Burn

Part 3

FYI: This is an A/R type story- NC-17 for language and possible adult situations later ?

1) Lucky is alive and is best friends with Jason- Sonny has started to come between them and Lucky and Sonny really don't like each other all that much. Lucky and Carly weren't very close and Lucky only tolerated Carly out of respect for Jason. Carly is working for Luke and living between Lucky's apartment above Luke's and the Brownstone with Bobbie.

2)Hate Sex did happen and Jason did leave - everyone blames Carly for driving Jason away.

3) A.J. threw Carly out a week after Jason left and filed for divorce- a month later he got full custody of Michael and took off with him. Carly got no alimony and no visitation.

4) Story begins 5 months after Jason left. Flashbacks will be in italics.

Carly was exhausted. After she and Lucky had gotten back to his place last night, he had gone down stairs to talk to his dad and she had tossed and turned for hours, trying to ignore her fear and heartache. She hadn't been too terribly successful.

Thankfully, everyone seemed to be busy this morning and she had Luke's all to herself. This meant she could listen to whatever she wanted on the radio and work on her uncle's books at a leisurely pace.

Lucky had gone off on some mission with Emily this morning and had been gone before she woke up. His note was short and to the point.

C-

Be Good. With Emily. Later.

-L

Smiling she was happy that Lucky would have a little fun today. She knew that it had been hard the last two months for him to be gone from Emily and vice versa. They were practically attached at the hip- if they ever realized that they were completely in love with each other...

Sighing she tried once again to focus on the paperwork in front of her.

"Well, if isn't my own sweet Caroline... you must not have worked too late if you are up and about this early..."

Closing her eyes tightly, Carly gave herself a moment to put all her defenses in place. Thankfully, she had thrown on one of Johnny's huge sweatshirts that she had stolen and everything that needed to be hidden was.

"Luke's not here." She replied trying hard to ignore the over bearing man that was swaggering closer.

"I know. I saw him over at Kelly's. I thought that maybe you and I should have a little talk. You have been pretty busy lately and I haven't had the opportunity to have this chat with you." Sonny drawled as he moved in close behind the stool that she was sitting on.

"Maybe, just maybe- you should get the hint that I REALLY don't have anything to say to you." Carly tried not to flinch as Sonny ran a finger down neck. Suddenly wearing her hair up in a ponytail had lost its appeal.

"You might as well get over this attitude, little girl. I came over here, out of the goodness of my heart, to make you an offer. One that I think you might find- mutually beneficial." Sonny took pleasure in the obvious distress him being so close to her had on her. It liked it when they played these hard to get games.

"That's not your heart, you ass, it's completely different organ and I am not interested, so you can run along now." Carly started to push past him and walk away, but Sonny was quick to grab her arm.

"Always gotta be a bitch, don't you? I think I am going to enjoy having you in my bed again. Don't worry I'll even give you a little money to spend and a place to stay- Jason's penthouse is empty..." Sonny laughed.

Looking over her shoulder, Carly yanked her arm out of his grasp, "I wouldn't get in your bed for any amount of money- in fact, it will be over my dead body that I EVER let you that close to me again."

Sonny moved to follow her around the bar, but had to stop when his phone rang, "Damn, "He muttered.

"Yeah... I'm busy... Alright, alright... I'm on my way." He growled into his phone.

"Looks like you and I are going to have to continue this conversation later, " Sonny winked at Carly and turned to walk away.

Before he got too far he turned, "You might want to consider this when you think about my offer- people that say no to me... well, they usually end up regretting it."

With a laugh, Sonny headed out the door and Carly slowly sank to her knees.

"He's never going to leave me alone..." She whimpered, pulling her knees to her chest and curling into a ball.

Johnny didn't like the sound of Francis' brief phone call. He had been enjoying his morning off- sleeping when he had been woken up by the sound of his phone.

When all he got for his trouble was a rushed message from Francis saying that Sonny was at Luke's and alone with Carly, Johnny had thrown his phone angrily and thrown on some clothes.

This could be bad... really bad. Walking out the door he grabbed his phone and tried to call the club, but no one had answered. Quickly making a call to Luke, Johnny jumped on his bike and headed to Luke's, hoping Carly would be ok.

Walking into the club, Johnny looked around, "Carly?"

When he got no reply his heart sank. Where was she? Calling for her again he was about to go back to the office when two things happened- one, Luke burst through the front door and two, he heard a small voice call out his name from behind the bar.

Shooting Luke a glance, he quickly walked around the bar to find Carly huddled up in ball, looking up at him with a teary face.

"Hey... it's ok. Johnny's here, little one. Are you ok? Is it the baby?" He asked, feeling his concern for her grow and his hatred for Sonny increase- which was saying something cause he really hadn't thought he could hate the man anymore then he already did.

"Baby's fine... John, he's never going to leave me alone..." She whispered, breaking down into choking sobs.

Johnny carefully picked her up and throwing a look at Luke over his shoulder he headed toward Lucky's apartment, "Can you call Lucky?"

Luke stopped him before he reached the back stairs to the apartment. Placing a kiss on Carly's forehead he whispered, "We aren't going to let anything happen to you or the kid, baby girl."

Watching as Johnny continued up the stairs, Luke made a quick call to Lucky and then called his sister.

"Barbara Jean, you need to get over here. No... She's... Our girl needs you right now, she needs her momma." He hung up with a sigh, walked over to the bar and poured himself a shot. He would be overjoyed to watch the man he had once considered his closest friend and partner die a slow and painful death.

After Johnny got Carly settled in her bed and promised that Lucky was on the way, he headed back down stairs to the office to talk to Luke. The situation was getting quickly out of control and he was worried about how it would affect the fragile woman upstairs.

Luke looked up from the shot glass and bottle he was studying when Johnny stepped into his office.

"Jesus, Johnny... I knew that Sonny was trying to mess with her, but you could have told me it was this bad." Luke poured some tequila into another shot glass and handed it to the other man.

Normally, Johnny didn't like to drink anything heavier than coffee at this time of the morning, but today was going to be an exception.

Shooting the tequila back, Johnny grimaced, "The man is obsessed. We have been busting our asses trying to run interference, but he got around us today... this can't happen again Luke. He finds out she's pregnant and all hell is going to break loose. He's not going to let her go."

"Shit. I thought he hated her. When the fuck did that change?" Luke grumbled taking another shot.

"It happened the moment he realized what she was to Jason. The only person Sonny hates more than himself is Jason, if you ask me." Leaning back he waved away Luke's offer of another shot. "He's pissed because he doesn't own Jason... and Carly, like he THINKS he owns everyone else. The more she fights the more he is going to chase her. Any day now I'm expecting him to order that she gets brought to him- willing or not."

"And you didn't get a hold of Jason?" Luke questioned rubbing his whiskery chin.

"I left a message- didn't think I should drop the baby bomb on him via message. He's on a mission and that will be the thing that sets him off. He'd come back here and kill Sonny before we even knew he was in town. I can't tell you had bad that would be until the ok comes down." Johnny groaned and closed his eyes.

Before Luke could say another word, Bobbie stormed into the office, "What has that bastard done to my baby now?"

Luke wasn't looking forward to giving his baby sister the newest update, but he had to before she went upstairs and found out on her own.

"Sit down Barbara Jean." Standing up he went over to his personal liquor stash and poured her a shot of whiskey, "You're gonna need this."

"Ok, Luke. Tell me what the hell is going on? Where's Carly? You are really starting to scare me." Bobbie accepted the shot and threw it back delicately.

"Well, for starters, you are gonna be a grandma again in a few short months." Luke watched his sister's reaction carefully.

"Well- shit." Bobbie passed the shot glass back and gave Luke a signal to hit her again.

"Carly?" Bobbie knocked softly on Carly's door and stepped in to the bedroom.

Wearily Carly sat up and looked at her mother with frightened eyes, "Momma?"

"Oh baby girl." Bobbie fought back her own tears as she rushed over and pulled Carly into her arms.

"I am sorry I didn't tell you. I just kept trying to avoid it- if I didn't say anything then maybe- it wouldn't be true... How stupid is that?" Carly laughed bitterly as she pulled away from her mother's comforting embrace.

"Sweetie, you should have told me. You didn't have to go through this alone." Bobbie wiped a tear off her daughter's cheek and smiled reassuringly. "Now, Luke filled me in on the situation. I have to ask... Please- please, don't think I am being judgmental here, but didn't you use birth control at all?"

Carly looked down as she twisted her hands in the sheets, "I- wasn't on the pill cause I wasn't gonna sleep with A.J. and that- that night Jason kind of took me by surprise and honestly I don't know if he even thought about it cause I know I didn't. And then with Sonny-"

Bobbie watched Carly fight back a shiver, "It's ok, honey. You can tell me."

Looking up at her mom with teary eyes, she bit down on her lip, "I can't remember. Everything is pretty much a blur."

Tilting her head Bobbie asked curiously, "Were you drunk? Had you been drinking at all?"

Carly shook her head, "I had a few drinks earlier that night, but nothing- well- I guess, I took Sonny's drink from him and had a couple sips- not enough to get drunk though."

Alarm bells rang in Bobbie's head, "Well, we can't worry about it now. All we can do is make sure you and this sweet little baby are taken care of from here on out."

After reassuring Carly and hugging her a few more times, Bobbie headed back downstairs.

Bursting in on Johnny, Lucky and Luke deep in conversation, she said the one thought that she couldn't get out of her head. The more she thought about it, the more it made sense.

"That bastard drugged her."