Chapter 59
~ The docks ~

Carly- I see Jason finally got tired off hanging out with little girls.
Liz- [quickly wiping away her tears] Carly please…
Carly- Even your tears couldn’t keep him here. He got what he wanted from you and now he’s through with you.
Liz- You have no idea what you are talking about so why don’t you just shut up.
Carly- Ohhh…little girl has attitude tonight…I’m real scared.
Liz- Whatever…
[As Liz stands to leave Carly continues her assault.] Carly- So who are you gonna throw yourself at now?
Liz- I didn’t throw myself at Jason.
Carly- [smirking] If you say so…but who are you gonna go after now that Jason left you high and dry?
Liz- Jason didn’t leave me.
Carly- He’s not here is he? Thought after you slept with him he’d stay with you huh?
Liz- Would you stop it?
Carly- [sarcastically laughing] Lucky got tired of you so you give it up to Jason and what did he do? He left you anyway…
Liz- You are really pathetic Carly…
Carly- At least Jason didn’t leave me…
Liz- That’s right Carly he didn’t leave you. The night he needed you the most you turned your back on him and slept with Sonny and when he found out he washed his hands of you.
Carly- [angrily shouting] You don’t know what the hell you are talking about little girl.
Liz- Little girl… that’s so tired Carly. [paused as she looked at her directly] There’s one good thing about Jason being gone…
Carly- New sex partners for you?
Liz- [shaking her head at Carly’s rudeness] Not having to deal with you anymore…
[As Liz turns to leave walking away from Carly, Carly yells] Carly- Stay away from Sonny… I’m only gonna tell you that once…
Liz- [stopped to turn and look back at Carly] And if I don’t?
Carly- Oh you will…or you will regret it big time.
[Slowly walking back towards Carly]Liz- I can see Sonny or whoever I want when I get ready to. You can’t tell me who I can and can’t see.
Carly- Try me little girl…
Liz- You really need to learn a new insult because I stopped being a little girl a long time ago.
Carly- [smirking] Yeah that’s right…you claimed you were raped right?
Liz- Claimed?
Carly- [smirking] Tell me this…did you give it up to him too and when he didn’t want anything to do with you, you lied on him to the cops?
Liz- [softly spoken] What?
Carly- I guess Jason left too quickly or else you might’ve called the cops on him t…
[Liz slapped Carly before she could finish her sentence.] Liz- [yelling angrily] Don’t you ever…
Carly- [yelling as she clutched the side of her face] You bitch!
[As Carly reared back to retaliate her arm was suddenly grabbed from behind] Sonny- [shouting] Carly that’s enough…
Carly- [yelling]That bitch hit me!
Sonny- Stop it Carly…get a hold of yourself.
Carly- How can you stand there and yell at me when she’s the one in the wrong?
Sonny- [shouting] Enough! Let’s go!
Carly- No! I can’t believe you are yelling at me. She…this little tramp just hit me and you are yelling at me…
Liz- You got what you deserved.
Carly- Deserved…and what do you deserve Elizabeth?
Sonny- Carly!
Carly- What did Jason deserve? To get driven out of town my some lying tramp who’s quick to sleep with any and everybody?
Liz- I’m not you Carly…
Carly- [rushing at Liz] Why you little…
Sonny- [yelling as he stood in between them] That’s enough…the both of you!
Liz- I didn’t do anything to her. She’s the one who came after me yelling accusations.
Carly- [shouting] You liar! Jason left you and now you are lashing out at everybody.
Liz- [yelling] Carly…we’re going now! [As he pushed Carly toward the car her turned to Liz and quietly apologized] I’m sorry…
Carly- [yelling] Don’t apologize to her, she doesn’t deserve…

The slamming of their car door cut off the rest of Carly’s statement yet Liz could still hear them arguing as the limo pulled away. She wasn’t sure if she could handle Carly’s antics everyday. Dealing with Lucky, Gram and everyone else would be hard enough but adding Carly to the mix just might break her in two. Before anyone else had the chance to come and confront her Liz rushed back to the safety of her studio. After she locked the door, pulled the shade, and unplugged the phone she finally allowed herself to collapse and let go of the tears and sorrows that had invaded her heart. She would get through this somehow and she would she Jason again even if it meant leaving Port Charles… The thought of leaving Port Charles never crossed her mind until now, but if she had to would she really be able to the leave everyone behind? Jason promised her that if ever she needed him be would come to her and she prayed that this was true.

Chapter 60
~ Liz’s art studio ~

Liz sat in darkened silence not believing how things turned out. Her life, rather the one she was hoping to have, was quickly closing in around her. Tears rolled down her face as the hurt engulfed her. Jason was gone and nothing she told him was enough to keep him near. Love shouldn’t hurt like this. Knowing that she and Lucky could not even salvage a friendship out of what they once had hurt her but Jason being gone broke her heart. She wished she would have been brave enough to have gotten on his bike and told him to take her whenever he was going. But she didn’t and now she had no one, she was alone. She lost herself in her sobs as she thought back to him slowly pulling away from her. her cries nearly drowning out the pounding on the door that she could ignore no longer.

[Quickly wiping at her tears she managed a quiet whisper] Liz- Who is it?
Emily- [yelling] Open the door Liz…I know you are in there!
Liz- I…I don’t…I don’t feel like…
Emily- I don’t care! Open the door.
Liz- [slowly walking over to open the door as she quietly spoke] What do you want?
Emily- [speaking angrily] I came to look you in the face and tell you that I will never forgive you.
Liz- What are you talking about?
Emily- Because of you my brother is gone…because of you I may never get to see him again.
Liz- Emily…don’t you think…
Emily- [yelling] No! How could you? How could you drive Jason away?
Liz- I didn’t…
Emily- Elizabeth I’m not dumb. I saw how you and Jason were with each other. And no matter how much you try and deny it, you are the reason my brother came back and more importantly you are the reason he left.
Liz- [beginning to cry] Emily…I don’t…
Emily- [interrupting again angrily] Your tears won’t work with me. You had Lucky and claimed to be so happy and in love but the second Jason came back you acted like Lucky didn’t matter. And to make it worse I looked over that because you were making Jason happy. And as much as I hated to see Lucky hurting I defended you and Jason hoping that you would realize what you were doing. [Liz lowered her head softly crying believing what Emily said as the truth] And now in the end I’m the one looking like the fool because Jason is gone. Lucky is still hurting even if he is with Deanna, and you don’t have a care in the world.
Liz- [quickly looking up] "I don’t have a care in the world…" [no longer trying to fight her tears] I don’t have a care in the world…my heart is breaking and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.
Emily- You brought that on yourself.
Liz- [covering her face as her tears came again] You know what…think what you want. What happened between Lucky and me was wrong but I lo…Jason means everything to me and if I could’ve made him stay I would have. Even if it meant me not seeing him…I wanted him to stay…
Emily- [finally seeing the pain Liz was in] Elizabeth…
[Unable to fight her tears any longer she sank to the floor letting her sadness overtake her as she softly whispered]Liz- I wanted him to stay…God I wanted him to stay. I told him I…I love him…I wanted him to stay with me but…
Emily- [quickly asking] You love him?
Liz- Yes and he told me he loved me too but still that didn’t keep him here. He left me anyway.
Emily- [softly speaking] Elizabeth…
Liz- You have every right to hate me…I drove you brother away.
Emily- I don’t hate you…
Liz- Well Lucky does, and so does Nikolas hates me for what I did to his brother. Carly hates me just because…and the person that hates me the most is me.
Emily- You?
Liz- If…if I had stayed away from Jason he’d still be here. If I didn’t go to him… if I could have kept my distance…
Emily- You wouldn’t have had the time you had with him. You don’t regret that do you?
Liz- [whispering] No…he taught me how to love again…he showed me how it felt to be loved by a man.
Emily- [whispering] Did you sleep with him?
Liz- What difference does it make he left me anyway…even though he promised me…
Emily- Promised you what?
Liz- That he would never leave me…that I’d never be alone again. But I am…
Emily- No Liz…you’re not alone…you still have me.
Liz- [whispering as she cried] What if I never see him again?
Emily- Don’t say that… you'll see him…we both will.

They sat quietly together sharing the pain of Jason’s departure. They cried for different reasons but still feeling the lost of Jason no longer being there. The same thoughts going through both of their minds. What would they do now that Jason was gone? Could they truly make it without Jason being there?