Game Day
by Cowgirl

chapter 19 - Diver Down

Alexis awoke early that Sunday morning, showering and dressing quickly. She had a mission this particular Sunday and that mission was more than just ending up in Sonny's bed that evening. She chuckled to herself that no matter what she did to try and screw it up, that portion of her Sunday would always happen...ending up in Sonny's bed. After the incident with the remote control and the smashed entertainment center last weekend, if Sonny had still taken her to his bed after that...then there was pretty much nothing she could do to get herself extradited from their weekly ritual.

No, this mission had more to do with rectifying the situation more that anything. She had convinced Jason to call Sonny out of his penthouse for an early morning emergency on the dock. Though Jason stated he was happy that she and Sonny were getting along, he had no desire to act as cupid in their little affair. Alexis had assured him that this was only a one-time deal and he would never have to take part in anything remotely romantic or sexual between she and Sonny again.

Alexis snuck down the stairs and opened the door. She poked her head out and made a sound. "Psst." She called to Johnny who stood at the door. He smiled and walked to her. "Is he gone?" She asked.

Johnny nodded. "Yes Miss Davis. He left about twenty minutes ago.

Alexis rubbed her hands together. "Good. The delivery men are down by the service elevator."

"I'll have the boys bring up your surprise."

Alexis beamed. "Thanks Johnny," she said as she turned and headed for her penthouse. She stopped and looked over her shoulder. "You guys know how to hook it all up right?"

Johnny laughed. "Max and I have just a little experience with wiring and such."

Alexis shook her head and held up a hand. "Stop there. I don't want to know." She pushed open her own door.

"Could you let me know when it's up and running?"

"Will do Miss Davis."

"Alexis...it's Alexis."

"I'll work on that."

"See that you do."

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Sonny mercilessly punched the elevator button and shook his head. Jason knew better than to call him down to the warehouse for something as trivial as that. Sonny couldn't decide if he was more annoyed that Jason thought he couldn't handle the problem himself, or if he was upset because Jason had called him away from Alexis. Things between he and Alexis had moved even further than Sonny had expected. He had surprised himself a couple of weeks ago when he had asked her to stay the entire night...but since then, he found himself sneaking over to her place and picking the lock. The first time he had crawled into bed with her, Alexis had been slightly upset until Sonny worked his charm and calmed her down. After that, he would just let himself in with the spare key that Alexis didn't know he had lifted from the little hook in her kitchen. He would strip down to his boxers and crawl in next to her. Sometimes she wouldn't even wake up, she would just instantly curl into his body and he would fall asleep. Other times she would wake up and they'd stifle laughter as they attempted to make love without noise for fear of waking up Kristina. This morning he had been particularly annoyed when Jason called his cell phone and told him there was a problem down at the warehouse. He tried to get Jason to take care of it himself, but Jason indicated that the matter needed Sonny's attention. He had kissed a sleeping Alexis on the forehead and silently slipped from her penthouse.

His anger subsided a little when the elevator arrived at his floor and he stepped out. He glanced at his watch. It was only twelve thirty in the afternoon...still plenty of time to spend with his...he stopped outside his door and glanced at hers. His what? His lawyer? His best friend? He glanced at the floor and shook his head. One of these days he and Alexis were going to have to talk about what exactly it was they were doing. He put his key into the door and started to turn it when he heard Alexis' door open. He smiled as he took in the sight of Alexis standing in her doorway, arms crossed, dressed in a pair of jeans and a yellow long sleeve shirt. He flicked his head. "Hey."

She smiled back at him. "Hey yourself. I was beginning to think I was going to be stood up today."

Sonny chuckled. "Not a chance. You don't get out of sports Sunday that easily."

Alexis winced and then smiled. "As long as it involves food...I'll be there."

"Give me fifteen minutes and I'll whip up some lunch."

She pointed to him. "You're on."

Sonny opened his door and walked into his penthouse, dropping his keys on the desk. He was about to thumb through yesterday's mail when he suddenly stopped. His eyes widened at the sight in front of him. He couldn't be sure of the exact size, but it looked to be a very large projection television sitting where his old entertainment unit once stood. He instantly reached for the door and opened it to go and confront Alexis, but found her standing right there on the other side of the door. He bowed his head and laughed. "You do this?"

She nodded. "I felt bad about the nefarious fate of your last television."

"You didn't have to."

"I know," she said quietly. "I wanted to."
Sonny let his gaze drop from hers and moved to the television. "This thing is huge." He marveled at the screen with childlike glee.

Alexis smiled proud of herself for making Sonny so happy. "Seventy two inches with digital surround sound."

Sonny whipped his head around to look at her. "Digital surround sound?"

Alexis held up her hands. "It's the latest thing," she quipped. "All the big mobsters have it...I didn't want you to feel inadequate."

Sonny pointed at her. "You're very funny you know that?"

Alexis shrugged. "I've been told."

"Is there a remote?" Sonny's eyes lit up with anticipation.

Alexis produced the little box from behind her back and held it up. "Universal," she said as she wiggled it around in the air.
Sonny rushed to her, gently cupping the remote with both hands and extracting it from her grip. "I'll just hang on to that...you know...you didn't do so well with it last week."

Alexis feigned outrage. "I wasn't the one who went diving into the entertainment unit."

"I wouldn't have had to dive for anything if you would learn that you don't play with a man's remote."

Alexis rolled her eyes. "You want to try it out or not?"

Sonny shook his head vigorously. "Oh yeah."

Alexis moved quickly and snapped the remote out of his hand. "Not until I get my lunch."

Minutes later Sonny had whipped up a couple of tossed salads and the two sat munching on them as Sonny relentlessly channel surfed with his new toy. "What do you want to watch?" he asked excitedly.

Alexis shrugged. "Any chance you'll settle for an old Humphrey Bogart movie?"

"Yeah, that's going to happen." Sonny snorted and flipped to the sports channel. "You still owe me for last week."

Alexis furrowed her brow. "I thought I made that up to you ten fold last week...and all week long."

"That was for the initial damage. You still owe me for pain and suffering." He cast a look at her. "What kind of lawyer are you anyway?"

Alexis playfully flicked Sonny's shoulder. "For your information it is very hard to get punitive damages, so you're pushing your luck."

"Yeah, whatever." Sonny nodded at the television. "Here we go...diving."

Alexis tilted her head from one side to the other. "All right. I guess diving won't be so bad."

Sonny dropped the remote onto the couch cushion next to him and scooted closer to Alexis, resting his head on her shoulder. Alexis glanced down at him for a second before wrapping her arm around his shoulder, leaning her head on his. "You know anything about diving?" Sonny asked.

Alexis nodded. "Actually I do. My roommate at Harvard was on the dive team. I used to go to her meets all the time."

Sonny waved his hand in the direction of the television. "So what are we looking at here...how does this work?"
Alexis stared at the screen for a second. "Well, diving is basically done on a points system. Everything the diver does from the approach, that's where the diver walks down the board. They have to maintain good posture and they have to take at least four steps. If they take less than four steps, then they get two points deducted, to the entry, that's obviously where they enter the water, is judged and scored."

Sonny chuckled and ran a hand across his mouth. "I bet I'd score really good on the entry part."

Alexis opened her mouth. "Not so much on the good posture part."

Sonny sat up. "Was that a shot?"

Alexis nudged him. "Watch the competition."

Sonny harrumphed and leaned back into Alexis. "All right, so why did that guy just start the dive and then start it again?"

"He balked. See if a diver is starting out in a backward position, once he or she extends their arms, they have to follow through with the rest of the dive. Same thing if they are doing a forward running dive. They have to complete the dive once they start it."

"Got it."

Alexis pointed. "See what he just did? He just did a two and half twist from the pike position. The pike position is where the body is bent only at the hips."

Sonny placed his hand on Alexis' hip and ran it up and down slowly. "I like the pike position."

Alexis blushed and cleared her throat. "Any way..." Alexis tried to continue.

Sonny crawled up closer to her and nipped at her ear, getting dangerously close to the spot just under her earlobe that he knew drove her crazy. "Tell me more positions Alexis." He said seductively.

"Well..." she said in a low voice, deciding to join in Sonny's little game. "There's the tuck position.... that's where the body is bent at the knees and hips." She drawled as she placed her hand on Sonny's knee and gave it a gently squeeze."

Sonny smiled against her neck and blew softly against her skin causing her to shiver. "Sounds kinky...go on."
Alexis leaned into Sonny, pressing her body closer to his, her hand moving upward from his knee, catching the hem of his shirt. "There's also the straight position...where the body's not bent at all."

Sonny trembled at her touch. "That one sounds boring...go on."

Alexis leaned her face close to Sonny's and ran her tongue over his lower lip. "Well, then there's my favorite position of all..."

Sonny sat up, his hands, almost unguided, pulling Alexis' shirt from her jeans. "What's that?" He said as he lifted the shirt over her head, throwing it over his shoulder.

"That would be the free position." She licked her lips as she struggled to free Sonny from his clothes.

"The free position?"

Alexis nodded. "Oh yeah. That's a combination of all the positions."

Sonny grabbed Alexis' legs and pulled, forcing her into a lying down position on the couch. Slowly he crawled up the length of her body until his face hovered above hers. He smiled. "Did I ever tell you that I always get really high marks for my entries?"

Alexis raised an eyebrow. "I think you mentioned it."

"Why don't I show you?"

"I gotta tell you though...I'm all about the approach and the take off as well as the entry. I would hate to deduct points."

Sonny smiled and placed a slow searing kiss in the hollow of her neck, causing her to moan. "There'll be no deductions today, my distinguished judge."

chapter 20