Maxie's Dream

Maxie is laying on the couch asleep when she hears a knock on the door.

"What? Okay. I'm coming." Maxie says as she gets up off of the couch and answers the door.

"Lulu, hey. What are you doing here?" Maxie says surprised.

"How could you lie to me about the baby?" Lulu says to Maxie as she enters her apartment.

Maxie closes her apartment door and says, "Lulu, I-I didn't lie about…"

Lulu gets angry and says, "There it is again. They just roll right off the tongue, don't they?"

Maxie gets nervous and says, "What are you talking about?"

Lulu then says, "It's over. Dr. Westbourne told me everything."

Maxie looks at Lulu and says, "Oh."

Lulu begins to tear up and says, "Oh"? Really? That's all you have to say? You lost our baby, something that would have been difficult, no doubt, but we would have gotten through it together."

Maxie then starts to tear up and says, "You say that now."

Lulu wipes her tears and says, "I would have said something different back then? Well, I guess we'll never know now, will we? Because instead of telling me and Dante, instead of telling the baby's parents that... you lost the child, you lied. You said that everything was fine. And what's worse, the night that you lost our child, you go and get yourself knocked up."

"I'm sorry, Lulu. That was an accident. I never meant for that to happen." Maxie says to Lulu.

Lulu then says, "Yeah, yeah, I believe you. I believe that you didn't mean to get pregnant and it's not your fault. Well, not using protection was your fault, but you know what I mean. So, here you are now, pregnant again...with Nathan's child. And you still can't be honest with me."

Maxie then says, "Lulu..."

"What were you thinking? Did you think that you could get away with this forever, that you could pass your baby off as mine?! What is wrong with you?!" Lulu says.

Maxie then says, "I don't know, okay?! I-I thought that I was doing the right thing! I mean, you… you wanted a baby so bad…"

Lulu begins to cry as she yells, "I WANTED MY BABY… MY BABY… NOT YOUR BABY!"

Lulu walks to the couch and sits down as she says, "You let us dream up its future, think up names... listen to a heartbeat..."

"I'm sorry." Maxie says.

Lulu then says, "Me too. I'm sorry... that I ever trusted you with my child. I am sorry that I ever thought, for one second, that you could handle this. My first instinct about you was dead on."

Maxie begins to cry and says, "No. No, Lulu, I… I just wanted you to be happy."

Lulu then says, "You're too selfish to care about anybody else's happiness. I am clear on that now. You realize that you would have been giving away your own child! You would have been giving away Nathan's child!"

Maxie then yells, "You don't understand! I don't want the baby! Neither does Nathan!"

Maxie gasps as she wakes up from her dream as she sits up on the couch she sees Nathan standing in the living room looking at her on the couch.

Maxie then says," I must have fallen asleep out here. That was a dream. Thank God that was just a dream."

Nathan then says, "More like a nightmare. You were… you were distressed. And very vocal."

Maxie then gets worried and says, "Was I? What did I say?"

Nathan then says, "Uh... something about me... and a baby?"

Maxie gets off of the couch and says, "I was... talking in my sleep about you."

Nathan then says, "Yes. And I quote, "I don't want the baby, and neither does Nathan."

Maxie then plays it off and says, "Interesting."

Nathan then says, "Yes and I think I actually know why you had your outburst."

Maxie then quickly says, "You do?"

"Yeah. Maybe you happened to hear a rather heated conversation that I had on the phone with my mother about children last night." Nathan says.

Maxie then says, "I swear I wasn't eavesdropping."

"Maxie, you wouldn't need to. The walls in this place are incredibly thin. Um... it started out as a great discussion about my life here and about you. And then things just blew up when I had to explain to my mother the real reason I picked up my whole life and moved here to Port Charles. So I had to tell my mom that my ex-girlfriend broke my heart and that we had a heated conversation about whether we would have children someday and that is what ended our relationship well that among other things.

"I did hear something about babies." Maxie says.

Nathan then says, "Yes, but you heard the conversation wrong. It was actually my ex-girlfriend who didn't want to have kids."

"Why not?" Maxie asks.

"Well as she said she wasn't about to mess up her perfectly good body by having a child and she did not want hold any resentment towards a child that we created."

"Um… can't she just get a personal trainer and call it a day?" Maxie says.

Nathan sighs and says, "Apparently not."

Maxie then says, "And you don't feel the same way about kids as your ex-girlfriend does."

Nathan then says, No, I don't. I have always knew that I wanted to be a dad. Actually, recently you have really helped me realize that I made the right decision by moving out here and by walking away from a person who doesn't have the same family values as I do. Maxie just look at what you are doing you are heroically carrying a baby that is not even yours so that you can give two people the joy of being parents. I realized that I want that, you know? But if I would have stayed with my ex-girlfriend I may not have got the chance. But if you ask my mother she says that I should be with her even if that means never getting the chance to be a father. So my mother has me thinking maybe I'm not meant to be a father."

Maxie says, "No, that's not true you are meant to be a father."

"I appreciate your enthused optimism Maxie but at this current moment it seems very unlikely that I will ever experience fatherhood."

Maxie then says, "I just think you're getting a little ahead of yourself. That's all. I mean, you are still young and any women would kill to have your child trust me. Your ex-girlfriend has got to be the stupidest woman ever to deny herself or a child your love. And as far as your mother goes I'm sure she will come around eventually. Well since we are getting to know each other I think it's only right that I ask. You aren't planning on having babies anytime soon, right?"

Nathan then says, Oh no, no. Any talk of it is strictly theoretical. Yeah, and I do hope that you're right, about me getting the chance to be a father because... I have a confession to make."

Maxie then says quickly, "Join the club."

Nathan looks at Maxie and says, "What was that?"

"Oh nothing I said please, confess."

"Well Maxie, I've come to realize that I have a very strong desire to have children."

Maxie smiles at Nathan and says, "You do?"

Nathan then says, "Yes. Well... as you know, I had both of my parents and my sister Nina but my parents were hardly around so I was mostly raised by Nannies, I mean, I'm not saying that I didn't have a wonderful life. But…

"But you wanted more." Maxie says.

"The concept of family means everything to me... you know…parents, children... maybe a pet or two... blows my mind." Nathan says as he sits down on the couch.

Maxie sits next to Nathan and says, "You know, I remember when, I talked with Spinelli about having kids right before our non-wedding and the idea of it completely freaked me out and maybe it was because I was planning on building a family with the wrong person. But now that I am talking to you about this and actually thinking about it…

Nathan then says, "Imagine that. You know, if fate had taken a different turn during our one night stand there would be a little Naxie creation growing right inside of you right now."

After hearing him say that Maxie feels guilty about what she is doing and decides to tell Nathan the truth.

Maxie then says, "Nathan?"

As Maxie says that there is a knock on the door.

Maxie then says, "Hold on."

Maxie gets up from the couch and answers the door to see Dante standing there.

"What are you doing here? Maxie asks.

Dante looks at Maxie sad and says, "Hey. Uh... we need to talk. It's about Lulu."

Dante walks into Maxie's apartment and says, "I wasn't gonna come here just because I didn't want to upset you with the baby and everything."

Maxie then says, "Why would I be upset?"

Dante continues talking and says, "But you're one of Lulu's best friends, and you should know what's going on, and maybe you know something. Maybe you can even help."

Maxie then gets upset and says, "With what, Dante? What is happening?"

Nathan then says, "Is Lulu in some sort of trouble?"

Dante then on the verge of tears says, "Well, she's, uh... she's missing. She's been taken."

"This can't be happening. Lulu's just gone? Who would do that? What would somebody possibly want from her?" Maxie says.

Dante then says, "I don't know. I don't know. That's what I'm trying to find out. So, um... look, maybe… maybe you can tell me. You guys have been going to the doctor's appointments together and hanging out a lot. Maybe…maybe you saw something suspicious, like a face, maybe, that…that shouldn't be there that many times or a car that's been parked somewhere…

Maxie then says, "I'm sorry. No, I don't… I don't remember anything. I mean, everything seemed fine. Lulu seemed happy."

Nathan then says, Yeah man I live here and I have been here a lot with Maxie and Lulu and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Dante then says, "Okay. Uh... I'm gonna go keep searching. Uh..."

Maxie then says, "Please keep…"

Dante cuts Maxie off and says, "Yeah, just let me know if she gets in touch with you."

Maxie then says, "I'll call you."

"If you think of anything..." Dante says.

Maxie then says, "I'm sorry."

Dante then says, "I'm gonna find her."

"There's not a doubt in my mind." Maxie says.

Nathan then says, Dante do you need me to come out there and help you out?"

"It's okay. I actually want you to stay here and take care of Maxie. I know that you two have been getting close so don't let her go man. I want you to hold on to her and don't let her out of your sight." Dante says.

Nathan looks at Dante and says, "Sure. I will take good care of Maxie."

Maxie then says, "Well what… what can I do?"

Dante then bends down and outs his hand on Maxie's stomach and says, "Uh... just... take care of our little baby, okay?"

Maxie gets a guilty look on her face as Dante walks out of the door.

Nathan comes up to Maxie and wraps his arms around her as he says, "Don't worry Maxie everything is going to be just fine."