A/N - Sorry to disappoint, those of you that hate her, but this is a Kim chapter. I'm keeping her around for later, so it will become clear, why she's still here. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy! More to come!

Kim whisked around the hospital hurriedly trying to get to all of her patients on time. She had plans with Julian later and she didn't want them to get messed up. Julian had shown such caring, concern and loyalty to her in the last few days and she wanted tonight to be special, to show him how much she really appreciated him and how he had stood by her.

"Kim! We need to talk, now!" Peter's voice boomed through the hallway. Kim stopped in her tracks and sighed deeply. She wasn't looking forward to this, but knew she had to deal with him sooner or later.

"Peter, hey I've been meaning to call you." Kim starts with a light tone in her voice.

"Yeah, sure! I bet you've just been dying to talk to me." Peter sneered. He was still furious with Kim for not telling him about Oscar and then for making it public before she even told him.

"Yes, Peter, I actually have been wanting to speak with you. I'd rather just get this all out in the open now, so we can ALL move on with our lives." Kim's tone had turned more sternly now as she stood beside Peter and pointed towards a conference room. "Can we please go in there, so we can talk privately?"

Kim and Peter walked into the conference room, shutting the door behind them.

"Look Peter, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Oscar." Kim begins apologetically. "I was just so freaked out last year when I first saw Drew, well I guess it turned out to be Jason, but when I even learned of the possibility Drew was in town, I got nervous. You should know, remember that I texted you?" Kim, was now slightly annoyed with Peter. Last year when Jason had walked into Sonny and Carly's living room, Kim's heart jumped into her chest. Her misdeeds from the past came flooding back to her and she was so worried that Drew would turn her over to the police.

"I remember, I told you to KEEP QUIET!" Peter yelled. At the time Peter didn't want anyone to know that he was heading to town for the CFO job at Aurora media. He knew that Jason had broken free of the Russian clinic at that he would most definitely be heading to Port Charles. Thanks to Andre Maddox, Peter had known that Drew purchased Derek Wells Media and was looking for a CFO. He was all too eager to apply and get the job so he could keep his own tabs on the situation. Not to mention how Faison would be lured out of hiding.

"I know you said to keep quiet and I never said anything about you. I never even acted like I knew you if I happened to see you around town, but I needed to protect myself. I didn't know what Drew remembered, not for sure, at first." Kim retorted. "Once I started asking around a bit, I realized that Drew only knew Jason Morgan's life, but I had to be sure. I was scared and I couldn't risk being sent to prison for my part in your scheme. So, I went to Drew and I told him he was Oscar's father. I thought if I did that, I could control more what he knew, or at least know if he was starting to remember anything. Plus, you know how I felt about Drew back then, I was totally obsessed with him and I just thought that maybe if he thought we shared a child then he would start feeling something too." Kim explained her calculated plan. "I hadn't counted on Sam and the obvious hold she has on Drew, plus now I have Julian anyway and I'm, I'm not interested in Drew in that way any longer." Kim's voice wavered a bit at the end and she lowered her eyes, not looking Peter in the face.

Peter reached out his finger and nudged Kim's face upwards. "Sure, you're 'not interested,' in Drew in that way anymore." Peter sarcastically repeated. "I don't believe that for one second. You may be 'distracting,' yourself with Julian Jerome, but if you see an opening to pounce on Drew, you'll do it in a second. You were completely obsessed with him back then, don't forget how I helped you out of that little 'situation!" Peter crossed his arms and looked at Kim with disapproval in his eyes. Kim lowered her head and walked across the room to the window. She looked out, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She did remember wanting Drew so badly all those years ago. They hung around the same circle of friends and Kim always thought he was so handsome and charming. She was so jealous of her friend that had a deeper relationship with Drew and Kim had always longed for him to bond with her like that. At first when she learned Drew was in town, she had hoped he would remember her enough to make him think he had feelings for her and to try with her for Oscar's sake. Oh, how she wished her plan had worked. Kim shook off those feelings and brought herself back in to the present. She needed to get Peter off this subject and lower his suspicions.

"Look, Peter, I have Julian now and Drew still doesn't even remember that time in his life. I don't think he ever will," she sadly replies. "Besides, I'm sure this is not what you came to talk to me about. I'm sure you want to talk about Oscar." Kim's change of subject brought a change to the tone of her voice. She spoke more confidently now with steadfastness.

"Yes, I want to talk about OUR son!" Peter could feel himself getting enraged again. Every time he thought about how Kim had stolen all this time from him with his son, he got so angry. "First, I want to know about this tumor, what is the prognosis, what can we do to help him?" Peters raged quickly turned to concern for the son he did not even know. Peter knew what it was like growing up not being good enough for his father and he wanted nothing more than to prove he could break the curse of Faison.

"His prognosis is not good, Peter. And it's getting worse by the day. He needs to get into this trial, but now he won't even speak to me and with winning his emancipation, he has the right to choose what he wants to do." Kim had tears rolling down her face as she recounted the devastating medical issues facing Oscar. She had handled everything so wrong and now Oscar might pay the price with his life. "If there is any way at all to convince him to enroll in the trial, that is the best shot he has at survival right now."

Peter walked over to where Kim was standing and put his hand on her shoulder. At this moment all his hate and rage over her actions had faded away and they were just two parents trying to figure out a way to help their son.

"Do you think he would listen to anything I have to say?" Peter asks hopefully.

"I don't know. Maybe. He probably sees you as somewhat of a victim in this whole mess, since I lied to you too." Kim turns to look at Peter and she gently touches his face. She remembered how good they were together in San Diego. She could tell him everything, he was her best friend and she had betrayed him so badly.

"Oh, Peter! I'm so sorry, I've made a mess of everything!" Kim begins sobbing uncontrollably and leans into Peter's arms. Peter puts his arms around her and begins to pat and rub her back gently.

"There, there, calm down now," Peter soothes. "I am not happy with how you handled this, but I can kind of see why you did it. My father was a tyrant and he would have tried to control everything about Oscar. In a way, I think you probably did me and Oscar a huge favor, it would have been very difficult to break free of my father's hold on him and I wouldn't have wanted him influencing my son."

Kim raised her head a little and looked up a Peter with a shy look on her face.

"You think what I did was right?"

"In a way, yes." Peter replies. "I am still very angry at all the time I have lost with him, but right now none of that matters. We need to get our son to enroll in this trial so that he can live long enough to get to know me and forgive you." Peter smiles at Kim and looks at her reassuringly. Ecstatic, Kim lunges up and wraps her arms around Peter, pulling him into a big hug.

"Thank you! Thank you! I'm so happy you are willing to work with me on this. I hope Oscar will listen to you, maybe he will." Kim fluttered across the room over to the door and opened it. "If you want to try now, he's probably at Charlies Pub working. He took a job there when he sued for emancipation. Julian has kept him on as a favor to me to help look out for him and make sure he is doing okay."

"Hmmm, okay for now, I won't push, but he'd have a much better job at the Invader with me." Peter grumbles. Kim looks at him with annoyance and he quickly reigns in his disapproval.

"Okay, okay, Charlie's Pub it is, I won't mention any other job." Kim smiles and touches Peter's arm. "I'll go right away see what I can do." Peter says as he goes to leave.

Kim brushes the hair out of her face and folds her arms across her chest as she watches Peter head down the hallway.

When Peter is completely out of sight she turns around and heads towards the window again looking out. A smile of satisfaction beams across her face. She knew Peter would do anything she wanted now. He was happy to have a son and willing to forget her past misdeeds, not that he didn't have plenty of his own. Kim began thinking of San Diego again and the things they did there together. How he'd helped her a few times try to manipulate situations to get her alone with Drew. Her face lit up a bit, thinking that now she had her friend back, maybe, just maybe they could team up again. "No," she mumbled to herself, "you're with Julian now. He's been so kind, so good to you. Don't screw it up." She scolded quietly to herself. It was just that Drew was always, just out of reach and there was something so intriguing about that, something that she just couldn't seem to resist going after. She continued to think about Drew for a few moments longer until her daydream was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Kim?" Julian softly inquired as he poked his head just inside the slightly opened door.

Kim turned around a bit startled.

"Charlie!" she exclaimed and she rushed over to hug him.

"Whoa, that's quite a welcome. Is everything okay?"

Kim closed her eyes and sighed a small sigh, still trying to bring her thoughts back from Drew.

"Yes, everything is fine, I'm just surprised to see you. How did you know I was in here?"

"I asked at the nurse's station, they said they saw you come down this way with Peter August. I figured you would want to talk in private, so I took a chance." Julian grinned.

Kim exhaled and pursed her lips together while her eyes opened wide.

"Uh, yeah, I had to talk to Peter. That was intense."

"Is everything okay, he didn't hurt you, did he?" Julian asks with concern.

Kim quickly moves closer in to Julian and touches his arm.

"No, no, he didn't hurt me. He just wanted to talk about Oscar. He's going to try and help convince him to do the trial." Kim beams with hope.

Julian steps in closer and scoops Kim into a tight hug. Kim wraps her arms around his neck and lays her head on his shoulder. Closing her eyes she smiles sheepishly. Julian made her feel so safe, loved and accepted. She hoped she could let that be enough. She hoped she could get the thoughts of Drew out of her mind and just be happy.

Breaking free of their embrace Kim takes Julian's head in her hands and looks him in the eyes.

"I love you, Julian," and she gives him a quick peck on the lips.

"Mmmm, I love you too."

"Come on, let's get out of here. I have a special night planned for us." Kim devilishly replies as she grabs Julian by the hand and leads him out of the room. Julian wraps his arm around Kim's shoulder and walks with her down the hall.

"Ooh, this sounds good, I can't wait to see what you have in store."