The classy and sassy –

Carissa is Sonny's cousin, she comes to port Charles to visit and what she finds is that her past lover is no sonny's biggest enemy. Johnny and Olivia are no longer together but Olivia is jealous when the girl moves back in to Johnny's arms and starts to make him change for the better.

"Damn it Diane, don't call me unless you find a way to get me out of this " sonny was barking at his lawyer ,when a soft knock at the door interrupted him. Diane raised an eyebrow and looked at her client.

"Well, are you going to answer that or let the person rot out there?" she asked him.

Sonny signed and looked at the door, wondering who could possibly be stupid to just let anyone in to knock on his door. Diane mumbled something and opened the door herself. Sonny almost fell out of his chair when he saw who was standing at the door.

"Oh my god" he whispered.

"You going to stand there and stare or are you going to help your favorite cousin "the shorter woman asked with a big grin on her face. Sonny walked over to her and hugged her, this was his favorite cousin, and he always went to her house after school for cookies her mom made. He looked at Diane who only smiled.

"Well more of the mystery of Sonny unravels. Hello I am Diane, sonny's lawyer "she offered the woman her hand.

"I'm Carissa Matthews, Sonny's favorite cousin via my mother's cookies nice to meet you " the woman shook her hand " I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd stop in and see him .If I'm interrupting please let me know I'll come back later ."

" No, no I'm done with Sonny for now , it was to see here is more to the family than Mike and sonny, obviously the women in his family are beautiful as well" Diane noticed out loud.

"Oh no I'm the adopted kid "

" thank God , my work load is crazy as it is nice to know you don't share the same genes" Diane remarked as she left the two alone.

"So Carri what are you doing here, isn't your husband in Scotland touring?" Sonny asked her.

"Josh, and I aren't together anymore and he played hockey. I really was just passing through. I lost my job and decided to start new some place mom told me I should go visit my cousin for a bit . So here I am" Carissa smiled.

Sonny shook his head , Carissa was only 33 years old and a bit of a free 'I'm going to do what I want to do and no one is going to stop me ' kind of girl.

"If you need anything let me know "sonny told her. " I'm good I just book a room at this place called Jake's and tomorrow start looking for some work. I'm not sure how long I'll be staying. But I have to go so I can at least unpack. Are you busy, would you like to get some dinner with me?"

" You aren't staying at Jake's I can put you across the hall or you can stay with me , as for dinner I can always make you dinner besides what is your hurry . I haven't seen you in years and your last letter was three months ago."

Carissa stared at her cousin "I'll stay tonight but I'm not staying with you the whole time I'm here "

"You know what I'll call Kristina, Michael, Morgan and Molly. I'll make dinner for all of us "he gave her one of his real smiles the one where both dimples showed themselves. The way they did when he was truly happy.

"You can cook more than mac n cheese now right ….?" She teased.

"Please" Sonny commented.

"Okay, I'll have dinner here but I don't want to stay here, no disrespect to you. I love you but if anyone busts in to kill you I rather not be a witness " she told him as she kissed her cousin's cheek. " I'll be back in a few hours "he only nodded and watched as she left.

Carissa made her way back to Jake's. As she made her way to the stairs on of the patrons caught her eyes. The dark hair the NYer accent, the smile and brown eyes. The brown eyes looked towards her and locked onto her own brown orbs.

Johnny had been sitting with his new best friend Ethan just chilling with a beer, talking about the two of them possibly starting a car garage dealing with all kinds of cars. Jags to Impalas. Johnny stopped in mid-sentence. A red head had gotten his attention. He knew that face all too well. The woman stood very still looking at him, finally after a few seconds a smile crossed her face. He saw she was walking towards him and his heart the thing Sonny had put a bullet in had begun to race. He swore everyone in the bar could hear it pound against his chest.

Carissa stopped and looked at the man , she knew him very well and couldn't help but smile . They had broken up on good terms, better than anyone really should. She had started dating Josh Wick after Johnny and his sister moved out of Yonkers due to family issues she never really understood until later.

"Hey stranger, where the hell have you been hiding?" Carissa asked as she walked over, she noticed Johnny looked very nervous. She put an arm around his waist and her head in his shoulder, it felt all too familiar for both of them .

"Well hello beautiful" Ethan piped up, if Johnny wasn't going to say anything Ethan was certainly not going to be shy.

Carissa looked at Ethan " hello yourself " Johnny smirked , Carissa was one of the most classy women he had met , but then there was the sass she could throw at you harder than a curve ball .

"Carri, want a drink?" Johnny offered.

"Maybe later I am having dinner with some family , maybe later , but before I go ,who is your hot Australian friend ?"

"Ethan Lovette, my love and who are you?" Ethan asked.

"Carissa Matthews, one of Johnny's fine exes. Look boys' maybe I can meet up with you later. Johnny it was good to run into you. Ethan nice to meet you "Carissa gave them a smile as she walked away to get ready for her dinner with her cousin.

Ethan, stared at Johnny waiting for some kind of explanation "So mate, what is with that?" Johnny tried not to smile as he recalled his ex and their relationship, then realized he would have to tell her his sister was killed by Sonny Corinthios .

"Carissa Matthews was a Yonkers thing. Claudia met her first and introduced her to me. never told her what I did in the beginning but then I think she caught on . Never judged me though. My father loved her , and you know my father is a women hating crazy bastard , but somehow he never threatened to kill her . Could be because one time she held a gun on him after he threatened Claudia. Carissa is a good woman, too good for either of us. She is the kind that will make you cry when she leaves you " Johnny sighed .

"Is that what happened to you?" Ethan asked carefully.

Johnny smirked "Certainly was. She one day told me that she was moving to Ireland and that if we ever met again she'd marry me , of course she was joking because last I heard she was engaged to some hockey player Josh Wick"

"From what I saw Johnny there isn't any ring on her hand. Listen I have to go pick up Mia for dinner good luck with that woman."

Johnny was going to protest when Ethan walked away and his Ex Olivia sidled up to the bar and ordered a beer from Coleman . Johnny sat looking at his whiskey glass shimmering with the golden liquid. Now that he had seen her again, he realized he had missed her. A smile crept across his face as he thought about the strings of exes he left in his wake.

Hope you all like now that I have the time I'll be able to write more …