Three Small Words

This is my first entry in the Spixie flash fic challenges over Opposite Attraction...and hopefully won't be my last. I don't own General Hospital I'm just in love with the greatness that is Spinelli and the possibilities he has with Maxie

PROMPT: consequences

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They could sleep soundly now, Diego Alcazar the text message killer, the man who killed not only her sister but her boyfriend Coop was finally dead himself. Maxie thought it poetic that he too died of strangulation. She smiled at all the good karma going around as she stood outside of Kelly's diner. She peeked into the window hoping he'd be there so she could thank him one more time.

She silently laughed to herself wondering when it was that she began to think of Damian Spinelli as more then just that computer geek lackey of Jason Morgan. Maybe it was the day in Coops room that he let her lean on him, maybe it was when they kissed on their stakeout, or maybe it was the time that they were trapped in the sewer.

'Man I ruined a great pair of shoes then' she thought about to peak into the window when she heard a voice.

"Looking for someone Wounded Blonde One."

Maxie turned around and looked into his soulful dark eyes which had been a constant in her life for the past few weeks. A constant that she really didn't want to give up.

She nodded and smiled.

"I was actually looking for you."

"I the Jackal."

Maxie nodded.

He smiled wondering why she wanted to see him. He thought that since the TMK was now dead she wouldn't have use for him and she would move on.

"Don't think you can get rid of me that easily. I was really beginning to think of you as a friend."

"A friend."

"I'm serious Spinelli. I just wanted to thank you for, for everything and..."

She paused as she heard footsteps coming from the corner. She looked up and caught a flash of Lulu Spencer's blonde hair coming toward them and a rush took over. She didn't care if she was invading her new found friend's bubble she had just seen her sister and Coop vindicated and now her main purpose in life was to again piss Lulu off. She placed her hand on Spinelli's shoulder and leaned in to kiss him making sure that Lulu saw...and she did.

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Lulu spotted Spinelli and Maxie in a lip lock and rolled her eyes.

"Please tell me I'm not seeing things."

Maxie pulled back from Spinelli and smiled as Spinelli felt a weird yet surprisingly warm feeling overcome him.

"I didn't see you there Lulu."

"What the hell were you doing to Spinelli?"

Maxie let out a little giggle.

"Spinelli just proposed."

"Proposed as in."

"Asked me to marry him, that's usually what a proposal is."

Lulu looked at Maxie and then to Spinelli waiting for her friend to comment however he was just stunned and didn't know how to respond. As he watched the two blondes exchange words he was lost in his own thoughts.

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He was standing in a garden on a beautiful spring afternoon. The few close friends and family he had made were there, Stone Cold of coarse was his best man. He was all dressed up waiting at the alter for her. Suddenly she appeared. Her short blonde hair in curls and wearing the most spectacular white gown he'd ever scene. She looked like a princess and she was all his.

--

Suddenly he was woken from his dream when a loud male voice boomed.

"Maxie." Mac Scorpio's voice said, "What are you doing."

Lulu smirked as she looked at the commissioner.

"Oh she was telling me about how Spinelli just proposed."

Maxie's face began to turn a light shade of red and she began to feel dizzy. This wasn't supposed to happen. This was only to piss Lulu off Mac was never to know, no one was to know.

Mac grabbed Spinelli which definitely brought him back to reality.

"Why would you do something stupid like this Spinelli? Did my daughter witness something you and Morgan did and your protecting your ass? Answer me. She's still grieving; she lost her boyfriend and her sister. Her sister that from my understanding loved you but you were too blind to see it."

Spinelli wasn't one to get scared in fact only two things truly brought fear into his heart. Rejection and Clowns. He didn't want to lie to the commissioner however at the same time Lulu was still standing there and after all the shit she pulled on him he wanted, no needed to piss her off. He looked up at the older man and gave him a nervous smile.

"Lulu's right sir. I did propose to your daughter. However I know she is grieving the loss of the Cunning Cadet and the Wise Georgie. We have that in common; we both have lost people we are close to."

He prayed Mac didn't ask anymore because Spinelli didn't want to drudge up his past. Mac simply nodded.

"We know it's too soon and that's why we plan to have a long engagement daddy. See no rush."

By now Lulu was in Kelly's working and Mac looked at his daughter and her alleged fiancé.

"Well then if this is what you want how about Spinelli comes over for dinner tomorrow night."

Maxie gave the young hacker a look that told him he didn't have to however Spinelli smiled turning to the older man.

"I'll be there."

--

Once Mac was gone Maxie looked over at Spinelli.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that to Lulu it's just."

"I know."

"Anyway you didn't have to do that. To play along."

Spinelli shrugged thinking that he never had a real girlfriend and maybe if he skipped the dating and went right to the engagement it would save allot of pain. Plus Maxie was his friend and he didn't want to let her down.

"So then tomorrow."

"It's a date."

He smiled and kissed her gently on the cheek.

As he left she placed her palm where his lips touched.

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Spinelli entered the penthouse and immediately spotted Jason Morgan on the couch.

"Greetings Stone Cold."

Jason looked at him and could tell something was up and he'd be hearing the whole long story.

"Spinelli I need you to..."

"Wait Stone Cold.'

'Here it comes'

"What."

"The Jackal has some great yet weird news to share with you."

Jason watched as his roommate grabbed an Orange Soda from the fridge and sat down.

"The Wounded Blonde one in an attempt to rub the Formerly Fair Lulu the wrong way let it slip that the Jackal proposed to her."

"Proposed as in."

"Asked for her hand in the most sacred of sacred rituals yea."

"I know I'm not going to like the rest but go on."

"So her father showed up and he hears that the Jackal and the Wounded Blonde one are engaged and of course I can't lie to him."

"So you are letting Maxie use you as a pawn in her latest game. I warned you to stay away from her."

"It's not like that. She told me that I could just walk away but I just...just."

"Spit it out Spinelli."

"I'm in love with her Stone Cold. There I said it. That was surprisingly less painful then I thought it would be."

"Well you're on your own for this one."

Spinelli nodded knowing that despite the fact that Nobel Emily's killer was put to justice and that he hadn't yet regained full use of his hands Stone Cold had allot of work to do.

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The next afternoon Maxie was sitting at Mac's wondering if he would show up when there was a knock at the door.

She got up to open it and was shocked at what she saw. There was Spinelli and he looked...different. He wasn't wearing his usual beanie and his messy hair was neatly combed. Even his cloths seemed nicer as he was dressed in a dark blue dress shirt and a pair of nice kaki dress pants. He held up a small metal tin and handed it to the blonde.

"My granny told me that if you were invited to someone's place for dinner always bring something for the host."

Maxie smiled as she took the tin of cookies and placed them on the counter before leading him into the kitchen.

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The dinner went surprisingly well. Maxie noticed that he was acting well normal, more mature. His voice seemed to be slower, more steady and confident and he wasn't using any Spinelli-isms like he usually did.

"So," Mac said, "what about your current situation with Jason."

"I was actually thinking about finding my own apartment soon I mean I can't mooch on Jason's generosity forever now can I."

Mac smiled glad that this young man was finding a way out of the business before he found his way into his family. They then talked about other subjects like Law and Spinelli's PI business and sports which Maxie was sure that Spinelli researched about before coming so he could have a conversation starter.

Soon dinner was over as Mac got up.

"I'm sorry to have to leave but I have to be at the station."

He smiled at Spinelli obviously approving the relationship however giving him a look that told him not to do anything he would later regret with his daughter.

Once Mac was gone Maxie slumped on the couch and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Glad the dinner from hell is over."

Spinelli looked at her.

"I mean it's all my fault this happened. It's always my fault. They don't call me Maxie the life runner for nothing."

"Who calls you that?"

"Everyone. I mean not to my face of coarse but I know they do."

"I don't."

"Hello you called me the BAD BLONDE ONE forever."

"That was before I knew you, the real you, the you Georgie knew and loved."

"And it goes back to Georgie...never mind. So was this the real Spinelli back there or was this some kind of act you know like the whole PI Jackal or whatever."

"It wasn't an act. I was just trying to be the kind of guy a girl like you would appreciate."

"Girl like me."

Spinelli blushed.

"Beautiful, smart, did I mention beautiful."

Maxie giggled and nodded.

"Yea you did."

"Oh. So yea anyway that was it the REAL Damian Spinelli no masks just me."

"Well then Damian."

He melted inside at how she called him his real name. Only his granny and the cops had ever called him that however his name coming from her lips was the sweetest sound he'd ever heard. Suddenly she leaned over and gave him a kiss. This wasn't just a kiss like the time on the stakeout or even in front of Kelly's the other day this was full of passion and promise that something big was going to happen.

Once she pulled back he smiled.

"I-I almost forgot." He stuttered in his nervous squeaky voice. He put his hand into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a small velvet box. Maxis saw it and shook her head.

"No you didn't Spinelli did you."

He opened the box and spotted a beautiful ring.

"I thought I'd do this right. Maxie Jones, will you marry me."

She bit her lip. She had seen how much this guy had been hurt and didn't want to hurt her again. Tears flooded her eyes and she simply said.

"I can't let you do this. I should of never told Lulu what I did, I mean I only wanted to piss her off I never wanted to take it this far. You're a good guy and I don't want to trap you into my web of lies and deceit and..."

He placed his hand on her lips.

"You're not trapping me. I mean sure I lied to your father and told him I proposed to piss Lulu off too I admit it but...but..."

"But."

"You're the real thing Maxie. I mean with Lulu it was an infatuation but with you I feel...well for lack of a better term different."

"The way I feel with you is different too. I don't think I even felt this way with Lucky or Coop...Not since Jesse have I felt this way...like I found the real thing. Not to say I wouldn't love to one day get engaged to you or anyone else, it's just...just I'm damaged goods...I mean I don't even have my own heart to give and when I give a piece of my borrowed heart to someone it always winds up breaking."

"I promise I would never break your heart."

Maxie nodded. Spinelli was one of the nicest guys she knew and knew that his words were sincere.

"I kind of thought you'd turn me down so." Spinelli placed the expensive ring back into his pocket and pulled out another box. He opened it to reveal a pink plastic ring shaped like a heart that he got out of a gumball machine.

"Maxie Jones would you be my friend."

"I'll do you one better"

She smiled as he placed the ring on her pinky finger.

"I will be your girlfriend."

Spinelli smiled.

"You will."

"I will."

They kissed again. As they pulled back Maxie grinned.

"And now Spinelli we need to figure out how we can get ourselves out of this engagement mess."

Spinelli chuckled as she placed her head on his shoulder.

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THE END