General Hospital Rewrite Part One

November 19th 2016

11:12 a.m.
     Jodie jumps out of bed, stumbling before her father catches her. "You still need to take it easy." He says. "I'm free." she grabs a sock. "Master has given Dobby a sock, Dobby is free!" she laughs. "Its a good thing you discharged her I think another day locked up and she'd have lost it." Alexis laughs. "I can't wait to go home and take a shower, eat something good, and sleep in my bed." she says. "I am so happy you're coming home. Now you can rest and recover in the comfort of your own home." Alexis says, kissing Jo's head.
     Lucas walks in. "I promised you'd get out, didn't I?" he says. "You did." she says. "Why don't you guys head home." He suggests. "Please!" Jodie begs. "Alright, lets go."

11:47 a.m.
     Jodie opens the door and walks in. "Welcome home Jodie!" everyone says. She looks around at her family and back out at her parents. "You threw me a welcome home party?" she asks. "We had to." Julian says. She smiles and hugs them. Danny and Jake run to hug her. "Welcome home." they say. Jackson walks over a second later. "Hi Jodie." He greets. She pulls him into the hug. "I got my three nephews." she beams. "Boys, why don't you go get those things you got for your aunt." Jason suggests. They take off running.
     "Welcome home little mouse." Niels says, hugging her, followed by Ava with Avery. Jo kissed her cousin's cheek. Niels puts his hand on Ava's shoulder and wraps his arm over her. "I'm glad you're okay honey." Olivia says, hugging Jodie and getting Leo into her arms. "Hey Leo." she greets. "Gogo!" he squeals. She puts her hand on the back of his head and kisses his cheek. Cassy walks over and waits for Jo to turn. "Hey Cas." she says. "Hey Princess." Cassy says, going to hug Jodie but stopping. "He's not gonna bite." Jo teases. "Are you Leo?" she gives him a bounce, making him grin. 
     "I'm just not a hugger." she says. Jodie glances down at back at her little brother. "Its okay. Leo's giving me a hug." she says. "Cute kid." she says. Jo goes around and says hi to everyone before going back to going to Alexis. "Is Alex coming?" she asks, assuming Alexis didn't invite him. "Your friend Cassidy said she'd invite you." she tells her. Jo puts Leo on the ground and goes over to Cassy. "Did you follow through with inviting Alex?" she asks. "Yeah, he never responded but he read the message." she says. "Oh." Jo checks her phone. *No New Messages*
     Kristina comes over and puts her hands on Jo's shoulders. "What's wrong? Boy troubles?" she asks rhetorically. "Yeah actually, my boyfriend didn't show." she tells her. "He'd better have a good excuse, or you leave him." Kristina warns. "He'd better." Jo says. She doesn't hear the knock on the door and walks into the kitchen to get a drink. Sam opens the door. "Hi, I'm Alex, Jo's boyfriend. Sorry I'm late." He greets. Sam crosses her arms. "I think she went into the kitchen."
     He weaves his way through the crowd and into the quiet kitchen. "I'm late, can my sins be forgiven?" he asks. Jo smiles before she turns. She walks into his open arms, putting her hands on his cheeks and kissing him. "You came." she says. "Of course I did." He kisses her back. "I love you Jodie." He says. "I love you too." she smiles against his chest. Cassy walks in. "I was getting a soda." she says. They all walk out of the kitchen and into the living room. Danny, Jake, and Jackson all come running up to them. Danny backs behind Jake when he sees Alex.
     Jo glances between them. She smiles at Danny and Alex's smile fades. "We made you stuff." Jake tells her, handing her a folder piece of paper. She opens it and reads the inside, hiding tears behind a smile. "Did you draw this?" she asks. He nods proudly. "This is amazing. You're so talented." she beams. Danny gives hers his, still behind Jake. "Is this all of us?" she asks him. "Yeah, that's you, me, Jake, and Jackson. We're ice skating, like you said you'd take us." He reminds her. "And I will take you. I promise. As soon as I can, we'll all to ice skating together." She stacks Jake and Danny's cards. Jackson gives his to her. Other than designs there's no pictures like his cousins cards.
*To Aunt Jodie,
     When Lucas and Brad first adopted me I was so scared no one would like me. But everyone is so nice. Especially you. You're such a good aunt. You helped me make cookies and that was like what my mom used to do. You are really funny and smart and you're really nice. When Lucas told me you were hurt I got really scared. I didn't wanna lose you cause you're my family and I love you. I am so happy you're okay now. I love you so much!
Jackson :-)*
     She looks up at them and wipes her cheeks. "Oh no, I didn't mean to make you cry." Jackson says. "It's okay. It's okay. Come here." she pulls the three of them into a hug. Jackson nudges Alex and knocks him off the couch. Cassy laughs at him. "What did I do to deserve nephews as wonderful as you three?" she asks. Julian walks over. "Did you boys make Auntie Jo cry?" he asks. "We didn't mean to Grandpa." Danny says. "I know you didn't. I got a secret, there's a chocolate cake in the fridge and I'll let you guys have the first three pieces if you go get it for me. Work as a team, it might be a little heavy."
     "Okay!" Danny runs off first, followed by Jake and finally Jackson. Julian kisses Jo's head and walks away. "I got you something too." Alex says, taking his spot on the couch back. He hands her a box. She opens it and her excited smile turns to disappointment. "It's the exact same neckless you lost." He tells her. "I know what it is. Alex I don't want this. It's not that I don't appreciate the sentiment but it's not the neckless that was important to me. If I wanted, I coulda gotten five for myself. They're ten bucks at hot topic. It means nothing to me, nothing expect that it was the last thing I have for Jensen. That's why it's important to me. That's why I wore it every day. Unless you can bring Jensen back, this is just you trying to by my forgiveness for not coming to see me."
     "Jo, that's not what I'm trying to do. I love you and I just thought you'd want another like the one you lost." He says. "Its not." she says. "Hey Princess, I got you something too. Before you bite my head off let me explain." she says, putting a dirty and beat up neckless into Jo's hand. "Its the one you threw out. I pulled it out of the trash and fixed it up. Its still a little broken. One of the flaps is a little bitchy and its scratched up, but it looks pretty good." she says. "You fixed it?" Jo asks, completely forgetting about Alex's fail.
     "I had to. It meant so much to you. Mr. Matthews let me use the metals shop. It's how I got the burns on my hands." she explains. "Thank you Cassy." she says. Alex gets up and leaves the house. He pulls out his phone. *bri ur parents home* he sends and waits for an answer. *No. Come on over.* He checks to make sure no one followed him and he takes off.
     Jodie holds the neckless and looks up at Cassy. "This means so much to me." she looks to the other seat, just realizing Alex left. Sam sits next to her. "Hey, your neckless." she says. "Cassy fixed it for me." she says. "It was nothing." Cassy blushes. "Thank you." Sam says.
     Alexis puts her hand on Julian's back. "Jodie say anything?" she asks. "Not really but I think she's happy. The boys made her cry." He tells her. "Aw, cute." she beams. "Yeah but I think Alex just left." He says. "Good riddance." Alexis mutters. Olivia walks over. "Avery and Leo are playing. I'm gonna get going. Apparently there's some things going on at the Metro-Court." she tells them. "Problem?" Julian asks. "No, I just gotta go check it out." she tells him. "Okay, bye." He says curtly.