A/N ~ hey all, thanks for the reviews! In this story, Sonny never slept with Alexis and Carly never faked her death. Courtney is married to AJ. Sonny and Courtney are close and Courtney and Carly are best friends.

Jason Morgan walked into Sonny's penthouse and looked around. Spying Carly sitting at the table, he asked, "Carly, where's Sonny?"

Carly smiled sarcastically at Jason and said, "Gee, Jase, good morning to you too."

Jason smirked, "Good morning, Carly. Now, where's Sonny? I need to ask him something."

"He's-," Carly started and pointed up stairs.

"Right here," Sonny finished standing on the bottom step. Smiling at Jason, he walked over to wet bar and poured himself some water, "It's good to have you home, man."

Jason nodded at Sonny, "It's good to be home."

Carly pulled herself up from the chair she was sitting in and smiled as she walked over to couch to sit down. She loved watching the two most important men in her life talk. It was something that she couldn't do everyday, especially when Sonny and Jason talked 'business.'

"Did you meet any girls while you were in Europe?" Carly asked, trying not to be too obvious. Not letting him answer, she added, "And please tell you me you didn't go to Paris to see Robin."

Jason looked at Carly with a slightly amused expression, "No, I didn't see Robin and no, I didn't meet any girls."

Carly stared at him in disbelief, "You didn't get any when you were in Europe? Jason, that's awful!"

Sonny tried to hold back a laugh, but was unsuccessful, "Carly."

Jason laughed also, "Maybe I just don't want to tell you about the girls I met in Europe." Jason eyed Carly who stared back at him trying to read him.

"It's great to have you home, Jason," Carly hugged him as she got off the couch.

Jason smiled at her as he pulled out of the hug. Looking at Sonny, he asked, "Anything new?"

Sonny and Carly looked at each other uneasily and then Sonny looked back at Jason nodding his head slowly, "Yeah."

Jason was confused, but he didn't say anything to interrupt Sonny. He tried telling himself to be impatient.

Carly smiled widely, "I'm pregnant!"

Jason looked at her with his eyes wide, "Wow! That's great, Carly! You two really have been busy since I've been gone."

Carly blushed and turned to go upstairs, "I'm going to take a shower. There's something else, but Sonny can fill you in. Hey, Jase, how about dinner tonight at Luke's? Oh, and don't bring that snotty, little miss perfect, Elizabeth Webber?"

Jason stared at her, "How did you know-,"

"Oh, I have my ways, Jase. You are my best friend, you know," Carly smirked and continued up the stairs.

Jason turned back to Sonny and sighed exasperatedly. Sticking his hand out so Sonny could shake it, Jason said, "Congratulations."

Sonny nodded and took Jason's hand, "Thanks, man. We just found out a month ago and since we knew you were coming back, I decided to wait to tell you in person."

Jason smiled, "Thanks for waiting. It must have been hard. How had Michael taken it?"

"Oh, he is excited, but he doesn't want a little sister," Sonny laughed as he recalled his son's disgusted face when he had said that.

Jason chuckled, "Having a little sister isn't that bad."

Sonny nodded, "Tell me about it." Jason gave Sonny a confused look and Sonny continued, "There's something you probably need to know. When you were away, I found out that I have a little sister."

Jason's eyes widened, "That's great, man!"

"Yeah, it is, but Mike lied to me. He had a whole other family and never told me about her. I met Christmas Eve. She's great, but the only problem is. she married AJ," Sonny finished with a look of disgust on his face.

"AJ?" Jason asked, a little surprised that AJ would court Sonny's sister without an ulterior motive. "What did he want? He can't love her. He hates you and everyone connected to you."

Sonny nodded and took a sip of his water, "Tell me about it. On the night of their wedding, he offered me a deal, m sister for Michael. It was the hardest decision that I ever had to make, but I would never give up Michael. I didn't take the deal."

"Did you tell her?" Jason asked, disgusted that AJ would do anything like that.

"I tried, but she won't believe me. She's as stubborn as I am. She honestly believes that he loves her and there's no doubt that she loves him, although I don't know why. AJ's slime, but she just refuses to see him that way," Sonny shrugged.

Jason nodded and asked, "When do I meet her?"

"Well, she's having dinner with us tonight and you know what? Carly likes her. They're really good friends. Anyway, she got AJ to let her have dinner with us, but AJ's not coming, and I couldn't be more happier that he isn't coming," Sonny explained.

"When's dinner?" Jason asked, heading towards the door.

"Six o'clock at Luke's and you might not want to bring Elizabeth. Both my sister and Carly don't get along with her," Sonny told him.

Jason nodded, "I'll see you then. If you need anything, just call me."

~*~

Courtney opened the doors to Kelly's and sighed. She took off her light beige pea coat and hung it up on the coat rack near the door. Smiling at Penny, she said, "I'm sorry I'm late. I accidentally slept in!"

Penny nodded her head, "It's okay. It hasn't been that busy this morning. You came just in time."

Courtney walked behind the counter and put her purse on one of the shelves underneath. Penny smiled at Courtney's sleepy look and noted, "Married life treating you good?"

Courtney laughed and pulled on apron, "You could say that!" She looked on the customer in front of her and smiled, "What would you like to drink?"

"Hot tea, please," The customer replied.

Courtney grinned energetically, "Coming right up!" She took out a teacup and poured the woman some hot tea.

"Courtney, there's a man in your section waiting," Penny told her.

Courtney nodded at Penny, thanking her silently, and looked down as she got out her writing pad. Taking her pen out, she asked, "What can I get for you today?"

Jason looked up at the waitress and was surprised, "Courtney?"

Courtney looked up from her tablet and her eyes widened in surprise, "Jason?"