When We Wake Up
Chapter 8
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"What do you mean?" Carly says as the look quickly disappears off her face. "What do you think I was doing there? What do most people do in bars?"

"I don't know" Sonny says "Most people go to bars to drown their sorrows or relieve stress from a bad day."

"Well, all my days seem to be bad lately." Carly says but quickly looks away. Sonny wonders what she is trying to hide from him. "I mean, look at what's happened."

"What do you mean what's happened, we got married...." Sonny says as he continues to eat his food.

"I know...." she throws her hands in the air "See my luck never changes, leave it to me to get drunk and get married." she sighs and puts her head in her hands.

"Hey...." he says and pulls his chair around to her. "It can't be that bad...." he pulls her face up and gives her a little kiss. "I'm not all that bad." he says with a smile.

"I know, but MARRIED" she pulls away a little and stares at him "Why can't we get divorced and just go our separate ways?"

"Because...." Sonny gets up and starts to pace the room. "I don't believe in divorce."

"You don't believe in divorce????" She screams. "Well do you believe in getting married and having sex in one drunken night?"

"Hey, don't yell at me or I just won't speak." he says and turns to look at the mirror. "I don't believe we should have been married but now that we are, I think we should give it a go." He turns to look at her.

"I can't"

"Why can't you?" Sonny asks as he starts to walk toward her.

"I don't know you" she says.

"I think there's more to it than that."

"Look, I don't know you, you don't know me, how can we make anything work? Just let me go." she says.

"No." he replies. He walks over to the table and takes a swallow of his drink leaving her to stare at him.

"No....why is it that you get to decide?"

"Look why are we standing here having the same argument? I'm not giving you a divorce and that's final." he says and slams down his drink.

"NOW LOOK HERE MR. CONTROL FREAK!!! Who do you think you are, are you going to drag me back with you by my hair?"

"If I have to" he says, knowing that he would never do such a thing.

"Oh great, I married a caveman control freak." she screams.

Sonny laughs. "Well get used to it honey."

"I can't stay with you.....I can't go back to Port Charles..." she whispers as she sits down on the bed.

Sonny looks over and notices she's shaking and on the verge of tears. He walks over and sits down next to her. He reaches his arm around her shoulders. "Why Carly, what's the matter?"

"I can't......I can't......." she starts but can't seem to find the right words. "I just don't like to stay in one place that long.

"Well there's a first time for everything" he says, but notices that doesn't help. He's seen this before, he realizes he's seen this reaction before. "Carly.." He says and pulls her chin up to look at him. "What are you running from?"

Carly gets up off the bed. "I can't .....I can't tell you." she cries and runs out the door, leaving Sonny to stare after her.

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~Sting~