Chapter Thirty Six

Note- Another chapter that is adult in nature, though not graphic. Think PG- 13.

The next day

Brenda sat at the bar at the Metro Court sipping a glass of white wine. She hadn't gotten a room in this hotel for one reason- to avoid her ex- everything, Jasper Jacks. But her good sense finally got overruled by her desire to see what he might say if he did see her again. Would she hear the apology she had been waiting years on? Would he explain how he ever fell for the likes of Courtney or Carly? Desperate times, she thought bitterly.

But Jax wasn't anywhere around. She was used to guys hitting on her but was still taken slightly off gaurd when a sexy, deep voice, with more than a hint of flirting, asked "This seat taken?"

She looked over and into dark eyes and a famous face. "Blackie Parrish."

"Guilty." He motioned at the bar stool next to her and she nodded. After he ordered a drink, Blackie said "And you're Brenda Barret."

"Now that we both have proved we read Us Weekly, what brings you back to town?"

"Family. What about you?"

"The same."

He nodded. "You know I've seen most of this world and no place is like Port Charles."

She laughed. "Well that is true enough. Its hard to ever get out of this town and impossible to stay away."

"You planning on moving back?"

"Not right now. What about you?"

"I might," Blackie admitted. "There are people here that I don't think I can leave behind twice in one lifetime."

Just then Jax walked off the elevator. Brenda barely heard the end of Blackie's sentence because her head jerked to the side as soon as the elevator doors closed. Her eyes locked in on Jax.

XXXXXX

Alexis was getting more and more nervous as the hours ticked by, and Sonny moved closer to the time when the poison would kick in. The days were slipping away and he was no closer to having an antidote.

Marco held the door open for her, and she walked into his office at the coffee shop. Sonny was sitting behind his desk.

A smile came to his face when she saw her. "I'm fine."

"For now."

"I don't want you to worry."

"How could I do anything else? Why hasn't Stan gotten into that briefcase yet? Maybe we should ask Spinelli."

Sonny gave her a look that said, No way. "I would never be desperate enough to turn to that stoner. Jason swears Spinelli will never rat us out to the cops and I tend to believe him, only because I doubt the police could figure out what that kid was trying to say any better than I can."

"All right. Lets forget all the hackers then and just take Lorenzo for a ride."

"I never thought I would hear you suggesting such a thing." He gave her an impressed look. "I m just glad I'm not the one you want six feet under."

"Never."

For a moment, their eyes locked on each other.

He said, "You sure you ready to do this?"

"You think I can't? I can have the evidence against him "lost" and Lorenzo out on the street in under three hours. And I have no qualms about what would come next."

Sonny said, "I'm not asking you to compromise your morals, sacrifice your convictions, sink down to the level I live at."

She placed both hands on his desk and leaned closer to him. "There isn't a line I won't cross to save your life."

Sonny always knew she was more than a match for him, and every day she only proved it more.

He said, "Sit down, please. Relax."

"I don't want to sit. I want to string Lorenzo Alcazar up by his toenails and extract that damn code from him."

Sonny rolled his chair back a little, motioned to the space in front of him on his desk.

Alexis walked around the desk and sat on it. She crossed her legs.

He shook his head, no. She uncrossed her legs.

He placed his hand on her knee, and then moved it upwards until it disappeared under her skirt.

She told him, "This won't save your life."

Sonny shot back, "But it will make it a hell of a lot more fun."

A few minutes later, a look came into her eye that Sonny simply could not get enough of seeing. It was pure ecstasy and he could hardly believe he was the one allowed to bring her to this place now.

He stood up and brought his mouth to hers. Her fingers moved to the buttons on his shirt.

I'm in her Cassadine heart, he thought, and there is no way I am dying now...I'm not giving up the chance to spend years loving this woman...I'm staying right here with her...I have to...

Minutes later, into his ear, she whispered his name in a tone that was filled with love more than sex, need more than lust, and a commitment that would last for all time.

"Don't...let...this ...end.." she begged him. He knew she meant Don't die...please, don't die...I love you...

"Never...never...we're never ending..." he swore "Never. Just stay with me..."

She moved her eyes to connect with his, just as their bodies were, and promised "Always."

That single word from her was more of a promise, in his mind, than all the marriage vows he had ever spoken in the past.

XXXXXX

Jason cooked a frozen pizza for lunch at Carly's house. He figured it was a smart move to cheer her up with her favorite food before he told her about Sonny's medical condition.

But as soon as she walked in the door, she knew something was up. He wished she couldn't read him so well- he knew the fact she could only made it harder for her to cope with them being apart in the past. Then she could see he wanted but yet he wouldn't give into it. And now she could see he was nervous.

If she worked for the cops he would have been behind bars years ago, cause no matter what lie he tried to tell her she would look in his eyes and see the truth. Some times she called him on it. Other times it was too painful and she let it go, but she knew. Without a word, she knew him.

(Chemistry was crazy from the get-go
neither one of us knew why


We didn't build nothing overnight
Cuz a love like this takes some time) ( Mary J Blige)

Carly asked, "What, Jase? You've been acting tense ever since you had to grab up that Barret kid...what?"

Her eyes searched his.

Jason reached out and touched her arm. She relaxed a degree.

"Cooper admitted that Craig drugged Sonny the night you were held hostage."

Carly sucked in a breath. "That was nearly a month ago. So whatever he gave Sonny wore off by now, right? Right? Jason..."

"It was time released to take effect thirty days from that night...about nine days from now."

She closed her eyes, and leaned into Jason, he wrapped his arms around her. Carly spit out a curse word and then, after another minute passed, whimpered "Morgan..."

"I know."

"I can't look at him and say his father is gone."

"You won't have to, Carly."

She looked into his eyes. "You don't know that. I can tell...you don't know if you can figure out a way to save him...wait a minute...was he the only one poisoned? What about you? Are you okay?"

Her eyes were filled with panic. Carly could not live with Jason on this earth. The thought of it made her knees nearly buckle, and her head spin.

(Too strong for too long

and I can't be without you baby

And I'll be waiting up until you get home

cuz I can't sleep without you, baby ) ( Mary J Blige)

Jason said, "It was only Sonny, as far as I know, but we should have our blood checked just to be sure. But I think we're both fine. According to Cooper, the whole reason Craig took the hostages to begin with was to get access to Sonny."

Carly nodded and then hugged him tighter. "God, it just never ends. I just get my perfect life and now we're back to fighting to stay alive again...I don't love Sonny, sometimes I don't even like him but I don't want him to die..."

"Either do I. The boys can't take something like that and I will make sure they don't have to. There is an antidote that Sonny needs and you have my word he will get it," Jason told her.

She finally moved out of his arms, ready to face this battle with him. "What do you need me to do?"

"Eat the pizza I made and not worry about it."

She gave him a yeah, right look and then asked in a dead serious voice. "What's the plan?"

"You're not having any part of it."

"The hell I'm not."

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"Isn't it about time I go home?" Logan asked Georgie as she sat next to his hospital bed. She was attempting to read to him the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road.

"Stop asking that," she ordered with a smile. "There is no way you are leaving this hospital today."

"Look at me. I look great. Damn great. Don't you think?"

She blushed and shook her head at his flirtiness. "For a man who was shot, sure, you look great but when the doctors say you are recovered you can leave and not a second before. Got it?"

"You are one bossy little..."

"Yes, I am, Logan. Get used to it. I've had to be in my family or else Maxie would have ran me over."

He raised his eyebrow at her, as amusement danced in his blue eyes.

(I got a question for you.


See, I already know the answer.


But still I wanna ask you
would you lie?

No.


Make me cry?

No.


Do something behind my back and then try to cover it up?
Well, neither would I, baby) ( Mary J Blige)

He smiled. Logan was surprised and delighted every time Georgie came back to visit him. She said she was his friend for life now, but still he half expected her to disappear like all his former foster families did when he was a kid. One day they were there and he belonged to someone...and the next they just weren't anymore.

He prayed Georgie would keep her word and stay right by his side.

Before he walked into her house that day- and into the path of that bullet- he didn't know what his future might hold. He didn't even really care. And then he saw her, standing there shaking in terror, and he knew the reason he was alive...to save her...to love her...to make that girl smile again and keep this awful world from ever hurting her. He planned to do all that and more, if she would let him.

Georgie started reading the novel again. He simply stared at her, not really hearing what she was saying, but enjoying the sound of her voice. Logan hoped she wasn't there because she felt sorry for him...he hoped she was there because she could feel this connection between them as strongly as he could.

(I'll always stay -no matter what,
good or bad, thick and thin,
right or wrong, all day everyday.


Now if you're down on love or don't believe


this ain't for you (no, this ain't for you).


And if you got it deep in your heart
and deep down you know that it's true-

come on, come on, come on...) ( Mary J Blige)

She flipped the page, but didn't keep reading. Her eyes came up and met his. She smiled. "Am I boring you with this book? I love it and thought you might too..."

"I do. I love...that story...sure."

She laughed. "Do you even know what it is about?"

"I know you like it. That's all I need to know, angel."

"You keep calling me that, using that tone you do,..." she warned in a low, sexy voice that he had never heard her use before "and...this is gonna get real complicated, just so you know. I don't believe in playing games, Logan. I don't think I ever really learned how so I'll just have to stick with being honest with you."

"That works for me."

She bit her lip. He felt his body tense.

Georgie told him, in her soft sweet voice that made him want to protect her forever, "You shouldn't call me angel. We're just friends..."

"Cause we are just starting, Georgie. And I think I should call you whatever I want."

Her eyes searched his. "The problem is...if we are being honest..."

"We are."

"I hear you call me that and I start thinking...things I shouldn't. Lets be friends, okay? The kind that don't jerk each other around."

Logan stilled. He thought about her proposal. It was true that they had the best chance of staying friends if sex was off the table. He didn't want to ever lose her, not when he was living only because he couldn't leave her behind. Still, he couldn't deny that friends would never be enough for him.

"Nah," he said with a slow smiling curving his lips "lets be more, angel."

He watched her face break into a huge smile. "What am I gonna do with you?"

He drawled out, "I don't know but I sure am interested in finding out."

(Anybody who's ever loved,

you know just what I feel.


Too hard to fake it, nothing can replace it.


Call the radio if you just can't be without your baby.

I wanna be with you, gotta be with you, need to be with you
I wanna be with you, gotta be with you, need to be with you) ( Mary J Blige)

Coming up: 3M and LuSam, Georgie and Logan, Dillon.