Lauren Katherine "Kiki" Jerome is a fictional character from the ABC soap operaGeneral Hospital. She is the daughter of Ava Jerome and Silas Clay[2], though she's originally believed to be the daughter of Franco. On May 15th, Kiki states that Kiki is short for Katherine. On May 20th, Kiki's mother came back from her business trip and called her by full name - Lauren Katherine Jerome.
After some searching from both sides (AJ Quartermaine, Damian Spinelli, and Michael Corinthos vs Tracy Quartermaine and Luke Spencer), it's revealed that Franco said to Carly Jacks that he had a daughter, but his significant other broke ties with him and forced him out of his daughter's life. Lauren's mother is revealed to be Ava Jerome, who tells Luke she was once enamored by Franco, but later realized he was delusional, and took her daughter away to protect her from Franco's insanity.
Introduction
Michael comes to Manhattan looking for his brother, Morgan Corinthos. He finds him beaten up and takes him to the hospital. Morgan runs from the hospital, and Michael goes after him. There, he finds Kiki, Morgan's girlfriend, who tells Michael that the apartment is her mother's house. He insists on bringing Morgan back to their home, but Morgan refuses.
In order to help Morgan pay off gambling debts, Kiki invites some college classmates over to play a game of poker rigged in Morgan's favor. When the other boys catch on and accuse Morgan & Kiki of cheating, Michael breaks up the game and gets them to leave. Soon after, though, the loan sharks Morgan owes money to show up at the apartment and get into a fight with both Morgan and Michael. However, Morgan's father, Sonny Corinthos, shows up with his associate Shawn Butler and pay off Morgan's debt, ordering the loan sharks to leave. Sonny insists on bringing Morgan back to Port Charles, their home, but Morgan doesn't want to leave Kiki. However, Sonny will not back down, and Morgan complies, leaving with Sonny and Michael.
When Ava comes back, Kiki reveals that she's been upset since Morgan had to leave with his father, telling Ava that the loan sharks came to their door, and then Sonny showed up. Ava later encourages Kiki to go after Morgan to Port Charles. Kiki ends up on Michael's doorstep, where Morgan is staying, and the two force Michael to let her stay at his apartment. Kiki continues to rub Michael the wrong way, as well as Morgan's mother, Carly.
Discovering her family ties to Port Charles
While Michael is out and subsequently goes to the Mystery Man's Party, Ava arrives and states that they could go out for dinner. Ava and Kiki leave and go to the pier where Ava informs Kiki about her father, Franco, her lineage to the Quartermaine family, and her inheritance from her deceased great-grandfather Edward Quartermaine. Ava states that Kiki can have her inheritance by signing the proxy document and pleads her to sign it soon. Ava is forced to reveal that she has a big lump sum of money riding on Kiki signing the document, which infuriates Kiki.
Kiki gets into another fight with Michael, during which he reveals, in anger, that he was sent to prison for killing his former step-mother (Claudia Zacchara in 2009) while protecting his half-sister Josslyn. Michael leaves, and Morgan starts continuously complaining and about Michael and Kiki stops him because she is getting annoyed. Morgan starts wondering why Kiki is now suddenly in Michael's corner. There is a point where Michael and Kiki is potentially about to kiss, but Morgan comes through the door and nothing is made out of it. Kiki and Morgan get into another argument with Michael, and Morgan asks about ways to get their own apartment. Kiki says that she has recently found about her paternal side is a wealthy family in Port Charles, not knowing they're also Michael's biological family. She decides to go over to the Quartermaine's mansion and she meets her great aunt Tracy, uncle AJ, step-grandmother Monica Quartermaine, and her estranged father, serial killer Franco. Franco has just got posted bail and went to the mansion to have a "family meeting."
Tracy and AJ both try to suck up to Lauren (who she informs them that she goes by Kiki). She has the maid, Alice, go get her boyfriend Morgan while she talks to her newly connected father Franco. Alice and Morgan arrive at the Quartermaine Mansion and Morgan is thrilled that he is in the Quartermaine because his weariness of the potential of a budding romance between Michael and Kiki. Kiki goes to Michael's apartment for some comfort after a confusing conversation with her father. Kiki and Michael end up making out, but Kiki stops it due to her relationship with Morgan. Kiki leaves for the Quartermaine Mansion, and Michael eventually goes to as well. AJ reveals that he wants Kiki to meet her cousin. Michael and Kiki meet for the first time as cousins. Kiki is changing in the boat house when Michael comes in, looking for Morgan, and sees Kiki undressed. Morgan wonders what is happening, and Michael yells at him for gambling again, this time, with Michael's credit card. Later Morgan is eavesdropping on Kiki's parents Ava and Franco while Michael and Kiki are talking about staying away from each other.
Michael and Kiki get tested for being bone marrow transplant for their cousin Danny Morgan where they kiss again. The sleazy lab manager Brad Cooper tries to use this to blackmail Michael into sleeping with him. However, Michael overhears Brad and Dr. Britt Westbourne conspiring, and uses this to make Brad back off. Morgan decides to whine about the Michael-Kiki situation and punches Michael. Meanwhile, Michael lets Kiki know that he told Morgan about their first kiss, and Morgan got angry, and left to find Kiki. Kiki leaves to find Morgan. Morgan, meanwhile, has found out that Kiki's real father is Dr. Silas Clay, and Ava convinces him to keep it a secret from Kiki because he might lose her to Michael, as a result.
References
โAccording to Kiki's birth certificate which was featured on July 19, 2013; she was born May 29, 1992 at New York Methodist Hospital in Manhattan.
