A/N: So, we had some pretty awesome Jexie scenes today, so I decided I wanted to update, and it turns out I got 14 reviews, which is close enough, especially because last chapter was kinda fillery, and some people found it dull. I think you're all going to like this chapter much better then some of the others. K, so I don't have much to say, other than Jesse and Maxie better finally confess their love to one another on the show, because in today's scenes, it was so obvious that they're in love!
Spoiledtink- Thanks for the email, I really appreciate it. Is it going to be the same site adress, or is it changing? Or does no one know yet? Sorry to keep bugging you about this, but thanks for putting up with me!
Alicia- I'm going out tonight, and I just really wanted to get this up and posted. I swear on my life that I will revise your chapter by tommorow the latest. Expect it before 3 pm tommorow! I've set a deadline for myself. And you're right, it was more of a fluff chapter. I needed it because it affects this chapter. And thanks for pointing out my name switch thing. Oops, my bad!
MelindaM- I am so sorry that you're in abad mood. I've been in a bad mood too lately. These past few weeks have made me want to punch someone(s). I hope you're not still in a bad mood, and if you are, I hope the chapter cheers you up again!
emmalee05- Jason is like the perfect older brother. I love him when he has scenes with Emily, so I love writing him with his 'other sister', Maxie.
Jen- Again, it's a sibling relationship. Those are even more fun than romantic relationships sometimes. It's just sweet to see family interactions.
middiegurl08- Dillon is funny, but he's been weird on the show lately, so I try to ignore him. He just annoys me a bit right now, which is strange because I usually love him.
tania- I'm glad you liked the chapter anyway. Hopefully I can make up for the lack of Jesse in this chapter. Also, I got your second review, but unfortunetly, this site refuses to let you post links and it takes out web adresses. I hate to be a pain in the arse, but can you send me the link to my email adress, cookiecrazyy85. I'm at yahoo. Thanks so much.
anon14- Don't worry about it, I love your reviews anyway. I really appreciate that you take the time to review practically every chapter. I'm glad that you like the story, keep up the revieiws!
Christine- Anything involving Diego is never a good idea. That kid is getting creepier and scarier as time goes on. I thought he was going to like, kill Maxie today, had Jesse not shown up.
Sam- I'm glad you like it. And I love that you're sticking to your guns. But you never know, you could be missing something...
Nicole- Glad you like it! If you're looking for good Jexie stories, check out Vicki316's stories. The first one is I Won't lose you now!, and the sequel is called I Still Won't LoseYou. They're both really good.
Vicki316- Aww, thank you thank you thank you. But you should care about your story! It's really good! And yes, as you read in my note, thank you for pointing out the Georgie/Maxie thing. Someone else pointed it out and it didn't really click until just now when I was doing the shoutouts, lol.
lec- I am so glad you kept reading anyway, and I'm glad you're all into it now!
AnAngelofAStar- You should be extra excited, it's a good'un. Lol. I like that word.
Tina- For some unknown reason, I didn't get your email! I would have at least thought emails were reliable, but they manage to get lost in cyberspace. Thanks for the review though, glad you like it!
Alright, the site lied to me again. I counted, and there were 15 reviews. I have no idea what that is about! Also, group question. Who's Heidi? I got your email with your ideas, but I couldn't match you with a reviewer for some reason. Unless that was also your review...alright, it's all making a little more sense now. Just lemme know who you are, because I am muy confused.
Chapter 13- You Had Me At Hello
When Maxie woke up the next morning, she thought her head was going to explode. She had never been this hung-over before. She could hardly recall what had happened the night before. Rolling over, she was surprised to find that her cheek hurt when it came into contact with the pillow. Sitting up, she felt her cheek. It felt puffy and tender. How had it gotten that way? She closed her eyes and vaguely remembered Brook Lynn yelling. But none of it made sense. Suddenly, Maxie became worried. What was she doing at home? She was supposed to stay over Georgie's last night. Was Georgie alright? Grabbing her cell phone, Maxie quickly dialed Georgie's cell number and waited eagerly for her best friend to pick up.
"Maxie!" cried Georgie in a whisper as she answered the phone.
"Georgie, why are you whispering?" Maxie asked.
"Because, I'm grounded. If Mac finds out I'm on the phone….I only picked up because I saw it was you on my caller ID."
"Does your being grounded have anything to do with last night?" Maxie asked as she closed her eyes to block out the light.
"What do you think?" Georgie scoffed.
"Being as I don't remember much of anything that happened last night, I don't know what I think"
"Last night, at Diego's party, you got drunk off your ass to numb your pain and ended up kissing our host"
"Shut up!" said Maxie.
"Believe me, I wish I could"
"Oh my god! That is so gross. How could I have done that? I kissed that disgusting guy? I need to sterilize my mouth! Is it not good to use Windex in your mouth?" she asked.
"I don't suggest it" said Georgie. "Believe me, it was bad. And than Brook saw"
"And lemme guess, she was pissed" said Maxie.
"Good guess. She hit you, you hit her back. You almost got into a fight but you could hardly stand, let alone get into a cat fight. And Diego held her back. So Dillon and I tried to sneak you into my room, but Mac caught us and brought us over to your place"
"So I'm assuming everyone here knows what happened"
"Short of Ava, and maybe Morgan, yeah, everyone knows. And believe me when I say they are pissed. Especially your brother"
"How much trouble are you in?" Maxie asked.
"Dillon is banned from seeing me, and I am banned from seeing anyone. I'm supposed to sit in my room and think about what I did until college starts, and even then, I am expected to come home on weekends at least for the first month. But Mom's working with Mac to get my sentence reduced" said Georgie bitterly.
"I am so sorry Georgie, this is all my fault" gushed Maxie.
"It's not all your fault. I was the one who pushed you to go to this party anyway"
"Yeah, but you weren't the one who got drunk. Look, I will do whatever I need to do to help you and Dillon to see each other, I promise"
"Don't worry. Not even the police commissioner of the city can keep us apart. Dillon's all prepared to come to my window and beg me to let down my hair so he can climb up it"
"Fairy tales? I thought Dillon only imitated movies" said Maxie with a giggle.
"He's probably home right now preparing a boom-box with In Your Eyes on it. I expect him outside of my window soon" said Georgie as she too giggled.
"Tell him that he had you at hello" Maxie told her.
"I will. I promise. Afterall, he completes me" said Georgie as she started giggling again.
"Say Anything and Jerry Maguire, two romantic classics that have continued to define 'the chick flick'" said Maxie in her 'Dillon voice' as she attempted to mock him.
Georgie just laughed and told her that she had to go before she was caught. The girls hung up and Maxie laid back down on her bed, thinking about how she would ever have her happy ending to her romantic comedy. Or would her hero just never show?
Maxie slowly made her way to the docks. When she had finally gotten out of bed after talking with Georgie, it was a little after two o'clock. She had brushed her teeth, trying to get all the remnants of her kiss from Diego washed away. She had put on some clothes and hesitantly walked downstairs, ready to deal with her brothers. Immediately, she saw Jason and Sonny sitting on the couch, as though they were waiting for her. As she gave them a tentative good morning, or good afternoon really, the two snapped. More yelling had ensued, naturally. She was told in 95 different ways that it was irresponsible and immature for her to get drunk like that. She was then told off for lying about going out, not bringing a guard, and then finally, for the icing on the cake, she got her head bitten off because she was at Lorenzo Alcazar's house. If that wasn't enough, she still had a massive headache from her hangover, the bruise on her cheek hurt, and no matter how much mouthwash she used, she couldn't get the taste of Diego out of her mouth. That was the worst part. She couldn't believe she would kiss someone who wasn't Jesse. Especially Diego.
"What are you doing to yourself?" she asked out loud as she sat down on the side of the docks. "Jesse is not your boyfriend. It doesn't matter who you kiss. You can kiss Diego as many times as you want!"
Little did Maxie know, Jesse was right there, listening to every word that she was saying. He was about to step forward when he heard her talk. But then he heard what she said. His heart broke into a million pieces. She had kissed Diego. That greasy, disgusting, sleazy mobster's son had his lips all over Jesse's Maxie. But Maxie made some good points. He wasn't her boyfriend. He had no right to be jealous, or even to call her 'his Maxie'. He wanted to have those rights. He wanted so badly to. Jesse took a light step forward so that he could hear her as she continued to talk. Straining his ears, he just listened to her, remaining hidden in the shadows.
"Jesse hurt me. He hurt me bad" she said, closing her eyes as she imagined him. She could almost see his perfect blue eyes, his gorgeous dark curls, and his perfectly sculpted chest. Sighing, she opened her eyes again. "He's keeping something from me. Some sort of secret. I don't care what his stupid secret is. I just wish that we could be together, and I know that this dumb secret has something to do with it. Something with keeping us apart. I know that this does not all have to do with Sonny. I could make Sonny understand. I could. I just need Jesse to stop being such a jerk, and stop breaking my heart. He hurt me so much!" she said as she started to cry.
Jesse had to restrain himself from rushing to her and taking her in his arms. He needed to stop from running over to her and wiping away her tears. And telling her the truth. Well, some of it at least. The part about how he loved her at least. He was being a jerk to her, and he knew it. He let his thoughts continue to run away with themselves as he continued listening to Maxie.
"He hurt me so bad. I want nothing more than to be in his arms right now. I want him to hold me, and kiss me. I need him to. I love him. I love him so much" she said as she continued to cry.
Jesse froze. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. She loved him. She had just admitted it out loud. She had told the nighttime that she loved him so much. Suddenly, Jesse's thoughts didn't matter. Who he really was didn't matter. He didn't care anymore about the job he had to do. He didn't care about how he would get his head ripped off in two different directions. All that mattered in that moment was Maxie. All that mattered was not denying his heart, or the heart of the woman he loved, and who loved him back. Rushing from his spot in the shadows, he ran over to her, her back still turned to him, his presence unknown.
"You love me?" he asked her and listened how she gasped and turned around, shock on her face.
"Jesse, I didn't know you were there!" she exclaimed, surprise and embarrassment evident in her voice.
"Do you love me?" he asked her with tears in his eyes.
"Yes" she answered softly as she got up. "I hated you when I first met you. Hated you. But than I realized that it wasn't you I hated, it was what you stood for. My lack of freedom. But Jesse, it suddenly all got better. I had fallen in love with you, and I got to have you around all the time! All those times that we almost kissed, and then we didn't, I was devastated. I wanted nothing more than to feel your lips on mine. And when we did kiss, I was in heaven. I wanted a relationship with you, I wanted one bad. But you pushed me away! But even that didn't get me to change my mind. I loved you Jesse, and I still love you. I've never felt this way in my whole entire life before, but I'm feeling it now. I love…"
Her speech was cut off as he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her towards him. Closing his eyes, he bent down towards her and drew her into the hungriest, most passionate kiss that there ever was. He wanted her so badly, more than words could describe. He had dreamed about kissing her like this. He had dreamed about holding her like this. He would wake up in cold sweats from nightmares that would start off good, like kissing her, and end up badly, with her being taken away from him, either by death, or her brother, or her own accord.
The kiss deepened as Maxie ran her hands through his hair, before bringing them down to his neck and then to his shoulder blades, running them down his arms. His hands were on her waist, but as he felt her rub her hands all over his body, he wrapped his fingers around locks of her hair, playing with the golden silk and feeling her face and head.
The two finally pulled away, the only reasonable thought they could think of was the need for oxygen.
"I love you too" he told her breathlessly, and before either had a chance to catch their breath, Maxie kissed him again, just as hungrily and passionately as before, if not more.
"I love you so much" he told her when they had broken apart. "And staying away from you was the hardest thing I ever had to do. And I don't think I can do it anymore. I would torture myself with thoughts of you. Where you were, what you were doing. Who you were with. I dreamt of you every night that we were apart, and even those nights when I had seen you that day. Especially those nights. It killed me to know that you were right there, and I couldn't have you. I love you. And I am so sorry. For everything" he told her.
"I love you too. And I love saying that" she said with a smile as she ran into his open arms as he held her tightly, never wanting to let her go.
"I don't know how we ever stayed apart from each other" he mumbled as he buried his head in her hair, breathing in the aroma of vanilla mixed with roses.
"Me neither" she told him as she pulled back from him a little bit so that she could look into his eyes.
Lifting one hand, Maxie gently caressed his cheek, watching as he closed his eyes as felt her touch, as though he was savoring her touch and every second that they had together.
"Jesse, not like I'm trying to kill the mood here or anything, but you do know that nothing's changed, right?" she told him.
Jesse sighed and slowly opened his eyes.
"I know" he said quietly. "Which is why we need to carry on in secret. We can't let anyone know about us. Not even Georgie or Courtney" Jesse told her.
"Why can't I at least tell them?" Maxie asked. "I hate to keep secrets from either of them"
"Sometimes it's necessary to keep secrets from the ones we love the most. But we can't tell them because if they're talking about it, and someone else overhears, it can have catastrophic consequences. I just don't want to risk what we have. Look, I know that this is going to be difficult, and I don't want you to feel obligated to get into this. You can back off now if you want to. I won't stop you if you want to leave" he told her, although he was wishing that she wouldn't.
"Are you crazy?" she asked him with a smile. "I have worked too hard to get here. You aren't getting rid of me that easily. I love you, and nothing will ever convince me to walk away from you" she told him as she planted a tender kiss on his lips.
"Just remember that you said that, ok? Remember for me" he told her as he pulled her close to him, wishing he could get the knot out of his stomach.
A/N: Tada! Cue the happy, yet still foreboding music! Yes, they are reunited! Yay! I know I faked you all out there. You were thinking I was going to reveal Jesse's secret. Be patient my little chickadees, it will happen in due time. Just hang on for a while longer. Anyway, remember to review, and send me your 'Jesse's secret' ideas. I want at least 3 or 4 secret ideas before I update and 15 reviews. (reviews and secret ideas can be from the same people). My email's cookiecrazyy85 and I'm at yahoo. Thanks a bunch!