "I know, I'm a bad example for the boys. She grabbed me and I kind of lost it."

He sighed. "I know she had it coming to her, but Elizabeth, she had no problem shooting you before. She could have stabbed you with a scalpel or something."

For some reason, it just sounded funny to her and she started to giggle and then laugh loudly.

"Elizabeth Webber soon to be Morgan, get your ass over here."

She walked over to him. "If it makes you feel any better, I kicked her ass."

He shook his head. "What am I going to do with you? Where was Cody?"

"He tried to get in the middle of it, but Epiphany told him to let me go at her until I started doing too much damage and then he stepped in."

He rolled his eyes. "I think you're all against me."

Liz grinned. "We are not. I love you." Leaning over, she brushed her lips against his and Jason grabbed her hair and held her still as he kissed her passionately. "Yum," she said, pulling back.

Epiphany walked into the room. "Stop sucking face with my faux man. It's time for a room change."

Jason wasn't sure how he felt about that. It meant he had to move and he knew it was going to hurt like a bitch.

"Let's sit you up and lower the bed."

Just the sitting was like torture. He gritted his teeth and finally it stopped.

Liz watched him let out his breath. "You okay?"

He couldn't even talk.

"When was the last time you pressed the button?" Piph asked.

"I don't know."

"Wrong answer," Piph said, pressing it for him. "I swear, you are the worst patient ever. If I didn't faux love you so much…."

Jason gave her a look and then the medicine hit him and the tension started to relax.

"See? Much better," she said, rearranging tubes and stands. "You're going to have to swing your legs around."

The other nurse went behind him and then Epiphany put her hand on his legs. "You ready?"

Jason took a deep breath and they helped him move. Liz could tell he was still in a lot of pain. They took a break and then he was relieved when his feet touched the floor. When he finally stood, his legs gave out a little and Epiphany helped steady him. "I've got you." She slipped to his side and Jason rested on her a little as he took very tiny steps. His breathing was a little erratic. "Deep breaths."

For Liz it was so hard watching him struggle. It wasn't something Jason was used to.

"You're almost there."

"Can't..," he barely got out.

"You can do it Jason. I know you can. Just a few more steps," Liz said.

Jason sucked in another breath and he took another step and almost plopped into the chair, but Epiphany stopped his momentum. Initially, she was going to have him sit in a regular chair for a while, but seeing how much it had taken him to just go a few steps, she had rethought her plan.

Elizabeth stepped forward and ran her fingers through his hair. "You're okay. You did it."

He felt her kiss on his head and he opened his eyes as a concerned Epiphany looked on. She lifted his sock clad feet and placed them on the steel pedals and then made sure all the equipment was secured. "Alright, I'm going to push you now."

Jason nodded. When they got into the hallway he was shocked to see Cody, Francis, Dylan, Michael, and AJ on either side of the hallway.

Francis grinned. "Good to see you out of that bed."

Jason slightly smiled. Each man shook his hand and said some encouragements as Epiphany pushed him out into the outer hallway. His body had calmed down a little but he was exhausted. "I think you'll need more help getting me out of this chair".

"Cody will help."

After a short elevator ride, Jason was wheeled into his new room. Epiphany pressed the locks on the wheelchair to hold it in place and then moved Jason's feet to the floor. "How are you doing?"

He shook his head no. Everything ached and he felt like he could barely hold his head up. Francis and Cody looked on worried.

"The Jason Morgan I know would never give up. Now you're going to get your ass out of that chair and back into that bed now," Tracy said, firmly.

Everyone looked at her like she had lost her mind.

Jason glared at her.

"You need to show your fiancé that you are going to be able to handle this wedding tomorrow. Come on."

Jason growled and tried to push himself up and Francis and Epiphany stood on either side of him and helped him. "Let me at her," he said, painfully.

Tracy grinned. "Now that is the Jason I know and loathe."

He groaned as he took a step and his body yelled at him.

"Keep him stable," Epiphany said, loudly. "All you have to do is turn around and sit."

He grunted and slowly turned as the nurse pulled the transport chair back a little. They supported him as he sat down and Jason breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone was staring because they knew it had taken a lot out of Jason and they were wondering if he was going to make it the next day. Liz was very quiet.

They got him settled and Francis kicked everyone out the room.

"But I just got here," Tracy said.

"Just give them a few minutes."

She nodded and went out into the hallway.

Epiphany finished transferring his IV bag. "Are you okay?"

Jason nodded.

"Just relax now."

She pushed the chair out and left them alone.

Jason had his eyes closed. He was beyond exhausted. A tear ran down his face and Liz moved forward and took his hand. "If tomorrow is too much for you then we won't do it."

His eyes snapped open and he wiped at his face. "No. Tomorrow means too much to me. I'll handle it."

"You can barely keep your eyes open," she said, not even realizing that she was crying.

Jason squeezed her hand. "I just didn't know what to expect and now I do. Please don't call it off. Please."

She wiped her face. "Okay."

Jason let out the breath he was holding.

Tracy walked inside and took his other hand, surprising him. "I'm tough on you because I know you can handle it, but even I know that you pretty much reached your limit today. Rest up, because tomorrow you are marrying the woman of your dreams. That just doesn't happen every day."

"Thank you for saying that."

She leaned over and brushed his hair with her hands. "I always wanted to mess up your hair."

Jason smirked. "You didn't like my spikes?"

She shrugged. "They were alright. I like it a little longer. It's just you."

Liz slightly smiled.

"I'm going to go. I'll see you to tomorrow."

He watched her leave. "Who knew?"

"That she had a heart?"

He smiled. "Yeah."

"I've been in some verbal throw downs with her before. I even think I called her a bitch one time. You're family Jason and that is something she has very little of now."

The Quartermaines had lost a lot of family members the last five years or so. He completely understood what she meant.

"Take a nap, and I'll have Johnny bring the boys."

Jason shut his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.