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Summary: When a grown-up Kristina meets, and starts seeing a certain young man, Alexis is forced to make a confession to her daughter, and after years apart, to man that she once loved…and still does.

Setting: Takes place in the year 2020 – Kristina is an 18 year old college student. (Author's note: Even though on the show, Michael is at least 8 years older than Kristina, for purposes of this story, I am lowering their age difference by a couple years in this fanfic. So in this story, Kristina is 18, and Michael is 24.)

Also, assume that even though Kristina (the older, deceased one) died in Sonny's warehouse, that Michael either didn't know about it, or that if he did, he doesn't put two and two together, and thus, does NOT know who the younger Kristina is. Assume that Michael only knows about the events directly related to him. Nothing about Sonny's business, or relationships, or about anything that happened in Port Charles (like about Luis Alcazar, the fake D.I.D. etc.)

Pairing: "Sexis" (Sonny/Alexis), "Journey" (Jason/Courtney), & also, implied "Skyed" (Skye/Ned), though probably very few, if any, scenes will be prominently featuring them.

Characters (not necessarily in any specific order): Kristina Davis, Michael "Mike" Corinthos, Alexis Davis, Sonny Corinthos, Ned Ashton, Skye Quartermaine-Ashton, Nikolas Cassadine, Jason Morgan, Courtney Matthews-Morgan, possibly Carly, and any other various characters that I choose to create, or use.

Disclaimers: Usual disclaimers apply. I don't own any of the characters, except for the ones I may create. The "General Hospital" characters belong to ABC, and the shows producers, writers, and directors. But I've written this story, I own this story, and all the others that I write or have written. Please do not use, copy, post elsewhere, or reproduce it in any way, shape, or form without my permission. Thank you!

Also, please keep in mind that I have only been watching General Hospital for a fairly short period of time - since March/April/May of 2002. I started watching GH around the time just before Carly's "deadly accident" driving over the cliff. So if I get some of the background information wrong, please do not flame me. I am trying my best to get all the characters, events, and personalities right, but if I mess up somewhere please understand and hold off on throwing the tomatoes :) ! Thanks!

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"I'm so sorry about your brother," murmurs Kristina, softly. "It's so sad, I don't even know what to say."

"Yeah, and if losing Morgan wasn't bad enough, after he died, we found out that my mom had been lying since before he was even born." Michael sighs heavily, taking a deep breath before continuing. "It turned out that Morgan wasn't my dad's biological child. My mom had, had an affair with a former business partner of hers – a man that she had used to own a club with, and he was the father. My mom lied for years, letting my dad believe that Morgan was his child. But when he died, the truth finally, came out. Though it wasn't the only reason for their divorce, all the lies, played a big part in it. My mom and dad had been divorced, then had gotten back together and been remarried like 4 times before. But after Morgan died, and my dad found out the truth about him, that was the last straw. They were over for good."

"I'm so sorry."

Michael nods appreciatively. "Thanks for being so understanding."

"You're welcome!" smiles Kristina sympathetically. "Do you have any other siblings besides Morgan?"

"Yeah, I have a couple of younger, twin sisters, Alyssa Lynn & Alexandra Jill, and a younger brother, Joshua Emil. My sisters were born when I was 15, near the end of my freshman year of high school. Josh was born in my junior year, a few months after my aunt's death, and just before my biological dad was killed. Alyssa and Alexa just turned 9 in June, and Josh will be 7 in a couple of months. They live in Atlantic City with my mom," explains Michael. "Also, when I reunited with my adoptive dad a few years ago, I found out that after he and my mom divorced, and we'd lost touch with him, he'd gotten remarried and he had more kids. After we'd left, my dad met this really nice woman named Nina, they were married a year later, and were together until she was killed in a car accident about 2 years ago. They have 4 children together – 2 sons, Zachary Jason who is 12, and Austin Stone who is 8, and 2 daughters, Jennifer Adela who is 10, and Jessica Lily who is 6. What about you? Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"No, unfortunately, I'm an only child." Kristina shakes her head, and then hesitates for a moment. "Well, actually, I do have a half-sister. But she's quite a bit older than me. She was almost a teenager when I was born, and we didn't really see that much of each other while I was growing up. So though we're friendly with each other, we're not really that close."

"Oh, that's too bad."

"Yeah," says Kristina, silently signaling their waitress, from across the room, to come over. "Anyway, she's a pediatric psychiatrist now. She's married to this really great guy, Sergei, that she met in Russia during a study abroad program in college and they've been together ever since. They have twin daughters, Nadya & Natalya who are 6, a son, Yuri who is 4, a daughter, Sasha who is 2, and this past June they had twin sons, Ilya and Yerik, but they call him Eric."

"Wow!" Michael exclaims, letting out a huge breath.

"Yeah." Kristina nods, as the waitress, Aparna, heads over to them. "Brook-Lynn, and Sergei love kids. Especially having grown up like an only child, Brook-Lynn, wants to have a large family. They even want to have more kids, soon."

"Really?" repeats Michael incredulously. "Wow!"

"How's everything going here?" Aparna asks, walking up to their table. "Is there anything else I could get for you?"

"Yes, we'd like some carryout boxes, and a bag," starts Kristina, as Michael interrupts.

"We'd also like a 2 orders of kulfi1. Also, if you could please bring the check too."

"Of course. Coming right up!" promises Aparna. "I'll be right back with your things."

"Thanks!"

When Aparna returns, carrying several items on a tray, Kristina immediately goes about emptying the food into the boxes, while Michael takes the bill. After quickly scanning it and adding a tip, he pulls out a Platinum credit card from his wallet and hands it to the waitress. After Aparna leaves to swipe Michael's credit card at the register, Kristina finishes putting the leftovers into their 'doggy bags'. She and Michael keep talking as the two of them start in on their kulfi.

"You're all set." Aparna states, walking up to their table and handing Michael his credit card. "Have a nice evening!"

"Thanks!" reply Michael and Kristina in unison. "You too."

Once they have finished their kulfi, Michael chivalrously gets up first, and holding the bag of carryout food in one hand, he helps Kristina out of her chair, and holds the door open for her on the way out of the restaurant. On the way to the car, Kristina and Michael walk together, holding hands lovingly. As they walk, Michael pulls a keyring from his pocket and deactivates the alarm, and unlocks the car. Holding the door open, he helps Kristina into the car, then shutting the door, he walks around to the driver's side, and stashing the bag of carryout food in the backseat, he gets into the driver's seat, and turning on the ignition, they drive out of the restaurant parking lot, and pull into traffic.

Kristina and Michael continue to chat along the short ride to the theater, and when they arrive, Michael parks and turns off the ignition. He gets out of the car and going around to the passenger side, he holds the door open for Kristina as she gets out. Shutting the door, he locks up the car, and activates the alarm before heading into the theater with Kristina, hand in hand.

Once inside, Michael and Kristina head over to the ticket booth together, still holding hands. "Two tickets for the Mira Nair double feature!" Michael says to the pimply-faced teenager behind the counter. "Two student tickets, please!"

"I need to see both of your student ID's"

Tugging his wallet out of his back pocket, Michael turns to Kristina. "Kristina, you have your student ID?"

"Of course!" replies Kristina, reaching into her small evening purse. "Here you go!"

The ticket vendor quickly glances at the ID's then up at Michael and Kristina, before punching a few keys into his computer and printing out the tickets. "Here you go!" he says, pulling the tickets out from the slot, and handing it to Michael, together with his and Kristina's ID's. Holding the tickets in one hand, Michael takes some money out of his wallet and hands into to the ticket vendor, before he and Kristina stick their ID's back in their wallets.

"Ready?" Michael holds out his arm genially. Kristina nods, and loops her arm through his as they walk into the theater.

To Be Continued…..