Family Ties
by Susanne

Chapter 9 - The Last Dance?

Alexis had just entered the elevators in the Harborview Towers, which were leading her upstairs to PH4 where she'd decided to have a talk with Sonny.

Alexis: "You can do this Alexis - he's just a man for heavens sake!" She chided herself, as the doors of the elevator opened, letting her know that she'd arrived on the penthouse floor.

Max: "Ms. Davis…" He replied acknowledging her presence.

Alexis: "Max…Is he in?"

Max: "He's…Busy!" He exclaimed not wanting this nice lady to get hell from his boss just because the former Mrs. Corinthos had defied his boss yesterday.

Alexis: "He'll make time for me Max! Just tell him that I want to talk to him - it'll only take 15 minutes - tops!"

Max: "Alright…" He replied knocking softly on the door to gain the attention of his employer.

Sonny: "Yeah!" He yelled from the couch.

Max: "Ms. Davis, Sir!" He exclaimed opening the door so that Alexis could enter the penthouse, and she found the entire place darkened, and noticed Sonny sitting on the couch with his head hanging.

Alexis: "Sonny?" She asked closing the door behind her but Sonny didn't respond. When Alexis turned on the lights Sonny almost jumped to see who was with him in the penthouse.

Sonny: "Alexis? What are you doing here?"

Alexis: "What's wrong this time? Did Carly leave for the 100th time?"

Sonny: "I threw her out! Now tell me…Why are you here?"

Alexis: "I wanted to see how you were. I talked to Cameron, and…" She stopped talking when Sonny laughed letting his disdain of Cameron show.

Sonny: "So I have Dr. Feel Good to thank for this honor of you paying me a visit? If you've come to take everything that's sacred to me away then you're too late - you did that at the police station last night!" He exclaimed going to the bar to pour himself a glass of bourbon.

Alexis: "I know that you don't like Cameron, but he's actually made me reconsider cutting you out of Kristina's life. He made me realize that cutting you out of Kristina's life would only end up hurting Kristina in the long run so therefore I won't do that."

Sonny: "Thank you…" He replied teary-eyed embracing Alexis lovingly thanking her for bringing his daughter back into his life.

Alexis: "But you still need to understand something, OK? I don't like the lifestyle that you've chosen to live in, and I still find it despicable to fake your own death, and then to claim that you did it in order for you to protect your family. But after having thought it through I can't deprive Kristina of the only father she's ever known so you can pick her up in the morning…" She replied making her way to the door.

Sonny: "Aren't you going to ask?" He asked before Alexis placed her hand on the handle of the door.

Alexis: "Ask you what?" She asked turning around slowly.

Sonny: "What Carly did this time?"

Alexis: "Right now I don't think that anything Carly does would surprise me…"

Sonny: "She listened in on the conversation we had at the police station last night, but that wasn't why I threw her out!"

Alexis: "It wasn't?" She asked with skeptical eyes.

Sonny: "No! I wanted something more from our marriage than Carly could give me. I wanted someone else actually!"

Alexis: "Come again?" She asked confused.

Sonny: "Ever since the custody case I've wanted US to raise Kristina together as a family. But you immediately turned to Dr. Feel Good and Candy Boy!"

Alexis: "They are my friends Sonny, and they're family to Kristina! I wouldn't be where I am right now without them!"

Sonny: "I realize that! I guess that's always what's bothered me about your and Jax's friendship. You could talk to him about things you'd never dream of talking to me about. I'm not saying that, that was wrong - I'm just saying that it made me a little jealous. And I wanted to be that kind of friend to you - someone you'd turn to immediately if something went wrong in your life."

Alexis: "I did - once! But then everything changed the night that Kristina was conceived. I don't want you to feel bad, OK? Just know that I want us to be honest with each other - no matter what. And I would like to be notified the next time you decide to fake your death - because as the mother of your child I'd be entitled to that!"

Sonny: "What I'm trying to say is that I can't live without you in my life!"

Alexis: "Well…I will be in your life - as Kristina's mother!"

Sonny: "That's not good enough - I want you close to me at all times."

Alexis: "Why are you saying this? We've been down this road before Sonny, and it ended up blowing up in our faces or more precisely it ended up blowing up in my face."

Sonny: "When Carly came back from the dead I thought that I owed her and Michael to try and make it work, but I never once considered your feelings!"

Alexis: "I didn't want to push you - I wanted you to decide for yourself who you wanted to be with - you made that decision clear, and I don't see why you have to go back on it now."

Sonny: "I made the decision to go back to Carly in my head - my heart never quite agreed with what my head was saying!"

Alexis: "WHAT?!" She exclaimed looking at him with big, brown eyes.

Sonny: "I want you back..." He replied, as they both remembered back to when Sonny had made clear, which path he wanted to take next.

*** FLASHBACK ***

Alexis: "Fact…The fact is things are different. So we need to act accordingly."

Sonny: "Do we have to figure it out all…?"

Alexis: "Yes, I do, I'm sorry. You know me. I'm in my head. I think, I think for a living, I think for a hobby. I think while I'm sleeping, I can't stop thinking. I like things to make sense. And I…I'm very logical. You know, I'm very left-brained; in fact, I don't think I have a right brain at all. Whenever I try to go with the flow…And I have…You know, I get massacred every time."

Sonny: "So what are you thinking right now?"

Alexis: "I'm thinking that there are so many thoughts at the same time that it's just too hard to pick just one."

Sonny: "OK, so what do you want me to do?"

Alexis: "Let's just be honest with each other."

Sonny: "Well, I'm trying to be honest. I'm trying, you know, to respect what's between us and take you into consideration."

Alexis: "I guess there's just a bunch of "I don't knows." I'm feeling a little embarrassed because I'm used to being in control of my feelings and I'm really not. But I will be once the dust settles. What I do know is that I care about you deeply and…"

Sonny: "Alexis, I respect you. I'll do whatever you want."

Alexis: "Thank you."

Sonny: "OK, just so I'm clear, you're still my lawyer?"

Alexis: "Yes."

Sonny: "Alright. Because, you know, if that's a problem…?"

Alexis: "No."

Sonny: "I can get somebody else. They're not going to be as good as you are, nobody can be, but I don't want to make you uncomfortable."

Alexis: "You're not, you don't. I mean, you won't."

Sonny: "Alright."

Alexis: "I'm not giving up. I'm just breathing. Go home and be with your wife. I'm fine."

Sonny: "Alright."

*** FLASHBACK ***

Alexis: "You can't be serious?"

Sonny: "Why not? We share the most precious gift a man and a woman can share: a child. How can you just forget that?"

Alexis: "Who talks about forgetting? I've been down this road once before with you Sonny, and I don't see it leading anywhere good. If we were to be together I couldn't handle all the secrets that go with your way of living, and I couldn't bare to have Kristina that close to it."

Sonny: "We're connected Alexis - we always will be. Now whether you're living at your house or here doesn't really make that big of a difference - now does it?"

Alexis: "I can't do it…" She replied with teary eyes.

Sonny: "What's stopping you…Dr. Feel Good, Candy Boy?" He asked with sad, brown eyes.

Alexis: "Cameron encouraged me to talk to you, and get my feelings for you out in the clear. And Jax…Well he's made so many mistakes in love that I hardly think that he should talk!"

Sonny: "Then why don't you just give me a chance? Give me a chance to love you the way that you deserve to be loved, huh? I know that you've been through a lot lately, and a lot of it has been because of me but I swear to you that I'll try my best to make it up to you!"

Alexis: "You can't guarantee that!"

Sonny: "But I can try…And I don't think that you'll ever find anyone, who'll be more dedicated to securing your happiness than me - please say yes…" He replied extending his hand to Alexis.

Alexis: "Just to be clear: what would I be saying yes to?"

Sonny: "To letting me show you just how happy I can make you if you only let me!"

Alexis: "I've always been terrified of having my happiness depend on a man, and what you're suggesting…"

Sonny: "…Is to let your heart lead you, and I think that we both know what it's saying right now - don't we?" He asked with his dark brown eyes.

Sonny and Alexis' eyes connected immediately, as Alexis placed her hand in Sonny's. Sonny caressed Alexis' palm before lifting her hands up to his lips where he gave them a tender kiss before placing his hands around Alexis' waist staring into her brown eyes. They continued to stare at each other until they couldn't resist each other any longer, and they gave into temptation.

chapter 10