Chapter 2 – Little Girl Lost

November 2010

Kristina looked around trying to get her bearings. She was at Mercy Hospital. A few deep breaths later she turned to see her mom entering the room.

"Hey sweetie."

"Mom."

"I'm so glad you're okay. I would have brought Molly but she's with Viola shopping for supplies for her big science presentation. Do you remember what happened?"

"My heels got caught and I fell on the pier" She stated repeating the lie.

"Yeah the doctor said that they were able to remove all the glass and you have a few stitches." Kristina rubbed her jaw then winced.

"You must have bruised it in the fall"

"Yeah." For some reason Kristina didn't think her mom would believe her if she told the truth.

There was a knock Ethan peaked his head into the room

"Hey can I … Oh, I see this is a bad time."

"No, Ethan wait. I was just telling my mom how you save my life."

"What happened?" Alexis asked surprised by the revelation

"Ethan found me after I fell and called an ambulance."

"Well, Ethan you have my thanks"

"I brought cinnamon rolls it you want some." He passed Kristina the baked goods "I should get going."

"But you just got here"

"Yeah, I'll call later to see how you're doing."

"Bye Ethan" It was crazy her and Ethan weren't friends but every since she saw him Sing at Maxie and Spinelli's non-wedding she'd wanted to get to know him better. But back then she was just a sixteen year old kid, and he will probably never see her any other way.

After Ethan left Alexis looked at her daughter, "He's too old for you."

"What are you talking about?"

"You know what I mean Ethan you shouldn't be thinking about him you have Kiefer."

"Kiefer and I are complicated. Ethan is just a friend you can relax mom."

"What were you doing out so late?"

"It was just after ten and I was on my way home"

"You should have called me"

"I didn't think it was that bad"

"You had to have stitches!"

"I know. I'm sorry I worried you"

"It's okay the doctors are not going to release you until after 2pm so I'm going to go get some paperwork done I'll be by later to get you."

Ethan showed up about ten minutes after Alexis left.

"You came back"

"Yeah, I … yeah. When are you leaving?"

"Sometime around two."

"We need to talk" he stated pulling a chair closer to the hospital bed.

"I already said thank you what else is there to talk about?"

"How about you tell me the truth?"

"I already…"

"I know when I'm being conned. I also know bruises when I see them and you didn't get that by falling over a crate. What happened?"

Kristina faced Ethan afraid but she need to tell someone she just … she was just so confused.

"Kiefer and I were arguing."

"So he hit you" His Australian accent seemed to get stronger.

"No, he just got jealous and I …"

"Don't make excuses for 'em he had no right."

"It's not like that."

"Then how is it."

"If you would shut up I'll tell you." Kristina yelled not wanting to have Ethan disappointed in her. Ethan made and gesture of zipping his lips.

"Okay, so, Kiefer was jealous. He said that I was flirting with this guy. He grabbed my wrist and I tried to walk away. Then when he pulled me back I tripped. He was drunk I don't know why he ran."

"Does that mean he was there on the pier?" Kristina nodded

"Has he ever done anything like that before?" Once again she fell silent not sure how much of the truth to tell. But maybe her silence was loud enough.

"He has, hasn't he? Kristina you are a beautiful young woman you don't have to put up with the way he treats you. Your mother is Alexis Davis a high powered attorney your father is Sonny Corinthos an egotistical mob boss. You've got to stand up to him. You weren't raised to be a …a"

"Stop it. Do you think I don't know that I am supposed to be stronger, but I'm not. Kiefer was there while my strong parents weren't. I had an absentee father despite all the power he wills in this town I mean nothing to him. My mother is so busy with work and trying to make me into someone I'm not, that she has no clue of who I am. Kiefer may have a few problems but he is just the kind of guy my mother wants me to marry. He comes from a good family he attends Harvard. He has plans for us. My dad has no say in my life he has always left me to my mother."

"Both your parents love you. They do what they do to protect you because of that love."

"You don't get." No one ever gets it. Just because her parents were around that didn't meant they were there. It didn't mean that they understood her.

"Even if they didn't love you, that doesn't give Kiefer the right to hit you. Your sisters and brothers love you. You have other people in your life that care about you. All of Port Charles thinks you are beautiful and smart, they know that you can do whatever you set your mind to."

"It doesn't matter everything I've ever wanted, all my plans, they mean nothing."

"Of course they do. You are an amazing girl you shouldn't hang your dreams on some asshole who beats you."

"I'm … It doesn't matter. I'm going to have a baby and everyone knows that babies change everything."

Ethan was definitely shocked by the news but that just enforced his need to convince Krissy that Kiefer wasn't for her.

"You're… A baby won't change him. He still abuses you what makes you believe he won't hurt your child."

"I know. I have thought about that. Kiefer leaves in a couple of days, I don't want him to know about the baby. I have money saved and I turn eighteen in a couple of weeks. I may just leave Port Charles."

"You can't run away from your problems."

"Maybe not, but when Kiefer is around I loose all sense of reason."

"As long as you know that bringing a baby into an abusive home is wrong then I can't say anything else but if you need a friend call me."

"I will. I want this baby safe, healthy, and happy. I know Kiefer can't give it that." She wanted to know why he was so concerned but she didn't ask. She knew that like her sister he had been given up for adoption only to find his parents once he was an adult, but that was all she knew. She had no idea if he went to a good home, though she had her doubts because also like Sam, he was a con man.

"Well, I have to get to the Haunted Star before Tracy notices I'm missing"

"Bye" She wished he could stay but she knew that he had no reason to. She was just a girl with a pretty face and who looked far too young and he never let himself fall for someone like her.

"Yeah, you too love"

XX – Sorry I keep making changes but I was reading Youtube comments and realized that Kristina is probably a 17yr old junior since I forgot to calculate her birthday. I figured Ethan is probably only 5years older than her making him 22.

So in this story Kristina is 18(senior) and Ethan is 23. Also I added a bit to the first chapter to let you know that Kristina didn't know about the baby until her accident on the pier - Jaz