Here it is! I did get it done yesterday but there was an internet outage in my area and the connection kept popping on and off so I couldn't get this posted. But I want to thank you all for sticking with me on this one. I know it was short and probably not my best work but your comments have made me smile.

1 year later

Sam walked off the elevator at GH and past the nurse's station. She ignored the frosty look coming from the bitter brunet in the baby pink scrubs. As if she was the one who had a right to be angry. It was hard considering that even after a year all Sam wanted to do was punch the bitch. But she let it roll off her, knowing she was the one that wore the ring and Jason's last name. Sam looked down at her wedding ring and smiled. A lot had happened in the year since Sonny's arrest. Jason and Sam had gotten married two weeks after getting home. Jason said he would wait for as long as she needed him too but Sam was done waiting. They had a small ceremony at her mom's house with their family and friends. But before that Sam and Jason both knew they needed to deal with Sonny. Sam could still see his smug face as she walked into the holding area of the PCPD last year.

Flashback

Sam walked through the door leading to the cells. She saw Sonny sitting on the bed in one of the cells with his head in his hands. He looked up when he heard the noise of the doors slide open. "I've been waiting a log damn time to see this." Sam said as she walked further to his cell. "You sitting right where you belong and can no longer hurt people you claim you love." She said.

Sam watched a smug smile come across Sonny's face "You think I'm gonna be in here long? I'll be out before the week is over. And I will pick up where I left off. Starting with you."

Sam chuckled and said "You really think that, don't you? You have no idea just how screwed you are, Sonny. If this was gonna be easy for you to get out of, mom would have arrested ou weeks ago. But she wanted to make sure that there was an air tight case against you. With witnesses and plenty of evidence. And that is exactly what she got. The only place you are going is Pentonville. And we both know what will happen to you there." She whispered the last part.

Sonny stood up and walked over to the bars "There are no witnesses. I made damn sure of it. You might want to be careful about what you say to me Sam. Jason isn't around to protect you anymore. You really don't want that smart mouth of yours to get you into any more trouble." he stopped for a second and smirked "Too bad about Jason, huh? But at least he got rid of a slut like you and found out who you really are."

Sam smiled and shook her head "You were always so full of yourself. And it was always your downfall. It makes you incapable of doing anything right." She said.

"What the hell does that mean?" he asked.

"It means you can't shoot for shit."

Sonny's head turned to see who said that and it gave Sam a great sense of satisfaction to see the horror on his face. Jason walked close and stood beside Sam "I guess I had been doing the killing for so long that you forgot to make sure I was dead before you walked off. Too bad for you. And I mean really too bad for you because I am going to make damn sure you never see the outside of a jail cell again." Jason said in his Stone Cold voice.

Sonny shook his head and seemed at a loss for words.

"It's over, Sonny. You made one stupid decision after the other and it has finally caught up with you. I'm the witness that is going to testify against you at your trial. And when I do, you are going away forever. You will never see Michael, Kristina or Morgan again. Carly knows everything that you did and she is having Jax adopt both the boys. And Ric may be an asshole but at least he isn't you so your daughter is going to be raised by the brother you hate so much." Jason stepped closer to the bar that separated them and Sonny "And when Michael wakes up, I am going to tell him everything. How you let him get shot in the head and did nothing to protect him. every last one of your kids is going to grow up hating you and they will never miss you. You are finally going to get what you deserve and I can't wait to get the call that tells me you are no longer a problem for me or the people I love."

End Flashback

And as he said, Jason testified against Sonny and told the jury all that had happened the day he was shot. After the trial was over it took the jury less than an hour to return with a guilty verdict. Sony was sentenced to 50 years in prison but it hadn't mattered. Sam and Jason received a call from her mom the next day that he had been stabbed to death in the showers. Sam felt a calm come over her after they heard. Now there was no way for him to hurt them anymore. Jason had surprisingly taken the news in stride. He knew his friend had been gone for a long time, it was just official now.

Sam walked further down the hallway until she reached her destination. She looked through the little window and saw him sitting up but his head was down. Something was wrong. Sam opened the door and put a smile of her face "Hey, Michael. How are you feeling this morning?" she asked her nephew.

Michael had woken up a week ago mush to the delight of everyone he loved. The surgery had been touch and go for a while but he eventually pulled through it and 6 hours later, he woke up. They had to tell him that Sonny was gone but they had all agreed to wait until he was stronger to tell him the whole truth. He had taken the news about his dad badly at first. So much had happened to while he was in the coma and he was having a hard time processing it all.

Sam had talked Carly and Jax into letting Laney come see him and try to help him got through his emotions. It had only been a week and he was already making progress with finding a way to deal with it all. He was smiling more and laughing more. But it seemed something had happened between last night when they all left after visiting hours were over and this morning. Carly and Jax and Jason all had meetings this morning so she was the only one stopping by this morning. He looked up and Sam could see that he had been crying. His face was red and his eyes were puffy. Sam hurried over to him and clasped his hand in hers "Honey, what's wrong?" She watched as his eyes closed and a look of pain come over it. "Are you hurt?" Sam asked frantic.

He shook his head and whispered "I remember."

Sam looked at him confused and said "Remember what?"

Michael took a deep breath and said "I remember the night I was shot. I remember dad diving for Kate." He lifted his eyes to Sam's and she could see the anger and hurt in them "He chose to protect her instead of me. He chose her and he let me get shot. What did I do? Why did he make sure she was ok before me? What did I do to make him chose her?" He said as fresh tears ran down his face.

Sam could feel her heart breaking as she heard the agony in his voice. She wished like hell Sonny was alive so that she could kill him with her bare hands. Sam held tight to Michael's hands and said "You are not at fault for anything. The Sonny that we all knew had been gone for some time. He became a very disturbed man that needed to insert his power over everyone and he didn't care what the cost was. You never should have been at that warehouse in the first place. He just wanted to prove that his life wasn't as dangerous as everyone thought and you paid the price for that and I am so sorry that happened. But I promise you that nothing like that will ever happen again. You are safe. I know it hurts because someone you love betrayed you but you aren't alone. You have an entire family that loves you more than anything. I promise you that everything is going to be ok. And we will all help you in any way we can." She gave him a reassuring smile.

Michael looked at the woman who had been in his life for so long. She was always there for him when he really needed something, just like his uncle Jason. Sam and Jason had been there for him more than his own father had. Or at least the man he thought was his father. But he knew that Sam was right. The more he remembered the more he realized that in the months before his accident, Sonny had been acting different. Michael thought it was because of Kate but he realized now that it didn't matter. Sonny had done what he did and there was no point in dwelling on it. He wasn't going to let what happened to him define him. He wasn't going to let Sonny Corinthos hurt him anymore. He was going to get better and show everyone that he was nothing like the man that raised him.

He gave Sam a small smile and said "Thank you."

Sam smiled at him and said "Anytime. Why don't you get some sleep? You look like you haven't slept all night."

Michael nodded his head "I couldn't. I kept replaying it over and over in my head and I…" he stopped when he felt his throat get tight.

"Don't." Sam told him. "Just focus on the people that love you and know that you are going to get through this." She finished. She stood up and pulled his blanket up around him. "Your mom and Jax will be here after they pick up Krissy, Molly and Morgan from school so try and get as much rest as you can. You uncle and I will be back tonight to have dinner with you." she leaned forward and kissed his head. "Sleep good, buddy. Love you."

"Love you too aunt Sam." He said on a yawn.

Sam smiled and walked towards the door. she shut the light off and softly closed the door behind her. She made her way back to the nurse's station, praying Elizabeth was gone. No such luck but she saw that there was another nurse there so she went to her instead. Elizabeth looked up as she got closer but Sam ignored her "Hi. My name is Sam Morgan and I have an appointment with Dr. Drake." Sam said. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Elizabeth's head turn towards them.

"Ok, I'll let him know you're here." The nurse said nicely. Sam nodded her head and walked over to the waiting area.

She sat down and picked up a magazine and waited for Patrick to come get her. "Well if it isn't miss perfect. I see you're here to see Patrick. Planning on breaking up yet another family?" Elizabeth snared at her.

Sam looked up from the magazine to the woman in front of her. "Honey, do you ever work?" Sam asked. "It seems all you do is antagonize the patients of this hospital instead of help them." She watched the glare come over the other woman's face before she said "Shut up, Sam. I don't know how you can live with yourself knowing that you took Jason away from his family."

Sam laughed and said "I didn't take Jason away from anything. You are the one that decided after Michael was shot that you didn't want to be with Jason anymore. You lived in this fairytale land that one day Jason was going to wake up and not be Jason. You say you loved him but sweetheart, you didn't. if you did you would have accepted him. All of him. And he didn't love you either. If he did he would have trusted you, he would have let you see all of him. You only saw the Jason Morgan he allowed you to see." Sam stopped and stood up, walking over to stand in front of Elizabeth "You say that I broke up your family?" Sam raised her left hand and wiggled her fingers showcasing her wedding rings "It was never your family to begin with. You never had this and to be honest, you never even stood a chance. You just thought you did because you got knocked up."

Sam saw the smirk come over Elizabeth's face "That's right. I have Jason's child. And that is something that you will never have. You will never feel that miracle growing inside you because you can't have children. It won't be long before Jason realizes the mistake he made and comes running back to me."

"That will never happen."

Both Sam and Elizabeth turned their heads and saw Jason standing there with an angry look on his face. "Jason…" Elizabeth said in a whiny voice.

"Don't" Jason said, shutting her up "I heard what you said and if you believe it you are not only stupid but delusional. You never loved me anymore than I loved you. We both got confused by our love for Jake. If you had loved me at all you never would have asked me to give up my son. But none of that matters anymore because we are in Jake's life. I don't care that you don't like it. Jake adores Sam and you hate that, fine. But if you ever try to jeopardize mine and Sam's relationship with him, I will make sure you regret it. And do not ever talk that way to my wife again. You keep us and Jake out of your childish vendetta."

"There is nothing childish about this, Jason. You asked me to let the woman that endangered my son around him on a weekly basis." Elizabeth said.

"Oh, give it up, Liz. That has nothing to do with this. You're mad that Jason walked away from the mob and it wasn't for you. He gave up everything that you hated about his life and he didn't come running and beg to be a family with you. And even a year later, you can't let it go. I wonder if Lucky knows he's with a woman that is just using him." Sam said to her.

"I love Lucky." Elizabeth tried it.

"Really? Then why the hell are you still hung up on my husband if you are just so in love with him?" Sam stepped closer to her and then whispered "And why the hell are you sneaking around with his brother behind his back if you love his so much?"

The look of pure shock that came over Liz's face made Sam want to laugh. "I…I have…no idea what you're talking about."

Sam smiled and said "Honey, I saw you. Last week at his place. He practically had you bent over his couch."

Elizabeth shook her head and said "Nothing happened. What you saw was it. Just a kiss and it isn't going to happen again."

Sam laughed and said "Please. You and I both know that it is. You won't stop. You could but you won't. You'll tell yourself it was a mistake and that it won't happen again until the next time it does. It's who you are, Elizabeth. It's a need in you. You always have to destroy people's lives any way you can and then cry your little bitch tears and say you're sorry. Lucky fell for that once. He will not be stupid enough to do it again especially when he finds out it's with his brother. You stand here and pass judgment on me of your own delusions but you are the one that sees no problem in fucking your boyfriends brother. And don't kid yourself and say that that hasn't happen yet, honey, because we both know it will eventually. And when it does, you will have successfully ruined any love Lucky had for you. He will move on with the rest of his life and find someone who will love him and love him right. You will end up a bitter old bitch because you just can't seem to keep your legs closed to everyone in town. And if you even think of coming near my husband again, I gladly welcome you too. Because there is nothing in the world I would love more that beat the ever-loving hell out of you."

Elizabeth stood there a little scared at her words. It was then that Elizabeth realized just what she had done. She ruined something with Lucky for a man that would never love her. And she was doing it again. Before anything more could be said, Patrick walked up and said "Sam? Are you ready to come back?" Patrick looked between the two parties and knew something was up given the history between these three people. As much as he loved Liz and thought of her as family, he what she had done and how wrong it was. So, whatever Sam had just said to Elizabeth, he had no doubt she deserved it. Sam and Jason both followed Patrick leaving Elizabeth behind, not sparing her another thought.

Sam and Jason sat in Patrick's office waiting for him to join them. Jason reached over and grabbed his wife's hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze. The whole reason for the appointment was because Sam had been feeling sick the past couple of days. Last week Sam was on a stake out and got injured when the girlfriend of her client's wife tried to attack her. She had fallen and hit her head bad enough that it gave her a concussion. Her headaches and nausea should have gone away by now but they hadn't.

Patrick walked in and said "Sorry to keep you waiting but I had to consult with another doctor about your results." He walked over and sat behind his desk.

Sam braced herself and asked "What do you mean? Is there something wrong?"

Patrick shrugged his shoulders a little and said "Depends on your definition of wrong."

Jason narrowed his eyes "What are you talking about?"

Patrick smiled softly at the couple and said "The doctor I had to consult with was Dr. Lee. I asked her to double check the results of one specific test."

Sam felt Jason's hand spasm in hers as her heart stopped.

"Congratulations, Sam. You're pregnant." Patrick said as a big smile came over his face.

Sam heard the words but she wasn't sure if she believed them yet. "What?" she asked as she felt tears roll down her cheeks.

"You're pregnant, Sam. About 6 weeks according to Dr. Lee." He said softly.

"But...what about…?" she asked.

"Dr. Lee has set up an appointment for you right now. She wants to see you as soon as you leave here. She will explain it all but she wanted me to tell you that she sees no reason why you won't have a successful pregnancy." He said.

At those words, Sam broke down in tears. Jason leaped up and pulled his wife into his arms and held her close. He closed his eyes as he let it sink in that he and Sam were going to have a baby. It was all he had ever wanted and he was finally getting it. He felt a hand on his back and opened his eyes to see Patrick "Congratulations, man." Jason nodded his head and whispered "Thank you." With that, he left the two of them in his office. Sam continued to sob as Jason held her close and whispered to her over and over. After about 5 minutes Sam started to calm down and pulled back from his chest and looked up at him.

Sam was nervous to see what look he had on his face. She didn't know what she would do if he had any regret about this news. But as she looked up she saw a mix of worry and elation in his eyes. Jason reached up and wiped the tears from her cheeks and leaned his forehead to hers. "We're having a baby." He whispered in wonder. A fresh batch of tears welled in her eyes and she smiled "We're having a baby." She whispered back.

Sam rubbed the lotion between her hands as she came out of the bathroom. She looked to the bed and saw Jason laying shirtless propped against the headboard and staring the picture in his hands. Sam smiled softly and shut the bathroom light off before making her way to the bed. She climbed under the covers and scooted over to him. "What did your mom say when you told her?" she asked him.

After their appointment with Dr. Lee they decided not to tell anyone but their mothers until after her first trimester. They both knew they would never be able to keep it from Alexis and Monica though. "She's ecstatic. She's already talking about buying out every baby store in the city." He smiled at his wife.

Sam laughed and said "So is Alexis. But she has stated the only one allowed to call her grandma is the baby."

Jason shook his head and looked back down to the sonogram. "I can't believe this has finally happened. It's real." He said. "I know. I feel like this is a dream and I need to keep pinching myself to make sure it's real."

Jason looked up to her and said "Thank you."

Sam cocked her head and asked "For what?"

"For not giving up on me. On us. I gave you every reason to but you didn't. Even when I thought you did, you were still there through it all. And I will forever be grateful that you did because I love you so much. So thank you."

Sam smiled at him and reached up to touch his face "I knew you were worth fighting for. I just needed to wait until you realized it too."

Jason leaned in and pressed his lips to hers and kissed her soundly. He pulled back, placed the photo on the side table and turned the light off. They both laid down as Jason wrapped his arms around her pulling her back to his chest. He laid his hand on her stomach and listened to her breathing even out. He laid awake for a while longer, stroking the tummy where their little miracle lay safe and sound. As his eyes drifted close, he did with a smile on his face and dreamed of the life he and Sam had created. A beautiful little boy they would name Daniel Edward Morgan.

Off to the next! Not sure what I want to do but hope to have something posted soon.