This is a story about Ethan and Kristina... and how things will progress after coming back from the Dominican.

Rated M for upcoming chapters

My first fanfic so reviews are welcome

I do no own any of these characters !

There was a long silence on the plane as Ethan, Alexis, Kristina and Sonny flew back from the Dominic after Ethan had just stood up to Sonny and told him, "He would see her whenever he wanted". As they had gotten off the plane Kristina looked back at him over her shoulder as she was ushered into the limo.

Ethan pulled out his phone and called the only person who would come and pick him up.

"Hey mate", he said to Johnny. "I need your help". They finished talking about the details and he stood there waiting for Johnny's car.

Johnny rolled down the window and smirked at him. "You do have a death wish when it comes to that hot little Mob Princess. Get in!" he laughed as he unlocked the door.

Ethan was thinking about everything that had just transpired and was trying to put out of his head that his best Mate had just called his best friend a "Hot Little Mob Princess."

"So are you going to tell me how you managed to get Sonny's daughter out of the country, alone in a hotel room?" he asked as he had a Cheshire smile on his face.

"We need drinks, lots of drinks", he said as he ran his hand through his hair.

They headed back to Johnny's penthouse and every time Johnny opened his mouth Ethan looked at him and shook his head and just said "DRINKS!"

At the penthouse Ethan collapsed onto the couch, Johnny grabbed a bottle with 2 glasses and put it on the coffee table and sat in the chair so he could watch every movement that Ethan had, but better yet he wanted to see his face when he talked about Kristina.

"So I knew that you were going for the divorce, and I also know you had been smashed the night before. I am surprised you made the plane, but start at the beginning and let me know how you got that little minx out of the country with you." Johnny chuckled as he poured to glasses of scotch.

Ethan had pushed himself up and was leaning over with his head in his hands. He took a slug of his drink.

"It wasn't like that!" he moaned.

"I was very hung over sitting on the plane heading off to get my quickie divorce and she came and sat down next to me". "I tried to get her off the plane, argued with her, told her what Sonny would do to me if he found out." he said as he kept shaking his head.

She told me she had it all set, her friend Beth was covering for her. She told me how many times she had spent the night out before, and I guess that's what girls do, they cover for each other.

She told me she was there as a supportive friend, a witness to my divorce and a tour guide.

Johnny spoke out as he let out a loud laugh, "The schoolgirl crush had progressed much further than anyone ever would have imagined. But I can't say that I would've minded seeing her on the beach in a string bikini. Have you noticed the way she has been dressing lately? "

Ethan looked at Johnny with the (are you nuts look) wondering how long Johnny had been noticing the same thing he had. Kristina had turned into this gorgeous woman overnight.

"Johnny, I need you to stop talking about her like that. I don't think of her as being "HOT" or a "MINX", he said with a pang of Jealousy in his voice.

"Easy man, I was just stating an obvious fact, which you may not be able to", Johnny said with a chuckle.

Johnny got up and went and sat with Ethan and put his hand on his shoulder, " You know you are either going to deal with this "BEST FRIEND ISSUE", or you are going to have to man up and tell her you have feelings for her.

Ethan looked at him puzzled finishing his glass of scotch and pouring another.

"What are you talking about feelings for her?" he said as he leaned back on the couch

"I told you she is like my kid sister, my best friend, I don't think of her like that!" lowering his head.

Johnny was getting tired of this, he saw it and other people did too, that's why they were so overprotective of Kristina, they didn't want Ethan to break her heart.

"Ok, Ethan... (Johnny took a deep breath)... You are going to sit there and my questions, because I need some answers ", he smiled and clapped and rubbed his hands together.

Ethan sighed; this might get out of hand he thought to himself. Johnny was his best mate so he would see where he was going with this.

Both of them sat back on the couch sitting sideways so that they could see the expressions on each other's faces, and had strong drinks in their hands.

Johnny cleared his throat...

Question 1: Why do you think things wouldn't work out if you and Kristina started dating?

Ethan sighed, "Haven't we gone over this already? I have told you in the past she is too young for me, just not age, but maturity. Yes I understand she has seen and been through things that make her wiser in age then most, but so have I. Things that she doesn't need to know about that. Second, I don't know how to make this any clearer to you; she is the only daughter of mob boss Sonny Corinthos. We have spoken on numerous occasions about the times I have tried to defend our "friendship" with him and he just wants me to stay away from her. Finally, she has a schoolgirl crush on me and granted it has progressed further then I thought it would. I certainly wouldn't take advantage of that. She is my friend!

Johnny shook his head, he didn't say anything. He was asking the questions and just listening to Ethan's answers, trying to figure out if his feeling for his "friend" had changed.

Question 2: Where did you sleep when you were in the Dominican?

Ethan chuckled, "Well I had no idea that it was a holiday for them when we got there. We were lucky to have gotten a room, let alone one that had 2 beds. I slept on the couch and she slept in the bed, Kind of"

Ok, Johnny wasn't going to hold his tongue on that one.

"What does kind of mean", he asked. "And no that isn't question 3 let's just say it's like 2B", he laughed.

"Well, I am going to have to back up a bit and try and remember how it actually happened." he sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"IT", Johnny asked as his eyes nearly popped open.

"No, No, No... Not "IT", he said, get your mind out of the gutter.

"When we had first got there and went to the room we realized what the situation was, figured we would make the most of it. We couldn't see the judge till the next afternoon. We decided to go down to the beach. Kristina went into the bathroom first and got changed then I changed after her. We spent the day on the beach hanging out swimming and started to get late. We headed back to the room and took separate showers and got dressed to go out for dinner. She asked if we could go dancing that night, I figured it couldn't hurt. So being the watchful person that I was whenever Krissy came back to the table with 2 drinks I would take them both because I couldn't afford to have her trying to seduce me later on that night in the room if she had been drinking. "

"So it had to be about 3:00am in the morning when she was helping me back to the room because I had consumed my body weight in drinks with little umbrellas."

"I crashed onto the bed still with my clothes on and fell asleep. Oh well, so much for being the gentleman and sleeping on the couch. When I woke up the next morning she was in the bed too wearing a spaghetti strap short nightgown with her back to me."

Johnny just stood there and must have realized that his mouth was hanging open and said "AND?"

"That was it, we showered got something to eat, went to the judge and I believe you know the rest of the story." Ethan said while he was letting out a sigh.

"Ethan, I will give you that one, but if I had woken up next to her in a nightie, I don't think it would have ended there." Johnny smiled devilishly

Question 3: What was she wearing at the beach?

Ethan stared at him and shook his head,"Seriously?" "Are you trying to get me pissed ", asking as Johnny could see his knuckles turning white.

"No, I have a point to all of this; just go with me here." he said as he laughed.

Ethan swallowed hard, "She was wearing a black string bikini"

Question 4: When she took off her cover up what were you feeling?

Ethan let out the chuckle this time. "Now I know you have officially lost it"

"I am serious, Ethan! Man up and tell me what you felt or were thinking ", Johnny said as he raised his voice.

Ethan looked down at the floor, almost as if he was embarrassed, "I couldn't get a clear thought in my head, let alone know what to say to her. She didn't look like the 19 year old girl who had a school girl crush on me. In your words she looked a "HOT WOMAN"." shaking his head.

Question 5: "Do you love her?"

Ethan was amazed and he sat there staring at the floor ringing his hands this wasn't a question he had anticipated or knew how to answer.

"Ethan, I am going to tell you a few things. I don't need to ask you 20 questions to see this any more clearly then I already had. You have sat there avoiding all eye contact with me when I mention her name, you are very defensive, and you are sweating bullets and playing with your hands. So I am going to ask you again." he said

"Ethan, do you Love her?" Johnny asked in a different tone.

Ethan stood up and walked over to the penthouse window. He was staring out and turned around.

"Johnny, I ..." he began to tell him something and there was a known at the penthouse door.