A/N: Alright, I may have been thinking too highly of myself by asking for 20 reviews. So, my new number is 15. 15 reviews in order to get an update. So, thank you all for the birthday wishes and everything, I really appreciate it. Now, I have a question. Does anyone know what happened to In-suspension? It was there one day and gone the next! If anyone knows, then please let me know. I'm confused! And email me at Cookiecrazyy85 at yahoo and let me know your ideas about Jesse's secret. No one's emailed me yet and I am eager to find out what everyone's thinking. We're getting closer to the big reveal, but I'm not gonna post it until I get some of everyone's ideas.
Spoiledtink- Maxie and Jesse would have perfect children. I mean, come on, look at the two of them, lol.
MelindaM- I really do love Sonny. But sometimes he can be a jerk. So, I let him redeem himself. I'm glad that you're glad that they made up. I want them to go back to being a cute little brother and sister pairing.
Vicki316- That AJ thing just popped into my head. My other story that I'm working on now has a lot of AJ in it, and this had none, so I wanted to remind the Journey people that we still hate him.
Seth Cohen's girlfriend- I love it when people say "that made me laugh and I don't know why" or anything along the lines of that. That's like, the funniest thing in the world to me, and yes, I don't know why. Sorry, bad joke.
nikefan1- Glad you like it! Keep reading and reviewing.
emmalee05- As a sarcastic teen myself, it is easy and refreshing for me to write Michael. I love that kid. He's amazing. And I mean both the actor and the character. Just to clarify, it's still Dillon playing Michael, it's just future Dillon.
brittany- I love that you love it!
jen- I love juicy secrets. So yes, it will be juicy. I promise you!
AnAngelofAStar- Glad you were able to catch up! Sorry, but the file isn't really anything. It was just an excuse for me to get Jesse down to the hospital. Sorry again, I hope I didn't lead you on!
Tina- Yes, Maxie is wallowing in her own self pity. You may not like this chapter because there is a lot of self-pity. Sorry that she's pissing you off, but I'm glad you still like the story!
britchic- Now that I have your permission, I was able to update. I promise to never do it again until I get the go ahead from you. Lol, j/k. Don't feel too bad, in New York, you only get your permit at 16. So, I still haven't taken the test, so I haven't even gotten that yet. And I am absolutely dreading driving. I hate that someone's giving me a $30,000 thing and giving me the responsibility of not getting it scratched up and dented! Besides, it's not even gonna be my car, it's gonna be my parents' that I'm using.
middiegurl08- Right, I forgot that you read this one too! I love the name Jessica too; one of my best friends is named Jessica. But I just couldn't let her initials be AJ.
tania- I'm not mean, you are! Sorry, I didn't mean that. That's just my quick comeback : ). I hope you feel like you didn't have to wait too long for this update.
anon14- Glad you like the name. I love writing family banter and what not. It makes it seem real and not so...soapy.
Journeylover062- Of course it's better late than never! I love reviews, even when they are spaced out from each other! Reviews in general make me happy.
Christine- Yes, I know. Things aren't great on the Jexie front in my story. But give me time, I may fix it, if you're all lucky, lol.
Chapter 12- The Party, Part II
"Please tell me you aren't busy tonight" sighed Maxie as she tiredly walked into Kelly's and sat down at a table.
"I'm not busy tonight. But you look exhausted" said Georgie as she looked up at her friend.
"That's because I am exhausted. Ava may look little, but she has a nice set of lungs on her. She should be making horror movies with that shriek" grumbled Maxie.
"It sucks having a baby around when you're trying to sleep, doesn't it?" asked Georgie.
"You have no idea. And our house has become baby central. Ever since Courtney and Ava were released from the hospital, it's been a wreck. There are toys, and clothes, and bibs, and spit up rags-dirty ones- all over. And if I walk in on Courtney breastfeeding one more time…"
"Alright, I get it. Sleep over tonight. Plus, Diego's having a party at his mansion tonight" said Georgie with a mischievous smile.
"Since when are you a rule-breaking bad girl?" asked Maxie with one eye brow raised.
"Since I really want to go to this party. One of our immediate friends is throwing a party in his mansion! That gives us some sort of power!"
"I can't go to that party, and you know it" said Maxie pointedly.
"Why not?" asked Georige, taken aback at the thought of her wild child friend turning down a party.
"First of all, you remember how well the last party I was at went, right? And second of all, it's at Diego's place. That's Lorenzo Alcazar's place. My family's biggest enemy. There is no way in hell that I can set foot in that house"
"Maxie, Lorenzo isn't even going to be home. That's why Diego's throwing this party. His father's in like, Miami or Venezuela or something. No parents, no nothing. It'll be a good time. You need to have a good time. You've been a mopey, tired, out-of-it mess lately, and I want my cool, together best friend back" begged Georige.
Maxie bit her lip and took everything Georgie has just said into careful consideration.
"Ok" she finally answered.
"Yes!" said Georgie with a big smile.
"So you're sleeping over Georgie's?" Jason asked her, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Don't be offended, but there's a limit to how many dirty diapers and how many times I can be woken up each night by a baby's screaming" said Maxie.
"I'm not offended. Can't say I blame you. You and Georgie going out tonight?" Jason asked her.
"I'm not sure yet. I don't think so" Maxie lied. "What's with all the questions anyway?"
"I'm a parent now. I have to ask questions" Jason told her with a smile.
"Yeah, but you're not my parent. So cut it out!" she snapped.
"Sorry" he apologized as he continued to smirk at her.
"Poor Ava. With you as a Dad"
"Gee, thanks" said Jason sarcastically.
"You know what I mean. You're going to stifle her"
"I am not!" Jason protested.
"When can she date?"
"When she's forty, same as you, same as Emily"
"You do know that Emily's married, right?"
"Go to Georgie's" said Jason as he ignored what she said and gave her a hug goodbye.
"See you tomorrow" she told him as she left.
"I feel guilty"
"Why, because you're going to the house of your family's enemy, or because you lied to Jason about it?" asked Dillon as he drove.
"Both" answered Maxie from the backseat.
"Maxie, please. You need to have some fun. You need to let loose. And you need to stop thinking about Jes…about everything" said Georgie from her seat next to Dillon.
"Easier said than done" mumbled Maxie as she stared out the window as they approached Diego's mansion.
"He's certainly done well for himself now" commented Dillon as they pulled into the gates, parking the car in the already packed huge, circular driveway.
"It's not like he did anything. His monster of a father is the real reason why he's living in the lap of luxury" said Maxie bitterly as she got out of the car, slamming the door behind her.
"Be nice" Georgie warned as she took Dillon's hand and the three walked into the house.
Maxie was wandering around the place, feeling a bit on edge. She was just so uncomfortable being in this house. As she took another sip of the beer in her hand, she turned her head a little and saw a head of black curly hair from behind. Maxie stared intently. What was Jesse doing at the party? Was he here to check up on her again? Maxie strode purposefully over to Jesse and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and looked straight into her eyes.
"Oh, I'm so sorry" she stuttered. "I thought you were someone I knew" she explained as she hurried away from the perfect stranger who was looking at her with a confused look plastered on his face.
"That could have gone badly" she mumbled as she helped herself to yet another beer.
She knew she was drinking so much, but she needed to get numb. She wanted to just forget about Jesse. She wanted to just forget about everything.
"Maxie! I am so glad that you came!" Diego exclaimed as he saw her.
"I couldn't stay away" she said seductively, running her finger down his chest and giggling a little.
"I'm glad" he answered, noting that she was a little drunk, but not really caring. "I was hoping that you would be here. I just wanted to see you" he whispered in her ear.
"That's amazing! 'Cause I'm here!" she yelled.
"Yes, I know" he answered her with a little laugh. "Just how much did you have to drink?"
"Who are you, my mother? Why does it matter? I just wanted to feel good, and now I do" she said, slurring her words a little.
"Does this have anything to do with a certain guard?" he asked her.
"I don't wanna talk about him. I wanna talk about us" she told him.
"I thought there was no us" he said with a sleazy smile, knowing what was coming.
"There should be" she told him as she stood on her tiptoes to reach his mouth with her own.
The kiss was short-lived with hardly any tongue. But it was what Diego was waiting for. Unfortunately, neither knew that Brook was watching the whole thing unfold.
"You bitch" she yelled as she came up to Maxie.
Before Maxie could say anything else, Brook slapped her right across the face. Maxie gasped and covered her cheek with her hand. Before Brook had a chance to even react, Maxie slapped her back. Brook also gasped and grabbed her throbbing cheek.
"Dillon! Do something" said Georgie as she saw what was going on.
Georgie nudged him forward so that he was inbetween the two girls who were standing there, shooting fire at one another through their eyes.
"Let's talk about this like rational, calm…" he said, but he was cut off by Brook pushing past him and lunging at Maxie.
Maxie moved out of the way, avoiding Brook Lynn's flying fists.
"Come on!" Diego yelled as he pulled her back from Maxie. "Get over it Brook Lynn! We're over. Maxie and I are together now"
"Diego, she's obviously drunk" said Dillon as he motioned towards a swaying Maxie. "I don't think that constitutes a relationship. I think that qualifies as a drunken mistake in Maxie's book" Dillon explained.
"I thought you were my friend?" Diego snapped as all the other party guests continued to look on.
"I am but…. MAXIE!" Dillon yelled as she collapsed, Dillon catching her in his arms before she had a chance to hit the ceramic floor beneath her.
"Oh my god. Dillon, what do we do? She could have alcohol poisoning for all we know" said Georgie as she looked on in horror.
"I don't think so. I think she's just had a little too much to drink. We need to get her home and let her sleep" said Dillon as he tried to lift her up.
"We're not done!" growled Brook Lynn.
"Brook, she's passed out. She's not in the best shape to start a fight with you, verbal or physical" scoffed Diego.
"Let go of me" she said as she wretched herself out of Diego's arms and stormed off.
"Be very, very quiet!" Georgie hissed at Dillon.
"You don't have to tell me twice" said Dillon as he carried Maxie to the side of the house.
She had been passed out for the whole ride, waking up only for a moment to throw up all over Dillon's backseat. They had decided to take her to Georgie's house instead of back to her penthouse, because the last thing either of them wanted to deal with was an angry Sonny Corinthos and Jason Morgan.
"Alright, now how are we going to get her up there?" he asked as he pointed to Georgie's second story window.
"I'll go in the front door and open the window from the inside"
"And then…?" asked Dillon.
"I don't know, I didn't think that far in advance!" snapped Georgie.
"How 'bout rope?" asked a voice from behind them.
"That's not a half-bad ideaaa…" said Dillon as he turned around slowly but surely. "Mac!" he cried, his voice extremely high pitched.
"Dad, I can explain!" cried Georgie.
"Don't, there is nothing to explain. I can see what's going on. You're trying to help the mob princess up to your room because she's drunk and you don't want her getting in trouble with the local organized crime leaders"
"She's not a mob princess!" Georgie snapped, immediately coming to her best friend's defense.
"I refuse to put up with this. Come on, we are taking her home" said Mac as he easily lifted Maxie's body up into his arms. "Dillon, Georgie, you are coming with me" said Mac angrily. "Dillon, you walk ahead" he snapped as he saw him take his daughter's hand.
"Right" said Dillon fearfully as he hurried ahead.
"What the hell happened to Maxie!" cried Max as he saw the police commissioner carrying her up to the penthouse.
"Too much alcohol, that's what happened" said Mac irritably as he pushed past the guard. "Is Jason in?"
"Ah, yeah" said Max. "But maybe I better talk to him and Sonny before…"
"What the hell is going on out here?" asked Sonny as he walked out of his penthouse. "What the hell happened to my sister?" asked a worried Sonny.
"She had a little too much to drink, and now she's feeling a bit under the weather" said Mac bitterly. "Can I put her down someplace?" he asked.
"Ah, yeah, come on" he said as he gently knocked on Jason and Courtney's penthouse door and opened it without waiting for a response.
He motioned to the couch and Mac put Maxie down on it, looking back at her. He didn't not like her. She was often over his house for dinner and both he and Felicia were warm to her. Georgie loved her like a sister. They just didn't approve of her family, and Mac could only blame her wild behavior on the environment she was living in.
"What's going on?" asked Jason as he and Courtney came down the stairs.
"Maxie's passed out. Too much to drink" explained Sonny crossly.
"What happened?" asked Courtney.
"We were at a party…" started Georgie as she stepped forward.
"The beginning of all great stories" scoffed Sonny.
"…And she was upset. So I guess she just had a little too much to drink" said Georgie, purposely leaving out a few choice details.
"And how'd she get the bruise on her face?" asked Courtney as she sat down on the couch next to her sister and examined her face.
"Brook Lynn hit her" said Dillon as he looked down at his feet.
"Why?" asked Jason tensely.
"Because Georgie was kissing Diego" mumbled Dillon.
"WHAT!" exclaimed Sonny and Jason together.
"Diego as in Alcazar's son Diego?" asked Sonny as he added extra spite to the last name.
"What was he doing at the same party as Maxie anyway?" asked Jason.
"Well, it was kind of his house" explained Georgie in a small voice.
"What's going on?" asked Maxie as she slowly came to.
"Our work here is done. The three of us should go. This is between your family now" said Mac as he grabbed Dillon and Georgie by the arms and steered them out of the room. "This is just so typical" he added as he walked out. "Courtney, if you care about your sister, you should keep her away from your brother and your husband. She's just going to get hurt" said Mac in a sincere voice.
He didn't want to cause trouble, but he wanted to point it out to Courtney. Jason and Sonny were dangerous. He learned all about that when Jason was dating Robin, his niece. Mac sighed again.
"Let's go, we need to have a long, long talk. Just the three of us" said Mac to Georgie and Dillon as he led them down to the car.
"Oh dear" said Dillon, his eyes wide with fear. "If I don't live to tomorrow, I want you to remember that I love you Georgie" he whispered in her ear. He was sure that Mac was going to kill him.
Meanwhile, Maxie was getting yelled at by Jason and Sonny, both in hushed voices though. The last thing they wanted was to wake Ava.
"Alright! Fine, I get it! I messed up again. But in my defense, I was, and am, dealing with a broken heart, and dealing with a big change in my life. There's a new baby around, and I haven't slept much, and my nerves are shot to hell. I'm just out of it! And I needed something to get my mind off everything. I know that Alcazar is one of Satan's minions or what not, and I know that I shouldn't be drinking, but Sonny, Jason, please leave me alone and yell at me in the morning! My head is going to explode!" she said as she fell back onto the couch.
Jason and Sonny continued to yell as Courtney tried to explain to them that she was a teenager, and they made mistakes. They hardly even noticed when Maxie fell asleep again. Jason finally noticed and carried her upstairs to her room.
"Hey, I heard what happened" said Carly as she entered Maxie's room where Courtney sat perched on her bed.
"Yeah, I'm sure Sonny gave you all the details" said Courtney as she turned and looked at Carly.
"Court?" questioned Maxie as she awoke again. "Carly?"
"Shh, go back to sleep babe. We just wanted to say good job!" said Carly excitedly, a big smile on her face.
Courtney smiled at her as well and gave her the thumbs up.
"Just don't tell Sonny or Jason we said that" Courtney warned.
"Not even if I wanted to. I probably won't remember it in the morning" said Maxie as she fell back to sleep again, her sleep filled with dreams about Jesse.
A/N: I know, I know. No Jesse in this chapter. And I know, more self pity. But I promise you, once we get through this stuff, things take a turn. The turning starts in the next chapter, so leave me lots of reviews so we can get to the good stuff.