A/N- Chapter one things you need to know, DANTE IS NOT A COP! I know, this is probably sad to most of you, it is to me to, but it's what I wanted so it's what happened. It starts the night following the JoLu break up. The Zacharras and Alcazar's hold control of all Port Charles ports, and are not happy that the Corinthos organization is trying to move in. Dante was raised as Sonny's son, Michael was not, and morgan/krissy don't exist.

Fated Lover's

Chapter 1--Glad I met you

Lulu walked into Jakes it had been a long day, and she wanted nothing more than for it to be out of her head. She slowly approached the bar, surveying the people around it, something she had learned from her father. It's not as if she could get in any trouble at this bar, she was protected by the Zacharras, even if he had just dumped her for her tramp of a roommate, and Coleman was an old friend of her fathers.

"What'll it be tonight Lulu?" Coleman asked when she reached the bar. She offered him a smile, and surveyed the liquor behind him.

"Tequila, hold the lime and salt."

"Well that's not a good sign, care to tell Coleman what's going on?" Lulu offered another polite smile as he poured her a shot.

"Just living up to the Spencer name, and drowning my pain in a bottle." Coleman loses his cool facade for a split second, before pulling out another glass and filling it also.

"Do I need to save you a room tonight?"

"No I'll call a taxi." Lulu said, not willing to be ran out of her own apartment, by some conniving slut.

"Fair enough, I'll make sure to bill the younger Zacharra for this to." Coleman said as he walked into the back. Lulu let a small smile cross her lips.

"Now why would a pretty lady like you be doing with the Zacharras?" Lulu jumped at the sound of the mans voice, she had been so lost in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed when he sat next to her.

"I'm the Landscaping coordinator for the Zacharra compound." Lulu said, turning back to the bottle Coleman had left her. She hoped he would get that she wasn't in the mood and leave her alone. Much to her annoyance that was not the case.

"Now, I doubt the Zacharras just let any old person run up a tab under their name."

"Well you don't know much then do you?" Lulu said, letting the annoyance show in her voice.

"What do you really do?" The man asked her.

"I'm an international jewel thief." Lulu said, thinking of the stories she had heard her father tell when she was younger.

"And, I am a traveling Bible salesman." The man replied, Lulu had to admit the guy was quick with the comebacks, and what did it hurt to allow slight banter while she was at Jakes. "But seriously, what do you do for a living, and how did you become so privileged to earn a place on the Zacharra tab."

Lulu sighed, maybe this wouldn't be as entertaining as she had thought it would be. She could tell by the man's smile though that he wasn't leaving her alone anytime soon so she gave in. "I work for Crimson, it's a fashion magazine, and as for my relations with the Zacharra's that is none of your business. My turn to ask a question now."

"My name is Dante Angelo Falconeri-Corinthos, I am an Aries, I enjoy moonlit walks on the beach, born and raised in Brooklyn, parents separated when I was ten, I just moved here, and I could really use a beautiful tour guide like yourself to show me around." Lulu blushed at the last comment.

"My names Lulu and my question had nothing to do with any of that, but now that I know I have two questions." Lulu said, waiting for Dante to signal her to go on. When he did she continued, "First one, Falconeri, Does that mean you're somehow related to Kate Howard?" Lulu lowered her voice when saying the last part, knowing that Kate would have her fired in a second if she was the reason her real identity as Connie Falconeri came out.

"I give you all this juicy information about myself, and you ask me about cousin Connie?" Dante said with a smirk. "What's question number two?"

Lulu downed a shot. "If you're a bible salesmen, why are you sitting in a bar drinking a beer."

"That's easy, you have to come to those most in need, and I figured the bar was, and I figured a bar was a good smart." Lulu couldn't help but smile back when Dante let a smirk cross his lips. "In all honesty, I am new here and hope to meet some new people, you don't really have the opportunities here, that I did when I was in Brooklyn.

"You just gotta know where to look." Lulu said, allowing herself to let her guard down, and enjoy the friendly banter with the guy sitting next to her.

"Well I'm glad I met you then."

"You would have found somebody to save you from a life of solitude eventually." Lulu jested. Something about Dante put her at ease. It seemed as though she had let her guard down too soon, because as soon as she started to enjoy herself there it was, like a punch to the gut. Johnny had walked in, Lulu tried to focus on whatever witty line Dante was telling her, but it wasn't happening, not right then. She felt cold when Johnny placed his hand on her shoulder, and thought about ignoring him. She knew it wouldn't work, but she didn't want to face him, not tonight maybe not ever.

"Lulu we need to talk." She could feel Johnny's breath against her ear, and she tried to stop the small tingles it still sent down her body. Her and Johnny were no longer together, she just needed to accept that.

Lulu swung around to face Johnny. "I think we both said anything there was to say earlier."

Johnny let out a sigh, and ran his hand through his hair. "This isn't about earlier, its about now."

"I think you lost the right to dictate my actions when you slept with Maxi."

"I told you, we didn't sleep together." Johnny said, taking a deep breath. " Will you just listen to what I have to say?"

"If I do, will you leave me alone?" Lulu asked, when he nodded, she excused herself from Dante and followed Johnny to a table in the back.

Dante watched as Lulu and Johnny talked, yes he knew who Johnny was, they had been groomed in the same manner. They were heirs to an evil that most cared not to think about. When he had heard the bartender say her name, he knew who she was too. Her father worked as a mob facilitator for the families. His father had told him the players in Port Charles, so that he could keep a heads up when he had gotten into town, and the Spencer family was friend, protected by all with loyalties to none.

She was prettier than he had imagined with her blonde hair, and witty replies, he found himself captivated from the moment he said hi. For a moment she had started to look and sound like she was enjoying his company to. That would all change once Johnny and her were through talking. Dante could only assume that Lulu unknowingly had a guard placed on her. Maybe she even knew about it.

Dante watched from the corner of his eye as Lulu walked back over to her seat. He half expected her to grab her purse and exit, but instead, she lifted the bottle, and took a chug from it.

"I guess that didn't go well." Dante said, trying to get her smile back.

"About as well as pulling teeth without Novocain." Dante offered her a smile, but she didn't return it.

"So did you know who I was, when you decided to annoy me?" Dante cringed at the question.

"I knew you were Luke Spencer's daughter, that you were dating John Zacharra no." Dante said, hoping to ease the thoughts that he was sure were swimming through her head. "It's not like I hid who I was from you."

"Right, a traveling bible salesman." Lulu said, he could tell that she still wasn't ready to drop the revelation that he was Johnny's enemy.

"If I'm not mistaken you never asked my true profession, and you told me you stole jewels, and planted flowers for a living." He watched as Lulu finally relaxed back into the chair. Dante took that as a sign she was staying a while longer.

"My motives aren't in question though." She was right he had approached her, not the other way around. Dante could tell he needed to convince her she wasn't a target in his business with Johnny, and fast.

"Look, the family business isn't something I'm proud of." Dante said, pausing to see if she was even listening anymore. "I didn't mean to mislead you, its just, guys like me and Johnny, and even Diego Alcazar, we didn't choose this life, we were born into it, we don't get the choice of what to do with our lives, it was chosen for us at birth. Especially as the oldest son." Lulu nodded. She reached around the bar silently and grabbed another shot glass, and poured them each a shot.

"I have have heard this speech a million times from both of them, I don't need another guy telling me the sob stories of Mob life, because I have heard it all." Lulu said in a low voice. "If you ask me, its an excuse to do what you're comfortable with instead of branching out and finding something you actually have a passion for."

Dante looked at Lulu this girl was definitely somebody worth getting to know. She didn't seem to fear anything, and she definitely spoke her mind no matter who she was speaking to. He saw her blush a bit as he looked at her.

"It's nice to hear somebody who doesn't allow the justifications." He wasn't lying it truly was a refreshing trait to see in somebody.

"Yeah, well I have seen a lot in my 22 years."

"That's something I would like to learn about you."

"We'll see." Dante watched as Lulu picked up her purse and headed out of the bar. He definitely wanted to know this girl.