A/N: Sorry it's been so long. Things have been a little bit crazy.

Chapter 25

Alexis leaned over and kissed Sonny's forehead, flashed him some dimples then sank into his chest. "I'm proud of you."

"Proud?"

"I know that wasn't easy."

"Yeah, well, you know, it's true…I think he needs to know where he comes from."

"I still can't wrap my head around it…Monica and Alan are his grandparents…I'm not sure Monica's ready to be someone's grandmother."

Sonny snorted out a laugh. "AJ was right you know, I always thought Michael cynical wit came from you, but…"

"Hey! It did come from me…just like his love of sports came from you. Yuck." Alexis swatted Sonny playfully on the chest. "This has been one hell of a weekend."

"You can say that again. You okay? Your stress levels have got to be through the roof."

"I think so, but I see Dr. Meadow's on Tuesday for my monthly check up…I'll let her know."

"Yeah, well I'm going with."

Alexis propped herself up. "You don't trust me?"

"No, I don't." Sonny answered. "Not about this, if she wants you to take it easy, go on bed rest or quit working, you aren't going to tell me."

"I am not stopping work."

"Unless Dr. Meadows tells you to then you are."

"Ugh, you are such a MAN sometimes."

"Sometimes?" Sonny feigned offense, captured Alexis' mouth and devoured it.

After a short eternity they split apart. "What if she says no sex?" Alexis smiled playfully.

"Oh, well, then we find you a new doctor."

"I take it back, you are such a MAN…period."

"I had the worst weekend. Mom, Dad and Grandfather were fighting constantly about AJ." Emily ranted after Chemistry.

Sam continued to shove her things into her locker. "And, AJ disappeared after the party, and I didn't get to spend any time with him. He's leaving today. Mom says maybe we'll visit him this summer…but who wants to go to Phoenix in the summer? It's like 150 in the shade."

"I hear it's a dry heat." Sam said flatly. She really wasn't in the mood for this.

"So how long are you grounded for?"

"I never said I was grounded."

"Yeah, I know, so how long?"

"Till the end of the school year."

"4 weeks? Omigod Sam, your parents are…" Emily stopped and began to giggle. "Well, at least your dad didn't send you to a convent!"

Sam couldn't help herself, she laughed. "Don't think he didn't try. Please don't tell anyone what Lucky did."

"I won't, but Sam half the school was there. Robin, Nikolas, Patrick, BJ, and Sly…oh man, Sly will tell everyone!"

Sam groaned. "Lucky is such an idiot."

"Well yeah…so was it good?"

"Yes Sam, was it good? Do tell…" Liz Webber asked from behind her.

"No one was talking to you Liz."

"Really? I must have had 10 phone calls this weekend about Sam making the moves on MY Boyfriend."

Sam whipped around to set her straight, but Lucky beat her to the punch. "Did I miss something? Because last time I checked we weren't dating anymore."

"Uhhh…"

"Anyway, Sam wasn't moving in on me…I kissed her."

At this point the entire school seemed to be watching the exchange. Between the giggles and stares Sam just wanted to die. "It didn't mean anything…I was just thanking her." Lucky added trying to lessen the tension. A triumphant grin passed Liz's face.

"Well of course it wouldn't mean anything…" She said brightly, turning back to her friends and laughing. They walked away.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Lucky yelled stupidly, and the crowd erupted in laughter once again. One voice assured Lucky that he could thank her anytime, and another called out 'Smooth Spencer.'

The bell sounded, but the group didn't dissipate and Sam couldn't take it anymore. She pushed her way through the crowd and kept walking, straight out the school doors.

"I thought I should hand deliver this one." Justus explained upon entering Alexis' office. He handed Alexis the envelope.

She stared at it and chewed on her lower lip. "Go ahead read it over, I promise there are no nasty surprises. AJ really wants to do the right thing here."

"I…I…I wasn't expecting it so soon."

"AJ and I spent most of last night drawing it up. I'm really proud of how he's handling this. He's grown up a lot in the past few years. If you and Sonny approve, I'll file this in family court this afternoon. After that it should be safe to let people know…though I'd hold off on telling Edward…for another 10 years or so."

"We really want to tell Alan and Monica…but…"

"Once this is on record they can yell and scream all they want, but AJ has made his wishes very clear. And I think they will respect that."

Alexis scanned the pages. It was remarkably brief, but solid. "I want to discuss this with Sonny, but we'll call you this afternoon."

Justus nodded. "Sounds good. Oh, and Alexis, I'm going to slaughter you in court next week."

"You keep thinking like that Justus…one of these days you might pull it off." Alexis laughed as he sauntered out of her office.

"Sam, wait, are you crazy?"

"Leave me alone, Lucky."

"You can't ditch school…you never ditch school."

"I'm taking a mental health break, and that doesn't include you!"

"I'm sorry…"

"What part are you sorry for Lucky? Letting the boat run out of gas, kissing me IN FRONT of the whole world and MY PARENTS, or making me sound like some pitiful charity case in front of Liz?"

"Uh, well…"

"That's what I thought. Get the hell away from me, and stay away."