The Oceanfront

Chapter 8

She had went to bed hours ago but she hadn't had a minutes sleep since she left Lenny alone in the living room after that cop showed up. Not that she really welcomed sleep anyways since her nights were mostly filled with images of the man she so desperately wanted to forget. However being awake wasn't better right now either since she couldn't help but worry for Sonny's freedom. She could sense that, that cop was willing to do whatever it took to send Sonny to jail and it worried her. Apart of her wanted to reach out and call Sonny to warn him about the cop that showed up at her door but she knew that calling him would be a mistake. She didn't want to take the risk that he would take her warnings as a sign that she had feelings for him.

Letting out a frustrated sigh Carly decides to get out of bed and have a snack in hopes that junk food would keep her mind off Sonny. Grabbing her crutches that were by her bed she gets out of bed and makes her way towards her bedroom door.

Frowning Lenny glances towards Carly as she enters the kitchen "Are you alright? It's the middle of the night"

"I couldn't sleep" Carly admits as she makes her way towards the kitchen island and sits down on the stool that was besides Lenny.

"Yeah I couldn't sleep either" Lenny admits with a heavy sigh since he was really worried about Carly's welfare especially after that cop showed up at his door. He was also concern since Carly wasn't willing to answer his questions about what was really going on. It wasn't like Carly to keep things from him. She was always an open book to him…that is until Sonny came into her life.

As Carly takes a spoon and takes some of his sundae from his bowl Lenny goes on to ask "Are you worried about Sonny Corinthos?"

"No I'm not worried about Sonny at all. The cops can lock him up and throw away the key for all I care." Carly lies since she didn't want to admit to anyone that she felt a pull towards the man who was responsible for her father's death. Besides she had to move on from Sonny because she had an unborn child to protect. Not giving Lenny a chance to reply back Carly goes on to say "And I don't want to talk about Sonny anymore the guy is out of my life, not that he was really in my life to begin with. I just want to move on with my life and forget I ever laid eyes on him"

"Alright, fine consider the subject dropped" Lenny sighs out heavily since he didn't want to upset Carly since she was pregnant and she had enough to deal with. Hopefully Carly was right and that Sonny was out of her life for good because he didn't like what that cop had to say about Sonny whatsoever.

"Thank you" Carly softly says before taking another bite out of Lenny's sundae.

"I don't care if it's the middle of the night and the stores are close! I'm Sonny Corinthos only a fucking fool will deny opening their shop earlier for me especially with the kind of cash I'm throwing their way. Now I want the new furniture in the apartment within the next hour or there will be HELL to pay!" Sonny snaps out into his cellphone since there was no way in hell he was going to sit on a couch that was cover in daisies or sleep in a twin bed, or cook in that lousy kitchen
without the proper high-end appliances he grew accustom in using back in Port Charles.

Shoving his cell phone into his pocket he glances at Jason who was sitting on the couch munching on the home baked cookies Ms. Dale left behind for them before leaving the apartment to head towards paradise…AKA his. "How can you eat that crap?"

"Only you would call home made chocolate chip cookies crap" Jason remarks back before going on to say "I thought you said you could handle living in this dump"

"I'm here aren't I?!" Sonny questions back wondering what he was talking about since he was planning on living in this dump until he got to the bottom of whatever was troubling him regarding Caroline Benson.

"Yeah but you just order the guys to bring in a shit load of expensive stuff to a rundown apartment."

"Yeah so? It's not like anyone is stupid enough to try and rob me" Sonny remarks back as his cell phone starts to ring… "Yeah…Good that's more like it." Flipping his cellphone shut Sonny shoots Jason a grin as he states "New furniture is on its way"

The next morning Carly remarks to Lenny as she sat on the washroom floor "Sonny is soooooooooooooooo fucking lucky he's FAR away from me right now because if he was here I would be tempted to flush his head in the toilet! I never felt this sick in my whole life and it's all his penis fault. Him and his super sperm that got me knocked up while I was on the pill can go to hell!"

"Can I do anything for you?" Lenny asks as she flushes the toilet

"Yeah you can go see Ms. Dale and ask her for some of her famous chocolate chip cookies"

"Cookies? You want cookies after you just hurled your guts out?!" Lenny asks shocked

"Yes please" Carly grins

"But she hates me and she's mean! Every time I see her the woman calls me a bastard among other things."

"She calls her sons bastards too" Carly points out

"Yeah and she hates them as well"

"Come on Lenny. I'm craving for cookies and she makes the BEST chocolate chip cookies I ever tasted"

"Well why don't you get them yourself she likes you."

"Because I'm still in my PJ's and I'm in crutches so it's a pain in the ass to get around…come on Lenny please go see Ms. Dale for me"

Letting a groan as he gazes at her as she shoots him her famous puppy eyed look, as her lips form a small pout Lenny sighs out heavily knowing he could never say no to that look "Okay, okay I'll go see Ms. Dale and ask her for some cookies"

"Thanks Lenny you're the BEST" Carly remarks back with a smile across her face.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." Lenny mumbles out as he helps her stand up from off the floor. Handing her, her crutches Lenny goes on to offer… "You know instead of cookies I could always go to the doughnut shop and get you some doughnuts"

"Are you really THAT scared of an old lady? Lenny Ms. Dale is all bark and no bite. The woman wouldn't hurt a fly."

"I'm not scared" Lenny remarks back

"Good. So you'll have no problem asking her for some cookies."

"Fine I'll get the damn cookies" Lenny grumbles out before walking out of the washroom to get Carly some cookies from the mean man hating old lady.

Standing in front of Ms. Dale's door Lenny shifts on his feet as he mumbles out to himself… "This is

for Carly. She likes Carly….you can do this Lenny…" exhaling sharply Lenny goes on to mumble out "Here goes nothing" before knocking on the door….as he hears footsteps approaching the door he is almost tempted to run away but doesn't; knowing if he did he would never hear the end of it from Carly.

As the door opens Lenny lets out a gasp as he comes face to face with someone far WORST then Ms. Dale…Sonny Corinthos.

"Can I help you?" Sonny asks as he hears the man gasp out in fear.

"You're…you're… Ssssssson-son-son-"

Cutting him of off Sonny introduces himself proudly with a grin across his face "I'm Michael Sonny Corinthos Junior" as he finishes saying his name Sonny lets out a groan as he watches the guy wet
himself.

Walking up from behind Lenny, Jason tosses a page from his newspaper at the puddle of urine that was in front of the door as he says to Sonny "I told you he had a bladder problem" before walking around the newspaper covered urine and inside the apartment.

As Jason walks by him inside the apartment Sonny grins out pleased by his appearance since his looks were average at best and the guy was weaker than a twig. He was actually shocked that someone who had as much fire and passion that Carly did was friends with such a shrimp. Just by glancing at Lenny he knew without a doubt that Carly would never have sex with him…making him the perfect roommate Carly; since just the thought of Carly being with another man made him want to punch a hole in the wall. He knew he had no rightful claim to Carly and she was practically a stranger but his heart and body
wanted her badly despite what happened with the Savage situation. "So you're Lenny, Carly's roommate?"

Removing his gaze from off Sonny, Lenny glances towards his closed apartment door as he shouts out at the top of his lungs "CAR-CAR LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Leaning against the doorframe Sonny waits for Carly to open the door. He couldn't wait to see her beautiful face again; her gorgeous face had captured him from the moment he opened his eyes as she saved him from death. He knew Carly would be livid the second she sees him but he didn't care.

Inside Lenny's apartment Carly lets out a chuckle as she makes her way towards the front door; wondering what could that little old lady possibly have done to Lenny to have him scream out her name like a little girl…she loved her friend but he really needed to grow some balls.

Reaching the door Carly opens it with some difficultly due to her crutches. As she opens the door her eyes land on Sonny who was leaning against the doorframe of Ms. Dale apartment. The smile across her face
disappears as he DARES to smile back at her; flashing her, his dimples that she was sure would make most women hearts skip a beat. "Sonneeee!" Carly hisses out his name as she shoots daggers at him for coming back! Things between them were supposed to be OVER after she produced a fake negative pregnancy test and yet there he stood a few feet away from her looking devilishly handsome.

"Hey" Sonny simply greets her not at all fazed by the daggers her eyes where shooting his way. Apart of him felt oddly turned on by her even though she looked like she wanted to kill him.

"WHY are you here?! And where the hell is Ms. Dale?!" Carly demands as she angrily makes her way towards Sonny and Lenny; who seemed frozen in the spot he stood.

As she demands answers from Sonny she notices Jason as he walks up behind Sonny munching on what looked like a chocolate chip cookie…HER chocolate chip cookie. Not giving Sonny a chance to answer her Carly goes on to ask "Is that chocolate chip cookie baked by Ms. Dale?!"

"Yeah, they're pretty good" Jason comments which cause Sonny to shake his head at the exchanged between them.

"THOSE cookies are supposed to be for ME! Ms. Dale only makes cookies for ME, and what the hell are you doing in her apartment anyways? She HATES all men!?"

"I guess that means she likes you huh?" Sonny smirks; as he glances at Lenny since he was hardly a man. Carly had more balls then him.

"She doesn't like me actually" Lenny mumbles out

"WHY are you in Ms. Dale's apartment?!"

"Because I live here now" as he finishes his sentence Lenny faints and collapses to the floor….

"YOU'RE WHAT?!" Carly demands ignoring the fact Lenny was passed out on the floor due to the news that Sonny was now living in the apartment across from them.

"Your friend is kind of dramatic, don't you think?" Sonny questions; as Jason walks past Sonny towards Lenny who was passed out on the hallway floor.

"YOU'RE NOT LIVING HERE!" YOU CAN'T!" Carly screams out as Jason knees down towards Lenny and taps his cheeks.

"Actually I can, and I am" Sonny grins out

Moving around Lenny as he was starting to come to Carly threatens "I'm warning you Sonny you better run while you have the chance!"

Letting out a chuckle Sonny utters out "Did you hear that Jason? She's warning me. Isn't

that… cute"

Glancing towards Jason and Lenny as they stand on their feet Carly asks Lenny "Do you smell that Lenny?"

"I know I do and it's your friend's urine…by the way I hope he cleans up after himself" Sonny remarks as he glances at the newspaper that was between him and Carly.

"No I smell the smell of desperation…in fact you wreak of it so much I'm shocked I didn't smell you from inside of my apartment." Carly remarks as she locks eyes with Sonny.

"Desperation?!" Sonny questions with an arched brow. He was Michael Sonny Corinthos junior he wasn't a desperate man! Sure she had captured his attention but he WASN'T desperate! Hell he could have ANY woman he wanted, including her!

"What do you call a man who forces a poor lady out of her apartment just so he could be close to a woman who wants NOTHING to do with him!?" Carly asks back

"You should check your ego lady because unlike what you think you're NOT all that. You are NOT the reason why I'm here" Sonny lies; he hated lies but he hated more so to look weak and desperate! He wouldn't give her the satisfaction in thinking that his every thought was on HER ever since she saved his life at the Ocean front.

"Oh PLEASE! Why else would you come live in this rundown apartment?!"

"Since when do I have to answer to you? What I do in my life and the reasons why I do it isn't your business." Sonny asks back since she wasn't his keeper. He didn't have to tell her a damn thing! In fact he was the one people had to answer to not the other way around!

"I don't care what you do just do it AWAY from me!" Glancing towards Jason she goes on to say "And I want those cookies that Ms. Dale baked!"

"Oh well I actually just ate the last one just now" Jason remarks back

"UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Carly screams out in frustration as she storms back towards Lenny's apartment door.

Glancing towards Lenny, Sonny states "I hope you have a mop" before making his way back inside the apartment.

"You might want to get yourself some Depends because we're going to be here for a while" Jason comments before making his way back into Ms. Dale's apartment; shutting the door behind him.

Letting out a groan Lenny turns around and heads back inside his apartment.

Shutting the door behind him Lenny glances at Carly who was sitting on the couch "Aren't you scared that the father of your child who happens to be Sonny Corinthos a known mob boss is living across the hall from us?"

"I'm terrified" Carly admits with a heavy sigh. She wasn't expecting to see Sonny ever again after she showed him the false negative pregnancy test and yet here he was living across the hall from her.

Making his way towards her Lenny notes "You sure didn't look it a few seconds ago"

"If I showed him I was scared he would wonder why I was nervous so I stood up to him like I had nothing to hide." Carly explains.

"So what now?" Lenny questions

"I don't know but I'll figure out something" Carly admits softly frustrated as hell since every time she
thought she bested Sonny and Jason she was wrong because they kept coming back.

As Lenny shakes his head and walks towards the closet door Carly asks "What are you doing?"

"Getting a mop" Lenny simply replies

"Oh" Carly sighs out heavily as she watches him pull out the mop and bucket from the closet.

Walking towards the washroom door with the mop and bucket Lenny goes on to remark "You better come up with a hell of a plan because I don't think Sonny and Jason are leaving anytime soon"

"I will" Carly promises; as Lenny disappears inside of the washroom. She didn't know how but she was going to think of something to get rid of Sonny before he caught on to the fact she was pregnant with his child. Protecting her child from the world that got her father and herself almost killed was her number one priority.

As Jason shuts the door behind him, Sonny asks as he makes himself a drink from the new mini bar that was in the apartment "Can you believe her?! Who the hell does she think she's talking too?! I'm NOT a desperate man! IF she wants to see a desperate man she should take a look at her pee-pee pants friend/roommate Lenny! I bet the guy couldn't get laid by a one dollar hooker!"

"Maybe we should just go back to Port Charles" Jason suggests as Sonny pours himself a drink

"Go back?! Are you crazy!? I'm NOT leaving here until I figure out why the hell my gut is telling me to stay! That woman is up to something and I have a feeling whatever it is it isn't good!" Sonny snaps out now more determined than ever to get to the bottom of things.

"I'll put a guy on Carly and see what he finds out as he follows her"

"Yeah that could work but I bet I can get my answers much faster than that" Sonny remarks since he had a feeling whatever was going on Carly wouldn't give away her secrets so easily since she was on guard knowing he was staying across the hall from her.

"What are you thinking?" Jason questions

"I'm thinking I can make pee-pee pants sing like a canary. I just have to get him alone again when he's away from Carly and I bet ya he tells us everything we need to know." Sonny grins out before drinking down the drink he made for himself.

After mopping up the floor in the hallway and changing his pants Lenny sits himself down at the edge of his bed as he glances down at the piece of paper that cop Taggert had left behind yesterday with his contact information. Looking away from the piece of paper he gazes at the phone that was on his nightstand then back at the paper he held in his hands. Carly said she could handle Sonny but twice now she was proven wrong. He knew that Carly hated cops but he also feared that what the cop had said was right. He had already lost his sister and he knew he couldn't lose Carly too so with a heavy
heart he stands up from his bed and makes his way towards his nightstand to make the call he believed was the only way to keep his friend and her unborn child safe from Sonny Corinthos.

Well that's all for now. I wanted to thank everyone for all their wonderful replies. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as well. As always all feedback is welcomed and very much appreciated

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