 FINALLY ~ CHAPTER SEVEN
"Hey
Stranger....Remember me?"
"I remember."
Over the next few
hours Carly remembered everything. Every word. Every touch. Every special moment
she and Jason had ever shared. Bobbie had treated his wound and helped Carly get
him to Jake's. Upon their arrival Carly was shocked to discover that Jason had
kept his room there and even given Jake more than she asked for in rent money.
Bobbie had left to get some sleep and promised to be back in the morning to
check on Jason. But Carly couldn't sleep. Not until she was sure he would make
it. Not until she was able to tell him she loved him one more time.
"You know, when you showed up that night, it was raining. You were so
scared. You needed me. You asked me to take care of Michael, and that's when my
life started. A life I thought I could never have, more than anything I could
ever imagine. It was all because of you. It's true, Carly, you are a lot of
trouble. You make things more complicated than they are, but you showed me new
things. You gave me a year and a half that no one can take away. Nothing will
change that..."
He had been running from a family he couldnt
remember. She had been looking for the family she had never had. She had come to
Port Charles hoping to find the love she had always been missing. But she hadn't
found it with Bobbie. She had found it with Jason.
"Nobody ever tried
to see me ever. Until I met this one guy, this stranger guy. And the first time
I met him he didn't even ask my name. But I'll tell you something. I think I
knew even then that he'd be the only person who ever knew me."
She
looked at her hands. The rings Jason had placed there stared back at her. An
unspoken promise. And unspoken love.
"Alright, you tell me, has
Amanda Barrington ever fought like a wild animal for her kid? Hmm?
"Probably not."
"Did she ever turn the great Dr. Evans at
Ferncliffe red and make steam come out of his ears?"
"Definitely not."
"Ok, did she ever whack a probably rapist with a tire iron outside of
Jakes in the alley?"
"Did I?"
"So you tell me which one is the
great lady."
Carly looked down at him. Jason was unconcious and his
hair was damp with sweat. His shirt was open and the bandage on his ribcage was
visible. She felt like her heart would break.
"Do you understand that
you believing in me is the best thing that's ever happened to me?"
She refused to lose him now. Now that they were so close to having
everything they had ever wanted. A family...just the three of them. "Don't leave
me, Jase. Not now." She whispered as a tear rolled down her cheek. "Please..."
"Love is not what you say, it's what you do. Anybody can talk a bunch
of mush, but it's what you do that really matters. You know, your actions. I
mean, like stretching yourself, you know. Doing something you really hate for
the person in your life. That's love. That's real love. That's what I get from
Jason."
"I don't know if you can hear me right now Jason. But if you
can, I want you to listen. You're the only person who's ever loved me. I mean
really loved me. No matter what I did or how bad it got. You loved me."
She reached down and took his hand into hers.
"I think I could ask
you for your whole heart, even if I broke it. You know, because you already have
mine."
"It might not be the bring you roses kind of love. Or the
chocolates on Valentine's Day kind of love. But that's not what I need from
you."
"I love you so much, Jason. And I know it doesn't mean the same
to you as it does to me but I know that... I know that you love me too. And I'll
always love you..."
"When my baby needed a father, you gave him one.
When I got locked in a mental institution, you got me out. When I hit rock
bottom, you saved me Jason. That's how I need you to love me...that's it." Tears
were streaming down her face.
"If I could go back in time, I'd do it all
over again. Tony. Robin. Ferncliffe. AJ. I'd endure all that hell and
more...just to be with you. I wouldnt give up one minute we spent together."
"I can't do it, Carly. I can't turn around and wonder if you're gonna
be there. Here…, at the warehouse, with no warning."
"Aren't you ever
glad to see me?"
"Yes. But, then I have to let you go again. Until you
show up the next time. Then, I have to let you go all over again. I can't…I
can't do it."
"I won't let you go, Jason. I won't let you leave me.
Or Michael. You see, we need you. So much. You're everything to both of us. And
I refuse to believe that you'd just leave us like this. You wouldn't do that to
us, Jase. I know you."
"Okay, look, this is my nightmare, okay? It's
not that my plan won't work, it's that it will. And I'll finally be through with
all this and Michael and I will come back and you won't be there waiting for
us."
"I swear on my life, on my heart, on my soul, on my love for
you that I will bring Michael home. We're going to come back to you Jase. And
all you have to do is make it through this. Come back to me Jason. Come back so
I can come home. So we can come home."
Carly laid her head on his
chest and wept. Her hands were still holding his and she could feel the shallow
rise and fall of his chest. The beating of his heart.
"I can't make it
without you, Jase. Just come back to me...."
The winds of the heart
can blow me down But I get right up and I stand my ground I've tasted
fear, my share of pain The wasted tears of love in vain I've held you
tight, pushed you away Now with all my might I beg you to stay
I'm
sure I could face the bitter cold But life without you, I don't know
I know what I want, I know what I need But there's just one thing I
must believe Deep in the night by a dying flame You will be there when I
call your name
I'm sure I could face the bitter cold But life
without you, I don't know
I don't know
"Carly....." His
voice was barely a whisper. And it was the sweetest thing she had ever heard.
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