Holding on to Faith

(Jexie Fan-fiction)

Chapter Two:

…Maxie glanced at the clock on the table and saw the red lights flashing 12. The power must have gone out. She picked up the phone and answered immediately.

"Hello?" Maxie said quickly.

"Maxie, its Dad… you need to get down to General Hospital immediately".

"Mac, what happened? Is it Jesse? Is something wrong?" Maxie frantically began asking questions almost without breathing, before she heard Mac on the other end.

"Maxie, calm down, I'm not going to tell you anything until you get here. Now drive safe, the weather is horrible outside. Remember stay calm, relax, everything is going to be fine". And then Mac hung up. A thousand and one thoughts were running through Maxie's head as she threw off her covers, ran to the closet, pulled on some jeans, put on a navy zip-up sweatshirt over Jesse's shirt, grabbed her purse, keys, cell phone, and ran out the door.

Maxie ran to her car, jumped in and started on her way to General Hospital. The weather WAS really bad; it was raining so hard she couldn't turn the windshield wipers on fast enough. She couldn't drive more than 30 miles an hour. "I'll never get there at this rate" she thought. Then she remembered she hadn't called Jesse yet. She quickly dialed his number and waited as it began to ring. "Come on pick up Jesse…. Pick up!" thought Maxie. Then she heard a rather tired voice on the other end, "Hello?"

It had been a long and exhausting night for Jesse. He had been looking forward to seeing Maxie all day long. He had even planned on sharing a special surprise with her, that is until, he and Lucky got called into Mac's office. They were put on a special assignment, starting immediately, and they were not to discuss it outside of the office. Jesse usually told Maxie what cases he was working on, no matter what Mac said, but this time he wasn't going to tell her. Jesse knew how Maxie loved to take things on and prove them herself; it was part of what he loved most about her, even if it did piss him off. This case was different though. It was much too dangerous for Maxie to know anything about. He hoped that she wouldn't be upset and even left her a Lily with a note. He was going to call her tomorrow morning, until he was awaken by his cell phone ringing in his ear. He was going to turn it off until he saw it was Maxie. He knew it was late and that she had an early class, for her to call at this hour was serious, something was wrong.

"Jesse! Thank God! You're okay, right? Everything is okay? I had this bad feeling all night something was going to happen and then Mac called and told me to get to the Hospital right away, but he wouldn't tell me why or who or what, and …..

"Maxie! Maxie! Slow down" interrupted Jesse. "I'm fine. Are you alright? You sound upset? What's going on?"

"Okay, okay, I'm fine… at least I think I'm fine…. Mac just called me, he wouldn't say what was going on, only that it was important for me to try and get to General Hospital. So I jumped in my car, I'm on my way now, and that's when I called you" Maxie said quickly in what sounded like one breath.

"Maxie, you're driving in this weather and talking to me on the phone, you know how I hate when people do that! I've seen some crazy accidents that could have been prevented if the drivers had only been more careful!" shouted Jesse.

"Jesse! I did not call you to be yelled at! I know you hate people driving and talking at the same time, but this was an emergency" cried Maxie. "Will you meet me at the hospital, I have this horrible feeling, and I need Jesse the cop to hang up his holster and show up as Jesse the boyfriend, ready to be my support, please".

"Alright Maxie, calm down, of course I'll be there, just please, please be careful driving. The last thing I need is for you to get yourself in a hospital bed. I'll be there as soon as I can". Jesse hung up the phone, placed his head in his hands and sighed. Then he got up, got dressed, and headed to the hospital, hoping for Maxie's sake that everything was okay. He could never take seeing Maxie in pain in any way, he needed her to be okay, really okay.