We'll loves, I had this one-shot on my mind for a while and I started it before Ike came and paid me a visit. I realize that we know the Skate wedding isn't going to end all nice and pretty and we now know Spixie is going together, but this is fiction right?! Hope you enjoy and as always please review!

She would be okay, she could do this alone; at least she hoped and prayed she could. She was so angry with him, she didn't even know why, it's not like they were exclusive or anything, hell they weren't even dating a little bit. When he told her he and Leyla were going together, as friends, he insisted, she had definitely gotten upset. She stared in the mirror, hair was perfect, her dress was perfect, makeup perfect, anyone looking would think she was just perfect, why then didn't her heart feel perfect?

The wedding went off without a hitch. None of Sonny's exes popped out of the woodwork claiming their love for him, protesting his marriage to Kate. No one ran in trying to convince Kate not to marry Sonny either. That's about all she could remember, her heart really wasn't in this wedding, her thoughts were elsewhere, and she could distinctively remember the way Leyla was looking all smug about being there with Spinelli. Spinelli, her Spinelli she thought, why did she all of a sudden feel like laying claim to him, she already had him for crying out loud, he was her best friend, why was she suddenly jealous?

She made her way to the reception, alone. Looking around her it was like everyone had someone there for them, in one way or another. She waited patiently for Sonny and Kate to be announced as husband and wife. She waited patiently to make an appearance with Kate so she could duck out before she had to watch him with Leyla all night long. How much longer is this going to take? Finally, she thought, when the doors to the grand ballroom were opened, let's get this show on the road so I can get out of here. She watched as Sonny and Kate shared their first dance as husband and wife and let her mind wonder. Wonder to a place she had never let it go before, not with him anyway, she let it wonder to fairytale like wedding plans, then a split decision that took them to a Vegas wedding chapel instead. She let it wonder to their honeymoon, a night like they had never shared before. Her daydream continued on, pulling her deeper in. She was now imagining them setting on a porch swing, in front of their first house. Dreaming of them watching an inquisitive toddler with a mess of dark brown curls and the most beautiful blue eyes. She was seeing a future she could only dream of, right? She was brought back by a slight tap on her shoulder. She turned and rolled her eyes, "what do you want?"

"Well," he took a deep breath, "I was thinking maybe you, maybe you might like to dance."

"With you," she barked back in response.

"Hey, I'm just trying to be nice, you looked kind of lonely, and you and I both know he wants us to be nicer to each other."

"Alright," she said through clinched teeth, allowing Jason Morgan to lead her onto the dance floor.

"So," he started when the music began attempting to make small talk, "why are you here alone," he paused, "if you don't mind me asking?"

"Because he's here with her."

"You know nothing's going on with the two of them, right?"

"I don't know that, for a fact, I mean I would assume that he would tell me, we are best friends after all," she shrugged. "But when I asked him about coming with me, he said he had already promised that she could be his date."

"Because he went with her to a wedding, that's it."

"It doesn't matter. I just don't want to lose my best friend okay?"

"Alright. Besides, like I said I'm just trying to be nice to you because of him."

The next song had begun, and they were making their way back to their separate tables.

"Do you mind if I cut in?"

Jason just walked away, Spinelli didn't need to ask him if he could dance with Maxie Jones, he was just trying to be a decent guy.

"I don't mind, but won't she," she asked glaring in Leyla's general direction.

"The Jackal and Nurse," he stuttered, "Leyla and I are here as friends, nothing more."

"Yet," she said under her breath.

"Huh?"

"Nothing, I just don't want to lose you okay. Please, don't leave me Spinelli."

"You know that I would never leave you. I would never do that to you."

"Then why did you turn me down when I asked you to come with me?"

"First of all, you kind of told me. Secondly, I was already going with Leyla. What would you have had The Jackal do, tell her never mind? Tell her you decided the two of us were going together? You know me better than that, I would never do that to her."

"Why did you ask her in the first place? I just assumed we were going together, and look at me now, I'm here, all by myself."

"Why would you assume we were going together," he questioned.

"I just did okay."

"Did you really expect me to set around and wait for you to say we were going together? Kate sent me an invitation, I did not want to end up here alone, so I thought Leyla could return the favor."

"Why didn't you just ask me?" No, she thought, I said that out loud didn't I.

He looked at her shocked, "ask you?! If you must know, I did not ask you because I was scared."

"Scared of me? Spinelli, were you scared I would say no, because."

He cut her off, "Maximista, I was more scared you would say yes."

"What?!"

"I was scared that you would say yes under the pretense of us being friends."

"We are friends."

"Yes, but I don't think I could handle doing something as just your friend again."

Suddenly with all the force she could manage she pushed her lips on his.

He pulled away a second or two later, she looked at him perplexed, "What are you stopping for?"

"What was that for? Who are you trying to save me from this time?"

"No one," she snipped back, "yourself," she said calmly.

"Myself, you are saving The Jackal, from The Jackal," he questioned.

She simply nodded.

"I don't understand."

"You wouldn't would you. Spinelli I was heartbroken when you said you were going with Leyla. God, why can't you see how I feel about you?"

"Me!? Maxie,"

She let out a slight giggle.

"What now?"

"You called me Maxie. You never do that."

"Would you let me talk for once? Why do you always do that? Did you ever think I might have something important to say?"

"Are you going to ramble on, or tell me whatever it was you wanted to say?"

"Right." Here goes he thought, "I was just curious."

"About what?"

"About why you cannot see the way I feel about you? I love you. I have loved you for so long now, I just did not know how to tell you. I did not know what to say. Then."

"Then we slept together, and I played the best friend card," she let the tears that had started to build up in her eyes begin to fall. "I was scared about how I felt, nothing good ever comes from being in a relationship with me. I know you don't believe that, I know you think I've learned from my mistakes, that they've made me who I am, but what if they haven't?"

"They have. And I'm not worried about you hurting me. We have something special, something deeper, I thought you knew that," he said brushing the tears off her check.

Her lips were again on his, this time her tongue begged for entrance. Like he would ever deny her something she wished for, something he wanted so badly. They stood there on the dance floor engulfed in one another. It was as if time was standing still. As if they were the only ones in the room. For once the life he had dreamed of, with her, felt like more than just a dream, it seemed like a real possibility. He was seeing a quick trip to Vegas in the midst of planning the lavish wedding he thought she wanted. He saw them move into a fixer upper that was going to give them trouble. He saw himself rocking a sleepy baby girl with dark curls and Maxie's eyes. He saw it all, the future, their future.

This kiss was electric, unlike any other they had shared, full of pure magic. Neither of them realized the song had ended; they were lost in the moment, their moment, a moment where sparks flew.

There you have it! Hope you liked it!