Alexis waited for Johnny to open the door and walked in. "Johnny said you wanted to see me," she said absently holding her arm.
"Yeah, I just talked to Zander, I'm not sure it's a good idea for him to see Emily, until after the trial. We have five days left until we can put Sorel away for good and I think it would be safer if Zander didn't leave the Penthouse."
"So you mean you don't think he should see Emily at Kelly's but she can come to the Penthouse to visit him," she said putting edge into her voice, Sonny couldn't control people's lives just because he wanted to.
"Actually, Jason and I were talking it over and until Sorel is put away for good I want her to stay away from him."
"Sonny, that's not going to work, even though the charges for murder will be dropped when he testifies he still has the other charges of kidnapping, and drug dealing to go against. He can still go to jail and I don't want to take any time with Emily he has away from him."
"It's only five days, they can deal with it. When he's around Emily he gets reckless and I can't afford that, I also don't want her so involved, she could get hurt... Is something wrong with your arm?" he asked noticing she was holding it carefully.
"No, not at all, I just scraped it against something, it's a little sore." "Come here, I'll put some ice on it."
"No, that's quite alright, it doesn't hurt."
"You just said it was sore, Alexis, come here and let me see it."
"There's nothing to see. Granted Zander is a little reckless when it comes to Emily but it's a bad idea to keep them from each other, Emily is my new assistant so it can't be helped. I'll make sure she gets to Kelly's before dark and if necessary I'll drive her there my self so nothing happens," said Alexis preparing to leave.
"Alexis, come here," said Sonny in a soft but demanding voice. Alexis knew she didn't really have any other choice so she walked towards him. She hated how he had that commanding tone in his voice that made you want to obey.
"Now let me see your arm."
Alexis took off her jacket and rolled up her sweatshirt. By now the bruise was an ugly yellow, blue and purple so she averted her gaze from it.
Sonny saw that the bruise was clearly in the shape of a man's fingers and anger exploded inside of him, no woman deserved to be grabbed like that. "Did Ned do this? Look at me Alexis," he said barely containing the anger in his voice.
"No I haven't talked to him yet, I was in the park and these to guys cornered me, they were just trying to intimidate me, that's all," she said lightly like it was no big deal. "What did they say?" asked Sonny, his voice deathly calm.
"Nothing important-"
"What did they say, Alexis?" asked Sonny again and Alexis told him everything.
"From now on I'm going to assign you a guard, I want you to have 24 hour protection."
"Sonny--"
"I'm not going to take any chances, you have a child to protect now and I'm not going to let anything jeopardize that. I'll have Johnny sent over to guard your door. I want you to take him every where you go today and don't give him the slip."
"Okay, but only until the trial is over, and Sorel is in prison," Alexis stated firmly as she walked towards the door.
"Put some ice on that when you get into the penthouse," said Sonny pulling out his cell phone and calling Benny.
Alexis went back to her Penthouse and sank down onto the sofa. Half an hour later she got dressed for appointment, grabbed her purse and opened the door. Standing right next to it was Johnny and she could see Francis in front of Sonny's door. She walked over the elevator and waited for it to come up while Johnny stood behind her. The elevator door opened and they both stepped in. Alexis looked nervously at Johnny. "So...how are you today?" she asked.
"I'm fine, Ms. Davis."
"Alexis...you can call me Alexis. So is your real name Johnny or John?" she asked curiously.
"Jonathan."
"I like that," she said as the elevator opened to the parking garage.
"I can drive you to where you want to go or I can ride behind you in my car," said Johnny.
"Uh you can ride behind me, we're going to the Port Charles baby center, on the edge of town," she watched as his usually calm and professional facade turned into one of surprise. Alexis ignored it and got into her car and shut the door. "This is so ridiculous." She said to herself as she started the car and pulled out of the garage.
She looked into her rear view mirror and saw Johnny driving behind her.
After driving for twenty minutes they finally got there. Alexis turned off the car and got out followed by Johnny. "Could you just stay in the car and wait?" asked Alexis.
"I'm sorry. Ms. Davis, I'm under strict orders not to let you out of my sight."
"Call me Alexis," she repeated. She went inside and the receptionist lead them to a nurse.
"Is this your first child?" asked the nurse leading them down the hall on the way to the room.
"Yes," said Alexis.
"Well, you two look like such a sweet couple I'm sure you'll make great parents," said the nurse smiling.
"What? No you misunderstand, he is NOT my husband," said Alexis quickly. "No offense," she said as she turned to Johnny.
"None taken," replied Johnny as they stopped in front of an exam room
. "I'll wait out here," said Johnny taking guard right outside the door.
Alexis walked into the room and shut the door behind her. "While we wait for the doctor I have to ask you some questions," said the nurse grabbing a clip board. "Is this your first exam for this pregnancy?"
"Yes, I took a home pregnancy test yesterday and it was positive."
"Okay, have you ever been pregnant before or have you ever had a miscarriage?"
"No, I haven't." Alexis answered a multitude of questions and then the doctor came in.
She ran some tests and checked for a heartbeat and then she prescribed prenatal vitamins and finally for Alexis the doctor visit was all over, though she grimly reminded herself she had seven and a half more months of this she was only five and a half weeks pregnant. Alexis thanked the doctor in a state of shock and walked out of the room and Johnny awkwardly followed.
"So, how is everything?" he asked awkwardly on the way to the parking lot.
"Fine," said Alexis as she got to her car and got in.
She stopped at the store and picked up some fruit, juice, and some other dinner items that looked relatively easy to make, she walked past the baby food aisle and saw all of the little jars of baby food all of a sudden it all came crashing down on her that she was really going to be a mother. She would have to go to sports games and school plays, PTO meetings, she was going to have change diapers and read bedtime stories. She had to remind herself to breath, she was 36 years old, she was to old for a child, she was set in her ways, had everything manageable and now the walls of her life were falling down around her but, surprisingly she was almost looking forward to it, she smiled the rest of the way as she drove to the penthouse.