Disclaimer: I do not own General Hospital, ABC owns it and it's characters. This is purely for amusement, and to hone my writing skills. Nothing more, nothing less. Thank you so much.

Summary:

When Sam shows up to confront Elizabeth of knowing about Jason, a shocking truth comes out leaving both women blindsided and changes everything.

Pairings:

Liason, with a side of Samtrick and past! Jasam

Situation:

Nicolas told Jason the truth, but because he didn't like Jason Morgan and was in denial, he didn't believe him. Then he took Elizabeth home and started to remember, and realized that if he admitted he was Jason he couldn't be with Elizabeth who he was already half in love with. He remembered all that kept them apart, and saw this as a chance to finally get it right.

I want to thank the reviewers, Liasonfan75, kckepen2, pianogirl1, notenoughlove, trini12180, Guest, bjq, ilovedana53, Guest 2, SoapOperaEmpress, acroiris0502, C, Pamela, kikimoo, lrobinson01!

I want to thank, Of Elfin Blood, kikimoo, notenoughlove, E-Nizzy, NaxieFan48, bjq, fundays, lulubell76, mraymond73, trini12180, BettyBoop48748, arcoiris0502, sherimi, GeneralHospitalFan101, SoapOperaEmpress, aphass, McAliceKatePotterGHShield, butterflyliz, byland lrobinson01, Karebears1981 for the follows!

And I want to thank, kikimoo, notenoughlove, NaxieFan48, leezee, trini12180, BettyBoop48748, arcoiris0502, Livelaugh888, alpalumbo98, mraymond73, theonlythingthatsevermattered for the favs! Thank you all so much!

Guest reviews:

Guest: Thank you!

Guest2: Oh, I wish I could be a GH writer. I would turn stuff around so fast, and not leave plot holes.

C: I'm glad you liked that. I figured once Sam and Elizabeth found common ground that they'd be an unstoppable pair.

Pamela: I'm glad that you liked that. Yep, having them turn everything Carly around on her was fun to write. If only we actually got to see that on the show.

EPILOGUE

"Cause I'm your lady,

And you are my man,

Whenever you reach for me,

I'll do all that I can."

-"The Power of Love", Celine Dion (Played at Elizabeth and Jason's wedding)

Surprise wasn't a feeling Jason would say he felt often, but he can safely say that he had never been more surprised in his life to not only see Elizabeth pull into the driveway. But to be followed by Sam? He felt his brows shoot up from where he looked out the window, and he went out the front door and stepped out onto the porch. He saw Elizabeth get out of the car, and walked over to Sam. Neither woman seemed to surprised to see the other, and that just made him even more surprised. They had a quick conversation and a couple of glances in his direction, then they headed towards the house.

Sam stopped at the porch steps while Elizabeth ascended. Elizabeth placed a hand on his arm, and a quick kiss on the cheek then whispered, "She wants to talk. It's alright."

Jason nodded, and Elizabeth gave him a quick smile. He could see some worry on Elizabeth's face, but had a funny feeling it had nothing to do with Sam. Something must have happened at work, but before he questioned her about she gracefully made her way into the house. Jason sighed, running his hand down his brow and turned to face to face Sam. "Sam," he greeted her kindly. "How are you?"

"Better," Sam said, simply. "Better than I have been. Look, Jason, I get why you're on edge around me right now. Last couple of times I've shown up here, I've been way out of line and I am sorry for that."

Jason nodded slowly. "I'm not trying to doubt you or question you, but may I ask what brought on this sudden change of heart?" He could see that she was truly contrite, but he had to make sure.

"Okay. I suppose I deserve that," she huffed, with a small laugh. She brushed her hair out of her face, and looked up at Jason. "I thought about all you said, and I knew you were right. Even when you said, but it was a hard pill to swallow. There was a time that I had built my life around you, and it's easy to pretend it was all magical and perfect. No one likes to remember the bad things after one passes away, and I guess I did that when we thought you dead. It's harder to look back at it, and face the fact that we had issues.

"And the majority of them had nothing to do with Elizabeth. Or anyone else besides us," Sam admitted, her shoulders slumped. "When you came back, there was this part of me that wanted to fix all that. To hide back in the whole Jason's side kick routine, because it was easier to do that to risk myself on Patrick. There was a part of me that thought you'd wouldn't want to have anything to do with Danny because you already built this family with Elizabeth, which was unfair of me. Elizabeth would never make you do that. She has been wonderful to Danny and me, especially when he was sick."

Jason bowed his head, slightly. "Not to cut you off, but since you mentioned it...I know Danny isn't sick right now, but Elizabeth thought it'd be a good idea to have Jake and I tested to see if we'd be a match for Danny. Just in case," he said, quietly.

"That would be amazing," Sam agreed, readily. She may have messed up many things in her life, but Danny was one of the things she got right. She loved that little boy more than life itself because he was the chance that she never thought she'd have. To have the extra security just in case his prognosis turned bad again would lessen her worry tremendously. "I'd appreciate that."

"Alright. I'll have Elizabeth call and set up an appointment then," Jason nodded. "But...uh, back to what you were saying."

Sam swallowed the lump in her throat. "I overreacted. I tend to do that, and more often than not in a bad way. I thought I had accepted your death. I had mourned and moved on, but to suddenly have you back alive? It brought up a lot of questions. More importantly where Danny and I fit in your life," she murmured, crossing her arms over her chest. "I saw how devastated Elizabeth was when you shut her out of your life. I saw how it led her to make regrettable choices with Nicolas and Lucky. I couldn't imagine the pain she was going through alone, and I didn't want to feel that kind of pain."

"Sam...you're my friend," Jason said, seriously. "Danny is my son. You weren't going to be on the outside looking in. I couldn't do that again, to you or Elizabeth."

"I know that now," Sam said, with a sad smile. "When I took Danny home the other day. I just sat there looking down at him while he watched Tarzan, and just held him. He was my little miracle, you know? The chance I never thought I'd have, and it took me just sitting to realize that...our life, our love had been over for a long time. It had it's place, but it was done. That didn't mean I wasn't going to be a part of your life. Just that I was going to have a different role, and that was okay."

A knot of tension and worry that Jason hadn't realized he had been holding in was released. "For what it's worth Sam...I'm sorry for ever making you feel insecure or that you were second best when we were together. I did love you, and I know you loved me," Jason told her, honestly. "Just not in the way either of deserved to be loved."

Sam nodded, accepting that. "For what it's worth, I forgive you and I hope you can forgive me, too," she said, her voice hopeful.

"I already have," Jason promised.

Sam felt like a weight had been lifted, and a wound that had been left open since Jason's death had finally healed. All the doubts and questions that she had about their life together had been put to rest. "Good. Good. I just...I just don't want any anger or resent left to fester between any of us. We've all been put through a lot, and it's time we got a clean slate to move on," she stated, with a smile then it fell. Her eyes darted to the house behind him where Elizabeth had went into only moments ago. "Hey, look...I'm not sure how much you remember, but after Jake died...Monica gave Elizabeth a really hard time. She blamed Elizabeth for never knowing Jake, never admitting it was her alcohol issues and anger issues that kept you from telling. She...even accused Elizabeth of going after you when all Elizabeth did was hug you while delirious with fever. Aiden was sick, and Monica accused her of abuse."

Jason's brows furrowed. "No...I hadn't remembered that yet."

"Well, you should know about it because it caused a big rift between them. For years after, Monica still treated Elizabeth like crap only to let up when AJ started to befriend Elizabeth, and that was only because she wanted AJ to stay sober," Sam stated, with a frown. "I just...thought you needed to know that...Monica is why I jumped to that conclusion about Elizabeth."

"What?" Jason went still.

Sam looked down. "Monica still blames Elizabeth about Jake. I think she thought that if we were together I would bring you back into the Quartermaine fold, or something because I managed to convince you to spend one Thanksgiving over there before..." Sam shrugged, with a frown on her face. "I guess, she knew that if she tried anything like that Elizabeth would shut her down, and she was hoping Elizabeth was lying."

"And sent you as her attack dog," Jason said, his voice too calm.

"Pretty much," Sam grimaced. "Look, the reason I'm telling you is because Monica attacked Elizabeth at the hospital today. I tried to help Elizabeth, but Carly came in, and it became a fight. Elizabeth pretty much told them where they could shove their opinions and quit."

"She quit?" Jason blinked.

"Yeah. And since she has pretty much supported three boys by herself these last few years, she is probably freaking out right now," Sam told him, with a small nod. "You should go to her."

Jason nodded. "Thank you, Sam. For...telling about this, and for helping Elizabeth."

"She's helped me more times than I can count. I think it was time I paid that forward," Sam smiled. "Good-bye, Jason."

"Bye, Sam," Jason said, and after she was in her car, he walked into the house. He stepped into the house to see Elizabeth zooming around the living room on a cleaning frenzy. He slowly shut the door behind him, and watched her for a long moment. "Hon...what are you doing?"

"Cleaning," Elizabeth said, shortly.

"I can see that," Jason nodded, taking one step into the room. "Want to tell me what's wrong?"

Elizabeth's lower lip quivered, and it was like a dam burst inside of her. "What was I thinking, Jason? I have three boys to support! I can't up and go quit my job all willy nilly without thinking about the consequences!" Elizabeth breathed out, the tone in her voice frantic. She was folding the quilt and putting it right on the back of the couch. Her eyes were darting everywhere, and her heart hammered inside of her chest. "I can't believe I quit!"

"Hey! Hey," Jason said, coming up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. He pulled her back to his chest, and wrapped his arms around her. He pressed a kiss to her temple, and felt her sigh. "Elizabeth, it's okay. It's alright. Sam told me about how Monica was treating you, and I don't blame you for quitting. Neither will the boys."

"I know you all wouldn't, but I don't have the luxury of just up and quitting," Elizabeth bemoaned, shaking her head. She was not looking forward to talking to Monica about getting her job back. "And no hospital is going to take me on with all the mistakes I made after Jake's death. They'll see me as a liability before they see me as an assest. I gambled with my kids future once, I can't do that again."

"What do you mean?" Jason asked.

"That five million you gave me to help support the boys. I invested it," Elizabeth admitted, placing her fingers over his. "I thought it was a good investment. It would do a lot of good, and then the money that I got back would tenfold and I could pay for all of their colleges and everything. The invest went sour, and I've been trying to fight to make up for it ever since."

"Hey," Jason whispered out. "Sometimes we have to take gambles for the hope of something better, even if in the end you lose. You just wanted better for your kids, and to do a good thing at the same time. Besides, you don't have to do this all alone anymore, remember?" He smiled, and turned her to face him. "I'm here, and I have more than enough to help support us."

"Jason," Elizabeth said, "you don't understand. I don't want to use you like that."

"Elizabeth, you have never used me," Jason assured her, with a light laugh. "And I want to be here. I want to help support you and the boys. You're my family, and there's nothing more important than to make sure you all have all that you need. Besides, you sheltered and fed me way before you knew who I was. Consider this me paying you back by picking up the slack while you find yourself a different job. Maybe you can even take up your painting again."

Elizabeth smiled. "How do you do that?"

"Do what?" Jason asked, bringing her hand up to his lips and placed a kiss on the back of each knuckle.

"Make all my fears go away? Make me feel safe and happy?" Elizabeth asked, sighing as he gave her other hand the same treatment.

"Because you're a piece of me, and I'm a piece of you. Two part of a whole, and together...we can weather anything," he promised, and gave her a boyish grin before he lifted her into his arms.

"Jason!" Elizabeth squealed, on a laugh. Jason just nuzzled her neck in retaliation, tickling her with his five o'clock shadow. The two of them laughed and acted like teenagers all the way to the bedroom.

Port Charles had been abuzz since Jason's identity reveal.

All the vultures eagerly watching the four main players: Elizabeth Webber, Jason Morgan, Samantha McCall, and Patrick Drake. Everyone predicted a blow out. A good cat-fight. Something at all. But as the weeks passed, all they got was a small fight where Elizabeth and Sam had taking Carly and Monica to task. And soon all the people watching grew bored once more and went on to next scandal. That didn't meant that life was all full of sunshine or perfect.

Sam and Jason had amicably divorced, with shared custody of Danny. Sam had never been more relieved than to write her name of that piece of paper, and firmly shut that chapter of her life. Though her and Jason split was amicably because let's face it, their relationship had ended way before now, that didn't meant others were happy about it. Sam suffered harsh judgment from Carly, and surprisingly her sisters, for letting Jason go. Sam could deal with Carly, but had been beyond hurt that her sisters couldn't seem to be happy for her. Sam had been found by Patrick shortly after that, and the two finally talked about what they wanted out of their future. Patrick had been offered a very good job at a different hospital, and he was hesitant because he didn't want to leave Sam and Danny behind. It only took them a week to find a place about two hours out of Port Charles that they wanted to move into to get a fresh start. Far enough away from the daily drama, but close enough to their families that they could visit whenever they wanted to.

Danny would come over every other week, and loved the time spent there. The little boy being the famed son of a hitman didn't have many friends because parents didn't want their kids associating with him. It made the little a target for bullies, much like Aiden had been. So Cameron and Jake finally bonded by being protectors of their little brothers, much to Elizabeth's great relief.

Robin had come back shortly before Sam and Patrick's wedding. Perhaps she was hoping for the same outcome of his not-wedding with Sabrina, but Patrick put his foot down. He told Robin that he would always love her, but too many times she had passed her family over for something else. Robin tried to explain her reasons, but Patrick told her no matter how good her intentions were, her family had suffered over and over for it. Patrick wasn't willing to put himself through that again, and more importantly Emma. Robin had left with tail between her legs, and Sam spent the whole night consoling Emma who had been so upset.

It was shortly decided after that if Robin didn't start coming to see Emma regularly, then Sam would officially adopt Emma. It had been something both Patrick and Sam struggled with because neither wanted to hurt Robin, but Emma needed stability. If Robin wouldn't provide it, then Sam would. Three weeks later, Sam and Patrick were married and adoption paperwork had been started.

As for Elizabeth and Jason, they started preparing for their next wedding and this time hoped it went without a hitch. And there were so many hitches that could happen. Carly had been inviting Jason to lunch after lunch, and lecturing him about not seeing Micheal or Morgan or any of them. Jason told her pointedly that the only child was Jocelyn, and that her boys were grown. If they wanted to see him, they could come and see him at his house. Micheal was overjoyed for Elizabeth and Jason. Morgan just listened to his mom said, and was icy towards them if he saw them. Sonny had tried to be the mediator, but even he was having a hard time putting up with Carly's attitude.

Finally, Jason gave Carly an ultimatium. If she couldn't accept Elizabeth and her boys were his family, too, then they had nothing more to talk about. Carly said she would never accept them, and Jason had left with Carly assuring him that he would be back. He hadn't seen her since, and it was killing Carly.

Monica had been another hurtle. She had tried to explain Jason her point of view, but it just reminded Jason of when he first woke up from his coma. How the Quartermaines had been, how their manipulations drove him away. He knew he was the last child Monica had, but he couldn't handle this. He told Monica that he had no problem with being around her, up until he found out what she tried to pull with Sam and Elizabeth. He was with Elizabeth, and that's where he wanted to be. He wasn't going to be back with Sam, just because it was convienent for anyone else. He had left the Quartermaine mansion, and told Monica to not expect to see any of her grandchildren any time soon.

Monica was currently trying to find out what the grand parent's rights law was in New York, but Jason had already talked to Diane knowing exactly what the woman's next move would be. Diane assured him that she didn't have a leg to stand on.

Jake was doing better. They discovered what happened to him on Cassidine island. How Helena had him conditioned and trained to be some kind of assassin. They didn't know the extent of the training, or if he would ever be able to ever fully let it go, but he was no longer stoic. He smiled, and laughed, and was a normal little boy again. He was no longer angry, or cold to Cameron and Aiden. The boys were practically inseperable now. Dr. Collins was still working with him, and despite Jason reservations, Franco's art therapy was helping, too. It was far from over, but the two parents saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

Elizabeth and Jason married that spring. It was a small ceremony, with all the people that trusted and knew would be happy for them. Sonny, Sam, Patrick, Epiphany, Micheal, and Sabrina to name a few. The vows that were exchanged between them had been hand written and from the heart.

"I never imagined myself being here in front of you, your fiance and about to become your wife," Elizabeth had whispered out, tears in her eyes as she stared up at the man that she loved. "I had dreamed of it so many times, but I never thought it would be a reality. Standing here, I'm afraid that any moment that I will wake up, but I know you will get rid of those fears because every moment I wake up after this...it will be to you. I will wake up to you, and to our boys, and our home...and know that no dream could ever make me as happy and feel as love as you do now."

"You came into my life. I didn't expect you. I didn't expect for you to pick me up out of the snow, or to fall in love with you. I didn't know what I had with you until the first time you swept out of my life just as easily as you entered it. I should have appreciated you then," Jason said, his hands squeezing hers. His heart was in his throat, and he fought to get his vows out. "But I swear to cherish you now and forever. For every hurt I have ever done, I will make up for it tenfold. For ever lie I said in telling somone I didn't love you, I will make sure to remind you that I do love you everyday. For every time I walked away, I will endeavour to follow you wherever this life takes us and never leave your side again. I want to be with you through it all because there is no life for me without you, Elizabeth. You're my everything, and my always."

Epiphany wiped her eyes with a tissue at this point, and passed to Sam who was just as teary eyed because it was just so beautiful seeing these two exchanged their vows. Patrick wisely did not tease either of them, and he really couldn't because he was crying, too. An applause went through the church when the two were allowed to seal their marraige with a kiss, and then they celebrated as if it were 1999. Epiphany had many embarassing pictures to prove it, too.

So life wasn't perfect for Sam and Patrick, or Elizabeth and Jason. But it was a start to a beautiful and great future that none of them would trade for anything in the world.

END OF STORY!

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