General Hospital Rewrite Part One

November 2nd 2016

6:46 a.m.
     "My whole body hurts." Alexis tells Julian. "Stay home and cuddle with me." he tells her. He'd woken up with a splitting headache and a bad cough. "You'll get me sick and I have stuff to do. You need today to just rest." she tells him. He lays on the couch. "In that case, I'm gonna go back to sleep." he says. "If you need anything just call me. I love you." she kisses his forehead. "You are really warm." she comments. "I'm fine, you go." he urges. "I'll see you later honey." she says. "See you."

7:36 a.m.
     "What should we have for breakfast sweetie?" Alexis asks her stomach. "No kick for muffin, one for bagel." she says, waiting for a kick. "Muffin it is then." she says. She laughs and rubs her extended stomach. Nathan West walks over. "Good morning Mrs. Jerome." he greets. "How are you feeling?" he asks. "I'm doing pretty well. Thank you for asking. How are you?" she asks. "All good. I, uh, got somethings for your husband." he hands her a file. "What's this?" she asks. "Information on Valentin Cassadine, he'd asked me to find some stuff about him. I called Crimson to see if he was there but Nina said he'd called out sick." he says.
     "He's not feeling well but he's fine." she tells him. "Alright well have a nice day." he says. "You too." he walks off and she orders a muffin and hot chocolate before Anna walks over. "Hi Alexis, how have you been?" she asks. "Fine, thanks for asking." she says, looking down at her phone. "How's the baby?" she asks. "None of your business." she states. "I was just trying to be nice." she says. "Well the health of my child has nothing to do with you. Because of you, this baby almost didn't exist." she hisses. "Alexis."
     "You watched this baby's father bleed out on the ground and did nothing! If he'd died, I would be left a widow. Because you didn't call for help, he ended up in a coma for a week and I lost a baby! You blame and hate Julian for you losing a baby and Duke dying, well because of you, I lost a baby and Julian almost died. Only difference is, Julian had someone he loved enough to hold on for." she yells. "Alexis I was trying to be civil."
     "My husband called you to try and make peace and you watched him bleed. It would've taken five minutes to call an ambulance and make sure he didn't die. You, you almost killed my husband, and you did kill my baby." she states, taking her muffin and leaving Kelly's. She puts her hands on her stomach. "I'm sorry you had to hear that baby." she apologizes, realising how upset she'd gotten.

     Cassy walks over to Jo's locker. "Hey Princess." she greets. "How's that little sitch you in?" she asks her. "I'm all good." she tells her. "Man you can't find that crap out the day after the day after. You gotta wait like two weeks or somethin' stupid." Cassy says. "No, you know how when you're younger your mom explained a certain thing and called it your 'friend'?" she asks. "My mom drank herself to death when I was three." she says. "Oh, well I got that friend last night so I'm all clear."
     "That's good. I can hardly deal with one of ya, can't imagine two of you." she laughs. "Tragedy averted." Jodie says. Cassy sees Alex walking over. "So did you uh get the answer for number six on the packet?" she asks, seeing Alex turn away, obviously not wanting to face her. "The packet only went to five." Jo reminds her. "Oh, wrong class." she laughs it off. "I get it man. I mix up chem and human anatomy all the time." she says. "I'll see you in anatomy." Cassy says. "I'll see at lunch. Why don't you sit with me?" she offers. "You got your friends." she says. "You are my friend. Alex isn't in our lunch and I'm not too close with any of them. Plus, I never sit with you."
     Cassy smiles. "Okay, I'll sit with you Princess." she says. Jo smiles in satisfaction.

10:32 a.m.
     Kristina opens the door and walks into her mother's house, expecting it to be empty. She walks over to the couch and nearly jumps out of her skin when she sees Julian laying on the couch. He shoots up when she makes a surprised noise. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I didn't think anyone would be home." she says. He takes a second to get his heart rate back down. "What can I do you for?" he asks. "I was gonna drop some stuff off and get unpacked. I thought I should stay for a while, for Jodie's sake."
     "That's very kind of you." he tells her. "She's wonderful and she needs support and family right now." Kristina says. "Yeah she does. Thank you, this'll mean a lot to her." he tells her. Kristina smiles. "So what are you doing home and sleeping on the couch?" she asks. "I'm sick." he tells her. "I can hear it now. Weren't you real sick not too long ago?" she asks. "Yeah, that was a stomach bug, this is just a cold. I'll be fine tomorrow." he assures her. "Well don't you get Mom sick." she warns. "I'm being careful not to."
     "How's she doing? I mean how's she really doing not how does she want people to think she's doing." he sits up and pulls the blanket onto his lap. "She's really tired and on edge. But she's doing well, all things considered. She's strong and independent but she knows when to ask for help. She's good." he tells her. "And the littlest?" she asks. "Really well. Getting bigger every day." he says. "Did you two finally cave and find out what you're having?" she follows up. "No, you'll find out when we do, after their born."
     "Oh well. At least I have little Emily to buy little bows and dresses for." she says. "Are you hoping for a little brother or a little sister?" he asks. "Brother. I wanna put him in little sports uniforms and do photo shoots with him and little props." she tells him. He laughs in a warm way. "You into photography?" he asks. "I didn't think I would be, but a friend of mine got me a camera and I fell in love with it. When I go back to school I'm gonna take a course on it." she tells him. "That's awesome. You should intern with Crimson." he suggests. "Really?"
     "Yeah, absolutely. You'd get great hands on experience and it could be a good way to get a job fresh out of college." he says. "Who would I have to contact about that?" she asks. "Well, I'm the all seeing eye but if you wanted to Dillon Quartermain is currently our photographer so I'd say him." he tells her. "I'll get on that. Thanks Julian." she says. He puts his hand up before she hugs him and sneezes in the opposite direction. He holds his head. "Oh, oh no." she worries. "Both my ears popped, I feel like I got shot in the head." he says.
     She rubs his shoulder. "You better?" she asks a few seconds later. His voice comes out in little more than a whisper. "I'll get you some water." she offers. He goes to say thank you but ends up having a coughing fit. She gets a glass of water and brings it back to him. He downs almost half before stopping to catch his breath. "Thank you so much." he says. "You feeling better?" she asks. "Yes, that really helped." he tells her. "You're not gonna puke are you?" she asks nervously. "No, I'm not sick like that. Plus, I haven't eaten anything since last night."
     "Do you want me to get you something?" she asks. "I'll do it but thanks for the offer." he says. "It's no problem. We're family now." she says. He smiles. "Thanks Krissy." she pats his shoulder again and goes out to get her bags.