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Wrong Road

Johnny and Maxie

Part Two

Note- This was a request.

August 2010

On the way to her apartment Maxie rambled on about how in love Lulu was with Dante and how Brook was trying to ruin it all. "Do you ever regret breaking up with Lulu?"

"That's a hard question. I cared a lot about Lulu but I knew I could never give her what she needed. She could never really be happy with me, not in the long term. Hopefully she can be with Dante."

"Its big of you to want that for them. I think Dante is really good for her. She's happier than I've ever known her to be. Sorry but its true."

"I hear ya. I'm not offended. Lord knows, I tried to make her happy and she did the same for me but we both failed each other. Maybe she'll find all she couldn't with me with Dante. I don't know."

"He seems like a good guy and he's crazy about her. Like over the moon crazy in love with her. Its sickening sweet but cute in a weird way."

"I gotta admit he's not my favorite guy. As soon as he learned Sonny is his Dad he lost all his morals and gave up everything he said he believed in to protect his father. That's his business but I'm doing all I can everyday to ruin Sonny so me and Dante ain't on the same side at all. Still if he can make Lulu happy then all the best to them. I know I couldn't. There's no doubt in my mind if we were still together we'd both be miserable cause we didn't give each other what the other needed most, not in the end, at least."

"Either did Spinelli and me. I never wanted to break his heart but I did that over and over the whole time we were together. He's so much better without me. Sometimes I wish we never went past friends. Now we don't even talk. I miss him so much."

"Maybe it will still work out."

"We can't get back together. It will just end up the same way all over again. He just wasn't...I don't know...maybe it was me. Maybe I just picked the wrong guy last year."

Johnny's eyes jerked off the road, glancing at Maxie quickly, before he laughed and looked back at the road. "Don't go getting drastic now."

"So you never think what if?"

"What if what? What if we had sex? No cause I know what if. It would have been amazing and by now we'd be just friends again cause I can't make anything last."

"Yeah but at least we'd have the memory."

"Yeah well some things you just gotta learn to live without."

"Easy for you to say. You're having sex with Brook now. Even if she's a dirty skank its probably hot. I'm just running around kissing random guys and being completely confused all the time. I wish I could slow down for five seconds and feel something real."

"First off, I'm not sleeping with Brook. We are just hanging out. We kissed a couple of times, that's where it starts and ends. I gotta be honest with you...there's a big part of me that still wishes things could work out with me and Olivia but I know that's just cause I don't want to think about how much I know that ever getting with her was a colossal mistake. Not cause of her but cause we can never really have a future together. I ran to her to stop the pain but I bought myself a world of it."

"The pain from losing Lulu, right? I'm sorry I cost you that relationship. Maybe you and Lulu could have made it work if I didn't get in the way."

"I cost me that relationship and, no, I wasn't with Olivia that first night to forget Lulu...I was trying to forget you. I'm still trying to, truth be told. Not as bad as back then but some things are just hard to put behind a person."

Maxie perked up. "Maybe you should just stop trying to put it behind you."

Johnny smiled. "And do what? Hook up with you now? Come on, be serious. You seemed to have your hands full tonight with Spencer and Hunter. You don't need me too. Have fun stringing them along. I got enough troubles already in my life."

"So that's all I would be if we had sex tonight? Another problem for you to have to deal with?"

"Don't be hurt. I didn't mean it that way. I just mean...Maxie...I think you've had too much to drink tonight. Otherwise we wouldn't even be talking about this. You wrote me off quick for Spinelli and never looked back. Probably was a smart move so don't go second guessing it now."

"But I am second guessing it. I'm second guessing everything in my life these days and when you say you can't get me out of your head-"

"Did I go that far? I don't think I did."

"You so did and when you say that then it makes me think maybe we just should have slept together last year. Maybe things would make sense right now if we did."

"And maybe we'd be in a bigger world of pain."

"Maybe. Who knows?"

"Well we can't go back and find out and we can't just hook up tonight just cause you're confused."

"I think we can. I so think we can."

He chuckled and murmured "Change of subject please cause you know I have almost no willpower to resist bad ideas."

"Being with me is classified as a bad idea in your mind when you let skanky Brook crawl all over you? I think I'm highly offended right about now."

He smirked at her. "Don't be cause Brook never got under my skin the way you can without even trying."

Maxie smiled at Johnny. Reaching over she caressed his thigh. "Come upstairs with me when we get to my place."

"No way. Forget it. That would be completely rude to Lulu. I hurt her enough already."

"Ha! Lulu would hardly care and besides she sleeps at Dante's place most nights. You know you want to know what its like to be with me so stop trying to talk me out of wanting this...you...cause I do and maybe tonight will be the only night I feel that way so you better take this olive branch while its being stuck out."

They stopped at a stop sign. He put the car in park, since it was late and no other cars were around, and turned to face her. "Last warning, stop pushing this because I don't have a noble streak in me. I can only resist so many times and this is my last one...Let me take you home and lets just forget this conversation and this whole crazy day ever happened. I don't know about you but its just left me more turned around than ever."

She reached out and clutched his shirt. "Me too but I think I just maybe turning in the right direction finally. Lets find out." Then she brought her lips to his and they started to kiss with a passion that had been denied way too long.

After a minute Johnny pulled back, threw the car in drive, made a U-turn and headed for his apartment where they spent the night have sex for hours before falling into an exhausted sleep. The next morning Johnny woke up alone in bed. He went to the bathroom and then, wearing a black robe, wandered to his living room where he found Maxie and Ethan hanging out, her dressed in one of Johnny's shirts, eating breakfast.

He smirked and looked at Ethan. "A little early, ain't it?"

Ethan grinned. "I would have came around even earlier if I knew that there would be such a beautiful woman answering your door." After a moment he added "There was some business we need to discuss as soon as possible." He stood up. "Call me, mate, cause you know I'm too young and pretty to die so we need to work on this pronto."

"Pretty? If you say so," Johnny joked, as Ethan walked out.

Before leaving Ethan said good bye to Maxie. When he was gone she stood up and walked over to Johnny, fingering his robe. "I need to shower and then get going into the office."

He ran a finger down her face. "Don't let me keep you," he murmured.

"First time in two years I wish I didn't have a career," Maxie joked, as she wrapped her arms around Johnny's neck and pulled him into a hot, wet kiss burgeoning with lust. When she moved away she smirked at him and headed for the shower.

He turned to watch her go. "Hey, don't use all the hot water."

She rolled her eyes. "Tough luck if I do."

"Oh yeah?" he joked, chasing after her and pulling her off her feet, making her squeal. "I guess I'll have to join you cause I don't do cold showers."

Neither wanted to talk about what last night meant but one thing was perfectly understood: they would be doing it again and again. And if they ended up blowing up somewhere down the road then so be it.

For today they had just enough to keep a smile on their face. They had each other. They had a chance to figure out what might have been and what still could be. It was more than Johnny and Maxie expected to find together but everything that they still needed so desperately.

THE END