Game Day
by Cowgirl

chapter 13 - Going to the Mat

Sonny put down the paper he was reading and looked at his watch. It was eleven thirty and he had not heard from Alexis yet. He stood and walked to his desk, reaching for the phone. Three rings later he heard a voice answer and he cringed. It was Kristina. She had been silently relentless since catching him and Alexis in bed together. She never said anything out right, but her voice dripped with syrupy sarcasm whenever he happened to talk to her, and that goofy grin of hers...he wanted to wipe it right off of her face. He took a breath. "Hey Kristina, is she around?"

"Sonny," her overly cheery voice replied. "Well, let me see if she's here." He heard her take the phone away from her ear and call out to Alexis. "Alexis...your boyfriend is on the phone."

Sonny heard the sound of movement in the background and couldn't help but smile when he heard Kristina yelp. A second after that Alexis' voice filled his ears. "Sorry about that."

He chuckled as he could just imagine the glare she was leveling at Kristina. "It's okay...I'm actually getting used to her."

"How can you possibly, I haven't mastered that yet," came Alexis' sarcastic reply.

Sonny cleared his throat. "So...were you planning to make me wait all day?"

He heard her breathing become shallower on the other end of the line. "You know I think you're becoming too spoiled."

"Me?"

"Yes, you."

"Well see...I'm kind of like a dog. You train a dog to do certain things at certain times and the dog comes to depend on that routine...if you break that routine, it becomes upsetting for the dog."

"Well, you got the dog part right," Alexis shot at him playfully.

"You wound me counselor. Are you going to make me beg?"

"That might be very interesting to witness."

"Okay, you're forcing me to play dirty...I have food."

"That was low. What kind?"

"Pasta salad with grilled chicken breast."

"I'm listening."

"I even baked bread this morning. Nice, fresh, hot bread with olive oil and Parmesan cheese. There might even be some chocolate cheesecake over here."

"Damn you...I'll be right over."

"I'll be waiting." He hung up the phone and mentally patted himself on the back. Alexis Davis, despite lacking the ability to actually cook it, loved food. He knew he could get her to do practically whatever he wanted if he promised her a home cooked meal.

He went about setting up the coffee table in front of the television with the appropriate fixings for their usual Sunday outings. He set out the food and was grabbing a couple of Heinekens out of the fridge when Alexis knocked.

"Come on in," he called as he hit the remote control, turning on the television.

The door opened and Alexis walked in. Sonny looked at her and instantly became overcome with impure thoughts. Every time he saw her now, she looked more delectable than the last time. She had on a pair of loose fitting white cotton pants, that he immediately noticed had a drawstring securing them to her hips and a light blue zip up sweatshirt and, as had become habit with her lately, she was barefooted.

She rolled her eyes. "Will you stop leering at me?" she scolded as she walked over and sat down next to him on the couch.

He captured a lock of her hair between two fingers and twirled it. "Can't help it."

She placed her hand on his wrist and gently guided his hand away from her, placing on his lap. "Try."

He chuckled and gestured at the table in front of them. "As promised...lunch."

Alexis wasted no time digging in to the meal that Sonny had prepared. She nodded towards the television. "What's on today's lesson plan?"

"Wrestling."

Alexis stopped mid-bite and turned her head to him. "Wrestling?"

Sonny flashed the dimples. "You got a problem with wrestling?"

She took a deep breath and turned back to her plate, stabbing a fork full of pasta. "No problem here."

Sonny leaned back into the sofa and stretched his legs out in front of him. "Good."

Alexis leaned back as well, folding her arms across her chest. "This isn't that goofy wrestling wear the guys wear all that ridiculous make up and beat each other with tables and ladders and stuff?"

"No, this is actual wrestling." He gestured for toward the television. "This is the semi-final to see who is going to make the Olympic team."

Alexis cocked an eyebrow. "I guess I can handle that." Sonny explained the rules and regulations as Alexis sat on the edge of her seat, arms braced on her knees and her brows knitted together as she struggled to follow along with the sport. "So why did the referee just stop them right there?"

Sonny sat forward so he was level with her. "Okay, this is Greco-Roman wresting. In this form of wrestling, the athletes are not allowed to grasp their opponents legs or use their own legs to take down the other opponent." He pointed to the screen. "The guy in the red used his legs, so they stop the match and start them from their neutral positions."

Alexis nodded. "So the object here is to pin your opponent to the mat?"

"Yeah, sometimes though it goes by a point system...in case neither guy is able to pin the other one. Like, for example, if one guy gets his opponent down on the mat and has control, but doesn't necessarily have his opponent pinned, both shoulders to the mat, that's called a take down, and he gets one point."

Alexis squinted at the screen and smiled. "You know, you made fun of the outfits that the men wore when we watched ice skating, but these guys appear to be wearing leotards."

Sonny sat up straight and gave her a defensive looks. "Those are the wrestling federation approved uniforms. They are not leotards."

Alexis smiled. "They look like leotards to me."

"Yeah, well, they're not." Sonny said as he reached in with both hands and tickled Alexis' midsection. "Wrestling is a very ancient, very manly sport."

Alexis squealed at Sonny's assault. "Yeah, well, it looks like two guys rolling around on the floor...very manly."

"Alexis, you're taking the joy out of watching this sport."

Alexis put her hands over Sonny's and pushed them away from her body. "I'm sorry. If you want to watch two guys climb all over each other...far be it for me to interrupt you." She stood up. "Maybe I should let you watch it alone."

Sonny grabbed her arm and pulled her down on top of him. "I'd rather watch myself climb all over you," he said as he captured her mouth with his own.

Alexis melted into his kiss, wrapping her arms around him. Sonny suddenly moved, turning Alexis over so she was on her back on the couch. He slid on top of her and pinned her hands above her head. "See, in wrestling what I did would be called a reversal. You were on top of me and I flipped it around so I'm on top of you."

Alexis raised her eyebrow and wiggled her hands. "And what would this be?" she asked of her pinned hands.

Sonny smiled. "See, that would be called wrist control. A very important technique in wrestling."

Alexis licked her lips seductively. "I think I like wrist control."

Sonny cocked his head. "I don't."

"You don't?"

He shook his head. "Nope...if my hands are way up there controlling your wrists, then they can't be free to do this." He said as he released her hands and moved his own to the sweatshirt she was wearing, pulling the zipper open in one swift motion, exposing her bra.

"I see..." Alexis sighed.

"And I couldn't do this," he said as he moved his hands to her mid-section, caressing her stomach.

"Good point," Alexis acquiesced.

"And I would definitely not be able to do this," he placed a kiss on her abdomen as he tugged at the drawstring of her pants.

"I'm seeing your point," Alexis moaned, her breathing becoming heavier.

Sonny pushed himself up, bracing himself with his hands on either side of Alexis. "You haven't begun to see my point," he smiled.

Alexis blushed and reached for his shirt, ripping it open in one swift movement, moving it back over his shoulders. "I'm liking your argument though."

Sonny stood up, one leg on the floor and his other knee on the couch. He grasped Alexis' hand and pulled her up to him, wrapping both of his arms around her. "What's say we go upstairs and I show you my Sonny Corinthos bonafide, guaranteed to work pin?"

Alexis bit on the corner of her lip. "What makes you think you can pin me?"

Sonny gave her a look of mock surprise. "You think you can take me?"

Alexis gave him a seductive smile as she leaned close, nipping his earlobe. "Don't you think it would be fun to find out?"

chapter 14