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Four months into Jason and Maxie's unexplainable romance, small changes started to appear in the penthouse. First a mirror by the front door, that he noticed one day after coming in late one night. The kitchen was actually stocked with more than just beer and bread. The freezer was filled with moose tracks ice cream, and there was always chocolate of some sort in the pantry. Walking up the stairs towards his bedroom he was happily surprised to find her asleep in bed in one of his shirts. Quickly ridding himself of his clothes and moving towards the hamper in the closet to find that it had been taken over by Maxie's clothing. He could bet if he checked his 3rd dresser drawer if would probably be full of her belongings as well. Something he had been encouraging since their first night together.

Things had been steadily improving in their relationship; better than either of them had suspected it would, and if fact this upcoming Friday would be their first weekend away together, as soon as Maxie was done with her work at crimson. Jason had proposed the idea one night while they were lying in bed. Sure Maxie had been to Manhattan but she had always seen the fashion side of the city; and Jason planned to show her the real side. The places he had discovered on his numerous rides through the city.

He had plans for their weekend, and it was driving Maxie crazy not knowing.

Just the way Jason preferred it.

~*~

"Okay, so Johnny and I will go to the club opening, the next day I'll return the dress to Fredirco and supervise the casting for the photo spread."

"Right, and then Jason is going to meet you in the city and you'll spend your first weekend away I've heard the itinerary a thousand times over."

"Sorry it's just our first time away as a couple. 48 hours uninterrupted hours, 48 hours without having to worry about Sonny or Spinelli or Mac. Almost 48 hours in bed with—"

"I get it; I don't need to hear the details of your sex life." Lulu said zipping up the dress, as the elevator reached the floor. Johnny stepped off and moved towards the clothing wrack to grab his suit for the night, heading towards the bathroom.

"I just wish that Jason would tell us what we're doing." Maxie said adjusting the strap of the shoes she was wearing. There were four inch black jimmy choos, and they were going to kill her feet by the end of the night; but fashion equals pain.

"You'll manage to suffer through it somehow. Okay so I'll see you bright and early Monday morning?" Lulu said as Johnny came out of the bathroom, standing and waiting for final approval. "You look good." Lulu finished before making her way to the elevator, leaving her "best friend" and ex-boyfriend to their evening.

"Did I hear a comment about a sex life?" Johnny asked bemused, before moving back towards the elevator.

~*~

"Alright Cody, just make sure the shipments go down as planned. I'll have my phone on but only contact me if it's an emergency." Jason said trying to wrap up business before racing out to meet Maxie. He didn't need to pack a bag; he had all the clothes he would need at the City apartment. The only thing he did need was the small velvet box on his inside jacket pocket. "Right, okay just drop the papers off to Bernie and I'll see you sometime on Monday."

Taking the box out to quickly examine it for the millionth time, Jason was forced to close it when the penthouse door quickly opened to reveal Spinelli holding a stack of folded up boxes, followed by Lulu Spencer.

"Greetings Stonecold, I the Jackal have brought fair Lulu to help with the task of collecting his remaining personal effects before moving them into the Original Blonde one's humbled abode."

"That's great Spinelli. I'm glad you're finally getting out of the hotel." Jason said showing his hand.

"How did you—you checked up on me?" Spinelli said with hope and joy overflowing in his voice.

"I asked Sam where you were staying. I just wanted to make sure you were okay, that someone was making sure you ate."

"The Jackal is overfilled with joy at Stone Cold's care and consideration." Spinelli rambled. "Is it safe to say that Stone Cold is on his way out of town?"

"I'm—"

"Meeting Maximista, in Manhattan, the Blonde one informed me of your plans. Which is why I have chosen this opportunity to move my belongings to their new home."

"Right well, if you need any help—"

"You have done more for me than I could ever ask. Enjoy you're romantic interludes, I truly do hope that you and the—that you and Maxie are happy and well." Spinelli said before moving up the stairs Lulu trailing him. The box was still held tightly in Jason's hand, without taking his extra peak; he put the box in his jacket pocket before moving towards the door.

~*~

The club opening had been like every other promotional event the duo had been on. But know because of their separate relationships, there was no longer any sexual tension between the two friends. They went; they were photographed, talked to the "important people". They shared a few drinks and a dance or two and were soon on their way to Washington Square Park where Maxie would meet Jason to start their weekend together.

"I still can't believe you are dating Jason Morgan. If you were just sleeping with the guy I think that would make more sense than you in a normal committed relationship."

"Like anyone actually understands your and Olivia's midnight romance." Maxie laughed sitting back in the luxurious seat. "We're in the same boat, Mr. Zacchara." She said passing him the open bottle of champagne.

"It's gotta be at least a little weird?"

"You wanna talk about weird? Johnny I heard she had a kid when she was younger than us, that has got to be weird that her kid is the same age if not older than you?"

"We try not to talk about that part too much." Johnny laughed passing the bottle back.

"I should hope not!" She giggled, the affects of the alcohol starting to set in, although this time neither one of them had any intentions of letting their drunken antics get out of hand.

~*~

"Are you sure you don't want me to wait?" Johnny asked standing outside the car waiting at the memorial arch at the fifth street entrance waiting for Jason. "Because I'm pretty sure Jason will kick my ass if I just drove off."

"Johnny I'm fine. Jason is going to be here any minute." Maxie said trying to get Johnny to leave for the hundredth time.

"Then there's no reason I can't wait. I know that you may think you're some hardcore cardio kick boxer now, but you're a tiny girl, plus I'd feel much better if I waited with you." Johnny joked.

"If you insist." Maxie said leaning back against the car, she had made the mistake of telling Johnny about her new workout regime. Especially since she had added that she bet she could kick his ass if she really wanted to. It had given them both a good laugh. Johnny shrugged out of his jacket for the evening and placed it gently around her shoulders. "So what are your plans for the rest of this lovely evening?"

"Head back to Port Charles. Spend some time with Olivia."

"And return your suit to the office." She said Johnny nodded, "things seem to really be working out for the two of you, don't they?"

"They really are. I can't explain it to you, how or why this happened, but it's good. It's probably a lot like you and Jason."

"Jason and I are—I don't even know the words to describe it. When it's just the two of us, and we can shut out the rest of the world things are amazing. But the truth is that it's not just the two of us. Mac hasn't spoken to me in weeks; Sonny thinks that I am blackmailing Jason. Spinelli is—" Maxie stopped truly taking a second to think about the man she had called her best friend. "At least with you and Olivia people understand why you're with her. Even if they disregard the emotional connection you have with her, she's hot so why wouldn't you want that. But with Jason people are convinced I'm being taken advantage of."

"Are you?"

"No, if anyone is, it's me of Jason. There's a side to him that he rarely shows. And I've been lucky enough to be one of the few people that see it. I'm moving in with him after this weekend." Maxie said.

"Really?" he said incredulously.

"Yeah, Jason asked me to about a month after we started dating, and a flat turned him down. But I think it's time. I spend every night there anyway so it only makes sense. Spinelli is actually taking over my part of the lease at the apartment." Maxie explained.

"A way for you to get back into Spinelli's good graces?"

"If that's possible. I'd love for that to happen, but this isn't about him, it's about me and Jason."

"Speaking of—" Johnny said pointing towards Jason who was walking up to the car. "Hey Jason." Johnny extended his hand, to shake his semi-quasi bosses.

"Did you two have a good night at the club?" Jason asked sounding strangely like a parent asking his child.

"It was just another night." Johnny said, knowing that Maxie and Jason probably wanted to be alone. "I'll see you both back in Port Charles. Have a good weekend." Johnny said before Maxie handed him the jacket, and he got in the car and drove away.

"So it did you and Johnny have fun?" Jason asked moving towards Maxie to hug her.

"It was very good. Johnny and I have a lot in common so it's fun getting to work with him." Maxie pulled back and they began to walk, through the nearly deserted park.

"Well I'm glad that you enjoy your job." Jason said truly being happy that Maxie was. He had heard tales of Maxie and Johnny's past outings from Spinelli but now that Johnny was with Olivia, he had no fear that anything would happen between the two friends. "So I had an unexpected visitor at the penthouse this evening."

"Spinelli?" Maxie asked, already knowing the answer. "Let me guess he came to pack up the rest of his things to move into my apartment?"

"You knew." Jason said it was more of a statement than a question.

"So I was thinking that—" Maxie continued as if Jason hadn't put the pieces together.

"You're moving in with me?"

"If you still want me too?" Maxie asked stopping on the sidewalk and turning towards him, Maxie didn't waste any time before jumping into Jason's arms, for a long overdue hug, warping one of her legs around his body. "I thought you would be happy!"

"You've been changing things around the penthouse and two nights ago I noticed that my closet is now full of couture, so unless I've shrunk you've been slowly taking over the penthouse for the last month."

"Are you sure you're okay with this?"

"Maxie, I'm the one who asked you to move in, in the first place." Jason said kissing her before resuming their walk around the park. After a few minutes of silence Maxie finally spoke again.

"I need to change before we go anywhere else." Maxie said running her hand along the material of the short dress she was wearing. "It's on loan from Frederico; I can't risk anything happening to it."

"That's fine." Jason said as they continued hand in hand down the path. "Besides it's probably best if you change into something with pants, I brought the bike for this weekend. It's a lot easier to find parking for it and you're bound to cause a scene if you go out in that short excuse of a dress."

Maxie choosing to disregard his comment moved onto more important things. "So what's on our agenda for this little weekend away?"

"I've got a few things I plan to show you this weekend." Jason smirked keeping his plans a mystery.

"I've already seen it Jason, and while I do find it very impressive—"

"Very funny Maxie," Jason smirked slipping his hand into hers. "The apartment is just a few blocks up on 14th." Jason explained. "If you're feet are tired I can put you in a cab, or I can carry you?"

"That's only nine blocks, I'm pretty sure my precious little toes can handle that." Maxie smiled, in reality her feet were killing her already but she wasn't about to let on to Jason about that.

"I'll be sure to give you a nice long foot rub tonight for all the walking you've done." Jason said trying to appeal to her.

"I'll hold you to that."

~*~

Jason was sitting on the couch looking through some paperwork he had brought in case Maxie's work at Crimson had taken longer than expected. "You did not seriously bring work!"

"You're working all weekend too." Jason said setting down the papers, and turning to face Maxie.

She was standing behind him at the bedroom entrance leaning against the door jam. She had changed out of her dress and into a pair of skin tight jeans, basic black halter top, providing ample cleavage for all to view, paired with some biker boot heels, adding a little height to her short 5'4'' stature. She'd fashioned her hair simple and straight since she knew there would soon be a motorcycle helmet adorning her head.

"You are not leaving this apartment looking like that." Jason said as if the question were not up for discussion. He set the papers down on the coffee table and walked over to where she was standing.

"And why the hell not? I think I look pretty good." Maxie said spinning around him, leading him back towards the couch pushing him down before settling herself on his lap.

"You look more than pretty good, which is why I'm not taking you out so everyone else can look at you." He said placing his hands on her slim hips his hands touching the skin exposed by the small shirt.

"I plan on wearing my jacket. Plus I don't have eyes for anyone but you Jason Morgan. And don't you forget that." Maxie said giving him a quick kiss before hopping up and moving towards her black leather jacket. "Well come on old man, you've got some things to show me."

"Put your jacket on." Jason said standing from the couch and moving towards the front door. Waiting for Maxie to do the same.

"Look at us," Maxie said as she joined Jason at the door. "We're one of those matching couples."

~*~

"Looks like you could use a few lessons, from an experienced player."

After leaving the apartment Maxie and Jason headed out on his bike moving around the city by bike stopping occasionally for Jason to tell why he liked that particular spot. Finally they ended their night stopping at Jason's favorite bar. They were already into a few rounds beer. Jason was attempting to teach Maxie how to play pool, although the alcohol consumed at the club opening and the beer she was currently drinking weren't helping her hand eye coordination. Jason was in the process of getting the next round of drinks when the stranger approached.

"Are you talking about pool or your love life?" Maxie smiled doing her best to not laugh at the stranger.

"Why are you interested in finding out the later?"

"I'm sure I can manage on my own." Maxie said trying to brush off the guy, hoping that she could get rid of the man before Jason returned. She had never experienced Jason when another man was hitting on her, but she only assumed that it wasn't pleasant. "In both categories."

"I'm sure I could teach you something." The stranger said taking the pool cue from the table, setting his beer down on the edge, lining up a shot.

"Really it's not necessary; I'm actually here with someone."

"There's always room for improvement." The guy smirked, clearly stating that this man didn't have a self esteem problem causing Maxie to let out a small laugh.

"Look, that's nice and all, but my boyfriend is on his way back; and for your own safety you might want to beat it." Maxie smirked, trying to keep from laughing. Jason was a fine specimen of a man, and she was in no hurry to look for "something better".

"I'm not afraid of some guy—"

"You sure about that?" Jason said standing behind the man, having a few inches in height on the man. Handing off the two bottles of beer to Maxie, Jason moved to stand in front of her affectively blocking the other man's view. He knew that letting Maxie out of the apartment in that shirt was going to become a problem. Jason had given her a hard time when she moved to take the jacket off, but in the end Maxie had used her charms on Jason, and up until this moment he had been enjoying the view.

"Sorry dude, she's taken I got it." The man finally acquiesced putting his hands up in defeat.

Maxie just laughed as the guy walked away taking a long pull from one of the beers before handing it to Jason. "That was fun."

"It's because you took off your jacket." Jason pointed out.

"Jase, it's like 80 degrees in here. You got to take off your jacket it's only fair I get to take off mine."

"Me taking off my jacket and you showing the world your chest are completely different." Jason said curtly before moving back to pick up a pool cue. "Sorry didn't mean to say that one out loud."

"You know you can be a real ass sometimes." Maxie said taking another sip from her beer. Her voice didn't hold any hurt on the comment he had just expressed, more of just stating a fact.

"I know, and I'm sorry." Jason agreed before moving towards her and pulling her into his arms. Maxie's slight inebriation caused her to stumble into Jason's arms, where he happily accepted, she was nearing drunk and well past tipsy.

"How about we scratch this game of pool and we just head back to the apartment? You can always teach me how to play pool when we get back to Port Charles?"

Maxie didn't wait for Jason to answer she just moved towards her discarded jacket and then towards the front door of the dark bar. Jason in haste to keep up to her grabbed his jacket and followed Maxie out to the curb where he had parked his motorcycle.

~*~

Jason couldn't help but wait up until Maxie had fallen asleep. She had fought sleep for so long, and in fact was in the middle of telling him a story from the club before she fell asleep mid-sentence. Jason just pulled the cover further up her naked body, his hand brushing her still damp hair from the shower, memories of the last few hours instantly rushing into his memory.

Once back from the bar it took all of their self-control to wait until they were safely inside of the 2 story walk up to remove their clothing, but the second the door closed…well that was a different story.

The first time was up against the wall in the entry way, they only separated long enough for Maxie to run into the bedroom and grab the box of condoms she had brought. The whole time she moved, quickly removing her clothing before racing back to Jason's waiting arms. Affectively pinning Maxie with his weight on the wall, she wrapped her slender legs around his body digging her heals into his lower back as Jason helped them both to a quick release. They both knew there would be time for slow later.

During a desperate need for rehydration after round one had finished, round two took place on the kitchen counter. Round three started in the hallway on the way to the bedroom, although they may have finished what they started in the bedroom, they both ended up lying across the wooden floor, clinging to each other in the afterglow.

And the last round of the night took place in the shower. Maxie had told Jason that she needed to wash off the sweat and smoky smell of the bar before she fell asleep, and Jason took that as his invitation to join her. Taking extra time to wash each other thoroughly when they were finally finished. Jason practically had to carry Maxie to the bedroom, the relaxant of the hot shower reminding her just how tired she really was.

It was currently 6:45 in the morning. Once he was certain Maxie had fallen asleep he crawled out of bed, doing a door and window check, making sure the security system was on before moving back to bed, setting the alarm clock on his phone, knowing that Maxie had to be downtown at 2 for a photography layout casting.

He hadn't meant to keep her up that long, but once things with Maxie get started she is a force of nature to be reckoned with, especially when it came to sex. He knew that was what she had in mind when they left the bar, the ride back to the apartment were the most excruciating 20 minutes of his life. Maxie's arms securely around his waist, her hands creeping lower and lower down his abdomen, resting her hand firmly on his thigh, giving the occasional squeeze before moving it high and eventual back to his abdomen. A few times Jason had to physically remove her hand from his body.

Yes, Maxie was a force to be reckoned with but seeing her completely exhausted was; completely worth it.

~*~

The alarm went off a little after 11 am, much too early for Maxie or Jason's liking.

"Too early." Maxie said burying her face into the pillow

"That's because you stayed up too late." Jason said turning off the alarm clock, and moving back towards the bed so she was now burying her face into his chest.

"You really weren't making it easy for me to go to bed early. Not that I'm complaining." She smiled placing a few light kisses against his bare chest before sliding out of bed

"Where are you going?" Jason smirked watching his naked girlfriend walk into the bathroom.

"To take a shower, alone." She said before shutting the bathroom door making sure to lock it before turning on the shower. She had unpacked her toiletries the night before knowing she would get back late and not want to do it then.

She had only been under the spray for a few minutes before she heard the bathroom door open. "Seriously you break in while I'm showering?" She laughed.

"I got bored." He said joining her taking her hair into his hands making sure it was thoroughly wet before she handed him the condition. "No shampoo today?"

"You washed my hair last night, if you shampoo it too much it takes the natural oils out. That's bad for your hair." Maxie explained. Jason had finished with the conditioner and was now beginning to wash her body, using the lavender scented body wash she had placed into the shower the night before.

"So what's on your agenda for the rest of the day?"

"The casting hopefully won't take all day. It's scheduled from 3 until 6 so it shouldn't be too bad. You could go back to sleep, do work?"

"Or I could come with you to the casting?" Jason suggested.

"You actually want to come and watch me take Polaroid's of guys without their shirts on?"

"Not particularly but if it means spending more time with you, then I'll at least suffer through a little bit of it. I'll probably get bored and leave but—"

"Before I say yes, you just need to know that I'm going to be working. Which means I won't have a lot of time—?"

"Maxie, I'm not going to cling." Jason laughed, like it was one of the most ridiculous things.

Jason Morgan being clingy.

"I know that. I just don't want you coming to the casting under false pretenses."

"There aren't any." They finished the conversation with a few simple kisses, a few that Jason tired to turn into something more. And a few that got past Maxie's mind that told her she needed to get dressed. With her back pressed firmly into the shower wall, Jason pressed against hers; it was more than obvious for Maxie to tell.

"Well this isn't getting me to work." Maxie said pushing him away, moving to the door of the large glass shower. After stepping out of the spray she quickly reached back in and turned the handle for the hot water off, leaving Jason with only cold water. "Enjoy you're cold shower!"

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