Some random announcements- This story has surpassed 100 pages on word
(clocks in at 101, it does!) and the page where I made this chapter cut is
at 79, so. you've still got quite a bit of stuff to look forward to. Also,
tomorrow is the day where I spend half of the time driving back from my
college to my hometown. So, it doesn't look like an update would come
anything before mid-day at the earliest. I WILL update tomorrow (I Hope)
and the rest of the time as well. If I can't do daily updates anymore it's
because when I'm home my creative abilities tend to take a major plummet. I
have this constant thorn in my side that sucks up just about every ounce of
my creativeness always there. I call her 'Mommy'. I believe that is it, so
onto the reviews (I got a lot of them, too!) in no particular order.
Shadow- Look for a majority of your questions to be answered herein, at least involving the charges and Sonny's attitude towards the fight. The other stuff, the cast stuff, I can't do anything about that (alas, I have not the power). Thank you for saying this is your favorite story, it makes me feel good about how I'm doing and if it's getting across the way I want it to.
Shamira- The chapter titles often just come to me, but that one was particularly true. As for the Morgan/Damian moment, it was fated to happen. It's often something I do in my stories where the main character has to hold a baby, he or she often doesn't like doing it. Actually when I was planning this story in my head I had the idea of having it be Damian/Sage and giving it that Romeo and Juliet feel. I mean, Sonny and Lorenzo hate each other but their respective charges would love one another. It would make for some fun. Ultimately I settled on Maxie because A) Robin Richards is quite attractive (and yes, I feel dirty saying that, but she IS pretty.) and B) I'd get to boot Kyle. I'm sure there were plenty of other reasons, but those are the big two. Jason's always looking to protect Carly from harm, that's just the way he is. He's her safety net and I wanted to show that. Also, rumor has it that TPTB and Greg have come to an agreement and he will NOT be leaving the show. However, I have not seen anything that supports this theory and I have seen things that support that he is leaving. Still, we shall keep our fingers crossed, shall we not? Personally I'm happy to see Scott go, I want to punch him so very hard. He never ceases to piss me off every second he's on camera. Besides, I rather like Ric (ducks). Yes, the Damian/Maxie relationship is beginning to take form. Carly's not so much giving him a chance as she is not fighting him and making Sonny miserable. Like you said before, Michael is impossible not to love. Plus, Damian was used to being an only child up until that point. Michael gives him something he's never had before. I concur Kyle needs to die. You can't believe how hard I was laughing when I read that. Oh, the amusement.
Chicpinay- You guess correctly. While I don't have a name for it (Liason, Journey, etc etc) for this relationship (Maxian?) it is something that I've wanted to get started for awhile. Besides, it's an original character, unworthy of the chic GH fandom terms. Kyle is a jerk, hence why he got his ass beat. Michael certainly didn't seem to mind the violence, I'm sure he knew that Damian was acting correctly. Remember that Sonny's always said that you protect women from being hurt. So, with that in mind, I doubt the boy thought ill of Damian. His parents, on the other hand, well, that is a different story. Yes, I would pay for a Dillon attempting to cook scene, but it is a dream, just a dream.\
That was really long, anyway, on with the show.
Story-
"Assault charges?" Maxie asked, shocked. Kyle was filing assault charges on Damian? If anyone had any right to file charges of assault it would be her on him. Georgie could see her sister was in a state of unrest, and she wanted to say something to Mac, but it was not her place. Dillon was busy slumping in the couch, hoping that Mac wouldn't see him. "Mac, can't you do something about that?"
He shook his head, "Once the charges are filed there isn't much I can do, Maxie. Unless you have something to say that would discredit him."
All eyes were on Maxie, who said nothing. She wanted to say something, but at the same time she knew how Mac was, knew that he would take everything out of proportion. She couldn't handle that right now.
Mac took her silence as an answer, although it wasn't one he entirely believed, "Kyle only gave us a first name of his assailant, but he said that the guy was talking to you."
"He was," Maxie answered meekly.
"So who was he?"
"I don't really know. He just moved here a few days ago."
Mac walked over and knelt by Maxie, "You just strike up random conversations with people who end up hitting other guys in public?" Mac put his arm around her, touching her bruises. She pulled away from him, but he figured that it was just because she didn't want to be touched, not because she was hurt. "Maxie, that isn't like you."
"He was with Michael," She stated, "Michael saw me and ran over to say hi. Damian was with him. Michael said that Damian was his older brother."
"That's a start," Mac said as he got up, "I'll have to go check up on the Corinthos's. Thank you, Maxie. And, Dillon, don't think I won't forget that you were here trying to hide from me."
"Bye, Mac," Dillon said with a shallow wave of his hand, the rest of his body still being ineffectively cloaked by the couch. They heard the door close and Dillon slumped even further, "I can't hide from that guy."
"Maxie-"
"Don't, Georgie!" Maxie shot out, "Don't give me some lecture about how I didn't do the right thing, because I don't want to hear it."
"You're going to let someone possibly go to jail for defending you, Maxie!" Georgie pointed out forcefully, "You said it yourself, if he hadn't have been there Kyle might have done more than bruise your arms."
"What would Mac do if he found out that Kyle had even laid a hand on me, Georgie?" Maxie asked, "He'd freak out and ruin both our lives!"
"He's only trying to protect you both," Dillon said, "Believe me, I'd be the last person to defend Mac the judgmental, but he deserves to know."
"Besides," Georgie continued, "Kyle deserves to be the one in trouble for doing that to you, not this Damian guy."
Maxie began to weep, the situation getting to her, "Georgie, drop it, please!"
"Maxie," Georgie began calmly, "I can't make this decision for you, but you have to know that you can keep an innocent person from getting into trouble. It isn't fair to him and it isn't fair to you." Maxie got off the chair and ran upstairs, slamming her door. Georgie sighed, "I can't believe her."
"She's afraid," Dillon said as he grabbed her hand, "If Kyle knew that she was the one who told on him what do you think he would do? We both know that he has the shortest fuse out of anyone around here, and his parents have enough money they'll bail him out of any situation. Maxie might not want to fight a battle she can't win."
"Maybe I can catch Mac," Georgie headed for the door.
"Didn't you say that this had to be her decision, not yours?"
She stopped herself as she heard Dillon point that out, "Why do I always end up getting wrapped up in her problems?"
"Because she's your sister and you care about her a lot." Dillon wrapped his arms around hers, "And it shows that you're a great person, which is why I love you so much. My cousins are usually at each others throats. Jason can barely stomach being around any of us because he hates AJ so much. Trust me, they'd be better people if they had a relationship like you and Maxie."
Corinthos Household-
Damian and Michael walked in, Sonny and Carly were on the couch waiting for them. "That took you long enough," Carly said.
"We ran into a problem," Damian responded.
"Damian got into a fight," Michael informed his parents.
Carly's eyes grew wide, "You exposed my child to violence?"
"I didn't want to, Carly. But-"
"But nothing!" Carly interjected, "We can't even trust you to do a simple thing like take Michael for a walk without somehow poisoning his mind." Carly looked at Michael, "Honey, go upstairs while your father and I talk to Damian about what happened."
"It wasn't his fault, mommy," Michael stated in defense of Damian.
"That's not for you to decide," Carly proclaimed, "Now, please, go to your room." Michael ran upstairs as Damian tossed himself on the couch, "You think this is funny, don't you?"
"No, I don't," Damian answered, "Believe me I would have much rather gotten through the day without getting into a fight, but it looks like I'll have two within the span of an hour. Just my luck."
"Don't take that tone with me!" Carly demanded, "We work very hard to keep Michael from seeing things that might have a negative influence on him."
"You're being awfully judgmental for someone who doesn't even know what happened," Damian pointed out.
"You got into a fight in front of my son. Do I need to know anything else?"
"I think we do, Carly," Sonny finally spoke, letting his wife have her moment.
"Michael saw Maxie at the park and went to talk with her. We were talking too when her boyfriend came and started to yell at her. I told him to back off but he didn't. She finally slapped him and he was going to hit her, so I grabbed his arm and he punched me instead."
"Is that it?" Sonny asked.
"I punched him back and he ran off. We walked Maxie back to her house and then came back here. That is it." He looked at Carly, "I don't support violence, Carly, but I'm not going to just stand there and watch some woman get abused by her egotistical former boyfriend. Which message would you rather have me show Michael? That it's okay to hit a woman? Or that you should stand up for someone if you see that they are being treated badly?"
Carly swallowed her pride, she knew he was right. She didn't want to tell him that he was right, but she needed to, "Okay, so I overreacted. I'm sorry."
"You appear to do that a lot, don't you?"
"That's enough, Damian," Sonny said. "While you were away we talked about my offer and Carly's agreed with me, you need to stay here. Everything you owned has been moved into the guest room which is right around the corner."
"Are you sure about this, Carly?" Damian asked.
Carly was against the idea still, but she had to think about more than herself. Michael was already worshiping Damian, and it was important to Sonny. "It's what Sonny wants." There was a knock at the door and Carly turned around to open it. "Mac?"
"We're looking for a suspect in an assault case, we have reason to believe that he is here."
"What's going on?" Sonny demanded to know.
Mac ignored Sonny for the moment, focusing on the third person in the room, "Are you Damian?"
"I am."
"Could you please come down to the station, we've got some questions to ask."
"Mac!" Sonny said again, "Where are you taking my son?"
"Sonny, I need to take him in because there are charges pressed against him. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Please don't make me put the cuffs on him."
Carly could see that Sonny was less than pleased with what was happening. When Sonny lost his temper things usually became much worse. "Sonny, let them do what they need to do, we'll get him out." She personally wanted the kid to stay in jail, but she was the only one who could calm her husband down and it involved showing support for his son. It was the lesser of two evils for now.
"Follow me," Mac told Damian, "I'll escort you to the Police Department." Damian did as instructed and closed the door behind him.
Sonny slammed his fist on the table, "I can't believe this!"
"He did get into a fight with that boy Maxie's been seeing," Carly pointed out, "Kyle, I think his name is."
"He was defending Maxie and himself! Leave it to the PCPD to make a mess out of something like this! I'm going to call my lawyers and have them file a harassment charge against the department!"
"Sonny, stop." Carly ordered softly, "I know you're angry at everything right now but blowing your top isn't going to help Damian, it's only going to hurt him."
"We both know that they're going to do everything in their power to make him look guilty," Sonny said, "They're going to treat him like dirt because he's my son. Baldwin's got a vendetta against us all and he's going to take it out on my kid. Michael was there, he can tell them what happened."
"Don't drag Michael into this, Sonny. He's just a little boy. He'll be so scared when he walked into the station and sees Damian there being treated like a criminal," She grabbed his shoulder, "The only thing we can do right now is get him out of there before it's too late."
Shadow- Look for a majority of your questions to be answered herein, at least involving the charges and Sonny's attitude towards the fight. The other stuff, the cast stuff, I can't do anything about that (alas, I have not the power). Thank you for saying this is your favorite story, it makes me feel good about how I'm doing and if it's getting across the way I want it to.
Shamira- The chapter titles often just come to me, but that one was particularly true. As for the Morgan/Damian moment, it was fated to happen. It's often something I do in my stories where the main character has to hold a baby, he or she often doesn't like doing it. Actually when I was planning this story in my head I had the idea of having it be Damian/Sage and giving it that Romeo and Juliet feel. I mean, Sonny and Lorenzo hate each other but their respective charges would love one another. It would make for some fun. Ultimately I settled on Maxie because A) Robin Richards is quite attractive (and yes, I feel dirty saying that, but she IS pretty.) and B) I'd get to boot Kyle. I'm sure there were plenty of other reasons, but those are the big two. Jason's always looking to protect Carly from harm, that's just the way he is. He's her safety net and I wanted to show that. Also, rumor has it that TPTB and Greg have come to an agreement and he will NOT be leaving the show. However, I have not seen anything that supports this theory and I have seen things that support that he is leaving. Still, we shall keep our fingers crossed, shall we not? Personally I'm happy to see Scott go, I want to punch him so very hard. He never ceases to piss me off every second he's on camera. Besides, I rather like Ric (ducks). Yes, the Damian/Maxie relationship is beginning to take form. Carly's not so much giving him a chance as she is not fighting him and making Sonny miserable. Like you said before, Michael is impossible not to love. Plus, Damian was used to being an only child up until that point. Michael gives him something he's never had before. I concur Kyle needs to die. You can't believe how hard I was laughing when I read that. Oh, the amusement.
Chicpinay- You guess correctly. While I don't have a name for it (Liason, Journey, etc etc) for this relationship (Maxian?) it is something that I've wanted to get started for awhile. Besides, it's an original character, unworthy of the chic GH fandom terms. Kyle is a jerk, hence why he got his ass beat. Michael certainly didn't seem to mind the violence, I'm sure he knew that Damian was acting correctly. Remember that Sonny's always said that you protect women from being hurt. So, with that in mind, I doubt the boy thought ill of Damian. His parents, on the other hand, well, that is a different story. Yes, I would pay for a Dillon attempting to cook scene, but it is a dream, just a dream.\
That was really long, anyway, on with the show.
Story-
"Assault charges?" Maxie asked, shocked. Kyle was filing assault charges on Damian? If anyone had any right to file charges of assault it would be her on him. Georgie could see her sister was in a state of unrest, and she wanted to say something to Mac, but it was not her place. Dillon was busy slumping in the couch, hoping that Mac wouldn't see him. "Mac, can't you do something about that?"
He shook his head, "Once the charges are filed there isn't much I can do, Maxie. Unless you have something to say that would discredit him."
All eyes were on Maxie, who said nothing. She wanted to say something, but at the same time she knew how Mac was, knew that he would take everything out of proportion. She couldn't handle that right now.
Mac took her silence as an answer, although it wasn't one he entirely believed, "Kyle only gave us a first name of his assailant, but he said that the guy was talking to you."
"He was," Maxie answered meekly.
"So who was he?"
"I don't really know. He just moved here a few days ago."
Mac walked over and knelt by Maxie, "You just strike up random conversations with people who end up hitting other guys in public?" Mac put his arm around her, touching her bruises. She pulled away from him, but he figured that it was just because she didn't want to be touched, not because she was hurt. "Maxie, that isn't like you."
"He was with Michael," She stated, "Michael saw me and ran over to say hi. Damian was with him. Michael said that Damian was his older brother."
"That's a start," Mac said as he got up, "I'll have to go check up on the Corinthos's. Thank you, Maxie. And, Dillon, don't think I won't forget that you were here trying to hide from me."
"Bye, Mac," Dillon said with a shallow wave of his hand, the rest of his body still being ineffectively cloaked by the couch. They heard the door close and Dillon slumped even further, "I can't hide from that guy."
"Maxie-"
"Don't, Georgie!" Maxie shot out, "Don't give me some lecture about how I didn't do the right thing, because I don't want to hear it."
"You're going to let someone possibly go to jail for defending you, Maxie!" Georgie pointed out forcefully, "You said it yourself, if he hadn't have been there Kyle might have done more than bruise your arms."
"What would Mac do if he found out that Kyle had even laid a hand on me, Georgie?" Maxie asked, "He'd freak out and ruin both our lives!"
"He's only trying to protect you both," Dillon said, "Believe me, I'd be the last person to defend Mac the judgmental, but he deserves to know."
"Besides," Georgie continued, "Kyle deserves to be the one in trouble for doing that to you, not this Damian guy."
Maxie began to weep, the situation getting to her, "Georgie, drop it, please!"
"Maxie," Georgie began calmly, "I can't make this decision for you, but you have to know that you can keep an innocent person from getting into trouble. It isn't fair to him and it isn't fair to you." Maxie got off the chair and ran upstairs, slamming her door. Georgie sighed, "I can't believe her."
"She's afraid," Dillon said as he grabbed her hand, "If Kyle knew that she was the one who told on him what do you think he would do? We both know that he has the shortest fuse out of anyone around here, and his parents have enough money they'll bail him out of any situation. Maxie might not want to fight a battle she can't win."
"Maybe I can catch Mac," Georgie headed for the door.
"Didn't you say that this had to be her decision, not yours?"
She stopped herself as she heard Dillon point that out, "Why do I always end up getting wrapped up in her problems?"
"Because she's your sister and you care about her a lot." Dillon wrapped his arms around hers, "And it shows that you're a great person, which is why I love you so much. My cousins are usually at each others throats. Jason can barely stomach being around any of us because he hates AJ so much. Trust me, they'd be better people if they had a relationship like you and Maxie."
Corinthos Household-
Damian and Michael walked in, Sonny and Carly were on the couch waiting for them. "That took you long enough," Carly said.
"We ran into a problem," Damian responded.
"Damian got into a fight," Michael informed his parents.
Carly's eyes grew wide, "You exposed my child to violence?"
"I didn't want to, Carly. But-"
"But nothing!" Carly interjected, "We can't even trust you to do a simple thing like take Michael for a walk without somehow poisoning his mind." Carly looked at Michael, "Honey, go upstairs while your father and I talk to Damian about what happened."
"It wasn't his fault, mommy," Michael stated in defense of Damian.
"That's not for you to decide," Carly proclaimed, "Now, please, go to your room." Michael ran upstairs as Damian tossed himself on the couch, "You think this is funny, don't you?"
"No, I don't," Damian answered, "Believe me I would have much rather gotten through the day without getting into a fight, but it looks like I'll have two within the span of an hour. Just my luck."
"Don't take that tone with me!" Carly demanded, "We work very hard to keep Michael from seeing things that might have a negative influence on him."
"You're being awfully judgmental for someone who doesn't even know what happened," Damian pointed out.
"You got into a fight in front of my son. Do I need to know anything else?"
"I think we do, Carly," Sonny finally spoke, letting his wife have her moment.
"Michael saw Maxie at the park and went to talk with her. We were talking too when her boyfriend came and started to yell at her. I told him to back off but he didn't. She finally slapped him and he was going to hit her, so I grabbed his arm and he punched me instead."
"Is that it?" Sonny asked.
"I punched him back and he ran off. We walked Maxie back to her house and then came back here. That is it." He looked at Carly, "I don't support violence, Carly, but I'm not going to just stand there and watch some woman get abused by her egotistical former boyfriend. Which message would you rather have me show Michael? That it's okay to hit a woman? Or that you should stand up for someone if you see that they are being treated badly?"
Carly swallowed her pride, she knew he was right. She didn't want to tell him that he was right, but she needed to, "Okay, so I overreacted. I'm sorry."
"You appear to do that a lot, don't you?"
"That's enough, Damian," Sonny said. "While you were away we talked about my offer and Carly's agreed with me, you need to stay here. Everything you owned has been moved into the guest room which is right around the corner."
"Are you sure about this, Carly?" Damian asked.
Carly was against the idea still, but she had to think about more than herself. Michael was already worshiping Damian, and it was important to Sonny. "It's what Sonny wants." There was a knock at the door and Carly turned around to open it. "Mac?"
"We're looking for a suspect in an assault case, we have reason to believe that he is here."
"What's going on?" Sonny demanded to know.
Mac ignored Sonny for the moment, focusing on the third person in the room, "Are you Damian?"
"I am."
"Could you please come down to the station, we've got some questions to ask."
"Mac!" Sonny said again, "Where are you taking my son?"
"Sonny, I need to take him in because there are charges pressed against him. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Please don't make me put the cuffs on him."
Carly could see that Sonny was less than pleased with what was happening. When Sonny lost his temper things usually became much worse. "Sonny, let them do what they need to do, we'll get him out." She personally wanted the kid to stay in jail, but she was the only one who could calm her husband down and it involved showing support for his son. It was the lesser of two evils for now.
"Follow me," Mac told Damian, "I'll escort you to the Police Department." Damian did as instructed and closed the door behind him.
Sonny slammed his fist on the table, "I can't believe this!"
"He did get into a fight with that boy Maxie's been seeing," Carly pointed out, "Kyle, I think his name is."
"He was defending Maxie and himself! Leave it to the PCPD to make a mess out of something like this! I'm going to call my lawyers and have them file a harassment charge against the department!"
"Sonny, stop." Carly ordered softly, "I know you're angry at everything right now but blowing your top isn't going to help Damian, it's only going to hurt him."
"We both know that they're going to do everything in their power to make him look guilty," Sonny said, "They're going to treat him like dirt because he's my son. Baldwin's got a vendetta against us all and he's going to take it out on my kid. Michael was there, he can tell them what happened."
"Don't drag Michael into this, Sonny. He's just a little boy. He'll be so scared when he walked into the station and sees Damian there being treated like a criminal," She grabbed his shoulder, "The only thing we can do right now is get him out of there before it's too late."