Of Beauties and Geeks

Sequel to:Pretty Little Nightmare and Lonely Hearts. DTNG and GH crossover.

Couples:Maxie/Toby,Winnie/Jay with Spinelli/Darcy and Johnny/Manny

This will be a four parter. It will include two parts on Maxie/Toby and two parts on Winnie/Jay

Part One

Maxie Jones stood motionless,studying the room she was standing in intently. She,with her fashion and designing skills had decided that it was in Spinelli,Darcy,Manny,and Johnny's best interest that she helped them fix up their new apartment. She'd taken a flight from the Port Charles airport to Toronto earlier that day,so she could see the apartment that her friends had bought.

Suddenly,the door opened and a young man walked in clumsily. His whole upper body was hiddedn by the packages he held in his arms. He was walking blindly in Maxie's direction He finally ended up hitting into her,which knocked her to the ground on her rear end with a "oomph".

He fell ontop of her and the packages scattered around them. "Sorry! Sorry!" He rambled out,standing on his feet shakily and helping the beautiful and fashionable blond up from the floor. Then he bent to retrieve the packages,moving them into a pile out of the way.

Maxie glared at him disdainfully. "Watch where your going next time,you jerk!" She growled out,blue eyes icy cold.

"Why didn't you pay attention and get out of the way when you saw me?" He asked her,annoyed by how rude she was being. Sort of like Holly J Sinclair could be.

She just rolled her eyes. "Who are you anyway?" She asked,falling onto the white sofa in the middle of the room.

He walked forward and sat down on the sofa as far from her as he could get. "I'm Toby. Toby Issacs. I'm friends with Manny. Who are you?"

"Maxie Jones. I'm Spinelli's best friend from Port Charles." Maxie said to him,becoming bored with the conversation.

Darcy walked out from her bedroom,holding Spinelli's hand and dragging him along behind her. "OH!! Toby! I didn't know you were here! Damian and I didn't hear you." She said,looking at him.

"Hey Darcy,Spinelli. I just got here a few minutes ago and I started talking to Maxie. Where are Manny and Johnny?" Toby asked.

"The Former Mob Prince and Rising Star Manuella are picking up some food." Spinelli said.

"Good. I hope you don't mind if I stay for dinner." Toby said with a laugh. "So how is your computer gaming business coming along?"

Spinelli grinned. "It couldn't be better. I should have a new game out around Christmas time." He stated. When he had begun dating Darcy,he had quit working for Jason and had decided to sale the game he designed,the Saga of StoneCold so it could be bought in stores. It had been so popular and had brought in alot of money for Spinelli,that he had decided to create and design more games that could be sold. He also repaired computers for people.

That's when Johnny and Manny walked in the door,carrying two pizzas,four two liter bottles of soda,paper cups, and a diet Rasberry Snapple.

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Around two and a half hours later,Maxie told Spinelli she had to get to her hotel and Toby had told everyone that he should be getting back to his dorm. Maxie and Toby walked out together in an uncomfortable silence. Maxie felt a little bad for snapping at Toby earlier. "Look...I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier. I was just---annoyed. It wasn't because of you." She stated,uncomfortable with apologizing----it wasn't really something she was used to doing.

Toby shuffled his feet and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "It's okay. What were you annoyed about?" He asked,peering at him with brown eyes,framed by glasses.

She sighed and looked down at him. "I just----feel like I'm losing Spinelli. Before he began to date Darcy,I always seemed to have him to myself. But when he fell for her----that changed. I suddenly had to share him. Now he's living here in Toronto and I am living in Port Charles so we are even farther apart. I just feel as if I am losing my very best friend."

"It's really hard to lose a friend." Toby said quietly,staring up at the night sky as they walked out of the apartment complex. There were millions of stars shining down at them as they talked. "But atleast he's alive and your not really losing him. Atleast you don't have to be faced with going to a funeral and seeing him all laid out in a coffin,motionless and silent."

His voice was bitter and it suprised Maxie. "Why do you sound like you've been through that?" She asked curiously.

Toby opened his mouth to reply.

Next Chapter:Toby tells Maxie about JT and Rick. Winnie comes to see Spinelli and meets Jay at the Dot.