Life As It Should Be: Chapter 3
Saturday, 03-Jun-00 11:07:29

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Chapter 3


Sonny forgets about going to the warehouse and goes into Jason’s apartment. He walks in without knocking. The place was quiet the blinds were slightly drawn but the room was still a bit dark. He looked around at the room and spotted a piece of paper propped up on the table. He moved to the table dropping his coat on the couch. He leaned down and picked up the paper. It had Jason’s name printed on it. He frowned momentarily and then proceeded to open it.

Jase,

I had loads of fun! I have to get back but I’ll catch up with you later

--- Caroline

Sonny put the note back down preoccupied. He was just interpreting the note when he heard the sound of footsteps. He turned to see Jason coming down the stairs shirtless in a pair of sweats. Jason is yawning while rubbing his head when he sees Sonny.

" Sonny" he says in surprise. He looks at the clock above the fireplace to see what time it was. He then quickly glances around the room, then towards the kitchen.

" She just left" Sonny folds his hands in front of him leaning on the back of the couch.
" Oh…" Jason answers in quiet surprise...running his fingers through his hair. He was surprised that she had been able to get up. She was a deep sleeper who usually didn’t see the point in getting out of bed before eleven.

" She left you a note," Sonny cut into his thought. Jason looked to where he points and picks up the paper. He reads it and smiles then he looks up to Sonny was staring at him and the smile leaves his face. He clears his throat " What’s up?"

" That’s what I want to know" Sonny glares at his friend.

" What are you talking about?" Jason questions heading for the kitchen.

" I am talking about this Caroline woman!" Sonny straightened up and followed him to the kitchen.

"What about her?" Jason did not turn around but instead pulled a cup out of the cabinet.
Sonny shakes his head, and feels a surge of anger. Jason was skirting the issue.

"I thought you wanted to be with Robin?" Sonny demanded. Jason looks up at him then back at his cup.

" I am with Robin" he points out quietly.

"Then why is there another woman spending the night here while she is away?!"

" She’s my friend, she can spend the night if she wants to" Jason stated quietly pouring himself a cup of coffee, which he assumed Caroline had made. Sonny watched him in a mixture of disbelief and anger. He couldn’t believe it! Robin was like a sister to him.

" How could you do this to Robin?!" Jason ran his fingers through his already messy hair nervously. " What?" he asked even though he knew exactly what Sonny was talking about.

"You slept with her Jason!" Sonny shouted in anger. Jason toyed with his cup quietly. Three seconds passed and none of them spoke. Sonny waited and when he saw Jason wasn’t going to answer him he slammed his hands with force on the counter.

"Damn it Jason! You slept with her didn’t you?" he glared at his friend " Didn’t you?!" he demanded an answer again.

Jason was quiet for a moment and still staring at his cup he answered slowly " Yes, I did"

Sonny stared at his friend in shock. It was what he had suspected and almost been sure of. But hearing him SAY it made it real. In the back of his mind he had been hoping that he was wrong, that Jason had not betrayed Robin, that Jason had not slept with Caroline. He shook his head
" How could you?" he asked in a low voice. Jason shook his head and lifted his hands in a gesture of helplessness " I don’t know…it’s just...she’s just….I can’t explain it. I know it was wrong" Jason tried ineffectively to explain why he had done it. What he had felt, he himself couldn’t explain it to himself. One moment they had been laughing and joking the next thing they were on the couch…the floor…in his bed. He shook his head again… as if by doing so his thoughts would fall into order. Sonny opened his mouth to say something then just closed it in anger. He turned around walked through the living room picking up his coat without breaking a stride and marched out the door, closing it with a slam. Jason sighed leaning on the counter he took a sip out of the cup and quickly spurts it back. Miss trouble was definitely back in town….and she made reaaaally bad coffee!


Wyndemere

Caroline strode in the Cassadine home. She didn’t bother to hide or attempt to sneak in. Stefan knew she hadn’t come home so there was no point. She did however manage to get to her room without any confrontations, not that it was her Uncle’s style anyway. She went into her quarters and once there she quickly tossed of her dress, pulled on a T-shirt and crept into the huge four poster bed.

She stretched her exhausted body with a slight groan then a slow smile when she recalled exactly why she was exhausted. Jason! Hmmm….it had been an eventful night to say the LEAST….


" Bobbie is your mother? Since when?" Jason asked surprised.

" I don’t know…maybe since birth? that’s why I need you to check it out for me…" she answered with a frown.
" So this is why you stopped messing around with Tony…you couldn’t do that to your mother" he stated although there was a slight question in his voice.

"First of all I never ‘messed around’ with Tony I was toying with him it was nothing sexual really… I just thought that he needed a little lesson…since I didn’t appreciate him cheating on Bobbie," she explained.

" But when you figured she might be your mother… you stopped all together," he stressed. Caroline merely shrugged " Maybe" if she WAS her mother…taking her husband wasn’t the kind of revenge she would go for… no that would not be worth it.

" Why don’t you do it yourself?" he sat back himself.

" Cause it would call attention to myself…" she shrugged again watching him.

" And you’d rather someone else do it for you" he joked.

" We Cassadines…are taught that if we can find a way or someone to get things done without drawing attention or getting our hands dirty…then we should by all means use it…or him" she moved closer and traced his jaw. Jason laughed and moved back slightly. She just smiled wickedly " So will you do it? All you need is to get her blood sample and a good doctor who can keep his mouth shut."

" Fine" he smiled thoughtfully at her…he supposed she didn’t want her family knowing what she was doing. He didn’t really blame her the Cassadines…were known for their eccentricities…to say the least.

Caroline had drawn in a silent sigh of relief. She was glad he would do it. If she had been forced to do it herself she would have had to deal with her family. She had a feeling her grandmother knew who her mother was... but Stefan was probably in the dark.. courtesy of his mother.

" Good… now that that is settled…" she moved closer to him… drawing in towards him… in an angle that showed her cleavage to the greatest advantage.

" Carly.." Jason shook his head staring at her bust… she definitely missed the class about not drawing attention to herself.
" hmmm?" she just started toying with his shirt. " I can’t do this… I am in a relationship…" he moved her hands away and moved slightly back.

" Really?" she moved her hands down his arms…tracing his biceps. His head nodded affirmatively. But she just grinned and let her hands move lower, he gasped. She turned to him and laughed softly, then she leaned forward and captured his lips, her hands moving between his thighs. He groaned and leaned into the kiss greedily. He brought his hands to the back of her head leaning her backwards as he drew deeper into the kiss. His hands moved to her shoulders and he lowered the thin straps even as he continued to kiss her hungrily. He lowered the top of her dress in order to gain access to the flesh that she had been teasing him with. His hands quickly captured her breasts when they were revealed… gently touching them then letting his lips follow his hands' trail. By this time they were both breathing heavily in excitement. Her hands moving to remove his shirt and explore him, draw him closer…… the rest was a blur… yet every touch was memorable. They made love on the couch… each of them reacquainting themselves with the others body and savoring it.

Later when they had made their way to his bed.. she turned to her side.. breathing in slowly to catch her breath. She ran a lazy finger on his chest and smiled wickedly " What is her name?" He turned to her puzzled. " Who?" she laughed in amusement and leaned in to kiss him slowly, he groaned in response forgetting all about getting an answer.
She pulled back in a while and placed her head on his chest " Good question" she smiled and closed her eyes. Jason had placed his hands around her as she slept. He would later realize that she had been asking about Robin.

Caroline laughed softly when she thought of his answer to her question " Who indeed" she turned on her side and closed her eyes with a smile.


Noon

She felt someone tugging on her arm and she groaned pulling back from his or her grasp.
"Go …a….waaay" she muttered her face buried in her pillow.

" Caroline…get up. If I am awake so should you be" the voice demanded. But Caroline just moved to the other side of the bed.
"Caroline" there was a shake " Caroline.." harder shake. The next thing she knew she was being pulled of the bed and she landed on the floor beside it " OUCH!" She called out as she hit the heavily carpeted floor. She pried her eyes open only wide enough to look for her bed and started to get back in it.
‘ Oh no you don’t" A hand stopped her. She groaned " Go away!" closing her eyes.

"Caroline" the voice turned stern…it demanded attention and Caroline peeked through the squinting eyes " Alexis? Aunt Alexis? What are you doing here?" she sat up to see her Aunt sit in the chair next to her bed.

"That’s what I want to ask YOU?" Alexis stared at her niece with a raised brow.

" I am staying with Stefan," Caroline frowned in slight confusion.. Alexis had woken her up for this?

" Let me rephrase my question…what were you doing here in Port-Charles six months ago calling yourself Carly Benson?" Alexis crossed her arms giving her an unmoving look. Caroline groaned and buried her head on her bed. Figures her aunt would come back to town connect everything before she had a chance to tell Stefan she had even been here.

"You didn’t answer me…why were you here using an alias?" Alexis demanded

" It is not really an Alias… Carly was the Bensons’ pet name for me so it is my name" she tried to rationalize.

" And the Bensons being your caretakers when you were a child also gives you the right to their name right?" Alexis stopped her trail of excuses. Caroline sighed and lay down on her bed.

"Isn’t it a beautiful morning… must be why you are up so early" Caroline changed the subject dryly. Alexis just waited, irritated when reminded that she had gotten out of bed early on a Saturday so she could drag the truth out of her out-of –control niece. A niece who probably had been here for the kick of knowing Stefan was looking all over for her but she was just where he usually resided.

" Fine Alexis I will tell you but you have to promise not to tell a soul" she demanded of her aunt who just rolled her eyes and nodded. They both knew she was going to tell anyway…Caroline was usually at her weakest when she just woke up…Alexis knew it…that was why she had woken her up… Caroline knew it but could not make her mind function enough to stop it. She sighed in defeat.

" I came here cause my mother is here" Alexis sat up in shock. This she hadn’t expected.

The man standing in the doorway about to say something drew in a sharp breath from this declaration. He quickly but silently closed the door walking away in state of total surprise.


mikmi