Chapter Four: Family

"I'm so sorry for pushing you away, Lulu." Dante said as he tightened his arms around her. He was still pretty sore, but holding Lulu in his arms made the pain worth it.

"It's okay." She smiled up at him. "As long as you promise never to do it again."

He nodded. "Promise."

"Did your mom come by?"

"Nope, I thought since I almost died and all she would have been here."

"She was here last night. I called her and told her that you woke up, she said she'd be right over."

Olivia woke up with a yawn. She looked down to see Sonny lying beside her on the couch, his arms wrapped around her. She couldn't help but smile.

"Damn it!" She said glancing at the clock. Lulu had called nearly three hours ago.

Olivia quickly got up and threw on her clothes.

"Where you going?" Sonny smiled, still half asleep.

"The hospital, I lost track of time."

Sonny smiled again. "Okay, but you'll come back?"

"You could come with me?"

"I can't, not yet, I can't face him now." He shook his head.

"You have to do it sometime. Look, I'm not to happy about telling Dante the truth, but it's something that has to be done and it can't wait, Sonny. I've been lying to him his whole life, he's already going to hate me."

Sonny got up, picking his clothes up off the floor and putting them on. "It won't last forever, unlike what I did, father shoots his own son." He shook his head. "Everyone is mad at me, even Lulu who called me some...pretty colorful things last night, they were well deserved, but still."

"I think she really likes him." Olivia smiled.

"Of coarse she does, we Corinthos men are irresistible." Sonny flashed his dempals as he put his shirt on.

"She's good for him, though. She'll keep him in line."

"Yeah, you know she reminds me of someone." Sonny said grabbing his keys.

"You know what they say." Olivia took the keys from him. "Boys marry their mother."

Jason and Sam had a plan when they stepped into the hospital. Damage control.

They needed to keep Sonny out of prison and Dominic quiet. This wasn't going to be an easy task, but they had to try.

"I've got Spinelli looking into the evidence they have against Sonny, but we need to keep Dominic quiet." Jason told her, not knowing that Dominic was Dante, Sonny's son.

"Okay, I could maybe talk Lulu into helping us, but it's a big maybe, Jason." Sam said.

"We have to try, it might be our only option."

"Jason!" Carly said stepping off the elevator.

"Hey, Carly, I don't really have time-"

She cut him off. "I know since this whole Dominic is really Olivia's son thing, everyone has been everywhere."

"What are you talking about, Carly?" Jason shook his head.

Carly looked at both Jason and Sam confused. "You guys don't know."

"Know what?" Sam asked.

"Dominic Pirelli is Dante Falconeri, Olivia's undercover cop son." She raised her eyebrow. "I'm not happy about this whole lying to everyone, but I mean Sonny shot him in the chest, he kind of deserves a break. Where have you to been, how didn't you know this?"

Jason and Sam looked at each other, knowing that last night they were at the pint house spending some well deserved alone time.

Jason sighed. "This just got a lot more complicated."

"Your telling me." Carly said.

"Wait, this might be a good thing." Sam interjected. "Dom, Dante wouldn't send Sonny to jail if his mother asked him not to, right?"

"Maybe, I don't know?" Carly said.

"I think we need to talk to Dante." Jason said walking down the hall towards Dante's hospital room, Sam and Carly following behind.

They all three walked into Dante's room at once.

"What are you doing here?" Lulu spat sitting up straight beside Dante.

"Come to finish the job, Jason?" Dante asked.

Jason was silent.

"We came to see, how you were doing." Sam smiled.

"Pretty good for getting a bullet in the chest."

"Look Dom, Dante." Jason said correcting himself. "We need your help."

"Let me guess, you want me to lie and say Sonny didn't shoot me." Dante smirked. "The cops already have a warrant Jason, it's out of my hands."

"You and I both know that they're not going to find anything in Sonny's house, Dante. Your to smart to think Sonny would leave incriminating evidence lying around."

"They already have evidence, even if they don't find anything else there will be a trail. Like I told you Jason, it's out of my hands."

Jason turned his direction towards the door and who was opening it.

Dante glared at him. "Get out of my room!"

Sonny walked farther into the room and Olivia followed behind him.

"He said get out Sonny." Lulu said backing Dante up.

"Dante, honey- I, there's something I need to tell you." She touched his face.

"Why is he here?" Dante looked at her. "He shot me, and your still forgiving him for the things he does."

"Dante-"

"Whatever." He moved his face from her hand.

Everyone was quiet, Jason, Sam, and Carly had moved to the background, still listening intently.

Olivia looked like she was going to cry and Sonny kept staring at Dante, like he was studying his features. Lulu couldn't help but thinking something was about to happen, something big.

"I'm glad your okay." She smiled. "I was so worried."

"You said you wanted to tell me something?" He asked annoyed.

"I did." Sonny spoke up.

"I don't think I want to hear anything from you, thanks." Dante snapped.

"I'm sorry." Sonny looked at him. "I didn't know."

"Know what? That I would survive?"

Olivia looked at Sonny. He looked like a truck had run over him, she caused this and that's something that she'd never forgive herself for.

Sonny swallowed. "I'm your father, son."

A/N: I think my story is cutting both Sonny and Dante so slack, but I can't stand for everyone to be mad at Dante and Sonny well, he's got his fare share of people that are mad at him, Dante and Lulu being the biggest two. Enjoy and please Review:)