It felt good to be in the hospital without Carly and Jason being here. Elizabeth thought to herself. Her life had been miserable the past month. Coming to work everyday only to find Jason sitting vigil over Carly making declarations of love and devotion to her. She must have puked at least once everyday that first week Carly was in the hospital.

She knew it was her own fault. She was doing it to herself. She couldn't help but to ease drop on Jason through the nurse's intercom in Carly's room. She had only wanted to hear his voice, feel close to him. Yet every time she flicked the switch at the nurse's desk she would hear Jason on the other end telling Carly he loved her. Telling Carly to fight for him and painting a vivid picture of their future together. A future that should have been hers. She listened until her stomach lurched and demanded she run for relief.

By the second week she decided to stop torturing herself by listening. She had done real good for a few days. She had avoided going near Carly's room. She didn't flip the intercom switch once. That was until she had seen Jason in the hall. He was carrying a big bouquet of flowers and heading toward Carly's room. Her resolve withered. She ran back to the desk and flipped the switch just in time to hear Jason ask Carly to move in with him. Her heart dropped. This couldn't be happening. She was supposed to be the one moving in with Jason. She was supposed to be the one he loved unconditionally.

She was sure Jason had fell in love with her. She was positive he had, that was until Carly swooped in and messed it all up. Carly was always finding ways to come between her and Jason. It was all Carly's fault. That witch had cast some sort of spell on Jason and she had to find a way to break it. She would find a way.

After that night she had kept as much distance as possible between her and Jason. She avoided the side of the hall Carly was on completely. She even switched with Nadine a few times just to make sure she did not run into them.

The last time she had spoken directly to Jason was that night outside the PCPD. He had made it very clear that night he didn't want anything to do with her, but he had also just been charged with attempted murder, so she was pretty sure Jason didn't mean any of the things he had said. Jason would never do anything to put her of her boys at risk. At least she hoped he wouldn't, there was no telling what Jason would do when he was being influenced by that witch. She decided to play it safe and keep her distance for awhile. She would let Jason come to her. He would eventually. After all she was the mother of his only child.

Elizabeth smiled as she looked down and noted the chart in front of her. She didn't look up when she heard the elevator doors open. She was too busy rolling out her own personal fantasy of Jason coming to her begging for forgiveness.

She heard Nadine voice, "Hi. Back so soon. Is everything ok?"

"Everything is fine." She heard Carly say back and her skin began to crawl. Why the hell was she back so soon?

"Can you check to see if Dr. Winters is ready for me? I have an appointment with her at one." Carly asked Nadine.

Elizabeth heard Nadine walking away to the phone and then she heard foot steps coming her way.

"You can stop pretending not to be listening." Carly told her.

Elizabeth looked up slowly "Carly" She said in an overly enthusiastic voice. "I know you find this hard to believe, but the world doesn't revolve around you. I could care less what you say or who you say it too."

"Maybe you should." Carly told her.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes at Carly and then tried to ignore her by returning to noting the chart that was in front of her. Carly was indifferent to Elizabeth's attempt to end the conversation, "I want you to know that I haven't forgotten how you tricked Jason into moving you into the penthouse or how you used his son to get close to him."

"Jake is our son and I didn't use him" Elizabeth protested as she looked up and locked eyes with Carly.

Carly ignored the protest. "Consider this your only warning. If you ever place Jason's son in danger again, you will have to deal with me. And unlike Jason, I don't care that you're the mother of his child."

Carly adorned a friendly smile when she saw Nadine approaching. "Nice to see you Elizabeth. Kiss Jake for me." She said and then turned to Nadine.

"Dr. Winters will see you now." Nadine told her.

"Thanks." Carly said as she smiled and walked away.

Nadine looked at Elizabeth, "Carly's so nice. I don't understand why people say those things about her." Elizabeth gave Nadine a fake smile and went back to her charts.

oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO

"Hi" Lainey said to Carly. "Please come in so we can talk."

"I don't want to talk." A nervous Carly replied. "I just want to do it."

"Have a seat." Lainey insisted. She noticed Carly was very agitated. "Why are you suddenly so desperate to remember right now?"

"Jason needs me to remember." Carly answered

"I'm pretty sure Jason doesn't want you to push yourself to remember. He knows pushing you into remembering isn't what's best for your health."

"This isn't about what Jason wants. It's about what he needs and he needs me to remember. Are you going to help me or not?"

"I can't help you to do something I know is detrimental to your heath."

Carly stood in indignation. "I'm going to do this. With or without your help. If you won't help me I'll go to someone else who won't give a damn about what remembering will do to my mental health. At least if you help me you can be there for whatever fall out there is afterwards. If you're really concerned about me you won't make me go else where."

Lainey's shoulders sagged in defeat. "Fine. I'll do this for you, but we will do it by my rules."

Carly nodded her head in agreement and then anxiously plopped herself down in the chair opposite Lainey. "Let's get started. Should I lie down?"

"First we need to talk."

"Talk" Carly protested.

"Yes, talk. We need to go over the procedure and lay some ground work for it."

oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO

Jason anxiously stepped of the elevator and surveyed the hospital corridors and waiting area. No Carly. He was pretty sure this is where she had gone off too. He had already checked in at the hotel and there was no sign of her there. He had a sinking feeling Carly was about do something impulsive. He went to the nurse's desk and without paying the slightest bit of attention to the person in front of him he impatiently asked, "Have you seen Carly Jax?"

Shivers went down Elizabeth's spine when she heard Jason's voice. She looked up from the chart and saw him. "Hi." She said sheepishly.

"Hi." Jason replied hurriedly. "Have you seen Carly around?" He asked.

Before Elizabeth could answer Nadine swooped in and gave the response, "She's down the hall with Dr. Winters."

"Thanks' Jason said and then took off down the hall.

"She is so lucky." Nadine said as she watched Jason hurry down the hall. "I wish I had a man that was head over heels for me like Jason is for Carly." She sighed and walked away leaving Elizabeth standing there with tears in her eyes.

oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO

"Are you sure you want to still go through with this?" Lainey asked Carly. "Even after I've explained all the possible outcomes?"

"I'm positive." Carly answered confidently. "There is nothing I wouldn't do for Jason."

"I sure there isn't." Lainey said, "but I'm almost positive Jason wouldn't approve of you doing this on his behalf."

"You're damn right I wouldn't"

Carly and Lainey both turned to see Jason standing ominously in the doorway. Carly stood up as Jason entered the room. Carly could tell by his posture and his cold facade he was really peeved at her. "Let's go." He told her and reached for her forearm.

Carly moved towards him and he tugged her in the direction of the door. Carly looked back at Lainey and yelled, "I'll be back tomorrow." "No she won't." Jason corrected and as they left the room.

Elizabeth heard loud voices in the hall and then she saw them. An angry Jason was coming down the hall with a ticked off Carly in tow. Carly was yelling at him to let her go. Elizabeth could see Jason had her by the arm and was leading her down the hall. Carly finally planted her feet and stood still. Jason stopped abruptly. Carly snatched her arm away from him. "Ohh… this is going to be good. There fighting already. Maybe she wouldn't have to wait to long for Carly's spell to be broken. Maybe it was already showing signs of cracking. Elizabeth moved behind the desk so she was closer to where they stood. She didn't want to miss a word.

"You're not going to do this." Jason told Carly.

"I sure as hell am." Carly snapped back. "and there's nothing you can do to stop me. You need me to remember."

"I don't need you to remember. Diane will handle this. Everything will be fine. You don't have to put yourself in danger to save me."

"I'm not going to leave your fate up to Diane. Not when the key to your freedom is locked up here inside of my head." Carly pointed to her temple. "I'm not going to leave our future in the hands of a jury that doesn't have all the facts. That only has the facts according to Scott Baldwin." Carly closed the distance between them. "I'm not going to let anyone take you away from me, not after everything we've been through to get to this point. I won't let it you go without a fight.

Jason resolve dissipated. His shoulder slumped. "And I can't sit by and watch you re-live a nightmare. I won't idly sit by while you tear yourself apart for me."

"Ye of little faith." Carly said and then brushed her hand across Jason's cheek. "How long have you known me? Have I ever let you down when it counts? Why are you sure that doing this will hurt me? It's just memories. It's quite obvious from the injuries I sustained that what ever happened to me wasn't pleasant. I'm not deluding myself that the memories are going to be easy to handle. I know it's going to be tough, but I'm tougher. You should know this about me by now. I need you to believe in me."

Jason rested his forehead against hers. "I have faith in you." He kissed her forehead and the rested his back down against hers. "I just love you so much the thought of losing you again scares the hell out of me."

Elizabeth sank to her knees behind the nurse's station. She rested her head in her hands. Then she felt her stomach lurch and she stood up and ran to the bathroom with tears streaming down her face. He really did love her. Just her.