My apologies on the delay of posting on this story. I had to work a long shift and was too wiped to do anything. The original author (demonseed14) stopped writing this story at Chapter 13. I asked her for permission to continue after she wrote 'cancelled' in her summary. Awhile back, she deleted the story completely from her profile. As much as I liked her story, there were grammar/spelling errors. She allowed me to do whatever I wished to her story as she stated it was no longer hers. So, I'll be reposting Chapters 1-13 with improved chapters and then starting in Chapter 14 will be my own. The story is complete (I wrote an outline for it before I continued it) so I'll be posting as usual Tuesdays/Friday's. Thank you for listening and if you have any questions, feel free to leave them in a review unless you prefer to PM me (that's fine if you do). I will say this in Chapter 1 only in case I forget to say it in future chapters. I don't own GH/this story (until chapter 14). I have a beta but all mistakes are my own and it's AH/AU if it doesn't follow the events of 2002. Enjoy the new and improved story and if you have a minute, please review.

Title: Studio Love

Edited by silverbellbaby

Summary: What if back in 2002, when Elizabeth saw her sister Sarah and her ex-boyfriend Lucky sleeping together, and when she and Jason went to her studio and made out, that she did not push him away? What would have happened between Jason and Elizabeth? What would their family and friends think? This is my take on what they should have done with these two back then. Continued by permission from the original author.

Chapter 1

Sarah: "He is staring at you, Lizzie?"

(Sarah shrugs to the man at the door. Elizabeth is still in shock at the person who just walked into Kelly's. When did he come back? She looked at the person who was once her 'safe space'. The person who she never had to pretend to be anyone with and the person who showed her the wind. He is back. Jason Morgan is back in Port Charles)

Sarah: "Lizzie?"

(Elizabeth was brought back by her sister's voice. She never loses eye contact with Jason as she tells her sister she will be right back. She walks up to the person who rode out of her life. She just wishes she didn't make the stupid decision to not hop on. As she walks up to him she is wondering what to say. So, she makes it simple)

Liz: "When you get back?"

(Jason Morgan is still in shock at how beautiful Elizabeth has become. She was always pretty and smart and way too good for him. She didn't leave with him when he asked her to go to Italy and that stung like a bitch to him. She chooses Lucky. She still has Lucky. He kept telling himself to remember that)

Jason: "Uh…last night."

Liz: "Oh."

(Elizabeth was sill processing all of this. While they are staring at each other Sarah is still wondering what the hell is going on. How did her kid sister know Jason Morgan, one of the hottest bachelors in Port Charles? Ugh! This girl gets everything handed to her)

Liz: "So… it's good to see you."

(Why is it awkward between them? It never used to be this way)

Jason: "It's good to see you. So…How are you?"

(Jason needed to know she was fine after he left but when she looked at him and gave him that 'I'm ok' he knew she wasn't. Why is she lying to him? She didn't know)

Jason: "No… you're not."

(And that just makes Elizabeth remember who she is talking to. He can always tell when she was lying and he knows firsthand that she always said 'I'm fine' and 'everything good' when really, she was screaming at herself on the inside)

Jason: "But you don't have to tell me."

(It was like he was reading her thoughts and now he was trying to back out of trying to get her to talk)

Liz: "No, it's fine. It's just…my life has been all over the place after you left. I will give you the details another day but…to make a long story short… Lucky and I broke up."

(And just like, all of Jason thoughts turned around in his head. She and Lucky aren't together anymore. The first thing that popped into his head was why? Did he do something cause if he did that little bastard would pay? Then he wonders when? Was right after he left? Did it just happen? Was he the reason? He was hoping for too much thinking he was the reason but maybe she felt what he has felt since that night in Jakes)

(Elizabeth's voice snapped Jason out of his thoughts)

Liz: "Yeah, but everything you said about him was true. I just wished I believed you."

Jason: "So…you ended it?"

(She nods)

Liz: "You told me I couldn't be myself with him. That he was too far gone because of what Helena did. So, you were right. Now I am trying to find the 'true' Elizabeth… I just wish that I took you up on that offer to ride away with you."

(Jason had to stop her from this or he wouldn't be able to stop himself. For so long that is all he wanted to hear, and if she had said this to him earlier, they would be on his bike, to the airport, and on their way to Italy, but right now he needs her to know he is still here for her, even if it kills him)

Jason: "You're better off…" and he sees her head go down but pop back up when he says "Without Lucky."

Liz: "Well, some people wouldn't think that. Everyone wanted me to stay with him and that's why I tried to make it work so long," She starts to ramble but then smiles bright and makes Jason light up inside. "I tend to go on when I am with you, remember?"

Jason: "It's ok."

Liz: "Well, I am really glad your back…I could use a friend right now."

(Jason wishes they could be more but knows they can't be)

Jason: (softly) "I am always your friend."

Liz: (tilts her head) "So why are you back?"

(He privately wished she didn't ask that)

"So, I am finishing up my residency…" Sarah is tuned out by both of them when Jason finally gets his coffee. Honestly, he has never been a fan of her. He doesn't know too much, but to him, the only rewarding quality is that her sister is Elizabeth. He mouths to Elizabeth he has to go and as he is walking out she comes up to him.

Liz: "Look, I am sorry."

Jason: (confused) "About what?"

Liz: "About asking what you are doing here. I know you are a private guy. Just like Sonny."

(It saddened Jason that she feels as if they can't talk anymore. They use to be so close. Did that much change between them? He hated that)

Jason: "No. How is your painting?"

(He attempted to change the subject)

Liz: "I haven't done much recently."

(That just makes him sadder. He knows she loves it and it is her one true passion)

Liz: "But that will change soon. Now that I am on my own in the studio I figure I will have plenty of time and I would love for you to come over sometime."

Jason: "Okay."

(Quite honestly, her little studio always was one of his favorite places. He loved watching her paint as well. She would sing and talk to herself. She would bite her lower lip to concentrate. He notices all of her little habits)

Jason: "I'll see you soon."

Liz: "Yeah."

(She can't believe they ignored her. Ugh! Jason is one hot piece of ass and why does he want to talk her sister? Now here she is trying to come up with a way to get her claws into Jason, but she also wants Lucky. I mean, for all she knows, Lucky is the one her sister has always loved and Jason was the rebound after Lucky. So, she will have Lucky first. When Elizabeth sits down at the table, Sarah sees her sister with this happy grin and needs more information)

Sarah: "So, Lizzie…You and Jason?"

Liz: "Well, after we thought Lucky was dead…Jason and I grew…close. I thought it was just attraction though for the longest time and that I have always loved Lucky."

Sarah: "But, what about now?"

Liz: "Honestly, I am not completely over Lucky and I don't want to hurt Jason. But, I have always felt that my timing with Jason was never right. For the first time, I am not getting over somebody by dating and from what I know neither am I, so… maybe it is finally our time."

(While Sarah is just nodding along with what her sister is saying, she is thinking 'this will turn out to be better than she thought.')

Chapter 1 Done

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