This part is a little on the short side but it's important to the story. I could of lumped it together with some things that i would be doing in part 4 but that part is already going to be really long and I want to keep it as is.

Part 3

"This is nice. Sitting in bed with you, eating breakfast and watching TV."

"It really is. And who would have known you'd turn out to be a great cook." Kristina said.

"Well I have many talents that you don't know about."

"I guess you do. And here I thought the only things you were good at were shooting a gun and pleasuring a woman."

"Oh no I can do many things."

Kristina leaned in close to Johnny and smiled. "Like what?"

"Like what…well let's see I can play the piano. Pretty well I might add. I'm a good driver, an excellent listener, and as you know I'm a fantastic cook."

"Well I have yet to hear you play the piano so I don't know about that one…"

"That's a shame because I'm pretty damn good at. I guess I'll have to show you soon."

Kristina nodded as Johnny leaned in to give her a kiss. Just as there lips touched they both could hear the sound of the doorbell.

"Ugh who could that be?"

"I don't know but I'll get it and find out." Johnny said. '

Johnny jumped out of bed and made his way down stairs to the front door. When he opened the door he was standing face to face with his lawyer.

"Diane what a pleasant surprise. What brings you by?"

"I got some papers that I thought you might like to take a look at. May I come in?"

"Yeah sure of course."

Johnny stepped aside so Diane could enter the penthouse. When she did he shut the door.

"Have a seat."

Diane nodded as she walked over to the couch and sat down. "So I got a call last night from a lawyer in the city. They were going through their files when they came across something from an old client. When they opened it up they found you're name on it. They knew who you were and that I was your attorney so they gave me call about it and then had it brought over this morning," She told Johnny as she pulled a manila folder out of her briefcase and set it on the table.

"Why was my name on it?" Johnny asked as he sat down next to her.

"Apparently it was you're fathers."

"My father? You mean Anthony?"

Diane shook her head. "No. It was Gino's."

"Wait I still don't get it. If it was Gino's then why was my name on it?"

When Kristina could here Diane's voice from down stairs she decided to snoop and see what she and Johnny were talking about. She tip toed out of the bedroom and over to the stairs. Once she was halfway down the stairs she stopped.

"See before Gino died he had some money set aside in an off shore account. And from what his lawyer said he apparently found out about you and wanted to make sure encase anything happened you had money to fall back on."

Johnny picked up the folder and started to skim through it. "Okay so how do I go about obtaining the money?"

"Well you see that's the thing. The only way for you to get the money is for you to be married."

Kristina who was listening to everything they were saying let out a loud gasp. She tried to sneak off but before she could go back up to the bedroom Johnny and Diane turned around and saw her.

"You know you really have a problem with being able to stay quiet." He said as a small smirk appeared upon his face.

"God I'm sorry. I just heard you guys talking and was curious so I um…"

"Decided to spy on us?"

Kristina nodded. "Sorry."

"What is Kristina doing here?"

Kristina walked down the stairs and made her way over to the couch. Johnny patted the empty spot next to him letting her know she could sit down.

"Kristina and I are dating." Johnny said deciding to not beat around bush.

"Wow um that's uh…wow. Am I the only one who knows about you two?" Diane wondered out loud.

"Dante and lulu know and that's about it." Kristina said.

"I'm sorry but could we go back to the money thing?"

"Right sorry."

"So are you sure there isn't another way I can get the money?"

"Positive." Diane said. "The contract that was drawn up was pretty iron clad. The only way you're going to get anywhere near that money is if you get married."

"Does it happen to say anywhere as to why I need to get married?"

"Unfortunately it doesn't.'

"Wait. Weren't you married to Connie for a while?" Kristina asked.

"I thought about that but since the marriage to Connie was so short we couldn't use it as a way to obtain the money. The papers clearly state that Johnny would have to be married a year or more to get the money."

Johnny couldn't believe it. A man he never met who he thought never knew about him clearly did. And not only that, he had money set aside for him.

"Shoot I just realized I have a meeting to get to. Why don't you keep the files and go through them and if you have any questions call me later."

Johnny nodded as Diane let herself out.

"I thought Tracy took all of Gino's money and embezzled it into ELQ? Wouldn't she of got a hand on that money?"

"Not if it was in an off shore account with my name on it. If we had known about the money at the time it would have gone to me when Gino was killed."

Kristina nodded. "I guess that makes since."

"Yeah."

"So what are you gonna do about all this?"

"Honestly I don't know. I'm really still just trying to process everything."

"Of course I mean this kind of just came out of left field. "

Johnny didn't respond back he just aimlessly stared at the papers in front of him on the coffee table. His girlfriend could tell he didn't really feel like talking about it with her. And that was okay with Kristina.

"I'm sure you really don't feel like talking about this so I won't bring it up again unless you decide you want to talk to me about it."

"Thanks baby."

She nodded. "Well I should probably get ready. I have some papers I have to sign for my internship and then I have to pick some stuff up at the store so I can make a desert for tonight. That way there will be at least something edible for everyone to eat tonight at Sam's." Johnny gave her a smile as she got up from the couch. "I'm going to take a shower. Care to join me?"

"I think I'm just going to go through these papers Diane gave me."

"Okay." Kristina gave Johnny's lips a kiss before she went off to take her shower.

GHGHGHGHGH

"Kristina. What brings you by?"

'I came to sign those papers for the internship."

"Well why don't you take a seat and I'll get them out for you."

Kristina nodded as she walked into Diane's office. When she got over to Diane's desk she took a seat at the chair that was next to it.

"So…you and Johnny. I definitely didn't see that coming." She nervously laughed.

"I know I probably could have told you when we talked on the phone but I didn't know if he wanted you to know."

"It's perfectly all right." She said as she started to go through one of her drawers. "So how is Johnny handling the money situation?"

"I don't know. I mean this is a complete shock to him. But I think once the shock wears off he'll be fine."

Diane took the papers that she got from one of her drawers and laid it on the desk with a pen so Kristina could sign them.

"Well the good thing about this is there is no time table as to when he has to get married."

Kristina nodded. "I just wish I could help him somehow."

Diane knew that all Kristina would have to do in order to help Johnny was to marry him. And then if they stayed married for a year or more he would get the money. But she had a feeling if they got married it wouldn't be just about the money. Well at least on Kristina's end. And she cared about the girl. She was her best friend's daughter. She didn't want her to marry her client just because it would lighten his burden. If they were going to get married she'd want them to do it because they loved each other. But then there was Kristina's mother. Alexis wouldn't want them to be dating let alone get married to each other.

"So when do you plan on telling your mother about Johnny?"

"I'm going over Sam's tonight for dinner so I plan on telling everyone then." She said as she started to sign the papers.

"Well I hope for your sake Alexis doesn't have a coronary when you tell her."

GHGHGHGHGHGH

"Hmm that smells good."

"It should there Oreo brownies."

Johnny wrapped his arms tightly around Kristina's waist before he used one of his hands to reach out to grab a brownie. His hand was immediately slapped away.

"Hey what was that for?"

"These are for dinner tonight."

Johnny pouted. "So I don't get one?"

"I'm afraid not."

Johnny lowered his hands on her waist to the spot on Kristina's pelvis that drove her mad. Once he touched it she started to squirm.

"Stop!" She giggled. "I have to be at Sam's in a few and I can't have you getting me all hot and bothered."

"Then give me a brownie and maybe I'll stop."

Kristina took a brownie out of the Tupperware container and the handed it over to Johnny.

"Fine I'll leave you one."

"Thank you baby." He said as he took a bite of the chocolaty desert. "So are you sure you don't want me to come with you tonight?"

Kristina grabbed her coat from the couch and put it on. "No I think it's better that they hear I'm dating you from just me."

"Okay. But since I'm not going with you at least let my driver Darrell bring you."

She smiled. "Okay."

GHGHGHGHGHGHGH

"Kristina!"

As soon as Kristina walked through the door she was nearly knocked over by her cousin Spencer who gave her a hug.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"We bumped into Sam who told us you were back in town and that you'd be coming over for dinner tonight. So she said we should come if we didn't have any plans." Nik said.

Kristina let go of Spencer and walked over to Nikolas and gave him a hug. "I'm glad you did. I missed you guys."

"Kristina there's someone I need you to meet."

Kristina left Nikolas's arms and smiled. Spencer took her hand and dragged her over to the fire place.

"Kristina this Britt. She's going to be my new mother!"

"Hi Britt nice to meet." She said extending her hand. Britt graciously shook it.

"Like wise."

"Britt's an OB. She helps people have babies. Isn't that awesome?"

"Yeah it's very cool. In fact I need a new gynecologist now that I'm back in town."

"Well I have an opening Monday at three if you'd like to stop by GH for an exam."

"That'd be great thanks."

Just then Kristina could here footsteps coming from the stairs. When she turned around she could see her mom, her sisters, and Danny coming down the staircase.

"Oh Kristina I'm so happy to have you home!" Alexis said as she hugged her daughter.

Kristina hugged her back and then proceeded to hug the rest of her family. After hugging Sam, Sam went over to the dinner table and picked up her phone and a menu.

"I was thinking we could get pizza. What does everyone want?"

"A BLT pizza sounds really good. I'm starved." Kristina said.

"And don't forget about pepperoni." Molly piped up.

"Since when did you become so gun ho about pizza?"

"So a large pepperoni pizza, a large BLT, and a large Hawaiian."

Kristina saw her mom staring at her waiting for an answer. When she was little she never really was a fan of eating pizza. But now that she had been dating Johnny she found a new appreciation for it.

"I tried it recently and realized how much I liked it."

Once everyone agreed on what to get Sam called the pizza place and placed the order.

"Okay so who wants something to drink? I have wine."

"I'll have a glass. " Kristina said to Sam.

"I don't know if that's such a good idea honey considering you drove over here."

It was just like Alexis to be an over concerned mother. Kristina knew she could tell her mom that she had Johnny's driver bring her by and that she had nothing to worry about but she didn't feel like telling her just yet. She at least wanted to get some food in her before she dropped the Johnny bombshell.

GHGHGHGHGHGH

"This probably is the best pizza I've ever had." Kristina said.

This was the second time in two weeks that she had pizza. And it tasted almost as good as the last time she had it. I mean nothing could beat lying in bed naked with Johnny eating pizza.

"So what's new with you Kristina?" Nikolas asked.

She wasn't sure now was a good time to tell them all about Johnny but then again there probably never would be a good time. So she opted to talk about something else before she dove right in about her love life. "Well I'm attending the PCU law program next fall and at the end of the month I start interning with Diane."

"Well that's so great honey." Her mom said.

"And…I have some other news for you if you're interested." Everyone nodded. Here goes nothing. "I'm dating Johnny."

Alexis spit out the wine she was drinking. "You're what?!"

"I'm dating Johnny."

"You mean Johnny Zacchara the one that just got out of jail?"

"Yes that's the one."

Alexis couldn't believe what she was hearing. There was no way her daughter was going to date a crime lord. Just no way.

"Well then you're going to break up with him. I don't know what he told you so he could get you to go out with him but I'm telling you now that I just won't allow it."

"Mom I'm an adult. You can't tell me what to do anymore. And if memory serves, not too long ago you were dating Julian Jerome and because of it our house got blown up."

"Yeah well that…that is over with. I broke up with Julian months ago." She tried to counter.

"Well great for you but I'm not ending things with Johnny. I love him and nothing you say will tear us apart."

Alexis sighed. "Come one guys help me out here. Tell Kristina what a big mistake she's making."

Everybody looked away from Kristina and Alexis. They felt it wasn't there place to get involved. Kristina had a right to date whoever she wanted to date.

"Come on Sam you have to have an opinion on the matter."

"Mom I honestly think it's none of our business. But if you must know I feel Kristina should do whatever makes her happy. I mean I know how I felt when you interfered in my love life and I hated it. Now granted I don't like Johnny, he gave Jason a lot of grief when he was alive…" Sam paused. "But that has nothing to do with Kristina and her relationship with Johnny. If she wants to be with him I won't stand in her way."

"I agree with Sam. I may not like Johnny but as long as he treats her good and she's happy then who am I to judge her relationship." Nikolas added.

That's when Molly decided to speak up. "Well I for one am thrilled for my sister. I've never seen her this happy. I mean you can see it in her eyes. And if Johnny is the cause of that then I'm more then willing to support the relationship."

GHGHGHGHGH

Johnny had spent his night alone watching TV. He had missed a lot of good shows when he was stuck in Pentonvillie and now was his chance to catch up on them. But even though the TV was on Johnny wasn't really paying attention to it. He couldn't stop thinking about his girlfriend. Ever since he found about the money so many things were swirling though his head. At first he thought about the money and his real father. Then he thought about the only way he'd be able to get his hands on the account. And suddenly the money didn't matter anymore. He started thinking about what it would be like if he and Kristina got married and then that became all he could think about. He soon came to realize that all he wanted in this world was her. He wanted her in any way he could have her. He wanted her to be his wife. Johnny just hoped Kristina would want that too. He was soon brought out of his thoughts when he heard the door open behind him. It was Kristina. She walked into the house and shut the door the behind her.

"Hey baby how was dinner."

"Dinner was great." She said as she leaned down and gave Johnny a big kiss. "Nikolas was there with Britt and Spencer."

"Oh so what was she like?"

"Britt you mean?" Johnny nodded. "She was really nice. And Spencer, he adores her. He already thinks of her as his mom. It's so cute."

Kristina plopped down next to Johnny on the couch and he wrapped his arm around her and planted a kiss on her head. Kristina then took her phone out of her pocket and placed it on her lap. She was going to check her messages when Johnny spoke.

"Did you tell your family about us?"

"I did."

"And…"

"And my mom was pissed. She doesn't want me dating you. As far as the rest of the family goes the only one who is completely on board with us being together is Molly.

"Just Molly?"

"Yep. I mean Sam and Nikolas weren't too happy either but they basically said that they won't judge me on being with you. So the only people who have problems with us right now is Dante and my mom. "

"Don't forget your dad. When he finds out he'll have Shawn come after me."

"Let him. I don't care what he or anyone else thinks. I love you and I want to spend my life with you."

He knew he shouldn't do it. It wouldn't be romantic and it wasn't the right time. But he didn't care. Deep down inside it felt right and that was all that mattered. He was always doing the wrong thing for the right reasons and it seemed this time wouldn't be any different than the others. Well not completely different. Like previously stated it's not like what he was doing was wrong. It was just the wrong time to do it. But he just had to. He couldn't wait anymore.

"Marry me."

"What?" Kristina said out of complete and utter shock.

"Marry me baby!"

"Right now?" She asked as she turned to look at him.

"No not right now but maybe in a month or two."

Kristina got up from the couch and ran her fingers through her hair. Did Johnny really just ask her to marry him?

"I don't know Johnny…" She said as she placed her phone on the bar and started to pour herself a glass of water.

"Come on It's the perfect solution. "

"Why so you can get your money?" She said taking a big gulp.

She wanted to marry Johnny. She really did. But this wasn't how she wanted things to go. She wanted Johnny to be romantic. And the way he asked her wasn't romantic at all. She also knew he loved her but she couldn't shake the tiny feeling that this impromptu proposal was about the money he could receive.

"No it's not anything like that. I mean yes I'd eventually get the money but more importantly I'd be married to you. I mean we already kind of act like an old married couple. So whatya say? You wanna do it?"

"Whatya say do you wanna do it? What kind of proposal is that?!" Kristina all but yells.

"Okay so maybe it's not too romantic-"

"It's not romantic at all. You didn't even get down on one knee. I mean do you even have a ring?"

"No but-"

"How do you expect me to say yes when you propose like that? I thought that the day you'd ask me to marry you would be more special than this. I mean a woman dreams of this moment her entire life. And you didn't put any thought into it. "

Johnny sighed. "So I guess that's a no?"

'For now yes." Kristina said as she started to walk toward the stairs.

She loved Johnny. She really did. And when he said his proposal wasn't about the money she believed him. But she was a little hurt he couldn't do better than this. He was romantic with all his past loves so why couldn't he be that way with her?

"You know this is ridiculous."

"Very." She said as she climbed up the stairs. "I'll see you later."

Johnny watched her go up the stairs and waited till he could here there bedroom door shut. Kristina was right. His proposal was weak. It wasn't romantic at all and Johnny was always known for being romantic when he wanted to be. To sum it up in two words he screwed up. He knew if he wanted to make things right he'd need some help. Johnny eyed Kristina's phone sitting on the bar and went over and picked it up. He scanned her contacts till he found the number he wanted. He then took out his phone and imported the number inside. Wasting no time he gave the person a call

"Hey it's me Johnny. I need your help with something."