Luke came out from the kitchen, Sonny was at the bar doing the books.
Lu: Hey Partner...
S: Hi Luke, where are last weeks receipts?
Lu: Was I suppose to keep them?
S: LUKE!
LU: Well jeez Corinthos! you try dealing with all this, The Chef quit...Johnny
called in sick..and I still didn't rent that apartment upstairs!!!
S: My cup runneth over but LUKE I need the receipts!
Lu: And I need a tenant!
(Then the door opened and both men stopped feuding and turned to look at the
woman who just stepped into "Luke's")
Lu: May I help you, little lady?
(Sonny looked at the lady, in complete awe. Giving her the once over look and
connecting with her eyes)
W: (standing tall, straightening out under Sonny's gaze) "Umm, yeah, I'm
looking for a Luke Spencer?"
Lu: Unfortunately that would be me!
The woman squinted from her smile.
W: "I read in this paper..." (She takes it out and points) "That you have an
apartment for rent?"
Lu: Yes I do, It's right upstairs....lovely apartment...
S: Why Don't I show it to her, while you find those receipts?
Lu: (Smiling looking at Brenda But talking under his breath to Sonny) She's
looking for a Luke Spencer.
S: (Under his breath to Luke) One that is married!
Lu: Corinthos! Do the books while I take the lovely...Ms.. sorry I didn't
catch your name.
The woman smiled and held out her hand.
B: "Brenda. Brenda Barrett."
Lu: (Grins and shakes her hand) While I take Ms. Barrett, to see the
apartment..Shall we? (He grinned and Sonny looked on)
(Brenda smiled back at him)
B: "Yeah, I'd love to see it. Is the club noisy at night?"
Lu: (As they walked) "Luke's" rarely...sometimes we'll get a shootout or that
Eddie Maine guy...but never really noisy I would say. (Brenda looked at him)
Haha, right this way.
B: (gulped) "Um, is it possible to sleep? I'm a model, I need my beauty
rest."
Lu: "But of course..Model huh? Never had one of them before." (Said as they
climbed the stairs)
B: (smiles) "There's a first time for everything."
Lu: Yeah there is. (He opened the door, and Brenda walked in Looking all
around) I just painted it. The tiles in the kitchen and bathroom are new as
well. It's very spacy and the view is great!
(She walked around, looking pleased.)
B: "Where's the bedroom?"
Lu: There's two, master to the back left!
(Brenda ran back there, and then came out a few minutes later, smiling)
B: "I love it, I'll take it."
Lu: You will? (Breathed a sigh of relief) Well Hot digidy Dang! (Brenda
laughed as she looked at him curiously)
B: "Happy?"
Lu: Happy? Babe..this calls for a celebration!
B: (raised an eyebrow) "What exactly does that mean?"
Lu: Well (Puts a arma around her shoulder and leads her out of the apartment)
I'd suggest, ring around the bed, but we just met, so how bout a toast?
(Brenda laughed)
B: "Mmmm, as long as you don't mind taking the chance of gettin busted for
selling to minors!"
Lu: So you and Yound dame...I don't have a problem with that....we'll between
us two!
B: (laughs) "Okay."
(Becomes kind of serious)
B: "That man downstairs. Is he here a lot?"
Lu: Sonny? He owns half this joint, he does the books and every once in awhile
he comes in at night. (grins) He's single if thats what your implying.
(A look comes over her face like 'yeah right')
B: (cleared throat) "No. Not at all."
Lu: Well, enough about Sonny...lets go hit that bubbly!
B: (smiling big) "Sounds good, landlord!"
Sonny closed the books on the counter and stacked them up, he turned when he
hears Luke and Brenda coming back towards the bar.
B: (in the middle of conversation) "...So, exactly how many shootouts, fires,
robberies has there been here?"
Lu: Well.....just a few.
(Sonny raised a eyebrow and looked at Luke who laughed nervously)
LU: HEY! Man, get a bottle of bubbly out and couple of classes!
S: What's the occasion?
Lu: (motioning towards Brenda) Your looking at my new tenant!
(She smiled)
B: "I'm moving in tomorrow!"
S: Congradulations.... (To Brenda) You got one P.C.'s best yet strangest
landlords. (He grinned ay her)
B: (trying to make her smile look real) "Is that right?"
S: Yeah.
Lu: HEY! Strange?...wanna talk ?
S: Oh I'm not stange...
Lu: No your the gifted one right?
Luke poured the champaigne and handed brenda then Sonny a glass.
S: No Man, I got to go. I'll see you tonight at the concert.
Lu: See ya.
S: It was nice meeting you Ms. Barrett, I'm sure I'll see you around.
(She gave a little nod, then turned to Luke)
B: "There's a concert tonight?"
(Sonny looked at her then turned and walked out)
LU: Bye man! Yeah... Lois Cerullo is trying to start up a record company and I
try to do my share and let her band get some exposure and where else but HERE!
Drink up!
(She held her glass up)
B: "To...?"
Lu: Well...to us! Friendship!
(Laughs)
B: "Okay! To friendship!"
(They clinked their glasses, and Brenda tilted her head back, gulping it down)
B: (all done) "Ahhh."
Lu: More?
B: (chuckles) "Trying to get me drunk?"
Lu: <grins> Yeah! I got a new pool table I've been dying to try!
B: (sly grin) "You're bad..."
<Luke Grins and drinks his champaigne and Brenda laughs....Scene fades out>
Chapter 1
(Brenda swung open the big door to Luke's. She walked in, wearing a short
black skirt, a white tanktop, and knee high leather high heeled boots. The
place was already packed. She walked to the bar in stride.)
B: (to Luke) "This place is jammin! The people of Port Charles must love this
band!"
Lu: What? you don't think they come to see me? or Eat Louie's famous
Hamburger?
B: (looked around) "I don't see anybody eating, and even more, I don't see
anybody lookin at YOU."
Lu: Love you to hun!
(Lois came over to the bar)
Lo: Luke what did I tell you? Isn't this great?
(Brenda looked at the woman)
B: "Hi."
Lu: Great Doll!
Lo: (To Brenda) hi.
Lu: oh my bad.. Lois Cerullo this is Brenda Barrett My new tenant!
B: (smiles) "As of tomorrow."
Lo: Oh boy you have him as a landlord...feel sorry for you chic
Lu: Don't listen to her
(The door opened and Sonny walked in and scanned the room, he spotted Luke
talking to brenda and Lois. He smiled and made his way over there)
S: Hi Luke, Cerullo...Brenda.
Lo: Corinthos! (Hugged him and he kissed her cheek)
Lu: How come I don't get a greeting like that
B: (plainly, to Sonny) "Hey."
Sonny looked at him one eyebrow raised and alughed then turned to Brenda.
S: Hi, I guess I was right....
B: (curiously) "About?"
S: That I'd see you tonight, and you'd take my breath away
B: (smirk) "Oh, that means I was right, too..."
S; (Raised his brow in curiosity)
B: (smirking, eyes shining) "That I'd see you tonight, and you'd make my
stomach turn."
(She grabbed her diet coke with lime and walked across the room)
(Sonny looked shock, Lois and Luke laughed)
Lu: Tough one...
Lo: She sure told you!
S: Spare me Cerullo!
( Brenda started talking to some people over by the stage)
(He walked in frustration over to her)
S:What's with you?
B: "Nothing's WITH me, that's why I came alone."
S" no no no Your attitude! I'm trying here!"
B: (feisty) "Well, then do us both a favor, and DON'T."
S: " I"m sick of your attitude, you act as though I did something to you, when
I don't even know you!
B: "Very good, you don't know me, you don't know who I am, so respect my
wishes and STAY AWAY!"
S: I can't!
B: "What, you don't have the ability to control your feet? Just turn around
and walk back across the room! It's not like I'm asking you to paint like
Picasso!"
S: And it's not like I'm asking you to marry me, I just want to get to know.
Since you walked into this club this afternoon your all that's been on my
mind!
B: "Well, I'm sure that if you try REAL hard, you'll find that I'm not that
hard to forget."
S: What's that suppose to mean?
Brenda glared.
B: "Nothing."
She stirred her drink with her straw.
S: (He looked at her.) If you have something on your mind say it.
B: "There is nothing on my mind that is any concern of YOURS."
S: Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
B: (sarcastically) "Yeah, sorry!"
She turned around and started talking to the other people again.
Luke was right behind Sonny. He patted his shoulder.
Lu: (Sigh) Well can't say ya didn't try.
S: Luke, get lost!
Lu: Touchy are we? She's probably fly by night kinda chics!
S: Well I guess I'll never no right? (Luke didn't say anything to Sonny. Sonny
nodded and walked behind the bar and poured himself a drink)
Brenda Looked at Sonny out of the corner of her eye. He sat down at the bar
and turned around and looked at her.
She looked back towards the group of people. Lois came over and started
talking to them too.
Lois: Hi Nedly, great Set!
Brenda looked at him.
B: "That's your name?"
She smiled.
N: "Ned, actually, Lois here just likes to make up her own little nicknames."
He held out his hand. Brenda shook it.
B: "My name is Brenda. I'm new in town."
Lo: Brenda here, is moving upstairs. (Smiled at Brenda)
B: "Yeah. I'm not too happy about that Sonny fellow though."
Lo: Ahhh, Sonny, Me and him grew up together. I love that man like my own
brother....what'd he do?
B: "Nothing, really, I just don't like him."
N: Join the club...
Lo: Ned!
N: I think Breaks over. See ya later Brenda
(He kissed Lois and then went back on the stage and Lois looked at Brenda)
Lo: Sonny is like wine...improves with age...time rather
Brenda shook her head.
B: "I sincerely doubt that."
Lo: Suit ya self, but he really ain't all that bad.
B: "He is."
Lo: To each his own. (She walked away)
Brenda shook her head.
Brenda walks over to Sonny And sits next to him and orders a drink.
S: If You've come to insult me more, do me a favor and shove them.
B: "Hey, you brought it on yourself!"
S: Oh please.. i did nothing to offend yoU!
B: "HA!"
S: HA? Fine tell me how I offended you, since you seem to know everything I
did wrong.
Brenda rolled her eyes.
B: "If you're going to be here harrassing me all the time, Luke and I are
gonna have a real problem with me living here."
S: Harass you? Sweetheart, no you DON'T Have that much of an affect on me!
B: "Well, good. Then maybe I WILL be able to live here in peace."
S: Your some piece of work
B: "Well, you're full of sh!t trying to act like an upstanding citizen, so
that makes us even, doesn't it?"
S: I'm not acting sweetie, I ain't the theatrical one here!
B: "I'm sure."
She yelled to Luke.
B: "I need a tequila!"
S: MAKE THAT 2!
Luke brought the tequila, and Brenda gulped hers down quicker than Sonny!
B: "Another."
S: Yeah!
Luk: Oh boy...Shots you say...Johnny get the lime!
B: "You know how many drinking games I played at boarding school? Come on,
Luke, challenge me. Let's go."
S: You heard the lady!
Lu: Ok ok...so to make interesting whatever she orders how about I double for
you Corinthos.
S: I'm game!
Lu: Ok...Ms Barrett?
B: "You think I can't handle what he's drinking? If you're going to play a
drinking game, at least play fair."
Lu: Ooh She's spunky....Ok So How about I give you both the same amount, and
see how long it takes you to go upstairs together?
(Sonny and Brenda Both looked at Him like he was stoned) It was just an Idea
B: "I'm not going anywhere with him!"
S: What makes you think I want go somewhere with you? Especially THERE!
Lu: Well it's not like you'd mind, Sonny!
(Brenda glared at him, until she was inches from his face. She spoke through
her teeth)
B: "If there was a nuclear explosion, and you and I were the last people on
this earth... And even if I wanted one last good f*ck.... I wouldn't give you
the satisfaction."
S: Baby, if I wanted satisfaction, I wouldn't turn to you. I'd go to somebody
who can Satisfy me!
Brenda's eyebrows furrowed.
B: "Oh, and that would be your DOG, right?"
Lu: NO! It's be that hooker girl Tammy!
S: Yeah! Her... Who?
B: (Sarcastically) "Oh, a hooker, that's sooo much better. You have to pay
someone to have sex with you? You're worse off than I thought."
Lu: Port Charles most famous Lady....She's every single mans friend....well
not only single...Tequila anyone?
S: Excuse ME I don't have to pay anyone to do anything to me....See If I
wanted I could do any woman in this room!
B: "I would ask you to prove it, but if you followed through, that would only
prove how pathetic you really are!"
S: Pathetic sweetheart would be you, who thinks everyman is gonna fall to your
feet.
B: "Well, YOU did!
S: No I didn't I didn't ask to fall in bed with you I asked to get to know
you! Theres a difference though by the looks of it you wouldn't know what it
means To try to get to know someone with out going to bed with them first!
B: "F*ck you! I was married!"
S: Really....sure you were
B: "I was! Look!"
Brenda held out her right hand, which had two rings on the ring finger. A
diamond and a gold band.
S: Well what? He got sick and tired of ya tantrums so he left your sorry ass?
Brenda glared at Sonny coldly.
B:"He died."
S: (Stared at her) Sorry.
B: "Like I'm sure you have any compassion."
She downed another shot.
S: (Laughed mockingly) Your something else...the minute I try you act like a
bitch!
(Downed another) LUKE! Fill 'er up!
B: "Well, I have a lot to make up for!"
She looked at Luke.
B: "Let's do a change up... Give me vodka."
S: You got some attitude Chic, Lose it
B: "Only if you'll get lost first."
She took the shot and gulped it down.
B: "Luke!"
Lu: Jeez...Your cleaning me out here!
S: I've never met a person more, paranoid then you, who has more quips and
quotes then anyone!
B: "Well, unless you decide to sell your share of this club, you better get
used to it, because I live here now!"
S: as If I can't handle you? PLEASE!
B: "Well, if you're thinking of handling me, you better get some hotpads,
because trust me when I tell you that you'll get burned.
S: Hot? Yeah....you think I can't handle hot...think again...the real question
is can you handle the fire here?
B: "The one you're breathing?" (her eyes flickered) "Or the one in your eyes?"
S: The one between us.
B: "Oh, so that's why I feel so warm. I thought it was the alcohol."
S: <Grinned> Maybe thats just half the reason your hot
B: (half sarcastic, half not) "Maybe."
S: (Looking at her) Luke Another round for me...how about you?
B: "You bet, I just need to use the ladies.."
( She went to stand up, but was completely unsteady, she fell and Sonny caught
her)
S: Whoa..
<Sonny stared at her and she looked up at him>
B: (slowly, still looking into his eyes) "Maybe I've had enough..."
S: Yeah Maybe... Their eyes locked and she nodded then he leaned down and took
her face in his hands and kissed her passionately, their lips fused as his
tongue slid into her mouth exploring the inside. Brenda brought her hands to
Sonny's and pulled from the kiss)
(wiping at her mouth)
B: (coldly) "Oh, how funny, the way you kiss, it reminded me of when I was
twelve."
She started to walk out.
(Sonny got up and grabbed her arm)
S: WAIT! (He turned around) Why Do You hate me so MUCH!?
B: (chilling) "What would make you think that I hate you?"
S: Are you crazy? The way you've acted? And Just when we were making progress
you pull away with a nasty comment
B: "Progress? Towards what? Getting me in your bed? That will happen when
hell freezes over."
S: I'm SERIOUS! Why won't you give me a chance?
B: (through her teeth) "You don't DESERVE one."
S: WHY? What did I ever do to you? I know you a day!
B: "My husband? Who died? Well, there's one minor detail I left out. He was
murdered."
She paused.
B: "And you killed him."
Chapter 2
S: " What are you talking about?!"
(The room grew silent and the music stopped)
B: (tears) "You heard me."
S: Your accusing me of killing a man...can I at least ask who "I killed"?
Brenda wiped at her eyes.
B: "Mercado. Andrew Mercado."
(Sonny had a flashback)
S: No no See you messed with the wrong one..You don't cross the thin line..but
you did...and now your gonna pay..Mr. Mercado. (Sonny lifted his hands holding
a gun and aimed at Andrew and pulled the trigger)
End of Flashback
S: (The blood drained from him) Brenda...
B: "Stay away from me."
She turned and ran out of the club.
Everyone looked at Sonny. Sonny looked around then ran out of the club. He saw
Brenda struggling to get the hey in the door.
S: "Brenda! Please wait...
She struggled with her keys, and dropped them on the ground.
B: "Sh!t!"
Sonny reached her and picked up her keys.
S: Brenda hear me out
B: "Give me my keys!"
S: Brenda he was into illegal things.. he was resposible for children dying
from over doses! He was playing dirty!
B: "He was my husband!"
S: He was my ENEMY!
B: "I don't care!"
S: Well maybe you should! I know you hate me...but dammit I did it for a
reason. He made alot of mistakes, one more than any man of his clientel makes!
B: "Then you should have put him in JAIL, not killed him! Was it better to
leave a woman a widow and a child without a father?"
S: (He squinted) You you had children? Oh god...(He turned his head)
B: (looking down at her hands) "I was pregnant."
(He looked at her and saw she was in pain)
S: Was?
B: "I miscarried, when I was mourning Andrew."
(Sonny rubbed his face tiredly)
S:Brenda.... I'm sorry, oh god If I would've -
(She cut him off)
B: "Spared his life? Give me a break."
S: Brenda I can't tell you how sorry I am...but you didn't know your husband
as well as you thought you did
(Brenda shook her head)
B: "You don't understand. I knew that Andrew wasn't the greatest man. But he
was good to me. He loved me. And I loved him. And when you love somebody
that much, nothing else matters."
(Tears were streaming down her face)
S: Don't you think you had the right to know what your husband does for a
living? That he was responsible for all the frugs dealt to teenagers? That he
was into prostitution and Black markets? HE WAS A BAD MAN...one that if I did
not take care of someone would've.
(Brenda nodded sarcastically)
B: "So that justifies killing someone."
(She paused)
B: "You know what, I don't care. All I know is that my husband and my child
aren't here anymore, and there is no one to blame for that but YOU."
(Her lip curled in anger)
S: They are not here because of what HE did!!! I am so sorry you lost your
baby and I will find countless ways to try and make that up to you.
B: (practically shrieking through her tears) "NOTHING can make that up to me!
You think that some amount of apologies is going to replace my CHILD?! No
matter HOW many times I may run into you, Mr. Corinthos, the only thing I will
EVER see is the man who killed my HUSBAND!"
(She went to run across the street and a car zoomed right past, nearly hitting
her. Sonny ran to her and embraced her, she stood in shock)
S: Brenda!!
(She stood there for a moment, and then came out of her daze. She shook him
off)
B: "Get away from me!"
S: Let me take you home
B: "I can get home on my own. It's because of you I have nothing to go home
to."
S: Please let me take you home? Brenda you have no idea how sorry I am about
your child...and I what I put you through.
B: "'Sorry' doesn't cut it."
She looked at him.
B: "Now give me my keys."
S: You can't drive like this...I'm taking you home!
B: "You drank just as much as I did, if not more! What're you trying to do,
kill off the remainder of my family?!"
S: But I'm in a better frame of Mind! I'm taking you home come on get in the
car!
B: "NO! If anything I'm calling a cab!"
S: Would you just get in the DAMN CAR!
B: "Would you just go BACK INSIDE?!"
S: Get in the car BRENDA!
B: "NO!"
She started to walk back into the club.
S: (Sighs) I didn't want to have to do this....(He walked to her and Picked
her up and started for the car she was pounding on his back. He unlocked the
passenger side and started to put her in the car)
B: "I swear to God, if you put me in this car, I will call the police the
MINUTE I get home and have you arrested for harassment and taking me against
my will."
(She smirked)
B: "Not to mention drunk driving."
(He put her in the car and shut the door then walked around it and opened it
and climbed in
and started up the car)
S: You do that....it can be a form of payback right? (He backed out of the
spot)
B: "What if you hit somebody? Kill us both? And if not us, the family with
the small children in the other car? Oh wait, that's right, that's what you
do for a living, you destroy families."
S: No thats what your husband did....tore familes apart my killing their
children.....You didn't like it..and your child didn't even get to open its
eyes...what about the children who had 15 or more years here...that died cause
your husband needed to make 50 g...in a sleazy way!
B: (upset, cold) "Leave me alone."
S: now you get the picture?
S: Where are you staying?
Brenda stared at him with no emotion for a minute.
B: "I will never get any picture that you draw for me, with your deluded head
and stone heart. I'm staying at the PCH."
S: Ican't go back and change that day....and I wouldn't either...I grew up on
the streets...I know what it's like to have people shove that stuff in your
face and follow trying to pull you in to make some cash support their
families...pay the rent...I know what that shit does to you, I've seen it
kill....I've seen people shoot up that sh!t your GREAT husband sold...I've
seen them Die..I've seen my bestfriend DIE of AIDS from a dirty needle...and I
would Be damned if I'd let that happen again to anyone. And that makes me have
a heart of stone? Well then so be it but at least I have ONLY one mans death
on my conscience and not some innocent kids who were hanging out on a corner,
or a stoop!
B: "My husband has nothing on his conscience because he's DEAD."
S: No your right he doesn't now but think of the deaths he had on it before I
pulled that trigger If I was him I'd wish I had a priest to read me my
rights...and make peace with myself..
(Brenda shot a look at him, and then glared)
B: "You listen to me. My husband was no saint, and I don't pretend that he
was. But he was a man, and a human being. NO ONE gave you the right to kill
him. I would have rather seen him go to jail to reform himself than to be
killed at YOUR hands. You're no better than him, and personally, I have no
sympathy."
S: Maybe Your right Maybe I'm not no better than him. (He pulled the car over
to a screeching hault and reached in his pocket and took out his gun and
handed it out to Brenda) So What are you gonna do about it? Here I am...the
man killed your husband, here's your chance. Take the gun.
Brenda stared at it for a few moments, and then put it down on the seat
inbetween them)
B: "Andrew was a criminal. You killed him, you stooped to his level. I kill
you, then I stoop to yours. I refuse to do that to myself."
(She paused)
B: "Do you know that when you pulled that gun out, I was positive that I was
dead? That you were going to kill me just like you did him?"
S: I'm a bad man, I've done bad things to innocent people...but I wouldn't
hurt you, well more than I have...and if your not gonna take that gun..and
look me in the eye and Kill me, then your losing the chance to even the
score...
Not stoop to my level...it would be justice on your part..I killed your
husband in result your child died...Make great headlines, I'm not afraid of
dying so if you want to make me pay pull it, pull that trigger now
(Her voice came out in a strong whisper)
B: "No."
S: "Why not?"
B: "I can't kill someone."
S: It's easy....just picture your husband and the baby you would've
had...don't you think I should pay for ruining that for you?
(She closed her eyes)
B: "Stop it."
S: "Just think of the satisfaction...the justice served.."
B: (louder) "Stop it."
S: " Poor innocent baby...never made it's way out into the world"
(She picked up the gun and held it to his head)
S: Do it!
(Tears started pouring down Brenda's face again)
B: "I am BEGGING you to STOP IT!!"
(Her voice came out in a shrill shriek)
S: Haven't you waited for this? To have the man who destryoed your family
infront of you..COME ON BRENDA PULL THE TRIGGER! PULL IT!
(Her whole body was wracking with sobs)
B: "Stop."
S: (Whisper) "Pull the trigger!"
B: "No."
She put the gun back down on the seat and hovered in the corner of her seat.
She pulled her knees up to her chest and sobbed. He looked at her, and took
the gun and placed it on the dashboard. he reached over and put his hand on
her shoulder and brought her to him and he embraced her and she cried into his
chest
S; It's not that easy to kill someone...even if they do deserve it
Brenda let him hold her for a few minutes, and then she pulled away from him.
B: "You're a bastard."
Sonny looked at her then turned the key in the ignition and started to drive.
S: A bastard...
(Brenda looked at him as he looked at the road and drove)
B: "You dug up feelings I didn't even know I had."
S: It's called the truth about how you feel. Something we BOTH needed to know
B: "Really, well, I didn't hear ANY feelings coming from you. I don't think
you have any."
S: Your right I don't feel. I gave up on feelings, all they do is hurt. I'm
sick of them. I like it better this way
B: "Well, you're going to lead a very lonely life."
S: I am..NOW. Everyone I loved left me...so now I don't love. I try not to
anyway.
B: "I don't have anyone either. They were all taken away from me. So if
you're looking for pity, Mr. Corinthos, you're not going to get any, because I
have none left to give."
S: I don't want your pity. I was answering you back. We got an awful lot in
common. To bad I killed your husband...would've been a match made in hell.
B: "Yeah, too bad. But hell is a horrible place, I've been there and back. A
match made there is sure to be destructive."
S: My point exactly
B: "Well, then we agree on that much."
S: Yeah...(Stopped the car) I'll walk you up.
B: (shook her head) "You don't have to."
S: I know I don't, but I said I was....just think another thing to tell the
police
B: "What, that you're following me now too?"
S: Never Know..
(He got out of the car and walked around to open her door but she already had)
(She walked up ahead of him, into the front doors of the hotel. She pressed
the button to the elevator.)
(Sonny stared at her.)
S: you know---(The lights in the elevator flickered and then the elevator came
to a stop then dropped two floors and stopped again. The lights Went out)
S: The Elevator's stuck!
B: "Well, I'm not surprised! It's the perfect ending to this wretched night!"
Sonny looked at her, and she shook her head.
Chapter 3.
Sonny looked Brenda and she shook her head.
Then he looked for a emergency phone, being it was dark it took awhile. But he
found it. He picked it up and brought it to his ear.
S: It's dead.
B: "I wish I were."
S: (Sighs) Well your not, so get comfortable we're gonna be here awhile.
B: "You still have that gun? I want to use it now."
S: (Shakes his head and takes off his jacket and squints as he touches his
brow) I wish I did!
B: "Yeah, I'd put myself out of my misery, you wouldn't have to listen to me
anymore."
S: That or, I'd shoot myself...being stuck in here with you is worse than
being stuck in a elevator with Lucy Coe!
B: "I work for her. She's a nice lady."
S: She talks to much! (He unbuttons the top two buttons and wipes his
forehead)
(Brenda eyes him strangely)
B: "Yeah, well, she has to, or her head will explode."
(pauses)
B: "Are you having a heart attack or something?"
S: (Squints) No...Ugh..I'm claustrophobic..I'm having one of them attacks
B: (a little scared, still harsh) "Are you gonna be okay?"
S: I'll be fine... just don't mind if I have to take my shirt off
B: "Ha! I've heard that line before."
S: Yeah well I got an excuse.
B: "Doesn't everybody?"
S: (Sigh) Forget it. ( rubs his face tiredly)
B: "Fine with me."
She settles against the wall opposite from him and sits with her feet straight
out in front of her, near Sonny's legs. She leans her head back and closes
her eyes.
Sonny looked at her, then at his watch.
S: I gotta get out of here!
B: "Oh, you have some place to be?"
S: Anywhere besides here!
B: "Well I don't want to be here with you either!"
S: Good! So help me look for away out of here!
S: You see a emergency door?
B: (sarcastic) "Yeah, it's right here, it's lined by flourescent lights, can't
ya see it?!"
S: (glares) I'm serious! (he stood up and started pacing back & forth)
B: "If I saw an emergency door, don't you think I would've mentioned it ten
minutes ago?"
(Sonny stumbled over one of her feet)
B: "Ow!"
S: I'm a so sick of your attitude and your sarcasm! And mOve your feet in! I
nearly tripped!
B: "Jesus Christ, you're the one that tripped! It hurt me more than it hurt
you, your big foot slamming into my leg!"
S: Would you just please SHUT UP!
B: "If you'll stop pacing! You're making me dizzy!"
S: Don't LOOK!
B: "Then don't LISTEN!"
S: Thats pretty damn hard when one minute it's quiet then your whining!
WHINING! UGH!
B: "So, you're b!tching just as much!"
S; FINE FINE I'll stop pacing!
(He say down across from her and stared at her)
(She was quiet for a few moments and then noticed him staring)
B: "Is there another problem?"
S: Not at all...you just do this thing with your nose, it sorta crinkles up
when your mad, it's cute
B: "Okay, good to know."
S: What no nasty comeback? I complimented you aren't you gonna make a
remark...your sooo good at them!
B: "I thought you wanted me to stop whining. I thought you were 'sick of my
attitude'."
S: But I'm used to the comebacks now...just waiting for one to pop out and
bite me
B: "Well, maybe I'm giving you a break from it, so you can either enjoy it
while it lasts, or get the attitude back a lot sooner than expected."
S: (Eyes widened) A Break?! Well ain't I lucky!
B: (rolled her eyes) "I should've shot you while I had the chance."
S; Maybe I'll be nice and give you another chance if we ever get out of here!
B: "Oh, how sweet of you."
<dimpled sarcastically>
S: Isn't it?
B: "Oh yeah, you really know how to drive a woman wild."
S: Oh this is nothing, you should see when I'm in my prime. (Grinned
thenuntucked his shirt in frustration)
B: "Hmm, I'll bet."
S: (Nodded) Are you hot?
B: (shook her head) "No. Aren't I just so glad I dressed like a whore
tonight?" (she smiled slightly for a moment, and then looked down at her tank
top and short skirt)
S: "I'm sure alot of men at the clube were too. (He looked at her out fit)
B: "It's not like I came in in my underwear."
S: Oh no...but well close to it!
B: "Do you have a problem with the way I dress?"
S: No I don't....no seeing man Would!
B: "Then stop complaining."
S: Who's complaining...if I had to get stuck in a elevator, I'd definately
want it to be with a woman who was wearing that outfit....
B: (rolled her eyes) "God help me."
(Sonny chuckled and she looked at him)
B: "You aren't funny."
S: (Shrugs, and closes his eyes and leaned back. They were silent for awhile)
Your um..husband..he had a wedding ring on...did they give it to you?
(Brenda had a visible chain around her neck, but the end of it was tucked into
her shirt. She grabbed the top of the chain and pulled it out, the gold ring
emerging from somewhere between her cleavage. She held it out in front of
her, looking at it.)
B: (quietly) "Yeah, they did."
S: (Sonny nodded) You want to know what his last words were?
B: (closed her eyes) "From all the rest of the things you've had to say about
him tonight, I probably don't."
S: "Tell her I'm sorry"
(Brenda ran the ring softly over her lips while she closed her eyes)
B: (hoarsely) "Thank you."
S: (Sonny nodded) I'm sorry, I didn't tell you.
(She shook her head silently, her eyes still closed, she grasped the ring in
her hand.)
B: (eyes still closed, quiet) "You know how he asked me to marry him?"
S: Tell me
B: "It was my birthday, and he... There was this sheet cake, with all the
candles lit up all in a straight row. He told me to blow them out one by one,
and when I got to the eighteenth one, there was a diamond ring around the
candle."
S: You really loved him, huh?
B: (whisper) "Yeah."
(she paused, and continued with her story)
B: "He got down on his knee and told me that his life was going so well. And
that if I married him, it would be the icing on the cake."
(she smiled in memory)
S; I'm sorry I took that away from you.
B: (shook her head) "It won't bring him back."
S: No It won't...Nothing I do will bring your husband back or your child.. and
you have every right to hate me, but I hope you find away to get passed all
the hate, and who knows maybe we'll be able to communicate without killing
eachother....bad choice of words...but you know what I mean
B: (nodded) "At least now when I look at you, more comes to my mind than just
'you killed my husband'."
S: And what's that?
B: "That you're so annoying!"
S: (dimpled) Good to know...(He threw his head back in frustration)
B: "What's wrong now?"
S: This elevator! I can't stop feeling as if the walls are closing in on me!
B: "Well, I'm sorry, but I told you that you didn't need to walk me up!"
S: Well, then you'd be stuck here alone. Besides it's the gentlemen in me
B: "No, because if you hadn't forced me in your car back at the club, if you
hadn't pulled over and insisted that I shoot you, I would have been home
twenty minutes before I actually was, and I wouldn't have been the one to get
stuck!"
S: Jesus! Must you make everything so difficult?!
B: "I'm just speaking the truth! Not like it makes a difference anyway, I out
of all people know that you can't change the past."
S: And what makes you think anyone want's to?
B: "I WANT to."
S: And change what about it?
B: (thoughtfully) "I don't know. Maybe I would have given Andrew children
sooner. Maybe I would have agreed when he wanted us to move. He had gotten a
job. A legit job. And I didn't... I didn't know what he was into at the
time, so I thought that New York was better for us. If I had let us move,
maybe he wouldn't have kept doing his bad business, and maybe he'd be alive.
Maybe he would've given me the white house with the picket fence that he
always said he was going to. And maybe we'd have our little girl playing in
the front yard."
S: Do you ever think you'll have that....with someone else?
(She shrugged)
B: "I don't know. The day I moved my wedding rings to my right hand was kind
of the day I decided that I needed to go on. I'm still so young."
S: (Sonny looked down) I guess if I hadn't come along you would've had your
white house with the picket fence and your little girl would be playing in the
yard. I'm sorry I ruined that for you...but I hope you do find that happiness
in your future.
B: (sadly) "Yeah, but you said it yourself. If you hadn't done it, somebody
else might have. But then I would've hated him, and not you."
S: Yeah....(He got a distant look on his face and the lights flickered and
came on but the elevator didn't move) Whoa whoa...maybe we're gonna get out of
here..( He got up and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead)
B: "You look like hell."
S: Yeah Well I feel like it too..I need to get out of here.
B: "Well, they know the elevators stuck, I'm sure they're working to fix it."
S: Yeah....( He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes) How you holding
up?
B: "I'm fine. Sobering up."
S: (Grins slightly) You sure can Drink like a fish.
B: (eyebrow flinches, she smiles) "Told you."
S: Yeah...(Smiles) Ya did.. (Shakes his head)
B: "I don't like when you're having an attack, I can't read your facial
expressions. When your face changes, I don't know if it's because of
something I said, or if it's just because of your claustrophobia."
S: Well I don't like them either...but I can't control them.
B: "I know."
S: God how long has it been?
B: (looked at her watch) "An hour."
S: It seems like 10.
B: "It shouldn't be too much longer."
They waited, and Sonny sat down next to her, She looked at him and he looked
at her.
S: What?
B: "Nothing, it's just you were sitting over there before.
S: Well Sorry I'll move!
B: (shook her head) "I don't tell people what to do. Sit where you want."
(Sonny stayed seated where he was and rubbed his face, and he had a flashback
of Deke locking him in the closet and hearing his mother plead with him to
stop. Sonny started shaking his head firecely brenda looked at him worried)
B: "Are you sure you're going to be okay?"
S: No...I didn't help her...
B: (strangely) "I think you're delusional."
S: No no no..I could've stopped him..I knew how...(He started shaking his
head)
(Brenda looked frightened)
S: If I would have put an end to him, she'd be alive...she'd be here
B: "Who?"
S: My mother...I Should've KILLED That bastard!
B: "Who?"
S: Deke..he he...(Flashback of Deke beating Adella)
B: "Who's Deke?"
(Confused)
S: (His eyes full of pain, and very distant) He killed her!
B: "Okay."
S: He was her husband...he was suppose to LOVE her not KILL Her...(Squinted)
(Brenda backed up into the corner of the elevator. She was seriously afraid.)
(Sonny looked at her and saw the frightened expression she carried, he
snapped out of it and stood up)
S: Oh god...I'm sorry.
B: "That was the weirdest thing I have ever witnessed."
S: I'm sorry...I..it happens when I get a attack..I didn't mean to scare you.
(Brenda shook her head, but wasn't very convincing)
B: "You didn't scare me."
S: Yeah ok.
B: "I need a shower."
S: Well that's the first thing you can do when we get out of here.....
(Pounded on the door)
B: "Sonny! I wouldn't do that, we don't know how sturdy we are here, we could
fall!"
S: Your right.. (He started to push all the buttons) DAMN Piece of shit!
WORK!!! (The Lights came on and the elevator doors opened. Sonny looked at
Brenda) Well?
(She got up off the floor)
B: "Let's get out of here."
(They both got off the elevator and walked to Brenda's room She turned and
looked at Sonny)
B: "Well, you can go now. Make sure you take the stairs."
(She looked him over)
B: "And you may want to tuck in your shirt and fix your hair, or people are
going to make assumptions."
S: (Grinned) I'll see you around Brenda.
B: "Yeah. I'm moving into Luke's tomorrow."
S: Do you need any help?
B: (shrugged) "I'll probably just call A.J. Quartermaine if I do."
S: A Quartermaine? (Shakes his head) Well G'night Brenda.
B: "Goodnight, Sonny."
(He looked at her and she looked at him. Then she walked in and closed the
door and Sonny turned and walked awaY)
(Brenda leaned against her door, closed her eyes briefly and sighed.)
Chapter 4
(The next day, Brenda was wearing short shorts, a small black t-shirt, strappy
sandals, and sunglasses. She strode into Luke's.)
B: "Hey, Luke, you wanna help me-"
(She stopped when she noticed that no one was there but Sonny. She took off
her sunglasses.)
B: "Where's Luke?"
S: He had business to take car e of..here let me help you.
(He walked over to her to take the box)
B: "Well, I just have a whole lot of stuff from the car. I can carry this."
S: Well If you give me your keys I'll go get them.
(Brenda looked at him for a minute and then handed him her keys)
B: "I'm going to go open the apartment."
S: Ok. (He smiled and walked out of the club to get her things from the car)
(Brenda went upstairs and opened the door to the empty apartment. She
smiled. She set the box down and started walking through the place.)
Brenda was in the Bedroom when she heard Sonny come up.
S: Brenda! Where do you want these boxes?
(She came out of the bedroom)
B: "You can put them wherever."
S: Ok. (He placed them down) Theres a few more...(He turned to go get more.
B: "Thanks, Sonny."
S: Your welcome. (He winked and went to get more boxes)
(When Sonny came back up, Brenda was sitting in the window seat, looking out
over the city.)
S (He walked over to her) Thats the last of them......beautiful view!
B: (still looking) "Yeah, I like it a lot."
S: Well good luck here Brenda (He turned to leave)
B: "Thanks again Sonny."
S: (Turned and smiled) Your welcome..I'll be downstairs if you need anything.
(He closed the door as he left the apartment)
(Brenda sighed and looked back out the window. A few minutes later she got up
and started to unpack the boxes. She heard a knock on the door, and went over
and opened it.)
B: "Can I help you?"
Mac: Yes, Mrs. Mercado, (Took out his badge) I'm Mac Scorpio the police
commissioner of Port Charles. I have a few questions for you. May I come in?
(She stepped aside)
B: Come in, and It's MISS Barrett.
Mac: I'm sorry. (He stepped inside) Last night I was downstairs, when you
stated Mr. Corinthos KILLED your husband. Now if this is true we can get him.
Now I'm asking you...Did Mr. Corinthos kill your husband?
(Brenda closed her eyes)
B: "He might have, I don't really know."
Mac: Then why would you say he did, if you weren't sure?
B: "He hit on me, and I wanted to make him go away."
Mac; So You accuse him of MURDER?
B: "I didn't-"
Mac: I have witnesses Miss Barrett!
B: "Well, I might have been more than just guessing..."
Mac: So he killed him?
B: "To the best of my knowledge, yes."
Mac: Will you testify in a grand jury?
B: "No."
Mac: What do you mean NO?
B: "I don't want to press charges against him of any kind. Especially when
I'm not really sure. I didn't see him kill my husband, this is just what I've
been told.
Mac: And if he did...you know your letting him walk away scott free?
B: "I'd rather do that then put an innocent man in jail."
Mac: (shook his head and handed her a card) If you change your mind give me a
call.
B: "Don't hold your breath, you seem like an okay guy, Commissioner."
Mac: It was nice meeting you, Ms. Barrett. (He nodded and headed for the
door, he walked out and closed the door behind him)
(Brenda sighed and put her face in her hands)
B: "God..."
Mac walked downstairs, in the bar.Luke and Sonny were talking and Mac
approached Sonny.
Ma: Sonny, Can I have a word with you?
S: What is it?
Ma: You, owe Ms. Barrett one. Cause right now I'd bringing you downtown.
S: I'll thank my Lucky Stars...
(Sonny tilted his head) Are we done?
Ma: For now...(He turned and left leaving Sonny thinking)
Brenda was startled by the bangin gon the door she went to answer it and
found Sonny.
B: "You scared me."
S: Mac says I should thank you...Thank you....now what did you do?
B: "He asked me if you killed my husband and I lied."
S: Why?
B: "I didn't want you to go to jail."
S:I don't get you...I killed him, and you don't want me to pay?
B: "I don't know, I just figured that by having to see me walking and
breathing every day, without my husband was punishment enough. And seeing you
yesterday in that elevator for an hour... I can't imagine what you'd be like
in a jail cell for years."
S: (Nodded) Thank you.
B: "Well, hey. You moved my boxes for me."
B: "What?"
S: That's nothing...moving boxes...your amazing...(He moved towards her) So
amazing...and my neighbor is makin me go over and watch happy gilmore with her
in like five minutes.
B: (laughs nervously) "I'm really nothing special..."
(He walks closer)
S: You are....(He put is finger to her lips) Sssh.(He leaned down to kiss her.
His lips touched hers)
B: (against his lips, choking out a whisper) "Sonny..."
S: Sshh. (Their lips fused together, and he parted her lips with his tongue
and his tongue swept her mouth. She fell into his embrace)
(After a few moments Brenda found the strength in her to pull away. She put
her hand to her forehead and closed her eyes)
B: "I'm nothing special."
S: That's where you wrong and I plan to prove that to you.
(Brenda shook her head)
B: "No, you'll see... I'm just like everybody else."
S: We'll see....(he kissed her lips again)
(Brenda couldn't pull away. Her hands went up to his face to hold it there.)
He held her face, as well, There legs turned to mush as the got down on their
knees Kissing, he ran his fingers threw her hair. and her hands remained on
the back of his neck
(They kissed for a while longer and then suddenly Brenda pulled away, leaving
Sonny wanting more)
B: "I can't-"
S: What's the matter?
B: "You're the first man I've even kissed since Andrew, and I-"
(She put her head in her hands)
S: Right...I understand.
B: "I'm sorry, I just..."
S: I understand...lets leave it at that.
(Brenda stared at him a moment. She shook her head slowly)
B: "But I don't want you to think what you're thinking."
S: And what is it that I'm thinking?
B: (sighs) "I don't know what you're thinking. But I want you to tell me,
instead of just saying you understand and pretending that it's not bothering
you."
S: Brenda don't flatter yourself...cause you won't kiss me doesn't break my
heart.
B: (nods) "Fine. Then I understand too. Thanks for helping with the boxes,
Sonny."
S: Yeah ya welcome.
(She walked over and opened the door to let him out)
S: Bye Brenda.. (He turned and headed down the stairs)
(She watched him go and then shut the door. She went and sat at her window
seat, staring over the city.)
Chapter 5
(About an hour later, Brenda walked downstairs and saw Sonny doing books at
the bar. She paid no attention to him and started talking to Luke)
B: "Hey, Luke, is there a party going on tonight? Or is it just a night at
the club? Because I heard something about something formal? You know, where
everyone gets decked out just to come and eat your burgers?" (She joked with
him and flashed a smile)
Lu: Take Ya pick...either way they're just really coming to see me work my
magic as I pour drinks all night long! Not to mention they come to stare at
my charming good looks and my sexy body (He makes a musle with his arm) See!
B:(laughs) "Yep, Luke, that's some sexy muscle. So wait, is it formal or
not? I gotta know how to dress!"
Lu: Well it ain't no black tie affair... I mean Ned Ashton, Quatermaine,
Eddie Maine, Whatever the hell ya wanna call him is playing...You know he has
more names then I did and I have been on the run and everything....Formal I
guess? But if ya trying to impress him (Points to Sonny) Why don't ya ask
him!
B: (glanced at Sonny, then back to Luke) "The last person I'm trying to
impress is Sonny." (not so bitter) "Okay, so it's not black tie. So that
means I get to wear SHORT." (She smiled wide)
LU; Oh By all means do!!..maybe you can have on of those little rips on the
side...what are they called? It's been awhile since I did drag.
B: (busts out laughing) "Luke! Anyway, when you have a black tie event, and
I have to wear a long dress, I'll rip it up the side for you, okay?"
Lu: Just for me? (To Sonyn) Whens the last time someone did that for you Huh?
S: Last week....you remember Maryann?
Lu: Ohhh well she don't count...other than that?
S: I can't remember.
Lu: See!
B: "Well, Luke, I just gave you something to be proud of. Well, I'll see you
tonight!"
(She started to walk up the stairs and then turned around again)
B: "One more thing- Hair up or down?"
Lu: Well I've always found hair to be easier UP! Especially when I had that
perm...
S: The PERM! (laughs)
Lu: Don't go there Corinthos....fine you give her a reason to wear her hair
up.
S: That's easy. (Turns) It's easier for a guy to kiss ya neck.
B: (shrugs) "I doubt I'll be getting any of that, but hey, what the hell...
I'll think about it."
S: Yeah..
Lu: Well it's settled...short dress hair up...Love it!
B: "Okay, see ya later!"
(She walked up the stairs)
S: Damn.....
L: Close ya mouth ya drooling all over my counter...
<Scene ends>
(Later, Brenda took one more look at herself in the mirror and then opened
the door to the apartment, heading downstairs. When she got there, there was
already a lot of people in the club. She stepped off the last step, and took
a look around. She was wearing a short black skirt and a black top that
showed just a little bit of her belly. Her hair was swept up on top of her
head, in a heap of curls, some hanging down around her face.)
(Her shoes were strappy, high-heeled, and black, making her legs look very
thin and muscular.)
Lu: BABYDOLL! Look at you! Oooh..You gonna set this place on fire...ain't she
Sonny. (Sonny was at the bar pouring himself a drink)
S: Yeah...the heats rising..
(Brenda walked up to Luke and kissed him on the cheek)
B: "Thanks Luke. Hey, you think I could get a martini? I turn 21 in like,
six months..."
(She gave him a sweet smile)
(Sonny looked at her with shock in his eyes as he licked his lips)
Lu: Well I'll make a deal with you I won't tell if you don't! One Martini
coming up.
(Brenda smiled and waited for Luke to give her the drink. She turned to Sonny
and caught him staring)
S: So your 20...
B: "Yeah, so?"
S: Nothing I just didn't know..
Lu: Here's ya martini sweetie..
S: You forgot the olive.
Lu: Well Mr. Perfect...instead of sitting down you help with the drinks!
S: Fine! (Sonny walked behind the bar.)
Lu: Oh this should be something...
S: (Walks over to a customer)
S: Can I help you?
Guy: Vodka and Cranberry juice.
S: Yeah Ok. (He took the house with the vodka anda glass he sprayed the hose
in the glass and the vodka shot all over him. Brenda and Luke stared
laughing. Luke clapped)
Lu: Way to go!! BRAVO...give the man a round of applause!
S: LUKE! TAKE THIS! (Sonny stopped bartending and started to plot his shirt
with a napkin, Brenda was still laughing)
S: You think this is funny?
B: (trying to contain her giggles) "Well, Um, I mean... (trying to keep a
straight face) "Of COURSE not!"
S: (Grins) Sure...MY ARMANI SUIT!
B: "Oh, Sonny, come on.... Like you've never spilled vodka on a good suit
before... The way you drink? I mean, really..."
S: What do you mean..."The way I drink?"
B: (shook her head) "Nothing."
S: If you got something to say say it!
B: "DON'T yell at me!"
S: I'm NOT YELLING! THIS IS YELLING!..( Sighs) You know I don't need
this..(He took his drink threw the napkin on the bar and walked over to
Lois)
B: "That man is the most stubborn I have EVER seen!"
Lu: Your a pretty hard shell to crack to...so I hear. Refill?
B: "No. I'm going back upstairs for a while. I can't handle this right
now."
Lu: Brenda don't let Sonny get to you...
B: "It's not Sonny, okay? I just need to be alone for a little while. I'll
be back down soon."
(Luke had let her go upstairs. And about an hour later, Brenda kept her word
and came back downstairs. She walked into the main room, and scanned it.
She saw Sonny flirting with a group of about four women. BEAUTIFUL women.
She felt her lip curl, and she stalked over to Sonny)
B: (coldly, in his ear) "I hope you're having fun."
S: (Grin) Brenda...Hi, great time wann join us?
Josephine: Sonny think you can handle another round?
Patrice: Oh I think he can.
B: (smirk) "Yeah, I'm sure he can..." (she rolls her eyes)
Lauren: Here we go..( Gave sonny his shot glass and he flipped his head back
and did the shot, then turned to Brenda)
S: **Stares at her face and Smiles** You play pool?
B: (very seriously) "I think you have more than enough partners, Sonny."
S: Yeah for drinking...so how bout that game?
B: "Are you challenging me?"
S:If thats what you want to call it yeah!
B: "Well, I've never played before."
S: Theres a first for everything...Come on. Excuse me ladies. (He took
Brenda's hand and escorted her to the back room to wear the pool table was)
(Josephine looked at Lauren and Patrice)
J: "Who was that broad?"
L: "I don't know, but why does SHE get to hold Sonny's hand???"
(All three of the girls glared in the direction Brenda and Sonny had headed)
B: "So how do you play?"
(He handed her the stick)
S: Here take my stick.
(Brenda raised her eyebrow)
B: (staring at his face) "Okay." (she took the pool stick from him) "Now
what?"
He placed the triangle thing on the table and placed all the balls in it then
lifted thee triangle thing up and looked at Brenda)
S: You hit the white ball into the others.
(She holds the stick to the table)
S: Wait your holding it wrong. (H came up close behind her and puts his hands
over hers and postions them correctly He is leaning over her shoulder an
turns his head to her face and looks at her and she looks back at him)
B: (slowly, mesmorized) "Is this better?" (She's not even looking at her
hands, she's staring into his eyes)
S:(Looks at her lips, in a low gruff whisper) Yeah.
S: What would you do if I kissed you right now?
B: "I don't know, I thought you didn't want to kiss me. You don't care,
remember?" (pauses, looking at him) "Are you going to kiss me right now?"
(He took her face and carressed her cheeks)
S: (Low) Yeah....(He brought her face to his and there lips collided, his
tongue parted her lips and entered her mouth, sweeping her mouth)
(She let out a little moan, as she grabbed onto the edge of the pool table to
support herself. Her other hand went up to Sonny's face)
Sonny pushed her untop of the pool table as he kissed her.She wrapped her
arms around his neck pulling him closer. The door opened and Lauren, Partice,
and Josephine walked in)
J: Sonny?
Pat: GREAT LORD!
(Brenda and Sonny broke apart and looked at them)
B: (whispers urgently) "Sonny! We're not alone!"
S; ( He looks at them) Um..hello? We're sorta busy here.
Pat: Just like you were bus with us?
Jo: Come On Patrice...Lauren, I saw a cute bald guy serving drinks..
LaU: Oh I know him...Lets go!
(The three girls walked out and shut the door then Sonny turned abck at
brenda and Took her face again, caressing her cheek running his finger over
her lips)
(Brenda closed her eyes as she spoke, feeling Sonny's finger on her lips)
B: (quietly) "I thought that kissing me wasn't going to do anything for you,
and not kissing me wasn't going to break your heart."
S: (Gruff whisper) I lied...He kissed the side of her mouth)
(Brenda felt tears threaten to come to her eyes)
B: "But Sonny, I really can't do this."
(He kissed the other side of her mouth, then looked up at her)
S: Can you really deny the attraction?
B: (closed her eyes) "No. But Sonny, I just feel like I'm..." (got
distracted with Sonny's lips moving across her cheeks) "...Like I'm betraying
Andrew in some way..."
S: By ? what? sleeping with his killer? Brenda...come on...(He kissed her
neck)
B: (stopped him, and looked into his eyes) "If you can give me one good
reason why I shouldn't feel like I'm betraying Andrew, I'll let it go,
Sonny."
S: Because Andrew would want you to be happy and not dwell over him...he was
like that, that much I knew. But if you don't want this to go any further I
won't presure you. ( He looked down at his hands)
B: (tears appeared in her eyes) "You're right, that's what he would've said.
To move on." (pauses) "Sonny, more than anything right now, I just want you
not to hate me."
S: (Shakes his head) I don't hate you.. he walked over to the sofa and sat
down and sighed)
B: "I don't want you mad at me, either."
S: Idon't hate you! I'm Not mad at you! (He got up rubbed his ace tiredly
and shook his head)
B: (looking hurt) "Then what ARE you feeling, Sonny? Because the way you
act, it seems like the only thing you WANT from me is sex! Every time I push
you back, you act like I don't even exist!"
S:I'm sorry you feel that way.
B: (tears spilling over) "You know what? Screw you, Sonny! Go back to your
three girlfriends, I'm sure one of them will f*ck you at your first command.
I don't need this anymore."
(She jumped off the pool table and headed back through the club, wiping at
her eyes)
(Sonny threw his head back and went after her. She was sitting at the bar)
S: Brenda, look... (She cut him off)
B: "Sonny! Stop it!"
S: NO! Look I'm sorry what happened back there..Look can we go somewhere and
talk?
B: "I gave you a chance to talk and you didn't!"
S: I..couldn't...I don't tell anyone how I feel I never let anyone in...but
look... Please can we go somewhere and talk?
B: "Is it going to be a complete waste of my time like every other minute
I've spent with you?"
S: No...is that a yes?
B: (quietly) "Yeah."
S: Ok. Come on. (He held out his hand and she took it and he took her
outside)
S: You cold?
(Brenda shook her head)
B: "No."
S: Yoou really want to know how I feel, about you I'm going crazy, cause I
want you! And I don't just mean Sex...I want you, everything about you, your
fiesty, you got this personality..and it's just all theses little things you
do, the way you smile, the way you talk, they all add to this feeling I get
inside of me when you walk in the room...and I don't deserve you and I know
that...but I can't help myself.
(Brenda closed her eyes, accepting the impact of his words)
S: Ok what are you thinking? Help me out here...(He was nervous)
B: "I'm thinking that that was one of the sweetest things anybody has ever
said to me."
S: (Looked a lil confused) Yeah?
B: (opens her eyes and whispers) "Yeah."
S: ( He nodded) Well I meant that. Every word....I'm sorry if I presured
you... I Look at you and I just want to hold you..kiss you...and I couldn't
control myself.
B: (shook her head) "You don't pressure me, Sonny. I was just worried about
what I was doing. I mean, I've never been a widow before. And I just wanted
to make sure that if I was going to be doing this... that it'd be WORTH
something. I'm not saying that you're supposed to marry me, but everything
that happens to me, I want to know that it contributed to who I am, whether
it's in a good way or a bad way."
S: (He nodded) Well it's your call. Where to we go from here?
B: "Wherever it takes us, Sonny."
S: So your giving me a chance?
B: "Yeah, Sonny, I am. I think maybe you deserve one."
S: Im not so sure I do...but I'll take your word for it...(he looked down and
she walked clsoer to him)
(She put the tips of her fingers on his face and looked up into his dark
brown eyes)
B: "I think you've deserved a chance from a lot of people who haven't given
it to you, Sonny. So I'm willing to be the one to change that."
( He looked up at her, and whispered)
S: Thank you...(He burshed his lips acrossed hers and then pulled back) I
want to make you happy.
B: "I want to make you care for me like I'm going to care for you."
S: I'm there, already.
B: (surprised) "Yeah?"
S: (nodded) Yeah...since I first layed eyes on you.
B: (barely audible) "Sonny..."
S: Hmm?
B: (whisper) "Kiss me."
S:(He took her face in his hands and brought her lips to his, where they
fused together like a force of electricity, His tongue parted her lips and
caressed her tongue sliding around her mouth)
(Brenda's hands found the back of his head, and her fingers intwined in his
hair. She kissed him hard and passionately, as he leaned her up against the
side of the building)
(He lifted her up agains the wall andmade love to her mouth, one hand roamed
her side. He then moved his ahdn and concentrated on holding the kiss)
(Brenda felt Sonny's hands go up under her skirt to support her against the
wall, and she moaned softly)
(His hand went higher and higher up her skirt, his lips moved down her neck)
B: (smiles, eyes closed) "You glad I wore my hair up?"
S: (As he kisses her neck, he grins) Well it helps alot. (He looked up at her
and then kissed her shoulder blade back up her neck)
B: "Sonny."
S: ( Pulls back) What is it Baby?
B: "Maybe we should go back inside."
S: Right. (He pulls back and slosly slides her from the wall)
B: "Are you mad?"
S: No, C'mere. (He took her hand and kissed it)
B: (smiles) "Can I buy you a drink?"
S: <Grins> Yeah..sure.
B: "Let's go."
(They walked into Luke's and saw the three chics around Luke, He looked like
he had had enough)
Lu: Ok Girls that's enough...you know theres a singles abr down the street!
B: "Having fun, Luke?"
Lu: A blast (The chics left)
S: (Laughs) What do ya wanna drink?
B: "I want another martini. How about yourself?"
S: Scotch.
Lu: Yeah coming right up....We need to hire a bartender, my aching Dogs!
Sonny looked at Brenda.
S: Are you doing anything tomorrow night?
B: "No, actually, I'm not."
S: Would you let me cook for you?
B: "You cook?"
S: Do I cook? I'm the best chef Port Charles has ever known!
B: "Okay, then I'll be glad to let you cook for me."
S: Great. ( He touched her knee)
(Brenda looked down at his hand and then smiled)
B: "Great."
(Brenda took her drink from Luke and sipped at it)
(He took his hand away from her knee and took his glass and downed the scotch)
B: "I think I may go upstairs now. This crowd is getting a little loud for
me."
S: Want me to walk you up?
B: (smiles) "I want you to come in."
(He raised his eyebrow)
S: Luke, see ya later. Shall we?
Lu: Your leaving me?
B: "Yeah, Luke. We love ya and all, but this party is OVER for me. I'll
talk to you tomorrow."
(She took Sonny's hand and they walked upstairs together. Brenda pushed open
the door to the apartment)
B: "Look, I got furniture delivered."
(She paused)
B: "Oh, wait, you probably know that since they had to come through the
club."
S: (Laughs) Yeah, I stole a glance. It looks nice.
B: "I'm not exactly sure where to put it yet."
(Brenda took her drink from Luke and sipped at it)
(He took his hand away from her knee and took his glass and downed the scotch)
B: "I think I may go upstairs now. This crowd is getting a little loud for
me."
S: Want me to walk you up?
B: (smiles) "I want you to come in."
(He raised his eyebrow)
S: Luke, see ya later. Shall we?
Lu: Your leaving me?
B: "Yeah, Luke. We love ya and all, but this party is OVER for me. I'll
talk to you tomorrow."
(She took Sonny's hand and they walked upstairs together. Brenda pushed open
the door to the apartment)
B: "Look, I got furniture delivered."
(She paused)
B: "Oh, wait, you probably know that since they had to come through the
club."
S: (Laughs) Yeah, I stole a glance. It looks nice.
B: "I'm not exactly sure where to put it yet."
S: Well isn't where it's suppose to be...table in kitchen, sofa in
livingroom...bed in bedroom..
B: "Well, of course the bed goes in the bedroom... But I mean, it depends on
where you position it too. Like, should I put it near the window so I can
look out in the mornings? Or is there a chance that if I spend a lot of time
by the window, people will see what I don't want them to see? Should I put
near the wall? But then there's the chance that I'll have someone in here
with me eventually, and then they'd have to climb OVER me to get out of bed,
and that wouldn't be too fun..."
(She hadn't taken her eyes off of his the entire time)
S: (Grins) Oh I get ya...well if ya need somebody help you find the right
position. Here I am..
B: "Yeah, it might help to have a strong man around, to move things."
S: (Laughs) I wasn't suggesting I move furniture!
B: (slyly) "Neither was I."
S: (Eyes widened and he grinned) C'mere.
(She walked over to him and he planted a soft kiss on her lips) Where's this
bed that needs Positoning?
B: (giggles) "In the bedroom. Over there." (she pointed her finger over her
shoulder)
S:Mmmm. (He took her hand and led her to the bedroom) Big bed, what's a
person to do with all that space. (He wrapped his arms around her waist and
waited for her reply)
B: "Hmmm, I don't know, I think a lot of action could take place on a bed
that size."
S: Yeah? Like what kinda action? (Kisses her neck)
B: "Oh, a lot of things. A marathon, a wrestling match... A gymnastics
competition, a rodeo... (pauses) "Or just really great sex."
S: Yeah....up for a wrestling match?
B: "That might be fun.... But uh, I think I'm more up for really great sex."
(He turned her around and she grinned he urgently took her face in his hands
and kissed her passionately, his tongue rolled its way into her mouth her
tongue played with his. He slowly pulled out of it)
S: Yeah..that sounds better.
B: "Okay, then it's a plan!"
Sonny looked at her he held her face and looked into her eyes. He kissed her
forehead, nose then her waiting lips. She put her hands o his cheeks pulling
his face, his lips, closer to hers.His lips sucked on hers his tongue moving
into her mouth, They kiss swelled their lips. Sonny pulled out of the kissed
as he picked her up. Then his lips fused with hers as he carried her to the
bed. He laid her down gently, and she kicked off her shoes.
B: (laughing) "Do you want me to leave my hair up, or should I let it down
and shake my head sexily like they all do in the movies?"
S: (Laughed) You don't have to flip your hair or let it down in any sexy
movie way to make me want you...(He leaned his lips against hers) Looking in
your eyes makes me want you...(He kissed her deeply)
(Brenda's eyes closed, as her arms wrapped her arms around his neck)
B: (softly, as he kisses her neck) "Then I'll let you decide. You want it
down, you can take it down. You want it up, then leave it that way."
He reached behind her and took the pins out of her hair and she sat up and
let it lose, then he grabbed her lips with his and his hands sid down to her
legs
Her hands traveled to his chest, she pushed his jacket off his shoulders, and
Sonny broke away for a moment to take it off.
After his jacket was off he brought her close and his hands traveled up her
thighs caressing them. he slid his hands to the back of the skirt and
unzipped it.
Brenda's hands went to his back, and bunched up his shirt, pulling it from
the waist of his pants. Then she brought her hands back to the front of him
and slowly started on the buttons, suckling the exposed skin as she inched
downwards.
Sonnypulled her skirt from her legs, and spread them trailing kisses up the
insides. He reached her panties and slid them off her legs.
Brenda pushed his shirt off his shoulders, as his lips came crashing back
against hers. She sat up, pulling her shirt over her head, and then found
Sonny's lips again with her own. Sonny looked down at the chain around her
neck and paused.
B: "What's wrong?"
S: (He sat up and looked down at her neck, then at her eyes) Brenda...his
ring is around your neck..
(Brenda grasped at it and then sat up, looking down at the ring. She then
looked up at Sonny)
B: "I can change that. Right now."
S: What?
(Brenda slid the chain over her head, and opened the drawer to her newly
bought nightstand. She dropped the ring inside the drawer and then slammed
it shut)
S: Are you sure thats what you want?
B: "Yeah. You told me that Andrew would want me to move on, and be happy.
And you're right. And I'm moving on, it's been over a year. And right now,
YOU'RE making me happy."
S: AS long as your sure, I don't want you to have any regrets.
B: (whispers) "No regrets."
Sonny nodded and took her lips to his and the shared an explosive kiss. He
trailed his lips and tongu slid over her neck to her shoulder blade, where he
slid her bra strap down and reached behind her and unsnapped it he sli the
straps off her arms. and looked down at her mezmorizes. She brought his face
to her chest, he kissed the valley between her breasts then her breasts.
Where he suckled on her nipples and placed kisses around. Brenda moaned in
passion. Brenda reached for the buckle on his pants and struggled with it.
She finally got it undone and unzipped his pants, pushing them down his legs,
bringing him out of them.
He trailed kisses down her torso...Their lips met again and she pushed his
boxers down half way then fought them off with her legs the rest. She kissed
his chest and he spread her legs apart. Positioning himself between them.
B: "Now, Sonny."
Sonny was getting ready to enter her when Brenda abruptly stopped.
B: "Wait, Sonny! Do you have something?!"
S: (He through his head back) Damn it...I don't...Brenda I'm sorry, but you
know I didn't prepare for this.
(She turned over)
B: "Ummm.... Well, I don't want it to seem like I'm easy or anything, but
uh... there's some in the medicine cabinet."
S: Brenda I know your not easy...At least one of us is prepared. I'll be
right back.
B: "Okay, I'll be waiting."
Sonny returned from the bathroom... and slipped into the bed with Brenda. She
turned around to him. He kissed her and she deepened the kiss.
B: "Mmmm, Sonny..."
S: Hmm?
B: "I want you, now."
He turned her over, so she was on her back and she spread her legs welcoming
him between them. He kissed her lips fiercely as he slid into her
Brenda moaned deeply, and immediately brought her legs around him, locking
her ankles and pulling him deeper inside of her.
He thrusted Harder and harder, He groaned into her hair and she gasped his
name. There breath began to quicken as the movement fastened.
B: (gasps) "Oh God, Sonny..."
She clawed at his back, wanting more.
Sonny gave her what she wanted, Bringing sensations throughout their bodies..
Brenda screamed as she felt her body reach it's peak.
Sonny followed in her lead, reaching his.
Brenda collapsed in exhaustion beneath him, and after one more thrust, Sonny
did also.
He kissed her temple then rolled over. They catched their breaths,
(Brenda smiled)
B: "Sonny..."
S: Yeah?
B: "That was amazing."
S: <Grins> I'm glad you enjoyed!
B: "You gonna stay and hold me tonight? Or do you have to go?"
(He wrapped his arms around her)
S: This is where I Have to be. Where I need to be. (He kissed her shoulder)
Holding you.
B: (smiles) "I'm going to sleep very peacefully tonight."
S: I think we both will.
They sighed simultaneously and closed their eyes, and held each other
throughout the night.