Jason walked into the Gala and immediately wanted to leave. There were so many people everywhere and all Jason wanted to do was be alone. He was being dragged around by Elizabeth who was introducing him to all the doctors and nurses, which was odd because half of them already knew who he was. Jason spotted Sam over by her sisters, and a feeling of relief came over him.
He excused himself from Elizabeth's grasp and walked over to where Sam was standing. "Hey Sam. Wow, you look amazing," Jason exclaimed as Sam turned to face him. She was wearing a beautiful blue dress with the back cut out. She had just the right amount of cleavage showing and the dress was perfectly form-fitted against her body. Sam's hair was elegantly curled and half of it was pinned back while the other half hung loosely around her shoulders.
"You don't look so bad yourself," Sam blushed as she responded. "I think I can count on one hand the number of times you have worn a suit Jason. You really didn't used to like getting dressed up."
"That's one thing that hasn't changed. I definitely still don't like wearing suits or attending these events."
Sam smiled but saw Elizabeth glaring at her from across the room. Her smile faltered for a moment and Jason caught the change in her expression. "What's wrong Sam?"
"You might want to get back to your fiancé over there before she burns a hole in me," Sam responded a bit sarcastically. "I came here for our son, and I am not going to let Elizabeth ruin my night. I'll see you later Jason." Sam turned on her heel and walked towards the tables so she could get a good view of the stage.
"Come on Jason, lets go grab a seat over there." Elizabeth pointed to the table that was farthest away from where Sam and the rest of Jason's family were sitting.
"Actually Elizabeth I would like to sit by my family. I really haven't seen them much and I know this night is important to them."
Elizabeth scowled but quickly composed herself. "Fine Jason, lead the way. You'll get a good view of me while I'm on stage making my speech."
Jason sat down next to Monica and smiled at her. She just looked so happy to have her son sitting near here, and Jason appreciated the fact that his family wasn't smothering him. Michael was sitting next to Monica with Sabrina glowing by his side. They were expecting a baby in just a few short weeks, and although Jason couldn't remember Michael he somehow knew that Michael would be an amazing father.
The lights dimmed and Monica made her way to the stage. "Welcome to the annual hospital gala, and thank you all for your contributions. This gala benefits so many different charities, including a very special one in particular, The Children's Cancer Foundation. My daughter-in-law has made very generous contributions over the past couple of years. This year the Quartermaine's would like to match her donation. We all know how lucky we are that Danny is happy and healthy, and we really can't even begin to express our gratitude. And now, Elizabeth Webber will give her opening statement before the entertainment begins!"
Applause broke out and Elizabeth glided towards the stage. "She looks almost like doll," Jason thought to himself as he became momentarily entranced by her beauty. As Elizabeth began to speak Jason's head suddenly began to hurt. He put one hand on his forehead. Sam noticed from the next table over and got up to make sure he was okay. Jason began to have a memory flash.
Elizabeth was standing in his penthouse; with her hair pulled back much like it was now. She was wearing the same color dress as tonight, and they were supposed to be going to one of these fancy events that Jason hated going to.
"Jason, there's something I need to tell you." Elizabeth said with tears in her eyes. "What is it Elizabeth?" "I lied, I never saw Sam with John. I wanted my time to be with you, so I told you that I saw Sam and John together, and I made Sam overhear me saying that you and I were together."
"Elizabeth, why would you do that?"
"I just wanted it to be our time Jason. The timing is never right for us."
"Thank you for being honest, I need to go talk to Sam."
"Wait Jason there's more. It's about Sam's baby." "What about Sam's baby? The baby I had you run the DNA test on wasn't a match for Sam. Sam's baby is gone."
"No, he's not. I lied. I switched the DNA results so you wouldn't go back to her."
Jason came back to the present and found three very alarmed looking faces staring at him.
"Jason what's wrong? Are you okay?"
"I just remembered something."
Jason wasn't sure why, but something Elizabeth had said recently just clicked into place for him.
"It's finally our time to be together."
It was in that moment Jason knew. Elizabeth was lying to him. She knew he was Jason, he was sure of it.
