Love At Second Sight
Chapter 10
"You Son of a BITCH!"
Luke says as he punches Sonny in the gut…Jason quickly springs in to action as he holds Luke off of Sonny. Sonny practically had the wind knocked out of him as he worked to stand back upright…his mouth gapes open as he gasps for breath and stares at Luke wondering what the hell was up with him.
"Luke! Calm down…" Jason says trying to reason with him as Luke continues to struggle against his hold.
"What the HELL is wrong with you man?! I don`t have time for this shit right now!" Sonny yells even though he is still trying to catch his breath as he holds a hand to his stomach and runs his other hand through his already disheveled hair. Luke finally breaks loose from Jason's hold then gives him a good shove away…he then turns back and faces Sonny. Sonny is almost taken back with the menacing glare in Luke's eyes…he stares at Luke in total confusion as his breath is starting to come back to somewhat normal. Luke shakes his head in exasperation and lets out a short laugh
"What the hell is your problem?!" Sonny yells wanting to know what Luke's problem is
"I don't know what the hell you're talking about!" Sonny quickly yells back "You up and leave town on the spur of the moment without a word to me and then when you finally decide to come back you're ready to kick my ass!" Keeping his eyes trained on Luke, Sonny exhales a breath then says "So…I'm gonna say it one last time and this time I want a damn answer!" he pauses "What the hell is wrong with you?"
Luke barely lets Sonny finish his sentence as he yells "You know what…you can save The All Mighty Sonny Corinthos Power Trip for your next wise guy meeting! Hell you can even give them your sacred Gangster yell just to show 'Em whose boss…"I'm Am Mobster! Hear me
ROAAAR!" he pauses for a second as he keeps his piercing glare fixated on his prey "It's not gonna work on me."
Jason stayed in the background listening and also trying to figure everything out with Luke…he can see that things are about to escalade again so he decides to step in Luke is getting more frustrated by the second, first Sonny and now Jason…turning his glare over to Jason he says
"Luke…why don't you just tell us what the problem is so we can fix it." Jason says as he stands a equal distance between Sonny and Luke just in case…
"Never fails" Luke says with a sarcastic chuckle "I was wondering how long it was gonna take until you butted in with your Mobster Psychotherapy. Always gotta be the Voice of Reason don't ya, Morgan."
Both Sonny and Jason yell at the same time…"LUKE"
"Caroline. Leigh. Benson." Luke starts out saying… "Or, you know what…maybe I should use her real name."
Sonny and Jason stare at Luke…both wondering what his piss poor attitude has to do with Caroline
"What are you talking about Luke? Caroline just stood here not only a few minutes ago and said…
Luke cuts him off, "I know what she said! I heard it all which only makes me wanna…" Luke starts to advance towards Sonny again this time with his fist raised but Jason blocks his path. Luke backs down and lowers his fist as he gives Jason one last glare then focuses back on Sonny…
"What does all of this have to do with Caroline and her real name?" Jason asks before another fight breaks out again
"Caroline Leigh Benson Spencer."
Sonny narrows his eyes at Luke "Wha…what are you talking about?"
"She might not know it yet…but she will, soon enough."
"You're saying that Caroline…is, what…your daughter?" Sonny asks Luke interrupts
Sonny and Jason look at each other then back to Luke…they go over to the bar each taking a seat and watching Luke down his shot of Tequila
"You…" Luke points to Sonny, "The Punk that made her whole High School experience a living hell." he pauses "Some hormonal teenage Jockstrap tries to rape my niece and when she gets away from him, he spreads the word that she's easy! And then you…YOU lick his shit up like its some type of gourmet meal!"
With his elbows on the bar-top, Sonny hangs his head in his hands and closes his eyes. When he finally looks back up again to Luke, he lets out a long sigh…
"I…I'm sor…I, I didn't…" Sonny says as he is not able to finish his thoughts, everything was a huge mess and it was all his fault. He tilts his head to the side closing his eyes once more as he whispers "Sorry…I'm sorry."
Sonny abruptly stands up, which makes the bar-stool fall down to the ground…Luke pours himself another shot. Without a word Sonny turns and walks towards the door. He had to get out of there…
As Luke brings the glass to his mouth, he calls out to Sonny "Just Great Corinthos…" he looks at the bar-stool that is lying on the floor "Bust the place up more than it already is. I suppose you expect me to be Mr. Fix It…when you know the only thing I'm gonna do is get some Superglue!"
The door slams shut behind Sonny as he leaves…Jason shakes his head as he watched Sonny go. He turns back to Luke…
"Now why'd you have to go and make it worse. You know Sonny's already beating himself up over this." Jason tells Luke as he watches him roll his eyes and down his drink "Don't worry about the damages, they'll get taken care of."
Luke slams down his glass, and raises up the bottle of Tequila as he says… "So help me Jason, don't even think about doing your Mobster Psychobabble Crap on me unless you wanna go back to Mob Central with this bottle here rammed down your throat! What the hell happened to
the Quiet Borg? If you're gonna stay then shut the hell up and have a drink otherwise you know where the door is." he waves his hand towards the door
The Cosmopolitan When they get to their suite, Carly goes straight to her room and shut the door. Jasmine tries to follow her, but Angelo quickly grabs a hold of her hand…
All the way home Jasmine and Angelo tried to get Carly to talk to them but she just sat quietly and stared out the window.
"Don't…let her have some time alone for herself."
"Are you kidding…the last thing she needs is to be alone right now…she's gonna keep this all bottled up inside." Jasmine says and tries once again to go back to Carly's room but Angelo keeps his hold on her hand…
"NO…don't you see if you go in there right now you are just going to make her more upset." Angelo pauses and lets out a breath "Listen…you saw her and Sonny on the dance floor…the way he kissed her, the way she kissed him back. In that moment I knew, I knew what Carly is so desperate not to admit to herself. She has fallen for Sonny…I think that she realizes it now, and that's why she's hurting so much. Look…I know your first instinct is to go to her and try to get her to talk things out and you can do that but just, not right now okay."
Jasmine slowly nods her agreement as she places a hand to the back of her neck to rub out the tension that was building.
"Okay…you're right. We'll just give her some space and let her calm down…sort things out in her head." Jasmine walks over to the couch and sits…
Angelo goes to the couch as well "Yeah…she'll be okay, you'll see. Carly's strong…and we'll both be here for her when she's ready."
Carly's Room
Carly sits on her bed, now dressed in her pajamas…when she got to her room she immediately got undressed and pulled out her night clothes.
"This can't…it can't be happening." Carly shakes her head no as she looks up to the ceiling "I worked too hard to have this payback for the way he treated me…and now this." she lowers her head "It's not true…I won't let it be." she takes a deep breath "Okay, okay, calm down Carly…the only reason you are having these feelings right now is probably because of all of the little hints Jasmine and Angelo have been dropping around. No way you've fallen for the jerk."
Carly says to herself as she stares out in to space at nothing in particular…she pulls knees up, placing her hands on top and her chin resting on her hands. Against her better judgment, her mind begins to drift back…
FLASHBACK
"So if I were to kiss your right now…" he strolls over to stand behind her again…his hands grab on to the swing stopping her in place. Carly looks over her shoulder to him "you're telling me it wouldn't have any effect over you."
Carly sees the look in Sonny's eyes…it was a mixture of desire and hunger all rolled in to one. She lightly nibbles down on her bottom lip enticing him even more… Placing a hand to her cheek, Sonny caresses the smooth creamy skin then lightly places his thumb to her bottom lip removing parting her lips so she couldn't nibble it any more. A breath apart, Sonny lightly runs his tongue over her bottom lip…his eyes close as he takes her in to a slow seductive kiss. Kissing him wasn't supposed to be getting to her like it was, so she pulls back breaking their connection, stands up, then bends down to pick her purse up from the ground.
Carly kissed him back as she raised her hands to hold on to the swing chains as to not fall backward. Sonny took his time as he kissed her thoroughly, their tongues tangled together in a kiss that seemed to last forever.
"I'm getting to you aren't I?" Sonny flashes his dimples
END FLASHBACK As soon as the image finally disappeared another one reappears…
Quickly closing her eyes, Carly tries to shake get the image of Sonny out of her head as he kissed her for the first time that day in the park. Unconsciously, she lightly places two fingers to her lips…
FLASHBACK
"So to what do I owe the reason of this call…you been thinking about me?"
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"You know what…" Sonny smirks "You ask that question a lot…" he flashes his dimples "So I kinda think that maybe you've been thinking about me to."
END FLASHBACK Closing her eyes again she runs her fingers through her hair as another image comes to her…
"UGHHHHHHH!" Carly groans as she lays back on to the pillows propped up behind her…
FLASHBACK
Carly closes her eyes…Sonny smiles as he leans over slightly to the side making his lips land softly on her cheek and gives it a little peck of a kiss. When he pulls back from her cheek, Carly's eyes shoot open in shock only to see a smug dimpled grin plastered all over Sonny's face.
"Wasn't quite the kiss you had in mind huh?" Sonny smirks "Go ahead you can admit it."
"You JERK!" Carly yells and gives Sonny's chest a good hard shove pushing him away from her.
"What, you were expecting something more uh…" Sonny walks back over to Carly who was still glaring at him "breath taking" he dimples "Maybe uh…something like this."
Sonny once again wraps his arms around Carly's waist and pulls her to him in a split second and soon afterward crashes their lips together in a heated kiss. Carly starts to struggle at first but soon finds herself kissing him back with just as much heat and passion as he began it with.
END FLASHBACK
"Kissing is one thing…so what, he's a good kisser I'll give him that…but it doesn't mean I have feelings for him. Once a jerk always a jerk." Carly says trying to convince herself "Just because he's a good kisser doesn't mean anything…besides kissing doesn't make up a relationship…not that I want one anyway"
FLASHBACK
"Come on come on come on, just one little taste…"
Carly shakes her head trying to hide a smile…she slightly opens her mouth and Sonny places the spoon to her mouth. She couldn't believe it…
"What'dItellya"
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"I still can't believe you actually made this."
Sonny laughs a little, "How many times do I have to say it before you believe it?"
"Okay then, tell me something…"
"What's that?"
"If you did in fact cook this delicious meal, which I am still not convinced yet that you did…" Sonny shakes his head as he flashes his dimples at her, Carly continues on "How did you learn? Somehow I can't picture you in Culinary School" she laughs
"I learned to cook from my mom." Sonny says quietly as he remembers back to how beautiful his mother was "She was a excellent cook" he smiles "The best…I also learned a couple of tricks from her best friend Mrs. Cerullo, she's Italian…my mom was a Cuban immigrant. She was so beautiful, my mother."
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"Are you serious?"
"I don't say things I don't mean Caroline…you'll learn that about me once you give me a chance. Yes I'm serious about showing you a place for your boutique…" Sonny leans in close and places his hand to her cheek…in a low raspy tone he continues, "I'm also serious about wanting to get to know you better…that is if you let me."
END FLASHBACK
"Those were the first sincere things he's ever said to me…who'd of thought that he could be open and honest instead of nasty and cruel." Carly exhales a long breath "But it doesn't matter…these feelings, or whatever the hell they are…I won't let them go any further. Sonny finally knows who I am…he's out of my life…and that's exactly where he's gonna stay."
Harbor View Towers Penthouse 4 Placing his hands on the waist high wall, Sonny exhales a long breath as he closes his eyes and lifts his head up to the sky.
The terrace doors open wide as Sonny steps out on to the balcony…he needed some fresh air.
"How the hell did I make such a mess of everything." Sonny says to himself "This can't be happening…it's gotta be some kind of nightmare."
Opening his eyes, Sonny looks down over the lights of the city…he hangs his head low, then looks up again as he says…
"Who the hell am I kidding, it's real. Story of my life." Sonny balls up a fist…he raises it up and pounds it down on the concrete wall not even noticing the pain of the blow. "Damn It" he growls through gritted teeth "I should of known…should of known."
Sonny stares out in to the darkened sky…suddenly he hears the beautiful light sound of laughter. A little startled, Sonny begins to look around wondering where it's coming from. He soon realizes that it's the sweet sound of Caroline's laughter and within moments he finds himself drifting back to moments past thinking about her
FLASHBACK
Sonny quickly shoots Luke a glare, then turns facing a giggling Carly…
"Don't pay him any attention, no one else does" Sonny dimples, then says in a smooth tone… "I'm Sonny Corinthos"
Sonny extends his hand to Carly, she places her hand in his expecting to shake it but instead found Sonny raising her hand to his lips for a soft kiss. There was a spark that passed between the two…
"Charmed" Sonny dimples from ear to ear
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Corinthos."
"Please call me Sonny." Sonny's dimples deepen as he keeps his eyes trained on her.
"Okay…Sonny…then you can call me Caroline."
END FLASHBACK Needing a drink, he starts on his way over to the mini bar but stop when he sees the vanilla envelope with the background check on Angelo sitting on the ottoman. Sonny picks up the file, quickly flipping through the pages until he gets to the photo of Caroline. After staring at it for a good long time, he flips over the photo to the newspaper clipping that was
Carly's voice echoes over and over again in his head "then you can call me Caroline…" Abruptly, Sonny pushes himself back from the wall as he storms back inside the penthouse…
Quietly skimming through the article, Sonny suddenly stops in place…he then reads aloud "Caroline (Carly) Lee" he pauses, now realizing where he'd heard the name before, when he was reading the article just before Tia showed up. Closing his eyes once more, he says to himself… "That's why the name sounded so familiar"
Turning the photo back over, Sonny silently gazes at her picture…she was so beautiful. He was in love with this woman…the girl he teased relentlessly as a boy was now the woman he is in love with as a man. Standing still in that spot, still looking down at her picture, Sonny thinks back to that time in high school…he remembers his cruel, unfeeling, nasty words to Carly. He hates himself for saying those words now…but hating himself wasn't going to fix things between him and Caroline at this point in time. As Sonny continues to think back to that time, he doesn't even know why he treated Carly so badly…back then his life wasn't all that good and cheery. Mike was gone, never to return again since he'd rather be at a racing track than be with his family. When Sonny started his teenage years he and Deke would get in to brutal fights in which Sonny would try to protect his mother from the abusive hand of the supposed "Good" cop the public thought he was. No one knew the real Monster that Deke was because of the simple fact that Adella never reported the abuse…and when Deke and Sonny would get in their fights he would make sure not to hit Sonny in the face or anywhere where it could show so that the school officials wouldn't think there was trouble at home. Back then, Sonny had a lot of pent up anger inside and he soon found himself falling in to the wrong crowd…one night while him and a buddy (Tony) were out, they decided to hotwire a car to go on a joyride. What they didn't know was that the car belonged to the local "Boss" Joe Scully. When Joe found the two punks that took his car, he decided to scare the shit out of them to make sure they didn't dare think to try it again. Tony was duly scared and intimidated…but Sonny kept his cool, not letting his fear show…with the years of practice with Deke it wasn't really a hard task. Joe lets Tony go and he runs never looking back once for Sonny. Joe started to take a liking to Sonny…he liked how he handled himself, so he offered Sonny a job…this was where Sonny's mob ties began. As all of these thoughts went through Sonny's head, he takes them as excuses for his behavior towards Carly…and for a minute it works for him, but he soon realizes that it wasn't true and that he didn't have any excuse for his behavior towards Carly and that he deserved her hatred towards him now. Sonny's eyes turn in to dark pools…black glass…he was drunk in anger, even though he hadn't yet fixed himself the drink he wanted so badly. And in one swift movement, Sonny flings the file up in the air letting the papers fly and land wherever they fell. Looking over to the mini bar, Sonny licks his dry lips as he thinks to himself now would be a good time to have that drink. Just as he is about to pick up the decanter of Scotch, he looks to the ground and sees the picture of Carly laying there on the floor. Putting down the Scotch, Sonny bends over and picks up the picture…he gives the mini bar one last look then turns away and walks up the stairs holding the picture of Carly in his hand. So instead, Jason rides around on his bike for a while…riding on his bike always helped him clear his mind. After a while of riding around, Jason finds himself pulling up in front of The Cosmopolitan. He needed to see Jasmine…he needed some answers and she was the only one that he would be able to get a straight answer from. After staring at the door a little while longer, Jason finally knocks a few times then awaits an answer… Angelo is just coming out of the guest room after changing for the night only wearing a pair of pajama bottoms…no shirt. He was on his way to the kitchen to make himself a little snack when he hears a knock on the door. He wonders who it could be as he goes over to answer the door…
Adella, his mother was remarried to Deke the abusive Pig of a cop who would lock up Sonny in the hall closet when he was 8 so that Sonny could hear his mother's screams as he beat her then come back to beat on him when he was done with her.
The Cosmopolitan
Jason stands staring at the door of Carly and Jasmine`s penthouse…when he left Luke's, he was going to go back to the his own penthouse and maybe check up on Sonny but as he rode on his bike he decided against that. He knew Sonny wasn't gonna be in to good of a mood and maybe he should just let Sonny have some time for himself…he'd go see him tomorrow.
"You" Both Jason and Angelo say at the same time
"What are you doing here?" Jason asks as he walks past Angelo, not waiting for Angelo to invite him inside "Haven't you caused enough damage tonight?"
"Me?" Angelo smirks as he shakes his head "Figures you'd blame everything on me. Those spikes really must be digging down in to that head of yours." he pauses "And just so you know…I'm staying here in the guest room…Jasmine is my sister, or did you forget?"
"So you say…how do I know that's true? Maybe Jasmine was just going along with Caroline's plan to get back at Sonny. You three come up with the cover of you being Jasmine's brother and Caroline's ex just to get a rise out of Sonny when you really have a thing for my woman. Jasmine."
Angelo scrunches up his face, "Hey that's my SISTER you're talkin about man!"
"You got part of it right…" says a voice
Jason and Angelo turn to see Jasmine standing at the top of the stairs…she is now wearing a light purple tank top with matching pajama bottoms. With one hand on the railing and the other on her hip she stares at them both as she says...
"Angelo is my brother…" Jasmine says as she descends the stairs "And yes I did go along with Carly's plan to use Angelo as a way to make Sonny jealous."
Jasmine stands between both Jason and Angelo
"Did you hear what your Jason insinuated earlier? He thinks I have a thing for you, my sister of all people!" Angelo gives Jason a disgusted look, then looks back over at Jasmine "You want me to kick him out cause you know I don't have a problem with that." Angelo says as he points his thumb over his shoulder towards the door.
"No what I want is for you to butt Out…" Jasmine stares pointedly at her brother "And leave us alone."
"But…" Angelo tries to protest Jasmine interrupts him Angelo silently nods and then gives Jason one last glare before he disappears in to his room. When Jasmine hears Angelo's door close, she looks back at Jason
"Why should I be mad?"
Jasmine shakes her head…she decides to call his little bluff "Okay so you're not mad" she smiles "How about I go make us a snack and we can watch some TV"
She starts her way towards the kitchen but is stopped in place when Jason takes her hand and turns her back around to face him
"Okay…" Jason smirks having figured out she was calling his bluff "But I'm really not angry…maybe just a little confused. Why didn`t you tell me?"
"So you could go back and tell Sonny? Jason you cannot stand there and tell me that you wouldn't of felt obligated to tell Sonny what Carly had planned." At Jason's silence she continues "Carly is my best friend…we were roommates in college and became instant friends. We told each other everything and when she told me about Sonny…well let's just say that he was not a good topic."
"No, really?" Jason replies sarcastically Jasmine roll her eyes and gives his shoulder a swat
Sonny back…I supported her, I believed and still do believe that he had it coming." she tells him straight out "Then when we started seeing each other more and more…I felt guilty keeping it from you, but I couldn't tell you. If that makes you mad and you can't understand why I didn't tell you then maybe it's best we end whatever it is that's going on between us."
As Jason stares at Jasmine he couldn't believe that she would actually think that he wouldn't want to be with her "Who said anything about us ending…not me that's for sure." Jasmine tries to speak but Jason stops her "I asked why you didn't tell me and you answered me honestly…I may not like the fact that there was a secret kept between us, but that doesn't mean that I don't want to want to be with you." he pauses "I understand why you didn't tell me…you were being loyal to your friend and I can understand that."
Jasmine smiles as she places a hand to Jason's cheek giving it a light rub…Jason pulls her to him making her straddle his lap. Their tongues intertwine as one as soft moans escape here and there…Jasmine now has her hands framing his face as she tries to gain control…she lightly nibbles on his lower lip and gives it a long suck. Jason's hands are wrapped around to her back rubbing up and down and pushing her further to him as Jasmine grinds down on the obvious arousal in his jeans. He grunts as she keep grinding down on him which causes Jasmine to smile against his mouth. Jason decides to give her a little payback for what she was doing to him…he lightly runs his hands down her back and to her ass where he slips his hands down the back of pajama shorts and gives her bare ass a squeeze. Jasmine moans in to his mouth then pulls back from his kiss and looks down at him only to see him grinning up at her. She shakes her head with as a slight smile creeps at the corners of her mouth…she leans back down to Jason's lips where she whispers
Jasmine giggles at his hastiness as Jason places a hand to her hip and the other to the back of her head pulling her down to his lips for a blazing hot thorough kiss.
"Why don't we take this upstairs to my room"
She flicks her tongue over his lips enticing him further…Without a word, Jason stands up taking Jasmine with him…she wraps her legs around him as he carries her upstairs. By Deonna a.k.a. DCORINTHOS
****End of Chapter 10****