Love Hurts Chapter 8-10

 

 

 

Chapter 8

“Like hell you will, “ Sonny grabbed Alexis by the waist and pulled her to him and moved his mouth to her hear and said, “Alexis, you and I are leaving here as quickly as possible, getting on my new Harley, finding the nearest motel, and making love until neither of us can walk or talk. If, after that, you still want to leave for Siberia, as much as I hate the cold, I will book both of our tickets. I’ll be damned if Mac, Taggert, or even you are going to interfere.”

Alexis melted into Sonny at his words, grabbed his shoulders, and kissed his neck before whispering, “Thank you, I needed that.” At Sonny’s nibbling of her neck, Alexis squealed, “oohh, and that too!” Alexis turned, straightened her shoulders, put on her best lawyer demeanor before she rolled her eyes and mumbled, “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.”

Sonny laughed, motioned for Johnny to help Luke out, and then watched in awe as Roxie morphed back into Alexis, his favorite mouthpiece. “Hmmm . . .,” Sonny pondered salaciously, “Tonight brings new meaning to that term.”

Alexis walked with all the attitude she had to meet Taggert and Mac before they got to Sonny. She told the voice in her head that was telling her she looked ridiculous and to run away to shut the hell up. Alexis knew she was about to give the performance of her life. “Taggert, Mac, so you two have also discovered the rustic charm that is Sweeties.” Alexis had to shout to be heard over the war that Luke and now Johnny had joined. Surprisingly, Alexis noticed that Mr. Subtle, who Luke had first punched, was now fighting with Johnny and Luke. “Men, they are so irrational,” Alexis thought before returning her attention back to Mac and Taggert. “I think it’s sweet that you guys get some quality time together away from the stress of work and WELL OUTSIDE YOUR JURISDICTION,” Alexis added pointedly.

Alexis knocked some of the wind out of their sails, but Taggert bullied on, “We could always call in the local cops if you want . . .Ms. Davis,” Taggert looked her up and down and snickered, “but do you really want to be arrested in that outfit?”

Alexis stared at Taggert and said nothing for about four seconds and as she felt Sonny begin to move forward she calmly raised her right hand to signal Sonny to stay put.

“Is that it, Taggert?” Alexis questioned with disdain, “The best you can do? I can just hear your call to the local gendarme,” Alexis puts her hand up to her face mimicking a phone, “Hi, you don’t know me, but my name is Taggert and I’m a cop well outside my jurisdiction and am working here without your permission or advance notice. And well I just happened into Sweeties, you know that place that you have a private agreement with not to bother unless dead bodies are involved. Well, I just saw Port Charles attorney Alexis Davis slow dancing, yes I tell you, slow dancing with one of her clients who has successfully pursued harassment charges against me in the past and you see, her skirt is way too short and her shirt is a little low cut, and my God, her midriff shows. Send the police right away. She’ll be the woman standing just to the left of a large bar fight involving almost everyone else in the bar. Oh the charge?” Alexis paused for dramatic effect. “Well clearly its not failure to yield,” Alexis turned to grin at Sonny who was smiling and shaking his head in awe. Alexis went on, “sexual assault with a deadly weapon?” Alexis looked down at her outfit and back up at Taggert, “Well, it might hurt, but it doesn’t qualify as deadly,” Taggert was sweating as Alexis turned back to Sonny and drawled slowly for effect, “honey, you consented didn’t you?”

Sonny’s dimples were beaming as he bobbed his head as only he can and said, “HELL YES!”

Alexis shrugged, “Well the consent will defeat a charge of sexual assault. I guess you could charge me with prostitution but I’m not charging Sonny tonight, am I pookie,” Alexis turned back to Sonny for confirmation. Sonny smiled and said, “no Alexis, you are priceless and took pity on me!” Mac began laughing and at Taggert’s glare, Mac choked and pretended to cough to save Taggert additional humiliation

Alexis threw her hands up in the air and under the guise of the noise level in the bar (given the tables and chairs breaking, glasses and bottles shattering, and “Back in the USSR” coming to a very loud close) crooked her finger at Taggert to come closer. Alexis gently placed her right hand on his arm and leaned into Taggert and as Kenny Rogers the Gambler began to blare, Alexis quietly said, “Taggert, sometimes you gotta know when to fold ‘em and know when to walk away. Trust me Taggert, this is one of those times. Walk away.” Alexis whispered the last part letting her breath caress Taggert’s ear. As she slowly drew away and turned back toward Sonny, she saw his previous dimpled smile replaced with a territorial glare.

Alexis approached him and said so only he could here, “Oh for God’s sakes Sonny, what are you going to do pee on my leg and mark me as yours?”

Sonny looked into her eyes and innocently asked, “Would it work?”

Alexis loud guffaw was cut off by Taggert’s refusal to let go of the bone, “I could have them arrest Sonny,” Taggert turned back to Mac and spit out in jerks he was so frustrated, “Come on Mac, you know Corinthos is up to no good here. This is all a cover, something . . .,” Taggert added trying to motivate a still “coughing” Mac, “or someone is going down here tonight.”

Sonny drawled, “only if I’m really lucky.” Alexis who’d moved around to stand at Sonny’s side to see what Mac and Taggert would do next, poked him in the ribs.

Alexis shook her head and raising her eyebrows at Mac she asked, “Do we have to go through this again, Mac? Look Mac, can I talk to you a minute . . . alone,” as she looked at Taggert and Sonny going into Bull Moose posturing mode, Alexis added, “…away from the zone of testosterone.” At Mac’s nod and movement forward toward Alexis, Alexis turned to Sonny and said quietly, “don’t say a word to him, just smile. So help me if you needle him into making a move, the only thing you will be riding tonight will be your new Harley!” Sonny raised his eyebrows in concern and put his hands out in abject compliance.

Alexis and Mac walked over by the Juke Box and Alexis grabbed Kristina’s forgotten coat, put it on, and began, “Mac, you and I both know that there is not a damn thing you and Taggert can do here accept cause us all a great deal of embarrassment.” Mac didn’t say anything but didn’t disagree with her. Alexis went on, “You have nothing to charge any of us with except Luke for hitting me, but as much as it pains me to do anything to help Luke, can’t we all just walk away here. Mac, I swear to you nothing is going down here . . .” Alexis stopped, blushed, and went on, “uhh . . .happening here other than what you see.”

Mac smiled, “And what a sight it is Alexis.” Alexis blushed at Mac’s frank appraisal. Mac went on and said, “I think you’re nuts Alexis. You are one of the smartest people I know and you are about to cross a line that will only put your life in danger. You join his “family” and you are signing your own death warrant. As stupid as I think that is, it is your life and I can’t stop you.” Mac shrugged as he and Alexis moved companionably to stand side by side against the Juke Box facing Sonny and Taggert. Mac was about to go on when Alexis interrupted.

“Mac, you are overreacting here. This is just about . . .,” Alexis, standing next to Mac, but watching Sonny from her vantage point at the Juke Box stumbled a little, “one night of . . .fun.”

Mac raised his eyebrows and said, “Man, for a lawyer, you really suck at lying.” At Alexis’ open mouthed indignant expression, Mac laughed, “wow, I’m beginning to think that all of this time, Sonny HAS been innocent!” Mac shook his head as he really laughed hard, much to the consternation of both Sonny and Taggert who, while rutting once in awhile at each other, were playing close attention to the conversation they could only watch by the Juke Box.

“Oh, ha ha ha . . .Mac,” she knocked against him playfully with her shoulder and then became quite still as she continued to look at Sonny. Alexis went on seriously, “You know Mac, even if there were something more here or the possibility of something more, and I’m not saying there is, are you sure you shouldn’t be giving this speech to Sonny?” Alexis inquired. At Mac’s confused look, Alexis reminded him quietly, “Perhaps you have forgotten what family I come from. My father, uncles, and brother tried to freeze the world, my step-mother slit my mother’s throat in front of me when I was ten and has successfully gotten away with murdering numerous others, my brother kidnapped and held Laura Spencer prisoner for years, one my brothers killed my best friend just to hurt my other brother, Helena has tried to kill me more than once, tried to kill Luke Spencer, Lesley Webber, brainwashed Lucky for fun, and that, as they say, is just the tip of the ice . . . princess.” Alexis looked at Sonny, smiled sadly, and turned back to Mac shrugging her shoulders in defeat as a single tear fell down her face which she quickly brushed away, “In all honesty, if I thought I could, I’d run away just to protect him, but I don’t think I have the strength.”

Mac, deeply affected by Alexis’ raw emotion, put his arm around Alexis’ shoulder and said, “Even if you had the strength Alexis, knowing what I know about Sonny and what I saw between you two here tonight, I think you’re fooling yourself if you think he’d ever let you run away to protect him. I’m sorry Alexis. I sometimes forget that you’re a Cassadine.” As they both leaned back against the Juke Box, Mac added grudgingly, “Maybe given both of your backgrounds, the safest thing for the rest of Port Charles is if you two do get together.” Alexis smiled and she and Mac began to walk back arm and arm toward Taggert and Sonny – who were both looking quite put out at their approach. Just before they arrived back, someone in the bar took a chair and hit it over the head of another guy while drunkenly yelling, “THIS IS FOR YOU ROXIE!”

Mac whispered to Alexis, “I think charges of inciting a riot might have stuck!”

Alexis blushed and smiled at Mac. Sonny was livid and jealous as hell when Taggert, equally annoyed, struck out at Sonny blindly by saying, “I always knew that Alexis was your legal whore, but I never thought she’d just be your whore.”

Mac truly pissed off said, “Taggert that’s enough!”

Sonny had gone perfectly still, and even Taggert sensed the inherent danger. Alexis moved instinctively toward Sonny. At the same time Taggert, recognizing for the first time real danger in Sonny’s eyes, did what Deke had always taught him in this kind of situation. Taggert went on the offensive and punched Sonny in the face.

Well that’s who he intended to punch. Although Taggert was able to pull back a little on the punch when he realized Alexis had put herself between Sonny and Taggert’s fist, he still connected with Alexis’ jaw knocking her out cold. Luckily for Taggert, Sonny’s arms were occupied as he caught Alexis as she fell.
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“You Bastard!!” Surprisingly it was Mr. Subtle and not Sonny who yelled this. Mr. Subtle went on indignantly, “Hey, that big dude over there just knocked out Roxie.” Someone was heard to say, “Man, did she cut off his balls too??”

Mac said, “Oh, Shit,” as the entire bar turned and focused their drunken, unreasoning fury upon the visage of Taggert.

Sonny ignored the raging battle around him and was kissing Alexis’ face and almost crying as he was saying, “Alexis, Alexis, oh baby, are you okay, come on, Alexis talk to me.” Sonny mumbled, “I am going to kill Taggert.”

“Like hell you are,” Alexis said as she opened her eyes, looked at Sonny, reached around grabbing the back of his head and pulling him down to her mouth for a kiss before saying, “OWWW!” Alexis gently touched her jaw and attempted to move it back and forth slowly in obvious pain. She looks up at Sonny and asks sadly, “Is there a note on my face that says “Punch me?”

Johnny leaned down and said to Sonny, “Is she okay, because I think we need to get her out of here. Once this crowd gets done beating the crap out of Taggert and Mac, they are going to want a reward of some kind, and I’m thinking that will be Roxie here.”

Sonny nodded and helped Alexis up as she said, “Wait a minute, we can’t leave them.” She gestured toward Taggert and Mac who could not even be seen within the unruly group. “Those guys will kill them.” Sonny and Johnny looked at her and said nothing as if to say, “and your point is. . .?” Sonny said, “Alexis, Taggert just knocked you out. You’re lucky Johnny and I don’t kill Taggert with our bare hands.” Johnny nodded encouragement while Alexis’ expression said “and your point is . . .?” Sonny went on in frustration, “You want us to help the men that have been trying to put me behind bars for years, the men who have harassed me every chance they’ve gotten, and the man who punched the woman I . . .” Sonny quickly restarted, “who knocked you out. You want me to help them.”

Alexis missed Sonny’s almost slip she was so concerned about the fight. She furrowed her brows and said, “Well I LIKE Mac and he has children who don’t deserve to be fatherless!”

Sonny sighed and turned to Johnny who said, “I know, I know, I should get in there and help them. Where the hell is Luke and where are Francis, Adam, and Max?” Sonny shook his head in confusion, “When did you call Francis, Adam, and Max and why didn’t you tell me?” Johnny looked sheepish, “well I saw . . .uh . . .Roxie . . .”

Alexis interrupted and sighed, “Johnny, you can stop calling me Roxie, given everything that’s happened, I think the fantasy is over.”

“Like Hell,” Sonny said just so Alexis could hear and she smiled.

Johnny went on, “I saw the reaction Ms. Davis caused just in the parking lot and I figured we were going to need help to control this crowd.” Johnny shrugged and said, “it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Sonny nodded, “Sorry, Johnny, you’re right and I wish they’d get here soon, but until they do . . .” Sonny motioned toward the fight. Sonny began to escort Alexis out the back of Sweeties when the two of them ran into Luke along the back passage.

End of Chapter

Chapter 10

 

“Howdy, Pardnerth, Thpike  and Rokthy you two ethcaping?” Luke bruised and bleeding had obviously sustained some damage to his mouth because he now had a very pronounced lisp.  Unfortunately, Luke hadn’t realized the damage until he’d tried to speak to them.  Sonny and Alexis both looked down at the floor trying not to laugh.  Luke was clearly fit to be tied.

 

Sonny just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible.  For all the reasons he was holding in his arms he said nothing until he finally managed to control the laughter that had almost burst forth.  Sonny carefully said, “Thanks for the diversion Luke, I appreciate your help here tonight.  You were stellar as you always are in a fight.  If you are up for it, I think Johnny could use your help -- I’m just going to get Alexis out of here.”

 

Luke was furious, embarrassed, and silent, but he did not attempt to stop their exit.  Alexis’ shoulders were shaking and she still had not raised her head to look at Luke when Sonny began to move her down the long hallway toward the  back door.  They’d almost reached the exit, when Alexis just couldn’t resist and turned back toward Luke, “Thankth Luke for thending me to Thweeties, Thith hath jutht been . . .thwell!”  She burst out laughing and Luke began to move in fury toward her.  Sonny immediately shifted Alexis to the left and put himself in front of the moving hurricane that was Luke.

 

“Lithen here you Cathadine bitch,” Luke was clearly out of control and Sonny just wanted to get him away from Alexis.  Sonny began running toward Luke and head-butted him out into the main bar by the pool tables.  Alexis stopped laughing and ran to help Sonny.  Alexis watched in horror as Luke picked up Sonny and threw him against the far pool table.  Sonny immediately got up and punched Luke in the gut.  The two moved into a boxing stance.  As Sonny faced Alexis, and Luke had his back to her, she  saw Luke reach behind his back and start to pull out some kind of weapon.  At the perceived threat to Sonny, Alexis screamed and  picked up a beer bottle on the pool table and flung it as hard as she could at the back of Luke’s head.  She would have hit his head too if she had thrown the beer bottle before she screamed.  At the scream, Luke shifted to look at Alexis and the beer bottle slammed into Sonny’s nose.

 

“Oh MY GOD!” Alexis cried as she ran forward as Sonny fell, “I’ve done it again and knocked him out cold!”

 

At this new turn of events, Luke got a hold of his hot Spencer temper and as Alexis kneeled to minister to Sonny, he said in classic Luke drawl, “Ah, Natasha, it doth my heart good.  I didn’t realithe how much you cared for me.  I can’t believe you knocked out the diminutive Mobthter Boy, jutht for me!”  Luke patted his chest.  “Now letth go Alexis, if you’re real good I’ll let you take “little luke” out tonight to play becauthe . . .” Luke said  pointedly, “dethpite theveral rumorth to the contrary, “little luke” ith jutht fine!!” Luke added a little defensively.

 

 Alexis looked up with hate in her eyes and venom on her tongue as she spit out, “so help me Luke, if you don’t shut the hell up, we will be entering a whole new phase of the Thpenther/Cathadine war and I will make Helena look like Mother Frickin Teretha” Alexis mocked Luke’s lisp which was a far better way of shutting him up than anything she actually said.  Luke grumbled and walked away a little at a loss when he saw that Bubba, Taggert, Johnny, and Mr. Subtle, who had once again switched sides, taking on all comers in a David and  Golliath battle that looked like fun.  Luke shrugged and considered leaving for the dentist.  “What the hell, I obviouthly am not going to be getting any for Valentine’th Day and that blood thucking dentitht will be cheaper tomorrow during buthinith hourth!”  Luke ran into the fight both fists and lisp blazing, “Luke Thpenther to the Rethcue!!”

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Alexis was kissing Sonny’s face trying to get him to come to.  Blood was coming from his obviously broken nose.  Alexis cried, “I broke your beautiful nose.  I’ll never forgive myself.”  Alexis wanted to stop the blood and looked around for a rag of some kind.  Finding nothing in the vicinity, Alexis looked at the bar fight and realized no one was paying any attention to her.  She quickly removed her leather jacket and pulled her midriff top off over her head exposing her lucky black lace push-up bra. 

 

“Jesus, Alexis are you trying to kill me here?” Sonny asked coming out of unconsciousness.  Alexis immediately said, “I am so sorry about the beer bottle and breaking your nose, Sonny.  If there is anything I can do to make it up to you.  I just keep hurting you tonight and I really don’t mean to.  I mean . . .I . . .like you Sonny and I would never want to hurt you but that is all I keep doing.  It’s not that I . . .I  mean . . .there is no one I would ever really want to hurt . . .accept maybe Helena . . .but you know, I am not sure I could even hurt her.  Well, maybe if someone’s life depended on it I could, but part of me thinks that would make me as bad as she . . .” Alexis gasped for more air to go on.

 

“Breathe, Alexis.  The beer bottle was an accident.”  Sonny interrupted her rant and began to sit up as Alexis used her shirt to wipe the blood off of his face.  Sonny stared at her and smiled,  “The trying to kill me question related to you sitting in front of me in that incredibly sexy black lace bra,” Sonny was sitting up straight drinking in Alexis like he had been dying of thirst.  Sonny’s gaze took in all of Alexis and there was no doubt the appraisal was a positive one and Alexis blushed at the stark desire she saw in Sonny’s eyes.  Sonny grabbed the black leather jacket that Alexis had tossed off and gently placed it over her shoulders and with his hands on either side of the jacket, he roughly pulled her in close and moving his face into her hair whispered into her ear, “exposing more of your beautiful flesh than I have ever seen before completely oblivious to the fact that as good as you look in that bra, all I want to do is take it off you, along with those black lace panties I saw peaking out earlier tonight.” Alexis moaned into Sonny’s ear and sucked his ear lobe into her mouth.  Sonny’s breath became ragged as he went on, “that all I want is to lift you on to my lap and . . .” Knowing what he was going too say next, without thinking Alexis reached for Sonny’s belt and began to unfasten it when Sonny grabbed her hands pulled them up to his face and facing her said, “we are in a very unsafe public place and if we don’t get out of here and go somewhere that is very private very soon,” Sonny said before biting Alexis’ lower lip and licking it, “you are going to kill me with desire.” 

 

Alexis, her arms still bound at her sides by Sonny’s grip of the leather jacket around her shoulders, leaned into the kiss with her mouth but before Alexis could really contribute to the kiss, she heard three male voices snickering, “So what do you need us to do boss.  Johnny said you needed some help here and well all three of us will help you in any way you might need.” 

 

Alexis closed her eyes and shook her head.  She looked at Sonny and said, “Let me guess, Max, Francis, and Adam, are standing right behind me?,” 

 

At Sonny’s nod, Alexis pulled away and sat back despondently on the floor holding her bloodied shirt in her hand and shaking her head muttering to herself.

 

Sonny smiled weakly at Alexis and told the guys as he rose to his feet, “In the middle of that fight in the center of the bar are Johnny, Taggert, Mac . . .” Sonny heard Luke’s lisping yell and said, “and Luke, help them to finish this thing and get them out of here safely.  Alexis and I are leaving.”

 

“You . . . want us to help. . .  Mac AND Taggert?” Max asked incredulously.  

 

Sonny just shook his head and said, “I  know, I know, but Mac . . .is a father, so . . .aw shit, just do what I say and help them.”

 

Max, Francis, and Adam looked at Sonny.  Then followed his gaze to Ms. Davis sitting on the floor shaking her head and talking to herself.  The three of them looked at each other and looked back at Ms. Davis taking her in from the black boots up the most incredible legs to the shortest skirt up to . . . Sonny’s eyes darkened in anger as he realized his men were taking in far too much of Alexis for his liking and shouted, “Hey!  Cut it out and go help them . . .Now!”

 

Recognizing Sonny’s tone, all  three immediately turned and headed into the fray. 

 

Sonny bent down to help Alexis up, but she just looked up at him despondently and said, “It is clear, that you and I are never having sex because the fates just won’t allow it.  I could get up and try to leave with you, but we both know that something or someone will stop us.  We’ll get to the side door and in will walk Ned and Kristina who decided on a lark to try Sweeties tonight.  Kristina will insist we stay and double date with them because oh it would be so . . .Noel Coward . . . of us.  We could try to leave through the front door, but I just know that Carly is out front waiting in the parking lot to catch us and turn me into the Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility Board, for which, I might add she would have no basis because we haven’t had sex and clearly won’t be able to in the future.  We could try the back door, but that didn’t work too well for us before, besides, I’m pretty sure Jax will be waiting out there with Lady Jane who will insist that the two of us go for a 20 mile nature hike in this lovely country air.  We could even go into the restroom if we were willing to ignore the biological hazards that would no doubt entail, and try and have sex here on the premises, but we both know that there would be some freak plumbing accident that knock one or both of us out.”  Alexis had two large tears fall down her face as she added, “I am really going to miss sex. . .especially with you!”  With that Alexis burst into tears.

 

Sonny was at a loss for a moment about what to do but just knew that he had to make it better for Alexis.  Sonny decided that as much as Alexis valued control, he needed to take over.  Sonny reached down and gently pulled Alexis to her feet.  Without saying a word, he reached for her left arm and gently but firmly put it into the sleeve of the leather jacket wonder.  Alexis continued to cry but  was surprisingly pliant.  Sonny did the same with her left arm and then pulled the coat together and buttoned it up tight.  Alexis looked doe-eyed and lost as Sonny picked her up and began to carry her toward the nearest exit. 

 

Alexis gasped and held tightly on to Sonny as they moved to the closest exit which was the side exit.  They got to the door and Sonny, whose arms were full holding Alexis, did not even slow down as they approached the door.  He raised his leg and kicked the door hard and it swung open and Sonny charged out the door with Alexis.  “Oh my God, this is my fantasy,” Alexis thought just before her ankle hit the side of the door rather than clearing it.  Both Sonny and Alexis heard the snap of Alexis’ ankle bone.  Alexis didn’t scream, but before she fainted thought, “well at least it wasn’t the Ned and Kristina scenario.”

 

Chapter 11

Alexis came to in a bright, white room, and a very acrid smell. “Get that out of my face,” Alexis growled and as she came too, she realized she was in a lot of pain, “OWWWW!”

A voice she didn’t recognize said, “See Mr. Corinthos, she’s just fine,” the voice sounded scared, “Here she comes. She’s fine. And really, it was a good thing she was out when I set her ankle. The cast will have to stay on for at least the next six weeks. But it was a clean break, so I don’t expect any problems.”

“Stop talking like I’m not here.” Alexis was cranky but opened her one good eye, the other had finally swollen shut from Luke’s previous shot, saw Sonny, and smiled. “Well, you got us out, I’ll give you that.”

Sonny looked scared and upset as he choked out, “Oh, Alexis, I am so sorry, are you okay?” The doctor backed out of the private hospital room that Sonny had used his reputation to garner without a second thought when he brought Alexis in. He had left his bike at Sweeties, and had started to carry Alexis to the Limo when he saw her Mercedes behind a dumpster in the back. He didn’t have the limo keys but as he held Alexis he had felt her keys so carried her and placed her gently in the Mercedes. He’d gotten a hold of Benny and got directions to the nearest hospital. Benny had called in advance and they were waiting for the couple when they arrived.

Alexis’ pain melted away at her concern for the way Sonny was taking this. She knew that it was important to him never to hurt a woman, and she was sure he was blaming himself.

“Sonny, you heard the doctor, I am going to be just fine,” Alexis grabbed his hand, smiled, and said, “I am so excited, I will finally get all the great parking places at the Courthouse!” At Sonny’s still tight expression, Alexis said, “Sonny, this was not your fault.” Noting that Sonny’s nose had apparently been set as he had a bandage over it and both his eyes had begun to darken, “Hell, I broke your nose tonight by throwing a beer bottle at you. Given that you are the most gorgeous man alive, I would say breaking your nose might be a capital crime. Hell, you just broke my ankle and I never could really walk that well anyway so no great loss.”

Sonny’s face relaxed and he grinned flashing his dimples, “So, you think I’m gorgeous!”

Alexis rolled her good eye and said, “What am I doing feeding the ego that ate New York? Maybe I should have my head examined while I am here,” Alexis bantered lightly but Sonny could tell something was off.

Sonny was still holding Alexis hand and lifted it to his mouth and kissed it, “What’s wrong Alexis?” At Alexis’ raised eyebrows, Sonny grinned and said, “other than the black eye, bruised jaw, and broken ankle.” Sonny’s grin faded and said, “Come on Alexis, I can tell you are really sad about something, what’s up?

“Nothing, okay, God knows, nothing’s . . . up tonight or probably ever again,” Alexis looked up at him and said, “It’s just . . . we . . . you and I . . . only had tonight and now . . .tonight is almost over and I’m in the hospital looking ugly with a cast on my leg.” Alexis eyes had begun to moisten and her breathing was coming in gasps as she said, “and your nose is broken . . .” Alexis looked down and suddenly noticed that Sonny had a cast on his right arm as her wheezing increased, “My God, when did you break your arm?” as Sonny started to answer, Alexis raised her hand and said, “the point is, you and I will never get to . . .you know . . .and well I admit it . . .I was really looking forward to us . . . that is . . . you and I . . .and now tonight . . . well the fantasy . . . is almost over and . . .Spike and Roxie . . . never had a chance to . . . and we can’t . . .and tomorrow I will be boring again . . .its so clear that, “ Alexis was hyperventilating, but she managed to shout before she passed out for the second time tonight, “I AM NEVER HAVING SEX AGAIN!”

Sonny stood up and kissed Alexis in the forehead, “If you think this is still just about tonight anymore Alexis,” Sonny said as he headed out of the hospital door, “you are in for a little surprise.”

Alexis woke again still in her hospital bed but knew something was different. At first Alexis thought that someone had just turned out the lights but that wasn’t it because there was a weird ethereal glow to the room. “Oh my God, I died.” Alexis said aloud.

“No, Alexis, you are fine although you really need to get that asthma checked,” Alexis heard Sonny say, but at first she couldn’t see him. She looked around the room with her one good eye and saw that it was lit entirely by candles . . . hundreds of candles. She smelled before she saw the gardenias that Sonny carried in his arms as he approached the bed. Before Alexis could say anything, Sonny placed his fingers on her lips to stop her. Alexis once again melted at his touch, and the questions she was about to ask left her head as Sonny said, “Now, its my turn to talk Alexis. First, I promise . . . you will have sex again.,” Sonny flashed his dimples, “ Second, you have to know, that this,” Sonny waved his hand back and forth indicating he and Alexis, “is no longer just about tonight.” Sonny watched Alexis’ eyes get big as he went on keeping his fingers on her lips and gently massaging them. “I have been flirting outrageously with you for months and have totally enjoyed flustering you. When you weren’t looking, I watched you and well, I started looking at you and seeing you like I never had before. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I haven’t been deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid – I always knew you were sexy as hell, but that wasn’t what our relationship was supposed to be about so I didn’t let myself imagine more.” Sonny grinned, “okay, I did let myself imagine – late at night, when no one else was around . . . but well, I thought it was just a fantasy. You are the first woman I have ever . . . you know . . .wanted that I hadn’t . . .uh . . .gotten, pursued . . .whatever.” Sonny went on quickly not wanting to sound egotistical now, when so much mattered. “But in the past year, I don’t know when it happened, but, well . . . we got close and you started to be too important to me . . .I couldn’t take the chance and wreck it.” Sonny said honestly, “besides, I had to deal with the whole Carly thing and knew I couldn’t just . . .use you . . . to do that.” Sonny stumbled and looked away from Alexis for the first time trying to get his emotions under control. He finally turned back, with tears in his eyes, “Given both of our backgrounds and horrific childhoods, you and I don’t get close easily. I have depended and trusted you, not just as my lawyer, but as my closest friend, and you have never once let me down. That’s everything to me. Family and marriage is important to me, I respect it and would never cheat on my wife, but what I realize now is that although I was physically with Carly, I had already started going to you for the important stuff. I trusted you on a fundamental level when I didn’t really trust my own wife. Hell, Carly recognized it and that’s why she was so irrational and jealous about any time I spent with you. Turns out I was right about Carly but to be fair, she was right about us. . .there’s something important between us that I can’t deny or fight after tonight.” Sonny looked closely at Alexis who had gone completely still, “While tonight was new for us, it wasn’t really a surprise, was it? For weeks, no months now, you and I have been doing this dance that we didn’t admit we were doing for fear of changing or losing this connection.” Sonny grinned, “Kristina was right, we did need our heads knocked together.” Sonny was amazed to see Alexis grin back at him with tears in her eyes. Sonny tried to clear the emotion from his throat and go on, “I think this is the most I’ve ever said without you interrupting.” At the feel of her mouth opening under his fingers, Sonny gently rubbed his fingers back and forth across her lips as if to say, “not yet Alexis.” Alexis moaned a little under the movement and Sonny’s breathing got ragged with desire but he went on as he moved his face in closer to hers as he seductively began whispering, “Finally, I wanted to tell you that you and I will not be having sex tonight,” At Alexis’ surprised and suddenly frightened look, Sonny went on, “no . . .we will be making love, and we will be doing so not just tonight, but for as long as you let us.” Sonny went on shyly, finally moving his fingers off of Alexis’ lips down her bruised jaw that for a moment caused a cloud to pass over his face, “that is, if you want . . .please. . .God . . .I hope you want.”

Alexis said with a tragic tone, “What about the danger? You and I, well . . .we’re going to get hurt, I just know . . .”

Sonny’s breath caught because this is what he feared. Alexis would not be willing to put up with the danger inherent in his life. And he knew he shouldn’t ask her to, but he also knew he couldn’t go on without her and by God, he would make this work and make them safe. He didn’t know how, but he knew he wasn’t strong enough to lose Alexis. Sonny’s face was very close to Alexis’ face when he said with all the sincerity and force he had, “Alexis, I will make us safe. I know it will be hard and a little stifling, but there will be so many guards on us and I will get hi-tech security systems, I will do everything I know how to do to mitigate the danger and to protect us and I will protect Kristina, she won’t even know the guards are . . ..” At Alexis’ dumbfounded expression and sudden giggle, Sonny stopped and said, “what is it?”

Alexis was now laughing out loud hysterically trying to tell Sonny, “I meant . . .oh my God . . .you thought . . .no . . .I couldn’t figure out . . .how the hell all of that would help with . . .,” Alexis was laughing harder than she ever had and couldn’t stop until she saw Sonny pull back away from her face like he’d been struck. Alexis reached her hand up to touch his face in reassurance and then she struggled to go on and still laughing gasped, “I’m not talking about that danger. Please, I’m a bastard Cassadine,” Alexis wheezed with laughter, “danger is implicit in my very existence.” Alexis stroked Sonny’s face with its now confused expression, “I just meant that you and I being romantic, well, as tonight demonstrates,” Alexis gestured to their respective injuries, “you and I are going to kill ourselves here. I wonder if there is such a thing as Sex Insurance?” At Sonny’s raised eyebrows, “you know, insurance to cover physical injuries sustained while trying to have sex because you and I need to get a double indemnity policy!”

Sonny burst out laughing and he hugged Alexis as the two of them were screaming with laughter. Sonny realized that he had never laughed so much in his entire life as during the time he’s known Alexis. He shook his head wondering, how, given their respective horrific childhoods, intense natures, and the violence just below the surface of both of their backgrounds, the two of them could find so much laughter . . .together. As the laughter began to calm, Sonny began seductively kissing Alexis’ glorious neck and said, “I keep . . . telling you, . . .we will . . .not be . . .having sex,” Sonny’s words were interrupted by the kisses that were very slowly working their way toward Alexis’ lips.

Alexis held on tight to Sonny, but was worried about his arm. “Sonny, be . . .careful . . .your arm . . . is broken . . .I don’t want . . .you to hurt . . .yourself.” Alexis’ speech stopped with every kiss from Sonny. “How did . . .when did . . .you . . . Oh MY GOD . . .break it.” Sonny had delicately licked the hollow of Alexis’ throat which drove her almost over the edge.

“It’s only . . .my wrist . . .that’s broken.” Sonny said continuing his slow campaign to Alexis’ mouth. “I was so . . . upset and . . . mad at myself . . .for breaking your . . . beautiful ankle . . . I kind of . . .punched your . . . Mercedes.” Sonny pulled away from his kisses and looked at Alexis like an errant little boy as he said, “I’ll pay for the damage to your car.”

Alexis was far less upset about her car than she was that Sonny had stopped kissing her. “Screw the Mercedes Sonny,” and she took her finger and pointed at the last point that Sonny had kissed and said, “ahhh . . .hmmmm.”

Sonny’s guilty expression changed into a dimpled grin, “Jeez, you’re getting pretty pushy here Alexis and I can’t help thinking of a latin phrase I have heard you use. What was that again . . .” Sonny licked his lips and said, “. . .something about quid pro quo.”

Alexis grinned, “I’m so proud right now . . .I’m actually tearing up here . . .you really do listen to me.” Alexis wiped a fake tear out her eye as Sonny took his finger and pointed at his lips.

“Ahhh . . .hmmmm.” Sonny said as Alexis grabbed the back of Sonny’s head and pulled him toward her lips.

Alexis darted her tongue out and licked Sonny’s lower lip before saying, “I am all about positive reinforcement.” Sonny moaned as Alexis’ lick turned into a nibble and the nibble turned into a full kiss, no longer playful, but full of passion and love. The two explored not just each other’s mouths but with each moment in the kiss, Sonny and Alexis found parts of each other’s souls that had been so hurt, they’d shut them away from view. The joining of the two seemed to heal these damaged parts like a rebirth. Alexis and Sonny pulled apart and looked at each other in amazement.

Simultaneously, they both said the words that neither said lightly or easily, “I love you.” Well, they didn’t say the words, but they both saw the words in each other’s eyes. Alexis was frightened at the depth of what she was feeling. She had been thinking about Sonny in a romantic way for awhile, which she had yet to confess to him, but she didn’t think that those feelings would be so profound and actually change her. As Sonny smiled reassuringly, he removed his bloodied T-Shirt having a little difficulty getting it over the cast on his arm. Sonny then stood up to remove his jeans. Alexis was riveted by the beauty of his body but suddenly became aware of her surroundings and said, “Uh . . .Sonny, I don’t think we can go on . . .here . . .I don’t want us to be interrupted . . .and we’re in a hospital where interruption is inevitable.”

Sonny grinned mischievously, “Trust me, we won’t be interrupted.” Sonny slowly began to undo his jeans with his good hand. Alexis’ eyes watched him in fascination at where his fingers were heading but said, “You didn’t threaten anyone did you Sonny. I mean, I’m still your lawyer, you can’t be threatening people willy nilly just to . . . well . . you know.” Alexis blushed both from what she was saying and the fact that her eyes were locked on Sonny’s good hand struggling with the buttons on the crotch of his jeans. Sonny’s smile became more seductive as he slowly kept undoing his jeans and Alexis was quiet for a moment lost in imagining what was . . .coming . . .or rather, coming off next, but managed to find her focus as she kept talking. “You can tell me who you threatened Sonny, we are protected by attorney client privilege.” Sonny just smiled as he got to the last button on his jeans and they fell open revealing black silk. Alexis gasped and licked her lips, “Well that’s a little disappointing,” Alexis thought, “I’d hoped he wasn’t wearing underwear.” Alexis shook her head and thought, “Stop that, what is wrong with me. What the hell was I rambling on about. Oh yes, Sonny’s upcoming arrest.” Alexis began vocalizing again, “Just tell me Sonny, are the police . . .I’m going to,” Alexis stumbled over her words as Sonny struggled to pull down his jeans with his good hand. “burst . . .I mean are the police going to burst in here to arrest you?”

Sonny’s smile had begun to fade as he was having difficulty getting the tight jeans down with only one hand. “Alexis, don’t worry. I bribed the staff not to come in the door no matter what. I hired the night custodian for a cool $1000 cash to stand in front of the door and keep out all potential invaders” As Alexis was about to raise another concern Sonny smiled, his pants only to about mid thigh, and said, “Then just to be sure we wouldn’t be interrupted, I bought the hospital and told everyone that they would be fired if they dared come through that door or let anyone else through that door. Benny is amazing, I call him and tell him I want to buy a hospital tonight and then bang, I own the hospital.” Sonny had a proud stupid grin on his face. Now help me out of these damn jeans. I knew there was a reason I didn’t wear these jeans. They are just impractical. My lined Armani pants would have just slipped off once I undid the zipper. No fuss, no bother. What idiot came up with the idea of button fly jeans. That is just stupid. I mean sometimes you need to get out of your paints quickly, you know what I’m saying. And jeans like these make that . . .” Sonny had walked closer to Alexis to get her help but she began howling with laughter. Sonny stopped his tirade and asked in amazement, “Are you laughing at me, Alexis.”

Alexis had tears streaming down her face as she finally nodded and said, “Hell yes, I’m laughing at you! Sonny, you’re walking like a penguin and you’re rambling just like I do.”

Sonny was so amazed because he could not remember the last time someone ever felt comfortable enough, and even safe enough, to actually laugh AT him. “Oh laugh away, Counselor, but just remember,” Sonny took his good hand and reached under the hospital sheet and Alexis’ hospital gown knowing Alexis was naked underneath as her laughter stopped with a sharp intake of breath at his touch on her inner thigh, “You are fully . . .accessible . . .to me in every way right now and I’m telling you,” Sonny’s fingers “walked” up Alexis’ inner thigh slowly toward the previous location of her black lacy garter as he heard Alexis’ heavy breathing. He really hoped she didn’t pass out again. “If you don’t help me out of these jeans right now, I am going to stop my fingers from doing this,”

Alexis let out an involuntary shudder and moaned.

Sonny went on, “and they certainly won’t do this.”

Alexis actually shouted, “Oh my God!”

“And you can absolutely forget about this.”

Alexis dived for Sonny’s jeans and was almost falling out of the hospital bed pulling them down his legs to where he could finally tug them off with his feet. Alexis did not wait to be asked to help Sonny with his black silk boxer shorts.

* * *

Alexis and Sonny had their arms around each other’s waists as they got off the Penthouse elevator around 7:30am February 15th. They both had goofy grins on their faces as they walked off the elevator Alexis relying on one crutch and Sonny, who was carrying the other crutch for her. They both heard intakes of breath as they turned to see Ned and Kristina in the hallway apparently saying goodbye. The two couples appraised the situation. Alexis realized that Ned had spent his first night with her sister and she realized that while it was a little too “Jerry Springer” for her tastes, she wasn’t really affected. Sonny nodded and smiled at Kristina grateful for her endorsement yesterday, and then his gaze shifted over to Ned wondering what the hell these Cassadine women saw in this fop.

Ned’s and Kristina’s jaws both dropped as they took in the sight before them. Alexis wearing the shortest jean skirt ever and a leather jacket partially unzipped revealing what appeared to be no shirt at all, with no hose, a black boot on one leg and a cast on the other, one black eye, a dark bruised jaw, and Kristina noted a look of happiness and comfort she had never seen before. Sonny wearing jeans and a bloodied white T-Shirt with a broken arm, bandaged and obviously broken nose, with two black eyes and Kristina noticed an honest to god happy expression. Ned’s assessment was not so non-verbal. “So what the hell did you do to her, Corinthos?” He turned to Alexis and said, “I told you he’d hurt you.”

“Ned!” Kristina shouted, “That’s enough, I was going to ask if you two are okay but while I can see the extent of the physical injuries, it looks like you both are “feeling” no pain.” Kristina grinned.

“Don’t encourage your sister, Kristina,” Ned ranted on, “Sonny is going to get her killed eventually. I always knew it was only a matter of time before Alexis started showing the marks from working with him.” Ned spit out, “I just thought you’d be more subtle, Corinthos.”

Alexis’ smile left her face briefly, but as she looked at the stricken expression on her sister’s face she decided not to rip Ned a new asshole. Instead she smiled, “Ned, you know how it is. You’re a singer. You must know that you always hurt the one you love.” Alexis grinned, “As you can see, we loved each other . . . a lot last night.” Sonny flashed his dimples to Kristina and winked. Ned was so shocked he missed it. Alexis and Sonny turned away from Ned and Kristina and began moving toward PH4, and Alexis turned back for a parting shot to her Ex. “At the rate we are going, I expect to be comatose by noon.” Sonny guffawed loudly, something neither Ned nor Kristina had ever heard him do.

“You think you’ll remain conscious until noon?” Sonny asked as he opened the penthouse door and moved to help Alexis inside, “Roxie, I don’t think you are going to make it until 7:35am with what I have planned.” Sonny whacked Alexis on the butt as she hopped past him. Alexis yelped, “Ohh, Spike, harder, harder!” Sonny then asked with deliberate menace in his voice as he looked at Ned and Kristina as he began to shut the door, “Now where did I hide that whip?” A shocked Ned and Kristina heard through the door Alexis whine loudly, “You said it was my turn this time!”

"Spike and Roxie?" Ned asked his voice cracking. Kristina just grinned and said, "Now that's what I call some foreplay."

THE END

 

 

 

Epilogue to Love Hurts:  Cast-aways!

 

Alexis rushed out of the doctors office for the first time in six weeks cast-free ignoring  Tony’s yell, “Alexis, slow down or I will be putting you in another cast when you fall.”  Although Alexis had a pair of flats on, they were new and had a smooth soul causing her to slip and slide down the GH corridor as she ran toward the central nurse’s desk.  Up ahead coming from an opposite corridor was Sonny also running top speed. 

 

“Excuse me!” Alexis yelled back at  the orderly she had knocked to the ground.  “I’ll be damned if he’s going to beat me to that nurse’s station,” Alexis thought as she panted in her sliding sprint toward an open-mouthed Bobbie Spencer and Amy Vining. 

 

As Sonny saw Alexis sliding to the nurses’ station, he picked up the speed jumping over a kneeling nurse’s aid.  “Uh . . . sorry,” Sonny yelled as he dove for the nurses’ station.  Amy and Bobbie stepped back in shock and fear that the desk would not stop the momentum of these two lunatics. 

 

Sonny and Alexis both yelled, “I won!” as they slapped the top of the desk at the nurses’ station simultaneously.  Then panting and trying to get back their breath, they both began talking at once.

“You didn’t win, I won . . .”

“Admit it, you lost . . .”

“There is no way you were first . . .”

“Please, you run like a girl, of course I was first . . .”

“I run like a girl? How am I supposed to run?  And what an appallingly sexist thing for you to say.  In fact, I bet Port Charles’ Girls’ track team could kick your ass in a race, Sonny.  So, I did run like a girl, a girl that just beat you to this nurses’ station fair and square.”

 

The volume of the argument was increasing when Bobbie finally yelled, “That’s enough.  This is a hospital, not a gymnasium.  You two can just take this outside.” Bobbie rolled her eyes and muttered, “I feel like I’m talking to two errant children.”  Bobbie had never seen this “goofy” side of Sonny when he was married to her daughter.  She began to think that Carly and all the rumors she’d been hearing lately about Sonny and Alexis were true.  Luke had hinted more than a little broadly in passing the night she’d had to drive to that hick town up north and once again bail Luke out of jail.  But Bobbie had discounted it given his lisp.  She wasn’t sure she’d understood and he kept talking about another couple named Spike and Roxie so she had decided it was the booze talking.

 

Alexis started to smile slyly and was immediately contrite, “Bobbie, I am so sorry.  You are absolutely right.  We have behaved abominably.  As a fellow professional,  I can just imagine how angry I would be if someone behaved like this in a court of law.  The only excuse I can offer is that we have been in casts  for weeks now and I know I was going a little stir crazy.  I can’t speak for Sonny, but you certainly have  my humblest apologies if I disrupted things.  Is there anything I can do to make it up?

 

Sonny’s mouth had dropped open as he watched Alexis “work” Bobbie.  He muttered, “Suck-up.” Just loud enough for Alexis to hear.

 

She ignored him and gave Bobbie, who was speaking, her full attention, “I understand Alexis.  I broke my leg once and was never so happy in my life to get that cast off.  All I wanted to do is soak in a tub and scratch for hours.”

 

Sonny softly said behind Alexis, “Sounds good to me.  I know I’ve got an itch that needs scratching right now!”  Alexis quickly looked down to cover the grin that was threatening to take over her face, but she would not let Sonny get her off track.  She looked back up and just kept nodding when Bobbie went on.

 

“But, Alexis, you have to be careful.  While your ankle is healed, it will be a little weak for awhile yet.”

 

Sonny again softly said behind Alexis, “See, I won, your ankle is weak.”

 

“Thanks so much Bobbie, you’re right.  I guess given how weak my ankle is, it was a miracle that I beat Sonny to the desk, don’t you think?” Alexis asked innocently.

 

Bobbie smiled and decided to not let Sonny win yet again.  “It certainly was.”  She didn’t know what the stakes were, but they were obviously important to Alexis who grinned from ear to ear as she turned around to face Sonny whose eyes were laughing but mouth was dropped in shock.

 

“You are totally shameless, Alexis and I bow to your powers of manipulation, if not speed.” Sonny said as he grabbed her arm and began moving her to the hospital elevator.

 

“Spoken like a sore loser, Sonny,” Alexis said smugly.  “I won, you lost, face it . . .its Puerto Rico!”

 

As the elevator door shut, Sonny pulled Alexis into his arms for a very passionate kiss that left her breathless when he pulled away and said, “Wouldn’t it be better if I won? Then, our first time without those damn casts would be the airplane, instead of waiting until we get to Puerto Rico.”  In what seemed like one motion, Sonny opened Alexis trench coat, pulled her shirt out of her pants, ripped her blouse open with buttons flying everywhere in the elevator, and was kissing her breasts when Alexis grabbed the back of his head pulling at his hair and yelling, “Oh my God!”

 

Sonny released the fastener on the front-clasped purple lacy bra Alexis wore and swiped at Alexis’ left nipple with his tongue.  The bra was still in Sonny’s way so in frustration, he pulled hard and it tore off in his hands.  Alexis didn’t know how he’d done it but somehow she was in the General Hospital elevator with her shirt open, her bra off, and Sonny sending her over the edge with his tongue.  Alexis’ knees started to buckle and  Sonny absorbed her weight with his now, two strong arms.  Sonny released her captured nipple from his mouth, and raised his head to her face and said seductively, “Are you sure you can wait until the airplane, let alone Puerto Rico?”  He took her lower lip into his mouth as he seductively spoke into her lips, “Are you sure I didn’t get to the nurses’ station first?”

 

The elevator bell rang giving the two enough time to separate and Alexis to quickly shut her trench coat.  The elevator doors opened and facing them were Nikolas and Gia.

 

Gia raised her eyebrows and grinned as she took in the guilty pair.  Sonny had pink lipstick on his mouth, his eyes were shining, and his hair was curling out in many directions instead of slicked back as usual.  Alexis’ hair was disheveled, she was flushed, breathing heavily, clutching her trench coat for dear life, and her lipstick which had strayed from her lips was a familiar shade of pink.

 

“Ah, Nikolas good to see you,” Alexis tried to act like she was hosting a tea party, but no one was buying it.  Especially, when she began to reach her hand out toward Nikolas and quickly drew it back as her trench coat started to come open.  “Umm, love to chat, but . . . sadly . . .ah . . .Sonny has been called away on  urgent business again in Puerto Rico . . .which requires my legal expertise.”  Sonny grinned and shrugged his shoulders at Nikolas who was stiff as a board and clearly in Cassadine Prince mode.

 

“Alexis, it is totally inappropriate for you to keep . . .” Nikolas started his diatribe, when Gia interrupted.

 

“Oh my God, Nikolas, you are channeling Stefan right now.”  Gia shook his shoulders in mocked fear, “Let go Stefan . . .Let go . . .I want my Nikolas back, the one who had a sense of fun and knew when to stay out of peoples’ business and let them be happy.” Gia added pointedly.

 

Alexis grinned at Gia.  Over the past weeks, Nikolas’ behavior had begun to worry her and she couldn’t even deal with her suspicions regarding his involvement and a cover-up after the car accident involving Courtney.  The only reason she didn’t press the issue is that the police could not make their case against Courtney and the charges had been dropped when Alexis brought a probable cause motion.  The police were unable to locate the one witness to the accident.  Even though she had given a statement, it was inadmissible hearsay.  Elizabeth had recanted her earlier statement blaming Courtney and now just said she didn’t remember.  But even though she thought Gia was guilty as hell in that accident, today she thought that Gia might just be Nikolas’ salvation from the cursed Cassadine estate.

 

Nikolas struggled and finally smiled, “I hope . . .your urgent business matter . . .goes well, Sonny.”  Nikolas put out his hand to Sonny who only took it to make Alexis happy.  He didn’t trust this little shit as far as he could throw him after the accident.  Sonny had begun to think Luke was right about all Cassadines but Alexis and Kristina.

 

Nikolas stood aside to let Sonny and Alexis depart the elevator, and as he and Gia walked into the elevator they saw a lacy purple bra discarded on the floor.  Gia quickly picked it up and yelled, “Alexis!” before a mortified Nikolas could stop her.

 

Alexis turned  back toward Gia who said with a giggle, “I think you lost something” as she tossed the purple bra toward them.  Sonny caught it and said, “Thanks, Gia.  She would have killed me if I’d lost this.”  Sonny and Gia were grinning as the elevator doors closed.  The same could not be said for Nikolas and Alexis. 

 

Gia said to Nikolas who looked furious, “What?  Lighten up Nikolas.  Have you ever seen your Aunt this happy before?  Jeez, she’s practically glowing with love.  And don’t tell me how risky or dangerous it is for her to be with Sonny given the danger involved in you Cassadines.  Hell, Sonny is probably the only one who could take on a threat form Helena.  And from what you have said, Helena is all about threatening Alexis.  You should be happy for her.”  Gia declared.  Nikolas looked at Gia in shock.  He was appalled with what he’d been thinking.  That his anger was not about potential danger to his favorite Aunt from her professional and now romantic association with Sonny, but was instead the worry of what a formidable enemy they would make as a team.

 

“Oh my God, well that was mortifying.” Alexis said as she hit Sonny on the arm.  Sonny smiled, nodded to a waiting Johnny and said, “Race you to the limo! Loser gets naked first!” With that Sonny took off running with Alexis following still clutching her trench coat fast on his tail . . .a foreshadowing for later events that day. 

 

Johnny took off running behind them to try to get the limo door open before they arrived, but they both beat him to the limo and had the door already open.  Sonny got there first, and then Alexis.

 

Sonny looked at Alexis, looked her up and down, grinned, and said, “Hey, hey!”

 

Alexis innocently said as she crawled into the limo ahead of Sonny, “What?” She asked looking up at the two men still outside the limo in front of her door, “ Johnny was last, he’s the one who has to get naked.”

 

Johnny blushed and looked terrified.  Sonny burst out laughing and said, “Don’t panic Johnny, you’re a handsome man and all, but the only one I want to see naked today is the woman in the limo with the big mouth.”

 

Alexis grinned seductively, “You have no idea,” as she pulled Sonny laughing into the limo.

****

Johnny quickly shut the door behind them and thought, “Man, are all of these educated women as hot as that?  I gotta start hanging around the library and pick me up some of that.”  He shook his head looked around to make sure everything was okay and nodded at Francis who was standing next to the trail car behind the limo and Adam who was standing next to the lead car.  Both nodded back indicating everything was fine.  Johnny knew that Sonny was beyond “in love” with Ms. Davis.  He had quietly tripled security six weeks ago after the Sweeties’ night without telling Ms. Davis.  She hadn’t said anything about it, but Johnny thought that she noticed the additional men trailing her besides her usual bodyguard.

 

Johnny heard Ms. Davis suddenly scream in the back seat of the limo, but he didn’t even look back as he recognized that it was one of “those” screams that he was not supposed to be hearing.  Besides it stopped suddenly.

 

****

 

“No, No..   . . NOOOO! . . .Sonny,” Alexis yelled laughing hitting his invading hands away from the front of her trench coat, “the limo is not an appropriate compromise.  Because after I win, I don’t compromise.  That’s the first rule of any negotiation.  You never bargain against yourself.”

 

“Oh, I’m going to be doing something against you, but it ain’t going to be bargaining,” Sonny said as he grabbed Alexis and pulled her up on his lap.  Alexis’ scream was cut off by Sonny’s mouth on hers.  Alexis had every intention of resisting but at the invasion of Sonny’s tongue in her mouth, she forgot everything other than the need to be as close to Sonny as she could.  She shifted her position straddling him instead as she pulled out of the kiss and began unbuttoning his shirt.  Alexis’ trench coat and shirt were gapping open giving Sonny tantalizing peaks at her breasts as she slowly continued unbuttoning his shirt trailing kissing down his tan chest finally reaching his belt buckle.  Sonny reached forward and unfastened Alexis’ pants.  Their eyes locked as Alexis looked up from her progress and at Sonny’s new campaign to remove her pants.

 

“Damn it, you need to wear skirts, access is so much easier,” Sonny grumbled as he moved his face forward burying it in her chest in search of her right nipple that he had so rudely ignored in the elevator.

 

“I never said I was easy Sonny,” Alexis teased laughing.  She suddenly stopped as Sonny captured her right nipple in his mouth.  Alexis arched her back uncontrollably and a shiver moved down her spine.  Suddenly she grabbed Sonny’s face and pulled it away from her chest and looked at Sonny shyly.  “Umm, I know we’re kind of in the moment here, but . . .well, Johnny is right . . .”

 

“Johnny gets paid not to see anything Alexis,” Sonny said placing his hands gently on her face and pulling her in for another soulful kiss.  During the kiss, Sonny moved his hands from Alexis face and pushed the hanging shirt and trench coat back so that he when he pulled her body in close to him, he could feel her flesh against his.  Alexis sighed into him when they finally were naked chest to naked chest.

 

This time it was Sonny who pulled out of the kiss although he continued to hold Alexis as close as he could.  His breathing was ragged as he said, “You’re right.”

 

Alexis was nibbling on his neck and said, “Of course I am, about what?”

 

“This between us .  . . this is . . .,” Sonny  stumbled with emotion, “just for us . . .it’s sacred and I don’t want an audience, even one paid not to pay attention.”  A tear fell down Sonny’s face and Alexis finally said the words that both of their eyes had been saying for weeks.

 

“Oh, God Sonny, I love you so much, it hurts!” Alexis said tears running down her face as she wiped Sonny’s tears off his face with her mouth.  Sonny smiled with joy for this perfect moment, the tears still coming down his cheeks as he held Alexis close the rest of the way to the airport.  Before they got out of the Limo, they both composed themselves, wiping the tears away, and buttoning each other’s shirts, pants, and trench coats before they left the limo. 

 

Sonny got out first and offered Alexis his hand to help her out of the limo.  As she stepped out into Sonny’s waiting arms, he pulled her close and whispered in her ear, “I love you doesn’t seem enough somehow.  I’ve said it before to a few women, but I realize now that it couldn’t have been love with them.” Sonny shook his head as if to clear it, “And if it was love, what we have is something else beyond that, something so precious, I can’t name it.  But, know this, you and what we have are everything to me.  We are partners in the best sense of that word.  I want you, need you, desire you, and trust you completely.  Besides that, Alexis Davis, you are the most fun I have ever had in my entire life.” Sonny got a goofy grin on his face, “You make me happy.”

 

Alexis threw her arms around Sonny and jumped up wrapping her legs around his waist as she kissed him almost knocking him to the ground.  Somehow he managed to keep his balance and laughing through the kiss, Sonny turned and walked toward the plane carrying Alexis as she continued to kiss him all over his face.  Johnny, Francis, and Adam were grinning as they escorted the couple to the plane. 

 

To Alexis’ surprise, Johnny scooted  ahead and climbed the stairs of the plane and Sonny stopped with her still in his arms at the bottom of the stairs and waited for the okay from Johnny, “Max is inside, he said no problems, everything is okay.”

 

“Is Max coming with us Sonny?” Alexis asked with surprise as Sonny put her down before they climbed the stairs.

 

“Well, Max, Johnny, and Francis are all coming with us,” Sonny said hesitantly.

 

Alexis asked quietly, “Anything I should know, Sonny?”

 

Sonny smiled placing his hands on Alexis face, “Alexis there is no special threat if that  is what you are asking.  I just am being extra careful.  I suddenly have a lot to lose.”

 

Alexis smiled and took Sonny’s hand as the two walked up the stairs to the plane, at the top she turned back and looked at Sonny just below her on next step and asked softly, “How the hell were we going to go at it in the plane with the three of them on board?”

 

Sonny blushed and looked down, “I had the airplane redesigned, go in, you’ll see.”

 

Alexis walked in and noted that the plane seemed much smaller before.  It took her a moment to realize that there was a door ahead.  In this new compartment, there were only four traditional airline seats.  She did notice a nice little bar with a fridge.  She thought, Sonny is so good to his men.  Alexis could not wait to see what was on the other side of the closed door.  She walked forward and opened the door looking inside to see a tropical blue themed small room with a bed.  It reminded Alexis of a cabin in a sailboat - compact, cozy and complete.  There was even mosquito netting over the bed to continue the tropical feeling.  Alexis smelled the gardenias before she noticed them strewn on the bed.  “Oh my God, Sonny – this is  . . .” Alexis turned around to see Sonny’s anxious face, “perfect.”  Alexis walked into the cabin followed by a grinning Sonny who shut the door behind them. 

 

Alexis turned around and said with sorrow, “As much as it pains me to say this to you Sonny . . .”

 

Sonny’s smile faded with fear.

 

“I just can’t tell you how much this hurts me and how sorry I am to have to say this but,” Alexis looked down at her feet and then looked back up at a terrified Sonny, “I cheated.”  Sonny looked stricken as Alexis went on,  “I’m pretty sure you got to the nurses’ station first.”

 

“Bitch!” Sonny said growling as he ran forward pushing a laughing Alexis on to the bed as she screamed, “Gotcha!”

 

Okay - here it is.  Not as hot as some NC-17, but it did it for me.  Hope you like it.  Maybe now you'll understand why I've always imagined Sexis in leather!!

Takes place right after Cast-aways ended

 

NC-17 Bonus Chapter

 

Sonny was tickling Alexis and she was laughing uncontrollably.  “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Sonny . . . Stop!”  Sonny began unbuttoning her trench coat in an attempt to get more prime tickling areas forgetting that Alexis was somewhat exposed under her trench coat.  Alexis’ laughter was cut off with a sharp intake of breath as she felt Sonny’s lips on her stomach.  Alexis stopped “fighting off” Sonny and her arms moved to the back of Sonny’s neck just where his hairline began and the curls that he tried so to slick back could not be controlled.  As Sonny began to move his mouth up toward her breasts, Alexis used her long delicate fingers to “play” gently with Sonny’s curls and teasing the hairs on the back of Sonny’s neck causing shivers to run down his spine.  Alexis had learned over the past weeks that this drove Sonny mad.  Sonny grabbed Alexis’ hands and pulled them away from his neck and pinned them above her head with a motion so fast that Alexis could only gasp.

 

Sonny had let his weight down on to Alexis as his face hovered just above hers teasingly, he whispered into her lips, “It’s my turn Alexis to give you all the pleasure you have been denied the last six weeks because of my damn cast.”

 

“I haven’t exactly been deprived, Sonny.” Alexis grinned, “I thought you were kind of a one-handed wonder the last six weeks.”  Alexis giggled and tried to capture Sonny’s lips but he tantalizingly pulled his lips just out of her range, which was severely limited given his weight bearing down on her.

 

“If you thought I was good with one hand,” Sonny smiled an evil glimmer in his eyes as he moved toward her licking her lower lip before pulling back as she moaned in response, “it’s a good thing I have oxygen aboard – I ‘d like you to remain conscious.”  Sonny kept Alexis’ hands above her head securing them and lowered his mouth to the hollow of Alexis’ throat.  Alexis so wanted to touch him, she struggled to release her arms for a moment but realized she truly could not move.  She had known Sonny was strong, but she was surprised that he was so able to physically restrain her.  Alexis was amazed that she had no control, but instead of the fear she usually experienced when she was not in control, she was just aching with desire. 

 

A disembodied voice came into the room causing Sonny and Alexis to stop, “Mr. Corinthos, we have clearance and are ready to take off.  We just need to taxi the plane into position.  If everyone could please be sure to fasten your seat belts we are going to be facing some turbulence taking off.  In fact, from the looks of things the weather is going to be pretty volatile during much of the flight.  We’ll do our best to avoid the worst of it but it would be a good idea to keep things secured and to keep your seat belts fastened.”

 

“My plans exactly,” Sonny murmured into Alexis’ ear, before sitting up and straddling her just over her thighs so that his erection pressed up against the crotch of her trousers and still firmly holding her hands in place over her head.  Sonny pulled Alexis up to a sitting position, released her arms, but before she could do anything, Sonny grabbed Alexis’ blouse hanging open, pulled it open and jacked down the blouse, jacket, and trench coat she wore in one movement.  While this left Alexis naked form the waist up, her clothing was now effectively restraining her arms, rather than Sonny.  She tried to struggle out of the clothes to release herself but with both she and Sonny’s weight on top of them, she could not get the leverage she needed to pull her hands out from the tangled sleeves.  Alexis shivered at the thrill this caused to run down to her very soul and looked up in surprise at Sonny who, recognizing that Alexis was really and truly turned on by this restraint thing, grinned.  Alexis tried to look away from Sonny because she saw his recognition and she was embarrassed.  For the first time during his onslaught, Sonny softly placed his hands on Alexis’ face, pulled her towards him, and kissed her lips sweetly and gently said, “Alexis, don’t you ever be embarrassed with me about what excites you.  Nothing you could want or desire of me would ever be more than what I wanted to give to you.”  Sonny confessed quietly, “There’s a part of me too that wants to try everything with you.  Surprisingly, I have never been very daring in what I did sexually because I never felt the level of trust necessary for that . . .” Sonny again kissed Alexis gently, “Lex, I trust you completely and I hope you know that you can trust me.”

 

“I trust you too,” Alexis smiled shyly as the plane began to turn slowly, “I just don’t know what . . . or how I am supposed to . . .I’ve never felt this with anyone else before.  I mean, if anyone tried to before . . .I’d . . . I don’t want you to think  . . .you know . . .that I’m . . . kinky . . .weird . . .or  I don’t know. . .” Alexis blushed and laughed nervously, “shouldn’t . . . ah . . .we get up and put our seat belts on?”

 

“Oh so you want us to use belts too, huh?” Sonny teased and Alexis relaxed and smiled.  Catching her by surprise, Sonny suddenly moved his hands to Alexis’ upper arms, rose to his knees on the bed hovering over Alexis for a moment grinning before he jumped back on to the floor pulling and carrying Alexis up to her feet.  Alexis gasped with the thrill and surprise of Sonny’s strength.  Before Alexis had time to react, Sonny shifted and put Alexis into the sofa next to the wall so that once again she was seated on the coat, jacket, and shirt that held her arms immobile at her sides.  Sonny pulled the seat belt over Alexis so that it further held her in place on the sofa.  Sonny stepped back and enjoyed the view of Alexis sitting naked from the waist up as he removed his suit coat and began to slowly unbutton his shirt.  He watched the emotions play across her face -- surprise, fear, thrilled, desire, shame, and then back to desire as she met his gaze with longing.  Sonny removed his shirt and as many times as Alexis had seen him, she never got over the beauty of this man and she started to struggle with her bonds because she so needed to touch him.

 

“Uh, uh, ah,” Sonny said as he shook his head and raised and wagged his finger at Alexis like he would discipline a child.  “This is my turn.  Someone very wise once told me good sex was all about excruciatingly slow arousal, anticipation, teasing, denial, and longing until you just can’t stand it, and then waiting even longer for release.”

 

“What idiot said that,” Alexis asked as she continued to struggle.  “Come on Sonny, I have to touch you . . .now, or I just won’t be responsible.”

 

Sonny grinned and undid his belt, opened his pants, stepped out of them, and kicked them out of the way.  Sonny walked forward to Alexis in his black silk boxer shorts with a very large erection intending to kneel down and take off Alexis’ pants.  Before he could kneel, however, Alexis leaned her face forward against Sonny’s arousal.  This time it was Sonny’s turn to gasp as Alexis rubbed her face against his erection.  Sonny’s knees almost buckled in his excitement, but he managed to steady himself against the wall behind Alexis.  While this steadied him, it also pushed him closer to Alexis who was struggling with her mouth to pull down his boxer shorts and get at his erect member.  Sonny moaned as Alexis managed to pull down his boxers part way with her teeth exposing the tip of his penis which Alexis swiped at greedily with her tongue.  Sonny almost reached for his boxers to help Alexis but remembered that this was supposed to be about him giving pleasure to Alexis.  It took every ounce of control to push back removing himself from Alexis’ delectable tongue.  Sonny’s breathing was ragged as he looked at a wickedly grinning Alexis.  He shook his head in amazement at Alexis and then said, “You are going to let me do this for you Alexis.” Sonny added slowly pulling off his boxer shorts so that he stood in front of her stark naked causing an intake of breath by Alexis as well as a biting of her lower lip.  He smiled loving it when Alexis bit her lower lip because it always meant she was trying to control her desire.  Not making the same mistake again.  Sonny lowered to his knees just out of range of Alexis and slowly moved forward toward her. “I love watching you want me.” Sonny flashed his dimples at her waiting for Alexis’ response.

 

“Okay, you look good, you do, no surprise here, you have certain . . .above-average attributes that make you . . .fairly appealing,” Alexis spoke quickly trying to stay focused as a naked Sonny raised his eyebrows and was moving toward her, “But your ego pal, is way out of proportion.” Alexis’ words were belied by the licking of her lips in anticipation of Sonny’s touch. “I admit it, I am human, I like to look at you,  . . .touch you . . .hold you . . .kiss . . .,”Alexis shook her head and tried to maintain control, “but you greatly over-estimate the power of your charms if you think . . .”

 

Alexis stopped talking as Sonny’s hands reached her stomach and lightly moved to her trouser’s fly.  His naked and aroused body was so close but Alexis could not touch him.  Alexis realized that this was the most exquisite of tortures.  As Sonny undid her pants, she willingly raised her hips to allow him to pull them off of her more quickly.  Sonny rewarded her help by leaning forward and kissing her right breast delicately and pulling away when Alexis arched her back toward him. 

 

“Not so fast,” Sonny said as he pulled off her shoes and continued removing her pants down past her knees and finally off.  Sonny saw that she wore pantyhose under the pants and sighed, “Damn it, you are not making this any easier, Alexis.”  This time when he reached for her pantyhose to begin their removal, he deliberately pulled down and grabbed her panties and was struggling to pull both off at the same time.  Alexis didn’t even have a chance to raise her hips to help and had actually started giggling.

 

“Sonny, shouldn’t you sit down and put on your seat belt too, we have started to take off.” Alexis said still giggling at Sonny’s frustration over her pantyhose.  Sonny had finally pulled off Alexis hose and underwear so that she was naked except for the clothes she sat on that were restraining her arms.  Sonny smiled and said, “Seat belts? Seat belts? I don’t need no stinkin’ seat belts,” in the thickest Spanish accent Alexis had heard since the night before when they had watched “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” together.  Sonny grabbed Alexis’ left leg and placed it up on his shoulder, did the same with her right leg, and gripped both tightly with his arms and said, “I’m just going to hold tight to you Alexis.”  Alexis giggles turned into gasps as Sonny moved his face down between her legs and began pulling, biting, and licking to get to her clitoris.  As the plane’s speed increased, and the motion of Sonny’s tongue seemed to correspond with that speed, Alexis arched her back and Sonny moved his hands under Alexis’ ass to lift it up and bring her closer to his mouth.  Sonny moved his hands until his fingers were running down the crack of Alexis’ ass teasingly past her anus which caused Alexis to buck and scream, “Sonny, oh my God.”  Sonny’s fingers continued to run down toward where his mouth was working so hard to bring Alexis to climax.  Alexis was on the brink when Sonny pulled away to see her face, and was more than gratified to see that her head had rolled back against the couch and she was actually shouting, “Oh God, Sonny, don’t stop!”  She lifted her hips to try to reconnect her clitoris with Sonny’s mouth when she suddenly felt Sonny penetrate her with several of his fingers.  Sonny supported her weight with his left hand as he allowed his previously denied right hand to finally touch and experience the beauty of Alexis’ body.  Alexis moaned as Sonny moved the fingers in and out as his mouth went to her beautifully full breasts with their nipples already erect and he began biting and teasing them with his tongue.  Alexis was struggling hard against her bonds because she wanted to touch Sonny more than she ever thought was possible.  “Now, Sonny, now, let me go . . . I need to . . .” Sonny increased the tempo with which he was moving his fingers and plunged more of his hand into her which she accepted and molded to with apparent ease she was so wet.  “What do you need, Alexis?” Sonny asked quietly as Alexis became incoherent in her cries before she said, “You, I need you, now Sonny, Oh God, you have to let me touch you now . . .”  Sonny smiled knowing that she was almost there, but he wasn’t quite ready to give in.  The plane was now in the air and Sonny continued his sweet torture.  Alexis had always been very responsive to his touch, but today they were at a whole new level, sexually.  Sonny couldn’t believe how much pleasure he gave himself by pleasuring Alexis.  In fact, Sonny realized that if he didn’t act quickly, his pleasure would overcome him and he would be ejaculating all over Alexis instead of inside her where he wanted to be.  Alexis, always in sync with Sonny, looked up at him and said quietly, “Please, oh God, please, I need you inside of me now and I need to touch you.”  Sonny could no longer wait and so he pulled his hand out of Alexis and lowered her ass to the sofa as he quickly released the seat belt and untangled her clothing that was restraining her arms.  Alexis, her legs still strewn over Sonny’s shoulders, immediately grabbed Sonny’s face and pulled it to her so she could kiss him causing her legs to push back against her chest.  Sonny felt the tears running down her face through the deep soulful kiss and knew he could no longer deny her, he could no longer deny them.  Sonny put his arms under Alexis’ arms and lifted her up slowly as he rose to his feet and moved them to the bed with Alexis’ legs still over his shoulders.  In what seemed like a single movement to Alexis, Sonny lowered them to the bed and slipped inside of her.  As Sonny used the spring her legs created over his shoulders to make long, slow, deep thrusts into Alexis, he felt her shudder as wave after wave of orgasm ran through her body.  “More, Sonny, more, I want more of you.”  Alexis recognized that this position kept Sonny from entering her as deeply as he was capable and in tandem the two shifted position so that Alexis’ legs could wrap around Sonny’s waist and pull him closer still.  Sonny delayed their final orgasm as long as he could before Alexis finally screamed, “Now, Sonny, Now,” and he finally screamed himself.  “Alexis, Oh God, Alexis.  I love you,” as he too came inside of Alexis.  Both were crying and laughing and holding each other close with Sonny still inside of Alexis, when she said quietly with a grin, “Well, that was . . . interesting.”  Sonny growled and said, “Interesting? That was interesting? I’ll show you interesting Ms. Davis.” Alexis screamed with laughter and yelled, “No . . .

*************

 

Max, Francis, and Johnny, who had been sitting very quietly for the last half hour trying to avoid eye contact, all sighed in relief when the couple finished, because while Sonny had redesigned the plane for visual privacy, his soundproofing left something to be desire.  Each crossed their legs and leaned back, finally relaxing against their seats when they heard Ms. Davis scream, “No . . . now, its my turn.”  Johnny got up fastest and said, “I’ll be in the restroom.”

 

***finis****