Connected

Connected

By ZanPotter

Disclaimer: don't own GH because if I did, Georgie and Coop would not be dead, Lulu wouldn't be such a pain in the ass and Lucky would caught a freaking break...and Carly would be the queen of the world ;) hey it may not be perfect but you can bet it would be interesting.

Summary: Cooper's dead just after Georgie and Maxie feels all alone, believing Cooper's innocence she joins Spinelli to find the real killer...and every clue seems to lead straight to Logan. But Logan was Cooper's best friend, was he faking the grieve

Information: This is just right after Cooper's death and AU obviously because the events that follow would be slightly different. I don't know the couple yet, I do know it would feature Maxie and Logan as the main characters. I don't know if they would end up as friends or more, if Logan would be with Lulu, or Lulu with Johnny, or Maxie with Spinelli. Jason, Carly, Sonny, Liz, Lucky, Mac, Sam and Felicia would be cameo characters. Please read and review

Chapter One- Gone

When Maxie Jones stepped into Coop's room that day, her whole world shattered into a million little pieces of glass. And her screams could not hide the unmistakable and undoubtedly dreadfully moment that had presented itself. Jason Morgan, Lulu Spencer, Logan Hayes, and Mike Corbin who had heard the screams felt icy dreadful chill run through all of them. All of them took for the stairs of the small coffee shop, Jason in front leading the party. Maxie was obviously distraught and when Jason entered into the fray furiously begged him to help poor Coop who was at that moment hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room.

"You have to cut him down! Please, cut him down!" Maxie pleading through her uncontrollable tears.

Jason was frozen, unaware of what to do for the first time in a long time before he tried to explain that he couldn't, that they had to wait for the police. Lulu and Logan were frozen at the doorway, both unable to think or do anything. Logan couldn't quite believe the sight himself, this was a classic suicide case he was sure but this was Coop.

This was Cooper, the only one good true friend he had ever really had.

"Oh God" Logan whispered to himself

He felt a hand grasp his arm and turned to find Lulu looking at him with pity filled eyes, trying to offer, he supposed, some semblance of comfort. Meanwhile Maxie's cries kept cutting through him. He and Maxie had never really been what people would call best friends, hell…they had never been actually friends. But her cries were like a knife stabbing him over and over and over again. He glanced up at Cooper's body, stared into the corpse lifeless eyes. Cooper shouldn't be dead; he knew that more than ever. Cooper would never kill himself; he knew that as well, Cooper wasn't one to give up on anything ever. He would never kill himself and leave Maxie in this turmoil state, he would not allow Maxie to lose someone else after she had shortly lost Georgie, certainly not if Cooper could help it. He knew all that, and that meant only one thing, Cooper had been murdered. With that thought, he began to feel a channeling of rage piercing through his body; someone had killed his best friend.

"He can't be dead, he can't be dead" Maxie was muttered to herself, her head felt like it was on fire and she willed for the pain to disappear but it wouldn't, she clenched her head, "Oh God, please…this can't be happening, not again…oh god not again"

Maxie was becoming hysterical, everyone in the room could see that, nobody dared to touch her or approach her. Logan moved his gaze over to the young girl who had by that dropped to the floor, sobbing and shake e without even thinking about it and pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly, while she cried on her knees in front of her dead boyfriend. Lulu's fingers tighten their hold on him and his mind cleared. He stepped away from Lulu's grasp and walked over to Maxi face looked up to the body of his dead, murdered best friend.

The others stood by silently, Mike had already made a phone call to Mac and the police department, and Lulu's eyes were struggling not to well up with tears, only Jason seemed to be taking this crisis in stride. Silence ensured through out the room, Maxie's sobs had lessened, her hysteria kept in check. Her body had become tired.

When the police arrive, Mac had immediately claimed a niche as his daughter's comforter gentle taking her into his arms from Logan. Meanwhile, the police that had already surveyed the room began to work. All the four previous occupancy were led downstairs, the café temporarily closed down. The four were not allowed to leave, as the cops had yet to question them. Silence vibrated the downstairs café. Lulu and Logan sat together, Lulu holding on to Logan's hand, trying to offer support the best way she could. She wanted to say something, to help him through this but she couldn't. Mike was standing at the register, not registering anything around him before he shook his head and decided he had to do something and went to the back of the kitchen. Jason stood by the stairs, glancing up once in a while, his face still expressionless. Mac sat by Maxie, her head lay on his shoulders, she had by that time stopped shaking, and crying but the pain didn't seem to lessen, he heart tighten around her chest as she struggled to breath. She felt a shiver and looked to find Logan staring at her. He didn't seem to see her though; he was staring right through her it seemed.

"Commissioner, we need you up here" An officer spoke by the stair shattering the silence.

"Can't this wait?" Mac asked silently as he felt Maxie stiff beside him, lifting her head.

The officer shook his head, "I'm sorry Mac but this is something you got to see"

Mac gave a small nod and turned to give Maxie a hug, "It will be okay, everything would be better I promise" He whispered the cliché, the supposedly words of comfort.

Maxie watched her dad take leave with his officer and shook her head lightly, "No dad, it won't"

Minutes later Lucky joined the fray, after making sure that Lulu was okay, he called Jason away to question him about his role in all that drama. He was adamant that Jason was somewhat responsible for this grief. Jason was always responsible. Mike had come back into the front of the café and was trying and failing to get Maxie to eat something, she needed her strength and still Maxie refused.

"Eat it" Logan ordered from his side of the room, Maxie's head snapped to him, for a moment it looked like she was going to say something.

The police had come down carrying Coop's body immediately silencing Maxie's response. Tears filled Maxie's eyes, as she stood up.

"Stop" She ordered her father's forces, and touched the blanket that covered Coop's.

"Maxie" Lucky gentle grabbed her arm pulling her back and nodded to the cop's to keep moving. Apparently he had finished berating Jason for one thing or another. Lucky rubbed her shoulder lightly before going to question Mike. Maxie stood there frozen, he was gone, Cooper was gone and Maxie was alone, she had lost everything. Her sister was gone, Cooper was gone, Jesse was gone, everyone was gone…even the people that were alive. Her father, her mother…Mac had left her alone to go do his job. Needles seemed to enjoy tormenting her because every pain of her body felt as if a needle was striking her skin. She was shaking again, her world closing around her.

"Oh my god" She thought she had Lulu yelled.

Maxie was disoriented, her body felt weak and her heart, her heart was beating so fast inside her chest, and her heart was pumping up and down furiously, her heart felt like breaking apart. Clenching her chest, Maxie swayed and fell to the earth, amazingly enough her body was caught before it could hit the hard floor. Before her eyes closed, they said goodbye to dark green once staring down at hers, before her world went blank.