Chapter 30: A Second Chance at Love?

Sonny's Island:

Lulu and Johnny dug into the delicious meal that the chef had prepared for them. They were just starting the Key Lime pie.

"You have a little whipped cream…" Johnny pointed to his upper lip.

Lulu tried to get it with her fingers but completely missed it.

"Here let me." He reached across to wipe the whipped cream from her upper lip.

He brought his thumb to his lips to lick his finger clean. With his other hand he caressed her cheek. His entire arm tingled as he touched her face.

"Johnny," Lulu breathed as he brought her face closer to his.

They were so close that he felt her breath on his face. His heart leaped to his throat, he hasn't been this close to Lulu in a long time. He was so close that he was able to smell the shampoo she used. It was a fruity kind that was so intoxicating that made his pulse race even faster. He wanted to savor every second of it. Savor every second of her as if it were his last.

He captured her lips with his. When she responded to his kiss, he quickly deepened it, pulling her to his chest. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

When he broke the kiss, he looked deeply into her eyes. "Is this what you want?" he asked breathlessly.

Instead of answering, she pulled him into another all-consuming kiss. He then lowered her to the blanket without breaking their kiss.

Sonny's House:

"What are you going to do with me? After you get Helena, you'll have no use for me," Tyler pointed out. "Are you going to kill me?"

He didn't want to say it fearing a jinx, but Sonny thought to himself that Helena is not going to be easily caught. She hasn't made a mistake yet, why would she now?

Somewhere in Iowa:

The ride from the airstrip to a location near the house took longer than Helena anticipated due to the muddy unpaved back roads. It was a perfect place for Sonny to have an out of the way safe house.

Lulu was going to be her prisoner again. She could practically taste it. She was going to get her heir back. She just had no idea what to do with Lulu after she lived out her usefulness. She couldn't kill her because she would have the wrath of everyone on her tail and it wouldn't be good for the heir. She guessed she would reward Lulu by letting her keep her life for delivering the Cassadine heir.

It was only fair.

She waited in the car was her men descended on the house to retrieve what was rightfully hers.

Sonny's Island:

Johnny watched as Lulu laid her head on his bare chest as she slept. He guessed that he wore her out. He kissed her shoulder. Their clothes were scattered around them on the ground. He used an extra blanket that the housekeeper packed in the basket at the last minute to cover them.

"How long you been awake?" Lulu asked as she stirred, looking up at him.

He played with a lock of her hair. "A little bit, I was just listening to the pattern of your breathing. This is the first time in a long time that I am actually happy to wake up."

A smile spread across Lulu's lips. Those were almost the same words he said to her at the Haunted Star after the first time that they made love.

The sun already set the only light was from the candles that were lit and from the full moon in the clear sky.

"There is something else that need to talk about."

"What?" Lulu asked.

Johnny placed both hands on her bare stomach. "What are we going to call these guys?"