The Park

Courtney: Jason, what happened to your face?

Jason: Sonny hit me.

Courtney: Sonny? Why?

Jason: Sam -- she told sonny that -- that I'm the father of her baby.

Courtney: So sam lied to sonny, and he took hewoword over yours? How can he -- I don't -- how could he do that after all the loyalty you have shown him?

Jason: Because 's true

jason: I'm the father.

Michael: But uncle jason loves aunt courtney, and she loves uncle jason. So why did he make a baby with sam?

Carly: Um -- you know, sweetheart, sometimes grownups just -- they do things even they don't understand.

Michael: I don't get it. If uncle jason stops loving aunt courtney, why does he love sam?

Carly: Sweetie, he doesn't love sam. Sam's not jason's type.

Courtney: So -- so what happens from here?

Jason: Sam's moving in with me.

Courtney: Are you going to marry her?

Jason: I don't know. We're just taking this step by step.

Courtney: Thank you for delivering the news in person. I don't think I would have believed it from anyone else.

Jason: I'm sorry.

Courtney: Don't be. You're going to be a wonderful father, jason, and I'm sure you'll be happy.

Jason: Courtney, wait a minute. I can't leave it like this. I need to explain.

Courtney: I'm pretty clear on what happened. Sam got pregnant sometime in february, she started up with sonny, and then she slept with jax the night of the fire. I just -- I don't know where you fit in.

Jason: You know what? The details don't matter. There's a baby now, and I have to take care of it.

Courtney: Yeah, of course you do. But anyway, it's not like you were unfaithful. You know, we've been separated for months, and I'd already dated another man, and I was sending you mixed messages -- pulling you close and then pushing you away. I'm just surprised that you turned to sam. Not that I'm knocking the mother of your child.

Jason: Courtney, what happened was something we did not plan on.

Courtney: Sam was involved with sonny, jason. I can certainly see her coming on to you, but why would you sleep with her? Unless you were doing it to protect sonny and carly.

Jason: That's how it started, anyway.

Jason: I've always believed in sonny and carly's marriage. I mean, even on their wedding y, carly wanted to back out, you know? D I was the one --

courtney: Yeah, I know. You bet her $20 that sonny would prove to be the love

h her life. Do you really think that they can get back what they had?

Jason: I don't know. I think they can be happy. But I do know michael and morgan -- they will be happy.

Courtney you slept with sam to push sonny and carly back together, didn't you?

Jason: Yeah, something like that.

Courtney: God. Oh. So, what, she came on to you, and you let it happen to show sonny what kind of woman she really is to make the choice between his family and sam clear? And then sonny and carly got back togheher, anyhow, so your sleeping with sam was a wasted effort. Till she showed up pregnant.

Jason: It was the last thing that I ever expected.

Courtney: Yeah, it's kind of crazy how things happen. You and I loved each other, and our baby wasn't meant to be. And then you and sam have a meaningless fling, and just like that, you're having a baby.

Courtney: Maybe -- maybe it's a good thing. Yeah, I couldn't let go of you, and now I have to. But our lives are just taking us in different directions. So it's really over, jason.

[Jason leaves]

Courtney: [on her cell] Are you busy?

Later…

Jax: Hey. Everything ok?

Courtney: The father of sam's baby isn't a mystery anymore.

Jax: Who is it?

Courtney: It's jason.

Jax: Wow. Well, the man's a bigger fool than I thought. Cheating with trash like sam when he was lucky enough to be married to you.

PH2

Sam: How'd it go with courtney?

Jason: She handled it pretty well.

Sam: Which probably made it even worse. I'm sorry.

Jason: Yeah, me, too.

Sam: You want to talk about it?

[Sam sighs]

Sam: Right. You'd rather eat dirt and die. I know. I'm -- I'm sorry. Jason, I wish I ululd make you feel better since I'm feeling so much better myself.

Jason: What'd you do?

Sam: It's what sonny did. He came over here looking for you, and we talked. It helped a lot. He still cares about me.

The Park

Jax: Sam is exalyly what jason deserves. You know, he was never good enough for you. He's a cold-hearted thug who doesn't even understand the meaning of the word "love."

Courtney: Jason loved me.

Jax: That's exactly how he won you over. You're so kind and trusting. You always try to see the good in people, even when it's not there. And he used that, and then he crawled into bed with sam and god knows who else.

Courtney: That not how it happened, jax.

Jax: Well, you know what? The -- the details aren't important, ok? The fact is that you're in a position to pay him back. Right? Jason hates me as much as I hate him. And he will choke when he sees me treating you like a princess while he's stuck with sam. See, you've moved on, and there's nothing he can do about that. So, he betrayed you, and now it's your turn to make him suffer, just a little.

Courtney: You don't know jason at all, and you don't know me, either.

PH2

Sam: Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to break up sonny and carly's marriage. I know we're playing this whole charade to save whatev they have left.

Jason: I'm doing this for michael so we can hold whatever family he has left together.

Sam: I know. Sonny agrees, and so do I. I'm just saying that I'm not going to deny my feelings for sonny. I am in love with him, jason, and I'm carrying his child. It jt t -- it means a lot to know that he -- that he cares about me, that's all.

Jason: Ok, that's fine. Whatever you say, feel for each other, it's none of my business, ok? But I'm asking you to remember -- there are three kids involved now. And they have a right to feel happy and secure, and if that means the adults have to make some sacrifices, then that's what needs to happen. That's what being a parent means.

The Park

Courtney: Jason's worst flaw is his blind loyalty to sonny, and even in the extreme, loyalty is not such a terrible thing.

Jax: You're still trying to paintason as the honorable soldier. What's honorable about sleeping withononny's mistress?

Courtney: Did it ever occur to you that jason was trying toto push sonny and carly back together? Trying to save their marriage when he couldn't save his own?

Jax: Couldn't or wouldn't?

Courtney: You've already made up your mind, so there's no point in this discussion.

Jax: You know, courtney, I really don't understand. How did jason convince you that having sex with sam was a sacrifice? I mean, there had to be another way to save sonny and carly's marriage.

Courtney: Sam came on to jason, ok?

Jax: Grow up. See jason's little fling with sam for what it was. It wasn't an attempt to save sonny's marrge, ok? It was a sleazy round of mattress tag with a slut, all the while he claimed that he loved you. What a crock. I guess mr. Doesn't lie tells the biggest lie of all.

Courtney: You don't know anything about us, jax. Ok, jason loved me just as much as I loved him.