General Hospital Rewrite Part One

May 8th 2016

8:45 a.m.
Julian keeps his eyes as open as possible while listening to Olivia explain how later's going to be. Its their son's first birthday. Leo sat on his father's legs as his parents talked. "Well we can have a little cake seeing as we can only fit a few people in here." Olivia says. "Why don't you have a party at the Metro-Court? Granted I won't be there but you can fit both our families." he replies. "Well who would we invite?" she asks. "Well, you and me, Alexis, Lucas, Sam, Danny, Dante and his family, Ava and Avery, Kiki, Alexis's daughters." he lists.
"I think that's it but it's still what, 14 people. Can we fit that many in here?" Olivia counters. "Well I'm not sure how much Kristina and Molly want to come and Sam might leave Danny at the Quatermain's. Lucas may only stop by for a little, while he's working. Ava can always hold Avery and Kiki probably won't want to be back in the hospital so soon." he says. "We could always just hope everyone fits." She adds. "We'll probably end up doing that." he laughs.
Julian pulls his eyes away from an awkward stare and looks over at Leo, who's playing with some building blocks. He attached two and hands them to Julian. "Is this for me?" he asks his son gently. Leo smiles and starts chewing on the blocks. "You know we may not have been the best of friends but we made a wonderful baby."
Julian smiles at her. As much pain as she's caused him he didn't hate her and agreed on that. Leo lays down on Julian's legs and yawns. "Are you sleepy already?" Julian asks playfully. Leo giggles at the voice Julian was making. "Dadda." he giggles. "You heard that right? He said Dadda. He said Dadda." Julian gleams. Olivia smiles at his excitment. She rubs Julains shoulder and kisses his cheek.
Alexis clears her throat from the doorway. "Alexis, Leo said Dadda. He said Dadda Alexis." he boasts. "So that's what this is about?" she asks. The smile on his face fades away. "What do you mean?" he asks. "Before you get too into this I'm gonna take Leo and get ready for later. I'll bring a cake and we'll just have whoever's around." Olivia says, packing Leo's things and leaving with him.
"What the Hell was that?" Alexis intrrogates. "What the Hell was what?" he asks. "She was getting stepping way over her boundries." Alexis says. "We were excited our son just said Dadda for the first time. She was just happy." he says. She rolls her eyes at him. "Honestly you're acting like I'm cheating on you. She kissed my cheek. Something people normally do. I kiss Sam and your daughters on the cheeks and you don't act like this. I kiss Ava's cheek. It's not like I was shoving my tounge down her throat." he argues.
Alexis moves her bangs and takes a deep breath. "I'm faithful. I've done some awful things and I've lied to you but I would never cheat on my wife. Especially not with Olivia. I don't hate her but she did hurt me and that's not gonna be forgiven easily." he tells her. "I know I'm sorry I just came from the police station. Everyone's talking about how you're going down." She tells him.
He extends a hand to her. She takes it and sits down next to him. "I'm just worried about this witness. He can send you straight to prison." She says, starting to cry. "I thought I was gonna lose you yesterday and when you got into the accident. I went through life wondering when I was gonna meet the man I was meant to be with and I finally found you. I can't lose you Julian." She tells him.
He wipes away her tears. "I don't plan on leaving you anytime soon." he promises. She kisses his hand. "I love you Julian Jerome." She says slowly.

5:12 p.m.
Olivia had brought Leo and a small cake shaped like a bear for him. Ava had showed up with Avery just a little while after Sam and Jason and their son. Lucas had brought Brad too. Both of Alexis's other daughters had come too. Olivia's other son Dante had come with his son and ex wife/girlfriend. The room was filled with people. More than either parents had expected.
Leo once again sat on Julian's lap, a cake was seated his legs. Leo reached for the cake and grabbed a hand full, spearing it across his face as he ate some. He takes a few more handfuls and eats them, spreading most of it on his face. He takes another handful and turns to Julian. Leo pushes the cake at his face.
"Dadda." he says, rubbing the cake on Julian's lips. Julian opens his mouth and awkwardly eats the mushed cake his son is pushing in his face. "Thank you Leo. Thank you baby." he says desperately trying to get a breath while Leo cuts off most of his air.
Leo turns to Olivia and does the same thing. Julian laughs and looks over at the rest of his family. Most of them laugh at the frosting on Julian's nose and mouth. He stares at the doorway. His mouth drops open as he looks at the new comer. "Arthur!" he exclaims.
Arthur works his way through the crowd and over to Julian's bed side. Alexis stares at him too. "I was in town, thought I should stop by. I came by yesterday but you were asleep. I guess I came at an awkward time." he says shly. "No no no this is the perfect time. I mean my whole family is here. I can introduce you to everyone at once." he tells him.
"This is my wife Alexis, my daughter Sam and her boyfriend Jason and son Danny, my son Lucas and his fiance Brad, my sister Ava and her daughters Avery and Kiki." he says while pointing to the people he's naming. "And who's this little guy?" he asks, waving at Leo. "My other son Leo. That's his mother Olivia and his her son Dante, and his family." Julian adds. Arthur smiles at him.
"What did I tell you. I knew you'd have a family. After Jo-"
"Artie." Julian interrupts. Once he has his attention he shakes his head. Arthur stops what he was saying and looks around the room. "They don't know?" he asks. "They don't know about Jo. How could you not tell them?" he asks, getting mad. "I can explain." Julian says.
"Sure you can." he sneers. "We can talk about this later. You just got here, celebrate my son's birthday." he says to him. "I'll come back later." he tells him. "Arth." Julian calls after him. The awkward is interrupted by a ringing phone. "Sorry." Dante says, picking up his phone and walking outside.
The uncomfortable eyes of everyone goes back to Julian. He wipes the frosting from his face. "Party's over. Everyone go home." he tells them. "Please, everyone just, go." he mumbles. Lucas taps Brad's shoulder and they leave, followed by everyone except Alexis.
"I said I wasn't gonna ask you about Jo or Steven but who is this guy?" she asks. He looks up at her. "That's a long story." he hesitates. "He was my-"
"The witness is dead." Dante declares as he walks in. The realization dawns on Julian, this was his fault. He completely forgot about the hit on the witness. He would have called it off. He was going to call it off after he meet with Anna. Alexis and Dante exchange a few words.
"What happened to him?" She asks. "He was found in the Metro-Court parking garage with a needle in his arm. Overdose." he tells her. She looks at Julian through the corner of her eye. "So uh Julian. Got anything to say?" he challenges. Julian shakes his head. "You don't have anything to do with this did you?" he adds. Julian keeps shaking his head. "I'm just a little dizzy." he tells them. "I just need some time." he adds. "I will be back." Dante warns.
Dante leaves, leaving Alexis and Julian alone at last. She looks back at him. "What did you do?" she demands. "You heard the detective, it was an overdose." Julian defends. "He's been clean for almost a year and he just suddenly relapsed? Seems a little coincidental to me." she states. "Junkies relapse all the time." he says, starting to get upset. "They're clean and happy and everything seems better but one little tiny thing happens and it sends them face first on a bender. They relapse so hard that when you find them they're nearly dead on the couch and you have to live with the fact they almost died and you didn't do anything to help them!" he says, starting to yell.
"Wow calm down Jules. Why are you getting so mad?" she asks. He takes a few deep breaths to calm down. "That comes with a story." he starts. "About Steven but I don't want to tell it without Ava here. She needs to know this too, and Arthur." he adds. "I'll call them." she tells him.

6:41 p.m.
Julian had his crowd for the story now. Alexis sat on his bed while Ava sat in a chair next to it and Arthur stood at the wall, still mad about his earlier discovery. "I haven't been honest with you." he addresses his wife and sister. "I didn't grow up alone. I had someone who was more than just a brother he was my best friend and a huge part of me. His name was Samuel Steven Jerome, or Stevie. He was my, my identical twin brother." he admits to them.
Arthur's look softens. "Stevie and I, we told each other everything. I was the first person he came out to he was the person I told about my problems with my father. We were the only people each other had. Stevie was a kind, gentle, smart, caring person and he wanted to make everyone happy. It was one of his major flaws. He wanted everyone to feel happy except himself. He treated himself horribly. He had bad eating habits he was always sick." he says. "And he was a heroin addict and coke head. If he wasn't shooting up he was snorting something." Julian tells them, taking a break to wipe the tear off his cheek. "Let me." Arthur offers.
"No, this is my confession." Julian tells him. "Stevie was with Arthur for a long time. It's how me an Arth became friends. I made it my job to know more about my brother's boyfriends then he did. There was really only Arthur and this other guy who I'll explain in a minute. Steve got clean after he started with Artie. He went to meetings and did everything he could to stay healthy.
You're the reason I got my brother for the extra few years. Steven could be stubborn but Alexis you know all about how stubborn I can be. Let's just say Steve was worse. Him and Arth moved in together and adopted a dog. Stevie was so stressed he went out and got so drunk and high when we found him he couldn't spell gin.
Arthur left to go back to London for a while and Stevie tried to prove he could move on so he started with this guy he meet at a bar. This guy, Hunter, he didn't give a damn about Stevie. Only his body, and he used that pretty badly. Every time I saw my brother he was covered in cuts and bruises. It was awful. Worst part was Hunter had a thing for drugs too. He introduced Steven to do many more types and Stevie did them all.
The physical abuse was bad enough but the emotional and sexual hurt him worse then the beating ever did. He didn't have a say when it came to them having sex. Which from what I know was often. I tried to tell the police but I couldn't say much without outting my brother. Arthur came back to town and tried to convince my brother to come back to London with him so Hunter couldn't hurt him but he found out.
He beat Steven within an inch of his life and left him for dead. I called the cops and told them they were friends and Hunter just turned and tried to kill him. They bought it but weren't gonna do anything unless Stevie said something, which he wouldn't. I loved my brother don't get me wrong but he could be one stupid son of a bitch.
I paid a bunch of women to come forward and confess to being raped by Hunter. He's serving 60 years in a federal prison for serial rape and multiple accounts of assault." he finishes.
The room's gotten silent and everyone stares at Julian. He lowers his eyes and stares at his hands. "Steven sounds like he would have been a good uncle." Ava finally says, breaking the silence. Julian looks up at her, nearly crying. "You would have loved him. He was a better brother than I am." he adds. "You're an amazing brother. You wouldn't be in this mess if I hadn't massively mistrusted someone." Ava tells him.
"Like any of that is true. I'm here because I'm a dumbass." he snaps. "Its my son's first birthday and I've spent it in a hospital, explaining my dead brother's existence and being accused of murder." he growls. "Don't talk about Stevie like he was just your brother. He was more than just your brother. He was his own person. He was my true love. He died and wanted you to keep your promises and what are you doing? Sulking about a crappy day! He was a crack head and he would be ashamed!" Arthur exclaims.
Julian seems taken back by his friend's remark. "I get not telling them about Stevie but Jo, how can you even sleep at night?" he demands. "I can hardly bare it what makes you think I'd be able to tell my children about it? I do care about Jo I just can't tell them. At least Stevie's death wasn't my fault, Jo's was." he says. Arthur loosens his shoulders unclenches his jaw. "Take your damn time." he states before leaving in a hurry.
"It's not that I want to lie to you but I can't tell you about Jo. Not today, not after I just spilled my guts about Steven." he tells them. Ava kisses her brother's forehead. "Take as much time as you need. I'll leave you two alone. I'm sure you'll want some time with your wife alone." she says.

8:47 p.m.
Alexis laid, curled up next to Julian, her face half buried in his chest. His rhythmic breathing was lulling her into a deep sleep. He'd calmed down since earlier but was still high strung and upset. He was exhausted from the busy day. He usually didn't have this many visitors or commotion. He claimed to be feeling better but the exhaustion proved just how long his road to recovery would be.

!!! So the real Julexis has gone to shit but don't worry my children I am here for you!!!