A/N: Thanks for reading and replying. This one is from Sonny's POV. Next one is JasLexis
Accidentally In Love - Chapter 6
"Sonny? Alexis? What's going on?"
In the ten years Sonny had known Jason, he'd never seen him display the emotion he'd just shown: jealousy. Sure he'd seen Jason broken after he'd caught him and Carly together after the disastrous night that started their relationship. But this was different, this was jealousy.
Before Jason walked in, he would have bet money that whatever was going on between Jason and Alexis was some sort of scheme the two of them had cooked up. Especially after the conversation he'd had with Alexis.
He'd stopped by Alexis's office hoping he might find her alone. For the last week, she'd been Jason's constant companion. Sonny suspected if she were alone, he could get her to talk. He hadn't expected what he found when he walked in. Alexis was at her desk and she had been crying.
"Alexis?" He closed the door behind himself quietly. "Are you okay?"
She quickly wiped the water from the endless chocolate brown pools she called eyes. "I'm fine." She pulled a tissue from the box on her desk. "He's threatening to have me removed from my position as District Attorney and he wants to seek full custody of Molly."
He kept his distance though he wanted to go to her, but he kept his distance. "I'd offer to talk to him and appeal to his better nature, but he doesn't have one." For this he was rewarded with a smile.
She sighed and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. "It's just I've worked so hard to get where I am. I hate the thought that I could lose it all because of Jerry."
His interest was immediately peaked. "What do you mean you Jerry? Is he blackmailing you or threatening you?"
"No." He noticed that she shifted nervously. "I haven't seen Jerry since the night I told him it was over."
Something was going through her mind. She went to a place that he could tell scared her. He moved to the side of her desk and turned the swivel chair toward himself. Squatting, he met her eye to eye where they always had their strongest connection. "Alexis, talk to me. Whatever it is, I can fix it. I'll never let anything happen to you. I swear it."
With a lurch forward she was in his arms, trembling. Tears flowed like a waterfall. "Shh...everything is going to be okay. Now, tell me. What happened? Why are you suddenly pretending you and Jason are a couple?"
Before she could answer Jason had come inside.
Alexis pulled away and she began to explain that Ric was at the root of her problems. Jason simply stared at both of them. After a few minutes he told Alexis he'd come to give her a ride home. Sonny realized that something about Alexis riding on the Harley and the way Jason said "home," really annoyed him.
He felt her hand come to his shoulder. "Thanks." She said, softly. He watched as she walked to Jason and whispered something in his ear. He nodded.
"Sonny, I'll talk to you soon." She exited the door first.
As he passed Jason, his former best friend stopped him. "Meet me at the warehouse in an hour." Sonny felt the hair rise on his neck. Jason, the student, was now giving orders to the teacher. He agreed, in the hopes of keeping two people whom he cared for out of a great deal of trouble.
They met in the office for what used to be their coffee distribution center. It now bore only the Corinthos name.
"Sonny," Jason began. His voice was the same soft rasp as it had been before. "I need you stay away from Alexis."
Sonny was surprised by Jason's request. It was not at all like him. "I can't do that. We share a child."
"What I saw today had nothing to do with Kristina. I know you're still hung up on Alexis. Honestly, I don't blame you."
"I care about Alexis." Sonny studied Jason's steely blue eyes. He hoped to read what was going on behind them, but all he saw was ice.
"I know." Jason sighed. "But when you and Carly first got together, I gave you space. I only want the same for Alexis and me."
Sonny felt the heat rise to his face. "You don't really expect me to believe the two of you are a couple, do you? Truth is something is going on. If you tell me, maybe I can help you."
Jason's jaw tensed. "Help me? How can you help me? You're just a coffee importer and that was your choice. As for Alexis and me, you can believe what you want, just back off." With that, Jason turned and left.
Sonny sat and thought for a moment. He hadn't gotten to where he was by blindly taking people at their word and he wasn't going to start now. He placed a call to his condo manager for Harborview Towers. "Yeah, Sonny Corinthos, tell Jones I'll refund him an extra two grand if he vacates PH4 two weeks early."
Like it or not, Jason and Alexis were about to see a lot more if him.