Disclaimer: Okay, so I own nothing. Nothing at all. Which is quite sad because I love Max and would love to own him, however I don't. So anything you recognize I do not own at all. Please don't sue. I'm not a big fan of courts, or judges, or lawyers or anything of that sort. Thank-you.
Pairing: Max/Lulu and other pairings and allusions to other pairings.
Summary: "Why are you really helping me?" She asked quietly… Max sighed. "Because you don't want to be alone and right now neither do I."
Note: Max is 26 in this story. I don't know his age in the show and I'm sorry if that makes other people mad. It really isn't my intention.
The Heart of A Bodyguard
Chapter 1: Meetings.
Max Giambetti had a thing for the boss's wife. Or ex-wife rather. It was unorthodox and he'd probably be considered another lost soul that was sucked into Carly's poisonous ways, but that didn't matter because he had a thing for her. It's not like he asked for this. He was perfectly content keeping this to himself. However, he had an annoying little brother and despite his job description, Max would never lay a hand on Milo.
He sighed and pulled the collar of his coat up higher. It was the end of November and the snow had started to fall. The temperature was going down and at this moment all he wanted was to be back in Italy with his family. However, Italy to him seemed so far away. He was stuck and couldn't get out. He let a bitter smile flitter across his face. He wondered what his family would say to the way he and his brother were leading their life.
He shook the thoughts out of his head and continued to walk towards Kelly's. The local diner that would be warm and welcoming and have a cup of hot coffee waiting for him. He was at the doors of the said diner and had his hand on the handle, ready to rip the door open and get away from the icy weather, when he heard it. He let his hand drop.
A sniffle. Another sniffle.
He frowned as his hand automatically went to the gun resting on his hip. He walked carefully to where the noise was. He stopped when he came to the beginning of the alleyway. Bad things happened in that alleyway. Things that he knew too well. He strained his ear when he heard a sob and crying. He walked towards the noise, his hand still resting on the gun.
He saw a girl. Blonde hair. She was wearing jeans, boots, a sweater and an apron tied around her waist. He shook his head. She was crying that much he could see. Her head was in her arms which rested on her knees and her body was shaking with quiet sobs. He treaded softly until he stood beside the girl. He crouched down and shook her gently. Her head came up and he was met with the startling blue eyes that were now puffed red of Lesley Lu Spencer.
Lesley Lu Spencer known commonly to people as Lulu was being comforted by one of Sonny's guards. She looked at his brown eyes and started crying again. She was numb from the cold which was really her fault and her legs were asleep. He stood from his crouching position and for a moment she thought that he would leave her. Alone in the alleyway…the way he found her. Alone. He didn't. Instead he reached down and grabbed her arm, gently pulling her up. She got up with him. She didn't try to fight. He was bigger then she was. And while some people thought she was stupid she wasn't that stupid. She was still crying and he put an arm around her.
Max knew who she was. Not from personal encounters but just because the town was small and everyone knew everyone. She was crying, that much he noticed. What she was crying about he had no idea. He didn't even know why he was helping her. He should have just left but he didn't. Max was a catholic man. He was raised catholic and he was brought up to help those who needed help. She needed help.
He held her against him. She was hesitant to put her arms around him but in the end she did. She put her head on his chest and she started to cry all over again. He wondered how bad things were for the Spencer girl if she cried this much. He figured that if he had Luke as dad he'd be crying too. He silently sent up a prayer of thanks that Sonny had given him the night and next day off. Milo shot up a line of Italian curses when Max left.
"You know that you're here, in the cold, at the end of November with no coat on?" He asked.
He felt her nod. She sniffled and looked up at him. "It's my fault." Her eyes widened and she backed away from him slowly. Max stifled a sigh. Apparently, she knew him too. "I'm really sorry about this. I don't usually do this."
"I'm not going to hurt you." He told her.
She nodded. "I know." She pointed down to her apron. "I should be going back to work anyways."
"I was heading in there too." He didn't add anything else and she didn't either. He stuck out his hand. She looked at it oddly. "I'm not going to hurt you." He reminded her. She took his hand and he led them out of the alleyway that held so many bad memories. They were at the doors of Kelly's again and he heard her let out a curse. He turned around and looked at her. Their hands that were joint together fell apart. His going to his side and hers going to her side. "What's wrong?"
"They're still in there and while it's a Spencer trait that absolutely no weakness is to be shown, right now, at this point in my life, it's not working and all I keep on doing is crying." She sighed shakily and looked up at him. "I guarantee you that I will cry when I go in there."
"Then don't."
"My shift isn't over. Mike will have my head and my jacket is still in there."
Max breathed in deeply. He looked at the girl who couldn't be more then eight-teen at the latest nine-teen years old. Her eyes looked haunted and were glazed over with tears. Really, this was ridiculous. He was a bodyguard for one of the most feared men on the east coast. He was shot at more times then he would like to remember yet he was a marshmallow when it came to a sad female. "Which one is your coat?"
She looked shocked. "What?"
"Your coat," He repeated, "Which one is it?"
"It's the long red one on the hook by the stairs." She saw that he nodded and turned around. "Wait, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to get your jacket and then we'll go from there."
"I told you I'm not done my shift yet."
"Leave that to me."
And she did.
He had no idea why he was doing this. It's not like he knew the girl. He knew her brothers and her father, but not her. His mama always did tell him that he had a bigger heart then Milo. Sometimes his mama thought Milo didn't even have a heart at all. Then she would laugh, her eyes would sparkle and she would press a kiss to both of her sons heads.
He walked into Kelly's and went straight to Mike who was behind the counter with his head bent down. Mike lifted his head when he heard the jingle of the bell. He raised his eyebrows as Max walked over. "Mike." Max said nodding his head in greeting.
"Max." The older man nodded back.
Max leaned forward. "Listen, Lesley Lu Spencer-"
"Lulu." Mike said automatically. "Everyone calls her Lulu." He explained at Max's puzzled look. "What about her?"
"She's upset and can't come in. I'm going to take her stuff and I wanted you to know that she won't be able to finish her shift."
Mike frowned at the bodyguard, "Since when do you care about eight-teen year olds?"
"Since I found her crying in the alleyway." Max replied. He walked by a group of teenagers, he recognized Maxie Jones, Georgie Jones and Dillon Quartermaine sitting around a table with an older man. He had to be in mid 20's just like Max. He continued walking until he got to the side of the stairs. He looked outside and was happy to see that Lulu Spencer stayed where he left her. He saw that she was hugging herself and looked at the hook of coats. He saw the long red one and picked it up. As he was walking to the door he saw Dillon frown and stand up.
"That's Lulu's jacket." Dillon said.
Max closed his eyes. Kids these days were really stupid. "I know." He walked around the teenager who looked ready to fight back but Georgie who Max guessed was his girlfriend put an arm on his. Max opened the door to look back to nod at Mike.
He felt the jacket being pulled from his arm and saw that Lulu had taken it and put it on herself. He made sure that she was ready when he gently led her away from Kelly's.
They were two blocks away from Kelly's when he realized that he didn't have his coffee that he had wanted in the first place.
"What was that about?" Demanded Dillon. He looked at Georgie who just shrugged.
"Looks like Lulu made a new friend." Maxie laughed. She shook her head with an evil smile on her face. 'Oh wait until Lucky gets a hold of this.'
"We shouldn't make any assumptions." Georgie said. She looked at Professor Marquez and offered him a small smile.
"And he was?" Professor Marquez asked.
Maxie leaned forward. "You know who Sonny Corinthos is?"
Professor Peter Marquez nodded. Who the hell didn't know who Sonny Corinthos was? He became very friendly with Jason Morgan who held a gun to his face just a few weeks ago.
"That's his bodyguard." Maxie continued. She started to laugh. "And it looks like dear Lulu just got herself into a bag of worms." She blew a piece of hair out of her face. "I don't know about you guys but I really hope that she finds a snake."
"That's enough out of you Maxie." Mike snapped. "Get back to work, Georgie."
Georgie nodded. "Yes sir." She leaned towards her sister. "Go home Maxie."
Maxie rolled her eyes. She'll be going. Just not home.
They ended up at docks. If the alleyway wasn't a safe place the docks weren't any safer. He had just as much bad memories in both places. They sat down on the bench and he looked at the girl beside him. She was quiet since Kelly's and Max was starting to get slightly worried. "Do you want me to take you home?"
"I live with the Quartermaine's." She replied.
"I wouldn't want to go home either."
She let out a little laugh and Max felt a little better despite the cold. He cleared his throat. "I know that this is unethical and everything but my place isn't that far away from here if you want you can stay with me."
She looked at him sharply. He put up his hands. "I'm not trying to do anything. It's just you don't want to go home and I don't blame you and you're not telling me where else you could go and I'm not about to leave you alone." She was silent. Max knew she was contemplating things. "I have some hot chocolate and coffee along with a crap load of junk food. I have movies and everything."
"Why are you really helping me?" She asked quietly.
Max sighed. "Because you don't want to be alone and right now neither do I."
Okay so what do you think? I know that it's weird and stuff but I hope that you guys will give it a chance and try to be easy on me. This has been in my head for a while. It may seem slightly AU and well, that's the point. Sort of.
Leave a reply please and I'll update soon. Hopefully.
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P.S. I put this on another website and decided to try it out here! Hope you all like it!!! And I changed the title name too!