| Chapter 13 *Carly's House* Next Day They lay in bed, just in each other's arms, a overwhelming calm washing over them. After hours and hours of love making they fell into a restful sleep. Then they talked and got everything out in the open and resolved a lot of problems they had encountered. Her impulsiveness and his controlling. His shutting out and her crazy plans. It had helped them tremendously. Now, Sonny stared at Carly while she drew imaginary circles on his chest. To say he was in awe would be the greatest understatement of the world. He missed the feeling of waking up with his arms wrapped around her. He felt at home. For once in the past months he was at peace. Carly felt the same. She missed the feeling of waking up to his gorgeous face. She knew that they had about a million and one things to work out, but Carly knew this is what she wanted and where she wanted to be. She didn't know what she was thinking when she thought she could live the rest of her without him. "So howdicha sleep?" She said breaking the silence. "The best I've slept in a while." He answered looking down at her dimples showing. He lazily glanced over at the clock on the stand, to notice it was 1 in the afternoon. "Hey Carly?" "Yeah?" "Did you know it was one in the afternoon?" "What?!" She yelled jumping out of bed. "You let me sleep until one! How could you!" She accused as she scrambled for her clothes. "Michael? Where's Michael? He missed school." She mumbled as she rushed out of the room and bumped into Leticica. "Leticia!" She said surprised. "Where...." "Michael? Michael's downstairs having a snack. When I came this morning Johnny was here and he ah said that it would be best to take Michael to school for you." She blushed. "Oh. Thanks Leticia." She said a bit relieved. Now she walked back into her bedroom and playfully slapped Sonny, who was still lounging in bed, on the stomach. "Jerk!" She said as she walked away and finished dressing herself. "Hey! I heard that!" "I said it loud enough." "What was that for?" "Making me wake up late. I had a meeting at 12." "Making you? Honey I wasn't 'making' you do anything last night. Actually as a recall you were the one who was making..." He started only to receive another smack. "Would you please stop! Sheesh woman." He mumbled. He watched in puzzlement as Carly scurried through her purse looking for something. When she found this something she hurriedly walked over to the phone and dialed what he presumed was a number on the paper she held. "Hello? Hey listen I'm sorry I missed the meeting." Carly said into the receiver "Yeah I had a distraction." She glared at Sonny who mouth distraction? "Listen, could we set up a meeting tomorrow? Same time? Good. Thanks and listen I'm sorry again. OK, yeah I'll have something tomorrow. All right bye Ax." She finished and placed the phone back on it cradle. "Jax?" Sonny said incredulously. "What about him?" She feigned innocence. "Why did you have to call Jax?" He asked. "Oh that?" She said. She nervously bit her lip. "Well, you see... meandjaxaregoingintobuisnessandihadameetingwithhim." She said quickly. "WHAT?!" Sonny roared. "Will you calm down!" She hushed him. "Michael's downstairs." He took a deep breath and said calmly....too calmly. "Why are you in business with Jax?" "Cuz well I needed someone to help me start my business and well I asked him..." "WHY?" "Why? Cuz I don't know. He was there right time right place?" "I could have funded you." "But I wanted to do this by myself Sonny! I didn't want to depend on you! Don't you get it?" Sonny took a deep breath. "Yeah, but Jax of all people. Why him?" "Like I said right time right place?" She hoped he would believe that. "Nuh Huh. You're lying. Truth. Spit it out." "Well," She said as she glanced down at the ground. "Jax had the funding and I knew he'd be the only one who might give me a chance. And I thought you might get a bit jealous." She mumbled the last part. "What?" He said, smiling "Don't play dumb you heard me." "So you wanted to use Candyboy to make me jealous? Eh?" "No! I'm not *using* Jax. That was just an added bonus..." "Mmhmm tell it to someone who doesn't know you. Ok since now we are you know...." "No, I dont know. What are we now?" She smirked. "You know..." He said, as Carl gave a questioning glance. "Back together...." "Back together?" She asked confused. "I don't remember one of us saying we were going to get back together." "What?" "I remember the great sex we had last night-it was hard to forget, but I don't remember being back together?" She teased. But kept a straight face when she saw the look Sonny had, the look of his lost puppy that just got ran over. "But...I..." "I mean the divorce proceedings are still..." "No, they aren't." "They aren't?" "Yeah I took the liberty of calling my lawyer and telling her to halt them." He grinned his dimpled grin. "You didn't? Did you? Wait what am I saying. Of course you did. Cocky aren't you?" "Yeah." "How do you know that the sex wasn't just a craving I had?" She asked. "Oh I don't doubt it was, but you're moving back in with me and Courtney." "Didn't we have this conversation already?" "Yeah and I told you we weren't finished with it. So would you move back in with me? He pleaded. There was nothing more she wanted then to move back in with him, but there was Michael to think about. "What about Michael? I don't want to move him again." "You're right..." "Yeah..." "Lets ask him." "What?" Carly asked. "Where he wants to stay." He said as he quickly dressed. "Ooh, no lets not." "Why not?" "Cuz..." "Cuz you know he'll want to go back to the penthouse?" He smiled. "No..." "Yeah..." "No...." "Ye- listen we could debate about it all day-or we could just go ask him." He said and he half dragged half walked her down the stairs. "Uncle Sonny!!!!" The little boy shrieked as he ran into his arms. "Hey buddy." Sonny hugged Michael. "How ya doing?" "Is Uncle Sonny staying?" "Well, we want to ask you something." Sonny began. "Yeah, um Mr. Man, if you had the choice between where you would like to live-where would you pick? In this loveeelllly house that your momma just adores?" She said enthusiastically. "Or Uncle Sonny's house?" She said in a flat voice. "Uncle Sonny's!" He squealed in delight, as Sonny grinned smugly and gave Carly an 'I told you so' look. "You know Carly, whatever Michael wants..." Sonny said only to be cut off by Carly. "Hey Michael? If we get to live in Uncle Sonny's house you know what we get?" She smiled evilly as Sonny eyed her nervously. "What?" He asked, excited. "A puppy!" She yelled. "A puppy??? A Puppy!" He yelled as he yelled around the room jumping up and down. "What? I never...." "You know Sonny whatever Michael wants...Michael gets." She said as she threw his words right back at him. Chapter 14 Back to Amante |