Title: Coming Home 3/??
© Jenna Corinthos 2002
Author: Jenna CorinthosDisclaimer: None of the Characters from General Hospital belong to me much to my dismay; any unrecognized characters were created by me.
Characters: Sonny Corinthos, Jason Morgan, Mike Corbin, and Jenna Nelson-Maxwell.
Author's Notes: This Fic contains no spoilers in it; it is my first attempt at a General Hospital Fan Fiction. I have watched GH on and off for over twenty years and is far my favorite Soap Opera. Any suggestions you might have feel free to email them to me. It has been spell checked but not beta read so any mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Feedback: Good or Bad please give to me; I have found that constructive feedback helps me become a better author.
Mail To: JennaCorinthos@aol.com
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With her heart pounding Jen forced her feet to move and took a hesitant step forward. She couldn't believe after twenty-three years she was in the same room with her brother.
"It's alright," he said walking to her, Sonny reached out his hand and gently brushed the hair out of her eyes.
"I…I…never thought I would see you again," she whispered reaching out to touch his face; She knew it was really happening she just needed to feel him to make sure.
"I've searched for you for a long time, I've never forgotten you," Sonny said pulling her into his arms.
"I never forgot you either," she whispered crying against his chest.
"Shh…it's all right we are together again, and nobody can change that," he said with a sigh of relief. He would kill anybody who tried to take his baby sister away from him again.
Carly watched her husband hold his sister in his arms, Since they had begun to have a real marriage and had fallen in love with each other, Sonny had told her about his childhood, about his mother, and Mike walking out on them, his mother's death and to top it all off his sister being taken from him. She had listened to him tell his story and cried for the little boy he had been. Sonny hadn't had much love given to him after his mother's death. It wasn't hard to figure out why Sonny was as hard and cold as he was at times. Despite his callousness she loved him. She only hoped that Jenna had a better life than her brother had.
"What are you thinking?" Jason asked whispering.
"I was just wondering what kind of life she led when Sonny had to struggle to survive," Carly replied looking at him with sad eyes.
"Carly, I got the impression that Jenna didn't have the greatest childhood, call me crazy but it's a feeling a get when I look into her eyes."
"Jas, please tell me your not falling for her," Carly whispered as a baby started crying.
Jason looked at her rolling his eyes "Carly, please I just met the woman today for gods sake."
Carly grinned, she knew Jason Morgan better than he thought she did. She wasn't blind and she noticed how he looked at her. It was a mixture of lust and protectiveness. "You keep fooling yourself buddy, just don't let my husband find out your thinking about his baby sister like you are."
Jason watched Carly walk upstairs and decided to follow her cue and leave Sonny and Jenna alone. Jason was heading for the door when Jenna noticed him leaving.
"Jason wait!"
"Is there something else you needed?" he asked nonchalantly.
"I wanted to thank you, for everything. If you hadn't stepped in today I don't know what Alex would have done, I also wanted to thank you for bringing me to Michael. I'll never be able to repay you for that," Jenna said walking up to him and softly kissing his cheek.
"Who's Alex? And what is she talking about?" Sonny asked looking from his best friend to his sister.
"Alex is my husband and he's been causing some trouble lately. He showed up at my job today while Jason was there and he took care of it," Jenna said surprised that Jason hadn't told Michael about Alex.
"What kind of trouble?" Sonny asked gently.
"Sonny, I was going to tell you about it when we had our meeting," Jason said seriously.
"Has this guy hurt you?"
"I have a restraining order against him, he is verbally abusive as well as physically," Jenna answered quietly.
"Have you filed for divorce?" Sonny asked his eyes growing a shade darker.
Jason knew that look and knew Sonny was angry, Jenna's husband better hope he never showed up in Port Charles. If he did there would be hell to pay. Sonny wouldn't let him off with a warning like he had.
Jen bit her lip and looked from her brother to Jason, "Not yet, I have paperwork drawn up but they haven't been served yet. In New Jersey you have to be separated for 18 months before a divorce can be filed." She explained.
"You will be seeing my lawyer tomorrow, Alexis will find a way around that."
"Find away around what?" Carly asked coming back downstairs carrying a toddler.
"This must be Michael," Jenna said trying to change the subject.
"Yes, but how did you know?" Carly asked surprised.
"Jason told me about him on the way here, can I hold him?"
"Of course you can" Carly said smiling at her sister-in-law as there was a knock on the door.
Jason looked out the peephole to see who it was, "It's Mike," he said looking at Sonny.
"Jen, do you want to see him?" Sonny asked quietly.
Jenna thought about it for a minute and sadly shook her head no.
"Come on Jen, let's show you up to your room while Sonny gets rid of Mike," Carly said when Sonny motioned her to take Jenna upstairs and stay there until his father was gone.
"Thank you," Jenna said nervously.
Jason waited until the two women were out of site before he opened the door.
"What brings you by Mike?" Sonny asked casually pouring himself a drink.
"Don't play stupid with me Michael, you know why I'm here. Where is your sister?"
"Well "Dad" I don't have a clue as to what you're talking about?" Sonny said glaring at his father.
"Michael, I know Jason went to see her and I know you told him to bring her back and to stay there until he did so. If he's here then that can only mean she is too," Mike said trying to keep calm.
"She does have a name you know, or did you forget what it is?" Sonny said trying to provoke Mike.
"I am not here to fight with you I just want to see Jenna," Mike said quietly.
"Sorry Mike, but she doesn't want to see you yet," Sonny said with a grin.
"I haven't seen her for twenty three years, why doesn't she want to see me?" Mike asked not at all surprised.
"Well lets see here, could it be that you walked out on us and never looked back, could it be that you let us get separated when you had the power to keep us together or could it be that she knows what a selfish asshole you really are?"
Jenna stood at the top of the stairs hidden from view listening to the exchange between the two men. Her father hadn't changed; Mikey was right he was selfish everything was still about him and what he wanted. It hadn't even occurred to him that her life had just changed drastically and she needed time to adjust to not only having found her brother but also a father she had prayed for years would come rescue her from the hell she had lived in.
"Michael, would you please just stop. I am so sick and tired of you throwing my mistakes in my face. This isn't about you or I it's about your sister and her finally being back where she belongs," Mike said rubbing a hand across his face.
"Your right Mike, it is about Jenna and that is why I'm not letting you see her, not because I don't want her to but because she's not ready. She is the one that said she didn't want to see you yet."
"You know what Michael you go ahead and turn your sister against me but that doesn't mean I won't still love you both."
"That's the problem "DAD" you never loved us if you had you wouldn't have left us, you wouldn't have killed mom and we wouldn't have been separated."
"I DID NOT KILL YOUR MOTHER" Mike yelled tired of this same argument.
"Jenna come on, you don't need to listen to this," Carly whispered seeing the tears well in Jenna's eyes.
"It was always like this between them, they fought even when Michael was a little boy." Jenna said sadly following Carly down the hall.
"Some things never change. Your father isn't the man Sonny thinks he is. Mike has been very kind to little Michael and I. Especially when everyone else turned their backs on me and he loves his grandson."
"Are you trying to tell me I should talk to my father and get to hear his side of things?"
"Yes I am, I wouldn't suggest doing it with Sonny in the same room. When they are together tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife." Carly said pushing open the door to the door to the room Jenna would be staying in until the apartment Sonny had been having renovated was finished as a surprise for his sister.
"Carly, how much do know about what happened when my mother died?" Jenna asked looking at her sister-in-law.
"Sonny told me everything Jen, including that you found your mother."
"Then can you understand why I don't want to see him, my mother killed herself because she loved him more than her own life, and she couldn't live without him. He walked out on her and she couldn't bare the pain. Michael and I weren't enough to make her want to live," Jenna said crying.
Carly looked at the woman in front of her and knew they were going to become great friends, "Jen how can you be so sure of what happened?"
Jenna pulled a worn book out of her bag and held it close to her chest, "Because of this."
"What is that?"
"It's my mother's diary, there are several of them she started writing them when Michael was born I guess it was supposed to be her gift to us when we turned 18 at least that is what it says on the first page of the first book."
"How did you get them?"
"When I turned 18 I started searching for Michael, I went to child protective services and met the woman who had placed us into the foster home the same woman who had taken me from Michael and allowed the Nelson's to adopt me. She wouldn't tell me anything, she claimed she didn't know where Michael was and even if she did she wouldn't be able to tell me. She had these and gave them to me. I guess she figured if she gave me something I would stop bothering her."
"Are you two all right?" Jason asked coming into the room.
"Yes we are fine, has Mike left yet?" Carly asked
"Yes just now, Sonny would like to talk to you Jenna."
"Thanks," she whispered not meeting his eyes. Jason made her feel safe and protected but at the same time he made her nervous, never in her life had she felt safe when a man was around, in her experience men only caused woman pain. It had taken her a long time to trust Dirk and with in the matter of hours she felt she could trust Jason with her life.
Jenna smiled at Carly as she reached into one of her bags and pulled out the rest of the diaries then turned and walked out the door to go speak with her brother.
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Jason watched Jenna walkout of the room and down the stairs, "How much of that did she hear?" he asked Carly.
"Everything up to the point of Mike yelling he hadn't killed their mother."
"Shit."
"She'll be alright, it's just going to take her sometime to adjust to having both Sonny and Michael back in her life. She blames Mike just like Sonny does."
"I figured as much, she may have been only five but according to what Sonny told me it was Jenna who had found their mother dead, and the night Mike walked out she had heard every heated exchange between their parents."
"You like her don't you?" Carly asked smiling.
"Carly, don't even think about it."
"Think about what, I just asked a simple question," Carly said feigning innocence.
"Do not try and play match maker, she's Sonny's sister," Jason said grinning at Carly.
"Who better for her to be with then his best friend?"
"Your hopeless."
"Hey, let just say she deserves some happiness and so do you and if you find it together what's wrong with that?"
"I'm not discussing this anymore."
"Cause you know I'm right, and you hate it when I'm right," Carly said grinning like a fool.
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Jenna walked downstairs to find Michael standing in front of the bar, "You wanted to talk to me?" she said nervously.
"Come have a seat," Sonny said quietly moving to sit on the couch.
Jen went to sit beside him placing the books on her lap, "Does he accept responsibility for anything that has happened to this family?" Jen asked looking at Sonny.
"Yes he does, I just have a hard time forgiving him."
"Do you think I should talk to him?"
"Only when your ready to, you don't have to do anything you don't want to until that time. What do you have there?"
"Mama's diaries, Mrs. Stevens the caseworker gave them to me. She said the police turned them over to her so she could give them to us when we were of age, but the Nelson's wouldn't allow her to give them to me and you had already disappeared."
"Then how did you get them from her?" Sonny asked confused.
"The day of my 18th birthday a friend of mine took me into New York City and to see her and she gave them to me after she told me she couldn't tell me where you were." Jenna said handing them to him. "They are a little ragged, I've probably read them a million times, it's your turn, it helped me understand her and dad a little better maybe it will help you."
"Thanks," Sonny said taking them and setting them on the table his hands shaking.
"Michael, can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Why do you have all the bodyguards?"
"I've made some enemies and they are for protection, Carly has one with her, and I always have one with me, you will have one with you too. If Jason isn't available, Tony or Joey will be with you. Especially now that I know your ex has been giving you problems, did he do that to your face?" Sonny asked touching her cheek gently.
"Yes," Jenna said looking down.
"I don't want you to worry, he's not going to get to you here."
"I'm just worried about Dirk and Samantha, he'll cause them trouble once he realizes I've disappeared."
"I don't think you need to worry about that, from what Jason told me while you were upstairs it sounds like Dirk can handle himself."
"I just owe them so much, Dirk was the one that stopped Andrew Nelson from…" Jenna said stopping when she realized what she had almost let slip.
"Stopped Andrew Nelson from what?" Sonny asked looking at her sharply.
"Nothing…it doesn't matter anymore, it's over and done with and I don't want to think about it let alone talk about it."
Seeing how upset Jenna was Sonny decided to let the matter drop for the time being at least where she was concerned. He wouldn't ask her again but that didn't mean he wasn't going to find out exactly what happened to her while living with her adopted family.
"You look tired why don't you go up and get some sleep, I'll see you in the morning." Sonny said kissing her on the cheek.
"I am a little tired, I didn't realize how late it was."
"Good night Jenna Bug," Sonny said watching her walk upstairs as Jason came down.
"Good Night Jason, thank you for everything," she said shyly standing at the top of the steps.
"Your welcome, I'll see you tomorrow." Jason said smiling at her.
'Man she's beautiful,' Jason thought watching her.
"Jason, come down here I have a job for you."
"Sure Sonny, what's up?"
"I want you to find out what happened to my sister, I want to know everything from the time we were separated till now. I don't care what you have to do to get the information, just get it. I suggest you call this Dirk guy Jenna was working for maybe even go see him. She let something slip that she hadn't intended on saying."
"What was it?"
"She said Dirk was the one that stopped Andrew Nelson from doing something… she wouldn't say what but I could tell it wasn't very good."
"I'll get on it first thing in the morning, by the way I have a feeling Carly is going to play match maker."
"With who?"
"Your sister and I. I told her to forget it, but you know Carly when she gets something in her head there isn't any stopping her."
"Hey, I would rather her have her hooked up with you then some loser that's going to treat her bad, at least I would know she was taken care of."
Jason laughed and shook his head, "That is what Carly said."
"I'll see you tomorrow, are you going to be here when Alexis stops by?"
"Yeah if you want me to."
"I think Jen would like that," Sonny said grinning.
"Oh lord not you too."
"Just see what happens," Sonny said as Jason walked out the door.
Sonny sat down on the couch and grabbed one of the diaries and opened it. With a heavy heart he began to read his mother's most private thoughts and dreams.