Sonny was so angry he had already counted to fifty and couldn't calm down. He was watching his daughter mashed up against the hood of a car with some boys tongue shoved down her throat. He knew girls who did that in Bensonhurst and they usually never made it to graduation or went down the aisle pregnant. He couldn't imagine what she was thinking about. No, that wasn't true he knew exactly what they were both thinking about and that's what made him feel murderous. The fact that they were standing in an alley without a care in the world, oblivious to everything else, so caught up in each other that they weren't aware of their surroundings made him even angrier. There were too many dangers for Sam to be so reckless.

He had cleared his throat to no avail and finally hollered across the parking lot. "Give me one good reason I shouldn't drop you where you stand!"

All Sam could do was shrink against Lucky's chest and will this situation to go away or for the ground to open up and consume her. Lucky could feel her tremble beneath him and for a split second neither one turned around.

"You have about a second to get off of my daughter or I can't be responsible for what Max here might do." Max started advancing toward the two teenagers and Sam moved from behind Lucky so fast he almost lost his footing. She knew how bad this was going to get.

"No, Max! Daddy, tell him not to hurt him. We weren't doing anything wrong. Can you both just calm down." There was no confidence in her voice and if she wasn't mistaken that was actual steam spewing from Sonny's eyes.

He never broke the glare he had on Lucky as he spoke directly to his daughter. "Aquí ahora Samantha venido y no dice otra palabra. Soy así que enojado en usted ahora cualquier cosa que usted dice va solamente a hacerla peor."

Lucky was so confused he didn't say a word either. He wasn't sure what Sonny had said, but he was willing to bet it wasn't anything nice. Looking at Sam he nudged her forward with his eyes making sure to keep Max in his peripheral in case he made any sudden moves.

"You better move it young lady."

Sam started toward Sonny and paused to look back at Lucky mouthing the words I'm sorry. She felt horrible and knew that there was nothing that would make this better, so the only thing she could do was not make it worse. "I'm sorry daddy. I know how this looks, but please…."

"Go inside and wait for me, now!" With that Sam took off and prayed that Lucky would show up at school tomorrow.

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Sam was breathless when she got back inside. She ran to the counter and tried to force air back into her lungs. If Sonny didn't kill Lucky she was positive he'd be shipping her off to boarding school. Maybe she'd have time to at least say goodbye to everyone. Sure the crush on Lucky had been fun and the kiss was definitely amazing, but now it was all crashing around her and her Technicolor dream had turned into a horrific film noir.

Mike came out and not reading the situation came up behind his traumatized granddaughter. "So did Sonny find you? He said his meeting finished early and he wanted to surprise you instead of just sending Max. I sure hope you didn't miss him."

Sam flung herself into the older man's arms sobbing into his chest. "Oh, grandpa it was awful, just awful. You have to stop him."

"Stop who honey, what's wrong? What's going on?" Mike pushed her out about arms length to see her face.

"Sonny, he's going to let Max kill Lucky cause he saw us kissing in the alley. Please go out there and stop him, please." Mike pulled the young lady, who crumpled in his arms looked about ten, closer and tried to soothe her. When a draft from the opening door hit them they both turned around to see the person concerning them most.

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Lucky stood in front of his car never having left the spot he was in, which had given him those few blissful moments of pleasure with Sam in his arms, staring at Sonny and Max the human barricade. His body was still while his mind worked at warped speed. Should he get in his car and make a run for it? Maybe he should call his dad or drop to his knees and beg for mercy. He was no punk, but he was also no match for Max.

"You have no idea what I want to do to you right now. If your father and I didn't have a friendship, but Lucky I'm telling you," Sonny stepped so close to him Lucky could smell his aftershave, "if we didn't I'd have Max yank your arms out of the socket for having them wrapped around my daughter."

"Look, Sonny…"

"It's Mr. Corinthos to you and don't speak. You just need to listen. As of right now Samantha doesn't exist to you as far as you're concerned you don't know her. I don't want you talking to her and I don't want you seeing her. And if you want to pass Latin you better start looking for a new tutor."

"I care about your daughter. I would never…"

Sonny shoved him into the car and pressed all his weight against the younger man's chest. "You would never what dishonor her, disgrace her, or disrespect her 'cause I gotta tell you the hood of a car in an alley sends a really bad message."

Lucky had to cough to clear his throat before he could speak again. "What about what Sam wants? It was only a kiss. It was a poor choice of venue, but don't you think you're overreacting a little."

"The fact that you're still breathing means I haven't reacted enough. I'm showing a lot of restraint, believe me, I find it a very big deal!"

Backing up as far as he could Lucky put his hand on the driver's door and looking Sonny square in the eyes said, "Then I guess there's nothing left to say. I take full responsibility please don't be too hard on Sam. And again, I'm really sorry."

Sonny turned around and walked back across the alley letting the classic car careen off without a backwards glance. Max went to pull the car around to the front.

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He never moved. He may have actually been in more shock than he was. Pushing away from Mike Sam ran to her father and started yelling at the top of her lungs. "Where is he? Where is he? What'd you do to Lucky? Where is he?"

People were starting to look and it made Mike and Sonny very uncomfortable for very different reasons. Mike ran over and put his arms around her saying, "Sammie girl you have to calm down. You're yelling and getting yourself all worked up. Sweetheart please breathe. Sonny tell her everything is alright."

He might as well have been a statue in the park because Sonny Corinthos never moved a muscle. His daughter stood before him distraught and his father met his dark eyes with confused ones and still he didn't make a sound.

When he finally said anything his voice was filled with icicles. "Samantha get your things we are going home." Seeing that he was poised to say something in question or protest Sonny added, "Stay out of Mike it doesn't concern you. You didn't raise your daughter so you're in no position to help with mine." With that he turned his back on them and exited the diner.

Sam was resigned. She knew her fate was sealed the moment Sonny caught her and Lucky and no amount of explanations or temper tantrums were going to get her out of this mess. Pulling out of Mike's embrace she grabbed her bag, kissed him on the cheek and headed out the front door. Sonny refused to look at her or speak. He took off ten paces ahead of her and when they got to the car he stepped back and let her climb in and he got in behind her. Once Max had the door closed and they were on the road the privacy window went up, because even the bodyguard knew the trouble she was in and wanted no part of it.

Sam was practically in the fetal position next to her father. He was sitting with his head back and his hand across his chin just stewing. Sonny really didn't know what to say to her. This was his worst nightmare. He didn't want to break up his family, but if sending her to boarding school was the only way to keep her safe and out of trouble…. No daughter of his was going to end up pregnant or a drop out because she thought she was in love with some boy who wasn't good enough for her anyway. Sam always thought she wasn't allowed to date because Sonny thought she was a little girl or he didn't trust her, but the truth was he didn't trust the boys. He knew exactly what a boy Lucky's age wanted and that they knew how to get it, he had been that boy once.

Her mother was going to be so disappointed. Alexis had been so stressed and tired lately and she depended on Sam to help out with keeping things on an even keel. Sam had gotten caught up in the excitement of knowing Lucky had feelings for her and took leave of her good senses and judgment. If by some miracle she was allowed to finish out the school year she knew dances and tutoring and freedom as she had grown to know and love it was about to come to a screeching end.

She was so consumed with her thoughts she almost spaced on the fact that he was finally speaking to her. "Are you talking to me now?"

"You think sarcasm is the way to go right now?" He couldn't believe her defiance.

"No, that's not what I meant. I just didn't hear you. How many times can I say I'm sorry? I wasn't trying to disobey you. Lucky and I had a misunderstanding at school. I took off and he came to find me and the kiss just happened." She didn't mean to cry but the tears just started flowing.

"That's not gonna cut it this time Samantha. You left school, you left without a guard, you left yourself open to all sorts of danger, no cell phone, and to top it all off you let some boy grope you on the hood of his car like a common…." Sam's mouth fell open. So this was it what her father really thought. She adored Sonny and having him for a dad made her feel like a princess most times, but he thought she was… a… a… common slut. Her heart was breaking.

"Please daddy, I'm not that kind of girl I promise. This was the only time I swear. Please don't think of me like that, don't think of Lucky like that kind of guy."

"If I were you worrying about how I saw Lucky would be the least of my concerns. This is gonna disappoint your mother so much."

"I'll do anything. Please don't tell mom. She won't understand."

"I'm willing to bet she's going to handle it better than me. You couldn't wait could you? How many lies have you told Samantha? First it started with the tutoring then it was all the time with Emily and the sudden interest in Nikolas and going to that Godforsaken island. That's what this morning was about too wasn't it… wasn't it? All of a sudden you wanted to be on some dance committee. I can't believe how you manipulated me."

Hearing it back just made Sam feel worse. Sure she had sort of manipulated Sonny, but compared to what some of the girls at her school were getting away with her actions were child's play. And that's when Samantha Aleksandra Corinthos got angry….

Max was pulling into the driveway of Greystone and now they were moments from the mother of all confrontations. "You ruined everything. Instead of remembering my first kiss from a boy who likes me now all I'll remember is my father threatening him in an alley. I do everything you want and everything your way. Why couldn't you let me have at least one special moment? You can't forgive me, well I can't forgive you!"

Samantha was in full on hysteria now. "It's not about forgiveness… it's about trust and now I don't know that I can trust you about anything."

When the car came to a stop Max came around and opened his boss' door and before either of them noticed Sam bolted from the other side. Poor Milo almost met his maker she came through the door so fast. She would have slammed it, but Milo was holding it open for his brother and boss. Instead she opted for a very noisy stomp up the stairs ignoring calls from Sonny and Alexis, who upon hearing the commotion came to the doors of the study to witness the dramatic entrance.

"Consiga detrás aquí a Samantha. ¡Venido aquí! Venido aquí!" Sonny was hollering, which wasn't his norm and started up the stairs behind her.

Feeling the hand on his shoulder and the soothing tone of his wife's voice brought him back down and he didn't react to the sound of the slamming door. Turning around he looked his wife in the eye and then walked past her into the study and headed for the bar to pour his self a drink. Alexis entered the room behind him and pulled the double doors closed. She wasn't sure what had taken place, but if they both came in this angry her guess was only one thing… A BOY! All she could think was I'm not ready for this.