Carly barreled down the jet way from the plane to the gate at the Oakdale airport, barely cognizant of the fact that she was leaving Sonny, Leticia, and Michael behind in her wake. She was so thrilled about the idea of seeing her girl friend Carly Tenney again and checking out the sights of Carly T.'s hometown that it didn't occur to her to make sure she didn't lose her own family in the process. "So this is Oakdale," Carly said as she reached the gate and walked into the airport itself. "Cute, real cute. I can't wait to see what else this town has to offer!"
"Carly!" a loud voice beckoned from behind. Carly turned around and saw her husband coming towards her, followed closely behind by Leticia and her son. "You can't do this," Sonny said, "you can't just go off any way you want without making sure we know where you are. I don't have Johnny or one of the other guards around, and none of us have any idea where anything is in this town."
"Aww, honey, I'm sorry," Carly replied, running her hand along Sonny's jaw and kissing him on the lips. "I guess I just…I got a little excited about seeing Carly again, you know, and I didn't, I didn't think. I won't do it again, I promise."
Sonny nodded at Carly and said, "All right. Now, are you sure Carly's not going to mind that you didn't call her first to tell her we were coming?"
"Of course not! She told me that I had a standing invitation to come to Oakdale anytime, and to bring Michael with me, and you. Besides, it's a chance for us to get away for a little bit, and it's not like we're asking to stay at her place anyway. I got us a suite at The Lakeview Towers-it's supposed to be the best in Oakdale."
"My wife, the travel planner," Sonny chuckled. Carly briefly shot him an evil glance, but then quickly started to smile herself. She took Sonny's hand and they walked together through the airport, with Leticia and Michael right behind them. All of a sudden, a young man in a black suit stopped Sonny and Carly and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Corinthos?"
"Yes, that would be us," Carly answered.
"I'm Sean-I'll be your driver today. Your luggage is being delivered to the car at this very moment and once everything is loaded I'll take you directly to The Lakeview, where the staff is awaiting your arrival."
"Thank you, we appreciate that," Carly stated with a smile.
Sean returned Carly's smile and said, "Just doing my job, Mrs. Corinthos. May I take something for you?" Carly nodded and handed him her carry-on bag. She also took Sonny's garment bag off his shoulder and gave it to Sean, who promptly swung it over his shoulder and turned around to lead the way to the waiting car. When the group arrived at the curb, two skycaps were already putting Sonny, Carly, Michael, and Leticia's suitcases in the trunk. Sean walked over to the trunk area and placed the two bags he was carrying in there. He opened the door to allow Carly, Sonny, Leticia, and Michael to get in. Carly got in first and sat down, opening her arms so that Michael could walk into them. "Come here, baby," she said gently. "Momma's going to get you all nice and tight in the car." Sonny boosted Michael up and Carly took him in her arms, holding him for a moment before she placed him in the car seat next to her and buckled him up. Sonny climbed in and sat on the left side of the car, while Leticia took the right side. Sean closed the door and walked up to the driver's side of the car. He got in, put his seatbelt on, turned on the engine, and pulled away from the curb. As he drove the Corinthos family to The Lakeview, he noticed how close they all seemed…the light in Carly and Sonny's eyes when they looked at the little boy, Michael…the affection between Sonny and Carly…the closeness the couple and Michael had with Michael's nanny…and it made him happy to know that love like that still existed, even if he hadn't seen too much of it recently in his Oakdale experiences. When he reached the hotel, Sean pulled up right in front and stopped the car. "We're here."
"Oh, Michael, you ready to meet your new little friend, Parker, huh? I'm gonna call his mommy when we get to our suite, and then we can go to the park, maybe, and you can show Parker the trucks that you brought. Huh, what do you think of that, Mr. Man?" inquired Carly, kissing her son's nose as she worked him out of his car seat.
"Mamma, go to the park and play with trucks," Michael said.
"That's right, baby, Uncle Sonny and Leticia and I will take you to the park, and we'll meet Carly and Parker there. We'll have so much fun!"
Sonny smiled at Carly and she returned the gesture to him. He went to push the door open, but Sean was on the other side and he opened it before Sonny could get to it. Sonny nodded at Sean and Sean offered his hand to Leticia so she could get out of the car. Leticia climbed out, followed by Sonny, who opened his arms so Carly could give Michael to him while she stepped out. Carly did so and as soon as she finished, Sean was right behind her, closing the car door. "The Lakeview staff will take it from here, Mr. Corinthos. It has been a pleasure," he said, tipping his hat in courtesy to Sonny and Carly.
"Thank you, Sean. We'll call you if we need assistance again during our stay in Oakdale," Sonny said, handing Sean a $100 bill. Sean acknowledged Sonny's generosity and walked away, at which time Sonny turned around and followed Carly, Leticia, and Michael (whom Sonny had placed in Leticia's care while he paid Sean his tip) into the hotel. He quickly spotted the check-in counter and motioned for his family to go in its direction. When they made it to the counter, Sonny grabbed the attention of the desk clerk immediately and said, "Suite for Michael and Caroline Corinthos."
"Oh, yes, Mr. Corinthos," the clerk replied cheerfully, "we have been expecting you. We hope that all has been satisfactory thus far."
"Yes, it has been."
"Good, well, we hope that continues. Please just sign here at the bottom of the ledger and everything else will be taken care of. I see that your luggage is already in the hands of one of our finest bell attendants. It will be delivered to your suite immediately." The clerk motioned to the person who was standing guard by the luggage, and she instantaneously pushed the cart towards the elevators. Sonny took the pen that he was handed, signed the bottom of the hotel registry, and gave everything back to the clerk. "Thank you, Mr. Corinthos. I hope you and your family will find the bridal suite spacious and to your liking. Here are your keys and we hope your stay in Oakdale is an excellent one."
"We hope so too," Carly said. She looked at Sonny, who picked up the card keys from the desk clerk, handed one to Leticia, and placed the other one in his pocket. He grabbed Carly's hand and led her towards the elevators, with Leticia and Michael right next to them. Sonny punched the "up" button and the elevator doors opened right away. Leticia and Michael got in first, then Carly, and finally Sonny, who selected their floor from the elevator panel and waited silently for the elevator to reach its destination. When the correct floor was reached, Sonny allowed his family to disembark, then stepped off himself. He led Carly, Leticia, and Michael the short distance between the elevator and the suite door, and paused when they came to the suite. The door was already open, for the bell woman had just arrived herself and was carefully removing the Corinthoses' luggage from the cart.
"Wow, this place will do, it will definitely do," exclaimed Carly as she walked around the main sitting room of The Lakeview bridal suite. It was decorated tastefully yet elegantly, with lots of marble and rich fabrics in various shades of white.
"Yes, ma'am, our bridal suite here at The Lakeview Towers is one of the finest in all of Illinois," the bell woman stated. "Besides the sitting area, there are two bedrooms and two luxurious bathrooms. The guest room has its own bath, and you will find that room has a child's portable bed already set up for your son. The master, which is over to the left, has a glass-enclosed shower and a huge Jacuzzi tub in its bathroom. I think you will be quite comfortable while you are here."
"I have no doubt about that," Carly replied. "Thank you for bringing our luggage up so quickly." Carly fumbled through her purse and found a loose $50, which she handed to the bell woman. The woman looked at the bill and was completely shocked, but Carly assured her that she was aware of how much money is was and that she really meant to give it. The bell woman mouthed a sincere "Thank you" to Carly and quickly took her exit. Carly let out a soft laugh and turned to Sonny. "Well," she said, "I think I'll give Carly a call and see if we can meet so our boys can play in the park." She looked through her purse and found the piece of paper Carly T. had written her phone number down on when she was in Port Charles. Carly picked up the phone on the desk and dialed the number, while Sonny took off his jacket, laid it over the edge of the couch, and sat down on the oversized chair near the couch. He watched his wife as she waited for her friend to answer the phone.
"C'mon, Carly, pick it up, I want…oh, machines; come on, come on!"
'Hi, this is Carly Tenney, I'm not able to answer your call, so leave me a message and I'll call you back.'
"Hey, it's Carly Corinthos. Sonny and I are here in Oakdale, and we brought Michael, and we'd like to see you and Parker just as soon as we can. We're staying in the bridal suite at The Lakeview Towers, so when you pick up your messages, call me here, and we can get together. I can't wait to see you and for our baby boys to meet. Call me back soon, bye." Carly hung up the phone and eyed Sonny as he sat in the chair, waiting for her call to end. She got a brilliant idea…"Leticia, why don't you take Michael down to the concierge's and ask them where the nearest park is? You can take him there and play on the swings, and then maybe get him a snack and come back later, and then we can all go out somewhere for dinner."
"OK. Come on, Michael, let's go to the park, just you and me, and we'll see Mommy and Uncle Sonny later," Leticia said as she buttoned up Michael's coat and took his hand.
"Bye-bye, baby, have fun with Leticia." Carly and Sonny both waved at Michael and he disappeared behind the closed door. Sonny looked at Carly with a half-grin on his face. "So, uh, now what, Mrs. Corinthos?"
"Shh, no talking," Carly answered, touching his lips with the pointer finger of her left hand. She pulled the clip out of her hair, letting loose her golden tresses, and walked seductively over to the entertainment unit on the wall of the room. Carly flipped on the switch of the receiver and scanned the radio stations until she found one that was playing some pulsating Latin beats. She kicked off her shoes, started swaying her body to the music, and made her way back to the area that was right in front of the chair where Sonny was sitting. Carly twirled around and returned to moving her body in beat with the music. She slowly unbuttoned her blouse, never once losing rhythm with the sounds that were coming out of the speakers. When she finished unbuttoning her shirt, she stripped it off gently, and tossed it over her shoulder. She turned so that her back side was facing Sonny and she went to work on removing her skirt, taking great strides in making sure Sonny could see her great ass and thighs while she was pulling the skirt down. Sonny licked his top lip and shifted in his chair, very turned on by the sight of his beautiful wife taking off her clothes one piece at a time. Carly looked into Sonny's eyes, winked seductively at him, and continued on with her striptease. She ran her hands along the sides of her body, in tune with the Latin beat, and stopped when she reached the point where her thigh-hi stockings were. Carly acted as though she were going to take the stockings off, but at the last second, she moved her hands and hooked her fingers through the straps on her bikini underwear. She stepped out of her panties and kicked them to the side, then slid her hands across her thighs, over her pelvic bones, across her stomach, over her voluptuous breasts, and finally to her shoulders. Carly pushed the straps of her bra down and wasted no time in unhooking it and throwing it out of the way. Fully unclothed at last, she gyrated and spun in front of Sonny a few times before climbing up on him in the chair and kissing him passionately. Sonny ran his hands along Carly's back and she leaned into them, allowing him the perfect opportunity to kiss her in the space between her breasts. She moved up again and thrust her hands down to his waist, unlatching his belt and tossing it across the room. Carly quickly found the button to Sonny's trousers and unhooked it, then unzipped his pants. She got out of the chair for a moment and kneeled down in front of him so that she could pull off his trousers. When they were in the pile with some of Carly's clothes, Carly snaked her body up onto Sonny's and slowly brushed her crotch on his, sending him into moans of ecstasy. She paused for a minute and then worked her hands to his waist again, grabbing a hold of his underwear and yanking it down as far as she could without moving her body away from his. Sonny carefully used his right foot to get the left side of his underwear off his body, allowing him more freedom of movement while making love with Carly. He shifted his pelvis on the chair so that it was aligned with Carly's body and guided her as she sat on him and joined their bodies into one. They pulsated together, their hearts racing faster than they could have ever imagined, and moved towards that final moment…and when it came, the sheer force of ecstasy filled Sonny and Carly and left them breathless as they'd never been breathless before. "Welcome to Oakdale," Carly finally got out, her voice barely above a whisper."Yeah, welcome to Oakdale," Sonny replied, holding Carly close to him and thinking of all the reasons why he loved this woman so…