Thank you to all the reviewers. I try to keep it amusing with some banter to lighten up the angst. Own nothing ABC Corp does.

Chapter 4

The soft noise of rain was the first thing Carly heard as she felt herself waking up from too much light steaming through her window. She had the oddest dream during the night. It wasn't a nightmare which was odd, because AJ was in it. It was when she first met him at the hospital as a physical therapist. But instead of her being completely infatuated with Tony she had dreamed that she was attracted to AJ.

Now I am going to feel disturbed for the rest of the day. Although in a weird way, I know that I don't hate him due to Michael. But that is just sci-fi weird for me to have a dream like that. Maybe the wedding is bothering me more than I thought.

She slowly went down the stairs so as not to wake the boys and put on some coffee. Carly also threw on the dryer for a few minutes to set up for the morning ritual that she and the boys performed every morning. Sonny and Jason always laughed at her for doing it and Jax thought it was a little odd. But her and her boys loved it.

As she got a cup of coffee and pulled the blanket out of the dryer, she heard the boys stir for the first time. She got into the huge comfy chair she had in the kitchen nook and waited for Michael and Morgan to come down the stairs. Morgan was always first even though he had to climb from his toddler bed; having slats to make sure he didn't fall out.

Her little boy peaked around the corner of the kitchen doorway and then crept up beside her. He climbed on the left side of her lap and snuggled into her as he always did and Michael sleep-walked into the kitchen to sit on her right side. Sonny kept trying to convince her that Michael was too big for him to be napping with her in the morning, but he was only six to Morgan's three and a half and she saw nothing wrong with him doing it. Not only that the tradition started with Michael when he was a little boy and we'll decide when we want to end it, not when everyone else decides for us. Not only that it is the only time I really have them all to myself. Both of them together, not Michael in the car or Morgan during the day. But both of my favorite little men at the same time.

Her dream was still bothering her slightly, but she couldn't help but smile at the sight of both her boys catnapping beside her (or on her more accurately). She knew she was a little coddling of them, but she only had two kids and Jax wasn't too keen on having anymore. He seemed to want a ready-made family, which bothered her a little. Jax love them both and that is the most important thing, even if he is a little ackward around them. I mean AJ was completely awkward around Michael, but he was still able to meet the basic needs outside of unconditional affection. WAIT…why am I thinking about AJ? Am I losing it??

At the airport in Port Charles, a plane has landed from Hawaii. Lots of people are departing the plane and waiting for luggage when a phone rings…