The Morning After
Part III
~Previously On The Morning After~
Carly starts to leave, but Sonny puts a hand on her shoulder "Carly wait…what about breakfast…your coffee?"
Carly looks down to the table and then back up at Sonny "You're right" Sonny starts to relax again…he smiles in triumph. However she continues on to say "I'll just take them with me."
Sonny's face drops a mile long as Carly picks up the plate with her omelet and also her coffee cup…she leans in and gives his cheek a peck and then starts walking towards the door. Once again Sonny is left standing speechless as Carly walks her way to the door.
"Jase, can you get the door for me please." Carly asks and Jason silently opens the door for her "Thanks." she calls out over her shoulder "Don't worry I'll clean the cup and the plate before I have Johnny bring them back over."
And with that, Carly leaves…Jason closes the door behind her and then turns back to look at Sonny. The look on Sonny's face was one of complete wonder.
"Okay what just happened?" Jason asks
"I don't know…but I'm gonna find out."
"Good luck with that man" Jason says as he goes to the bar and pours himself a glass of water "Because whatever it is, it seems like she's determined not to fall under your charms again." he smirks
Sonny gives Jason a glare at his comment and then looks back to the door "I don't know what it is but something's spooking her that's for sure. We were just getting somewhere before you had to come in and interrupt." he turns back facing Jason "Which reminds me…why are you here?"
Jason finishes his water and sets the glass back down "Sonny, I didn't know she was over here. I was on my way to the warehouse and I asked Johnny if you'd left and he said you were still here. I almost couldn't get by him, he was saying something but I wasn't paying attention to it." Sonny's glare got even more intense when he heard that…
Jason shrugs his shoulders "Sorry I didn't think she'd be over here. I guess that's why Johnny was acting weird."
"Well thanks to you, she's not anymore!" Sonny snaps out annoyed
Sonny walks over to his chair and sits down; Jason takes a seat on the nearby couch.
"So what's the game plan?" Jason asks and Sonny stays quiet as he looks over to Jason "Come on Sonny wasn't that you a few seconds ago who said he was gonna find out whatever it is that's going on with Carly?"
"Yeah that was me and I intend to…I just haven't got that part figured out yet."
"I got a suggestion" Jason replies and then pauses for a moment before saying "But you're not gonna like it."
Jason and Kai's Penthouse
Carly got Johnny to open the door for her since her hands weren't free; she goes over to the dining table and sits down the plate along with her coffee before sitting down on one of the chairs. Kai comes down the stairs now dressed in a pair of jean Capri's and a black blouse that opened at her navel exposing it. She sees Carly is back and sitting at the table so she goes over to her…Carly takes a sip of her coffee and then notices that Kai is walking over to her.
"So I see you finally got that coffee your ass was whining about earlier huh." Kai says with a little laugh
"Yep" Carly gives her a short answer then goes back to eating the rest of her omelet. Kai watches as Carly eats her omelet. Carly decided to give it a try; with the first bite she thought she was in heaven as she let out an "Mmmm…now that's good."
"I thought Caffeine Lady didn't do breakfast?"
"I don't"
"Yeah, so what's with the omelet?" Kai asks and Carly stays quiet as she continues eating…Kai then takes a good look at the plate and the coffee cup and realizes what's going on; she decides to tease Carly some. "That doesn't look like a Kelly's cup" Kai notes curiously "In fact that cup looks like one out of Mr. Martha Stewart's sacred kitchen across the hall" she nods her head towards the door. Carly just shakes her head with a little smile as she raises the cup to her mouth…Kai continues as she raises an eyebrow "So what happened? Mighty Mouse flashed you a dimple and your ass melted into a puddle. You see I knew you weren't gonna stick to not getting involved with your boy across the hall."
"Who said I was giving in?" Carly sits the cup back down on the table.
"Woman, who do you think you're talking to huh? This is me…your girl. You can't hide anything from me especially when I'm standing right here looking at ya."
"Well maybe you need to get your eyes checked because nothing has changed." Carly replies and Kai gives her a knowing look. Carly mumbles "Although he almost had me there for a second."
"What was that?" Kai says with a small laugh
"Nothing"
Kai quickly pulls out a chair and sits down…she focuses her full attention on Carly staring at her as she says "Oh I think it was something so spill it hooch." she lightly bites her bottom lip anxiously waiting for Carly's answer.
Carly looks pointedly at Kai "Almost a little something" she holds up her thumb and forefinger leaving a little space in between "We were about to eat and he almost kissed me."
"I knew it, I knew it! That little Keebler Elf tried to seduce you with food didn't he?" Kai waves a hand to her now bare plate
Carly chuckles as she rolls her eyes at Kai's latest jab at Sonny "Yeah but then Jason came in and just in a nick of time knick too."
A wide grin engulfs Kai's face "Oh I just bet Tweedle Dumb just loooooooved that."
"Anyways needless to say I got the hell out of there." Carly pauses as she gets to thinking about something
Kai laughs "I can just see the look on his smug egotistical face when you left…I bet his jaw hit the floor" she continues to laugh "Next time take pictures cause that sure as hell was a Kodak moment." Kai makes a face like a deer caught in headlights imitating Sonny…Carly starts to smirk then Kai bursts back out laughing again.
Penthouse 4
"No, no, no, no, no!"
Jason shakes his head since he knew he'd get this reaction "Told you, you wouldn't like it…but come on Sonny it's the perfect solution and you know it."
"Asking that woman for help? Are you crazy? Hell no!"
Sonny quickly stands up and goes to the bar…he throws some ice in a glass and pours a scotch; he couldn't believe what Jason was suggesting.
"Okay will you just listen to me for a minute" Jason says as he stands up trying to plead his case "Kai is Carly's best friend so who better to go to for information. You know how women are they tell their best friends everything…Kai will know exactly what it is that's up with Carly and it will save you a lot of time trying to figure it out by yourself. It's true and you know it…Kai is your best bet at a shot with Carly."
"Good thing I'm not a gambler! And besides, Kai will never let me live it down…you know elephants never forget!"
"You see that…" Jason claps and then points to Sonny "That right there is a sure way to make Kai turn you down."
"Who the hell said I agreed to go to her in the first place?"
"Who knows…this might be uh, just the opportunity for you two to uh…" Jason says trying to stall then says the last part real fast "Become friends."
Sonny scoffs at Jason's reasoning "Look Jason, just because you were able do the impossible and train Cujo doesn't mean the rest of us can."
"Hey, hey that's my lady you're talking about" Jason defends Kai "Although I've heard her call you worse." he says with a little laugh "Look I'll be there with you the whole time refereeing no doubt…but still you gotta admit this is your best option."
"I don't know Jason" Sonny says in reluctance…the phone starts to ring and Sonny walks over to his desk to answer it. "That's probably Benny calling about that club we're probably gonna end up taking over."
"You know what, speaking of that I have an idea…I'll tell you when you get off the phone."
Sonny picks up the phone…
"Boss, it's me Benny"
"No kiddin" Sonny jokes "So what do you got for me?"
"Listen this guy uh, Paul McBain you had me look into is in debt up to his eyeballs…he's a gambler in a bad way; likes to bet on the ponies but never the right one. When he's not losing at that you can find him in a back room poker game trying to win his money back but never does he just finds himself losing more…which is why he came to us for a loan but this guy is so stupid he put it all on what turned out to be another bad bet at the race track. Thought he had a hot tip but it turned out not to be so hot. Looks like the only way to get your money back with any kind of profit is to take over his club just like you thought."
"Okay, you have the paperwork drawn up…have them ready by the time I get to the warehouse. Jason and I will make him an offer he can't refuse."
"You got it boss."
Sonny hangs up the phone and then looks over to Jason "Looks like we just got a new club." Jason silently nods in agreement…Sonny remembered Jason saying something about an idea he had about it "So what's this idea you have in mind?"
"Okay well since neither of us has the time to run some night club I was thinking that maybe we could get someone to run it for us."
"Of course, I thought that was the plan anyway…do you have anyone in particular in mind?"
"As a matter a fact I do." Jason pauses not sure of how Sonny would react "I was thinking maybe we could get Kai and Carly to run it for us."
"What?" Sonny says with a laugh not believing Jason's suggestion "Now you want me to give Kai a business? What the hell kind of voodoo spell does she have you under man?"
"Well who are we gonna get to run it then Sonny? You want Johnny or one of the other guards to? Cause we sure as hell don't have time to do it!" Jason yells back
Sonny sighs knowing Jason was right "Does she even know anything about running a business? I thought she liked working at that independent record label scouting out new talent or whatever it is she does there."
"She does…and since she's so in to music I think she'll love running the club. And plus if she and Carly run the club for us then it will give you an extra in with Carly…a legitimate excuse to see her."
"You know what Jason you might have something there." Sonny dimples as he starts to think of all the ways he can to get Carly to drop her guard…
He could show up at the club for a small business meeting and their meeting would later turn in to pleasure if he had anything to say about it. All the slow dances on the dance floor, holding her closer than close to him while whispering sweet nothings in her ear and long lingering kisses...he finally snaps out of it as he says…
"Okay let's do it" Sonny agrees to Jason's idea…he quickly turns to the door opening it on his way across the hall
Jason can't help but chuckle a little at how quickly Sonny changed his mind and how fast he was moving out the door…he had to hurry to catch up with him "Hey wait up." Jason stops Sonny just as he has his hand on knob of PH 2 to open it…Sonny turns around looking at Jason, "Sonny wait a minute"
"What? You changing your mind about letting them run the club? It was your idea in the first place." Sonny interrupts
"No it's not that…I just think that now would also be a good time to ask for Kai's assistance in helping you with Carly…you know after we tell them the good news about the club. We'll pull Kai aside once Carly is safely out of hearing distance and then go from there."
"Funny Jason" Sonny says with a light dimple smile "Cause I don't remember agreeing to that part of your plan."
"Sonny can you stop being so stubborn for a minute and look at the big picture here. You can use Kai's help on this one."
Sonny gives Jason a annoyed look as he thinks to himself; Jason may be right, but there was no way in hell he was gonna admit to it…he turns back around and opens the door as Jason follows him inside.
When Sonny and Jason were walking inside Kai and Carly were laughing and just coming out of the kitchen…Carly with the now clean plate and coffee cup she took from Sonny's earlier. Sonny stops in place when he sees Carly…she was so beautiful and he couldn't wait to have her in his arms again.
"Now did you make sure there were no spots or streaks on them because that midget control freak will definitely notice if there are…he'll have a fit if he can't see the reflection of that big ass dome of his." Kai asks Carly as they come out of the kitchen "
Carly shakes her head laughing at yet another one of Kai's wise cracks at Sonny but stops short when she sees Sonny is standing there…
"Sonny" Carly says holding in a laugh "I thought you and Jason would be gone by now…I was just about to give these to Johnny to put back in your kitchen." she holds up the plate and cup.
Sonny is about to speak but Kai beats him to it….
Kai lightly elbows Carly "You see there look how he's eyeing his reflection in the cup" she smirks "Didn't I tell ya he was in love with himself."
Kai looks Sonny straight in the eye waiting for his smart ass comment to come…it was taking everything in Sonny not to blast her back as his mind raced with a slew of zingers to throw at her. Jason sees the inner battle Sonny was having, he knew it was only a matter of time before one came out so he places a hand on Sonny's shoulder giving him a look reminding Sonny not to give in to temptation…Sonny looks at Jason getting the message; he looks back over at Kai and forces a smile…
"You know what…I'm gonna take that as the compliment I know it was meant to be."
Kai was shocked to say the least…she couldn't believe Sonny wasn't coming back at her with something even more smart ass. She raises an eyebrow and then looks at Jason who just shrugs his shoulders and then looks back to Sonny.
"What's wrong with you? Got nothing to say?"
"Nope" Sonny simply says as it is killing him to hold what he really wants to say inside…
"Okay now I'm starting to get scared." Kai says as she gets a slight chill down her spine
Carly was also surprised at Sonny's reaction, she nearly dropped the plate and cup so she quickly set it down on the nearby pool table. Sonny sees the look of shock on Kai's face and he realizes that this was a better way to get Kai back…he'd kill her with kindness and spook the hell out of her. His dimple smile gets wider at just the thought of it.
"Okay what the hell is going on?" Kai practically yells wanting some answers
Sonny starts to walk towards Kai, "Nothing" he says innocently "I just thought it was about time for us…" he puts his hands on Kai's shoulders, she looks at him like he's crazy… "To stop with all the name calling and constant digs at each other…you know, become friends." Sonny pulls Kai in to a hug
Kai stood stiff as a board in shock; Jason caught on to what Sonny was doing and for the life of him he did his best to hold in the laugh that was sure to come out. Kai suddenly pushes Sonny back and slowly begins to back up…she winds up bumping in to the pool table
"I don't know what the hell is going on, but you just stay the hell back!"
Sonny was loving this, it was even better than their insult wars…he widens his smile, deepening his dimples as he holds out his hands for another hug.
"Come on Kai, let's bury the hatchet. Give us a hug" Sonny gets closer to Kai but she goes around the pool table pushing Carly out of her way as she went.
"No, I got a better idea how about I use the damn hatchet on you!"
"Aww Kai what's the matter? That's not happiness to see me…we're buddies now."
Sonny tries to get to her as he walks around the pool table but Kai goes around the other side quicker and putting even more space between them.
"You're up to something aren't you, you sneaky little troll? What is it?" Kai says then looks over at Jason, "You know what it is don't you? That's why you're over there grinning like a Cheshire cat!" she goes over to Jason and swats him on the shoulder.
Jason was in fact grinning trying to hold it in…he realizes Kai caught on to him so he decides to do damage control.
"Hey" Jason says from Kai hitting his shoulder then continues "Nothing's going on; Sonny just decided to turn over a new leaf. Right Sonny."
Grinning all the way, Sonny goes over to stand in front of Jason and Kai "Right"
Sonny lifts a hand to Kai's cheek and gives it a pinch…Kai swats it away.
"Touch me again and I'll break those fingers…you'll be known as Stumpy the Three Fingered Mobster."
Sonny just dimples at her and Kai glares right back…Carly was watching everything, she had a feeling Kai was right about Sonny being up to something; never had she ever seen Sonny willingly be nice to Kai.
Carly walks over to Sonny standing by his side as she taps his shoulder and he looks at her "You gotta admit this so called new attitude of yours seems fishy…I'm kind of thinking that maybe Kai has a point. What are you up to Sonny?" Carly asks as she places a hand on her hip and leans to the side.
"I'm not up to anything; in fact Jason and I came over here with good news for the both of you."
"That's right." Jason chimes in "You want to tell them Sonny or should I?"
"What kind of good news?" Kai skeptically asks as her eyes dart between Sonny and Jason trying to figure out their game.
"Okay well Jason and I just came in possession of a new night club…" Sonny starts out saying
"Yeah and we were thinking about who we could get to run it for us since we don't have the time to do it ourselves." Jason adds
"We thought it would be a good idea if you two did the honors for us." Sonny dimples and then asks. "So what do you think?"
Both Kai and Carly look shocked at what they just heard…Kai was really starting to get suspicious now. Stumpy Dumpty is definitely up to something, Kai thought to herself.
"Good news right" Sonny say smiling
"Why would you two buy a club in the first place…since like you said you're schedules are so busy and all?" Kai asks suspiciously
"We're not buying it." Jason says, "We're taking it over from a business associate who's behind on payments…likes to gamble."
"And that's all you get to know about our business." Sonny quickly adds
"So what do you say?" Jason asks
Carly was yet to say anything since she couldn't believe Sonny and Jason were offering them an opportunity like this…Kai still not believing they are for real starts firing off questions.
"You two actually want to give us a club just like that." Kai says snapping her fingers "No strings attached? No nothing?"
"Yeah the club will be yours…you two make all the decisions. Sonny and I won't interfere we'll be like silent partners."
Kai is still leery; she sucks her teeth then asks Carly "What do you think?"
"Well…sounds like a great opportunity. A once in a life time deal…we get to work together and be partners."
"And you're not the least bit suspicious of anything?" Kai asks
"Well I didn't say that…something is definitely up somewhere but this is too good of an opportunity to pass by. I say we do it." Carly replies
Kai gives one last long look between Jason and Sonny…
"Okay…we'll run the club" Kai starts out saying
"Great" Sonny claps his hands
"Let me finish." Kai says cutting him off "Carly and I will run the club but on one condition."
"What's that?" Jason asks
"That it is ours completely. No loop holes no nothing! Just ours 50/50, No silent partners; you two agree to that? If not then you can forget it." Kai says with a cocky smile straight at Sonny
Kai was starting to think she might have figured out Sonny's game. He was probably planning on using the club to get closer to Carly and he'd show up every five minutes wanting a business meeting just so he could have a reason to come by. Well she was gonna squash that right off the bat, Kai thought to herself.
Sonny cursed inside, Kai must have figured out what he was planning earlier…he was tempted to revert back to their insult wars but he held it back, he couldn't break just yet. And from the looks of it, it seemed like Sonny was gonna have to give in and ask for Kai's help since she had blocked his first plan single handedly…needless to say he was dreading just the thought of it.
Jason noticed that Sonny hadn't said a word so he answers "Deal"
"What about your boyfriend here?" Kai asks "I noticed he hasn't said a word."
Jason gives Sonny a look and Sonny tells himself it will be worth it in the end saying it over and over trying to get himself to believe it.
"Well Sonny do you agree to those terms?" Carly asks "Kai and I will run the club and you and Jason will not be a part of it. That means you two will not be silent partners…can you agree to that?"
Sonny looks at Carly and realized he had to do this…even though it blows up all of the plans he had to woo Carly with coming to the club with the excuse to talk club business with her. Maybe if he agreed to Kai and Carly's terms Carly would soften towards him and not push him away so much. After all he is giving her and Kai a business with no strings attached.
"Well…Sonny?" Carly asks again since he'd yet so speak
Exhaling a sigh, Sonny takes out his cell phone from his breast pocket. Kai, Carly and Jason watch wondering what he's doing.
"Hey Benny" Sonny says in to his phone "Listen I need you to do something else for me. Yeah, yeah I need you to have some more papers drawn up about the club. I want the papers to give complete ownership to Carly Benson and Kai Campbell. 50/50. Yeah I'm sure just do it. Have the papers for me when I come get the other ones."
To say Kai was shocked would be an understatement…she didn't believe Sonny would actually do it but he did. Both she and Carly were now the new owners of a nightclub!
"It's done" Sonny says as he ends his call with Benny
"Wow Sonny…thank you." Carly smiles at him and before she knew it she gives him a hug. Both Sonny and Carly felt the sparks between them as they hug…Carly pulls back with a slight smile trying to cover up the tingles going through her body. Clearing her throat a little she turns to look at Jason while saying "You to Jason…thank you." Carly realizes Kai had yet to say anything "Kai, don't you have something to say?"
Kai snaps out of her trance "Yeah but I'm still trying to get over the shock."
"Kai" Carly urges her on
"Thank you" Kai finally says looking at both Sonny and Jason
"Now that wasn't so bad was it" Carly says cheerfully as she claps her hands together "So what's the name of this place"
"Uh, I believe it's called The Spot or something like that" Sonny answers
Carly thinks about it "Oh yeah I know the place…never liked the name though which is the first thing that's gotta go." Kai nods agreeing with her "Okay you know what, since we are about to be the brand new owners of a nightclub I think we should go shopping for some killer outfits and then go check the place out tonight."
"Okay, let's roll." Kai agrees
Carly and Kai start to walk to the door but are stopped when they hear "Kai wait up for a minute." Sonny calls out to her and then he looks at Carly and says "Carly why don't you meet Kai downstairs…this won't take but a minute."
"Ah HA!" Kai shouts "I knew something was up. Pod Sonny exits as the real jackass of spades returns." she says with her hands on her hips.
"No, no it's nothing like that…I'd just like you to stick around a little bit…no tricks the club is yours and Carly's 50/50. I'm a man of my word.
Kai raises an eyebrow as she keeps her eyes on Sonny while she speaks to Carly "Go ahead I'll meet you downstairs."
"You sure" Carly asks while wondering herself why Sonny wanted to speak to Kai alone.
"Yeah"
Carly nods and then reluctantly leaves
"Okay what's this all about?" Kai says as soon as Carly is gone
Jason had a feeling he knew why Sonny had Kai stay…was he really about to see Sonny ask for Kai's help.
"Well you know…I uh, just wanted to…" Sonny blows out a breath and runs a hand through his hair "This isn't easy for me you know"
"I'm getting that." Kai teases…this must be big she thought to herself.
"Well I was kind of…you know…hoping that…maybe you would…I dunno…" Sonny pauses and Kai stands looking at him like he grew an extra head. Jason had a hand slightly covering his mouth trying to hide a smile…Sonny clears his throat "You know since you and Carly are uh…best friends I was…kind of hoping that maybe you could help me out a little bit."
As soon as Kai heard the words finally come out of Sonny mouth she burst out laughing "I can't believe it! Are my ears deceiving me?" she continues laughing, "The Great All Mighty Sonny Corinthos is actually asking for my help!" she bends at her waist almost falling over to the floor in her laughter, then stands back up.
"You see Jason I knew it! Why the hell did I listen to you?" Sonny snaps out with a glare over to Jason
Jason tries to do damage control "Kai…Kai" he puts a hand on her shoulder and Kai looks at him still laughing "Just…hear Sonny out."
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay hold on for a minute." Kai says between laughs and then wipes the tears away from her eyes…she tries to get a hold of herself
Sonny extends his arm towards Kai as he looks at Jason with his eyes bulging out "She's laughing at me" he looks at Kai "You're laughing…" he states the obvious and then the words were out of his mouth before he could stop them. "You know what…I shouldn't be surprised after all that's what you hyena's do all day right!"
"Sonny" Jason quickly says trying to stop him from taking it any further
Kai's laughing had subsided as soon as she heard Sonny's latest wisecrack at her "Ah I knew it I knew this Mr. Nice Guy act wouldn't last for too long!"
"Kai" Jason calls to her while trying to be the peacekeeper
"You know what Jason" Sonny says as he looks directly in to Kai's eyes "Maybe I went about this all wrong…the way I asked her. I probably should have offered you some extra incentive." Jason didn't like the sound of that as he closed his eyes while Sonny continues to say "How about a Scooby Snack. You like those don't you?"
"Oh I got your Scooby Snack!" Kai said as she rolls her head with her hands placed on her hips
"Sorry about that I should have figured just one wouldn't be enough…how about a whole Box of Scooby Snacks."
"How about you kiss my a…"
Jason quickly steps between them before Kai can finish "Hey, hey that's enough you two!"
Kai steps forward to Sonny, but Jason puts a hand around her waist pulling her to his side keeping her there "You know what? I was gonna help your punk ass but you can forget it now!"
Jason sees that Sonny is about to come back with a rebuttal…he quickly cuts him off "Stop it right there" he says to Sonny and then adds as he looks at Kai who is still standing next to him with his arm still around her waist. "And before you open your pretty little mouth and say something you stay quiet to."
Both Kai and Sonny are shocked at Jason basically telling them both to shut the hell up…they stood quiet. Jason lowers his arm from around Kai's waist then stands between her and Sonny.
"Sonny you're my best friend and Kai you're my girlfriend so would it kill either of you to get along? Is it so wrong for me to want the two people I care the most about not screaming at each other every day?"
Both Kai and Sonny shift on their feet as their eyes dart around the room in any direction except at each other.
"Kai…look at me." Jason says and she looks over to him "Now what Sonny here was trying to say is that he would like your help in figuring out what's up with Carly so that maybe he can have a better shot next time and she won't run out on him like she did before."
"Isn't that what I said?" Sonny adds
"Yeah and then you called me a hyena!" Kai fires back with fire in her eyes
"ENOUGH!" Jason yells
Kai and Sonny both stand quiet…
"Sonny" Jason calls his name and Sonny looks over to him "Kai was surprised, thrown back from your request…she never expected you to ask her that. Come on did you really expect her not to have some sort of reaction to the question." Jason looks at them both and then continues "You both were wrong and you both should apologize to each other."
Both Sonny and Kai's eyes get wide and they start speaking at the same time
"Apologize to her"
"Apologize to him"
"You gotta be kidding Jason"
"I can't believe you…"
"APOLOGIZE! Nooow…"
Neither of them have said a word…Jason looks at Kai with his famous blank stare silently telling her to go ahead.
Kai lets out a sigh and then quickly mumbles "SorryIlaughedatyou."
Jason nods at her since he knew that was the best he was gonna get….next he turns to Sonny giving him the same look…Sonny shoves his hands in his pockets and then clears his throat trying to prolong it. Jason knew what he was doing and he didn't let up as he kept his stare trained on Sonny.
Finally, just like Kai, Sonny mumbles his answer as well "SorryIcalledyouahyena"
Jason nods also knowing that was the best he was gonna get from Sonny as well "Okay that wasn't so bad was it." Both Sonny and Kai give Jason a pained look…he just shakes his head at them, they were never gonna change "Now Kai, would you at least think about reconsidering helping Sonny out."
A minute goes by and Jason doesn't think she's gonna answer but then…"Yeah, okay…I'll think about it." Kai says putting emphasis on the word think.
"Fair enough." Jason says
An awkward silence passes by…
Kai quickly speaks up saying… "Okay I'm out…Carly's downstairs waiting."
And with that Kai grabs her purse off the desk and was out the door in a flash without so much of a backward glance.
"Okay you know what…we should probably get to the warehouse for the papers then go pay our gambling friend a little visit" Sonny quickly points out.
Jason knew that was Sonny's way of changing the subject so he just nods…
Downstairs Lobby
The elevator doors open and Kai steps off quickly spotting Carly who was impatiently pacing back and forth
"Finally…it's about time you came down I was just about to go back up and see what was taking so long. So what happened?"
Kai knew she couldn't tell Carly the truth so she quickly makes something up, "Nothing really…just an extension of Sonny trying to be Mr. Nice Guy."
Carly laughed "What? Wow he's really laying it on thick isn't he. Something is definitely up with that…" Carly says trying to think of what it could be
"Never mind that…I thought we were on our way shopping. So let's go chick."
They laugh….Kai grabs Carly's arm and they head on out the lobby doors to do just that.
Whyndams
Carly and Kai decided to go to Whyndams for their shopping…they are now looking around, both wanting to look extra hot for when they went to check out their new club seeing what changes they wanted to make to add their own flare to it…but most of all they wanted to have fun so they definitely had to look good.
As Kai was looking around she started thinking about Carly…she didn't want her friend to never experience the good that came along with having a successful relationship. She decided to probe Carly a little more to see if she could get a read on how she really felt about Sonny…cause the only ways she was gonna even consider helping Sonny with Carly was if it was something Carly wanted herself.
"So, can you believe we're actually gonna be owners of a club?"
Carly looks up from a skirt she was looking at "I know I can't hardly believe it myself" she smiles, "Do you think we're gonna be able to do this?"
"Girl are you kidding I know we can." Carly holds up the skirt showing Kai to get her opinion, she shakes her head no and Carly puts the skirt back…"You know what, you should find something extra sexy…"
"Why is that?"
"Good looking guys are gonna be checking you out that's why…and plus I have a feeling a certain dimple mobster just might show up." Kai glances over to Carly, raising her eyebrow as she waits for her reaction.
"Why should Sonny show up?" Carly's eyes dart up looking straight at Kai "I mean you took care of that remember. Neither Sonny or Jason for that matter will be involved in the club, that was the deal right."
"Right" Kai doesn't look at Carly; she keeps her eyes on the clothes rack she's looking through… "But the thing you gotta know about Sonny is, he does what he wants and if he has a reason for wanting it then there is no stopping him from going after it." she pauses for effect, "And I think you gave him a hell of a reason last night." Kai smirks as she looks up and then gives Carly a wink.
Carly tried to hide her smile, but it was too late Kai had already seen it…Kai also saw her cheeks flush…
"Are you blushing?" Kai laughs a little
"I'm not blushing you're delusional." Carly says trying to deny it
Kai knew what she saw…Carly was definitely blushing. Kai realizes that her friend did have feelings for her insult-sparring partner. She slowly shakes her head as her mouth formed an O in realization.
"You like him don't you?" Kai asks and Carly starts to shake her head no but Kai just continues on saying "You do I know you do so stop shaking your head, stop trying to deny it." Kai laughs at her and then in a singsong voice she teases "Car-ly and Son-ny sitting in a tree."
"I can't believe you" Carly said in shock
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G"
"SHHHHHH!" Carly tries to get her to stop
"First comes love."
Carly smirks as she holds a hand to her face trying to cover her embarrassment; she looks back up at Kai…
"Are you finished?" Carly says with a little laugh, but Kai keeps on…
"Then comes marriage" Kai continues as if Carly hasn't said a word
"I don't know you"
Carly tries to ignore Kai as she walks to the dressing room with a dress she had picked up…Kai follows her as she finishes her song.
"Then comes Baby in the Baby Carriage."
"Security!" Carly playfully calls out once she's inside the dressing room
"You calling security on me nut?" Kai says with a laugh,
"Damn right I am." Carly says laughing as she peeks her head out of the dressing room door.
"It's okay you don't have to admit it. I know the truth." Kai grins
As Carly stays in the dressing room trying on her dress, Kai walks out of the dressing room area putting some distance between her and Carly. She takes her cell phone out of her purse and starts to dial a number…she hoped she didn't regret this later.
"Okay, I'll help…but make sure you tell your boy I'm only doing it for Carly. I had a little talk with her and it's just as I thought…she likes the dope only she's not admitting it. Don't worry I didn't give anything away. Okay, I'll see you when I get back."
Kai hangs up the phone and places it back in her purse just as Carly was coming out of the dressing room showing off the dress she put on.
"So what do you think?" Carly asks
Kai looks up seeing Carly in the dress, she gives her a thumbs up and says "Tweedle Dumb isn't gonna know what hit him."
"I'm not wearing this dress for him…I'm getting it because I like it."
"MmmmHmmm" Kai laughs at Carly
"Okay, security hasn't got here yet?" Carly says with a laugh.
The Spot
Jason just finished hanging up his cell phone from talking with Kai. He turns around seeing that Sonny was just finishing up his talk with their gambling friend Paul. Paul was sitting at his favorite table while Sonny was sitting in a chair across from him with Johnny standing behind him making sure Paul got a glimpse of his gun. Jason comes over and stands on the other side of Sonny and then crosses his arms while giving Paul his best blank stare.
"I did some checking up on you Paul. Guess what I found out…you're a compulsive gambler making bad bet after bad bet. You came to me for help, I gave you a loan and how do you repay me. You don't! Instead you take my money and throw it away on another…bad…bet. You owe me some serious money my friend…and guess what?" Sonny dimples "Today's payday."
Paul tries to argue "Mr. Corinthos please…this place is all I have. I know business has been slow lately but I've been working on that. The place is starting to pick up again with customers coming back. A-a-and if you just give me some time I can get your money. I swear I got a hot tip on a sure pony. I, I know it'll pan out this time. Just please give me another chance."
"You've had enough chances!" Sonny yells as he slams his hand on the table…he then states in a clear calm voice "Now my accountant Benny tells me that the only way I can get my money back is if I take over…this fine establishment." Sonny says as he waves a hand around admiring the place. "Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way. I'd prefer the easy way but then again Johnny here could use a work out." Paul looks up at Johnny who was cracking his knuckles…seeing the fear in Paul's eyes Sonny tells him… "Sign the papers." Sonny says as he slides the papers in front of Paul. "You need a pen?" Sonny holds up his hand towards Johnny as he kept his eyes trained on Paul, "Johnny give him a pen."
Johnny reaches in to his breast pocket, pulls out a pen and hands it to Sonny. Sonny in return slams the pen down on the papers…he doesn't say a word as he just sits there with an intense glare trained on Paul. Paul had no other choice than to sign…he picked up the pen and signed away his club.
Sonny nods with a little smile at the crook of his mouth…Johnny picks up the papers, folds them and hands them to Sonny.
"It was good doing business with you." Sonny says politely as he stands up "Oh and uh, have all your things packed and out of the back office before the place opens tonight."
And with that Sonny leaves with Jason and Johnny following close behind.
Once they are in the limo and Johnny is driving Sonny ask Jason "So who called you earlier in there?"
"Kai…and she uh, she agreed to help."
"She did?" Sonny said surprised
"Yeah…she says she's only doing it for Carly though…but I suspect somewhere Deep down she has another reason." Jason was optimistic that one day Sonny and Kai would get along.
Sonny chose to ignore that last comment because there was no way Kai would willingly help him she was only doing it for Carly like she said.
Later That Night At The Spot~
Well it was official…Carly and Kai were now the new owners of the club. After they came back home from shopping Sonny and Jason gave them the papers to sign. Since Kai had agreed to help him out, Sonny avoided arguing with Kai and vice versa…once the papers were signed and Carly went upstairs excited about being a new club owner, Kai goes across the hall with Sonny and Jason fills them in on why Carly was so gun shy of relationships.
Once Sonny heard the reason, he was even more determined to make Carly see things his way…that they should be together. He was not about to let her fears of abandonment left by her father be the reason she continued to shut him out, nor her trust issues with the relationship of her adoptive mom and especially not some guy she dated who lied to her for six months.
Sonny thanked Kai for her help…a real thank you with no insults around the corner; which once again shocked her and for a minute she thought he was back to his phony Mr. Nice Guy routine but soon realized that he was genuine. As Sonny went upstairs to prepare for tonight, Kai secretly thought to herself that Sonny just may be al-IGHT but no way was she gonna say that out loud. Kai went back over to her place and began to prepare for what looked to be a very entertaining night.
Kai and Carly step in to their newly owned nightclub with the brightest smiles on their faces than ever before…they were really doing this…and tonight they were gonna party! The club was empty…they weren't open yet but would be in a little while. They came early so they could get a feel for the place and let the employees meet them so they knew that they were the new owners.
No one was really surprised that Paul was out…his gambling wasn't much of a secret and for that matter he wasn't that nice of a boss either. Carly and Kai were pleased that everyone seemed nice and that they got along with their new employees so far…they told the employees to call them by their first names since they though being called Ms. Campbell and Ms. Benson everyday made them sound old and that was one thing they weren't.
The club was open and in full swing as its two new owners were on the dance floor dancing the night away…they were looking hotter than hot in their new outfits they bought earlier; Kai wearing a pair of black leather pants that accentuated her figure and a deep blue sequined tube top…Carly wearing a red tank top dress that showed off her physique in all the right places.
Sonny and Jason come inside the club…the place was packed which kind of shocked them since the club was slow with business for a long time. Looking around both Sonny and Jason figured that Paul was right about him turning the club around getting people to come back. They had to look around for a while before Jason finally spots Kai and Carly on the dance floor dancing with two guys he'd never seen before. The song they were dancing to was some fast paced song Jason never heard of…he wasn't into music as much as Kai was.
"There they are."
Jason points their women out to Sonny…
"I think I'm gonna go over and cut in…whoever that guy is Kai's dancing with is just a little bit too close for my liking." Jason starts to walk over to where Kai was but then he notices that Sonny wasn't coming with him…he turns back to Sonny "You coming? I thought you'd want to back that guy off of Carly."
"If I go over there right now I'll have to break the bastard in two…" Sonny says…he sees a familiar face walking towards the bar; he gets an idea "No, no you go ahead and go…I have a better idea. Oh but don't let Carly know I'm here just yet."
Jason didn't quite understand what Sonny was up to but whatever it was he seemed sure about it so he decided to let it go…"Sure, whatever you say."
Jason walks on his way over to Kai…as he was leaving, Sonny goes over to the bar where the guy he saw before was sitting trying to hit on some girl.
"So what's your sign beautiful?" Johnny asks a beautiful red head he was sitting next to at the bar. Since tonight was his night off he'd decided to go check out the club Carly and his sister Kai would be now running.
"You talking to me?" she asks as she turns looking at Johnny
"You're the only beauty around so I say that's a safe bet." Johnny smiles, she smiles in return "What a beautiful smile you have…"
She giggles, "Thank you…yours isn't so bad yourself."
"My name is Johnny…what's yours?"
"Amber."
Amber says as she holds her hand out to him, Johnny takes her hand in his and gives it a little kiss
"Charmed." Johnny says smiling as he looked in to her eyes, "You know what, I've been looking all over for a girl like you."
"Why?" Amber asks with a little laugh
"Because you're the girl of my dreams."
"Is that right?" Amber smiles at his cheesy lines
"Yeah that's right…you're beauty is so enchanting, if I could rearrange the alphabet I'd put U and I together."
Amber held in a laugh and passed it off as a smile as she says, "Well you know what, your lines are corny but you're cute so that makes up for them."
"You think I'm cute?"
They laugh
"You wanna dance?" Amber asked him between laughing.
"I thought you'd never ask."
Just as Johnny was about to go on the dance floor with Amber, Sonny came over…Johnny immediately stops in place.
"Mr. Corinthos, I didn't know you were here."
"Johnny, just the person I was looking for…" Sonny said to Johnny and then says to his date next to him, "Would you excuse us for a moment please." he said very charming and flashed his dimples for good measure.
Amber just about melted when she saw Sonny's dimples…
Johnny looks apologetically at Amber, "Sorry, how about a reign check on that dance."
"Sure…later" Amber said as soon as she found her voice again
Johnny waited until Amber was out of earshot before he says "Daaaamn" Johnny watches her hips sway as she walks away in to the crowd.
Sonny pats Johnny on the shoulder, "Don't worry, there are plenty left from where she came from…but right now I need you to do something for me."
"Mr. Corinthos with all due respect it's my night off. Kai invited me to come and check the place out so I took her up on it."
"Whose your boss Johnny, me or Kai?"
"You are sir, but…"
"Good, I'm glad you remember that! Listen it won't take long. You see that guy over there dancing with Carly."
Sonny points Carly out on the dance floor…he also noted that Jason had gotten rid of the guy that was with Kai and they were now sitting at one of the tables talking.
"Yeah…I see them. What do you want me to do?"
On the dance floor Carly was still dancing and having a blast…the guy she was with had asked her to dance earlier and they had been dancing ever since; his name was Sean. Suddenly, both Sean and Carly were interrupted by one of the workers…
"Excuse me Carly…you have a phone call, you can take it in your office."
Carly wondered who could be calling her, she didn't remember giving out the number "Did they say who it is?"
"No…sorry."
"Okay, thanks" Carly says then turns to Sean, "I guess I better go get that. I shouldn't be too long."
"Okay…hurry back" Sean smiles at Carly then leans down and places a kiss on her cheek.
As Carly goes on her way back to the office, Johnny moves in and grips Sean by the arm making sure to give it a good squeeze. Kai who was dragging Jason on to the floor to make him dance with her against his will stops in place when she sees Johnny grabbing on to the guy Carly was just dancing with. She wonders what in the world is going on; Jason wondering why she stopped so suddenly looks at what had Kai's interest…he and Kai watch the scene unfold.
"What the hell?" Sean says being taking off guard by some guy grabbing his arm.
"It's in your best advantage not to make a scene. I have a message for you from, Mr. Sonny Corinthos."
Sean tries to yank his arm free, but Johnny was good at his job Sean wasn't going anywhere "Who the hell are you? Let my arm go. What does Sonny Corinthos has to do with me I don't even know the man."
"Who am I? I'm the only thing standing between you walking out of here healthy or with two broken kneecaps. Now listen up cause Mr. Corinthos doesn't like to repeat himself."
Johnny increases the pressure of his hold on Sean's arm…Johnny nods his head over to where Sonny was; Sean looks over and sees the deadly look in Sonny's eyes. Sean was duly intimidated.
"What do you want?"
"Carly, the woman you were dancing with a few minutes ago…you're not any more. When she comes back, you make up an excuse to leave. If not" Johnny quickly and without notice twists Sean's arm around to his back, "Get the picture."
"Alright, alright man I got it. I got it."
"Good"
Johnny sees Carly is just walking out from the back so he makes his exit in the crowd before she could see him. As Johnny was walking away in the crowd he finds himself being yanked to the side by his ear…Johnny immediately knew who it was and she certainly had a death grip on it.
"Kai, Kai, Kai let go that hurts!"
"What the hell was that over there? Boy you're glad no one else noticed and a big scene didn't break out in my brand new club."
"You think they're not gonna notice you trying to rip my ear off now?" Johnny says
Kai lets his ear go; Johnny stands back upright as he rubs his now red aching ear.
"Start talking." Kai commands
"Sonny told me to" Johnny says placing the blame on his boss "He didn't like that guy all over Carly so he told me to make him go away."
Kai looks over to Jason with a pissed off look "This how your boy plans on getting Carly to want him."
Jason just shrugs his shoulders…Kai turns back around to see Carly just reaching Sean…she watches what happens.
"Hey, I'm back…it was the strangest thing, no one was on the phone when I got there."
"Oh really?" Sean says and then he glances over to where Sonny was standing…sure enough Sonny hadn't taken his eyes off of him and his look was even more intense if that was possible. Sean gets the message as he quickly makes up a reason to leave. "Listen I uh…I, I gotta go."
"What…why? What's the rush."
"I uh, I, I'm not feeling to good, yeah that's it…I should go."
"Okay." Carly said as Sean was leaving, cutting through the crowd and out the door in a matter of seconds.
Carly sighs then looks around and sees Kai, Jason, and Johnny not to far away so she decides to go over to them…
"Look she's on her way over here right now…I'm gonna tell her." Kai says to Jason and Johnny
"No you can't, Sonny will kill me." Johnny quickly says in a sharp whisper
"Why is your ass whispering, this is a club, the music is blasting all around us! It's not like the man can hear you all the way over here."
"Can you just for once do as I ask?" Johnny says in brotherly annoyance
Kai was about to say a rebuttal but Jason chimes in "Johnny's right Kai. Don't say anything to Carly. If this is Sonny's way of handling the situation with him and Carly then just let it go. Let him handle it and let him handle how Carly responds back."
"You know what Jason, I'm tired of these damn Dr. Phil moments with you. When did you get a damn degree in psychology?"
"Kai" Jason says trying to get her to go along with him.
"Okay, okay I won't say anything."
Sonny had started to make his way through the crowd to get to Carly but just as Carly was almost over to where Kai was a hand goes on to her shoulder…Sonny glares at his next victim.
Carly turns around to see another handsome guy standing there…he asks her to dance and she accepts. Three sets of eyes shoot over to where Sonny was standing and they were Kai, Johnny, and Jason…Johnny hung his head in the palm of his hands shaking it back and forth. He knew what was coming and sure enough when he looked up again at Sonny, he was getting the signal to get rid of this new guy dancing with Carly.
Johnny watches as Sonny takes out his cell phone to place the call again to get Carly out of the way…Sonny walks over to a private secluded booth where Carly wouldn't be able to see him and he sits down as he finishes the call. Kai, Jason, and Johnny watch as Carly once again got a message that she had a phone call…that was Johnny's cue to get going. Kai just shakes her head and.
Johnny quietly gripes all the way over to the new guy Carly was dancing with "When the hell did I turn in to Cupid? Do I look naked, wearing diaper and carrying a damn bow and arrow? No?"
Carly was almost about to enter the back part of the club but something told her to turn around…she looks back over to where she left the guy she was dancing with. Carly couldn't believe her eyes when she sees Johnny grab a hold of the guy and started to walk him over to one of the secluded booths and made him sit down. She couldn't quite see who else was in the booth so she went closer so she could get a better look. She was taken back when she saw it was Sonny…Carly had no doubt what he was saying to the guy.
"That's probably why Sean suddenly didn't feel good and had to leave." Carly says to herself "Well you know what, Sonny Corinthos…it's time you learned your lesson…Carlybabes style."
Carly looks around the crowd…she sees exactly what she needs to get Sonny back for scaring off her dancing partners. She smiles a wicked sly smile as she formulates her plan.
*The End of Part III*
by
Deonna a.k.a. DCORINTHOS