"Help, I have done it again. I have been here many times before hurt myself again today. And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame. Be my friend. Hold me, wrap me up Unfold me I am small I'm needy warm me up and breathe I have lost myself again Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found, Yeah I think that I might break I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe."

Before Kelly could even get a word out on who her son's father was, she felt the sensation that a gun was aimed at her. She knew what that felt like and she knew that was about to happen. She did the only thing her gut told her to do: drop the phone and run. Just as her body moved the bullet came flying through the window, almost making her fall.

"Dammit." She cursed.

No one was home, and Ric had taken all the guards with him, because when she was home she was completely safe. Yeah, she was beginning to realize that was a load of bull. She literally crawled to her bedroom, her pregnant stomach grazing the floor, she had to get to a phone.

Of course her gut had told her to drop the other one, but now she needed one. When she got to the phone in her bedroom, Ric's number seemed to escape her, but she could remember Sonny's so that's who she dialed. The bullets were still breaking the glass throughout the house when Sonny answered the phone.

"Claudia…?"

"Sonny. There's bullets coming through the windows. One might've hit me, I don't know. Please come soon."

She started to cry because she shouldn't need to do this. Why was someone targeting her? She heard Sonny start his car.

"Stay on the line with me, okay? How's the baby? Is it still moving. Tell me what you feel."

"I don't know, Sonny. I think I'm cramping a little-" She looked down at her arm and cringed when she saw the hole. "Son..Sonny. I was shot. There's a hole, I can…see the bullet."

She realized it was probably just the adrenalin keeping the pain away. But she also realized that she truly was cramping and that something was wrong with the baby.

"Okay. I'm coming right now."

"Claudia!" She heard him scream.

"In here." She moaned.

Her voice trembled and her whole body shook. There was a pool of blood under her. She guessed that the bullet hit an artery of some sort. Was there even an artery in your arm? She felt like her heart was barely pumping blood when Sonny finally walked into the room. He kneeled next to her.

"Hey. I need you to wrap your good arm around my neck. I'm going to carry you to the car."

She could barely move her good arm to manuever around his neck. Her breathing soon became labored, and her wheezing was soon heard throughout the building. As Sonny ran down the steps he questioned why his brother would want to live on the third floor. Claudia fought to keep her eyes open. Sonny buckled her into the front seat of the car. He wiped a piece of hair from her face.

"Stay with me, baby."

"Don't leave me, Sonny." She begged.

"I'm not going to, there's no way I'll leave you, ever, promise."

The car ride seemed like the longest ride of his life. He wasn't sure if she was still alive or not. He grabbed her hand, hoping for some sort of response. Luckily she squeezed back as hard as she could which was just enough for him to feel. His car came to a complete stop when they made it to the hospital entrance. A gurney was waiting and quickly took Claudia from the car before he could say a word. He got out of his car and ran to catch up with her. They had already put her on oxygen when Sonny heard a nurse say,

"Her brachial artery was brazed. We need to get this fixed immediately."

He just kept following them when he ran into a nurse's hand.

"Where do you think you're going sir?"

"I need to be in there. I promised her I wouldn't leave her."

"Are you related to her?"

"I'm her brother-in-law."

"That doesn't count, I'm sorry. Her husband needs to be here first."

He looked into the room where he saw doctors surrounding Claudia. He was desperate to get in there and hold her hand. He knew it wasn't much, but it was all he could do right now and he didn't want to feel useless. So he took a leap and lied, but it could possibly be the truth.

"I'm the baby's father."

She looked him up and down and then looked at Claudia. Almost like she was trying to picture them, like she was wondering if he could go for a woman like Claudia and vice versa. Thankfully, she moved out of the way and he was allowed into the room. She was awake by the time he got in there. He looked at her damaged arm to find that the doctors were working on it.

"Sonny, they haven't told me if the baby is okay. If my son is okay. I just want to know if he's okay."

He squeezes her hand gently and places a kiss to her temple. He can't believe what he's hearing. She's having a son, if this baby is his, he's having another son. Another chance at redemption. He'd be so grateful for just another chance.

"I can answer that question."

They both looked up as the doctor walked into the room. She got all the information from the nurses who just finished fixing Claudia's arm up. Thankfully her arm would be back to new in a few days.

"Can you guys give me a few minutes to work on my patient please?"

The other nurses and doctor left. Leaving Claudia, Sonny, and Dr. Lee in the room.

"Is the baby okay? Is my son okay?"

Claudia was frantic and worried. She knew she had lost so much blood and she was cramping so bad by the time she had gotten here and for all she knew she could've lost her little boy. The tears came front and started to pour out of her eyes at just the thought of no longer being pregnant with this little miracle. She couldn't lose him, he was all she had left.

"I have to check. The nurses were too worried about all the blood you were losing to check on the baby. I'm going to do an ultrasound, okay?"

Claudia nodded and grabbed onto Sonny's hand for dear life. She was certain that she would die inside if this baby, her baby, didn't survive. She pulled up her gown to reveal her growing abdomen. Dr. Lee squirted the cool liquid on her stomach and started to move the probe around her stomach. It took a while but soon a heart beat filled the air.

"There he is. Everything looks good. His movement is actual increasing instead of decreasing, which is very good considering the injury you sustained. Now for the rest of the duration of your pregnancy, I need you to be calm, cool and collected. No getting shot at or letting bullets graze an artery, because next time you may not be so lucky. Now I know you had to drop the phone while we were talking, so did you hear who the baby's father is?"

"I didn't. I had to drop the phone or else I would've gotten shot worse than this. Who is the father of my son?"

Sonny didn't realize he was holding his breath until he felt himself almost faint from lack of oxygen. He knew he was gaining a family member either way and he knew the situation wouldn't be as messy if his brother was the father of Claudia's unborn son. But at the same time, he could see them raising a baby together, raising their son together. So instead of saying a word, he just grabs on to Claudia's hand and gives her a comforting look. What else was he supposed to do?

"Well. I ran two tests just to be safe, you never know in Port Charles and well both tests came back with the same result. Sonny is most definitely the father of your son. Congratulations, Mr. Corinthos. I'll leave you two alone."

When Dr. Lee leaves the room, Sonny instantly kisses Claudia, cradling her neck. For whatever reason, she kisses him back, placing her good hand on his cheek. She could honestly feel the sparks flying between them. They heard footsteps coming toward the door and instantly pulled apart, showing their kiss swollen lips. The door opened to reveal Ric.

"My God. Are you okay, Claudia?"

He rushed to her side, as he placed a hand on her stomach.

"Is the baby okay?"

"We're both fine. The bullet grazed an artery in my arm. If Sonny had gotten there just a few minutes later, he would've found my corpse."

Sonny winced at the thought. He couldn't imagine life without her, it was like something had changed inside of him the minute he found out that her son was his too. Like he could actually confront his feelings for her.

"Why didn't you call me? You can't imagine how scared I was when I came home and there was a trail of blood coming from our apartment down the steps. Thank you, Sonny, for saving her and the baby. But you can go home now, to Kate."

At first Claudia refused to let go of his hand, he was so comforting to her and she didn't want him to leave her.

"I'd like to stay just to make sure my sister-in-law is okay. I'll wait outside though so you can have a moment alone with your wife."

He resists the urge to kiss her, at all and leaves the room, looking back at her once to tell her it would be okay. Once he left, Ric kissed her cheek and smiled at her.

"I'm so glad you're okay. I was so scared for you and the baby."

"The baby is a boy, my baby is a boy."

"Why do you say it like that, Claudia? What do you mean by 'my' baby?"

The tears started to pool in her eyes. She could see the look of fear in her husband's eyes.

"I'm so sorry, Ric."

"For….For what? What happened? What did you do?"

"I did something really bad and now our relationship is going to pay for it."

"What did you do, Claudia?"

The tears started to run down her face. She couldn't wipe at the tears fast enough for him not to see them.

"I slept with your brother. I slept with Sonny. And the baby, my son, is his. I'm so sorry. It just happened. One thing led to another and it just happened. I understand that you'll have to file papers. You can have the apartment, it was always yours. Our money is still pretty well separated. I'll move on with my son's father and I know you'll be ok."

"You think we're getting divorced because you're trying to pass my son off as my brother's. Never going to happen. It will never happen."

He paused and the room grew silent except for the monitor that continued its steady pace. Ric loomed over her and her heart panged in fear. She saw the craziness in his eyes and it only rose her blood pressure.

"If I do receive any type of papers saying you want out of our marriage, I will bury you with whatever information I can find. I will make sure to take this baby and run far away with him so that you can never see him again. Don't think I'm going to let my brother win you too after all I have lost to him. I won't lose you too!"

The moment his voice rose to a scream, her heart rate picked up to the point where it set off an alarm. Her two doctors and many nurses plus Sonny ran into the room.

"Claudia, you have to calm down. Your heart rate is too high and it's dangerous for you and the baby."

Claudia heard the familiar voice of Elizabeth Webber tell her. She stilled her breathing, trying to control herself.

"It's okay, the baby's okay."

Everything calmed down a bit and once Claudia's blood pressure and heart rate went down every one left. They left Claudia, Ric, and Sonny alone in the room. Before she knew what was happening, Sonny had pinned Ric against the wall.

"You bastard! What did you say to her to upset her? You never deserved a woman like her, someone like Claudia."

She saw Ric's face starting to get blue from the lack of oxygen. He was gasping for breath. At first she thought she would just left him kill Ric, but then she realized it would be easy to pin Ric's murder on Sonny.

"Sonny stop, please! My blood pressure can't rise anymore. It won't be good for the baby."

Instantly, he let go of his brother's throat and went to her side. She was the voice of reason inside of him now.

"What did he say to you?"

She was silent in fear. Her eyes were planted on Ric and malevolent look in his eyes. He rubbed her arm in comfort before speaking again.

"It's okay, everything will be okay. Ric! Get the hell out of here before I call my guards on you."

He raises his eye brows at him, challenging him. Before turning on his heel and opening the door.

"I'll leave now, but I'll be back for you Claudia. Just remember I'll be back to take you and our son home. I love you."

With that he was gone and Claudia let out a tortured cry as she leaned into Sonny, staining his shirt.

"What did he say to you?"

"I broke him, Sonny, I broke him down. He lost it because of me. He loves me and it's all my fault because I wasn't capable of loving him back. He's gone insane and it's all my fault because I slept with you."

"Claudia you aren't answering my question. What did he say to you to make you so scared?"

"I-I told him that I knew we would get divorced. I said he could have the apartment and that I would move on with you and that he'd be okay. Well he said that he wasn't going to let us get away with trying to take his son and he said that if he was served with divorce papers that he would dig up any information he could find on me and take our baby away. He said-he said he'd run as far away as possible with our son."

"It'll be okay. As long as you're in the hospital, my guards will be on you and they won't let Ric in. Everything will be okay. But right now, I have to go for a little. I will be back in the morning for you. Rest, okay?"

She nods and watches as her only hope walkes out the door.

When he walks into his house, Kate greets him at the door. She kisses him.

"So is Claudia okay? How is Ric's baby?"

"They're both fine, but I need to talk you about that. About the baby."

"What about the baby, Sonny?"

"Remember when Ric went away and I went to check on Claudia every night before we went to bed?"

"Yeah of course. I was fine with it."

"I know and that just makes it even worse."

"It makes what worse, Sonny? I don't understand-."

"Well we slept together, Kate. I'm sorry and if it had come back that her baby wasn't mine I never would've told you. But her baby, her son, is mine."

Her tears flowed freely.

"As much as this hurts, for you to have cheated on me when you promised to never hurt me again. I know you want to be with her or at least be free to be there for her. So I'm going to let you go, Sonny. I'm going to go pack up my things and I'm going to Manhattan to live like I've wanted to do for a while."

He watches with tears in his own eyes as she walks upstairs to pack her things. So he had dealt with fifty percent of the problem, but he seemed to believe that Ric was going to be a much harder fish to fry.

All right so what did you guys think? You thought it was all going to be okay once Sonny was proven the father, huh? Yeah not so much. How is Sonny going to fix this? How do you think he should fix this? Any ideas? If you thought it was good or bad I want to know! Please review! I love my reviewers! :)