Author's Note: This is only the beginning (first few chapters). Based on how much feedback I get, I'll continue or not. I do hope to get a lot of reviews because I love this couple and it's something I do want to continue. A few things quickly before you read and review what I have so far, Dante was never romantically involved with Lulu, Maxie hasn't been with Spinelli(in awhile), and Lulu doesn't know half of what she knows on the show. Happy reading, please review! It takes only a minute and makes the day that much better :) All flashbacks are in Italics.

The day had started out so normal, Maxie wasn't quite sure when it'd turned into the hell she was currently in. She remembered everything vividly, the events that had happened in the past twenty-four hours. In no way had any of them indicated that she'd be at General Hospital covered in the blood of two men.

Maxie knew that she shouldn't have been sneaking around with Dominic Pirelli. She knew she should've stopped things from becoming serious, stopped herself from becoming emotionally invested. But she hadn't and now? Now, she was sitting in the waiting area, her sapphire dress now a shade of crimson.

Lulu was in the next chair over and she hadn't said one word since arriving ten minutes ago. It wasn't that big of a surprise really considering the secrets which had been uncovered. Maxie looked over at Lulu, wondering if she should break the silence. "Lulu, say something" She said, quietly as she attempted to stop her blood stained hands from shaking.

"What do you want me to say, Maxie? We're supposed to be best friends, and you kept an enormous secret from me for months"

Maxie looked down at her hands, as a single tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm sorry, Lulu. But I didn't have a choice and even if I did? I probably wouldn't have said anything, anyway. I'm a selfish shrew and I only look out for myself" she lied, knowing the lies had all been to protect him.

"Maybe before you knew Spinelli" Lulu looked at her. She was of course referring to her comment about being a selfish shrew.

"Look having Spinelli in my life doesn't just erase who or what I am deep down. I knew all this could hurt him and I still did it" She said, shrugging. "He deserves better than me for a best friend"

"He probably does, but he wants you for one reason or another. You can do no wrong in his eyes, you know that"

"Yeah, I know. It's a lot to live up to—being up on a pedestal that high."

"Is that why you started sleeping with Dominic—err, Dante?" Lulu asked, as she tucked some of her blonde hair behind her ear.

"No, I started sleeping with him because he knew I was a self-absorbed bitch, and he didn't care. He liked everything about me—even all the bad. I haven't had that in a long time, since Georgie was murdered" she admitted, her voice so quiet near the end, it was almost a wonder she was even heard.

"Maxie, are you in love with him?"

She nodded her head. "Yeah, It's funny how all I wanted was amazing sex and a little bit of fun" She sighed, looking away from Lulu. "And look what I got. Look what's happened, Lulu"

Lulu took a breath in, exhaling slowly. It was a lot to process on top of the walking STD screwing her brother over. No one had told Lulu, squat. She saw that Maxie was shaken right down to the core and asking her what happened? It was probably a terrible idea. But she had to know if she was going to help at all. "What happened, Maxie?"

Maxie rose from the chair and took a few steps away from Lulu, before turning to face her. "I know logically that I'm not still at that house that I'm here at GH with you. But I still feel like I'm there and I can still smell that scent of gunpowder and death, Lulu. I look down at my hands? And they're covered in the blood of two men. One innocent and one guilty as sin"

"You're safe, Maxie. No one's going to hurt you. You can tell me what happened"

Maxie took a shaky breath before gently nodding her head. "It all started this morning"

Kate hated when people were late to work and Maxie knew this, and yet? She wasn't moving from her position in the bed. She hadn't lifted her head off of his chest and she hadn't removed her hands from their place, either.

"I need to go"

He looked down into her eyes; she looked so tiny in his arms. "So go"

She pressed a kiss to his chest before lifting her head slightly, enough to really look him in the eyes. "The problem here is that I don't want to. I mean I know Kate is going to have my head on a silver platter with her morning latte, because I'm late." She told him, seriously. Kate would be furious—that was for certain. "But I also know that today's THE day"

"Maxie..."

"I just, I know I'm paranoid and all. But I can't help but worry something will go wrong. I can't lose you the way I lost them"

"What happened to Jesse, Georgie, and Cooper was not your fault and you know that. Nothin' is going to go wrong" Dante told her, insistently. He'd bust Sonny and then most likely have to lie low for awhile, but he wasn't going to get himself killed.

"You don't know that, Dante"

"You're right, I don't know that. But I choose to believe that"

She was worried and he was stubborn, great combination. "Yeah, I hope you're right" She said, getting out of the bed and pulling her clothes back on. Maxie pulled her hair back neatly before turning to face him one last time.

"Maxie, It's gonna be okay. I know no matter how many times I say that to you, that you won't believe it. But nothin' is gonna happen to me" he said, unsure of who he was really convincing, her or himself.

"Just call me, when it's over? Let me know you're breathing and riddled with bullets?" She asked, pleading with her eyes and voice. She leaned down and quickly kissed him on the lips. The kind of kiss that was routine on a person's way out.

"And then you know what happened at work because hello, you were there"

Lulu looked confused. How did that add up to blood all over her? "Right, but that doesn't explain all that" Lulu said, pointing to her bloody dress.

"Well that didn't happen till later"