Chapter One
A strange morning light had settled over the city of Port Charles, New York. There was something golden and mystical about the way it bathed everything as if it was pouring from heaven itself. Far above the earth, from the billowy depths of white clouds, a voice spoke.
"I'm really getting bored, Peter. These people, it's always the same old battles, the same old love affairs. I'm losing interest and you know how I hate to get bored in my favorite towns. They're losing their appeal."
Another voice replied, sounding uncomfortably worried.
"But what are you going to do about it? You're not going to bring in another trouble-making female, are you? There are certainly quite enough in this town already."
"No, no. Sage and Sam are excelling at that just as I'd predicted. No, I want something to entertain me and yet bring some healing to this city. It's tearing itself in pieces these days."
"Well what do you have in mind, sir?"
"Tell me, Peter, have you ever noticed the power of music? It can touch, change and explain things we never thought possible. I think I will give the gift of music to Port Charles for a while."
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Carly Corinthos sat inside Kelly's, languidly stirring her coffee and eyeing the gooey doughnut resting on a napkin. Lorenzo had bought it for her as it had become a sort of morning tradition for the two of them. She liked to tease him that he was just trying to fatten her up. Thinking of him drove her gaze to the counter where he was paying. The heaviness that weighed upon her heart only got stronger at his smile. From the recesses of her mind came images of Sonny's broad grin, his lectures on junk food. She softly began to sing.
Carly: It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues
Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you
It's been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong
I can put my arms around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you
I went to the doctor and guess what he told me
Guess what he told me
He said girl you better learn to have fun
No matter what you do
But he's a fool
Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try
Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you
Carly mumbled quietly under her breath,
"Nothing ever will compare."
"What was that, darling?" Lorenzo smiled down upon her questioningly, holding his own steaming cup of black coffee. Carly returned his smile weakly but it was the best she could muster. Standing up and shaking off the images of the past that haunted her, she took the arm of the man who loved her now.
"It was nothing, honey. Just a daydream."
~*~*~*~*~
As Lorenzo and Carly exited Kelly's, their arms bound tightly around each other, a man watched from the shadows. Sonny Corinthos stepped out of the darkness of the alley into the new morning sun, his leather gloved hands rolled into fists. He watched with narrowed eyes as Lorenzo Alcazar rubbed Carly's thin back and Carly leaned into the curve of his arm as they walked away. The sick bastard had succeeded in stealing his wife but that wasn't enough for him. Now he was trying to steal Sonny's entire life-his children, his business. His eyes tore away from Alcazar to rest on the fading silhouette of his wife as they continued down the street. She had betrayed him and in return he had done the same to her. It had always been like this between them.
A war, a battle between love and hatred. They could never decide what side they were on but now Alcazar had chosen for them. Carly was now his enemy-his beloved enemy. On the street corner a musician in straggly clothes and a guitar case filled with change at his feet began to sing.
Musician: Roxanne - you don't have to put on that red light
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it is right
Roxanne - you don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne - you don't have to sell your body to the night
Sonny, his stomach roiling in emotion, joined in, singing to himself.
Sonny: His eyes upon your face
His hands upon your hand
His lips caress your skin
It's more than I can stand!
Why does my heart cry?
Feelings I can't fight!
You're free to leave me but
Just don't deceive me!
And please believe me when I say
I love you!!!
Pushing over the nearest table in his anguish, he reverted to his other language.
Sonny: Yo que te quiero tanto, que voy a hacer
Me dejaste - me dejaste como una paloma
El alma se me fue; se me fue el corazon
Ya no tengo ganas de vivir porque no te puedo convencer
Que no te vendas, Roxanne!
Sonny: Why does my heart cry?
Musician: Roxanne - you don't have to put on that red light!
Sonny: Feelings I can't hide!
Musician: Roxanne - you don't have to wear that dress tonight!
Sonny: Why does my heart cry?
Feelings I can't fight!
Both: Roxanne!!!
~*~*~*~*~
Sam McCall looked up as the door to her bedroom on the Lazarus swung open and Sonny Corinthos exploded in. He looked like thunderclouds with his black suit and equally dark face. His brown eyes snapped like flames and he immediately began ripping off his jacket. Climbing across her bed, she asked worriedly,
"Sonny? Sonny, what is it?"
"I don't wanna talk about it." His reply was short, brusque and typical Sonny. Sam hadn't known her mobster lover very long but it had been long enough that she knew what could drive him to these moods. She tucked her raven hair back behind her ear and sighed,
"It's Carly, isn't it? You saw her. Did you argue?"
For a split second his rage turned on her and he said angrily,
"Sam! I said I didn't wanna talk about it! Now are we clear or not?!"
She felt herself cringe and hated every minute of it. She nodded, beckoning for him, welcoming him into her arms even though he had just spoken to her like a child. She could never turn him away.
"Fine, we're clear, hon. I won't ask again, I promise."
He went to her then and lost his anger, his aggravations in her body, losing himself in Sam until he couldn't recall why he'd been upset in the first place. He forgot his troubles, his worries; sometimes he even forgot himself. When they had finished with each other, both sated and complacent, Sam rolled to her side, leaving a sleeping Sonny beside her. She softly sang so as not to wake him.
Sam: The ice is thin come on dive in
Underneath my lucid skin
The cold is lost, forgotten
Hours pass days pass time stands still
Light gets dark and darkness fills
My secret heart forbidden
I think you worried for me then
The subtle ways that I'd give in but
I know you liked the show
Tied down to this bed of shame
You tried to move around the pain
But oh your soul is anchored
The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
Offer what you can, I'll take all that I can get
Only a fool's here to stay
I don't like your tragic sighs
As if your god has passed you by
Well hey fool, that's your deception
Your angels speak with jilted tongues
The serpent's tale has come undone
You have no strength to squander
The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
Offer what you can, I'll take all that I can get
Only a fool's here to stay
Sam blinked away fierce tears and hugged her arms tightly around herself, trying to warm that empty spot that Sonny had never touched. How had she ended up like this?
~*~*~*~*~
The songs are:
*Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor
*El Tango De Roxanne from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack
(If you're wondering, here's the translation to Sonny's Spanish verse.
And I who love so much, what am I going to do?
You left me, you left me like a dove
My soul has left me, my heart has left me
I no longer wish to live because I cannot convince you
Not to sell yourself, Roxanne.)
*Ice by Sarah McLachlan and for the GH history buffs, this is the song that played when Sonny and Carly first got together. I thought it fit Sam well.
*Author's Note: This is only the beginning! Please review because it only encourages me to write more!
