The Oceanfront
Chapter 15
Letting out a huge gulp as he wets himself Lenny felt like hewas staring into the devil's eyes as Sonny stood a few feet away from himholding a gun pointed directly at him. He didn't know how but it was obvious tohim that Sonny had found out about his meeting with Sorel and he was here tokill him.
"Come on in Lenny we've been waiting for you"
He wanted to run away but his legs couldn't move and he waspretty sure if he did try to move Sonny or Jason who was standing in his roomwith a blank expression across his face wouldn't hesitate to shoot him.
"I didn't go see him! He came to me! I didn't even know who the hell he was until his goons came over here and knocked me out and took me over to his office! I mean I heard your names over and over again the in press but never that mafia dude's name Joseph Sorel before!" Lenny proclaims as he silentlyprays that they believed him that he didn't set out to go to their enemy.
As Sonny and Jason exchanged looks between each other Lenny goes
on to say "Look I would never get involve with the mob! You both know you scare the hell out of me so why would I go behind your backs and work with him to take you down!?"
"Get the fuck in here and shut the damn door!" Sonny mutters out with a clench jaw
Lenny tried to move his legs but he couldn't. He was paralyzed withfear knowing that he may die tonight way too young to leave this world hedidn't want to move an inch closer to the devil.
"I said get the fuck inside!"Sonny screams out
With a heavy sighs as he watches Lenny tremble in fear Jasonwalks over the short distance and pulls him inside the room and shuts the dooronce Lenny was inside.
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Watching as a few men brought over stuff in brown boxes up thestaircase Johnny asks "Are you sure you don't want me to help them out?"
"Everything is fine Johnny. I already took care of everything. I told them what room to go to when that computer geek that works for Sonny told you the elevator was going to be out of order for a while, while they work on security. Besides you already did your part sweetie and I will never forget it." Carly smiles at him from her spot on the couch.
"I didn't do anything, really"
"Are you kidding me? You did a lot Johnny. If it wasn't for you I couldn't surprise Sonny once he gets home"
"I'm just so glad you decided to make up with the boss. When Max said you were sleeping with the boss I had my doubts but now that you want to surprise the boss by decorating the nursery I now can breathe easily. I was afraid I would have to be walking on eggshells around the boss because of your feud with him. You have no idea how much you made my life easier by making up with him. So really I should be thanking you"
A part of Carly felt bad for the poor guy since she knew thather little plan would have some bad consequences for Johnny but like in any warthere was always some casualties and well Johnny was her war casualty in herquest to win over the bedroom territory from Sonny. Which was a small battlecompared to the one she was facing to move back home to Florida.
"There's no need to thank me Johnny. Just seeing Sonny's surprised face will be all the thanks I need"
"Well I will be at my post if you need me" Johnny utters out
"Okay" Carly smiles at him beforeJohnny shuts the penthouse door close.
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Taking Lenny off guard Sonny rushes towards Lenny and slams himagainst the wall as Jason stood near the door.
With his gun pressed up against Lenny's head Sonny growls out "You're too dumb to live in this world!"
"Please don't kill me!" Lennycries out
"Did you hear that Jason? This man begs for his life after HE put MY child and Carly's life at risk!"
"I didn't put Carly and her baby at risk" Lenny insists since he would never ever do anything to hurt Carly.Hell he was in this mess because he wanted to protect his friend; a friend that
was like a sister to his sister.
"LIKE HELL YOU DIDN'T! YOU RAN YOUR FUCKING MOUTH OFF AT THE PCPD AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOU MY ENEMY NOW KNOWS THAT CARLY IS PREGNANT WITH MY CHILD! YOU MADE MY FAMILY A FUCKING TARGET, SO WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I LET YOU LIVE?! HUH? WHY?!" Sonny explodes; his finger aching to pull the trigger of his gun and
get rid of this useless bastard.
"Because if you kill me Carly will blame herself for my death and she'll hate you forever" Lenny states hopingand praying using Carly would get Sonny to back the hell off and let him live.
"Who says Carly needs to know about your death?" Sonny questions back as Jason pull out his gun.
Letting out a sob Lenny shits in his pants knowing that he hadfailed Carly and her unborn child and that he was going to die before he couldsave her from this monster.
Groaning out as he smells Lenny's shit Sonny goes on to explain "People go missing all the time without finding a body"
"People like Savage right? And Carly's father?" Lenny questions back since they suddenly disappeared fromCarly's life pretty much the same time Sonny showed up into her life.
"You talk too much!" Sonny growlsout through gritted teeth. Hating this bastard for reminding him of his failureto protect Carly's father from Savage or how close Savage came to killingCarly.
With a heavy sigh Sonny lets his hold of Lenny go as he backsaway from him before he gave into his temptation to rid the world of this idiot
"Regardless of your mouth I'm going to allow you to live"
"You are?" Lenny asks shocked andrelieved
"Yeah your friendship with Carly saved your life this one last time" Sonny nods as he glares at him. "BUT if I ever see your face in Port Charles or anywhere else for that matter I will
put a fucking end to your life! And to make sure YOU remember my promise Jason here is going to give you a little taste of what your death might feel like if I ever see your face again. I would do it myself but I don't feel like dirtying my suit"
Grabbing Lenny before he had a chance to react Jason smacks himwith his gun. As he falls to the floor Jason proceeds to kick the hell out ofhim as Sonny watched Lenny cry out in pain.
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A little while later after checking out the result of her planCarly had a huge grin on her face as she shuts Sonny's bedroom door.
"Is everything alright here?"Johnny asks as he walks towards her.
"Yeah, everything is fine. Why do you ask Johnny?"
"Well when I gave them their tips downstairs they were giggling a lot."
"What's wrong with that?" Carlyquestions
"People don't normally finish a job for the boss laughing" Johnny notes
"Well Sonny isn't here and unlike Sonny I don't scare off people" Carly points out
"Maybe I should go check out their work" Johnny comments
"Nooooooooooooooooooooo! You can't!"Carly shouts out to him as she rushes towards him using her crutches since theLAST thing she needed was for Johnny to open one of the guest rooms and todiscover there was no nursery set in place.
"Why not?" Johnny questionsconfused by her reaction
"Because this is Sonny's surprise and I don't want anyone to see his surprise before he does. Trust me Johnny I checked their work and they did everything I asked them to."
"Alright if you checked their work and everything is fine I guess there is no need for me to check out the boss's surprise"
"Oh thank you Johnny" Carly smilesat him
"No problem." Johnny smiles backat her before asking "Do you need any help going back downstairs?"
"No I'm fine. I think I'm going to wait for Sonny to come upstairs but remember Johnny this is a surprise"
"Don't worry I won't tell the boss" Johnnypromises before heading back down the hallway
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"I can't believe I had to walk up all those fucking flights of stairs to get to my own damn penthouse" Sonnygrumbles out in a foul mood over the situation with Lenny since he hated
himself for letting Lenny live when anyone else who caused him this muchtrouble would be dead.
"Stan is setting up the new system in place for the elevator" Jason explains
"Yeah I know he is! And he has to do it now because of that bastard's big fat mouth!" Sonny comments as henotices Johnny grinning at him…. "What the fuck are you smiling about?"
"I can't say but trust me boss you'll be smiling too in a few minutes"
"I doubt it and why the hell can't you say why when I asked you a fucking question?!" Sonny snaps out
"I promised Carly I wouldn't"
"Carly? YOU promised Carly you wouldn't?! So you're telling me you're taking orders from her now?! HUH?! Is that what you're telling me Johnny?!"
Shaking his head "No, no of course not boss. I only take orders from you sir"
"DAMN straight! So out with it! What the hell is going on?!"
Letting out a heavy sigh Johnny hated to break his word to Carlybut he could tell by the boss's mood if he didn't tell him he would be on thereceiving end of Sonny's anger so he gives in and tells him
"Boss great news Carly wants to make peace with you"
"She told you that?" Sonny questionsas he silently wonders what the hell Johnny was thinking. Normally Johnny wassmarter than that!
"Yeah boss isn't that great. She even went out and bought you a surprise to make peace with you"
"She left the penthouse?!" Sonnyasks annoyed as Jason shoots Johnny a disapproving look at Johnny
"No sir. She ordered some stuff for the baby's nursery but please don't tell her I told you. She's going to be disappointed if she found out I spoiled her surprise"
Shaking his head Sonny grumbles out as he turns the doorknob ofhis penthouse door "I'm so sick and tired of dealing with stupid people! I swear Johnny if my gut is right I'm going to get out my baseball bat and start swinging your way!"
As Sonny slams the door behind him Johnny glances at Jason whowas just staring at him "I swear Jason, Carly really does want to make up with the boss"
"For your sake I hope you're right"Jason utters out before making his way towards his penthouse as he silentlyhopes whatever Carly did while he and Sonny were out he wouldn't get pulledinto the situation
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Afew minutes later with a beer in one hand and a bag of chips in his other hand
Jason lets out a grown as he suddenly hears Sonny yell out from penthouse
four….
"OH HELL NO!"
"So much for wanting peace" Jason mutters out tohimself as a part of him felt sorry for Johnny who obviously got duped byCarly.
Sitting himself on the couch Jason places the bag of chips ontohis lap as he reaches for his motorcycle magazine as he silently prays thedrama from across the hall stayed over there since he wasn't the drama type.
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"OH HELL NO!"
Thesecond he heard the boss from inside the penthouse yell out at the top of his
lungs Johnny blinks his eyes close as he silently prays that the boss didn'tmake good on his threat since it was now obvious to him that Carly had indeedtricked him after all.
Witha little pant since he wasn't used to climbing all those flights of stairs
Rolando pants out "Sorry I'm late for my shift man but I didn't know the elevator was out of order because Stan is updating security"
"It's fine." Johnny utters out pleased by hisgood luck that his shift was over which would give Sonny more time to cool downbefore he had to face Sonny for his mistake.
AsJohnny walks past him he whispers out to Rolando "Good luck" causing Rolando to frown since he had no idea of theexplosion that just occurred inside the penthouse because of Carly.
"What?" Rolando questions confused by Johnnyremark; but doesn't get a response back since Johnny had already taken off in ahurry for the staircase.
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"OH HELL NO!" Sonny screams from the looks ofhis once manly room that now was covered head to toe with white cats all overhis bedroom; something he imagined would be the perfect room for those crazyold cat ladies that most kids feared growing up. How Carly managed to get allthis crap up so fast was amazing to him.
Witha giggle Carly asks as she sits on herbed that had a Hello Kitty comforter on her bed now instead of the silk sheetsthat Sonny used to have on his bed…
"What? You made it clear you didn't like dogs so I went with the Hello Kitty theme instead"
Ballinghis fists at his side Sonny makes a beeline for his closet door which confusedCarly since she expected more yelling from him.
AsSonny pulls a baseball bat out of the closet Carly frowns a little as she
questions "What's that for?"
FlashingCarly a dimpled grin as he glares at her with a deadly look across his face
Sonny growls out "I'm going to hit the dumb right out of Johnny and then I'm going to come back and deal with you!"
"WHAT?! Sonny you can't hit Johnny! He had no clue what I was doing! I lied to him!"
"Like I said I'm going to smack the dumb right out of him and then I'll be back to deal with you" Sonny growls out beforeheading back out of his room.
"Sonny, Sonny! Wait up!" Carly calls out to hisretreating form since she didn't want poor Johnny to get hit with a baseballbat because of her.
Sureshe knew Sonny would get mad but the worst she thought Johnny would suffer from
her plan was a tongue lashing. When Sonny doesn't come back inside her bedroom Carly makes a grab for hercrutches in hopes she could stop Sonny from whacking poor Johnny.
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As the door opens with a loud bang Rolando jumps a little sincehe wasn't expecting the penthouse door to open let alone open as abruptly bythe force Sonny used.
"Boss" Rolando calls out startled
"Where is HE?!" Sonny demandsannoyed
"Who sir?"
"Johnny! Who the fuck else?!"
"He went home sir" Rolandoexplains
"He went HOME?!"
"Well yes sir. His shift just finished so I replaced him" Rolando explains
"Sonny don't you dare use that bat!" Carlyorders out from the top of the staircase
"Do you want me to call Johnny sir and tell him to come back?" Rolando asks; although by the way Johnny tookoff once he arrived he had a feeling Johnny wouldn't be picking up his phone;at least not tonight.
"No. I'll deal with him tomorrow"Sonny utters out since he had a feeling Johnny was going to lay low for tonightwhich was the only SMART move he madetonight.
As Sonny slams the door shut Rolando silently wonders what thehell happened to cause the boss to blow his lid.
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Watching as Sonny slammed the door shut Carly lets out a sigh ofrelief that Sonny didn't use his bat on poor Johnny...
"What are you crazy?!"
Glancingup at Carly as she stood on top of the staircase using her crutches for support
Sonny growls out "No but you are if you if you think you can take me on!"
"I don't know what you're talking about I did nothing wrong. I just redecorated my bedroom. Now if you don't like it you can just move your crap out of my room."
Tossinghis bat angrily inside the closet by the penthouse door Sonny growls out "You're not kicking me out of my bedroom woman!" Making his way towards the staircase Sonny goes on to ask "By the way where the hell did you get the cash to buy that crap?!"
"Crap? Hello Kitty isn't crap. Hello Kitty if you must know has fans all over the world. It's a beloved cat cartoon much like Garfield."
Walkingup the staircase Sonny asks yet again "Where did you get the money Carly?!"
"I used your credit card and I must say if it wasn't for you I could have never redecorated my bedroom so fast. I was shocked just how much power you name
really does have. The woman over the phone was bending herself over backwards
just to make you happy despite the fact her shop was about to close for the day."
"My credit card? My credit card was in my wallet which was in my desk Carly! You went inside mydesk?!" Sonny demands as he stands in Carly's face.
"Well duh how else was I supposed to pay for all the new stuff in my bedroom?" Carly
smiles at him
"You're NOT allowed in my desk Carly, NOT ever!" Sonny shouts out
"Get therapy it's just a desk" Carly remarks
"What?!" Sonny asks back as Carly dares andwalks away from him.
"You need HELP Sonny! It's just a stupid desk. I mean who gets mad over someone opening a desk drawer…I'll tell you who an insane person does" Carly says as she makes her way towards her bedroom.
The only one crazy here is YOU!" Sonny callsout to her as he follows her down the hallways towards his bedroom.
Asshe reaches her bedroom door Carly turns around to face Sonny who looked like
his head was about to explode "IF I'm crazy what does that make you? You're the one making this so called crazy person live with you! So if I'm crazy you're crazier for forcing a crazy woman to live with you!"
"The ONLY reason you're living here, you crazy ass woman is because you're pregnant with my child!"
"Oh please. There are plenty of people who have a one nightstand and end up pregnant but that doesn't mean the crazy ass father kidnaps them so they can be a pretend fake family"
Shakinghis head Sonny orders out to her so he can remove the crap Carly put inside his
room out of his room into the trash where it belonged "Move"
"I would love to but some crazy guy is keeping me here against my will" Carly states
"Get the fuck out of my way woman!" Sonny spatsout to her; using all his willpower not to wring her neck.
"No. This is my bedroom and I don't want you in it. I don't like your attitude towards my beloved friend Hello Kitty" Carly says
"IF you don't get out of my way now I'll move you myself"
"How about please Carly?" Carly grins at him
"Please Carly?!"
"That's right say please Carly could you please let me inside your bedroom so I can take
in the beauty that is Hello Kitty"
Crackinga smile across his face Sonny takes Carly off guard as he grabs her; tossing
her crutches aside and tosses her over his shoulder….
"Son-son-nneeeeeeeeeeeee put me down!"
"Maybe next time you'll move when I ask you" Sonnyremarks as he taps her bottom with his free hand for good measure…
"Sonneeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
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Peekinghis head inside of Jason's penthouse Rolando spots Jason sitting on his couch
munching on chips and drinking his beer as he gazes at a magazine.
"Do you hear them?"
"I hear them" Jason simply remarks beforeflipping the page of his magazine having no desire to get involved betweenSonny and Carly
"Aren't you going to do something?" Rolandquestions
"No but you can go ahead and try if you like" Jasonstates since he wanted nothing to do with whatever Carly did while they weregone out dealing with her friend Lenny.
AllJason wanted to do was chill out on his couch and enjoy his beer; like any
single guy would after beating the shit out of some loser.
"I guess everything is going to be alright so there is no need for any of us to get involved" Rolando comments since there wasno way in hell he was going to put himself in that situation especially afterhe saw the boss's bat in his hand.
"That's right" Jason nods… seconds later they hearthe loud screams coming out of Carly from across the hall somewhere in Sonny'spenthouse….
"Son-son-nneeeeeeeeeeeee put me down!"
"Sonneeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
"Well I'll be back at my post if you need me" Rolandocomments
"Uh-huh" Jason comments before taking a sip ofhis drink.
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TossingCarly onto his bed Sonny spots this fury pink piece of crap on his nightstand.
Picking the fury pink thing up Sonny asks "What the hell is this!?"
ShootingSonny an annoyed look at being toss onto the bed Carly utters out "It's an alarm clock"
"It's fury! Who the hell would invent a clock with PINK fur on it to begin with?!"
"It's fury because it purrs" Carly states with a heavy sigh
"It purrs?!"
"Yes it purrs instead of you know that annoying beeping sound most alarm clocks makes. That one purrs like a cat to go along with my Hello Kitty theme. The woman on the phone told me it was all the rage for kitty lovers" Carly explains
"Well kiss it goodbye along with all the other crap you bought because it's all going to the trash!"
"Sonny don't you DARE throw anything away! This is my bedroom and ALL of it stays! If you have a problem with my stuff then get out of my room!"
"I'll throw away whatever the hell I want to toss into the trash and there is nothing you can do about it! Now where the hell did you put my stuff?"
"The men put your crap into the second bedroom to the left and if you like that crap so much I suggest you move into that room and stay out of mine!" Carly states as she grabs her fury clock from out ofSonny's hands.
"This is my room! I told you before I'm not leaving! IF you don't want to share my room with me than you can leave and pick any room you like down the hallway" Sonny utters out before pulling out hiscellphone… "Hey Rolando I want you to send some guys in my bedroom and remove all the crap Carly put into my room now!"
AsSonny shoves his cellphone back into his pocket he makes his way towards the
washroom door
"Where are you going!? We're not done here! This stuff stays!" Carly calls out to him
"No we're done! Now it's getting late so I'm taking a shower. Hopefully by the time I'm done all this crap will be gone"
AsSonny walks in and slams the washroom door shut Carly chews on her lower lip as
memories from her dream invades her thoughts.
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Standingup from his spot on the couch Jason was about to get himself another beer when
his penthouse door opens. As Carly walks into his home he lets out a heavy sighknowing that Carly was about to pull him in between her feud with Sonny.
"Hey" Carly greets him
"Where's Sonny?" Jason questions
"He's in the shower" Carly states as she leansher crutches against the staircase "Well goodnight roomie" Carly uttersout before starting to hop up the staircase
"Whoa! Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean roomie?"Jason questions as Carly continues to hop up the staircase
"Yeah, I'm moving in here" Carly utters outbefore hop up the last step
"Sonny will never allow it" Jason calls out toCarly as she hops her way down his hallway
"DON'T CARE!" Carly yells out from upstairs
Lettingout a groan Jason silently curses himself for not locking the damn door when he
had a chance. Knowing that as soon as Sonny got out of the shower all hellwould break lose Jason makes his way towards the kitchen to go get that beer hewas about to get knowing he was going to need another drink now more than hefirst thought he would.
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Well that's all for now. I wanted to thank everyone for all thewonderful feedback on my last chapter. I hope you enjoy reading this chapter aswell. As always all feedback is welcomed and very much appreciated.