Rosie Spinelli: A General Hospital fanfic

Chapter six: "Is she awake?"

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Rosie got into her running clothes, and slipped on her tennis shoes. She pulled her hair into a ponytail, and then put on a headband. She put her pajamas in her suitcase and left it on her bed. She looked at herself in the mirror, and she looked at the tear tracks that stained her cheeks and sighed. Rosie stretched and then headed downstairs.

"Where are you going?" Michael asked, as Rosie tried to sneak out the door. "I'm just going out for a run." Rosie insisted, and it was true. She wasn't going to run away. "OK, but come back, I think Morgan has a little crush on you." Michael taunted and Rosie scowled at him, and left.

It was about ten in the morning and Rosie felt the cool breeze prance around her skin. She wanted to close her eyes, but whenever she did, the killer's face appeared in her thoughts. Once again, Rosie's mind turned to him.

The murderer was a massive hulk of muscle, and could have easily taken Rosie down if she had tried to attack him that night. He had come while Rosie was sleeping, and all she heard was her mother's scream, which awakened her. Then, Rosie sprinted into her parent's room, and saw the killer stab her mom, and then shoot her dad. To finish it off, he shot her mom again.

Rosie shook her head, trying to forget that night. She picked up her running pace, faster and faster she ran. Rosie thought she saw the killer and screamed. She was racing against the killer; running away from him, as fast as she could, and she wasn't stopping. "Go away!" She screamed to nobody; willing her legs to move faster. She was sweating like crazy, and her ponytail was falling out. Rosie panted, and screaming "stop!" again, and again.

"I killed your parents!" Rosie heard a voice, thinking it was the murderer, she started running faster, even though her legs couldn't go any faster. Rosie started to hurt, but she kept on running. "You're next, Rosie!" Somebody said from behind her. Rosie whipped around, and saw nobody. She was hallucinating. She ran forward, but her legs couldn't take it. She ran into a man in front of her, her legs buckled, and she fainted.

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"Is she awake?" Spinelli asked as he stared at his sister, in the Jax's guest room. He had been the one to catch her, and bring her back. He had wanted to take her to the hospital, but Carly said that she would be alright. Morgan was at karate, and Michael was with Christina. Jerry had to stay at a meeting, so it was only Carly, Spinelli, and Lulu, who had a day off and wanted to see Josselyn.

"She was hallucinating?" Lulu asked again, not believing it. When Carly nodded, Lulu shook her head. "She's too young to hallucinate." She muttered. "How did you know she was hallucinating, Spinelli?" Carly asked and Spinelli explained to them that he had followed her, and heard she had been screaming about the killer.

Rosie was lying in the bed, and the fan swung above her so she could cool off. She was sleeping, and was very pale. Spinelli hated to see his sister like this, and wished he could apologize about yesterday to her.

Suddenly, Morgan appeared on the staircase, pulling on Dante's hand, who seemed to be getting his sea legs. "Dominic!" Lulu cried and ran to him, hugging him too hard, and he almost fell down the stairs. "I'm weak, gimme a break." He muttered but kissed her forehead.

Carly owed Dominic everything for saving Lulu, and gave him a look of gratitude. "He was released and hour ago!" Morgan cried happily. "He came over to see me practice! Isn't that cool?" Morgan asked, and Carly smiled, and walked over to Dominic. "You really love Morgan, don't you?" She said, giving him a motherly look. "Well...yeah, I guess." Dante replied, with a wave of his hand, and Carly hugged him, too hard like when Lulu did, and he nearly crumpled against her. "Heh, sorry." He muttered.

"Hey, why's Spinelli here?" Morgan asked and Lulu looked at Carly, biting her lip, and then turned to Dante, and saw his confused expression too. "Uh, why don't you two come with me, and I'll tell you." Carly suggested but Morgan stayed put. "What's wrong with Rosie?"