chapt 2

Courtney swung her legs over the edge of their bed, finding her slippers with her feet. As she slipped into her robe, she shyly looked over at the bathroom door. He had never before raised his voice at her. She rubbed her face with her hands and sighed.

Courtney: What’s wrong Jason?

She whispered to the door.

Stimulated with a fiery determination, Courtney spun on her heal and marched out of their bedroom. She didn’t think it was fair that he does all the work while Sonny sits around and gives orders! How dare Sonny! Having him up at all hours of the night. Courtney barged into the penthouse before Johnny could utter a word of her arrival.

Courtney: Who do you think you are?!? She screamed furiously at Sonny.

Sonny: What? What’s the matter?

Courtney: Your so-so typical! For G-d sakes, Sonny-Does-does it even matter to you that Jason and I are getting married in a couple of days. G-d!

Sonny: Ok-ok- Calm down. All right. What are you talking about?

Courtney: Don’t act innocent! You’ve been working Jason like as horse, now more than ever! Is this some last minute attempt to put the pressure on?!? Huh? Stop him from marrying me??! I mean-I-I thought you approved? Why are you doing this?

Sonny reached out, grabbed his little sister’s hand, and slowly walked her over to the couch. As they sat, he gently held onto her hand.

Sonny: I love you. You know that right? I-I know I don’t let tell you that often, but that’s-that’s how I feel. You’re my family. All I want is for you to be happy. And Jason makes you happy.

All the anger and fury she marched in with subsided with his words. He wasn’t against her marrying Jason. He’d do anything to make her happy. As Courtney sauntered back over to their apartment she couldn’t help but think about what Sonny told her. Sonny said he had lightened Jason’s workload over the past couple of weeks. Something else was keeping him distant.

Courtney: Jason? She called out when she walked through the door.

Courtney: Jason?

Silence. He was gone again. As she turned to drag herself up the stairs, something on the desk caught her eye. Thunder crackled outside as she slowly approached the note. It read: 15 Walnut Drive. 6 pm. (545)-352-2644. Courtney hesitantly dialed the number.

Chapt 3

Jason lingered around the front door before tentatively knocking. He couldn’t understand why he kept coming back; he was going to marry the woman he loved in a few days. But…it seemed as though all rational thought seemed to vanish when he saw her; she needed him. And he couldn’t stay away.

His knock was so soft, it was barely audible, but she heard him, she felt his presence and ran to the door instantly. “Hey,” she uttered shyly smiling. She was like a dream manifested into reality as she stood in the doorway. Her flowing dark hair glided off her shoulders and her brilliant brown eyes spoke volumes of their past. She was breath taking, he thought to himself.

“I-I’m sorry I called you again…I know your busy, it’s just-” she stuttered nervously. “Don’t be sorry…I’m not. I-I’m glad I could be here for you, Robin,” he said pulling her into an embrace.

So many thoughts and emotions ran through his head as he held her tightly. He knew what he felt for Courtney was real, but Robin was his first love. She needed him now more than ever. She told him she had, at most, a year left until the end, and she vowed to make this last year as fulfilling as it could ever be. That meant being with Jason again, feeling him close to her. Their past mistakes seemed to dissipate after they saw each other; after they touched; after they kissed each other, for the first time in years.

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“Hi. This is Maxi. This is Georgie. And this is Mac. Were not home right now but leave your name and your number after the beep and we’ll give you a call back.”

Courtney looked at the phone, puzzled, and hung up the before the beep. ‘Why,’ she thought, ‘is Jason meeting Mac?’ Resolving to ask Jason, when he came home, Courtney gave the situation no more thought and turned to the kitchen to fix dinner.

Chapt 4 A cloud of darkness fell over Port Charles; the storm from the night before seemed to intensify twofold. Weather reports advised residents to stay indoors and off the roads. Courtney stood by the window, staring into the dark abyss that was the Port Charles sky, wondering if Jason was ok. She knew he wasn’t; she could feel it. He was in bad situation, in a place he didn’t want to be. She tried his cell phone and the Scorpio’s a few times but service was down all over Port Charles.

Courtney ran across the corridor, deciding to go to Sonny for help, but Johnny informed her that Sonny and Carly had already left for their weekend trip.

“Look, Johnny, have you seen Jason since this afternoon,” Courtney asked, concerned.

“No, is …something wrong?” he responded.

She ran her fingers through her hair and let out a sigh, “I-I don’t know, but I have this feeling-I-I don’t know…Look can you bring the car around…”

A million thoughts ran through his head as he sat there holding Robin in his arms. Courtney, the thought of her brought a smile to his face, she was his whole world. She came into his life, unexpectedly, and saved his heart when he didn’t know it needed to be saved. He needed to call her. He needed to see her, to feel her close to him. He snapped at her earlier, and it was eating at him thinking how much he hurt-

“Jason, what are you thinking about?” Robin asked interrupting his thoughts.

“I-I was just thinking I need to make a phone call,” he said trying to avoid the topic of Courtney with Robin again.

“I’ve got a better idea,” she said smiling up at him “dance with me?”

As the limo approached the driveway, Courtney noticed that the lights were on at the Scorpio home. ‘He has to be here,’ she prayed.

Jason stood before Robin and held out his hand for hers. She took it smiling up at him. He led her to the center of the living room and took her into his arms and she held onto him as tight as she could.

She stood on her tiptoes, and whispered softly into his ears, “kiss me.”

Hesitating, Jason tipped her chin upwards and slowly leaned in for a kiss.

Not soon after she stepped out of the limo, Courtney was drenched from head to toe. She smiled at herself remembering the last time she was caught in a rainstorm; her and Jason’s first kiss, the night her world changed forever; the night she found her soul mate.

Robin slowly led him back to the couch, as she continued to kiss him. “Make love to me Jason” she managed to whisper, between kisses; she was caught in a trance, retreating to their past together. He wasn’t sure what to do, how to stop this without hurting Robin. He couldn’t be with her. His heart belonged to Courtney.

Courtney ran to the front of the house, her hands above her head in a feeble attempt to shield herself from the rain. As she approached the front, she noticed two figures on the couch being intimate with one another. Blinded by the rain, Courtney moved closer to see who they were.

‘A pretty brunette,’ she thought squinting through the rain ‘with-’.

Her face fell as she made out whom the couple on the couch were.

“No-no-” she whispered, confused by the picture her eyes were conveying.

She felt her legs about to give way, and her heart melt. It felt as though time stopped; the world stopped spinning, that heartrenching instant felt like an eternity.

He needed to stop this. He needed to tell her he couldn’t go through with it.

“Robin-I can’t. I love Courtney,” he managed to say.

“Jason, please. I need you,” she replied, kissing him.

“I love her, I love-” a woman’s silhouette outside the window caught his eye. “Courtney,” he whispered.

He pulled Robin off and ran to the door.

“C-ou-rtney! Cour-tney!” he yelled into the darkness.

“Jason, just forget about her. Please. I need you,” Robin pleaded standing in the doorway.

“I can’t,” he simply stated, turning his back on his past, and chasing his future.