Chapter 6

Three Truths and No Lies

A/N- Sorry I haven't updated- covering for people at work means no time to write. So you get two updates tonight! Anyway on to answering your reviews and the story. I'll only say this; don't count Carly out just yet. While some may not like her- I do like her, when she is not being possessive, arrogant or downright bitchy LOL. However. I do think that she has good intentions...most of the time..

Now for story purposes: Sonny knows everything that happened with Jason and Elizabeth from the past. He couldn't have Jason be his second in command with out knowing it all can he? He is not a Elizabeth supporter but that might change- MY STORY REMEMBER! Have fun :)

Carly had left the hospital chapel with tears in her eyes. The muffin and he would probably never get along but she wouldn't wish what she had just heard on anyone. Losing a child is something you never recover from. There is this ache inside that will never ever go away. Carly would know, and so would Elizabeth. This wasn't her first miscarriage Carly thought sadly. To have a life inside you, to feel it every day- to imagine their future... the blonde swallowed and swiped at her eyes one more time.

"I can't believe the news Patrick gave to Elizabeth," in the hallway Felix and Sabrina were talking just as Carly was rounding the corner.

"I know, it's just so heartbreaking. Is Patrick sure of the diagnosis?" Sabrina asked.

Diagnosis? Wait...something else was wrong with Elizabeth? Carly stopped at the edge of the hallway so she could hear them without seeing her.

"Unfortunately, Patrick said her body's been through too much. He doesn't think she could ever get pregnant again...he body just couldn't carry it to term safely. There is too much risk to her and the child.

"Poor Elizabeth, she must be beside herself. I know she always wanted a little girl, back when I was dating Patrick and watching Emma, she told me that. Now, you're telling me she will probably never have one?

Carly almost fell forward at the admission. Catching herself, she leaned back against the wall. No wonder Elizabeth flew off the handle in the waiting area.

"Is she going to get a second opinion?" For a moment Carly thought she had a spoken her thoughts out loud for a moment.

"Patrick encouraged her to do so, but she is so emotional right now, that I don't think the message was received since it was so much to process at once. Felix answered Sabrina's question right as their names were paged to the ER and they parted ways.

Waiting until the coast was clear-Carly thought back on Elizabeth's outburst. It was a little over the top and while she would never condone Liz keeping her best friend from her. She would never actually admit it out loud-she did think Elizabeth was a good mother.

Hearing Sabrina say that Elizabeth always wanted a little girl, pushed Carly to start heading out of the hospital. She needed to see Jossylyn. She needed to see her miracle baby and that would be her second stop. Since Joss was in school, Carly was on her way to find her newly recent husband. She knew Sonny and Jason were best friends, whether Jason remembered at all, she knew sonny did and he was going to get those answers.

While Carly is eavesdropping on Elizabeth and Felix and Sabrina:

After Jason had pushed past her on the way out of the hospital, Sam and Sonny had gone down to the hospital cafeteria to talk.

"Sonny, can I ask you a question?" They had just sat down with their burgers and coffee.

"Sure" He put his coffee cup down and met her eyes with his.

"What did Elizabeth mean when she said Jason had asked her to marry him multiple times and then took it back? Sam didn't really believe that was true, but something in Sonny's dark eyes made her pause. "Sonny is it true?"

"Yes Sam it's true, but"

"Tell me everything you know"

"Sam it doesn't matter, you are his wife. HE chose you. Just let it go." Sonny didn't see the point in re-hashing the past. All it did was continuously re-injure old wounds.

"Sonny, I need to hear this. Elizabeth says that Jason and her have nineteen years of history between them. I know from when I came into the picture, but what about before that? I think it's time I hear this...from the beginning."

Sonny looked into her eyes searching for any hesitation but seeing none; "Okay, well in the beginning Elizabeth was dating lucky when they first met, but their history really begins at Jake's..a few weeks after Lucky's death."

"Is that when he saved her from that jerk?" Sam had heard the story from Jason before but he was always closed lipped on the subject of Elizabeth.

"Yeah, that's the night he first took her riding."

"Wait, he used to take her on his bike? I didn't think she had ever been on his bike before? Sam thought that was hers and Jason's thing.

"All the time, in the beginning they were just friends. She was grieving, he was missing Robin. Riding fast was a distraction for both of them. Then one of our enemies threatened Elizabeth so Jason walked away...or tried to at least."

"What do you mean tried?"

"Elizabeth called him out on it, said that she counted on him not to treat her like a china doll. I think that was when his feelings started but he wasn't fully aware of them..not yet.

Sam watched as Sonny got this faraway look in his eyes as he continued talking, and she started to feel uncomfortable. There really was more to Jason and Elizabeth than just the few years that she knew about.

"Then Elizabeth found him shot and bleeding in the snow. She got Bobbie to help with his medical attention-force fed him soup. She defended him to everyone in her life, even told people they were dating so they would back off. Elizabeth even stood up to Carly multiple times back then."

"Is that why Carly hates her so much?"

"I think that's part of it. Back then, Carly was number one in Jason's life-but more importantly the one he turned too. I know he felt betrayed when Carly and I slept together. So at that point he left and Elizabeth was "more than a friend," at least that's what he had called her. Then Lucky came back."

"Right, and Elizabeth couldn't make up her mind, so she strung them both along." Sam had heard that part from Lucky years ago.

"It was a little more complicated than that."

"It doesn't sound like it. She wanted both of them but was afraid to make a decision that could end up with losing either one so she kept them both on a leash. She sneered.

"Not exactly, I think. There was a part of Elizabeth that felt like she needed to stay with Lucky out of obligation because she owed him."

"For helping her after she was raped?" Sam had to clarify, "that's so stupid."

"True, but back then Elizabeth had everyone pressuring her to stay with Lucky. I think at that point, she believed that she should be. However Elizabeth and Jason remained friends despite everyone's interfering. Even Lucky's."

"Well obviously Lucky didn't succeed."

"Not for lack of trying"

"So then what?"

"Then Elizabeth and Zander moved into the penthouse because Alcazar was after Zander, and during that was when Jason and Elizabeth decided to actually try to go for a relationship."

"Then you faked your death, and didn't tell her so she left and broke up with Jason because she couldn't handle the life?" Sam scoffed. Carly had already told her part of this. Secrets were part of the business. Sometimes you just didn't know everything.

"That, and I think she was hurt. Up until that point, her and I had been friends to some degree. We lived across from each other. I think that she was hurt we told everyone else and I wouldn't allow him to tell her."

"Did she really expect anything less? I mean she was with Jason because he was protecting her. Not because he wanted to be."

"At the time Jason wanted to be with her, but he could never really find the words to tell her. So they broke up, he moved on with Courtney, her with Ric and you know the rest." Sonny put his hands on his lap as he looked at her. He knew hearing all this was going to be hard on her.

"Yeah unfortunately." Sam sighed as she put her head in her hands. She knew the next few years down pat.

"So as you can see, he did love her. For a long time, but he got tired of the push and pull between them." Sonny honestly believed that that was why Elizabeth and Jason never worked out. Okay if he was being honest with himself, he only tells himself to make him feel better. In fact he was pretty sure him and Carly played a huge part in Jason's failing relationship with Elizabeth.

"He slept with her though, he had a child with her and moved on with her in secret...with her Sonny, and as Jason has said before him and Elizabeth...they just were. I think even then I knew they would always be more than friends." Sam said disappointed. She had tried for years to pretend that all Jason and Elizabeth were, were friends. Sam knew that she was the best choice for Jason. She understood his need for danger, how he lived for the adrenaline. The two of them were really partners...in every aspect of the word. He loved her. He just couldn't remember it. Sam had promised him that she understood his feelings, and she would respect that...for now. She hated Elizabeth and she didn't think Jason loved Elizabeth half as much as he loved her. Or does he? Sam thought.

"Just remember" Sonny put his hands on hers, " he chose you, he married you." He squeezed her hand in comfort.

"What about the part about him asking her to marry him?"

"I'd actually like to know the answer to myself." Carly said as she slipped into the chair next to Sonny.

Before Sonny could speak again, he was saved by both Sam and Carly's phone's ringing.

While both ladies were murmuring into their phones and glancing back at him from time to time, Sonny kept staring at his wheelchair. He hated that he was in this chair. The mighty Sonny Corinthos couldn't use his legs anymore and that crushed his spirit and his self esteem in many ways, but the one thing he could say was that it made him listen a little bit more, which in this case wasn't such a bad thing. He liked Sam. He liked Sam with Jason even more but he has watched Jason these last few weeks and is starting to wonder who Jason should be with. When Jason was in the hospital, Jason connected with Elizabeth. While he couldn't understand that, he was trying to understand his best friend's feelings. Jason was a wreck. He tried to hide it, but he could see it. Jason missed Elizabeth and her boys. Elizabeth had changed so much and he never thought Elizabeth could lie about something like she did, but seeing her blow up in the hospital made him start to wonder about how much they had inflicted on the brunette that she never once talked about.

"I'm sorry, I have to go." Sam cut off his thoughts as she put her jacket on. "Alexis needs me at the house, we'll finish this later." She nodded before she slipped away.

"Saved by the phone" Carly murmured, "now I am only going to ask you this once. How many times did Jason ask Elizabeth to marry him?"

"Three times that I know of when she said no and one time where she said yes." Sonny knew better than to lie Carly. The woman was a snake at getting the truth. Poised to strike and sometimes fatal when she learned it.

"What happened the last time when she said yes?"

"Jason took it back"

"Why?" Carly held her breath as she waited.

"Michael got shot." Sonny got emotional as he thought of that day, where they didn't know if their little boy was going to survive or not. Carly placed her arms around Sonny's shoulder as she thanked god that her little boy now grown up boy was all right.

"What if Michael hadn't gotten shot? She already knew the answer in her heart, but she needed to hear it out loud.

"He would have married her Carly, and he would have been happier than we'd probably ever seen him."

"Do you think they would have made it work?"

"Honestly, I wish I could say no, but if I am being completely honest, Jason's been in love with her for years. He just pushed her away because he didn't trust himself to keep her safe. His emotions took over over when she was in danger, and he wasn't in control then. As much as I hate her for keeping him a secret and sometimes I think she makes him miserable just as much as she makes him happy. That being said, it's his decision."

"So what do we do?" Carly asked.

"We stay out of it...for once and support him no matter what he decides...for once."