"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up. I know you haven't been asleep that long." Johnny frowned looking at his girlfriends disheveled appearance.

"You didn't wake me up…I barely slept." Lulu shook her head, immediately going over to the coffee maker to pour herself a cup.

"Look, I know both of you are hell bent on protecting whatever honor you think I have but, I understand where Nikolas is coming from. People talk." Johnny sighed, knowing neither woman would be letting this go anytime soon.

"He doesn't even know you, Johnny. I'd expect this from Lucky but…Nikolas? The prince of darkness? The man who lives in a fucking BatMan lair? Come on!" Lulu scoffed, the news agitating her even more than she already was.

"Exactly. Nikolas knows nothing about you, he doesn't get to blame you when you've never intentionally put Lulu in danger. Her brothers wanna blame someone? Look at Logan Hayes." Claudia chimes in, for once agreeing with Lulu.

"If my brothers wanna blame anyone, they can look at me. I'm the one who made the stupid decision to even get involved with Logan. I should have stayed by myself after I had my abortion but, I had to go for him to distract myself from the pain. Nobody tells you that giving up a part of you hurt so bad…and I ended up giving myself even more pain. But nah, Nikolas and Lucky just want to point fingers at innocent people rather than holding me accountable for my own actions. I'm about sick of being treated like a child, when my twenty-first birthday is only two weeks away." Lulu ranted, tired of being quiet.

"You had no way of knowing that Hayes was capable of this. Yes, getting involved with him was you're idea but…you can't be so hard on yourself. " Johnny gives her a soft look, hating how much she was hurting.

"I had a problem with how weak Nikolas was painting you out to be. Even if we don't see eye to eye, I know what it's like. Daddy's done it to me my whole life-he still does. I had to give up my baby when I was sixteen, he didn't even give me a choice…just cut the fetus right out of me." Claudia didn't like digging into her past but, she really felt for the younger woman. Because of all Claudia Zacchara had been through in her life, she had become desensitized to almost any human emotion…other than caring about her brother. Maybe that's why Nikolas Cassadine took her by surprise.

"That's always how they've seen me, because I grew up without much female guidance. My mom went Catonic when I was only six, I was basically with Lucky, Nikolas, Elizabeth and Emily until I turned Sixteen…then came to live with The Quartermaine's. Sometimes, I still think about what would have happened if I'd kept the baby but…I know I'd have had nothing to give a child. I couldn't even take care of myself. Oh my god,ow. That's horrible." Lulu winced at the end, imagining the pain of having a child cut out of you.

"Well, at least I got an emotion out of you." Claudia saw that as a win.

"I guess that's one way of looking at it." Lulu took a long sip of the coffee.

"So, are you two gonna braid each other's hair now?" Johnny smirked, causing both his sister and girlfriend to snort a laugh.

"You're stupid." Was all Lulu said, putting her empty coffee mug in the dishwasher and walking over to sit in the empty chair.

"You say the sweetest things to me." Johnny's voice dripped with sarcasm.

"Please, slow you're roll Zacchara. The coffee hasn't kicked in yet." Lulu held up a hand.

"Do you need me to take you to the hospital? You could have a concussion." Johnny changed his wavelength.

"If I had a concussion, I'd be worse off than I am right now. I'll be fine, Johnny. You're door on the other hand, I am concerned about. You can't go with just a tarp to protect you." Lulu bit her lower lip, internally cringing at the blue tarp.

"I need to call someone about the door and the carpet…I'll be back." Claudia bounced up from her spot on the couch, flipping her phone open and dialing Ric's number.