Return to Port Charles
By Misha

Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters of General Hospital. They belong to the creators of General Hospital, Wendy Riche, Bob Guza, ABC Daytime, and probably a lot of other people with more money than me. I'm not making any money off this story so please don't sue me.

Author's Notes- This is set five years in the future. In this Port Charles has become a drastically different place and the characters have all undergone major changes. I change Jason the most and it might seem a little unbelievable, but... It's my story, I can do what I want. This will eventually be a Brazen fic, but at first there's just going to be strong friendship between them before we get to the romance. Well, that's all for now, enjoy!

Summery- After five years away, Brenda returns home to Port Charles for the second time, to once again find a drastically different city than the one she left.

Rating- PG-13

Part One

Jason stood in the airport waiting impatiently for the passengers to exit the plane. It had been five years since he had last seen her and to his own shock, he was eager to see her again.

"Jason!"

He turned in the direction of the familiar cry and saw his favorite ex-wife waving at him excitedly.

Favorite ex-wife. How disturbing that he had three to choose from.

Six years ago, he had never been married, now he had three failed marriages behind him and only one had ended on good terms.

It was strange to think that the wife he had hated when he was married to, turned into the only one he really liked.

But, well, life was nothing if not unpredictable.

"Hey." He said as he caught up with her. He caught her in a fond hug.

"You look incredible." He told her.

Brenda beamed. "Thanks. Jase, there's someone I want you to meet."

She stepped aside so that the little girl beside her became visible.

Jason grinned. "Morgan, I presume?"

He and Brenda hadn't seen each other since the day she left Port Charles, but they had kept in touch through letters and the occasional phone calls.

They had built up a strong friendship that was quite at odds with their former enmity.

"The one and only." Brenda announced, picking her daughter up.

"A lot of people in town are going to flip when they meet her." Jason said, shaking his head.

"Did you tell anyone that I was coming?" Brenda asked as the three of them made their way to the baggage claim.

"No." Jason answered, picking up Brenda's bags. "I didn't think it was anyone's business."

"Not even Sonny's?" Brenda asked quietly.

"I haven't talked to Sonny in a long time." Jason told her. "You know that."

"Yeah, I do." Brenda said. "And I think it's wrong."

"We can argue about it later." Jason said. "First, let's get you two home."

"Thanks for letting us stay with you." Brenda said softly.

Jason shrugged. "No problem. What are ex-husbands for?"
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Brenda looked around the nice, quiet home Jason had led her to.

"This is nice." She said with a smile.

Jason smiled in return. "Thanks. I bought it after my divorce from Liz. It just seemed to suit me."

"It does." Brenda agreed.

She found it strange how much had changed in the five years since she had left Port Charles for the second time.

After she had left, Jason had married Courtney despite Sonny's wishes. The marriage had lasted only five months.

As the marriage had fallen apart, so had Jason and Sonny's friendship.

Jason had walked away and had opened another bike shop. In a strange twist of fate he had ended up running ELQ after both Ned and Edward died.

Alan and Monica had pleaded with him to take up the reigns as someone had to do it and A.J wasn't capable. Skye had reunited with Jax and the two of them had gone off to Australia.

So Jason had reluctantly stepped in and discovered that he was actually quite good at it.

He had married Liz a year later and that marriage had managed to last eighteen months and one son before falling apart.

Liz had surrendered custody after the divorce and moved to New York to pursue her art career.

Brenda smiled.

Five years ago she would never have believed that Jason would become a thrice-divorced, single father, and the CEO of a corporation.

It was strange.

But so was her own life.

She had gone to Ireland and within months had been swept off her feet by Patrick Mullahan. The two of them had eloped and settled down to run his pub.

After her disastrous love affairs with Sonny and Jax, her fun and peaceful relationship with Patrick was a relief. They had been very happy and Morgan had only added to that happiness.

Unfortunately, Patrick had been killed in a bombing six months earlier, which was why Brenda had decided to return to Port Charles.

She had left to find herself and she had done that, and more. Now it was time to come home.

"Have you told anyone else in Port Charles about Morgan?" Jason asked.

Brenda shook her head. "No. You're the only person I'm really in contact with these days."

"Daddy!" Suddenly a two year old bundle of energy ran into the room, followed by an attractive young woman.

"Hey, there." Jason said, picking up his son. "Brenda this is Danielle, Kyle's nanny."

"Hello." Brenda said with a smile. "Danielle, this is an old friend of mine Brenda Mullahan and her daughter Morgan."

"Hi." Danielle said with a smile and then she looked down at Morgan. "Hello Morgan."

Morgan smiled and waved shyly.

"I thought that Danielle could take care of Morgan as well as Kyle while you were here." Jason explained. "Give you some free time."

Brenda smiled. "That'd be lovely. Thank you."
***

"So, how do we announce my return to Port Charles?" Brenda asked later that night. "I want to do it with a bang."

"Of course you do." Jason said, rolling his eyes.

Brenda had changed a lot in the last four years, but not that much. She was still a Drama Queen.

But somewhere along the line through letters and phone calls, she had also become his best friend.

"ELQ is sponsoring a charity gala tomorrow evening." Jason said making a face. "I have to be there. Why don't you come as my date?"

Brenda grinned. "Ooh, that would be fun. And that would give me time to regain my footing before throwing Morgan into the mix."

Brenda's expression was protective as she spoke of her daughter.

"I still can't believe that you named her after me." Jason said with a smile.

Brenda shrugged. "Who else? Believe it or not, your my best friend, Jase. 'Sides, it good Irish name so Patrick was happy."

Jason laughed. "Who would have thought that the two of us would become best friends?"

"Certainly not me." Brenda agreed. "But life is a never ending journey. Things often happen that you never foresee."

"That's for sure." Jason muttered, then shook his head. "You know, I normally hate charity functions, but I think that this one might actually be an interesting."

"Hey, there's never a dull moment with me around." Brenda said with a laugh.

"Don't I know it." Jason agreed, laughing. "But I wouldn't have it any other way."
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