Betrayal

Maxie Jones walked out onto the balcony of Wyndemere. She walked over to look down at the ground from above as she thought of the night's events. She could feel tears trailing down her cheeks and chin. She didn't know how Cooper could have so many dark secrets. She'd thought that Logan Hayes was an asshole but it turned out that Coop,her ex boyfriend,the boy that she still cared about even after she'd made the bet with his best friend was a murderer. He'd killed Leticia. Carly's children's nanny. No one had thought it might be him tormenting the people involved in the mob. And then tonight,the night of the infamous Black and White Ball, a night that was also her birthday,chaos had ensued. It had started when all the lights went out and everyone was seperated from one another. She,Coop,Georgie,Spinelli,Logan,Nadine Crowell,and Johnny Zacarrah had been in the barn together. Spinelli and Nadine had hurriedly told the rest of them what had happened an hour previously when Anthony Zaccarrah had confronted them,wanting to kill Nadine who he had thought was LuLu Spencer. With much trepidation Johnny had told them how his father wanted to keep him always at home. He told them that he'd knocked out some guy to get their invitation so he could come and warn LuLu about his father. He'd found her and tried to warn her but had been seperated from her as soon as the lights had shut off.

They had all been surpised when they saw the dried blood on Cooper's head but they thought nothing more about it when he told them that it had been a fallen branch that had hit him. If they had stopped him,Nadine Crowell would still be alive. So would Georgie Jones,her younger sister. Innocent people had died. Georgie had only been nineteen. She hadn't really lived yet. Maxie found herself wishing that it had been her that had died. Not Georgie. Georgie had been kind and sweet and what happened to her was wrong. She couldn't understand. The only person who had ever understood her,the only one who'd cared for her despite everything was gone forever now.

Maxie really began to cry then. Her messed up hair falling in her mascara streaked face as she collapsed onto the stone ground,her hands gripping her short brown hair as she gasped for breath. She didn't hear the footsteps behind her. She was too upset to notice anything. The footsteps grew closer and a hand tentativley touched her shoulder as the person sat on the ground beside her,gently turning her to face him. She looked up into the eyes of Damien Spinelli. He looked worse for wear. She noticed,seeing how his eyes held a darkened look in them. His dark brown hair which had been neatly combed for the night was now messy and wayward strands fell in his eyes. There was a tear in the shoulder of his white dress shirt and she could see that there was a cut there. She felt him put his jacket around her gently and she was amazed at how much of a gentleman he was being. "Why are you being so nice to me?!" She demanded sharply,immediatly regretting it when she saw the hurt look on the young man's face. He was only trying to be nice and she had to yell at him. She really was a bitch.

Spinelli refrained himself from biting back an angry retort and instead he said in a soft,sad voice,"The Faithful Fri...Georgie. She would want me to. And I..I can sort of understand what your going through."

Maxie gazed up at him in surprise as she wrapped his suit jacket tighter around her. "How can you even begin to understand? Huh? How? I brought a monster into my life! I was so happy that I didn't notice that there was something strange about him! Now my sister is dead and I'll never see her again!!" she screeched,glaring at him angrilly.

"When StoneCold was working the nightshift at the hospital a few months ago,I became close with a girl. She was Fair Nadine's younger sister. The Falsely Fair Jolene and I...I lost my...I mean...we..."

Maxie watched with bitter amusement as the boy beside her struggled to find the right words to say,"You two had sex." She finished for him shortly as she let out a snicker.

Spinelli gave her a brief glare,"The Bad Brunette One is correct. Anyway,StoneCold suspected her of all the bad things going on in the hospital and so he gave me orders to see if I could find anything against her. StoneCold was...he was correct in his assumption. Then just when he turned her in this evil gang began shooting right in the hospital. StoneCold,The Falsely Fair Jolene,The Pink One,and I all hid behind the desk. Someone was going to hurt StoneCold so I threw my laptop at him. They aimed to shoot The Jackal instead but...she saved me." He said in a mere whisper as he looked at his knees.

Maxie's mouth fell open as the computer hacker who was so much more than just a funny,annoying guy began to cry in despair. It was then that she realized that he could understand and that she wasn't alone. The young man who always seemed to dislike her was there. He was listening and trying to understand despite how horrible she had been to him in the past. That took courage. They might never be the best of friends but they could always try...for Georgie.