"You're doing what?" Jax yelled turning around to face the small brunette.
She suddenly felt foolish, but when she saw Jason's eyes twinkling at her she was no longer worried.
"Jason and I are getting married…and Alexis, Sonny and Miss Kristina are here to celebrate our engagement with us" she said smiling at Kristina which seemed to calm the little girl down.
"I can't believe you would do this to me" he said in his hurt little boy voice to which Jason crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.
Brenda was much nicer, "Jax, this is not about you, and I hope one day you will realize that" she said turning away and back towards their table.
Alexis caught eyes with Jax and for a moment hurt for him…she reached for him and he pushed her away and stomped off. She pinched the bridge of her nose to try and make the tears go away. Sonny handed Kristina to Jason who took Brenda's hand and finished their trek to the table. Sonny put his arm on hers and turned her head towards him.
"It's okay Sonny, I'm fine" she said trying to shrug it off like usual.
"Please don't do that…don't shut me out" he asked matching brown eye for brown eye.
To that she nodded and let him lead her with his hand on the small of her back to the table in the corner.
After some time of quietness Kristina broke the ice.
"Mama, I want spaghetti" she said not fully annunciating and with a furrowed brow which caused a hearty chuckle from the adults. Alexis couldn't help but smile at the engaged couple who were as enamored with their little girl as she and Sonny were. It was odd that Sonny had only known his daughter for a month, but in that month it was like they hadn't missed a day. But in her heart she knew they had, and that was what required a special trip tomorrow before Wyndamere.
In the middle of their entrée a group of Quartermaine's walk in to the dining room. Alexis let out an inward groan as she saw Monica break off and head towards their table.
"Brenda!" she exclaimed when Brenda jumped up to hug her. Then Alexis saw something that surprised her more and Jason stood up to hug her too.
"Mom" he said nodding.
"So?" she asked smiling brightly as Jason held up Brenda's hand which carried the huge stone.
"Oh congratulations!" she said hugging them both again. At the point of the commotion Kristina started clapping and Edward started to walk over with Lila.
Monica heard a little laugh and turned to see the little girl sitting in between Alexis Davis and Sonny Corinthos. It was at that moment she realized that Ned had never lost his daughter…because he never had one to begin with. Her trance was cut short by a little voice.
"Hi!" the little girl smiled brightly two perfect dimples adorning her cheeks.
"Hello, I am Monica, Jason's mom" she said smiling at the gorgeous little girl.
"My name is Kristina Corin Davis" the little girl said matter of factly.
"Nice to meet you Miss Davis" she told her back properly yet smiling brightly.
To that the curly haired little girl let out a boisterous laugh, "Mommy, she called me Miss Davis" she said in a fit of laughter.
While she laughed Monica turned to Alexis, "Alexis, nice to see you back in town" she said curtly.
"Nice to be back Monica" she said nodding.
At that moment Edward and Lila interrupted, "well look what the cat dragged in" Edward said sauntering in.
"Oh Edward, Alexis it is nice to see you again" Lila said offering a warm hand.
"Always a pleasure to see you Lila" she said giving the woman a peck on the cheek.
"Does Ned know you are back in town" Edward interrupted.
"Not-" she started to say but was cut off by Edward again.
"Has he not seen his child?" he asked mockingly offended.
Kristina was getting quite restless with everyone so tense again.
"Daddy, daddy, can I have my sippy cup" she said over the adults. And everyone stared as Sonny reached over to grab the pink cup and hand it to her.
"Thank you daddy" she said smiling and pulling the cup to her mouth.
Edward was the only one in shock as he turned around and glared at Alexis, "you, you-" he started to say until Lila placed a hand on his, "dear, can you go see about our table, I am sure Monica can wheel me back" she said looking up at him, and she was the only one who he could never refuse.
As he walked away Lila turned to the little girl, "hello sweetheart" she said giving her trademark smile.
"Hi" Kristina said calmly as Lila seemed to have that aura about her.
She then turned to Alexis and Sonny, "Alexis nice seeing you again; you must bring the little one to visit me" then turned to Jason and Brenda offering a hand to both, "you two come and see me for tea and you can tell me all about this wonderful engagement" she said to which each of them hugged and kissed her.
Before she left she turned back, "Sonny, your daughter is beautiful" she said a twinkle in her eye.
"Thanks Lila, I know" he said grinning his dimples at the older woman before she left.
Dinner ended rather nicely and as they walked out Kristina's head was laying on her daddy's shoulder.
"What do you have planned tomorrow?" Brenda asked before they parted.
"I have some stuff to take care of in the morning and then missy and I are going to go see Nikolas" she said smiling.
"Does that stuff in the morning require Kristina, if not she can come visit with Jason and me before she goes" Brenda said smiling and kissing the little girl.
"Yeah, please mommy" she asked pouting her little lip.
Alexis sighed and looked at Sonny who simply grinned his dimples, "of course little one" she said smiling more at Sonny than her child.
When they arrived back at the Penthouse Max greeted them and opened up the door to PH2. Sonny walked in with his daughter and carried her up to her room. The room he had furnished the morning he found out about her was decorated in lavenders, and a "Princess" bed was placed in the corner of the room surrounded by toys, stuffed animals, and a huge dollhouse he had made especially for her. A month ago he didn't know if he would get to see her outside the Cassadine compound in Milan, but there she was lying in her bed in his house…it was as if finally he had gotten back his soul…almost.
When he came back down Alexis was walking out of the kitchen with a steaming bag of popcorn.
"Just like old times" he said smiling at her.
A blush came across her face, "well I figured I would wait until you made the coffee" she said looking down.
He couldn't explain the way he walked over to her and placed his hands on her forearms, "thank you" he whispered looking into your eyes.
She bit her lip feeling an obvious shift with how close he was, "this is the way it is meant to be" she said.
The only sound was two heartbeats as Sonny inched closer to her face. He swore he heard her sigh as his head began to tilt; they were breathing in each other's air when the door swung open.
"Boss" Johnny said as the two broke apart.
"Mr. Quartermaine is here to see you" he said sheepishly seeing the two standing there.
Sonny put on his business face as Alexis furrowed her brow and fiddled with her jacket.
"I know it's late, but I am worried about Michael" AJ Quartermaine said entering the living room.
Alexis was confused for a moment but Jason's words came back to her.
"Why what's up?" Sonny asked the man.
"It's just-oh I'm sorry I didn't know you had company, I can come back another…Alexis?" he questioned.
"Hello AJ" she said nodding at him.
"I didn't know you were back in town, does Ned" he said before she cut him off.
"You know what I am tired and I am going to retire upstairs, Sonny, I will see you in the morning?" she asked smiling.
Sonny could have kicked himself watching her walk away but he simply nodded as Alexis said goodbye to AJ.
AJ felt the obvious tension in the air, but didn't want to tread in dangerous waters with Sonny. They had finally come to a good place and he didn't want to rock the boat.
"Did you know Carly is planning on taking him to Venezuela with Alcazar? Has he had his shots, and is he even going to be protected over there? I mean I have heard stories of kidnappings in South America and…" AJ started on and Sonny couldn't help but smile. He was wary of giving AJ a chance at first. But Courtney had come to him even after her marriage was over and begged Sonny to. She had helped to change AJ, and for that Sonny allowed him to be a part of Michael's life. It started tentative at first, but Michael and AJ had grown close; Michael even giving him the "Uncle AJ" title.
"Yeah, she is taking Michael down there for a week on my jet; and then sending him back while she and Alcazar spend another two weeks there. He has had all his shots, and Alcazar will have adequate protection, but also Mikey is taking Max down there with him" he told the man.
AJ seemed to sigh, "I'm sorry, it sounds like you got everything handled, and I mean I tried to ask Carly but…"
"But she just stonewalled" Sonny asked causing a small laugh between the two.
AJ said his goodbyes and left. Sonny poured himself a glass full of water and went to the window. His life had changed so much in the past three years since she had been gone. He had tried to become a better man, a man that only she had believed was there…now she was back, and he would do everything in his power to prove his worth.
She lay in bed thinking over and over about how close Sonny and her were before AJ had come…she tried to push it to the back of her head…but every time he got closer to her all rational thought escaped her. She kept telling herself it was because he was Kristina's father…but in her heart she knew it was so much more than that…
The next morning Sonny left early to handle some business, and Alexis got Kristina ready for her day with Brenda and Jason. Later they would go to Wyndamere and see Nikolas but first there was some important business to tend to.
After dropping off Kristina she made an all too familiar trek downtown. When she arrived at her destination she stood in front of the Port Charles Judicial building. She sighed and walked inside.
It seemed that fate had dealt her a cruel hand when the first person she walked into was Scotty Baldwin.
"Great, just great" she thought when he sauntered up to her.
"Well look who it is, Alexis Davis"
"Scott, nice to see you, if you would excuse me, I have to" she said but her cut her off.
"What brings you back to Port Charles, is it a certain dimpled mini mobster, cause I heard you have been gallivanting around town with him"
Alexis sighed as she was reminded on how small Port Charles is, "who and where I choose to spend my time is none of your business" she said trying to side step him.
"Oh I see back with the mobster and" he started to say but was cut off.
"TASHA, how did I not know you were in town" Luke Spencer said picking her up off the floor and spinning her around.
When he put her down, "I missed ya Princess, you know how hard it is to find a good lawyer in this town" he said taking her arm and leading her away from a befuddled Scotty.
When they got out of earshot, "you looked like you needed some saving" he whispered to her.
"Thanks Luke" she said walking away.
"I see you're busy but tell the mobster to let you out every once in a while and bring those pretty legs down to the club" he said grinning.
She rolled her eyes and walked towards her destination.
Meanwhile back at the cottage…
"Brenda, Brenda, c'mon we gotta get dressed for our tea party" Kristina cried down the stairs.
"I'm coming" she called back looking at Jason.
"Ten" she said.
He looked at her his blue eyes filled with confusion and she continued, "that's how many I want of her so we better get going soon" she said reaching up to kiss him on the cheek.
He smiled and watched her walk away. He could never recall being so much in love with someone as he was with her. She infuriated him, endeared him, loved him, drove him crazy, she was every thing he never knew he wanted, and he wouldn't trade what they had for the world.
He went upstairs to watch them together. He had never pictured Brenda as the motherly type, but watching Kristina and her; he couldn't wait to see her with his child…
He was downstairs tightening the faucet when Brenda came running.
"Jase, um, I gotta go, they are having a slight emergency at a photo shoot and I have to go diffuse the situation. So can you watch Kristina?" she asked already walking out the door.
He smiled and went to walk upstairs. Kristina was sitting there in a fedora and pearls pouting.
"Hey what's wrong" he asked kneeling down.
"Brenda left and we were supposed to have tea party"
"I know, I'm sorry Brenda had an emergency"
She pouted for a second and then a brilliant idea seemed to come into her head as she grabbed his hand, "C'mon Jase" she said leading him down the stairs.
She took him into the dining area where the pillows and teddy bears were set up and she looked at him, "Jason, you want to have a tea party with me" she asked her big chocolate eyes staring at him.
At that moment she reminded him so much of Brenda that he knew when they had a little girl he would be able to deny her nothing, "okay sweetie" he resigned.
"Okay I will get it ready" she stated excitedly and shooed him out of the room.
He was waiting for her to retrieve him when he heard the door knock. He knew there was going to be trouble when he answered it.
"Hey Jase, I was in the area and I brought you some groceries…you know so you won't starve with little miss perfect or anything" she said starting to stare nosily around the room.
Jason was about to shoo her out when a little voice came running from out of the other room, "C'mon Jase, its time for our tea party" came from the curly haired girl with her hands on her hips.
Jason heard Carly gasp and turn around.
"Krissy, I will be there in a sec, okay?" he asked and she smiled and ran back.
"So you are on her side too?" Carly spat bitterly at him.
"Who Kristina? Yeah I am on her side…an innocent little girl deserves to know her family…deserves to know her daddy…I know that Carly, is a foreign concept to you, but it isn't to me" he said.
"Don't throw that in my face Jason, don't you throw Michael in my face" she yelled.
He shook his head, "this isn't about Michael; I understood about Michael, I loved Michael…it's about Morgan and now Kristina, I won't allow it Carly" he told her looking serious.
"Fine Jason whatever, throw all we have away for Miss Perfect, should I tell Michael you can't see him anymore cause you are too busy with Kristina?" she asked mean.
She saw the emotion cloud across his face and she instantly felt a pang of regret and it became worse when he spoke, "don't you ever say that Carly, you know that is not true…I love Michael like he is my own, and yes I love his sister too….oh yeah his sister, remember that" he said turning to leave and she moved to say something but she turned around instead and walked out.
She walked out of the courthouse with the papers in her hand…she felt happy and relieved…it was something that needed to be done.
Brenda walked back into the house and went looking for Jason and Kristina. When she found them it made her heart smile. Jason Morgan, the man who could look another man in face and evoke fear was lying on the couch with a three year old sleeping sound on his chest. Seeing him like this reminded her everyday how much she loved this man. The man she thought she couldn't stand at first…the man who she loved more than life itself. She knew they didn't make sense, and yet they made all the sense in the world.
A/N: Okay I swear one of these days Alexis is going to see Nikolas again…just not this time. Sorry it took so long to update, wedding season is not fun when you aren't the one getting married. Anyway, hope you liked, and everyone who reads and reviews thank you in bunches you all are awesome!