Maxie sat on a gurney in an empty hallway. Robin was about to get everything she wanted, only to almost lose it in the blink of an eye. And now no one knew if she'd make it through or if we'd lost her. Maxie didn't understand how this could all happen. Robin had always been to good one. It was her and Georgie that deserved everything they wanted. Now she had lost Georgie and she could lose Robin as well.
Spinelli couldn't understand. He tried to understand, but Maxie knew he'd never understand the loss and emptiness she felt sometimes. How she could be so happy only you lose it all. She lost her Father and Mother to spy lives. She had lost Jesse and Cooper; two people she truly cared about. She was taken for a spin with Lucky only to have him only want her because of the pills she could get. Then she lost Georgie, one of the people who could see her for who she was and still love her. The one person who tried to get her to ignore her head and do what was right. The one person who grounded her and who could get Mac to listen and not be all over protected. Maxie had lost so much and just kept losing. She just hoped that Robin wasn't next on the list.
A few tears started falling as she thought that Robin could be next. That she could lose Robin and she wasn't sure how she could handle it. She wasn't sure if she could handle it. It wasn't even a year since Georgies death and now Robin could be gone to. She just hoped Georgie was watching over Robin and making sure Robin didn't lean us or her baby girl and Patrick.
Matt walked around the corner, just to find a place to be alone. He was still trying to a just to this whole family in Port Charles thing. He was still mad at Noah, but was trying to get to know Patrick, yet still stay far away. But this whole thing with Robin, Emma and Patrick seem to bring Patrick and him a bit closer than before. He could see how much Patrick loved Robin and Emma, and didn't want to want to lose them. He tried his best to tell Patrick that be strong and do what was best.
But now he needed some space. Something to clear his head. A place to just sit and gather his thoughts and just figure out what was going on and if he really wanted to be part of that family and embrace it. He stopped when he saw someone sitting down and what looked like to be crying. And by what she was wearing he knew it was Maxie. She still hadn't been home since Robin was taken to the hospital, so she hadn't changed out of the dress. He walked a little closer, not wanting to seem like he was just there to annoy her, but really seeing if she was okay.
"Are... are you okay?" Matt asked quietly, just to let Maxie know he was there. Maxie quickly brought her hands up and wiped the tears away. Matt was the last person she wanted to see her crying.
"I'm fine. Just needed some time" Maxie told him trying to ask all witty and strong. She didn't want him to see her as weak and needy. She wasn't like that. She was the one who always got in everyone's way, the one who was strong. And didn't take anyone crap.
"She's going to be okay. You have to just believe that" Matt told her and walked a bit closer. He could tell she was worried over Robin; after all he did get her to calm down a bit after she yelled at Epiphany. He just hoped maybe some kind words would help her.
"That's what they tell you to do. Be strong. Don't give up hope." Maxie told him. He was a complete jerk, but he was there. He might not understand what she was going through, but she did know Robin would be his in-law soon and that baby was his niece. "I know Robin's strong and she has so much to live for. But when does that stop death from taking you" Maxie asked him. She looked at him hoping maybe he'd had answers. Answer that didn't exist. One she's been waiting for since Jesse's death.
"It doesn't" Matt answered her. He didn't know the answer to that one himself. He then walked over and sat down next to her. Just hoping maybe though few words could give her hope. "Death is a cruel thing, but those who overcome it, are said to be the strongest and help those who don't want to" Matt told her. As a doctor he saw Death more then he wanted to, but it was part of the job. And he believed that you overcome death in any way the strong you are the more willed you are to fight it when it comes for you.
"Do you believe we have angel watching over us?" Maxie asked him. She didn't believe what he said. She had overcome death far too many times and she still couldn't handle it. She knew how to convince everyone it was okay when she was in the hospital, but when it's someone she loves, she doesn't know how and what to do.
"It depends sometimes I do, other times it doesn't seem it. Why do you have an angel watching over you?" He asked her. He wasn't sure what to believe on that one.
"I hope I do." Maxie said to him. She knew he has BJ and Georgie watching out for her. She just hoped Georgie was looking out for Robin as well. As she thought about it, she hoped stone was watching out for her as well. "But then again everything I've done... never mind" Maxie started to say and then stopped. She didn't get why she was telling Matt this. She didn't know him that well and he was a complete jerk.
"Just because you might have done something doesn't mean you won't have someone watching out for you" Matt told her. He understood the sudden I don't need to talk to you, because Maxie and he weren't on the best of terms.
"You wouldn't get it" Maxie told him and then stood up. Ready to get going and find Spinelli and see what was going on.
"Wanna try me? Matt said to her trying to challenge her. Maxie stopped and turned to face him.
"Robin, Mac and Spinelli are the only people left I have that I can count on" Maxie started out telling him. She didn't know why she was telling him. Maybe she needed a friend or maybe she just wanted to take his challenge. "Everyone else has either left or died"
Matt looked at her, not knowing what to say. If there was anything to say he wasn't sure what it is.
"I told you, you wouldn't get it" Maxie said to him and then turned back around.
"Wait…. I do know a little something about being left" Matt responded. It wasn't as much as she's been through, but it was something. Maxie then turned around and looked at him again. "My dad left, he only was a pay check really. He's give my mom money and we'd never hear from him" Matt told her.
"That must have been hard" Maxie said. Thinking was she now going to have to tell him her story? Should she even tell him her story? Just because his father didn't want him would he still understand?
"So I get being left. I might not understand death, but I do deal with it at work" Matt said to her, hoping maybe something to get her to understand. So the two could come to some sort of understanding.
"But you still wouldn't understand. I shouldn't be here. I wasn't supposed to me the one that lived, but I am. Now everyone I love and care about are the ones dying." Maxie told him opening up a bit of her past to him and her life.
"Then help me" Matt told her. He really wanted to be there. He wanted her to see that Robin would be fine and everything would be okay. But something told him it wasn't about Robin anymore. "Why aren't you supposed to be here?"
"When I was four it got seriously ill and the only way to save me was a heart transplant. It wasn't looking so good. My father even came home; or rather Mac found him and brought him home. Almost as if to have us all say our goodbyes. But my cousin got in an accident. It left her brain dead and her parents knew we match so they gave her heart to me and saved my life. My cousin, BJ, she was my best friend. She wasn't supposed to die. But now here I am alive and well and Robin is in there fighting for her life." Maxie told him trying so hard not to cry. She wanted to keep herself from doing that, because she knew as soon as she got home she would. "And the one person I need right now isn't here and I just wish she was" Maxie told him. She knew Georgie would know the right words to say. Spinelli was great, but she knew Georgie would be able to keep her faith alive. She couldn't help but let a few tears escape. Matt then got up and walked over to her and pulled her close.
"It's going to be okay. " Matt told her, trying to give her some comfort and to know she wasn't alone. That no matter how bad things where, they'd still be okay in the end.
Spinelli walked down the hall hoping to find Maxie. He knew she was worried and scared. He wanted to be a shoulder she could cry on. He walked around the corner and stopped when he saw she found comfort in the other of Matt. Spinelli dropped his head and headed back to waiting area.