So with the new appearance of Jason and Maxie fanfiction (Jaxie) I've decided to give it a try because this odd pairing tugs at my heart a little bit. So here is a little bit of a story I decided to work on after another lovely Maxie and Jason scene. This story starts from the Episode on 4/22, and goes off on my own from there with slight connection to the show. I'm having a little trouble with Spinelli speak but I'm working on it.

Depending on the response I might pull it down and work on it for a bit, but the end goal is to post it all up here. So hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.

Sorry for the long A.N. just had to get it out there.

A Lesson in Seduction:

"So do you promise not to tell Spinelli?" Maxie asked again. Making sure she had her bases covered. She didn't think Jason would run and tell Spinelli, but she just wanted to double check. Reverting back to the mindset of high school gossip.

All in all, she didn't need more damage to their already fragile friendship.

"Maxie, in order to tell Spinelli what you have planned, I would have to understand the way your mind works. That's a scary thought." Jason said moving over towards the desk to grab some paper work about the warehouse. Before he had a chance to grab the folder Maxie reached out and took it gripping it tightly between her fingers.

"I need you to promise. Say those actually words, promise me Jason that you won't tell Spinelli and that you won't try and ruin whatever plan I come up with." Maxie said moving the folder behind her back, waiting for Jason to respond, her mind was already racing with all the potential ways her plan could backfire.

"Maxie give me the damn folder." Jason demanded moving closer to Maxie, forcing her back in the direction of the fireplace. He was already annoyed with her and she hadn't been in the penthouse more than 10 minutes. Without Spinelli around her had no reason or desire to put up with her. "But I will just say that most plans not surrounded with honesty usually fail."

"You know Jason," Maxie said as she leaned against the mantle being careful not to hit any of the pictures that lined it. "Maybe I could learn a thing or two about seduction from you. This whole hunter stalking the prey thing; is kind of hot."

Jason face faltered its Stone Cold exterior for just a flash of a second. "Maxie that's not even funny." Noticing the glint in her eye, it sent him back to Jakes when he had first met Carly. Dangerous, enticing and complete inappropriate all at the same time. "Can I have the damn folder now?"

Maxie although slightly intimidated by Jason and his close proximity, didn't think Jason would push this much further, so why back down when he would soon. "Come on Jason, just help me out."

Jason saw the folder sticking out behind her thin frame. He had two options. One, take the folder by force, which would be easy, with her small waif stature. Or two play along with her game of cat and mouse and wait for her to hand it over willingly. Although it probably wasn't wise, Jason chose door number two. "You want me to help you out?" He asked raising an eyebrow leaving the question open ended.

Maxie smirked at the change in Jason's tone. "Yea, teach me how to fix this." She smiled leaning forward towards Jason, resting her hand on his bicep.

"You've already slept with him, you don't need me to show you how that goes." Jason said closing his eyes. It had been a long time since he had been in close proximity to a woman. Since ending things with Elizabeth he hadn't been in this situation since tracking Anthony Zacchara with Sam. And he couldn't deny that Maxie was attractive, anyone who wasn't blind could see that.

"But if you're asking my opinion, I don't think you should sleep with him." Jason finished trying to keep his senses together, whatever perfume she was wearing was now wafting into his nose.

"This isn't just about sex, if I just wanted Spinelli for sex well then it would have happened more than twice." Maxie smiled, sad that Jason assumed sex was the ultimate goal. "Jason I love Spinelli but he just hasn't accepted that I'm never going to be in love with him. I've tried to let him down easy but it just hasn't worked out."

"Well if you weren't interested in Spinelli in that way, sleeping with him was a great way to tip him off." Jason said actually being sarcastic. Backing down from the close proximity, and moving towards the couch, Maxie stood down from her quest handing him the folder and moving to sit next to him instantly folding her feet underneath her, leaving her uncomfortable looking shoes on the floor.

"I didn't mean to hurt him." Maxie told him sincerely. "I just, I've disappointed people all my life. I never had to try to hard because it was just the way I was, always falling short. Spinelli knew all my bad stuff. He even called me the 'Bad Blond One' for the first 6 months he knew me. I never had to fake how I felt or how I was."

"So when did you start?" Jason asked, actually interested in the workings of the blonde's mind. He had heard Spinelli ramble on about her but never actually taken the time to really listen, to Spinelli or to her.

"Start what?"

"Faking it. Obviously you haven't been completely honest with Spinelli? So when did you start faking it."

Maxie thought for a moment. "After Georgie—I had to be a better person for Mac. Robin was no longer in need of his rescuing, which left me to be there and to pick up the pieces. It wasn't easy, but I had Spinelli. Spinelli he, he was the first guy that was interested in me, not just for how I looked. He was there for me when everyone thought Coop was the Text Message Killer. He listened to me, would let me talk about fashion and my job at Crimson and would actually care. I just, I didn't want to disappoint him, I knew how much he liked me and it was nice."

"Maxie you can't sacrifice your own happiness just to maintain a friendship, regardless of how much you want Spinelli to like you."

"Don't you? You do it every day Jason. How often do you sacrifice you're happiness for other people. For Sonny, Carly, the organization?" Maxie pressed. If Jason could question her she could do the same; although she didn't expect him to respond. "You gave up your chance with Elizabeth, to keep her and her kids safe." She knew it was a cheap shot but it was one she could easily take.

"Don't you think I know that?" Jason said his volume rising slightly. "That's why I don't want you to do this to yourself; because once you start it's too hard to stop."

"Is that what happened to you?" Maxie asked she angled her body towards Jason's scooting closer to him.

"Maxie, just stop lying to yourself. You'll feel better when you do." He told her before standing, running a hand over his face. How had this conversation reached this level, and when had it become about him.

Before Jason had too much of a chance to move away, Maxie grabbed his hand stopping him from further distancing himself. She was kneeling on the couch. "You get it—this." She said softly her voice barely above a whisper.

"You can't go back, Maxie. You can only try and move forward." Jason understanding that Maxie wasn't going to willingly give him back his hand. He pulled Maxie from the couch. Without warning Maxie crashed into Jason's hard chest, his hands leaving hers and moving to her waist to steady her. Without the extra height of her killer heels she barely reached his shoulder.

When she made no move to step away, Jason made the mistake of looking down at the young blonde's face, seeing the hope and despair in her eyes. "I can't help you with Spinelli." He simply said his voice barely audible.

"So you can't help me with Spinelli, or you can't help me?" Keeping her gaze locked on his afraid that if she broke the stare they would snap out of whatever was going on between them. Before she let her mind catch up with her actions, Maxie rose to her toes letting Jason know that she wanted to kiss him.

If Jason had ever seen the move Hitch Maxie had just gone the 90%, she probably would have gone the full 100% herself but her height wouldn't allow it. Instead of going the extra 10% Jason moved his rough calloused hands, slowly from her waist up to her shoulders and back down to her arms, where he let them rest before taking a small step back, leaving a small space between their bodies.

"I should probably go." Maxie tried to move backwards, but Jason's arms held her tight. Lowering her gaze she took to looking at a spot on his chest, staring into his black shirt. After what seemed like an eternity, "Jason—"

"Just give Spinelli some time. And don't sleep with him again." Jason said trying to lighten the mood but speaking in all seriousness. His grip on her arms felt like it was pulsing, almost as if she could feel her heartbeat throughout her entire body.

"A girl has needs Jason. Not all of us can just turn it off like you." She said the conversation feeling slightly off considering that Jason was still holding her.

"I'm sure you'll find a way to take care of yourself." Jason said finally releasing her from his arms. Moving to grab the forgotten folder that started it all, Jason moved over towards the desk, sitting at the chair preparing to work.

"Are you offering your services?" Maxie smiled, following him to the desk sitting on the top interrupting, her feet planted firmly on the arms of the desk chair he sat in.

Letting out a sigh, and running a hand over his face, the way Maxie had seen Jason react to her on many occasions, brought a smile to her face. "You know this isn't a good idea, right?" Jason asked keeping his hands on his own legs afraid of what he might do.

"Haven't we been over this before, over by the fireplace?" Maxie laughed, leaning forward she used her feet pulling the chair closer. "I'm done lying to myself, just to make other people happy."

"And what do I have to do with this?" Jason asked, already knowing the answer but wanting it to be verbalized to make it a reality.

"I'm not trying to get back at Spinelli, I'm not using you to get over anything, and I'm just using you for my own pleasure." She told him making her motives clear. "What I need to know, is whether or not you're interested. You're the only one stopping things right now."

Sitting up in the chair Jason finally moved his hands from his lap to run up her jean clad legs to her hips. Giving them a small tug, he pulled her down into his lap, knocking the papers off the desk onto the floor.

"This isn't a good idea." Jason spoke again. His voice only a ruff groan, his warm breath hitting her neck having her body arch into his further.

"Stop trying to talk me out of this." Maxie smiled. "Unless you don't want to?" Maxie's voice stayed as quiet as it could. She was currently straddling Jason Morgan, enforcer to the Port Charles mob, mentor to her best friend. This is a place she had never dreamed of being.

"I never do things I don't want to—" he said before raising a hand from her hip and slowly brought it up her torso brushing along the side of her breast, the fingers on his other hand moving up slightly to touch the soft skin between her shirt and jeans. With one hand finally cradling her neck he pulled Maxie closer so that his were lips just a few centimeters away from hers.

And this time Maxie didn't have to be the one to close the gap. Before she had a chance to prepare herself, Jason's mouth crashed to hers leaving her with an utterly breathless kiss. It wasn't that Maxie had never experienced a kiss like this before, but with all the people she had been involved with over the last few years, none had given her the feeling that shot through every part of her body, like this one had.

As the kissing continued all thoughts of right, wrong and Spinelli flew out of her mind. All that mattered in the moment were Jason's lips as they traveled from hers down her jaw line onto the exposed skin on her neck. Maxie dug her fingers into the hair's at the back of his neck pushing her body as close to his as possible. Trying to get as much body contact as she could in there awkward position, atop the desk chair. The armrest proving to be a hindrance to Maxie's desire to wrap her legs around Jason's firm torso.

Further into their make-out session although enjoying Jason's attention to her delicate neck Maxie took control of the kiss bringing his mouth back to hers. Giving him a small open mouthed kiss, she pulled back lightly before nipping at his lower lip giving it extra care as she took it between her lips applying pressure, causing Jason to release a grunt deep in his throat.

The hand that was under Maxie's shirt soon came in contact with the clasp of her bra directly between her shoulder blades. He continued to pull her into his body pressing his chest firmly into hers. The hand in her hair gently gripped the back of her head pulling away enough to see her eyes, full of want and lust.

It was the sound of a key entering the lock on the door that they snapped out of the trance they found in each other eyes. Separating as quickly as possible Jason pushed the chair back helping Maxie from his lap and pushing her towards the couch, where she quickly fell over the arm of the couch in a heap.

Seconds later Spinelli walked through the door, computer tucked under his arm. "The business cards have been distributed dutifully. Maximista, hello Maxie." His voice and demeanor changing at Maxie's presents in the room.

"No, Spinelli, please don't call me that. I'm Maximista. And I'm miserable without the jackal, like I was just telling Jason. Right, Jason?" She said quickly her eyes pleading with Jason to agree.

"I got to be somewhere." Jason said quickly excusing his presence from the room. Giving Spinelli and Maxie a quick look before closing the door behind him.

"Stone Cold you don't have to—" Before Spinelli could finish his thought his mentor and friend was already out the door.

"Spinelli!" Maxie said excitedly after a beat. Trying to push her raging hormones down as she addressed the reason why she was at the penthouse to begin with.

~*~

The next time Maxie saw Jason, was after he had been admitted to the hospital; after the car explosion. After a quick, civil, informative conversation with Matt, Maxie rushed into the exam room. Monica informed her of his condition; and then quickly left to check on his test results.

With an unconscious Jason, she had a captive audience for her thoughts. "Jason okay, you need to wake up. Spinelli needs you. You know he can't function without you there to level him out. Just wake up already, and tell me to shut up, or get out of the room." Maxie stopped pacing a stood near the front of the bed, near his head.

"If you don't wake up, I'm going to kiss you!" Maxie finally declared to his unconscious body. "We never got to talk about that kiss, at the penthouse. I mean it happened and then 'pow' Spinelli walked in and, I really need you to explain some things to me." Rather than waiting for a response, Maxie put her palm to Jason's cheek being careful to not touch any of his open wounds. Careful not to turn his head for fear of his injuries, Maxie's lips were just inches away from his when a ruff hand reached out taking a grip of her delicate wrist stopping her movements.

"Maxie?" Jason said confusion apparent in his voice. "What are you doing?" The last thing he remembered was talking with Jerry.

"You were brought to the hospital, some kind of explosion?" She said leaning back, but keeping a hand gently on his arm. "Monica was just here she went to check on your test results, and Carly."

"Carly?"

"Yeah she was here when you were brought in apparently she fainted or something." Maxie explained. She hadn't been there to witness but she knew from Monica.

"I have to get to Carly." Jason said as he began to sit up, pulling the connecting wires off his body.

"I'll go find Carly for you, Jason. Please just lay down for a little bit longer. At least until the doctor's get your test results." Maxie pleaded. She'd never had to deal with Jason as a patient but what she could remember from Spinelli is that he hated doctors. A feeling she could relate well to."

Jason chose not to comply but that was also the time that Matt Hunter walked into the room. "Mr. Morgan, you really need to lie down."

"See, just do what the doctor asks you and don't be such a pain." Maxie said placing her hands on his shoulders trying to force him back towards the bed. In Jason's weakened state, he was easily moved, Matt coming to her side to help Jason back to the bed. Although he refused to lay back down he at least sat on the edge waiting for the test results. "I'll go find Carly." Maxie said meekly.

"Mrs. Jaxs?" Matt asked. "She's in curtain 4."

With that little bit of information Jason was standing again making his way towards the door. Maxie hot on his tail, making sure he stayed on his feet. "Just for the record this is a really stupid, you should be lying down."

"Maxie either shut up, or leave." Jason said forcefully turning around to show his seriousness in his cold eyes. Maxie stopped following, she knew that Jason wouldn't listen to her regardless of how truthful she was. He had probably been through worse, and she wasn't going to waste time worrying about him when she had other things to do. Like find Spinelli and fix their friendship.

All thoughts and memories of the kiss…or kisses they shared would have to wait until another time.

~*~

It was a few minutes after Maxie had left Spinelli; she found her way to curtain 4 and stood on the outskirts hearing Jason and Carly's voice, in serious discussion.

Knowing that she shouldn't be listening Maxie went to take a step back she ran into someone's broad chest. It was Jasper Jaxs, business partner to Kate Howard, part owner of the Metro Court and father to Carly's baby which was the topic of Jason' and Carly's conversation.

Not saying a word, Jaxs waited until there was a lull in the conversations before pulling the curtain back making their presence known to the two old friends.

"Jax—" Carly started, completely oblivious to Maxie's presence.

"Maxie what are you doing here?" Jason asked, his eyes instantly finding hers.

"I found Maxie standing outside the curtain." Jaxs informed them. A quick sigh escaped Jason's lips before Maxie had a chance to defend herself.

"I wasn't trying to eavesdrop. I Just – I wanted to make sure Jason was okay. Your mo-Monica was worried about you." Maxie explained.

Jason gave Carly's hand a final squeeze before grabbing Maxie by the arm and pulling her out of the curtain leaving Jaxs and Carly to talk. "What are you still doing here?" Jason asked her as he pulled her towards the lobby.

"Like I said Monica was worried about you. You just survived an explosion."

"Maxie, I'm fine. Don't you have somewhere to be?"

"Fine, you don't want my help you don't need my help. You got it," Maxie ranted indignantly before turning on her heel and heading towards the elevator. She needed to get to Robin's house, hopefully before Robin arrived, Patrick and told her 3 p.m. and she was already cutting it close.

The Jason situation would just have to be put on the back burner.

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