A/N – Thanks for the comments! You guys crack me up! Next chapter you start to find out what happened the previous night.

Chapter 2 – Waking Up in Vegas

Jason and Courtney waited for the clerk to come back.

"This better work," Diane said from across the room where she was sitting with Francis.

"It will."

About fifteen minutes went by.

"I could be getting a manicure right now."

"Just sit tight. She'll be back any minute."

Elizabeth and Johnny rushed in and Diane's eyes widen. "Oh shit," she said rising to her feet. Carly had texted them with the change of plan, but she didn't say anything about them showing up at the courthouse. Francis blew by her and stood next to Jason just in case.

Jason frowned. "What are you doing here?"

"Trying to get an annulment. What about you?" Liz asked.

Courtney held up her finger. "We're married."

Liz's mouth dropped open. "You married her?" She wanted to rip Courtney's empty head off and shove it up Jason's ass.

"I don't remember," Jason said painfully.

Liz was stunned. She didn't know whether to cry or scream.

Johnny smiled. "Liz and I are married too. What a coincidence."

He didn't even see Jason move before his fist connected with his gut. Francis grabbed Jason's arms before he could throw another punch and tried to hold him back.

"Jason, stop it!" Diane yelled.

"You asshole. How could you marry her?"

"Oh shut it. You married that skank!" Liz yelled.

Courtney's eyes narrowed. "Just because I'm a stripper doesn't mean I'm a skank. It's an art form."

Diane snorted. "Keep telling yourself that honey. You even saying the word art offends me." Turning to Jason she shot him a look. "And you really need to get yourself tested."

Max chuckled as he watched the drama unfold.

"Let go of me Francis," Jason growled. It would have probably put the fear of God in anyone else, but Francis refused to back down. There would be too much carnage.

"No. Do you want to end up in jail?"

"It would be worth it if I could kick his stupid ass."

Johnny growled as he clutched his stomach. Jason could punch hard. "If you weren't such an asshole, this couldn't have happened."

"What the hell do you mean by that?"

A woman cleared her throat. "Gentleman, you better calm down. Security is on its way."

Jason ripped his arm away from Francis and tried to get his anger under control. Liz looked devastated and he felt like complete shit for hurting her, especially because of the walking blow up doll he supposedly married.

Liz snapped out of her haze and gave her husband her full attention. "Are you alright?"

"Not really, but I'll be fine after a few pain pills and a stomach transplant."

The clerk walked up to them. "I'm sorry, but there is such a huge stack and I couldn't find it. You're just going to have to wait until it's processed. Maybe you could come back tomorrow?" The man who had asked her to lie was hot and after they set up a date for later that night, she had agreed to his plans.

"Fine," Jason said. This was a disaster.

Johnny held out his hand and Elizabeth took it, making Jason angry all over again.

"Where are you going?" Jason barked.

"I'm taking my wife back to the hotel."

Jason was about to rip his head off and Johnny knew it, so he rushed Elizabeth out of the building.

"Come back to the room with me," Courtney said sweetly.

Diane rolled her eyes. The woman just rubbed her the wrong way.

Jason stalked out of the building without a word and Courtney just stood there like he had ripped her heart out.

"Let's go Francis. Courtney, I suggest that you take a cab and go back to your room and give Jason some space before you make him want to pull out your Jessica Simpson hair extensions."

Courtney glared as she watched them walk away. She was going to stay here and get to the bottom of this. Walking around the corner, she took a peek at the clerk and was shocked by what she saw. Cody gave the younger woman a quick kiss and Courtney's mouth dropped open. "What the hell?" Something stunk and she is going to find that certificate and make sure that it is next in line to be filed. After all, the woman will have to go on a break at some point. She could wait her out. There is no way in hell she is giving up on Jason now.

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Jason threw back a drink. It wasn't even lunchtime and he was already starting.

"You do realize that drinking is what got you into trouble in the first place," Carly said sliding next to him. Max had called her to let her know that Jason was back.

She did have a point. "What do you want Carly?" It was always something.

She frowned. "Why do you have to say it like that?"

He rolled his eyes. "Seriously?"

She smirked. "I heard that you hit Johnny."

"And?"

"You have no right to be mad at him for doing something you should have done."

He almost smashed the shot glass in his hand. "Really Carly?"

"Why don't you just admit that you love her?"

Jason closed his eyes. "Of course I love her. Jesus, not even I could hide that—or so I thought. Apparently, she couldn't tell. Loving her wasn't the problem. Our timing sucked. She was always pining over Lucky or just plain pissed at me. I gave up. She didn't want me and I walked away like she asked me to."

"Jason, why didn't you just tell her how you felt or at least you could have put up a fight?"

He looked over at her with the saddest eyes. "I'll never force anyone to choose this life, Carly. Elizabeth is too good for it anyway. She deserves better than someone who has to lie to her because of his criminal lifestyle."

She rolled her eyes. "That is the biggest crock of shit I've ever heard. She is not too good for you and she accepts you for who you are."

"She has everything to lose including her life," he said exasperatedly.

"You listen to me Jason Morgan. You need to fix this. Make her see that you are it for her. Do you even realize the enormity of what she's been through in her life?"

"Yes."

"Everyone has walked away from her—parents, siblings, and now you."

"She broke up with me."

"And you gave up."

He stood up. "You don't understand how many times she didn't choose me. I broke okay? How many times do you have to have your heart crushed before you realize that maybe it just isn't meant to be?"

Carly hadn't realized how hurt Jason had been by Liz's choices. "When you're insecure about love, sometimes you run from it instead of facing it head on. She was scared—just like you. Do you still love her?"

"Yes."

"Do you think about her all the time and feel like something is missing in your heart because you're not with her?"

He nodded. God, he ached for her. Every time he saw her, he felt like he was being torn apart. The thought of Johnny touching her was driving him crazy, not to mention that he felt ill that he had slept with Courtney of all people. Liz probably would never forgive him for that.

Carly touched his face. "Go to her Jason. Tell her that she is everything and that you can't live without her."

His breath hitched. "I can't. She hates me."

"She doesn't hate you. She loves you despite herself."

"You're wrong."

Carly shook her head. "No, I'm not. All you have to do is fight for her and she's yours."

He just couldn't believe that it was that simple. Elizabeth was the only person that had the power to completely break him and the thought of her rejecting him again was just too much for him to bear. So, he turned and walked away, leaving a disappointed Carly in his wake.

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Elizabeth closed her eyes as she rode the elevator up to her room. She still couldn't believe that Jason had married Courtney. It really hurt. But then again, she had married Johnny and she knows that Jason is just as upset as her. An image ran through her head of her moaning as a man penetrated her and her whole body jolted. When a familiar pair of blue eyes stared at her lovingly, you could have knocked her over with a feather. Her eyes snapped open and she gulped for air.

"Elizabeth?" Johnny asked.

"Oh God," she said as another image of a naked Jason flashed through her mind. It couldn't be real. There was no way that she had slept with Jason last night.

Johnny moved to her side. "Take deep breaths." She was starting to hyperventilate.

"Is she okay?" an older woman asked.

"She gets claustrophobic," Johnny said before quickly ushering Elizabeth out into the hallway. "You're scaring me."

She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "Johnny, were you with me all night?"

Johnny closed his eyes. Either she just had a memory or she was freaking out about thinking they had slept together. Either way, he was screwed. "Why are you asking me that?"

"I just need to know."

He sighed. "No. I spoke to Milo. According to him, I dropped you off and then went to my room to sleep it off."

Liz gasped. She had cheated on Johnny with Jason who married and then probably slept with Courtney. Oh my God. This was a disaster.

"Talk to me."

A tear rolled down her face. "I need to get out of here."

She ran away and Johnny tried to chase her, but she slipped onto an elevator before he could get in. He clenched his fists. It was time to tell the truth and he was going to have to face the one person who would probably put a bullet between his eyes when he found out.

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Courtney grinned when she saw the clerk leave and left her seat in the corner and strode towards the desk. Unfortunately for her, she didn't make it any further before Max stepped in front of her.

"Max, what are you doing here?"

The truth was that Sonny had him follow her because his boss didn't trust her at all. "Sonny was worried about you."

"I—I just need to get the paperwork for Jason. He's upset."

Max wanted to roll his eyes so badly. "Why don't you come with me? Sonny is waiting back at the hotel."

She nodded, knowing he was not giving her a choice. This was far from over. Something wasn't right and she was going to find out what was going on.

Max led her to the car and then instead of going to the hotel, he drove the opposite way. Until this all played out, Courtney was going to be on ice—boss's orders.

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Jason walked around his suite, trying to process that the woman he was in love with married Johnny of all people. Ending up at the window, he looks out and stares at the people below when a vivid memory pops into his head. Elizabeth. He was kissing her and things were quickly getting out of control. Grabbing his head, he turned around trying to catch his breath. It couldn't be. They were in this room. He dropped into a chair as he remembered his body surging into hers and her screaming his name. "Fuck," he muttered. He couldn't dream so he knew it must have happened. He had slept with Elizabeth. But how?

He heard knocking at his door and jumped up to get it as his mind still reeled.

Johnny was standing there.

"What's wrong?" He could tell by the look on his friends face that he was feeling bad about something. "Is she okay?"

"Jason, we need to talk."

He stepped back. Right now, Johnny was living the life that he should be living and it depressed the hell out of him.

"Look, I'm going to preface this by saying that I didn't mean for this to get so out of control. We were all tired of the way you had been treating us and we wanted some payback."

Jason's mouth went dry. "What did you do?"

"We made it look like you had married and slept with Courtney when you didn't."

Jason let out the breath he was holding, trying to process what was just said. "I'm not married to Courtney?"

"No."

"And I didn't sleep with her?"

Johnny shook his head no.

Jason closed his eyes. "Thank God." He felt like he had dodged a bullet.

Johnny tensed, knowing what was coming next. "There's more."

In his heart, he knew there was because none of this made sense. His steely eyes met Johnny who had taken a step backwards.

"You're married to Elizabeth."

"What?"

"You and Elizabeth were drunk and got married."

Jason was stunned. "Does she know?"

"No, but she knew she had slept with someone. I think she just realized it was you."

"How upset was she?"

"She almost hyperventilated and then ran away and got on the elevator before I can catch her." The look of devastation on Jason's face almost took his breath away. "She probably thinks she cheated on me."

Jason shut his eyes. She clearly regretted it, not that he could blame her. "I am so pissed at you and everyone else right now that I can't even see straight. Why?"

"Do you even realize how horrible you've been over the last month? You have treated everyone like shit. How many times have I had to pull you of bars and get into fights so you didn't get your ass handed to you? You have been completely reckless. And Elizabeth has been mean and depressed. So I got everyone to agree to go along with the farce and pretend that you married Courtney. We weren't going to let it go on for days. I never thought that you'd be able to have sex in your condition and we forgot to take Liz's ring off." Unfortunately, all of them had too much to drink too.

Jason blew out a breath. He was barely containing his anger. "You hurt her Johnny, whether you meant to or not. She's somewhere out there freaking out and I have no idea where to start to look." His muscles were ticking under his shirt as he struggled to hold it together.

"I'm sorry. Look on the bright side. You're married to the woman you love now."

"I didn't want to marry her like this—in some Elvis wedding chapel that I don't even remember."

"It was the Ball & Chain chapel. Elvis wasn't involved."

Jason glared at him. "That sounds so much better."

"I'll help you look."

"Fuck you Johnny."

Before Johnny could reply, Jason had laid him out on the floor and threw open the door. "Johnny's going to need some ice," he said to Milo who was standing there with his mouth open. He heard Milo rush into the room as he got onto the elevator. "Assholes," he muttered. He needs to find Elizabeth fast. He will deal with his so-called friends later.

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Carly, Sonny, Diane, Francis, and a banged up Johnny sat in Sonny's suite looking very grim.

"I have several people looking for her. She has to come back at some point," Sonny said.

"I guess we all knew this probably wasn't going to end well," Diane said.

Johnny threw the bag of ice down, revealing his swollen and bruised jaw. "This is my fault. I'm sorry for dragging you guys into it."

Francis sighed. "Hopefully, they'll get their shit together and get over it."

Sonny wasn't so sure. Jason was really pissed.

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Jason had Max drive him around. There were too many people walking around and she was small. There was no way they'd find her like this.

"I don't see her anywhere boss."

"Find the Ball & Chain chapel." At least maybe he could get some answers.

"You got it."