Chapter 4

The next morning Maxie awoke to the sound of her cell phone alarm.

"Ugh. It can't be time to get up already," Maxie groaned as she felt around for her cell phone on her nightstand.

When she got a firm grip on her phone her automatic response was to press the button that shut it off for five minutes and go back to sleep until Mac or Georgie stormed in her room forcing her to wake up. She pressed the button and the constant ringing stopped but she felt someone gently nudging her.

"Wake up Maxie," Cooper prodded gently.

Maxie did what she always did; she pulled the blanket over her head refusing to move.

"Five more minutes," Maxie said her voice muffled due to the fact she had her face buried in her pillow.

Cooper smiled slightly figuring out since Maxie was still half-asleep she must have thought it was Mac or Georgie trying to wake her up.

"Maxie its cooper,"

At those words, Maxie snapped back to reality and uncovered her head.

"Hi,"

"Hi," Cooper said smiling.

After a few seconds, they remembered what they were supposed to be doing and Maxie got out of bed.

"Georgie will probably be coming in to wake me up since everyone in this family seems to think I'm incapable of waking up on my own," Maxie said.

"You make it sound like they don't trust you," Cooper observed.

"Well I haven't given them much reason to lately,"

"You need to not be so hard on yourself, you messed up you can't be perfect, and nobody can,"

"I know that but, if you put me, Robin and Georgie next to each other they look perfect. I mean Robin is driven; she made a life for herself she was a doctor in Paris for years before she came back to Port Charles and then she came back and she fell in love with Patrick. Georgie, she is smart she hates to be in trouble and tries to avoid it as much as she can. I on the other hand can't stay out of it."

Before Cooper could say anything, they heard Georgie's voice from the other side of the door.

"Maxie wake up,"

Cooper started toward the closet but Maxie grabbed his arm and mouthed 'stay here'.

Cooper stayed in the spot he had been standing in as Maxie poked her head out the door.

"I'm up okay," Maxie said not bothering to hide the crankiness in her voice.

"Well you're in a wonderful mood aren't you?"

"That's what happens when I have to get up early on a Saturday,"

Georgie rolled her eyes.

"Just don't take too long getting ready okay?"

"Okay," Maxie said shutting the door.

Maxie just rolled her eyes and proceeded to get ready.

Cooper just shook his head and smiled.

Cooper sat on Maxie's bed and watched her with amusement. She was standing in front of her dresser mirror looking at her outfit; it was a white long sleeve top with a white tank top underneath.

"Do you always do this?"

"Do what? Primp in the mirror? I've done this since I was in fourth grade it was one of the main arguments Mac and I had because I took so long in the bathroom,"

Cooper laughed a little.

"Well you look fine,"

Maxie smiled.

"Thank you,"

Before Cooper could respond Mac, voice came from the opposite side of the door.

"Maxie hurry up, we have to go pick up Robin,"

"Okay I'll be right there," Maxie said looking at Cooper one last time before he got into the closet.

After that, Maxie left the room.

Once Maxie got home, she went upstairs after Robin and Patrick had made it clear they wanted to be alone. When she walked in her room, she threw her purse on the floor next to her bed.

"You can come out now,"

Cooper slowly opened the closet door.

"I heard you guys come in, was it that bad since you were so tired this morning?" Cooper asked referring to earlier that morning when Maxie hadn't wanted to get up.

"Besides Georgie and me arguing because I was cranky it was okay," Maxie said sitting in the bed.

Cooper nodded and sat on the bed next to her.

They sat in silence as Maxie flipped through the TV stations, when settled on Greys Anatomy.

"You watch Greys Anatomy?"

"Yeah, Robin, Georgie and I all watch it. It's pathetic actually, after watching season one and two on DVD during Christmas break when we started to watch it regularly we made a rule, whatever room we were watching it in is a no talk zone unless what's being said is Greys Anatomy related," Maxie explained.

Cooper just laughed.

Maxie lied down and put her squishy pillow behind her head. Cooper was still sitting but he had his head rested against the headboard and his legs were stretched out.

As the show went on Maxie explained what had been going on with the show. She had also explained who McDreamy and McSteamy were. At one point without thinking, as if it was the most natural thing in the world Cooper wrapped his arm around her. They looked at each other for a minute, then smiled at each other, and then continued to watch TV. After awhile Maxie felt her eyes, drift shut.

Cooper looked away from the TV and looked at Maxie to see she had fallen asleep. He reached for the remote control so he could turn off the TV. He moved carefully so he wouldn't wake her and turned off the TV. He shut his eyes and fell asleep soon afterwards, keeping his arm wrapped protectively around Maxie the whole time.