Chapter 7: A Visit to General Hospital

The ride to the hospital was quiet and uneventful. When they got there, they were separated – all three of them going their separate ways. Robin Scorpio got saddled with the task of taking care of Johnny and Lulu, while Patrick Drake was blessed with Georgie's company.

"So," Robin said as she wrapped Lulu's wrist in an ace bandage, "your wrist isn't broken. You just have a slight sprain from all the pulling. Logan twisting your wrist the way he did caused the ligaments to overstretch. Just try not to use it for a bit and ice it for about 20 minutes for the three times a day next few days. Does it hurt badly?"

She carefully tested out her wrapped wrist. "No, not too badly. It just throbs a bit."

"Okay, I don't think you'll need any strong painkillers then. I'm going to give you a prescription for 600mg of Motrin. That should help."

"Thanks, Robin."

"Knock, knock!" Robin and Lulu both turned around at the voice from the doorway.

"Hey Georgie," Lulu said, getting up to hug her friend. "Are you okay? I'm so sorry you got caught up in all this."

"I'm fine," she replied, patting Lulu on the back. "Just a bump on the head. No concussion. Just a little bit of ice and I'll be good as new. And don't you dare feel guilty for this! It's not your fault that Logan turned out to be psycho."

"She's right," Robin agreed. "But he's gone now, and good riddance."

"And they used to call Johnny the crazy one," Lulu replied, bitterly.

"Speaking of, I should go check on him. He should be back from his tests by now. And I guess I should thank him for saving my cousin, huh?"

The three of them gave a little laugh. "Okay, Lulu, here's your prescription and discharge papers. You're all set. Take care of that wrist," Robin said as she left the room.

As soon as the door closed shut, Georgie whipped around to face Lulu. "Alright. Spill."

"What?"

"What's going on between you and Johnny?"

Lulu gaped at her. "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, come on. It's obvious. It was obvious at the Black and White Ball. And in Kelly's last time Logan tried to start a fight with him. And today! Every time Logan got a punch in, you cringed."

"I just didn't wan to see him getting hurt for helping us."

"Do I look stupid to you?"

Lulu threw her hands in the air. "Fine! Yes, I have a crush the size of China on him, okay? Are you happy now?"

"Russia is actually the biggest country, not China."

"Russia, then. I'm not that good at hiding it, huh? The only other person I told was Carly."

"So you did break up with Logan for Johnny." It was a statement, not a question.

"Well, not only because of Johnny."

Georgie laughed. "I was wondering how long it was going to be before you started to fall for this guy."

"It sucks though! Because of his 'business' – " here Lulu used air quotes, "he thinks I'll be in danger all the time so he's doing his best to make me hate him instead."

"You're Lulu Spencer. You never do what anyone expects. Go after him until he folds!"

"You are the first person who's not warned me to stay away from him, you know that?"

"Lulu, he obviously cares about you. A lot. You were the one able to calm him down earlier. If you want something that badly, you just have to be stubborn. And you're good at that."

"Hey," she exclaimed, swatting her on the arm, "that's a Spencer trait. Blame it on my dad."

"Plus," Georgie continued, ignoring the swat, "he's totally hot. You can't pass up that piece of ass."

"Georgie!"

"What," she replied, innocently. "If I wasn't totally in love with Spinelli, I'd totally hit that."

They looked at each other and broke out laughing.

"Mr. Zacchara?"

"Johnny."

"Johnny," Robin said, moving towards the bed, "how are you feeling?"

"My knee hurts like a bitch. Otherwise, I'm fine."

She smiled. "Your knee hurts? From what I heard, you just wanted to head home and forget about it." She laughed as he started to blush. "Georgie's my cousin. She told me everything that happened." Sobering, she said, "Thank you, you know, for helping her. And Lulu, of course."

"I may be old fashioned, but hitting women is something that I consider wrong."

"You like to play the hero, don't you?"

"Not really. I think I'm magnetically drawn to damsels in distress," he replied with a grin. "It's like my Spidey-Sense."

Robin laughed again. "Well, Johnny, I have your tests here."

"What's the diagnosis, doc?"

"Well, you have two collateral ligaments in your knee – one on the inside and one on the outside. They are fairly easy to injure – usually the result of a fall or contact trauma. Lucky fellow you are, you had both. You have tears to both ligaments."

"Great," Johnny muttered. "Am I going to need surgery?"

"I don't think so," she replied. "It's not like you tore your ACL. The tears are tiny, but extremely painful. They should heal on their own. You will have to stay off it for a while – I'm going to prescribe you a brace and you're going to need crutches for about a week or so."

"So I'm going to be laid up for a week?"

"If you want to get better as fast as possible. You're also going to need to keep it elevated when you're not on it and ice it down for 20 minutes three times a day. I'll also prescribe you some Percocet for the pain."

Johnny groaned. "Lulu Spencer is becoming the bane of my existence."

"Well, when you become friends with a Spencer, you should know that danger in every form will follow you wherever you go."

"Now someone tells me."

"Hi, Dad," Lulu said as she entered her father's room. Georgie had left a little while earlier to get back to Kelly's since her injury was the mildest.

"Pumpkin, to what do I owe this visit?"

"Just wanted to see how you were feeling." She hopped up next to him on the bed. "Are the nurses taking good care of you?"

"Aside from the random room checks Tracy ordered them to do, they are sweet as pie." He adjusted the bed to a better sitting position. "So now you want to tell me what happened to your wrist over there that it's all bandaged?"

"I broke up with Logan."

"And he hurt you?"

She nodded. "And Georgie."

"I'll kill him," he stated, taking the oxygen out of his nose and starting to rip the wires off his body. "I don't care if it gives me another heart attack, at least I'll die happy!"

Lulu laid her hands gently on his chest. "Calm down. Everything's taken care of. Johnny Zacchara showed up before anything serious happened."

"Anything serious? Sweetheart, you were injured enough to wind up here. That's serious."

"Don't worry, Dad. We won't have to worry about Logan anymore."

"What? Don't tell me Zacchara took care of him?" Luke made a gun out of his fingers and pointed at his head.

"No, Dad."

"Where is the young Prince of the Underworld?"

"Getting checked out. Logan blindsided him with a chair."

"But I take it Zacchara wound up the victor?"

"Yeah. He beat the hell out of Logan, then tried to shoot him in the head."

"And you stopped him? Why?"

"Dad!"

"I'm just saying, gumdrop. One less Baldwin… You know," Luke said, "why don't you date him? Anyone who tries to kill a Baldwin in my book is a-ok."

Lulu threw him a shocked look. "What? Are you serious?"

Luke looked her up and down. "I wasn't but obviously you are."

She blushed furiously at his observation. "Dad…"

"Lulu, he saved my life. He's saved yours twice. He wanted to shoot Logan. I guess… I guess if you like him that much, he deserves a shot. Right?"

"Really?" Tears filled Lulu's eyes. "You'd be okay with Johnny? I mean, if he wants me, of course," she said.

"If it makes you happy, pumpkin, then go for it. Besides, what's this 'if he wants me' stuff? Johnny would be foolish not to be crazy about you."

She sighed. She was too tired to explain that he was crazy about her – there was that whole "keeping her safe because of him" thing that Luke didn't need to know about right now. He didn't need the extra stress. Lulu curled up next to him in the bed. "I love you, Daddy."

"Love you too, sweetheart."