This idea came to me and will not leave me alone until I write it out.
Bear with me, I do intend to finish my other long-neglected stories.
I own nothing. Just my memories of twenty-(cough)-plus years of watching ABC Daytime's General Hospital (the best soap ever!)
Like Father, Like Son
Chapter One: What do you want from me?
Logan Hayes glared at Scott Baldwin. Scott and Tracy Quartermaine had just burst into Logan's apartment hellbent on taking Lulu back to the mansion.
"What?! What is it?" Logan exploded. "What do you want from me?"
Scott smirked. "Well, first of all, I want you to stop saying you're my son," he began, "but for now, we want you to leave Lulu alone."
"She wants to be with me!" Logan yelled. "Can't you just leave us alone?!"
"Not a chance in hell," Tracy spoke then.
"Since when do you care about what I do, anyway?" Lulu asked, her hands on her hips.
"Since your father left town and left me in charge of you," Tracy reminded her.
"That's what this is about," Lulu started, "you're worried my father is going to dump your rich butt when he finds out I'm not living at the house anymore."
Tracy laughed. "Luke isn't going to divorce me," she said. "He likes being married to me."
"He likes being married to your money, you mean."
"Whatever," Tracy scoffed.
"Luke or no Luke, this bum is no good for you," Scott said, pointing at Logan.
"How can you say that about your own son?" Lulu asked him.
"He's not my son!"
Lulu touched Logan's arm. She could tell he was about to explode again and she knew the last thing he needed was an another assault charge against him.
Scott folded his arms in front of him. "I'll tell you what, Hayes," he said, "I'll make you a deal. An offer you can't refuse, if you will. You know about those, right, since you work for Corinthos."
Lulu spoke for Logan. "What deal, Scott?"
Scott looked from Logan to Lulu and grinned. "I'll do something you've been dying me to do since this guy slithered into town claiming to be my son. I'll take a DNA test."
"In exchange for what?" Lulu eyed the man suspiciously.
"He leaves town afterward."
"No way!" Logan exclaimed.
Lulu tugged on Logan's arm to pull him into the corner so they couldn't be heard. "Listen, Logan, this is what you've wanted from the beginning, a chance to prove you're telling the truth."
"Lulu, I'm not going to let some guy tell me what to do," Logan started, "I don't care if he is my father. He can take his offer and shove it. I don't need to prove anything."
Across the room, Tracy hissed, "this better work, Baldwin. Luke won't be happy when he gets home if Lulu's dating that thug."
"Don't worry, Tracy," Scott assured her, "I understand the kid."
Tracy scoffed. "Yeah, like father, like son."
"Shut up, Tracy."
"Let's just play along," Lulu continued to convince Logan. "Who says we have to fulfill our end of the deal, anyway?"
Logan's grin matched hers. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and turned to Scott and Tracy. "Okay, I'll do it," he said, "now leave my apartment. Lulu and I are on a date."
Tracy flounced out of the room followed by Scott. Once in the hallway, Scott looked worried. He was pretty certain he wasn't Logan's father but there was a slim chance. He had been traveling in Texas around the time of Logan's birth. Even though, Scott didn't remember his (Logan's) mother, there had been many faceless women in his life in the years after Laura had dumped him for Luke Spencer. Any one of those women could have given birth to his child.
Hell, it had happened before. He remembered when Rhonda had told him about Karen. He had met Rhonda in high school, long before he hooked up with Laura, and had unknowingly gotten her pregnant after one night. So, given his own unsavory past, Scott knew there was a chance that Logan could be his son.
Scott blew out a sigh as he walked out of the building and got into his car. He hoped the DNA test went his way. Otherwise, he'd have a lot of explaining to do to his teenage daughter, Serena.
At Kelly's Diner...
Maxie was sitting at the counter venting to her sister about her troubled relationship with Cooper Barrett. The previous week, he had walked into his room upstairs and caught Maxie kissing Logan. Maxie had tried to convince him that Logan had kissed her but he still wasn't buying it.
"What am I going to do, Georgie?" Maxie whined.
Georgie looked up from the coffeepot she was refilling and sighed. Maxie was her own worst enemy. She was constantly doing things that made her life harder for herself. Dropping a filter in the basket, Georgie pushed the button to turn on the coffee before turning around to face Maxie. "I don't know, Maxie," she started. "You just have to give Cooper some time to cool off."
"Are you kidding? And let some girl snap him up?"
"What other girl?" Georgie was amazed at how her sister's mind worked.
"Never mind," Maxie snapped. "There's not going to be another girl because I will get Cooper back."
She jumped off the stool and picked up her purse. "I'll see you later, Georgie," she called as she sashayed out of the diner.
On the way out, she bumped into Damian Spinelli. "Watch where you're going, freak," she commanded.
Spinelli jumped back as she flew out the door. He stared at Maxie's back as she stormed off. He was for once, speechless.
Shaking his head, he sat at his usual table. Opening his ever-present laptop, he watched as it booted up. It had an awesome hard drive, if he said so himself. Spinelli, the self-professed 'Jackal: Assassin of the internet', had built it himself. He could find anyone and anything in the search engine he devised.
Opening up his favorite gaming site, he logged in to his account. As he started playing his favorite game, Georgie walked up to the table. "Sorry about that, Spinelli," she started, apologizing on her sister's behalf.
Spinelli looked up briefly. "No worries, loyal little sister," he told her. "The bad blonde words do not penetrate the Jackal's mind and heart."
Georgie smiled. She got a kick out of the way Spinelli spoke. "The usual today? Orange soda and chips?"
Spinelli dramatically put his hand over his heart. "You remembered the Jackal's favorite snack? I'm touched."
"Of course," Georgie smiled. "We like to make our regular customers happy. You know, you're the only one who drinks that orange soda, so Mike must really like you if he ordered it just for you."
Outside Kelly's, Maxie sat fuming at an outside table. 'Damn Logan!' she fumed. And damn Lulu too, she added, since it was because of Lulu that Logan had told Cooper about Maxie kissing Logan. Okay, so that was revisionist history, Maxie allowed, but she would have never kissed Logan or even wanted to, if she hadn't made that stupid bet with him to sleep with Lulu. So the bet was her fault, but Lulu deserved it, she thought as she crossed her arms in front of her, after the way she had thrown herself at Dillon Quartermaine, while he was married to Maxie's sister! Lulu deserved everything Maxie threw at her.
But Cooper was never supposed to find out. Why, oh why, did she have to kiss that slimeball? Maxie shook her head at her own stupidity.
At that moment, Cooper turned the corner and approached Kelly's. He stopped short when he spotted Maxie.
"Coop!" Maxie jumped from her chair and rushed over to him.
Cooper put his hands up to stop her from throwing her arms around him. "Back off, Maxie," he ordered. "I don't have anything to say to you."
Genuine tears filled her eyes as he turned to walk past her. "How can you be so cruel?" she asked, her voice quivering. "After everything we've been through together. You're the only person who truly understands me. Ever since we were in the vault together..."
Cooper cut her off as he grabbed her arm and squeezed. "Don't you dare bring up the vault again!" he ordered. "I don't even think you are the same girl you were then."
He let go of her arm and turned and stalked away without another word.
Maxie groaned aloud and stomped her foot. "Damn you, Logan!" she muttered. "I'll make you pay for this, I swear it."
(A/N: I'm almost done with the next chapter but I wanted to get this up to kind of gauge the interest in the subject matter. I am fast falling for Logan Hayes, so this story is all about him. Hope you like it. Don't forget to review! I love feedback!)