The Missing Link

Chapter One:

"Drea?" Damian Spinelli said her name in shock as held the petite girl to him. His voice sounded weak even to his own ears. His sister's hair tickled his nose and the sweet smell of her perfume surrounded him. He pulled away from his sister carefully,holding her at arms length and looking down into his kid sister's green eyes. Eyes that matched his perfectly. They were filled with glistening tears,crystalline tears that clung to her lashes delicately. Her lips trembled and her auburn hair was pulled out of her face in a braid. Her face was devoid of any makeup,making her appear younger than her seventeen years.

"I've missed you so much Dami." Her voice was muffled as she sobbed into his neck,tiny fist clinging tightly to his t-shirt.

"How did you get here Andrea? Do Sue and Tony know that you're here?" He asked of her,lifting his eyes to look for her adoptive parents.

"I took the bus to a halfway point and then took another bus to Port Charles." Andrea whispered as she walked past him,into the apartment. "And I left them a note. I didn't tell them in person because they don't deserve that respect. They've kept me away from you for twelve years Damian and I hated that. I hate that I had to have you send letters and birthday gifts to my friend's house every year just so they wouldn't know. I hate that I had to email you in secret and wasn't able to brag about my older brother and how amazing he is." Her soft voice became louder,breaking gently as she spoke. Just then,the sound of a creaking stair caused the siblings to whirl around.

A teenage girl around sixteen stepped down off the step into the living room of Spinelli's penthouse. Her long,dark brown hair fell messily about her shoulders and the orange t-shirt she wore exposed one shoulder. She wore a pair of light weight,plaid pajama pants that covered her feet and were baggy around her slender legs. A purplish bruise on the side of her face marred her otherwise flawless complexion. "Hey Spinelli. What would you like for breakfast? I wanna make it up to you for letting me stay here last---" She trailed off as she finally noticed the girl who stood beside Spinelli. Her dark eyes narrowed as she took in the girl from head to toe. She looked familiar. She and Spinelli shared the same green eyes,the ones that changed to different colors of green for every emotion. They both had pale complexions and similar mouths. "I'm sorry Spin...I didn't know you had company." She said apologetically as she held her hand out to the auburn haired girl. "I'm Kristina. Kristina Davis. Most people refer to me as Krissy." She said.

Andrea studied Kristina closely and then looked at her brother quizzically. "I'm Andrea. Andrea Spinelli." She said,speaking her real last name instead of the one of her adoptive parents. "My brother calls me Drea. I have a friend back in Ohio who calls me Andie. I'm Dami's sister. Why did you stay here last night anyway?" She asked as Damian left the room to go into the kitchen to make some coffee. Andrea and Kristina seemed to really get along well.

"Spinelli is your brother?" Kristina asked with a shocked look on her face. "I didn't know he had one! How come you haven't been here before? As for why I'm here,I had a fight with my boyfriend,Kiefer and Spinelli found me outside of a pizza place. He brought me here because he didn't think I should be alone." Her hand fluttered up like a wounded bird to touch the bruise on her skin softly. She winced. It hurt alot. Tender to the touch.

Andrea's brows drew in concern as she heard the hiss spill from Andrea's lips. Somehow she knew what exactly the other girl's boyfriend had done. That explained why Spinelli hadn't wanted her alone. "That's the work of Tony and Sue. My adoptive parents. They would never let me visit him or vice versa." She said,crossing her arms over her chest.

"Why?" The dark haired girl asked,feeling puzzled.

Andrea went over to sit on the couch,staring off into space as Kristina sat down next to her. "My brother and I....we didn't have the best home life. The last time I saw him,I was five--I'd be six years old that next week and Damian would be---eleven in only two days. My brother--I always remember him doing all he could to protect me. The beatings..." At this she broke off,smothering a sob with her hand. "He'd take beatings for me. I'd do something "wrong" and he'd...he'd take the blame. He'd say that it was him. He'd say that he did it just so I couldn't be hurt. And he---this one time...this one time that I shouldn't remember but I do,though I wish I didn't,I dropped a glass of juice and he took the blame and they shoved him to the ground so he fell into the glass and it cut his hands and arms. They---wouldn't take him to the hospital. He was bleeding so bad and they just watched and laughed. They weren't...they weren't our real parents. We were given to the foster care system when Dami was five and I was still a baby. We were attached and they didn't want to seperate us. Out of all the homes we were placed in,there was only one good one. An elderly couple who adored us. Only they died from heartattacks and we were placed in other homes where we were ignored,abused,treated like animals. We were the horror stories you hear about. The unwanted children who just---fell through the cracks. Anyway,I was adopted by Sue and Tony Roswell that year that I was five. They only wanted me. Not Damian. Damian was instead placed with our grandma Miriam who we'd never met before. She could only take care of him because she wasn't as young as she used to be. Sue and Tony...they find Damian a freak. If he's a freak what does that make me? We had the same life for five years. I had to get the letters and gifts he sent me sent to my friend Cody's house."

Kristina swallowed hard,unsure of how to take the news.

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Meanwhile,back at the hotel Michael was shakily pulling his jeans on and buttoning them up. Reddened scratch marks were on his pale chest,back,forearms and shoulders a pleasant reminder of the night he had with the mysterious Andrea. He sighed and fell onto the bed ungracefullly in a sitting position and grabbed the phone on the nightstand,dialing a number.

He needed to talk to his sister----now!!

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The phone rang at the right moment,saving Kristina from saying the wrong thing. Looking down at the cell phone in her hand she sighed. It was Michael. Flipping it open,she asked in a soft voice,"Hello?"

"Kristina,it's me. I messed up. I messed up bad." His voice sounded weary,conflicted.

She furrowed her brow and rested a hand on her hip. "What did you do Michael? Are you hurt? Did you get in a fight with someone?" She asked as she waved goodbye to Andrea,gave Spinelli a hug and ran out the door to find her brother.

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Andrea froze,her green eyes huge.

Spinelli noticed his sister's look and sat down beside her. "Drea? Is something wrong?" He asked in concern.

Her answer was to throw herself into her brother's arms and burrow her head into his neck like she did when she was a little girl. "I messed up."

He ran a hand over her carefully braided hair and hugged her warmly to him. "Why Drea? What did you do?" He asked in a gentle whisper.

"I slept with a boy named Michael Corinthos last night. I think he might've been Krissy's boyfriend. That guy on the phone---he sounded like him and his name was Michael and he told Kristina that he messed up." Her auburn head dropped shamefully as she twisted her small fingers nervously.

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"What are you doing at a hotel, Michael?" Kristina questioned as they sat and ate in the restauraunt.

"I had sex with a girl last night. Her name was Andrea but I never learned her last name. She had auburn hair and the most beautiful green eyes and pale skin and perfect lips. She tasted like cotton candy. When I woke up this morning she was gone. I need to find her. Need to apologise for just---taking advantage of her." Michael said as he met his sister's probing gaze. "How do I do that?"

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An hour later,Andrea walked into a small diner called Kelly's. Her brother had went to work and Andrea had decided to explore the town. She went up to the counter to order a shake and accidentally bumped shoulders with a blond haired young man. The one who'd been haunting her senses since the night before.

His eyes widened and lit up like electrical units as he saw who she was and one word fell from her lips,"Andrea."

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Spinelli was sitting at his desk in his PI office when the door swung open and Kristina stepped inside,appearing as frazzled as he felt.

At the same time they said,"We need to talk!"

Next Chapter:Spin and Krissy talk about what to do,Kristina has a run in with Keifer after leaving Jackal/McCall PI. Michael and Andrea have an awkward conversation then are called to the hospital,interrupting their conversation.