So this is the prologue

So this is the prologue. And just for accuracy in the timeline. The twins are 5 not 7.

After Carly returns, Sonny doesn't go back to her.

He was returning back to the Harborview Towers after visiting Michael at Bobbie's. He didn't stay long because Carly was trying to weasel her way back into his life. He had moved on with his life. As the elevator car reached the penthouse level, he heard Alexis' door open. He turns toward her and wonders what she is doing. Her lips were moving but no sound came out. Alexis didn't notice Sonny standing there because she was concentrating on the paper in her hand. Sonny was about to say something when Alexis spoke.

"That can't be right. Count again."

His laugh startled her back to reality. Her head snapped up, her eyes meeting his briefly before they returned to the paper she was holding.

"Lexis, what are you doing? Going over numbers?"

"Huh? No why?"

"Well you said to count it again."

"Oh that… I … I… I was counting the days until the fourth of July. I'm thinking of having a party or something."

She was lying and he knew it. "I have to go out for awhile, get some fresh air," she said.

"I'll go with you."

"No."

"Well that was a quick response."

"No I need to do this by myself. I'm probably going to rent a movie later if you want to come back."

"Whatever you want."

Ten minutes later, Alexis was at a drug store in the next town over. There in aisle 5 she sat as she tried to pick one pregnancy test out of a sea of tests. After deciding on a 3 pack test kit, she paid and returned to Port Charles. Her mind was racing at the possibility of being pregnant. She bought the multipack because she rationalized that 2 out of 3 was better odds than relying on one that was only 99.9 accurate.

She was almost home when she realized that she forgot about the movie. Luckily there was one across from her building. She ran in and got the first thing she saw. When she got home she realized that it was a documentary about human evolution.

Great, she thought to herself as there was a familiar knock on the door. She opened it and let Sonny in. She then excused herself so that she could go get changed. She grabbed the bag from the store and ran up the stairs. In her master bathroom, she opened all of the tests and followed the directions on the box. Now she had to wait 5 minutes for the results. During two of those minutes she got changed. When the time was almost up she heard Sonny climbing the steps. She heard her bedroom door open and immediately locked herself in the bathroom.

"Alexis you okay?"

"Yeah…I'll be out in a minute." She starred at the tests as one by one they showed the positive sign that she was indeed with child. She sank down to the floor and started crying tears of joy and of fear.

Sonny called her name several times but when she didn't answer, he decided to pick the lock. Thirty seconds later the door opened and Sonny went in to make sure Alexis was ok. What he saw on the counter nearly made him jump for joy. Then he heard her crying. He sat down next to her and took her into his arms. He rocked her gently until her tears subsided. He kissed the top of her head as if to say that it's a good thing. When he forced her to look into her eyes, she saw how happy he was. She couldn't take it. She lowered her eyes and started crying again.

"Hey…Hey… are you ok with this?"

"Not really. I'm in shock and I'm scared."

"I'm scared too."

"Why are you scared?"

It was Sonny's turn to cry.

"Because of my life…. None of my children drew breath and it killed me inside every time. I… I don't want that to happen to us."

"Me either. So what are we going to go?"

"I…I'm going to have to distance myself from you so that you will be safe."

"How? I can't let you. I need you as much as you need me. I don't know if I can do this alone."

"You can because you're the strongest person I know and you'll always have me if you need me."

"Can we wait a little while until we separate our lives?"

"Yeah…but as soon as you start showing or someone finds out, we'll have to breakaway."

"Ok but tonight I just want to be with you."

He pulls her closer as they kiss. After a few minutes, they get up and are now sitting at the end of her bed.

"Alexis?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you happy about this baby even though it's mine?"

"I wouldn't have a child with anyone else."

"Aww… I think you have a soft spot for me."

"I…I told you – I tolerate you."

"Really? That's it? 'Cuz I love you."

"You only love me because of the baby." She wipes a tear

"That's not true. See I know I loved you in Puerto Rico and if that damn phone didn't ring I would've made my move."

"Yeah right"

"No its true and if you want to question my love for you just think of this – we created that child out of love. At least on my part. So the love was there before we conceived this child." With his last declaration, she was speechless so she did the only thing she could think of – she kissed him.

They spent that night together celebrating the pregnancy. Over the next several weeks they formed a sort of routine. They shared the master bed at PH4. Sonny would wake up, usually with one of his arms around Alexis and the other on her belly where their child was growing inside, and make breakfast. Alexis would come down and eat then scurry off to her PH to get ready for the day. They would go about their business during the day and reunite over dinner. Afterwards they would watch a movie and eat popcorn before heading up to bed for the night.

By the 3rd month of her pregnancy, Alexis was starting to get that tell tale bump. One night Sonny and Alexis knew they finally had to separate peacefully.

"Sonny how's this going to work? I mean people are going to know it's yours. I haven't been seen with anyone else. So tell me how we're going to pull this off."

"First, you're going to have to move out and resign as my lawyer."

"Where will I go?"

"I have a safe house out of the way by the lake."

"No. Not by myself. What if something happens?"

"You got a better idea?... Yeah that's what I thought."

She pauses in thought and then utters something.

"What?" Sonny asks.

"Puerto Rico."

"Absolutely not. That's too far away."

"But its safe and you can always fake a business trip to come see us."

"I can't let you go." The tears are flowing freely from his eyes.

"It's the only way."

"I'll make the arrangements."

"Only the hotel and stuff. I have to fly commercial so no one will follow."

"When?"

"Tomorrow"

"It's too soon."

"We can't risk it anymore." Their foreheads lean together as they both shed countless tears. After awhile Sonny leans back on the bed.

"Before you go… I have to be with you…the memory of your smell, taste and body is going to have to be enough until I see you again."

For their last night together in Port Charles, they spent it wrapped around each other, neither one of them wanting to let go.

The next morning Alexis and Sonny said goodbye and Alexis headed to the airport.

Sonny's First Visit: COMING SOON