His eyes turned into little black slits as he scowled at her, "you knew" is all he said.
She put a hand over her face and realized her mistake.
Kristina scowled at the two adults, "hungry daddy" she told him.
Carly gasped when she heard the little girl call him daddy…it wasn't that she didn't know, but seeing it seemed to stab her a little in her gut.
"Johnny" Sonny called and the bodyguard came running in.
"Yeah boss" he asked.
"Can you take Krissy in the kitchen, and get her omelet?" he asked already handing the little girl over.
"Yeah bweakfast Johnny!" Kristina yelled jumping into the smiling mans arms…Him and the other guards had fallen in love with the little girl with her mommy and daddy's dimples.
"No problem boss, c'mon peanut, let's go get some grub" he said walking away from what he knew was going to be an explosive situation.
"How long have you known, CARLY" he said dragging her name.
"I don't know what you are talking about, I just came over here to talk to you about Michael and I see you with some strange girl in your arms calling you daddy and you are asking me questions" she said attempting to make a beeline for the door.
"Oh no you don't" Sonny said stopping in front of her as she put her hand on her hips.
"Sonny, you can't keep me here against my will" she told him.
"I will let you go if you answer my question, how long have you known Carly?" he asked snidely.
"Oh jeez Sonny, why aren't you badgering your precious Alexis with these questions? Isn't she the one who kept your daughter away from you?" she asked flailing her elbows around.
"Just like you Carly, always defer the question away from yourself…were you ever going to tell me about my daughter, or would you have let me live the rest of my life knowing I had a living child out in the world" he asked.
"You already have a child, or did you forget about Michael?"
"Don't you dare throw my son's name in your little act, I love Michael as my own…but the truth we all know is that he is not mine my blood Carly…you know the same way Morgan wasn't?" he said throwing it in her face.
"Whatever Sonny, I am out of here" she said trying to get around him.
"Answer my question Carly" he said getting close to her face.
"Fine, since before she left, okay? Is that another mark on Sonny's chart of betrayal? Huh? Yeah I knew she was pregnant with your kid and I didn't tell you, oh big bad Carly"
The words sunk in, "why?" he asked hurt.
Her eyes turned coal dark, "because I knew you would leave me for her, and I wasn't going to lose" she said before pushing him out of the way and stomping out to the elevator.
The impact of her words hit him deep into his stomach…it was never about love…never about family…it was about winning…and in the end Sonny had lost it all.
She knocked three times on his door and still got no answer. So she pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote him a note.
Jax,
I am in town, would love to see you
Alexis
Short and simple and she walked out of the building and towards a familiar destination. She didn't know why she had come here, but for some reason it just made sense.
"C'mon guys, you want French toast this morning" she heard a familiar voice ask.
She turned to see Elizabeth Webber pushing a stroller with two dark haired little boys in it.
"Elizabeth" she said tentatively.
"Alexis, is that you…it has been forever" the younger woman greeted her excitedly.
"Yeah, I am back in town" she told her admiring her too boys.
"Are these yours?" she asked kneeling down to look into the eyes of the one who seemed slightly older. There seemed to be something so familiar about him.
"Well, this one is Cameron…he is mine, and…and Zander's" Elizabeth said biting her lip and remembering the friend she had lost.
The tears came into Alexis' eyes…she had heard about Zander's death, and mourned for the surrogate son that she had lost too soon.
"He looks just like him"
"I know, those big brown eyes just look at you and it's like he is back here with us"
"I didn't know about you and Zander"
"It was a one time thing…but he gave me the most wonderful gift"
"And this little guy" Alexis asked to the one with the chubby cheeks.
"Well that one is my husband Ric Lansing and um, Carly's little boy Morgan" Elizabeth said hating to acknowledge that something so wonderful could come from Carly.
"You and Ric are married"
"Yep" she said holding up her left hand.
"Congratulations; well I must be going; I have some people to see" she said turning to walk away.
"Nice seeing you, oh and Alexis" she said as the woman turned around, "Zander loved you…like a mother…he always told me how amazing you were" she said before walking back towards Kelly's.
The words seemed to break her heart and heal at the same time. She walked towards the launch looking around Port Charles. It seemed that so much had changed in the short time she was away, but yet at the same time it was all the same…it was home.
When she came to the launch she peered out at Spoon Island. For some reason it didn't have that affect on her as before. It didn't evoke a sense of fear, or pain…but she decided she wanted to see Nikolas with his cousin…and so she decided to go back to the Penthouse.
Carly walked out of PH4 ready to tear someone's head off. Sure she was with Lorenzo, and they were happy, but now with Alexis back it changed everything. She heard the familiar ding of the elevator and when it opened she saw a familiar face. As the elevator closed and went back down she turned to her best friend.
"Hey Jase" she said sounding too sweet.
"What are you doing here Carly?" he asked.
"I came to talk to Sonny about Michael, but I was just leaving" she said
"Besides, what are you doing here, I thought you and Miss Perfect moved into your little love shack" she said with disdain.
"Actually I was here to pick up some stuff with Brenda" he said seeing the woman in question enter the hallway.
Carly rolled her eyes, "don't be a stranger, Michael misses you" she pouted.
"I will come by and see him this week, send him my love" she told him.
Brenda watched the exchange the blood boiling beneath her veins and then the elevator dinged open and a delivery man came out.
"I got a delivery for Miss Alexis Davis"
Carly opened her mouth to correct them when Brenda swooped in.
"Oh yeah, they go in PH2, hey Jase we better finish packing so Alexis and Kristina could get to unpacking in their new home" she said smiling brightly.
Jason saw the mischief in her eyes and couldn't help but smile. This was the woman he had fallen in love with, and forever he would be trapped between his best friend and his soulmate…so he just decided to let things play out.
"HOME!" Carly exclaimed.
"I can't believe she brings back his kid after keeping it from him and he gives her back the Penthouse, and he reams me out for keeping the stupid secret about the runt" she said without thinking.
When she saw Jason's face she knew that she had opened her big mouth and that is when Brenda capitalized.
"You witch, you knew about Kristina all along, and you didn't tell him. You are even more evil than I thought" she spat at her.
"Oh St. Brenda, can you give off your pedestal for one second…like you wouldn't have done the same thing" Carly said rolling her eyes.
"No Carly I wouldn't…because unlike you I loved Sonny enough to want him to be happy, even if that meant being without me. You are toxic to everyone you touch"
"Oh yeah you love Sonny so much you are banging his best friend" she said.
Jason was about to interrupt but that made Brenda explode, "oh that's rich, Miss I slept with the best friend of the man who had stepped in to raise and love my child and I just cause I was a back stabbing, lying, manipulative wench" she told her getting closer to Carly and pointing a finger in her face.
"You don't know anything about Jason and me"
"Oh yeah, I know enough to know that even on his worst day and on your best day you never even deserved to breathe the same air as Jason Morgan"
Jason was standing there listening to this, and he saw the love that radiated from Brenda…but he stepped in between them facing Brenda.
"As much as I love you defending my honor" he teased, "this is over, I love you Brenda, now please go back into PH2 and wait for me" he said before kissing her atop her head.
She looked at him the fire in her eyes, but melted a little bit, "okay" she said turning and shooting another look of death at Carly.
"I don't know how you can stand-" Carly started to say when Jason pushed the button to the elevator and when it opened he pulled her in.
"Just go Carly, I love her, that's not going to change…not now…not ever….so get used to it" he said before stepping out and leaving a stunned Carly gasping for air.
He walked in to the Penthouse and Brenda was pulling a bag out to the door.
"Don't be mad" he said.
She cracked a smile and rolled her eyes, "don't think all you have to do is flash those baby blues at me…okay maybe that is all you have to do…but Jason, I really can't stand her" she told him.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry"
"You have nothing to be sorry about, now shut up and grab this bag before I change my mind and make you move back in with Sonny" she said pushing the bag towards him.
He reached out and pulled her in close, "I love you Bren" he told her.
"You better" she said grinning.
When Alexis approached the building she saw a familiar face, "Mike?" she asked.
The older man turned around slowly stunned to hear her voice again.
"It can't be, Alexis, are you back in town?" he asked smiling.
"I am" she told him.
"That's just great, has Sonny seen you yet" he said knowing inwardly that it would make his son happy.
"Yeah, actually Mike, there is someone I would like you to meet" she said taking him to the elevator.
When they arrived at the top floor he looked at her funny, but followed her way. Johnny smiled at them warmly and let them in. The sight her saw was Sonny sitting at the coffee table coloring with a little girl. It wasn't until the little girl turned around that he noticed.
He uttered the word so low that only Alexis heard, "Adella."
"Mike, I would like you to meet your granddaughter Kristina Corin Davis" she said as the little girl smiled.
"GRANDPA!" she said hurrying over to him and stopping short at his legs and looking up.
He leaned down, "hey Princess" he told her patting her head.
She threw her arms around him and he pulled her in close. Sonny saw the tears in his father's eyes and it was because of one little girl that a crack in his heart healed at that moment.
After the family bonding time Sonny told Alexis that Jason and Brenda wanted to go out to dinner that night to celebrate their engagement. Alexis was going to say no, but she figured that everyone would know the truth soon enough. So she went upstairs to find something to wear. Then she left a message on Nikolas' phone telling him that she was in town and wanted to have breakfast the next morning.
She realized she had no clothes for Kristina and went downstairs.
"Sonny, um, I don't think anything your daughter packed for Puerto Rico is going to be appropriate for a dinner" she told him.
"Go over to PH2 and look in the closet" he told her grinning the dimples.
She rolled her eyes and walked in. There was new furniture, decorations, and when she walked upstairs to Kristina's room the closet was full of toys and clothes. She picked out an outfit, and smiled walking back to PH4.
"You are going to spoil her, you know?" she asked.
"That's the plan" he said walking back upstairs.
She didn't argue, Sonny had earned the right to spoil his daughter.
They walked into the PC Grill at 7:00 and were quickly met by the engaged couple.
"Oh, I am so glad you came, oh and Miss Kristina don't you look gorgeous"
"Thank you" she said smiling.
Heads turned to see that Alexis was back in town. No one made a move to approach though. That was until a certain Aussie saw a certain favorite ex wife chatting up the self proclaimed love of his life.
"ALEXIS" he said drawing out her name.
"Jax, oh my it's nice to see you" she said happy and hugging her friend.
"Where have you been?" he asked practically picking her up off the ground.
Sonny seethed at the show, but just held Kristina tighter in his grasp.
"Does Ned know you both are back?" he asked.
"Uh no, is this her, is this Ned's" he asked looking at the girl in Sonny's arms.
It was uncanny when you saw the two side by side. That man couldn't deny that child if he wanted to.
Jax gasped seeing them, and turned to Alexis, "what is going on" he asked.
She could see Kristina's brow furrow, "not right now Jax, we will talk later"
"No we will talk now" he said raising his voice.
Alexis rolled her eyes and Sonny knew that he shouldn't get involved.
"Fine Jax, talk now, what do you want to know…lemme see…yes Kristina is Sonny's, yes Sonny knows, and I am staying at PH2 for now" she told him snapping.
"What is wrong with you, are you two, are you two" he sputtered.
"No we aren't, but even if we were you have no say" she stared to say but he cut her off.
"What the hell is wrong with you, first telling Ned it is his baby, and then"
"Oh no, Ned knew Kristina wasn't his…see there was no possible way for her to be Ned's…in simple terms we didn't sleep together" she told him.
"So what this is happy family reunion, I don't know what is wrong with you" he said starting to go off and grabbing her by one arm
Sonny was about to step in but Jason spoke up, "hey, let go of her"
"Oh Jason go ruin someone else's life" he told him still trying to talk to Alexis.
Jax got louder, and Alexis matched, Kristina started to cry and Sonny and Jason looked like they were going to kill Jax; so Brenda did damage control.
"Yeah, well Jason and I are getting married" she yelled loud enough to garner attention and make Jax stop mid sentence.
"You're what?" he asked.
A/N: Well I hope you liked…I promise to try and update ASAP! Thank you all for your wonderful reviews, you all ROCK!