General Hospital Rewrite Part One

December 16th 2016 Part 3

7:12 p.m.
     "I haven't done anything." Julian states, leaning back in the interrogation room chair. "Well according to Nina Reeves you sabotaged Crimson in an attempt to shut down the magazine." Jordan says. "Really, really? You think I tried to kill my own magazine? Do you know how much money I make off Crimson? I'm thinking of getting a sports car." He laughs. Alexis shoots a glare at him. "I mean a hot tub and pool." He corrects.
     Alexis smiles and winks at him. "This is serious. Julian, you're going down." Jordan says. "The only place I'm going, is back to the hospital to be with my daughter. This whole thing has gotta be some kind of human rights violation." He says. "Really? You wanna talk about human rights violations? What do you even know about human rights?"
     "What do I know about human rights? I know I have the right to a lawyer." He says. "Isn't that why she's here?" Jordan motions to Alexis. "She's my wife. Diane will represent me. When she gets here." He smiles and looks over at Alexis, who's getting increasingly anxious. "Weren't you just trying to get out of here? Why the sudden stalling?" She asks. "I'm not stalling. I have no reason to, because I didn't do anything."
     "You haven't actually charged Julian with anything. You have no evidence for anythung either." Alexis cuts in, stopping Julian and Jordan from lashing out at each other any more. "We have an eye witness to your confession." Jordan claims. "Nina. You're willing to blindly take the word of a woman who's been in and out of mental hospitals? That's what you're banking this arrest on?"
     "She's a viable witness." She says. "In that case so is my father. Oh wait, he was insane. Just like Nina." He says. "Julian stop talking. Wait till Diane gets here. Jordan is gonna use whatever you say against you. She has no decency anymore. She doesn't care that you're innocent, she wants revenge because she's selfish and nearsighted. She doesn't care about justice or the law, she cares about herself and you made her look bad so she's out for blood. Diane will come and get your name cleared. Until then, don't let her drag you down to where she is."
     Julian looks at Alexis and blinks slowly, nodding. "If that's the case, you won't mind spending the night in a cell." She says, walking out of the room and coming back a second later with a uniformed officer.

     Jason rubs Sam's head, comforting her through another contraction. "Where are my parents?" She asks. "It doesn't matter honey. Focus on Emily." He prompts. "Alan," she turns to him, "where are my parents?" She asks. "I don't know. I really don't."
     "Jason, if you know what's good for you, you won't lie to me."
     "Your dad was arrested. Your mom's with him." He tells her. "Damn it Dad. What did he do?" She asks, sitting herself back up. "I don't know. Nothing bad that's for sure. Otherwise your mom wouldn't be by his side." He says. "I know. I know. Call my sisters. I need them here. Make sure Jo and Danny are doing good."
     He looks at Alan before walking over to the door and making the calls. "They'll be fine. So will you and Emily. It's probably nothing and your dad will clear it all up." He comforts, holding her hand. "I want my parents. I need them Alan."
     "What you need to do is relax. Emily is moving faster than I thought she would. Contractions are gonna get closer together and be more intense. Put all your focus on this, here and now."
     "Okay, okay." She nods. Jason comes back and sits back at her side. "Jo and Danny are all good. He's watching 101 Dalmations and he'll go to bed. Molly just texted, her and Kristina are on the way up here now." He tells her. "Good, good. Now I can focus." She says, squeezing Jason's hand.

7:56 p.m.
     Julian presses his head against the bars of the cell. "I hate this stupid cell so much." He says. Alexis nods in agreement, rubbing his back through the bars. "You should go back to the hospital. Sam will need you. I'll be fine." He assures her. She rolls her eyes. "I'm not leaving your side. I promised I'd never do that."
     Jordan stops at the doorwayto the holding cells and hides behind the corner, just out of sight from them.
     "And I promise I'll be fine." He urges. "You don't know this but I'm always listening to your heartbeat. When I lay against your chest, I love to hear the sound of it. I used to use it to remind myself you actually have a heart. Now it's just comforting. It's so strong and rhythmic. When you got shot and you were in the hospital, it was that first night. They'd just pulled you out of surgery and said it was up to you. I put my ear on your chest and stopped breathing so I could hear your heart. It was weak and slow. It didn't feel like you. I kept thinking, what if I went home and I got a call from Lucas saying you died. Or Sam saying you woke up and thought I'd abandoned you."
     "Alexis, stop."
     "No, you need to hear this. Julian, your heart stopped. You were dead for more than a minute and I thought I'd lose you. When they got your heart back online, I promised I'd never leave your side again. One second I was just holding your hand, telling you how much I love you and the next you were dead. Obviously they got you back but, but I saw you die, and it was my fault."
     She presses her forehead to his. "It wasn't your fault." He says, kissing her through the bars. "It is. Everything is. If I  hadn't driven you away you wouldn't have gone to the dock and gotten shot. I wouldn't have miscarried. Arthur would've been less stressed and maybe he could've pulled through. Olivia never would've never gotten the chance to keep Leo from you so you'd never have to fight her in court. Sonny would've never retaliated and Jodie wouldn't have been hurt. She'd have been able to fight off Jameson. Tom wouldn't have stayed in Port Charles and he wouldn't die so Jo wouldn't have to greive for him, alone. So many people would still be alive. So many lives, innocent lives. If I'd just said I love you a little faster."
     He pushes back from the bars and sits on the edge of the bed. "I've never said this before and I'm never gonna say it again. Shut the Hell up Alexis. Arthur had AIDs, he'd lived thirty years  with HIV, you had nothing to do with his death. Olivia would've kept Leo from me eventually. Sonny is just an asshole. Who's to say Jodie wouldn't have just laid down and let Jameson have his way with her. Tom was a dick, someone would've killed him anyways. We both know that I wasn't mugged. Waller would've sent someone else after me. None of it was your fault. Don't ever say that again. Ever. Loving you has brought me nothing but happiness in the end. Sure, sometimes are easier than others but that's life. Think of a heart rate monitor, if there are no ups and downs, you're dead. I'm happy Alexis, with you. Don't ever blame yourself again."
     Jordan looks down at her hands, not willing to go back in there and look him in the eyes, after the way she'd treated him. Julian stands again and walks back over to Alexis once she's wiped her cheeks. "Now, I'm gonna assume this was hormones talking. Go to the bathroom and get some cold water in your hands and cool down a little, pat your cheeks dry, get a bottle of water, spend some time in a quiet corner somewhere and hum that little tune our little one loves so much."
     She nods, rubbing her stomach.