Across the Universe-

This story is being written for the 'Across the Universe' flash-fic challenge at ghffchallenge...the challenge is to write flash fics with prompts based on the lyrics of the musical 'Across the Universe'...I don't own GH I just love the fandom...hope you like

PROMPT #17:
Happiness is a warm gun
( bang bang shoot shoot )
Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is
(bang bang shoot shoot)

A few days had passed since the night of the rainstorm when he spent the evening at the firehouse with Serena and he hadn't heard from her first. He thought to himself that one of two things must have happened. One was that she realized the danger and was keeping her distance. The second was that she was in danger and was being used as a pawn to get to him. He hoped to god it was the former as he sulked around on the docks one night.

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Logan was sitting at Kelly's when Lulu walked in.

"Hey, "He said smiling at her, "are you busy."

The young blonde looked around the diner. Daniel was at the counter but he was do off shift and besides Logan there wasn't any customers.

"I'm on the clock but if you're asking if I can talk then yea I can."

Logan watched as Lulu headed behind the counter motioning to Daniel that he could clock out. In the meantime Logan moved from the table he was occupying over to the counter.

"Ok," Lulu said as she tied her apron on, "so what do you want to talk about."

"Johnny."

Lulu gave Logan an annoyed look. She thought that the idea of Johnny Zacchara and her was off the table. That Logan knew she was ready and willing to stick by one man and one man alone...him.

"I had fun with YOU the other night Logan...You...Johnny is..."

"Out of the picture...with you yes. But he's moved on...to my sister."

"Man she moved on from Spinelli fast."

Lulu said still trying to grasp the fact that Spinelli liked Maxie Jones of all people. He had called her the day after the rainstorm to tell her the news. That he had heard Maxie telling her father the commissioner that she loved him. She wondered if they had talked since, if her friend and the formerly bad Blonde One were out as a couple.

"Your thinking of Spinelli and Maxie aren't you."

Lulu nodded.

"I mean come on Logan the will never last. She'll break his heart. They are like oil and water...never the two should mix.

Logan smiled.

"People say the same thing about us you know."

He playfully tapped her as a customer entered.

--

Spinelli headed to the nurses station and spotted Milo.

"I-is something wrong. Has Stone Cold...Mr. Corenthos sir...someone hurt."

Milo was about to speak when a familiar blonde came off the elevator with a bag in her hand and walked over to the duo.

"I called both of you here."

Milo looked over to the woman with genuine concern in his eyes before taking her hand.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's my sister's birthday. And I know I've seen her before but I don't know today I couldn't do it alone."

Milo never knew Jolene personally though he heard accounts of what he did. He was going to support his girlfriend no matter what. Spinelli on the other hand shook his head.

"I can't do it. You don't know what she did."

"I read the papers Mr. Jackal. Plus when I first came to this hospital I was persona non great around here.

Spinelli nodded.

"I know. B-but this goes beyond her killing innocent people. Almost killing Maxie...you know she told her father she was in love with the Jackal."

He paused and blushed.

"Anyways your sister the Angel of Death...she she..."

"She what." Nadine asked curiously.

Spinelli hadn't told anyone except Stone Cold what had happened months ago in the confines of OR4 however he knew that he needed to let it off his chest and move on.

"She took something of mine."

Nadine looked at him confused but Milo seemed to understand.

"But then again she did save the Jackal's life so she must of thought of me more then a freak, stalker, and one night stand."

Nadine gasped as she finally realized what Spinelli meant.

Spinelli flashed back to that October night when guns went off at that very nurse's station. How he took his precious messenger bag and chucked it across the room knocking out one of the gunman. How Jolene threw herself in front of him saving him, hurting her. He then nodded that he would join them in wising the Angel of Death a happy birthday.

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Serena sat in her room of the hotel flipping through the channels on TV. She wanted to go see Johnny. She loved him, however after talking to Logan she decided to quit Johnny cold turkey however she realized that this was better to say then do. She had yet to tell her father about him and now she wondered if she ever would need to. She looked at her cell. He had left her another message. She debated weather to answer but deleted it instead before putting on some old black and white movie on and flopping back on the bed.

--

Lulu and Logan continued talking about the ideas of Spinelli and Maxie, Serena and Johnny and the two of them. Mostly about the latter.

"Valentines Day is fast approaching." Logan said, "So I need to know are we together together because if we are I need to know so I can plan something."

"Just being with you is good enough." She smiled as Maxie entered.

"I think I'm going to go...you know."

Lulu nodded. He was going to look for Johnny she thought.

Maxie then headed to the counter and smiled at Lulu.

"So what's the story with you and Spinelli? He called me the other day telling me you said you loved him."

Maxie cursed under her breath. So that was why he was avoiding her. She knew that something was up when he fled the house just moments after she blabbed to Mac and Lucky her feelings for the young hacker.

"I scared him didn't I?"

"I really don't know. I don't know how Spinelli's crazy mind works. I do know however that for some strange reason he likes you too."

Maxie smiled.

"But if I EVER find out you broke Spinelli's heart."

"I wouldn't dream of it. Spinelli's not like the guys I used to date. Who I used or used me. Spinelli's genuine, the real deal...it's just too bad you didn't see him when you had the chance."

--

Milo, Spinelli, and Nadine exited Jolene's room.

"t-thank you." Nadine whispered to them.

Milo took her hand and whispered to her in her ear before she smiled and nodded.

"You wouldn't mind if we left you Mr. Jackal to go out for coffee or something."

Spinelli shook his head.

"Not at all." He said getting with his friends into the elevator before going his own way to Kelly's.

--

Johnny was waiting on the docks hoping that Serena might show up when he heard footsteps that didn't sound like they belonged to the petite blonde.

He reached down and grabbed his gun ready to shot Sonny or one of his men. When the figure came closer he could tell by the shadow it was a man and shot first thinking later.

The bullet missed Logan and fell into the water however Logan pulled out his own gun.

"What was that for man?"

"I thought you were one of Sonny's guys, one of my father's enemies."

"Well I'm not."

"I'm not seeing Lulu. You can just back off."

"I'm not going to back off."

Logan waved his gun as he said this.

"My sister somehow has this idea in her head that she likes you."

"Sister."

"Serena Baldwin. My half sister. Now I don't want to be the bad brother and tell her to stay away but I don't know...I know what you do...what dangers she'd be in if she were around you. I just want to know she'll be safe."

Johnny picked up his gun.

"I promise you that this gun will be used to protect not to harm your kid sister."

"Like it almost harmed me."

"That was an accident."

Logan rolled his eyes.

"So do I have big brothers blessing."

"For now."

--

Spinelli looked into the window of Kelly's and saw both his blonde ones. He wanted to tell Maxie he reciprocated her feelings however he really didn't want to do it in front of Lulu. He thought of texting her but after recent events he thought it would be better not to. He made his way into the alleyway by the dumpster and sat down on the cool concrete pulling out his laptop from his bag. While the other men that surrounded him, Logan, Milo, Stone Cold, all carried guns this was his weapon of choice. He was the Jackal Assassin on the Internet and he was proud of it. He smiled at he noticed that the wireless connection from the diner reached outside as he logged on.

Dearest Maxie,

I am not one for words so I thought I'd use my strength to tell you that I the Jackal also seem to strangely as it seems be falling for you as well. I don't know how we should go about this after well...everything. If you get this message meet me tomorrow at the Coffeehouse at noon.

XOXO the Jackal.

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TBC