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CHAPTER 9 What�s love got to do with it? ~ PCPD�s Interrogations room ~ �This better be good Corinthos!� Alexis yelled as she slammed her briefcase on the table. �It�s a pleasure to see you�re smiling face as well.� Sonny replied �Cut the crap Corinthos and just tell me what the hell you did this time?� �How about instead you tell me what put you in this mood?� �Listen here!� She yelled as she pulled out a chair and sat down. �As much as you�d like to think you�re calling the shots around here, you aren�t.� She opened her briefcase and pulled out a note pad. �So either you tell me what happened or you can find yourself another lawyer.� �What�d Ashton do this time?� �We are not here to discuss my personal life Mr. Corinthos.� She sat back in her chair. �Now one last time.� She took a deep breath. �What happened?� �It�s nice to see you�re learning how to breathe.� Annoyingly she got up shoved her note pad back into her briefcase and proceeded to leave. �Okay I�m sorry, please sit down and I�ll tell you what happened.� �Come again!� She yelled just before she opened the door. �I said I�m sorry� She walked back over and calmly sat down. �I know how hard that was for you.� �Thank you.� She leaned across the table and yelled. �But you outta be sorry.� She threw her briefcase on the table and stood up. �Every time I turn around my cell phone is ringing.� She slammed her hands on the table. �And who is it?� She started pacing the floor. �It�s you, with a new crises of the hour.� Sonny didn�t say a word as she walked around the room yelling at him. If anything he found it amusing. �Between you and the press following me around 24/7 trying to catch Eddie�s angel in her underwear, I have no time for myself.� She walked over to him and got in his face. �Let alone for the man I�m suppose to be marrying. Of course the only reason he wants to marry me is so the press will go away.� �I don�t think that�s true but if you do then maybe you should talk to him!� �Excuse me but I�m talking here, not you, ME!� She stated strongly as she began pacing the floor again. �Right now I should be home with my fianc�e trying to make things right...but NO I�m here with you being made fun of.� �Nobody�s making fun of you Ale.......� She gave him a you�re interrupting me again look and he quickly shut up. �What is all the yelling about in here?� Dara asked as she entered the room. �What are you charging my client with?� Alexis asked in return. �Here is a list of charges!� Dara replied as she handed Alexis a bunch of papers. �Looks like Mr. Corinthos here is going to be a guest of the state tonight.� Alexis looks up at her over the top of her glasses. �Not if I have anything to say about it.� �Sorry Alexis but even you can�t get a judge to let him out this time at night, on those charges.� �We�ll see about that!� ~*~ ~ Gatehouse ~ �Thanks for walking me back to the Gatehouse.� Ned said as Jax dropped him onto the couch. �You sure you don�t want me to drive you back to Alexis�s penthouse?� �Why, it isn�t like she�ll be there.� He said as he fall off the couch picked himself up and walked over to pour himself another drink. �Ashton I think you�ve had enough.� �I�m still conscious.� He poured some vodka into his glass but mostly on the floor. �So therefore I haven�t had enough.� Jax took the bottle from him and poured him a glass. �Care for some ice..?� He asked as Ned slammed the drink back. �Guess not!� Once again Jax helped Ned over to the couch and made him sit down. Ned grabbed the bottle out of Jax�s hand and started drinking out of it. �Who needs a glass anyway?� �Would you like me to call Alexis and let her know where you are?� �What the hell have I gotten us into Jax? It�s all my fault?� �What is?� �Everything Jax...... from me asking her to marry me back to when this whole Eddie�s angel thing started.� �Ned you have no control over the press.� �I have no control over my life.� He slammed back some more of the bottle �Why did you ask Alexis to marry you?� �What?� �Why did you ask her? Was it because of the press and Eddie�s angel or was it because you love her and want to spend the rest of your life with her?� �What kind of stupid question is that? You out of all people should know how much I love and need Alexis. I�m nothing without her� �Then everything will work out.� �I don�t know Jax� Ned looks down the hole of an empty bottle. �We we�re happier before all this started and I asked me to marry her......her to marry me.� He laid his head back against the couch and passed out. Jax took the bottle out of his hand, covered him with a blanket and then walked over to the phone. ~*~ Alexis is driving down the road thinking about the nights events when her cell phone rang. �Alexis Davis� �And how is my ex-wife?� �I�ve been better.� Jax looks over at Ned and smiles. �So has you�re fianc�e.� �Are you with him?� �We�re at the Gatehouse, he�s passed out on the couch.� �Thanks Jax I�m on my way.� She hangs up the phone and starts thinking back to the night Ned proposed. ******FLASHBACK***** Ned: (laughing nervously) If we're going to be scared about this forever and ever thing, let's just do it together. No maybe, one day, sometime. (intensely) Just marry me -- for real. Alexis: (surprised) Marry you? Ned: (lightening the mood slightly) I have the engagement ring right here. Alexis: I -- I -- (looks at the ring and realizes that he's really serious) Are you sure? Ned: (sincerely) Yes, I am. Are you? Alexis: (honestly) I'm terrified. Not... not of loving you... (shaking her head) ...of building my life around you. Ned: (looking at her intensely) Well, the idea is that we build a life together. I love you, (pause) Alexis. Will you marry me? (pause, nodding) Say yes. Alexis: (lost in his eyes) Yes. Ned leans forward and kisses her tenderly. Alexis: Yes. Ned kisses her again. He pulls away and holds up his finger to say "just a second". He puts the ring back on her finger. *****FLASHBACK***** �I do love you Ned Ashton.� |
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