An
hour later Alexis was in Sonny’s bedroom standing in front
of the mirror wearing a purple nightgown and robe Sonny had picked
up for her. Alexis had no problems in remembering the last time
Sonny had seen her in it.
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “Look at this.”
Sonny: “I told you I'd take care of it.”
Alexis: “That was incredible. Thank you.”
Sonny: “Not a problem.”
Alexis: “I thought you'd be long gone by now.”
Sonny: “No.”
Alexis: “Well, thank you again for everything.”
Sonny: “You're welcome.”
Alexis:
“So, I'll see you tomorrow, then, I guess, huh?”
Sonny: “I'll be here.”
Alexis: “You don't have to do this. I'm…Go home. Go to
your own bed. I'm fine. I can be alone. I do alone just fine.”
Sonny: “I know. But not tonight.”
*** FLASHBACK ***
Sonny: “Hey…” He replied wrapping his arms around
Alexis’ waist.
Alexis: “Hey yourself…” She smiled feeling content
being in his arms.
Sonny: “What are you thinking about?”
Alexis: “Our past! Anything to keep my mind off of that phone
call the hospital will make in a few days time.
Sonny: “Thinking about our past? You know what my most precious
memory is? Other than our magical night together of course…”
Alexis: “What?”
Sonny: “Puerto Rico: at the fountain…” He replied
as they both went back in time to when they’d enjoyed just
being – together.
*** FLASHBACK ***
Sonny: “You had a little too much?”
Alexis: “To drink?”
Sonny: “Mm-hmm.”
Alexis: “No. I like rum. I like this place. And I like the
way it makes me feel.”
Sonny: “Puerto Rico does that.”
Alexis: “I wonder if it has that effect on everyone?”
Sonny: “Well, you know, rum is like that. Some people drink
half a bottle and they stay sober, and then others take one shot
and go straight to their head.”
Alexis: “How do you know I'm drunk? Maybe I'm just enjoying
myself.”
Sonny: “Yeah.”
Alexis: “I am…”
Sonny: “Right.”
Alexis: “You know, enjoying myself.”
Sonny: “Mm-hmm.”
Alexis: “I don't just salsa with anyone.”
Sonny: “You just did.”
Alexis: “You're not anyone. And neither am I tonight because
I put all of my chips on number four. And not because it was your
apartment. It was just sort of the number that came into my head.
It was an impulse. It was an impulse. I, Alexis Davis, am being
impulsive, and I like it.”
Sonny: “Wow.”
Alexis: “I like it so much that I am going to take off my shoes
and I am going to…”
Alexis: “I am impulsive. And now I am going, for my next number,
to walk on the edge of the fountain…”
Sonny: “Alexis…”
Alexis: “Which is very impulsive.”
Sonny: “Alexis…”
Alexis: “What, you think I'm going to fall? I'm not going to
fall. I have perfect balance. Watch me.”
Sonny: “You…”
Alexis: “Watch. I can walk, see? I can skip. See?”
Sonny: “Right.”
Alexis: “I can even hop…”
Sonny: “No…no, no, no. Don't…OK. Go ahead. Say it.
You can say anything tonight. Tonight is yours. You can do whatever
you want.”
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “That was a great time we had back then. You did a
great job in cheering me up after everything that had gone down
with Stavros, Helena, Chloe, Stefan…”
Sonny: “I knew that you needed a break from it all – and
the labor dispute was a perfect excuse to take the most brilliant
and beautiful attorney for a trip.”
Alexis: “You know? When you asked me to go I was completely
shocked…”
Sonny: “Yeah…I know!” He joked, as they both remembered
Alexis’ reaction to Sonny’s labor dispute.
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “Please, tell me…”
Sonny: “There's the phone.”
Alexis: “Tell me you're contemplating expanding your coffee
business and nothing else.”
Sonny: “Well, the coffee business is all you've got to worry
about. Hello. What? Who initiated it? OK, we'll be there tonight.
OK, we got to go to Puerto Rico. Pack your bags. We'll leave as
soon as you're ready. Alright? I've got a great place down there.”
Alexis: “No, no, no, no. No, no, no. No way. I'm not going.
No.”
Sonny: “It's a labor dispute, and I need my attorney. So what
are you talking about, you're not going?”
Alexis: “You can call me anytime.”
Sonny: “What, you don't…You don't like Puerto Rico?”
Alexis: “I can't go there.”
Sonny: “Why not?”
Alexis: “I don't have resort wear.”
Sonny: “What are you…Resort…You look great. You can
use this. Whatever you have is good.”
Alexis: “No, I would need something. Otherwise, I would…I
would look funny. This is not Puerto Rico. Just…”
Sonny: “Whoa, whoa, whoa. I need you to go. I need you to go.”
Alexis: “I…I have other work to do.”
Sonny: “Can't you call them from Puerto Rico on a conference
call? It doesn't matter. Come on. Come on, let's go.”
Alexis: “My sister is in town.”
Sonny: “Well, is she going to be gone when you get back?”
Alexis: “Just…You know, just…Just fax me the necessary
information, and I'll deal with it here. Teleconferencing is good.
So is e-mail. Just have a great trip. Bye.”
Sonny: “What the hell was that about?”
Sonny: “Yeah, yeah. OK. Alexis, there are no rats on the penthouse
floor.”
Alexis: “I know a rat when I see one.”
Sonny: “How big was it?”
Alexis: “It was a big…A big, gray, furry thing with a
tail.”
Sonny: “OK, was it, like, this big? Or was it this big?”
Alexis: “It ran from there…What difference does it make
how big it is?”
Sonny: “Well, I just need to know if it's a rat or a mouse.”
Alexis: “OK, it was the size of a small dog.”
Sonny: “Like a Chihuahua?”
Alexis: “No, don't you laugh at me.”
Sonny: “No, I'm only…”
Alexis: “I'm scared to death.”
Sonny: “I'm only laughing because I'm glad that it's a mouse.”
Alexis: “It's a rat.”
Sonny: “And you're so important to me that, you know, I don't
want anything to happen to you. I'll have Max call the exterminator.”
Alexis: “Oh, no, no, no. I don't want it killed. Can't you…Can't
you just order it out of the apartment?”
Sonny: “Alexis, can you get down off of that desk?”
Alexis: “Maybe…Maybe it's time to move.”
Sonny: “No, you can't move. I need you close to me. Come on.
Come down. Come on. Come to Puerto Rico. Come to Puerto Rico with
me.”
Alexis: “OK.”
*** FLASHBACK ***
Alexis: “We’ve had some great times, haven’t we?”
She asked turning around in his arms.
Sonny: “We sure have, and they’re just getting started!
Come on…I’ll hold you all night, while you dream of our
beautiful future together, huh?” He replied, as he took her
hand, and led her to the bed where they laid down next to each other
praying to anyone, who’d listen that they have a great future
together with their baby and all of their family and friends.
