Hey GH/Lante fans!

I'm so happy to finally be updating this story, mainly because all of the cute Lante stuff actually happening on the show. Rockband anyone? Dante hitting the door right after they kissed? God, GH is really making me obsessed with these two.

So, in case you don't remember, my story is AU to what is happening on GH right now. Lulu just found out Dominic is actually Dante. So the story picks up right after the ending of the last chapter. And, in case you didn't know, Dante is still living above Kelly's, so this is essentially where the story is taking place at the moment.

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She felt like she had been kicked in the stomach. She took a step back, away from him. "What the hell are you talking about?"

He ran his hands through his hair. "My name is Detective Dante Falconeri. I have been working undercover to take down Sonny Corinthos. It's why I told everyone my name was Dominic Pirelli."

"Falconeri? Like Olivia?"

He nodded. "She is actually my mom."

His mom? He was an undercover cop? The room started to spin, and she couldn't stop it. She took another step back to steady herself. Out of her blurry vision she saw Dominic, or Dante, or whatever his name was step forward to help her, and then step back again.

"So you're telling me all this time you pretended to work for Sonny, you were trying to take him down?"

"Yes." He answered simply.

"So that stuff about Mr. Pilleti that you told me…" She paused to connect the dots in her head. "Sonny killed Mr. Pilleti."

Fire burned in his eyes. "Yes."

"So you're taking revenge for this Mr. Pilleti."

"Lieutenant Pilleti." He quickly corrected her. "And yes, I am. I'm taking revenge for all the cops who died by trying to keep people safe from the mob. I'm doing this for all the sons who have to grow up without fathers because they happen to be crossing the mob."

Everything was starting to fall into place. The story about Mr. Pilleti. The constant confusing exchanges about the mob. The way he always defended Lucky's actions as a cop. He was one too.

She took a deep breath. "So you are a cop trying to take down Sonny." She was finally trying to wrap her brain around it.

"Yes." He paused. "Listen Lulu, I know I haven't been completely honest with you since I've been here."

She laughed cynically, even though absolutely nothing about this situation was funny. "You haven't been completely honest? Not being completely honest is telling me you have a crazy ex-girlfriend still in love with you, or you snore. This was deliberate lying." All of the sudden, it hit her. He had been lying to her for months, and the anger set in over the initial shock.

"I couldn't tell you! It would have put both of us in danger!"

"Screw that!" She yelled, pointing her finger at him. "You could have told me Dominic. My family is friends with Sonny and I would have felt bad for him, but not at the expense of your life! Did you actually not trust me enough to tell me?"

"Lulu, it wasn't about trust." He said, looking into her eyes. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

"You know what Dominic?" She said angrily, throwing her hands in the air. "No one ever means to hurt anyone. But they do it anyway. It's happened so many times with me before, I don't even know why I'm surprised."

He interrupted her. "I didn't want you to have to make the hard choice of choosing between me and Sonny." He stared off into space before continuing. "Your father and Sonny are close. I didn't want to ruin the relationship you had with your father indirectly through this situation. You two have been through so much. I never wanted you to feel like you had to choose. You don't know Sonny for what he really is."

"You didn't want to make me choose? That's a load of bullshit. But you know what," she said firmly, interrupting him. "You're right. I don't know Sonny like you do. But maybe that's where you are at fault. You don't know Sonny for what he really is. Sonny is not this monster you paint him out to be. He has done a lot of good. I don't think he will kill you like you think he will."

Dominic looked at her incredulously. "You're kidding right? The man has gotten where he is through murder and extortion. Those are the only things he knows."

"That's not true. He is capable of love." She said, jumping to Sonny's defense. "Look at Carly, Michael, and Morgan. He loves them with his whole heart."

"He does." Dominic agreed. "But look at all the pain he has caused them. He has strung Carly along four times. He indirectly caused Michael to get shot and be in a coma for a year. Hell, Morgan was born with Sonny shooting Carly in the head!"

"That's not fair." She exclaimed. "Those are specific instances."

"Fair or not," he argued, "they happened. Carly, Michael, and Morgan will be safer without him." He walked over to the window and pulled the blinds a little to look out. "My partner is handing over all the information I have against Sonny as we speak."

She felt the tears fill her eyes. "And where does that leave me Dominic?"

She could see his posture soften as he turned from the window and looked at her. He walked over to her, pressing his forehead against hers, letting her tears run onto his face. "I need you to leave. Please."

"I can't leave." She said, shaking her head. "Sonny and Jason will not kill you. I'm sure of it."

"Please Lulu," his eyes pleaded, "Just leave now."

Suddenly, a flash idea hit her. "What if you tell them you are Olivia's son? There is no way they will hurt you then."

In an instant, his whole demeanor changed. "Absolutely not."

She grew confused. "But Olivia and Sonny go way back! She would never forgive him if he hurt her son!"

"Stop it Lulu." He said angrily. "Leave my mother out of this."

She cupped his face. It was technically the face of a stranger. But when she looked into his eyes, she knew him. She loved him, no matter what his name was. "Dante, please at least try." And he no longer was Dominic to her. He was Dante Falconeri. He was a cop. And his life was now in danger. No matter how hurt and angry she was, she couldn't stand to let him die. She loved this man.

She saw the hard anger in his face soften, but the moment was cut off by the door swinging open fast and hard. In the next instant, Dante's body was covering hers completely, cradling her head for protection.

"Get up." The voice was Jason's. Dante didn't listen though, still covering her body with his to shield her from them. Jason grabbed Dante and pulled him off of her, throwing him to the ground.

"Jason!" She screamed, watching Dante's body be thrown to the ground. "Please. Don't do this." She saw Sonny's figure emerge from the door along with another person she didn't recognize. This other man had to be the biggest person she had ever seen though. This large man closed the door quietly behind Sonny.

"Lulu, what in the world are you doing here?" Sonny looked at her incredulously.

"Sonny," she pleaded. "This is all a big misunderstanding. Please let him go."

This large man stepped closer to Dante's body and she felt her blood grow cold as he kicked Dante in the stomach. She heard Dante groan in pain, clutching his stomach where the man kicked him again.

"Stop!" She yelled. Hearing his cries was painful.

"Lulu." Jason said softly. "I think you should leave."

She jumped to the floor, next to Dante's body. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Lulu. Maybe I should call your dad for you or something." Sonny said carefully. "You shouldn't be here right now."

"I'm not leaving." She said firmly.

Dante gripped her hand. "Please Lulu. Just leave. I promise everything is going to be all right."

She felt tears streaming down her cheeks, looking at Jason's gun and at the large man standing in front of them. "It's not. You're not even lying well right now."

He laughed, stroking her cheek. "Please Lulu. Don't make this harder than it already is."

She stood up, bringing Dante to his feet as well. The large man took a step towards them, but Sonny lifted his hand, indicating that it wasn't going to be an issue.

She let go of Dante's hand and walked to Sonny. "Please Sonny. Don't do this."

Sonny looked at her, almost sadly. "Lulu, I would really appreciate it if you left. Otherwise, I am going to have to make you leave."

She ignored his comment and kept going. "What do you even know about him? What are you using to justify what you are doing?"

"It's just business Lulu." She could easily guess what he was thinking though. Sonny knew that Dante was a cop trying to bring him down. He nodded at the large man. All of the sudden, hands grabbed her from behind and the large man moved forward to restrain Dante as well.

She turned to face her attacker. "Johnny? What the hell are you doing?"

"I need to get you out of here." He said, dragging her body slowly. Hell no. She was not going without a fight. She struggled against Johnny but he was much stronger than her. She looked over and saw that Dante wasn't even fighting against the large man anymore. The look on his face was haunting; it was resignation. He was accepting the situation. As she looked back, she saw him mouth I love you to her, as Johnny kept pulling her to the door.

She kicked Johnny's shin and stopped his movements momentarily. She looked at Dante and knew what she had to do. "Sonny you can't kill him! He is Olivia's son!"

The whole world seemed to stop. Sonny whipped around to look at her questioningly, while Jason simply had a shocked look on his face. The dumbass large man couldn't care less at what she said, but Dante's face was very easy to read; he was livid.

Sonny motioned for Johnny to let go of her arms. "What did you say?"

She matched him, eye for eye. "I told you that he is Olivia's son. His name is Dante Falconeri."

"Lulu stop!" Dante yelled angrily, but he was silenced by the large man pulling his arms back roughly.

"But Olivia's son Dante is a cop…" Something clicked in Sonny's eyes. Shit. She looked over at Jason and saw no emotion. Apparently they didn't know he was a cop. Shit. She just gave them more reason to kill him. Shit.

Sonny walked over to Dante, who was still being restrained by the man. "Is this true? Are you a cop?"

Dante looked at him, only with pure anger on his face.

"Answer me!" Sonny yelled. "Are you Olivia's son, Dante Falconeri?"

No answer. Dante looked at him with disgust and spit on Sonny's shoe.

Sonny stood in anger. He turned to face Jason. "Call Olivia over here right now. Let's straighten this out tonight. She has some explaining to do. "

Johnny's whole persona tensed up. Sonny turned to face him again. "Johnny, I want you and Lulu to leave right now."

"Can't boss. Once you call Olivia over, this is now involving me." Johnny said coolly.

"I'm not leaving either." She interjected, trying to catch Dante's attention. She could practically feel his anger from across the room.

"Johnny, this is not a choice. Take Lulu home." Jason interjected on Sonny's behalf.

Before she could respond, Dante elbowed the large man in the gut. But the man was quick as well, and punched Dante square in the face before kicking him to the floor again.

She struggled against Johnny again. "Please Sonny! Make him stop!"

But Sonny was in his own world, at this revelation to Dante's connection to Olivia. Not even her cries could make him break out of his reverie.

She cried and screamed for Dante as Johnny pulled her out of the room and closed the door. She lunged for the door again but it was locked. She couldn't get in to see him anymore.

Johnny finally let go of her arms, and she rammed into his body, wanting to cause him physical pain. "Why the hell did you do that? Why did you drag me out of there? At least with me there he was protected!"

"Lulu," he said calmly, "You need to calm down."

"Calm down?!" She said incredulously, "That man is beating Dante up to an inch of his life and you want me to stay calm?"

"He won't kill him until Olivia gets here. Trust me. And then after that Sonny will never kill Dante." Johnny's eyes darkened a bit, at the mention of Sonny and Olivia.

She did calm down, curious at what he knew. "What are you talking about?" Was the fact that Dante was Olivia's son enough to save him?

Johnny looked at her apologetically. "It's not my secret to tell." He sighed, and spoke again. "You really should go Lulu."

She looked at him coldly. "You knew that Dominic was really Dante Falconeri?"

He looked at her apologetically. "Yes. Olivia told me everything."

Her eyes stung with tears. "So Olivia trusted you enough to tell you but Dante didn't trust me enough?"

"Lulu, I'm not gunna say that Dante wasn't wrong in not telling you." Johnny said, pausing to gauge her reaction. "But he has his reasons and I respect them. You need to respect him and just go home."

"Johnny I can't leave him." She whispered. "I love him too much to leave him."

Johnny looked at her earnestly. "You asked me earlier why I dragged you out. It's because he would have wanted me to. Trust me, if you love him, you will go home."

All of the sudden, Olivia ran up the stairs and into Johnny's arms. "Is he ok Johnny?"

He stroked her hair softly. "They found out he was a cop. You have to tell them." Olivia nodded and gave Johnny a quick kiss, before slamming on the door yelling for Sonny to let her in. Before she could act, the door opened and Olivia went in.

"Damn it!" She ran after Olivia and threw herself at the door, jingling at the locked doorknob. "Please, let me in!"

"Please Lulu. If I was him, I would have wanted you to go home too." She turned to look at Johnny, and she remembered how much she loved him at one point.

And suddenly it hit her. "You know what Johnny. I would have never left you if you were in Dante's position. I loved you." She paused, watching him open her mouth to interrupt her, but she put up her hand to tell him to let her finish. "But I always rush into love. I feel like I have to hold onto it until I suck the life out of it. If I don't hold onto it, I will lose it. With Dante, I never felt like that." She walked towards Johnny, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "A part of me will always love you. But he's different."

And he was different. He had always been different. "I'm going home, like he would have wanted me to. Just tell him I love him please?" He nodded, and she started the long walk home, letting the moonlight shine on the concrete path ahead of her. Step by step, she walked with her hands in her pockets, trying to prevent the cold from soaking through everything straight to her pained heart.

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