A/N...Thanks monetfun for reminding me this needed to be finished, lol. Thanks everyone for reading and please leave a comment and tell me if you liked the ending!

I don't think a man should be as lucky as I am. I have loved...great loves. I have also had immeasurable loss but it seems that everything works out in the end. I am with a woman that I love more than I have loved anyone...and I have a little girl that honors me every day by calling me daddy. I also have my best friend, the person who helped to heal my heart and led me back to where I belong...married, two step kids that I love as my own, an adopted daughter, and happier than I have ever been...sometimes it does work out in the end..

Five years ago I would have sworn that I would be married to the father of my children till the death. That I would fight all the other women for him. Somewhere in there the fight won me. I thought I would shrivel up and die without him...and then I learned that loving myself was more important than any man loving me. It's funny; I was taught what love was by a blond haired, blue eyed man once...that was before I had my heart broken by a man who was never meant to be mine...we came together wrong, and it's no surprise it ended up the way it did. I wouldn't trade it; two of my greatest joys came from him...but it was another blond haired, blue eyed man that again what love was. Taught me that love doesn't have conditions, that it is kind and patient...and that I think is the most important lesson of all.

Just when you think you have finally given up on love...it comes back to bite you in the ass. Sometimes in a good way. I am in love with the father of my daughter...and I always have been...even when I conceived a child with his brother, or found a new kind of love with my best friend. He has always, and I suppose will always hold my heart. He is the one who sees through the facade I give the world...the tough, fierce, brave, strong woman everyone sees...instead he sees the little girl scared because she is locked in closet. I don't tend to believe in soulmates or true love...but if I did; he is mine...and he always will be.

I had almost forgot what true happiness was. The kind where you don't worry about the other foot falling; you stop thinking about how you will destroy the person you love. True happiness is waking up next to your best friend...the person who knows you better than anyone else. Real love is when she knows that the act you put on...the cool charisma, the badass is all trivial. It's when she sees the scared little boy locked in the closet and understands the man scared to trust. She is the mother of my first born child, my best friend, and the woman I will spend the rest of my life with.

November 2008

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" Molly said outside Carly and Jax's bedroom door.

Carly pushed him sleepily, "your daughter is calling you"

He looked at the clock which glowed 5:30.

"Come in Princess"

She stood there with her bear clutched under her arm, "I had a bad dream"

Carly looked up, "come lay with us sweetie, okay? Daddy will protect us from bad dreams" she said looking from the girl to her husband.

Molly crawled in the middle of them and Jax looked at his wife and his daughter...and he truly wondered if life got better than this.

"Nikolas Cassadine, I swear you are going to spoil your cousins rotten"

The young Prince smiled, "well, Miss Kristina insisted on a Princess party at the castle; who was I to refuse?"

"Plus, I am ready to pop, so it's easier to throw a party at home" came from Sam waddling towards them.

Alexis smiled, "how is my favorite oldest daughter and grandchild?"

"Tired, hungry, the usual"

"Where's Lucky"

She looked sheepish and Nikolas spoke, "I believe my brother is out searching for a tub of rocky road ice cream and a how do you say...pepperoni stick"

Alexis laughed and Sam shrugged, "I'm hungry"

"So where are the girls?"

"Kristina is with Sonny; they are having Father/Daughter breakfast...and Molly is with Jax"

Nik nodded, "ahh yes Molly's daddy dropped off her present yesterday" he said arching his eyebrow.

"What is it?"

He smirked, "Ah, well a week ago Mr. Jacks called and asked me if I had any room in the stables for a pony"

"He didn't!"

"Yes Buttercup arrived yesterday and is awaiting her grand arrival during the presents"

Alexis shook her head, "well Kristina has a horse; so I guess it's only appropriate Molly has one too...I swear I am raising the Hilton sisters; God help me"

Sonny walked into the ballroom of Wyndamere, and his eyes immediately found her conversing with Elizabeth. Once their eyes locked; it was like no one else was in the room, and he moved to close the distance between them.

"Counselor"

She rolled her eyes at the nickname and he continued, "you look beautiful tonight"

His words made her feel like a teenager with a crush. She wondered how they got to this point...it hadn't been an easy road, but every bump had been worth it.

"Flattery will get you everywhere" she said with a smirk.

That got dimples, "Oh I hope so"

Carly watched as Jax made his way down the path to Wyndamere...Molly sat on his shoulders, Morgan hung from an arm as Michael manned the Camcorder Jax had given him for his birthday.

When they got to the entrance he put the kids down as they ran inside. He turned to her his blue eyes twinkling at her.

"Whatcha waiting for?" she asked flirtatiously.

He smiled, "my beautiful wife"

"Well she must be one lucky woman"

"Nah, I'm the lucky one" he said leaning down to kiss her nose.

She joined hands with him as they entered the ballroom.

The last song of the night played and Sonny had his arms wrapped around Alexis. He breathed in the scent of her hair, the way his hands felt on her skin.

He knew he didn't deserve it...to have a woman like her love a man like him. So everyday he made sure she knew that he loved her...loved her enough to chose her, for her and their family to come first...he would do this until the day he died; because she deserved it.

Alexis closed her eyes as the song dwindled down...and she thought back to her childhood in Greece...Helena locking her in closets. She used to make up fairy tales; that a Prince would come and rescue her...little did she know her Prince was in a closet in Bensonhurst waiting for her to save him. Somehow they found each other...at the wrong time maybe, but they had saved each other, saved each other from a lifetime of almosts...almost perfect...almost unconditional...almost forever...instead it was perfect, unconditional and forever.

As the party wound down the two couples rounded up their mutual children...Jax carried Molly down to the launch, Sonny held Morgan as Kristina rode on Michael's back. When they finally came to shore the two limos waited for them. Sonny took Morgan and laid him inside next to Michael.

He smiled at Carly, "see you later"

"Friday night, I will drop them off"

"Sounds good"

Jax laid Molly on the seat, kissed Kristina on the forehead and then looked at Alexis, "goodbye my favorite ex wife" he teased before kissing her forehead.

The men passed each other with nods.

"Jacks"

"Corinthos"

And as they climbed into their limos; it finally felt right...like coming home...and somewhere the stars had finally aligned.