Chapter 6
"Alexis, your daughter is a wonder . . . she loves her brothers," Sara said, watching her newfound niece and older nephew playing with each other and Morgan trying to keep up.
Alexis smiled as she watched her daughter. "Thank you. She does adore them," she said. "So, I'm sure this has been a lot for you to digest," Alexis said, tearing her eyes away from her daughter for a moment to look at Sara.
"Yes, and I'm sure for all of you as well . . . I'm sorry for my attitude yesterday, I had no right to call Sonny that in front of the children, or any of you for that matter," she said.
"Don't worry about it. We have all said and done much worse in front of them. They are all very resilient," she said with a slight smile.
"I am glad that the children are alright. When I came to Port Charles, I had heard that the kids had been kidnapped and they found Michael just recently."
Alexis nodded her head. "Yes, it was a very difficult time and we are all grateful that they were found and safe," she said. "Sonny told us you're a teacher."
A blush reached her cheeks and Sara nodded. "Both Alex and I."
"I can tell that you love it," Alexis said. Then she remembered something that Sonny had told them. "Alexandria is Lorenzo Alcazar's daughter, isn't she?"
"Yes, she's not a bad person Alexis . . . she will not hurt anyone," Sara insisted, feeling the need to defend her friend.
"I understand that, but you have to understand what kind of person Lorenzo Alcazar is, what he is capable of," Alexis insisted, her own experiences with the Alcazar family not having been too good, what with her killing Luis Alcazar one night.
"Can we talk somewhere private?" Sara asked. With everyone in the living room, it was hard to talk to her.
"Of course, let's go out in the hall," said Alexis, leading Sara out the door and over by the elevator. "What did you need to talk about?" she asked, very curious.
"I met Lorenzo Alcazar in a bar two years ago and we talked . . . about everything," she said. "Earlier today, he came over and we . . ." she looked down at that. "He's a man paying for his past Alexis and I . . ." Something Alexis said made her head jerk up to look at her in surprise.
"And your falling in love with him?" she asked.
It took a few minutes before she could speak. "Yes," she whispered, then jumped when she heard a voice behind her. It was Sonny.
"Are you kidding me?" he asked his sister, his eyes dark with anger at what he had heard.
Sara's surprised look turned into a glare and she folded her arms together. "And what exactly is wrong with that Sonny?"
"Sara, I know you have not been here long, but Alcazar is an enemy of mine. I don't think you should be associating with him at all. And that includes anyone connected to him," he said, preparing himself for a fight. What was it with the woman in his life and their fascination with Alcazar, first Carly and now his sister?
"You mean Alexandria right? Sorry Sonny, but I will not do that to her or to Lorenzo," at his look she smiled. "I was just leaving," she then went into the living room and grabbed her purse only to be stopped by Carly.
"What's going on?" Carly asked. She had heard Sonny's raised voice in the hall and was going to investigate. "Is everything okay?"
Sara pointed back at the door leading to the hallway. "He's being pig-headed about my association with Alex and Lorenzo . . ." at the look Carly gave her, Sara sighed. "Yes, I know Lorenzo, and he's not a bad person! He's paying for all he has done to everyone, why can't you all see that!" Alexis, Jason, and Sonny had entered the living room and Ric, Jax, and Courtney were looking at her as well. "I have to go," she smiled at the children and then headed for the door.
"Sara, please, don't leave," said Sonny, grabbing her arm to stop her. "I'm just trying to protect you."
"You lost that privilege when Adella gave me up for adoption!" Sara wrenched her arm free and moved past him, taking the stairs instead of waiting for the elevator.
"What the hell did you do?" Carly yelled at Sonny.
"I didn't do anything. I told her I didn't want her associating with anyone that has to do with Alcazar!" he said, shrugging his shoulders, as if that was a simple enough request.
"You are ridiculous!" Carly exclaimed. "The girl has known you for barely 24 hours and already you're throwing out ultimatums!"
"What is it with you and her anyway? What is your fascination with Lorenzo Alcazar?"
"Ugh!" Carly yelled, throwing her arms in the air and stomping upstairs before she said something she regretted.
Sonny turned away from his wife and saw Jason. "Where the hell have you been?" he asked.
"Following Alex . . . Sara wanted me to keep an eye on her, what the hell did I miss here?" he said as he stepped into the apartment.
"You missed my sister's proclamation of love for Alcazar!" he said. Then he pulled Jason into the hallway. "And what the hell do you mean you were following Alex? I thought I told you to stay away from her!"
"I was making sure she got back to the hotel safely," Jason growled in a low voice. Sonny may be his boss and best friend, but he was not too happy with how Sonny was trying to tell him who he could and could not be with.
"That is not your job," said Sonny, glaring at his right-hand man.
"Why don't you calm down Sonny before you freak the kids out!" Jason growled again.
"No! I will not calm down! I told you this morning to stay away from her! What part of that are you not getting?" Sonny was furious with both Sara and Jason at this point. He was going to have to do something about Alcazar himself.
It was ten o'clock when Sara arrived at Alcazar's place and everything was dark. The guard had disappeared and the lights were turned off. Sara knocked and then rang the doorbell. I should have gone to the hotel . . . what the hell am I doing here? She asked herself.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," said Lorenzo as he
tied the belt of his robe and flicked on the lights. Rubbing his eyes, he opened the door and was surprised to see Sara. "Sara, what are you doing here? What's wrong?" he asked, thinking something had happened to Alex, as he stepped back so she could enter the room.
"It's getting worse Lorenzo," she said as she watched him shut and lock the door. "Sonny thinks I shouldn't have anything to do with either you or Alexandria! He's being overprotective and it's getting on my nerves!"
"Okay, calm down," said Lorenzo gently, hiding the smile that had formed on his lips at her exasperation. "Corinthos and I have never really gotten along, so it is natural for him to want to protect you from me," he said.
"Protect? More like control. I don't know why I even agreed to stay here in the first place . . . both him and Alexis do not believe that you're paying for all you've done and that you even helped find their children when Faith had them! You know what, I'm not even going to do this anymore . . . I'm just going to go home . . . back to Washington!" She got up from the couch and headed toward the door.
"Sara, wait. Please. I don't want you to leave. If you leave, Alexandria will too and I will not lose her again, not after we finally reconnected," he said. He did not want to lose Sara either. "I want you to stay here . . . with me."
"Why? So everything else could go to hell?" Sara turned to look at him, taking his face in her hands. "I love that you and Allie have reconnected, but where does that leave me? I know it would never really work between us," she said in a whisper.
"Why wouldn't it Sara? I want to make this work. I love you," he said.
"Because . . . what?" Sara stopped to look at him with wide eyes. "You barely know me."
"I know that I love you Sara and I don't want you to leave. I want you in my life," he said, pulling her into his arms and holding her close to him.
"Oh God," she said, burying her head in his neck, the smell of him causing shivers to run through her body. She suddenly moved back. "I – I have to go," she turned to leave when he grabbed her arm and she was back in his arms again. "Damn it!" she yelled as she used her fists trying to fight against him, to fight against her growing feelings as well.
"Sara! Stop!" he said, grabbing hold her hands. "Stop fighting this. I love you and I am not going to lose you!"
"How can you love me when I'm his sister, how can you?" she yelled, trying to get her hands free. "And why do I have to love you too?"
"I don't care who you are related to Sara. That does not matter to me. You matter," he said, realizing what she just said.
That stopped the fight in her and she felt herself go limp as she buried her head in his chest.
"We will work things out together Sara, just stay with me," he said, holding her close, never wanting to let her go again.
Sara only had enough strength to nod and when the tears stopped, she turned her head to look at him, and suddenly a hiccup came up and she brought a hand to her mouth and then hid her face again in his chest, her face red with embarrassment.
Lorenzo smiled as he stroked her hair. "Let me get you some water," he said, releasing her and walking over to the wet bar. He poured her a glass and sat down beside her again, handing it to her.
"Thank you," she said taking a drink of water, the hiccups finally going away. As she finished the glass, she set it down and looked at him. "I'm sorry I woke you."
"It's okay," he said, combing his hands through his hair. "Alexandria was supposed to come over tonight, but called and asked to come tomorrow instead, so I decided to have an early night."
"Looks like you needed it," she said, running a finger over his cheek. "You haven't been sleeping."
"A lot has been going on lately, and then I found out Alexandria was here, so I guess sleeping was pretty low on my list of priorities," he said with a slight smile.
"Right, you were there for Carly when the kids were missing," she looked down. She had heard about his relationship with Sonny's wife, but she did not want to get into those details at the moment. "I'm glad their alright. Michael, Morgan and Kristina are amazing kids."
"They are," he said. "What are thinking?" he asked, seeing that she wanted to say something, but didn't seem to know how to say it.
"I just wish that everything would go right with me and Sonny and everybody . . . I wish that he could see that you're a good man," she said, and then looked at him.
"Just give everyone time Sara," he said as he brushed some hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear.
A shiver ran through her at his touch and she leaned against his hand.
Lorenzo leaned in slowly and kissed her gently, savoring the taste and feel of her lips against his.
Sara felt herself falling into the kiss, but she stopped and leaned her head against his. "You have to get some sleep, I should go," she said, getting up and gasping when she was pulled back down onto the couch.
"I would sleep better with you beside me," Lorenzo whispered in her ear as he trailed his lips down her neck.
Sara shivered at his touch, a soft moan escaping her mouth as she moved her head to the side to give him more room. "Are you sure?" she asked.
"Definitely," he said, scooping her into his arms and carrying her into his bedroom.
As he set her down on her feet, Sara watched as he removed his robe, a moan nearly coming from her lips as she watched him, realizing he had nothing on underneath. "Oh," was all she could say as she ran a hand down his chest.
"Damn it!" Alex grumbled as she looked at the clock, it was after midnight and Sara still wasn't home. Alex had no idea where she was, she was not answering her cell phone and Alex did not want to call her father and worry him. After everything that happened that evening, Alex had waited for Sara to get home so that they could talk. She was tired, angry and hungry. Deciding that she had had enough and needed some air, Alex grabbed her jacket and headed out of the hotel. She had no idea where she was going. After walking for a little bit, she came across a bar called Jake's. It was still open and she figured she needed a drink anyway.
Taking another swig from his bottle, Jason put it down with a thud, still not believing what Sonny had said to him earlier that evening, and blaming himself for what he had said to Alex.
He was on his second drink when the door opened. He didn't need to turn around to know who it was. He could smell her beautiful perfume as the door opened.
Okay, not exactly what I was looking for, she thought as she looked around the grimy room. Oh well, at least I won't be carded, she figured as she headed to the bar and saw the bar tender. The way he leered at her, she knew she would be able to get anything she wanted. "I'll have a beer," she said.
"She's underage Coleman," said a voice from across the bar as both Coleman and Alex turned.
Alex rolled her eyes. "Since when were you appointed as my keeper?" she asked, turning back to the bartender. "Don't listen to him," she said.
"It's true. I can even tell you who her father is, her birthday, and where she has a tattoo on her body," he said, taking another swallow of beer,
Alex turned back around, staring at him. "You have got to be kidding me!" she said. "You know nothing about me!" Alex was fuming. How dare he? She thought, not even wanting to try to rein in her anger.
"No, but Ric Lansing does. He's a private investigator and we have a friend in the FBI who can get information on just about anyone," Jason said. Well, for the two drinks I've had, I can say that I'm happy. Thank God I'm not drunk, he thought as he watched Alex.
"I don't believe you," said Alex. All she wanted was a drink and some fresh air, but instead, she was being harassed by a man she could not stop thinking about.
"Do what you want, it's a free country," said Jason, looking down at the woman who was frustrating him more and more every time he came in contact with her. "Just don't get arrested," he tossed over his shoulder as he slammed his now empty beer bottle on the bar, which was followed by some money to cover his tab and he walked out.
Alex rolled her eyes and looked back at Coleman who had an amused expression on his face. "You know what? Make it a double shot of tequila," she said, daring Coleman to deny her. Coleman smiled as he poured her the shot and watched as she gulped it down in one swallow.
Alex shook her head to try to clear it. She had never had tequila before, not to mention a double of it, and it burned like fire down her throat, although she did a pretty good job of not showing that to Coleman and had even ordered another for good measure. Next time, stick to beer, she thought as she stumbled out the door of the bar. Her head spun as she tried to get her bearings and make her way back to the Metro-Court.
As he watched Alex stumble out the door, Jason shook his head and came out of the shadows where he had been waiting, and grabbed a hold of her before she could fall. "You shouldn't have done that," he said, giving her a hard, disapproving look.
"Like you care," Alex said, pulling her arm out of his grasp and almost falling again. The parking lot of Jake's spun as she tried to regain her equilibrium. "Why are you here?" she asked, trying to ignore the pounding in her head.
"I had a fight with Sonny . . . so did your friend. It's been a bad night needless to say," Jason said, putting one of her arms around his neck and lead her over to his car, which was parked not too far away.
"A fight? What happened to Sara? She still wasn't home when I left," Alex said, trying to think through the fogginess that was moving into her head. She started to worry about where Sara might be as Jason had her sit in the passenger seat.
"She probably went to Alcazar's, since he was the main topic of hers and Sonny's argument," he said, crouching down in beside her, watching Alex carefully. "You alright or do you need to throw-up?"
Alex glared at him. "I'm fine," she said, glad that she was right about where Sara could be. At least she knew Sara was safe. "Why do you care what happens to me?" Then she thought of something he said before and asked another question before he could answer the first. "What did you and your boss fight about?" she asked weakly as she tried to fight the nausea she was starting to feel.
"You," Jason stated simply as he watched her turn green. He grinned slightly, sure that she would not drink like this again after this experience was over. He looked around the floor of his car and spotted an empty brown paper bag and handed it to her. "Breathe into it, it'll help," he suggested.
Alex took the bag from him and did as Jason said, feeling the nausea lessen and her head had stopped spinning for the moment. "What about me?" she asked, looking into his deep blue eyes, finding it hard to look away from them. She remembered the kiss from earlier and found herself aching to kiss him again.
"Sonny thinks that I have feelings for you, and because you are Alcazar's daughter, I should not be associated with you . . . and neither should Sara," he said, not taking his eyes off her emerald green ones that now flashed bright with anger. He was starting to learn that she had a quick, hot temper.
"Who the hell does he think he is?" Alex asked angrily, jumping to her feet and instantly regretting it as everything around her spun again.
Grabbing her arm, Jason sat her down again and grabbed the bag, holding it up to her face. "He is a father who has been through a lot and a brother who has just found another member of his family, he worries," Jason explained quietly.
Alex glared at him. "Whatever," she said. "Can you take me home?" she then asked, knowing that she would not be able to make it there on her own.
"I was going to anyway," said Jason as he stood up and closed her door. He then walked around the car and climbed in the driver's seat. What would have only taken five minutes turned into fifteen as Jason drove slowly, keeping an eye on Alex. He turned to face her once he pulled into a parking space at the hotel. "Don't let me catch you doing that again," he said in a hard voice.
Alex looked over at him, shooting daggers with her eyes. "Stop treating me like a child. I have had a few drinks before this, she said as she shoved open her door and stumbled out of the car, cursing as the world, again, took another spin.
"Apparently you haven't," Jason said as he ran around the car and caught her before she could crack her head on the pavement. Sighing, he scooped her into his arms and carried her inside the hotel and up to her room. He rummaged through her purse, muttering about all the junk she had in there, and opened the door. He placed her gently on the couch and headed into the kitchen, relieved to see a coffee pot sitting on the counter. He set about making a pot, and while that was going, he found a glass and filled it with water, bringing it out to Alex, who was sitting up with her head in her hands. "Drink this; it will make the spinning in your head stop."
Alex took the glass and drank the water. It did help. She looked up at Jason and saw the worry in his eyes. Not many men looked at her that way. "Why are you being so nice to me? You said this afternoon that you wanted nothing to do with me."
Jason looked down a moment, not liking his words thrown back at him. "I did say that, but I don't think that way now." Jason reached for a piece of hair that had become loose and he tucked it behind her ear. "I'm going to get you a cup of coffee. It will ease the headache and stop the nausea."
Alex nodded and watched as he walked into the kitchen. She stood up and pulled off her jacket and threw it on a nearby chair as she pushed her hair out of her face. She looked up as Jason came back in and handed her the coffee cup. "Thanks. You didn't answer my question. Why are you being nice to me? I have been acting like a spoiled brat since we met," she said, sipping the hot liquid.
"I wouldn't call you a spoiled brat, ass kicking yes, but not a spoiled brat,' (should be a " at the end) Jason smiled slightly as he took a sip of his own coffee. "I . . . uh . . . the reason I'm being nice to you is that I . . . uh . . . like you, I can see that you're a good person. Not like your father," he added under his breath, but he knew that she had heard him.
"Not like my father huh? Being that I don't know him too well, I am not exactly sure how I should take that," Alex said. "You like me? Is that where the kiss came in earlier?" she asked. The coffee was really helping with clearing her head.
"Yeah," he said, and then set the cup down on the low table in front of the couch. "I should get going," he said, not wanting to tell her the truth about what he was feeling.
"Jason, wait," Alex said as she stood up. She licked her lips nervously. "Can you stay with me? At least until Sara gets back? I don't want to be alone tonight."
Jason looked down at her. "I don't think that's a good idea Alex," he said. He continued to look into her eyes and knew he couldn't leave her. "I'll take the couch."
Alex nodded. "Thank you," she said. Then she walked over to him, stood on her toes, and kissed him lightly on the lips.
It was a mistake and Jason knew he should have stopped her, but the way her lips felt under his made Jason grab onto her, deepening the kiss.
Alex wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer and melting in to the kiss completely. In the back of her mind, she knew she shouldn't be doing this, that it was risky and dangerous, but she wanted him so much. Alex had never felt this way before. When they broke apart for air, Alex took his hand and led him toward her bedroom.
Jason knew he should stop himself, but there was something about Alex that made him follow her into the room and soon he had her back in his arms, capturing her lips with his once more.
After a moment, Alex pulled away. She took a couple of steps back, pulled her shirt off over her head and sat on the bed. She looked up at Jason. "I want you to make love to me Jason," she said quietly, grabbing his hand as he walked closer to her. She was nervous, but right then she realized how much she wanted this and she wanted it with Jason.
Later, Alex lay in Jason's arms, loving how it felt to be wrapped in close to him.
"Are you alright?" Jason asked her as he ran a finger down her cheek gently.
Alex nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine," she said, closing her eyes at his touch. Then she smiled and turned slightly to look into his incredible blue eyes. "I was just thinking, if you and Sonny were fighting because he thought you had feelings for me, I wonder what he's going to think now." And what about my father, she asked her self, thinking of the man she had finally reconnected with.
Jason smiled slightly as he brushed a kiss over her brow. "Well, he'll just have to get used to it."
Alex nodded again. "They all will," she said before snuggling into his arms and closing her eyes.