****

About an hour later there was a knock at the door. "I'll get that," Sonny said.

He walked over to the door and opened it. It was Jax. "What do you want?" he asked.

"I know you know where Skye is," he said. "I'm worried about her."

"I'm right here," she said and crept out of hiding.

"What?" he asked and looked at her in a man's robe.

"Now get out," Sonny said.

"How could you do this, Skye?"

"Get out now," Sonny demanded.

Jax ignored Sonny's request and looked at Skye. "When you were with me you were thinking about Corinthos. How long has this been going on?"

Skye looked down. "A few days...."

"Days? You little tramp!" Jax yelled.

Sonny went up to Jax and punched him in the face. Jax was about to respond when he got pulled out of the penthouse by Max and Johnny.

Skye smiled. "You did that for me?"

Sonny shrugged. "He has no right to call you that."

"Well you did," Skye said.

"I told you not to talk about that," Sonny said getting angry.

"Well what am I supposed to do, just forget it happened?"

Sonny hit all the glasses on the counter on to the floor. "Damnit, yes."

Skye stepped back scared.

Sonny looked down.

"What are you trying to do here?" Skye asked him.

"This is me Skye. I want to show you who your sleeping with."

"I know who you are, and I know quite a lot about your violent tactics. And is that all we are? Sleeping together?"

"Your misinterpreting what I'm saying. I'm saying you don't want to get in any deeper than where you are."

"And what if I was to do this." Skye went over to Sonny and kissed him passionately. He wrapped his arms around her neck and kissed her back. They made it to the stairs when Sonny pulled away. "What? What's wrong?"

"Shh," he said and put his finger on her lips. He picked her up and carried her to the bed and placed her down. They kissed and made love again, and had more desire for each other than ever.

A few hours later Skye woke up in Sonny's arms. "Oh that was so good," Sonny said.

Skye rolled over to look at him. Now they were face to face. "Who put that goofy grin on your face?"

"You," he said and kissed her.

She laughed. Just then all the lights went out and Skye jumped up. "What happened?"

"The power must have gone out."

Just then they heard thunder and Skye jumped on Sonny. He laughed. "Your afraid of lighting?"

She looked down and laughed. "Stupid isn't it."

"No, no, not at all. Come here." He took her into his arms and they laid their for the rest of the night.

~~~

Sonny woke up and looked down to see Skye still sleeping and still in his arms. He stroked her hair, and smileda at how peaceful she looked sleeping. A few minutes past and she started to wake up. She looked up at him and smiled.

"Morning." he said.

"How long have you been awake?" she asked and sat up.

"Bout 10 minutes." he said and smiled.

"Oh." she said and layed back on his chest and shut her eyes.

"Still tired?" he asked looking down at her.

"Yeah." she said, "I didn't get much sleep because of you" she laughed.

"I see, it's all my fault now?" he said and smiled.

She didn't answer and he looked back down at her and she was sleeping. He smiled and shut his eyes, not wanting to move and disturb her.

*****

The next morning Skye woke up to a note on the bed. It read;

/BLOCKQUOTE

Dear Skye,

We can't stay in paradise forever!

Love,

Sonny

She smiled slightly. She had never felt this way before about anyone, not even Jax. She cared about Jax so much, and she thought that, that was amazing. But with Sonny it was so much more. It was more than just desire, it was something else. She couldn't quite put her finger on it. A few moments later Sonny opened the door.

"Hey," he said and smiled.

That smile just made her melt. "Good morning. Where have you been?"

"I had some last minute business to attend to," he replied.

"Oh?" Skye asked.

Sonny waved his hand. "Oh it was nothing big. Just a little problem with my coffee down south."

Skye nodded. "Well I should get to ELQ, Edward probably redesigned the whole office by now."

"Can I give you a ride?" Sonny asked.

Skye smiled. "Thanks but I wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea." She stopped. She hadn't thought about the consequences of her and Sonny. He was in the mob for godsakes, she could be killed. What would everyone think.

"What exactly is the wrong idea?" Sonny asked.

She smiled it off. "I'm sorry, I better go." She kissed him on the cheek, gathered her purse, and was out the door.

Sonny knew something was wrong, but he didn't quite know what it was.

*****

As soon as Skye got to ELQ Edward was in the office drinking tea with Monica. "Oh would you look what the cat dragged in," Skye said rolling her eyes at Monica. "Monica, this is a business office we don't have time for tea and crumpets."

Sonny walked up to the door. "Does that apply to me?"

Skye looked over at Sonny standing in the doorway and gave him a strange look.

"They bothering you?" he asked and smiled at her.

"What do you want?" Skye said and walked over to him.

"I needed to speak with you." he said.

"Reginald!!" Edward then got up and yelled. "If you don't get out of my house this instant I am going to call security!"

"Grandfather, would you please sit down and drink your coffee before you have another heart attack while I escort Mr.Corinthos out of here." she said sarcastically.

Edward mumbled something and sat back down in at his desk.

"What was he doing here?" Monica asked him and took a huge crumpet and shoved it in her mouth.

"Oh I don't know, probably helping Skye with a plan to get me out of ELQ, or maybe even the family this time!" he grumbled.

~~~

Skye walked with Sonny to outside of the house.

"So why are you here?" she asked and turned around.

"I wanted to make sure you were alright." he said.

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked crossing her arms.

Sonny opened his mouth to speak until he seen Ned walk up around the gate.

"I see you got your claws in the Sonny Corinthos now, too? What did Jax dump you, so now you have to stoop this low? How sad." Ned said and smirked at her then walked passed them into the house.

Skye was about to say something but Sonny stopped her by kissing her. She pulled away, "What are you doing?" she snapped.

"Are you afraid of what the Quartermaine's will think?" he asked knowing he was right.

She then thought for a minute, why should she be ashamed, and why should she care what they think of her? They already think she's nothing.

"Why should I? They already think very lowly of me already, what would I have to gain by not telling them that I'm - " she paused thinking of what to say, "About us." she finished and couldn't help but smile at him grinning at her.

"What are you looking at me like that for?" she asked, trying to look as uneffected as possible at the dimples glaring infront of her.

He walked closer to her slowly, he was about to say something until she grabbed his hand in hers and started walking him through the doors infront of the house. She walked into the house and signaled for Sonny to stand there, while she went to look in the living room to see if there were anyone in there. She seen the coast was clear and went back to Sonny and grabbed his hand again, and started running through the living room bringing him into her ELQ office. "Whew, that was a close call," Skye said and walked over to her desk and sat down on top of it, crossing her legs so that she was on the edge of the desk. She leaned back and sighed heavily, then started trailing her finger from her thigh all the way up to her neck then stopped. Sonny walked over to her, smiling. He leaned in to kiss her slowly, she met his lips and ran her fingers through his hair. She then stopped and hopped off her desk, trying to fix her cloths.

"What do you think your doing?" Sonny asked her.

"I have to get to work! Now you better get out of her before Edward has you thrown out." she replied and walked passed him, kissing him on the cheek quickly, and walked back behind her desk and sat down.

"Ohhh nice, I'll get you for this, Ms. Chandler Quartermaine." he said and left the room grinning at her.

*****

A while later Skye was sitting in her office doing a lot of thinking. The past week had been heaven for her. She made love with a man who...who...she cared about. She knew it was more than that. It was like something she had never felt before. But she couldn't let herself feel it. She didn't want to get killed by one of Sonny's many enemy's.

*****

The next day Sonny called Skye, asking why she hadn't come home the night before. She said she had fell asleep at the office but he knew that wasn't true, he knew something was wrong. He decided to go see her. He knocked on her office door. She answered the door.

"Sonny," she said. "What do you want?" she snapped.

"What do I want?" he asked. "I want to know what's bothering you."

/BLOCKQUOTE"Nothing, Sonny it's nothing ok! Just leave me alone! I thought that this could be something, but it can't."

"Why not? I care about you Skye." He paused. "I love you."

Skye's heart stopped. He just told her he loved her, and she was dumping him. She nodded unsteadily and unsurely. "Ok."

"Ok?" Sonny said. He nodded. "I see how it is." He opened the door and walked out of ELQ with more pain inside of him than he could imagine. He knew what was wrong. She was scared...she was scared of what a life with him would do to her. He knew what he had to do.

*****

Skye sat in her office and for the first time since she was...9, she cried. She put her head in her hands and cried. She loved Sonny too and she wanted to be with him, but she didn't want to die.

*****

The next morning Skye woke up in her hotel room. She was so upset, and shocked that she had actually gotten some sleep. Everything with Sonny was so...hard and the choice she had to make was way too much. Her life with him...or her life. She suddenly knew what she had to do. Life wasn't worth living without Sonny. She loved him and he loved her...that was life. She picked up her cell phone and called Sonny. She asked him to meet her at the alley where they "first met" and he agreed.

*****

*****

Skye was waiting for Sonny in the alley. She then saw a limo pull up and Sonny stepped out. He walked a few feet, and then was right next to her.

She smiled. "Sonny...I'm sorry. I love you too," she said. "I was just-," she said and got cut off.

"Shh," Sonny said and put a finger on her lips. He kissed her passionately and she kissed him back. Then he pulled away. He looked down, and tears started welling up in his eyes. "Skye...you have to leave. If you're with me anymore, you're in danger."

She shook her head. "No Sonny, life without you isn't worth living."

"Shh," he said again, and again put his finger on his lips and kissed her passionately. Skye was so happy...he had accepted that she loved him. Now they would be together forever. He pulled away. "I have to go."

"Go? Why?"

Tears started falling down both of their cheeks as Sonny looked at her. His eyes answered everything. He got into the limo and as he did they cried. Skye watched as he pulled away. Life without each other wasn't worth living...but it had to be.