Ch. 18

• Authors note, sorry everyone but I forgot to give you song information for the song in chapter 16 or 17.  Here is it the song is called half life by Duncan Sheik.  Also, I just got back from England and France, I was there for 3 weeks but there was no feedback left from ch. 16 and 17, if no one likes the fanfic, I will just stop writing.*Jess
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She walked towards the classroom, searching the room she didn't see him.  Disappointment grew with in her and she sat down.  The class was boring and she didn't pay much attention.  She left and walked down to the lounge for lunch.  On her way she ran into Brian.

"Hey hun, do you wanna grab some lunch with me?" his eyes were pleading.

"Umm, sure but I have to get back to my dorm soon." She was lying through her teeth, she was meeting Jason so that they could go out for lunch but she didn't tell Brian that.

"ok, it won't take long for me to tell you what I want to tell you." They walked in and sat down at a table.  Courtney only ordered an apple and Brian ordered a sub.

"Holly, over these past 2 years you have been so much to me, my light, my love, my life." Courtney could tell what was coming, he was going to propose.  She had to come up with a reason to leave and fast.

"Umm, Brian this is going to have to wait.  I have to go, I have a class on the other side of campus." She practically sprinted out of the lounge and towards the meeting spot for her and Jason.  When she arrived she slipped into Jason's arms and they walked towards his motorcycle together.

"Why were you running?" he started the conversation.

"Ummm, do you really want to know?" she hadn't wanted to tell him but he deserved to know.

"Of course I do, is something wrong?" he was concerned, he didn't want anything to happen to her before he got to tell her how he really felt.

"Brian was going to propose to me, but I left before he could." She reassured him with a smile.

"If he asks you will you say yes?" he held his breath waiting for her answer.

"No, not at all, why would you think that.  I haven't even told the guy that I love him.  I don't love him." She didn't want to tell him how she felt until the time was right so she waited.  They pulled into the restaurant and he helped her off of the bike.

"I miss your blonde hair…." He still loved her in every way but when she had this dark hair it reminded him of the other man that was still involved in the story.

"This stuff will be coming out soon and when it does I am going to tell Brian the truth and then we will all be fine." She was so sure that everything would work out.  They didn't talk about much during lunch.  When they got back to campus Jason began to talk serious, "ok, so meet me here again tonight and we will find someplace to sit and talk."  He knew where he wanted to go, the only question was could he get there in time?

She knew that tonight was going to be important.  They were going to talk about what happened but they were also going to talk about what was going to happen.  They were crunched on time; they were leaving at midnight but had to be back by two.  She chose her outfit carefully.  She decided on a pair of jeans and a PCU sweatshirt.

Jason couldn't stop thinking about her the entire time he was stuck on the phone with Liz.  She wanted to come over; she was in building 7 so she was far away.  Jason told her he was tired and that he had homework, which was a lie, but he didn't care. When she finally said goodnight, "I love you, goodnight babe." He felt like he was going to barf and then got ready for his meeting with Courtney.  He chose a black tee-shirt and a pair of jeans and left worried about the time.

They met up and Courtney smiled at him, she had removed her contacts, blue eyes shined at him when he leaned down to kiss her on the cheek.

"We have to get going; we are kind of short on time you know." He pulled her hand towards the motorcycle.

"Where are we going?" she had no idea where he was taking her, but she didn't care, as long as she was with him.

"Ohh I have a place in mind." He smiled childishly and sat on the bike.  She followed him and wrapped her arms around his middle, she leaned in and inhaled his scent, and it hadn't changed, she was glad to be there with him.  They drove listening only to the sound of the bike on the street.  Jason pulled up to the Q's boat house and parked the bike.

"Ummm Jason, where are we?" she pulled off her helmet and fixed her hair.

"My family's boat house" he opened the door with his key and opened the door.

"Ok then….." she walked in and looked around.  There were a bunch of old boating supplies shoved in the back corner and a fireplace took up most of one wall.  There was a couch in front of it, that was about it, the rest had boating equipment, a boat, nothing interesting.

"Take a seat." Jason gestured towards the couch and Courtney sat down in, Jason sat down on the opposite end not wanting to go to fast for her.  Courtney wondered why he was keeping his distance but decided to act upon it not let it sit.  She inched closer to him and he took that as permission to sit next to her.  They both moved together and Jason wrapped his arm around her waist.

"So, how are Carly and Sonny?" she was dying to know how her best friend was doing.

"Carly was miserable after you left, but Sonny helped her through it.  They both went to Florida for college; they are coming back up for Christmas though." He didn't want to talk about these people he wanted to know about Courtney; learn all that he had missed.

"That’s great, but I promised my grandmother I would go back to California for Christmas."

"Courtney you can't go back, we haven't spent one Christmas together and now you are back here and you want to leave me again?"

"Jason I never wanted to leave you, I had no choice, my step dad… I am so sorry I wish I had called you, or found you when you were in California, I was just so-" she was stopped by Jason's finger at her lips.

"Don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong.  All you did was what you thought was right.  I am so sorry that I acted the way I did." He was close to saying it, so close but he stopped, they both needed to work things out before she knew.

"Jason, are you involved with anyone new?"

"Yes, sadly, I am currently seeing, if that is how you would like to say it, Elizabeth…. but I don't love her." He looked deep into her eyes praying she would ask who he did love.

She wanted to break his stare; he was looking, searching her eyes.  She wanted to ask who he loved but would she get an answer that would break her heart? She was willing to risk it, "Who- who do you…love?" she held her breath waiting for his answer.

She had asked him, now was the time to tell her. "Courtney, I love you." He watched as tears streamed down her face after his confession.

"I love you too" she barley got her words out before his lips fell onto hers.  They kissed for what seemed like ages but it felt so right.  Suddenly she pulled back.  Jason was hurt by her sudden actions.

"Jason, what time is it?" her eyes were filled with anticipation and fear; she had promised Brian she would meet him at 3 am in front of the fountain at main campus.  She knew what he wanted and she knew what the answer would have to be but all the same she owed him a proper explanation.

"Ohh my god, it is 1:50, Courtney we aren't going to get back in time."

"Jason we have to!" they both flung themselves from the couch and out into the night, it had started to rain while they were inside but they didn't care.  Jason sped on through the city trying to get back to the school before two.  He was so busy worrying about getting back in time that he didn't see the car on the wrong side of the road, the last thing he remembered was the bright lights and Courtney's scream.

Ch. 19

Jason woke up in a hospital room, he had no idea how he had gotten there all he remembered was the scream. The doctor came in and told him that he had suffered little damage.  His arm was broken and he had been unconscious for the past 3 days.

"Courtney, what about Courtney?" he was so worried.

"Well there was a slight problem with Courtney, her 'boyfriend' showed up and claimed that her name was Holly.  We had to find a birth certificate and everything and Brian was not very happy when he found out who she really was.  He went in and started to yell at her and when she tried to yell back she had trouble breathing.   She also suffered a head injury, she has a large gash on the side of her head but we think she is going to be alright."

"I need to go see her now, what room is she in?" he began to get up but the doctor stopped him.

"Mr. Quatermaine, you just woke up, you can't go running around the hospital-"

"TAKE ME TO HER!"  The doctor listened this time and brought a wheel chair into the room a few moments later.  Jason sat down in it calmly and then the doctor pushed him down the hall muttering under his breath.  They pulled up to the room and Jason opened the door.  Courtney was sitting there looking around and when her eyes fell on him……..

"Jason…" she breathed his name out like she had been holding her breath for years.

'Courtney," he turned to the doctor, "may we have a moment?"

"Fine!" the doctor left the room and closed to door loudly behind him.

"Courtney I am so sorry!  I shouldn't have been in a rush like that I should have watched what I was doing-"

"No, Jason please don't do this to yourself.  You were trying to get us back in time so that we wouldn't get in trouble.  I am not angry with you" just then Brian entered the room.

"Well, well, well look what we have here.  Courtney please tell this man that you do not want to be with him and that you are in love with me because I know you are!"

"Brian, I told you earlier…" she didn't want to cause a scene in front of Jason so she said it softly but Brian didn't want to talk about it calmly.

"NO!  What you told me earlier was the aftermath of the accident that HE caused," he pointed a finger at Jason, "and now I want you to tell him the truth about how you feel about me!" he crossed his arms and tapped his foot waiting like a seven year old boy while his mom gets her hair cut.  Courtney preparedt o answer but Jason got the words out of his mouth first.

"No, you listen to me!  Courtney and I are together.  We have been since she moved to Port Charles!  You or anyone else can try and stop us but it won't happen!  You caused most of the problems Courtney is having right now when you threw and little tantrum in here because she didn't want to be with you anymore!  Get out of her room!"

"Who’s one to talk you put her in this hospital bed not me!  She doesn't love you Jason, she loves me, even if she hasn't said so yet I know it is because she wants to tell me at the perfect time!" that was it, Courtney couldn't handle it anymore she sat bolt up right and started out slowly.

"I, do, not love you Brian!  I don't love you!  You were my friend when I lived in California and yes there were some feelings on both sides but when I moved to Port Charles it all changed when I met Jason!  There is nothing you can do about that so PLEASE leave me alone!"  She breathed in deeply and then lay back down on the bed.

"Courtney, please don't do this, I love you babe…"

"Don’t call her babe……. Just leave!"  Jason answered so that Courtney could catch her breath.

"Fine, I'll leave but this is not the end, I will have Courtney for myself!"  With that he walked out the door and slammed it behind him.  Jason let his head fall and hang low and Courtney let the tears stream down her face.

"Ohh Jason what have I done?" she turned from him and cried silently.  Jason stood from his wheel chair and gained balance; he walked over to her and sat on the side of her bed.

"Nothing, nothing except tell someone the truth." He wrapped his arms around her and held her while she allowed her self to cry more freely.  About fifteen minutes later she stopped and turned towards him.

"How did I get so lucky to find someone like you?" she looked into his eyes, his blue eyes that made everything alright, that made everyone else disappear and for just a moment made her forget everything that ever happened to her.

"Funny, I was going to ask you the same question…" he leaned down and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

"I love you Jason"

"I love you too"  then they were silent, Jason held Courtney and they listened to each other's hearts beat and soon they fell asleep.