General Hospital Rewrite Part One

June 22nd 2016 Part 1

9:12 a.m.
     Julian walks into the living room. He was tired and had only gotten about another hour of sleep after Jo had woken up crying. After she has calmed down and fallen back asleep, Julian stayed next to her for about an hour, making sure if she woke up like that again he'd be right there for her. "Hey." He says, getting Jo's attention.
      "Oh, morning!" she greets cheerfully. "How'd you sleep?" he asks. "Better than most nights." She answers. His heart breaks for a second. Either she was putting up a mask, didn't remember, or usually didn't get almost any sleep. All three options hurt Julian to think his little girl went through. "Do you remember what happened last night?" he asks. "Yeah, we had a family dinner." She answers.
     "I meant, do you remember waking up?" he corrects himself. "I woke up screaming and crying for help, didn't I?" she asks. "So it's happened before?" he asks. "Yes, happens most nights. You know, when I manage to fall asleep in the first place." She tells him. "Is there anything I can do to help?" He offers. "No, just remember that I've been dealing with this alone for years. Don't think it's on you." Jo tells him.
     "I'm your father, it's my job isn't it?" he asks rhetorically. "Well I'm your daughter so I'm obligated to not tell you anything." She retorts. "Stubborn, you're definitely mine." He laughs. She laughs too.
     "So is Alexis still asleep?" she asks. "Yeah, she's been under a lot of stress lately and she needs her rest." He says. "Is she okay?" Jo worries. "She will be. She's anxious, we both are. We've been trying for a baby and she just wants those positive results. I mean of course I do too, but she feels personally responsible for not actually, you know."
     "She's a good person. Not like some people, where they donate time and money to charity and say they're good, she's really good. I can tell, she's got a good heart. You married the right woman." Jo says. "Yeah I did. I'm a lucky man to have her. She's kind and smart and funny and sweet and such a good mother." he beams.
     "Do you want some breakfast?" he asks out of nowhere. "Oh, sure." She answers. He ruffles her hair and heads to the kitchen. Jo hears the stairs creek and turns around. "Good morning." Alexis greets. "Is your dad down yet?" she follows up. "He's in the kitchen."
     "I was just checking. How are you feeling?" she asks. "I'm fine." She answers, a bit impatiently. "This is just all new to us, we don't know what's normal and what's not." she explains. "I know. I'm just tired of people always asking me how I feel." She says. "You sound just like your father." She comments. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" she asks. "Well, it can be both." she tells her, heading to the kitchen.
     She loops her hands around Julian waist. "Good morning." She whispers. "Good morning to you too." He turns around. "Do you want breakfast?" he asks. "No, I'm not feeling so good. My stomach hurts." She tells him. "Hopefully it's just a bug or something." he says. "Or morning sickness." She adds. He tilts his head. "Wait, what?"
     "I don't know for sure, it's just a thought. Maybe it's nothing." She tells him, trying to not get his hopes any higher. She leans on him. "I'm really not feeling good, I think I'm gonna go back to bed." She says. "Okay, you tell me if you need anything what so ever." He says. "I'd kiss you but I don't wanna get you sick." She says. "After breakfast I'm dropping Jo off with Sam, they're gonna review evidence or something. Then I'll come back take care of you." he promises.
     "You're so cute." She says, poking his nose. "You're adorable." he replies playfully. "You take care of what you have to do, I'm going back upstairs." She says, kissing his cheek and leaving.

11:27 a.m.
     Julian had dropped Jo off and gotten back home. "I really think it was just first thing in the morning nausea." She tries to convince him. "Naturally, cause you always get nauseas first thing in the morning. I'm mean this totally has happened before." He says sarcastically. "Come on, I'm fine." She says.
     "Can I be overprotective for a second?" he asks. "As opposed to how your normally are?" she remarks. He glares. "Alexis, you said this yourself, you're not just living for you anymore. I'm quoting you 'I have to make sure I take care of myself so we can have this kid.'" he reminds her. "Are you saying I don't know my own body?" she demands. "No, I'm saying you're stubborn as all Hell and I've seen you need help and not get it."
     "If I'm so stubborn why bother arguing and just leave." She tells him. He takes a second but walks to their bedroom door. "If you need anything call." He says, opening the door and closing it behind him. The anger wares away and she calls his name softly, hoping he's standing by the door waiting. No answer.

11:42 a.m.
     "You aren't gonna do anything?" Jo asks Jordon, completely outraged. Nathan Waller had changed his schedule and was leaving the 24th instead of next week. Sam had convinced Jo to give all the evidence they had to the police. Jordon had refused to make a move against Waller until they found out the name of his female partner. Jodie figured she was either dead or just not as powerful as Waller. They'd found nothing but an e-mail Waller went her in 2010. Jodie had memorized it.
*Dear M,
      You've done so much for this organisation so much in the past. I hope you'll reconsider your position and come see me.
Sincerely, W*
     As far as they found, she hadn't gone to see him, but it being six years ago, it was nearly impossible to find out for sure. Jodie clenches her fists. Jordon was clearly completely uninterested in bring the organization down, seeing as they aren't a native Port Charles problem. Jo's blood boiled, she needed them to be taken down. "Don't worry." Sam tells her sister. "Once we have more information, these people will all face charges. They'll pay for what they did."
     They'll pay. It echos through Jo's head. They would pay. Nathan Waller would pay. He made a mistake crossing Jo and she planned on showing him. "Don't worry Mamma, I'm gonna kill this bastard." She thinks to herself. 

So, will Jo actually go through with it? Or will someone stop her? Will it be Julian? Sam?
What's going on with Alexis? Is she's as okay as she says she is?