Chapter 10:

Maxie jumped as there was a knock at her door. "Hello Maxie, Can I come in?" It was Georgie coming to visit.

"Hey Georgie, come on in- I'm not doing anything interesting" said Maxie.

"How are you feeling today?" Georgie asked.

"Not too bad- I'm really bored- I've been looking through these pictures hoping something would jog my memory- but so far nothing".

"Oh, so you don't remember anything at all yet?" asked Georgie.

"Well I get these feelings- that something is familiar- but nothing ever develops. Dr. Winters says that's normal and usually patients experience something that jogs their memory- a touch, smell, maybe a sound" answered Maxie.

"So have there been any of those moments" replied Georgie.

Maxie thought or a moment and then she remembered about that cop and his deep blue eyes.

"Well, actually, yesterday I met this guy who said he works for our dad, I think his name was Jesse" said Maxie. Georgie's eyes got big and she moved around uncomfortably. Maxie just watched her curiously "…anyways, he was there on some assignment and when I looked into his eyes I got chills- like I knew him or something, but that was it… do I Georgie?" asked Maxie.

"Do you what?" said Georgie.

"Do I know him- you're acting funny, is everything alright?" replied Maxie.

"Oh, well, you see yes you know him- for about 10 months or so- he was around a lot- what with working for Dad and stuff".

"Is that all? Are you holding something back from me?"

"Maxie, I would love to tell you, but you know I can't- you're supposed to figure this stuff out on your own- I'm really sorry."

"Oh I know, don't feel bad Georgie- its just so frustrating. I wish I didn't have to stay here- being home might be better- but the doctors won't give me the okay just yet."

"Well, I'm sure they will let you out soon- you're making a great recovery, I've got to go- I'm going to see Dillon before work, I think dad might be coming to see you later- love you Maxie" said Georgie and she left.

"Oh, alright, bye!" yelled Maxie. "She was acting strange, I wonder what that was about" she thought.

Maxie looked around the room- she had looked through every picture album twice- and couldn't remember a thing. "I need to get out of here for a while" said Maxie to herself. She got up and left her room walking down the hallway- she was looking for something – she just wasn't quite sure what it was. As she walked by the admissions desk she noticed very pretty white tulips sitting in a vase. She stopped for a moment- and then she walked over to them and leaned into smell one. The soft petals touched her skin and she suddenly got a chill just like the one she had when she looked into Jesse's eyes.

"Jesse?" Maxie whispered. She looked around to see if anyone had noticed she was there. She walked back to her room quickly, closed the door, sunk to the floor and began to cry.

Mac was in his office doing some housekeeping before heading to the hospital to see Maxie when his emergency contact number rang. Mac picked up immediately "This is Commissioner Scorpio" he said quickly.

"Mac- its Robin, we need you to come to the hospital- Maxie's heart if fine so don't panic- but you do need to come whenever you get a chance".

"Okay Robin, thanks, I'm on my way". Mac replied. He hung up his phone, grabbed his keys, locked the office door, and went to his car.

Jesse was once again back at General Hospital. "For the amount of time I spend in this place, I might as well pay for a room and make it feel like home- it would save on gas money" he thought. He was walking down the halls, looking for Manny, trying to make sure that he was behaving himself, and hoping that in the process he would find Lucky. He hadn't known Lucky very long, but he had always thought he was a stand-up guy, not at all the type to just up and leave his wife and kid. On his way towards the ER, he ran into Robin.

"Jesse, hey, I've been looking for you, we have a little bit of a situation" said Robin quickly. Jesse immediately out of instinct put his hand on his gun. "Whoa, Jesse, slow down, it's not a police matter- it's personal".

"Maxie?" Jesse questioned

"Yeah, well why don't you just follow me, I'll explain everything in a minute."

Jesse followed Robin towards Maxie's room. As they got closer he saw Mac and Georgie and Dr. Winters standing outside of the room and the door was shut. He looked at everyone, curious as to what had happened, and why he needed to be there, especially since at the beginning he had been told to keep his distance, as not to interfere with Maxie's memory.

"Okay, earlier today Dr. Winters went to see Maxie for their daily session. When she walked in she found Maxie on the floor crying hysterically, she called me and we tried to calm her down but she kept repeating the same thing over and over. We gave her a sedative, so right now she is calm and asleep, but we need to discuss moving her from the hospital" said Robin to Mac, Jesse, and Georgie.

"I've talked with Robin and Patrick, and they feel that Maxie's heart is strong enough to allow her to leave the hospital. And I think that her best option at this point is for her to leave and get back to her normal everyday routine- I think she will get her memory back quicker this way" stated Dr. Winters "now if you'll consent to it, we'll release her today".

"Well of course she can come back home, this is great news" said Mac. "Where is the paperwork, I'll start filling it out now".

"Well, actually Mac, we don't mean to send her home with you, but we do need you consent to send her home with Jesse, if he'll agree" said Robin.

"Wait what! Send her home with Jesse! I don't understand?" yelled Mac.

"Me? Why would you send her home with me? She doesn't know who I am; she at least remembers her father and sister's names".

"Well when we found her, she kept repeating your name Jesse. We tried to ask her what had happened and all we could get from her was something about a tulip? And then the only way we could get her to calm down was by promising that you would come to see her. She obviously came in contact with something that reminded her of you, and we feel that she has only memorized her father and sisters name. Essentially they are strangers to her, to send her home with you Mac could have damaging effects. So we want her to go home with you, we think it's going to be the best way for her to finally remember. So what do you think?" said Robin.

"Well, I, I don't know, I don't really have much, just a room at Kelly's and I'm always working at the station, I won't be able to be there for her if something happens" stammered Jesse.

"Essentially that's the point, we want her to be in a place where she can be independent, but at the same time feel comfortable" said Dr. Winters.

"Okay, well, um" Jesse swallowed hard "I guess its fine".

"No, no, absolutely not, I will not let Maxie live with Jesse!" yelled Mac.

"Mac, listen, I know this is not your ideal situation for Maxie, but I really truly think that this is her best option" said Robin.

"Dad, maybe it would be best, we should listen to Robin, let Maxie stay with Jesse, its worth it if it means she will remember is sooner" pleaded Georgie.

Mac sighed "Alright, alright, fine, but Beaudry so help me- if you do anything to mess this up you'll never find work in another Police Department in New York, got it?"

"Yeah I got it" Jesse replied.

Jesse took a deep breath and opened the door to Maxie's room. He walked in and saw her sitting on the bed. Maxie looked up; she saw Jesse and ran over to him, wrapping her arms around him. "Jesse…." she whimpered. Jesse pulled her in close and closed his eyes. He placed his hands on her head and looked into her eyes "Maxie, let's go home".