"Marry me Alexis"
It was the three words that could make her heart start beating wildly in her chest…if her left arm started to go numb, she would swear she was having a heart attack.
He watched the gamut of emotions run through her face, fear, anger, sadness…and then he saw a flicker of one that gave him hope…the one her toffee eyes revealed to him…happiness.
"Why would you ask me a crazy question like that? Have you taken your lithium this morning…marry him, he asks me to marry him, like he didn't hate me two months ago" she said rambling and pacing at the same time.
"I didn't" he said interrupting her.
"What?" she asked throwing her hands up in the air.
"I never hated you"
The words stopped her in her tracks and she stared at him while he continued.
"Not once did I hate you Alexis…I could never hate you…now you may have hated me"
"I didn't" she admitted softly.
Their eyes met across the room and Alexis felt naked before him. She hated the power he had over her, one look, one dimple…and all of the sudden she was no longer Harvard educated, Natasha Cassadine…she was simply Alexis Davis the woman.
Her eyes had always been a beacon of truth to him…maybe that's why he found himself staring at his shoes when she was around…hiding from her…but not today, not ever again.
"So marry me Alexis…for our girls"
Our girls…it should have been funny to hear him refer to both of them like that…but after the time in Idaho…it was right, their girls.
She stood there pulling her bottom lip between her teeth, her arms crossed trying to make pros and cons lists in her head.
Pro…it would protect the girls…Con…he was a mobster….Pro…the girls adore him…Con…so did she…Pro…those dimples…Con…those damn dimples.
In the middle of her mental trial Sonny came over and uncrossed her arms softly taking her hands into his, "Stop thinking so much" he implored.
"I am a lawyer, this is what I do" she exclaimed his hands still holding tightly to hers.
The dimples carved into his face like craters, "I know Counselor…but this time…don't think…just do what feels right"
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"Detective Spencer…we miss you down at the station" Harper said as he approached the table at Kelly's.
Lucky smiled, "I miss you guys too"
"I heard you got a big time photography gig, good for you man" he said patting him on the back and then looking across the table at his date.
"Thanks, Harper, this is my g-" he stopped not knowing exactly how to introduce Lainey…they had never discussed labels and he didn't want to freak her out by using one.
"His girlfriend Lainey" she said extending her hand.
"Nice to meet you Lainey" he said nodding, "And Spencer it was good to see you man, I gotta run back to the precinct, but hey don't be a stranger, come and have lunch with the guys sometime"
"I think I'd like that" Lucky said smiling.
"Lainey again, it was a pleasure meeting you"
"Likewise" she said before he walked out of the door.
Lucky grinned sheepishly at her, "So"
"So what?" she responded flirtatiously.
It had been so long since he felt like this…the way his heart sped up at the glimpse of her smile…the butterflies in his stomach every time they touched. Lainey had come at breathed new life into a dying man's body.
"My girlfriend…I like the sound of that"
"I do too"
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"See you later McCall" he said before leaning in to capture her lips.
Then he left…left her there breathless at her apartment door.
As soon as she walked in her phone was ringing.
"Hello"
"I miss you"
An instant smile came to her face, "You just left" she said teasingly.
"I know, what kind of spell you got me in McCall?
She wondered if this was the moment she had waited for all her life…to be with a man that didn't make her worry that he wasn't coming home…a moment where she wasn't waiting for
the other shoe to drop…being with someone who didn't want to save her…or her to be their trophy wife. For the first time in her life, she felt like happiness was in sight.
"Listen, I will talk to you later mi mujer magnifica" he finished before clicking.
Jumping on the couch she wondered if it was illegal to be this happy.
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"Alright Cameron…Thomas or Diego?" Jason asked holding up the two sets of pajamas.
Cameron stared at both a long time, "Diego" he said with an air of finality.
Jason just smiled as he pulled the shirt over Cameron's head.
Liz stood in the doorway watching, "Ready to watch the movie before you go to bed Cam?"
"YES!" he said grabbing it and running downstairs.
Jason stood there smiling as she walked over wrapping her arms around his neck, "You are going to be an amazing father"
His lips came down to touch hers, "I still can't wrap my head around it sometimes…that you are having my child" he said awestruck.
"Me either…after everything I never thought I would find my way back here…but I'm glad I did"
He pulled her tighter to him inhaling the sweet scent of her hair.
"MOMMMMMMMMMMMMY, JASOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON" came from downstairs.
Slowly she pulled away from him, "I think our presence is requested"
Taking her hand he let her lead him down the stairs.
Half an hour into the movie Jason felt his phone vibrating, "Yeah Sonny"
"Um…okay, yeah…we will be right there"
Liz turned to him, "We?"
"Sonny and Alexis are getting married"
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She sat in the room wondering what the hell she was doing marrying Sonny Corinthos. A part of her kept telling herself that she was doing it to protect the girls…to keep Molly safe from Ric…but if she looked into the deeper part of it…she was doing it because she was in love with him. It was crazy and reckless…he seemed to bring that out of her.
Elizabeth and Sam made it to Wyndamere at the same time.
"This is crazy, right?" Sam asked as they walked up the stairs.
"Yeah…but isn't love always?"
Sam could think of two twinkling brown eyes, "I guess it is" she said smiling.
They knocked on the door and Alexis ushered them in, "I have no hair, how am I supposed to get married without hair?"
Sam held up the package, "If I get charged with petty theft you have to represent me" she told her.
Alexis unwrapped the beautiful chestnut colored wig, "Sam" she said tears in her eyes.
"It was nothing, really" she said as Alexis hugged her.
Elizabeth took out her makeup bag, "Alright, so what are you wearing"
She pointed to the cream colored suit and Sam and Liz shook their heads, "No"
"What?"
Handing the makeup bag to Sam, "You work on her face…I'm going to go find her something appropriate to get married in"
Sonny stood outside where the workers setup.
"So you talked her into it?" Jason asked.
Smiling her turned to the person he considered his best friend, "Ric is threatening to take Molly, we figured this gives her a better chance of keeping custody"
Jason simply nodded and Sonny finished, "And I love her" he told him.
"I know"
Turning to him, "Yeah?" he asked.
A small smile came to his lips, "Idaho"
Nodding Sonny clapped his back, "Let's go get me married"
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"I found one" Elizabeth said bringing in the ivory strapless dress in.
Alexis turned, "No"
"What?" both asked.
Sam got up, "You're done, now I am going to make sure the girls are ready while Elizabeth talks you into wearing that beautiful dress" she said getting up and walking out.
"This dress is gorgeous…perfect even" Liz said sitting down.
Sighing Alexis got up, "Perfect for a perfect wedding…this isn't…Sonny and I are just getting married to protect Molly" she said.
Elizabeth grabbed her hands and sat her down next to her on the bed, "You really believe that?" she asked.
The confliction was written in her eyes, "Sonny loves Carly…always has, always will"
Cobalt blue eyes met toffee brown, "You can't really believe that in your heart" she asked.
"It's true"
"Or not"
Alexis bit back tears…hearing words that touched a place of her heart she didn't know if she was ready to open.
"He loves you…I saw it in Idaho as plain as day…I mean he shaved his head for you" she said teasing and yet serious.
"I love him too…but I'm scared"
"Loving a man like Sonny is scary…but is loving him a scarier thought then being without him?" she asked.
"How'd you get so wise?" Alexis asked smiling.
"Good genes"
Five minutes later Alexis had the dressed pulled on.
"How do I look?" she asked as Liz turned around.
Liz looked at her mother and tears came to her eyes, "God you are gorgeous woman" she said embracing her.
A knock came to the door, "Who is it?"
"Nikolas"
"Come in"
The young man peaked his head, "Wow, you look amazing" he said emotion filling his tone.
"Thank you" she said the deep crimson blush starting on her chest and spreading up to her cheeks.
Sam walked in next, "You look hot…now let's go get you married"
Sonny stood under the garden arch Jason at his side. Candles lit up the whole backyard and he wondered how exactly his life came to this…marrying a woman who shouldn't have looked twice at him…he swore to God at that moment that he would do everything in his power to make her happy.
The kids came down first, Cameron as ring bearer, his two cherubic little girls throwing flowers…Sam, then Elizabeth….and then the music started…and she walked out on Nikolas'
arm…and he swore to the heavens that every moment in his life had led to this…to her becoming his wife.