Chapter 19
Maxie and Chasity sat in the waiting room at GH as they had been told to do.
"Will you stop that?" Maxie asked referring to Chasity constantly tapping her foot.
"Sorry,"
Chasity knew the only time she constantly tapped her foot was when she was nervous or scared and whether she wanted to admit or not she was really scared something was wrong. She sighed as something Spencer had said at the docks kept repeating in her head…
"He may not have been there for three years but he's here now,"
Before Chasity could think about it anymore Robin came into the waiting room.
"How is he?" Maxie asked standing up.
"He still has a pretty high fever but we have him on fever reducers, we want to keep him overnight just to be safe though," Robin said noticing Maxie's concern.
"Can we go in and see him?" Maxie asked.
"Sure I don't see why not, go ahead,"
Maxie just nodded and started heading for Cooper's room but stopped when she realized Chasity wasn't behind her.
"Aren't you coming?"
"No you go ahead," Chasity said quietly.
Maxie sighed.
"You know he'll want to see you too, he understands why you're mad at him and he doesn't hold that against you,"
Chasity didn't say anything she just followed Maxie.
Maxie walked into the room and walked over to the bed while Chasity stood against the wall.
"What happened? When I talked to you on the phone earlier you seemed fine,"
"I don't know when I talked to you earlier I felt tired but didn't think anything of it, but don't worry I'm fine," Cooper said lightly squeezing Maxie's hand.
Maxie nodded and leaned down to kiss Cooper gently on the lips. After they pulled away Maxie looked in Chasity's direction.
"I think you two should talk,"
Maxie started to walk out of the room but stopped to whisper in Chasity's ear.
"Just tell him what you told me,"
After Maxie left the room Chasity sat in the chair next to the bed.
"Look, I know I've been acting like a brat ever since I came to Port Charles and that's putting it nicely. But what I'm trying to say is I'm sorry for the way I've acted," Chasity said after a long silence.
"You had every right to be mad at me Chas, I shouldn't have just left you to deal with mom knowing the way she is and I should've contacted you after I got out of the service," Cooper said apologetically.
"You're right I was mad about you not contacting me but that wasn't the only reason," Chasity said remembering back to what she had told Maxie…
"Well, when he left it kind of felt like I was losing my best friend. I mean sure I had my friends at school but there was things I couldn't tell them that I could tell him,"
Chasity was brought out of her thoughts by Cooper speaking up.
"What was the other reason?"
Chasity sighed.
"It was a defense thing because I was hurt because I felt like the one person I depended on and confided in left me,"
"Like I said before I shouldn't have left you with mom, I'm sorry," Cooper apologized.
Chasity smiled.
"While I don't agree with all the stuff you did I accept it because I'm just glad to have my big brother back," Chasity said standing up and hugging Cooper.
Maxie started to walk in the room but stopped in the doorway when she saw Cooper and Chasity hugging.
"I think someone else wants your attention," Chasity said seeing Maxie in the doorway.
Maxie smiled as Chasity got up and left the room.
"So you guys are good now?" Maxie asked sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Yeah I think so,"
"That's good," Maxie said putting her legs up and lying next to Cooper.
A comfortable silence fell over them as Cooper gently stroked Maxie's hair.
After a few minutes Maxie spoke up.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Robin said I just had a fever, I'm fine I promise," Cooper said not missing the concern in Maxie's voice.
"Okay," Maxie said snuggling in closer to Cooper.
Soon after that both Maxie and Cooper fell asleep.