Chapter 3- Hospital

OK, so throw the tomatoes now. Ask anyone, I am the worst updater ever, especially since I'm juggling three stories. I know, whose fault is that, right? MINE… So I know this story has been under some series neglect, but I'm back now. If I still have any readers, then I hope you like it. Here we go…

Jesse walked out of the elevator onto the floor where Maxie was supposed to be. He knew he must have had the right floor, seeing as Georgie was sitting on a nearby couch. He walked over to her, taking the seat next to her.

"How is she?" He asked in a low tone.

"She just got her stomach pumped, they think she was drugged."

"Chances are they're right. We've had a few cases like this already… only the other girls wondered off."

"Are they okay?"

"Physically yes, emotionally… I'm not so sure."

"Yeah, Maxie was pretty upset when I went to see her."

"Think it'd be okay if I went in?"

"Yeah, she needs as much support as she can get right now." Georgie said with a smile. Dillon walked out of the elevator, running over to Georgie and taking her into a hug. Jesse excused himself and headed towards Maxie's room. Dillon sat down next to Georgie, putting his arm around her as she cuddled into him.

"Maxie…" Jesse whispered, getting no response from her. He walked over to her bed taking a seat in the chair that was placed there. He smiled at her sleeping form, taking her hand in his.

Mac walked into the doorway of the room, seeing Jesse there with his daughter. "Beaudry…" Jesse quickly looked up at him. "What happened?" Mac's voice was clearly angry. Jesse placed Maxie's hand back on the bed and got up from his chair. He walked over to him, which made Mac cross his arms.

"Can we talk about this somewhere else?" Jesse asked keeping his voice down. Mac gestured towards the hallway, so Jesse walked there being followed closely be Mac. He closed the door and then turned to look at Jesse with angry eyes.

"Explain." Mac said, his voice still furious to say the least.

"Maxie and I went out to a date at the Pizza Shack…"

"A date?" He was definitely angry.

"Yes sir."

"Alright… go on." Mac said crossing his arms once again.

"We were having a good time, but then you called, so started dancing with Dillon. She passed out in his arms, turns out Maxie was another drugging victim." Jesse said shaking his head.

"Anyone else?"

"No, just her."

"How do you think they got to the drink?"

"It could have been at anytime."

"Alright, we need to keep a close eye on Maxie, make sure this doesn't happen again. You want to take her on a date, take her somewhere where you can keep a close eye on her drink at all times." Mac wasn't explaining, he was ordering.

"Maxie's not gonna like this."

"Make her like it. I'm not letting her go to party destinations, until the perp is caught. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, I won't let her out of my sight."

"Good, call me when she wakes up. I'm gonna go pick up Felicia."

"Will do."

"Thanks." Mac walked over to the elevator and got in. Jesse watched as the doors closed and then headed back into Maxie's room. She still wasn't awake, so he walked over to her bedside and sat down in the same chair. He once again took her hand, and smiled over at her sleeping form.

"You need to wake up." He said rubbing his thumb gently over her cheek. "You're the strongest person I know, so you need to wake up at let me know you'll get through this. You had me worried about you, who am I kidding? I still am. I know you're going to be fine physically, but deep down inside… I'll be here to help you through, okay? And so will Mac, your mother, Georgie, and Dillon. We all care about you so much, so you need to wake up. I want to see those beautiful blue eyes…"

"Beautiful, huh?" Maxie whispered, opening her eyes groggily.

"Absolutely."

"How long have you been here?" She asked letting out a sigh.

"About twenty minutes give or take."

"Does my dad know?"

"Yeah, he stopped by…"

"Great, now I'm never going to have a life."

"He's just worried about you. Plus, he told me not to take my eyes off of you. You are going to be seeing a lot of me."

"Well, maybe this isn't so bad after all."

"Glad to know I could cheer you up."

"You always do."

Monica walked in with a smile. "Hello Maxie, how are you feeling?"

"As good as can be expected."

"Well, that's nice to hear. Hello Jesse, nice to see you again."

"You too, Dr. Quartermaine."

"Maxie, I just came in to tell you that we are going to keep you overnight, just so you get your needed rest."

"Rest is good."

"But Jesse, you need to go. Sorry, visiting hours ended about ten minutes ago."

"Alright, bye Maxie." He said giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"See ya." She said as he walked out. Monica smiled. "What?" Maxie asked also breaking a smile.

"It's just odd that you let Jesse hide out in your room when he was thought to be a criminal… and now that he was proven innocent your dating. Life is most definitely strange."

"Yes, and I've never been happier."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that." Monica said walking out, turning off the light. Maxie fell asleep, still smiling.

I hope this was a good update! I PROMISE I will update WAY sooner next time. Thanks for reading!

Thanks to these people for reviewing chapter 2:

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