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18 months later, Jason and Michael are released from Pentonville. This is the story of their homecoming.

Homecoming...

Part: Two

Dante stood with his back towards the bed, looking out the bedroom window and onto the rising sun in the east. It was just passed 7:15 and he knew that in fifteen minutes his little brother would be a free man again. He always dreamed about this day, imaging himself being there outside the gates of Pentonville when Michael stepped out, he imaged Michael smiling at him, happy to see his big brother, they would hug. It was a happy moment that would never come true. Over the past 18 months, he had never stepped into Pentonville to visit Michael. He had never gotten the courage to go. He was afraid of what Michael would say to him. It was Dante's fault he was there in the first place. If he had never convinced Michael to confess to killing Claudia, Sonny would be the one doing time and not Michael. It was because of him, his brother had lost another two years of his life.

Sighing at this, Dante pressed his forehead against the coolness of the glass. He was too deep in thought to hear the movement in the bed.

Lulu climbed out of bed and made her way over towards Dante stood, coming up behind him, she wrapped her arms around his waist, pressing her cheek into his back. Turning around at this, Dante leaned in and kissed her on the lips. "Hey," he whispered down at her. "You're up!"

"Well I couldn't sleep without you beside me," replied Lulu softly, looking lovingly up at Dante. She smiled a little smile at him, as she brought a hand up to his face and gentle caressed his cheek. They stared deeply into each other eyes for a moment longer before Lulu spoke breaking the silence. "You were thinking about Michael again," she noted.

Dante nodded his head in response to this, Lulu knew him too well. All he had been thinking about it seemed since Michael had gone away, was his little brother and how he had let him down.

"He gets out today," Lulu continued on. She knew that Dante knew this already but told him again anyways, hoping it would take some of the guilt he had been carrying around for 18 months off of his shoulders. "Carly's throwing this massive homecoming party for him at the Metro Court this afternoon. She invited us!" she added in a whispered. Carly's plan to get revenge on the couple had gone sour. After about a year of being back in Port Charles, Brooke Lynn had decided that Carly wasn't worth the trouble and blowing off her plan to help break Dante and Lulu up. Carly had tried on her own to get revenge but ended up in too much trouble then she could handle, which was saying a lot. Of course, Dante and Lulu had found out about Carly's plan but it seemed to get brushed under the rug when news of Michael getting granted probation spread through town. Carly and Lulu weren't as close as they once where beforehand but still on pretty good terms now. As for Dante and Carly, they tried to stay as far as way from each other as possible.

Dante gave Lulu a look at the mention of Carly. "You really think she would want me there," he stated as he broke apart from Lulu and walked into the living room.

Sighing at this, Lulu followed him. "I know you two don't like each other but she knows that we are in a relationship and that I love you. She is trying Dante! Please come...Sonny will be happy to see you there I know. And don't you want to see Michael!" she added, knowing that he did want to see Michael.

"Yeah I do, but he won't want to see me Lulu. It's because of me, that he was in jail in the first place. I don't think he wants to be reminded of that!" cried out Dante in anger, he didn't mean to raise his voice but he couldn't help it.

"Would you let that go? It's been almost two years, so many things have happened since than..." trailed off Lulu stepping towards where Dante stood in the middle of the living room. "Please just come for a bit," she asked as she wrapped her arms around his waist and looking deep into his eyes.

"Fine but the moment that Carly yells at me or someone else, I'm leaving!" he stated as he reached out and brushed her blonde bangs away from her face.

"Thank you," murmured Lulu, leaning up on her tip toes and pressing her lips to his.

"So Sam, what's the first thing you are going to do when you see Jason?" asked Molly from the back, towards her big sister.

"Rip each other's clothes off!" giggled Kristina in reply before Sam could open her mouth.

"KRISSY!" cried Sam in outrage, glazing over her shoulder towards the back.

"What Sam? It's true..." smiled Kristina wickedly at her older sister. "It's been 18 months..."

Sam did not reply at this, she just continued to looking out in front of her as she drove; ignoring the giggles of her little sisters in the background. She didn't need to be reminded by how long it's been since she had last made love to Jason. That night in the cabin, was always replaying in her dreams at night. Spinelli had never been able to find a loop hole to allow for Sam to be granted for conjugal visits with Jason. So she had been looking forward to this day for a while.

She then heard a muffled laugh from beside her, "Not you too..." mumbled Sam looking at her business partner through the corner of her eye.

"The Jackal is so sorry Faire Samantha but I can't help but agree heartily with the two Goddess-in-Training," Spinelli smiled at Sam. He was not only happy that he would be seeing his mentor and dear friend and roommate again but that the stars were once a lined and the two star-crossed lovers could be together once again.

Chewing on her bottom lip, she focused her attention on the road; trying not to think about the things she wanted to do with Jason later on that night, after Carly's party.

Jax drove the SUV up to the entrance of Pentonville. There was a 20 foot stone fence that ran along the outside of the prison, blocking visitors from going in without paging in first at the iron gate. Jax parked just outside this gate, where Michael would be coming from.

The sun was just creeping from the east now over the prison, casting a rainbow of pinks and yellows along the morning sky. It was about 7:20, in just ten more minutes, Michael and Jason would be out.

"Ware Mike?" asked Josslyne from her car seat in the backseat. She was eager to meet her big brother.

"In a few minutes, Joss," smiled Morgan as he unbuckled his seat belt and moved over to where his sister was seated. Unbuckling Josslyne from her car seat, Morgan pulled the little girl onto his lap.

"Ware Mike?" asked Josslyne again, her blue eyes staring up at her big brother. She could not pronounce Michael, so she called the brother she had never really seen, Mike.

Laughing at this, Morgan hugged his sister. "In a few minutes Joss, Mike will be here!"

"That's right!" commented Jax from the driver seat, turning around and smiling at his two kids in the back. "Michael will be here very soon!" Aussie looked over at his wife, study her face. Noticing his gaze on her, Carly met his eyes and smiled.

"Are you crying?" he asked, brows fussing together as he leaned in closer towards her over the space between the front seats.

"I'm just happy to get to see my baby again," Carly laughed her eyes blazing with tears. She was just over come with so much emotion that her family was finally coming back to her after 18 months away. Reaching out, she clasped her hands in Jax, giving it a squeeze. There was no blame between them anymore; all was forgiven. With Michael coming back to them, it was a new beginning, a new chance. Leaning in closer to one another, their lips met and kissed sweetly.

"Gross, do you guys really have to do that?" groaned Morgan from the back. He hated when his parents did this. "You're so embarrassing!"

"Are we?" asked Carly, looking blankly at Jax before turning and smirking at her son.

"I didn't think we were..." smiled Jax in reply.

Just then the sound of a car pulling up beside them turned them all to look to see who had just arrived.

"Looks like Sonny is here," commented Jax, appearing out the driver's seat window, the laughter in his voice gone, replaced with coldness. Over the years, things between the Aussie and Sonny still had remained the same.

Carly and Morgan both looked towards where Jax stared, looking at the black limo which had just pulled up. There was no doubt that it didn't belong to the famous Mobster; he was the only person in Port Charles that owned his own limo.

"Now you promised that you would be nice," warned Carly in a harsh whispered to Jax. She didn't want any trouble from the two men on this day of all days. She wanted Michael homecoming to go perfect, meaning no trouble from his father and step-father.

"What? I didn't say anything," replied Jax.

"I'm just warning you!" spoke Carly in all seriousness. She didn't want any trouble.

"Boss do you want to get out?" asked Max from the driver's seat of the limo, he spoke to Sonny through the intercom of the limo.

"No, no I will stay in here," replied Sonny in a dry whisper as he shifted in his seat. He could see Jax and Carly looking through the window of their car over at him. He didn't want to create any tension today. Today was about Michael. He didn't want to cause his son any more trouble than he already had.

"Oh looks like Sam has just arrived," commented Max through the intercom towards his boss.

"Is Kristina with her?" asked Sonny with curiosity as he looked out the window, over at Sam's SUV but couldn't make out anything. Things between him and Kristina over the years had drifted and were now further apart than ever. Kristina blamed him for what had happened to Michael on him and didn't want to have anything to do with him. It hurt him to be apart from his kids like this, but he understood for the most part why. There had been a brief period in their relationship where things had been good between them; it had been just a few weeks after Michael had gone off to jail and Sonny had attend therapy with Kristina, on behalf of Alexis's wishes. But soon like everything good thing in Sonny's life, it went sour. Of course, he wasn't giving up yet.

"Yes she is! Molly and Spinelli are with Sam as well," observed Max, watching as the four of them got out of the vehicle and stretched their legs.

Sonny did not reply at this. It didn't surprise him to see Kristina here today. He knew his daughter would want to be here to see her big brother when he arrived home.

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