Ch.1 So Much for Peace…

Jason and Courtney lied in bed just holding each other. It was a Saturday morning, and the kids were either at college, or sleeping in. It was one of the perks of not having any kids below High School age. It was 9:30 and although the kids could sleep until forever, they usually didn't. Besides, Carly would be running into the house any minute to get Courtney to go shopping with her for the 4th time this week and Caroline, Lo, and Adella were coming with them this time. Sonny would probably come over too, and the last thing Jason and Courtney wanted was for him to find them in bed. Even if they weren't doing anything, and were married with 5 kids who weren't dropped off by the stork, Sonny hated it. So they decided to get up and face the day…

As they got downstairs, the house was still quiet

"Enjoy this while you can" Courtney whispered to her husband.

"Oh, you bet I am" Jason replied, while he pulled her into a sweet kiss. They kept that kissing thing going until they heard Matthew coming down the stairs

"Glad you two are enjoying this beautiful morning" Matt told them with a bit of sarcasm in his voice.

"Very funny and good morning to you too sweetheart" Courtney told her youngest son. She couldn't believe he was already a senior in high school. "Where are your sisters?"

"Getting dressed."

"Alright, your aunt should be here any minu-"

And with that Carly Corinthos walked into the house followed by Sonny and Adella.

"Good Morning Morgan family!" Carly exclaimed.

"Morning Carly, morning Sonny, and morning Adella" Courtney said. "Adella would you go upstairs and tell Lo and Caroline to get down here if they want to go shopping"

"Sure Aunt Courtney"

"Hey Jase, I need to talk to you" said Sonny

"Alright, we can go into the office" replied the younger man.

"Ooh the office. So secretive. Ever wonder what they do in that office Carly? Because I sure do. Please, pretty please Jason, will you tell me what's in that big scary office? Or how about you big brother?"

"HA HA HA you're so funny little sister. You can wonder all you want about what's in that office, but we're not going to tell you. Mystery is good for the mind" Sonny told Courtney, to which she rolled her eyes. 'We're only half-siblings; we're only half-siblings' Courtney reassured herself. Their daughters then walked down the stairs. Jason and Sonny's eyes went straight to Caroline and her skirt… or lack there of

"What in the hell are you wearing Caroline?" Jason began

"Jason, watch your language. And what are you talking about? She's dressed fine" Courtney told her husband.

"That skirt barely covers her Courtney!" chimed in Sonny

"Oh don't even Sonny. You know what, we're leaving to go shopping and you guys can go to your beloved office alright? Come on girls, let's get out of here. By the way, all the kids are coming home from college tonight, so how about we do a family dinner? Mine and Jason's house is fine if it's ok with you guys" said Courtney

"That sounds perfect Court! Now let's go" Carly said, and with that the girls walked out, including Caroline in her skirt, leaving Jason and Sonny by themselves. Matt went back upstairs to do Lord knows what. Jason and Sonny walked into Jason's office and took a seat.

Jason: What do we need to talk about?

Sonny: There's been some funny business going on around in the warehouse.

Jason: Like what?

Sonny: Drugs have been coming through and we've been getting a few threats.

Jason: Alright, well what do you want to do about it?

Sonny: Well, we've got to find out who's doing this. Until then, Carly, Courtney and all the kids get guards.

Jason: That'll go over well

Sonny: Well they don't have a choice. I think Michael, Morgan and JJ don't need one. Emme and Kristina can share one on campus.

Jason: Not gonna work. Emme will flip when she finds out her twin doesn't have to have a guard but she does. Just say the guard is for all four of them, but tell the guard to keep his focus on the girls. And we'll pray Em never finds out.

Sonny: Alright, that's fine. Matthew and Caroline can share I guess, but Carly and Courtney get their own.

Jason: Are Adella and Logan going to share a guard?

Sonny: No. They're too young. They can each get their own guard.

Jason: Adella will accept that but my stubborn daughter won't.

Sonny: Well, Logan will learn to accept it

Jason: I wish us both all the luck in the world. She got the Corinthos gene of stubbornness. And Carly's for that matter. You know, sometimes I think Lo is supposed to be your kid with how headstrong she is.

Sonny: Yeah, well, Adella's the complete opposite of that, so sometimes I think she's yours.

Jason: Ha, yeah. So do we have any leads?

Sonny: I think Alcazar might be coming back. Maybe it's to visit his sons, maybe it's not but we know how things went the last time he was here

Jason: Yeah, I remember. He almost made Courtney miscarry JJ and Emme. I won't let him hurt any of our family ever again. Courtney is still terrified of the water thanks to that creep.

Sonny: Oh yeah, I remember trying to get her to go into the ocean with us on the island, but she just came up with some bogus excuse.

Jason: Well, let's find Alcazar as soon as possible and take care of him. He got away the first time, but he won't this time. And we'll tell the news of the guards tonight at dinner.

Sonny: Alright. Sounds good, man.