Det. Nathan West and Maxie Jones are fictional characters and a popular potential couple on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Background
Maxie is the daughter of GH supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. Maxie has been portrayed by actress Kirsten Storms since 2005. Nathan is the son of super villain, Liesl Obrecht and an unknown man. Nathan has been portrayed by actor Ryan Paevey since the end of 2013.
Storylines
Nathan and Maxie meet
Nathan and Maxie meet when he arrives in town on New Years Eve sublet Maxie's place while she is out of town. Maxie and Nathan share a brief discussion about making a fresh start in the new year and past mistakes, before Maxie leaves for the airport. They are seen together again in April, when Maxie returns from her eat, pray, love journey. Maxie and Nathan talk about him having to arrest someone and then Levi walks in, half naked, saying that he just used the rest of the shampoo. Maxie introduces them and Nathan says the Levi just used the rest of his shampoo. Nathan tells Maxie that he just had to arrest his "mother" for killing his "sister" and Levi tries to give him advice which he doesn't take well and storms out.
After Nathan storms out, he picks Britt up at a bar, not knowing that they are siblings, and brings her home. Maxie is at the apartment when they get there and she tells Nathan that Britt was her doctor during her surrogacy and kept the secret about her baby. Maxie, Nathan and Britt talk some more and then she finds out that the baby Britt gave birth too is really Dante and Lulu's. The next morning, Nathan wakes up and gets a lecture from Levi about how he needs to forgive his mother, which upsets Nathan. Maxie wakes in on Nathan about to punch Levi.
Maxie wants Nathan to stay
Later that day, Maxie tries to evict Nathan. He realizes that Levi convinced her to kick him but Maxie says that she is trying to live a more healthy earth life style even thou the shampoo she uses leaves her have dull and lifeless but Nathan says that it looks really nice. Then Levi (aka Mr. Truth Pillow) comes out to talk to Maxie and Nathan about Nathan leaving. Nathan asks Maxie if she can speak for herself and Levi asks Nathan where all his anger comes from and Nathan says its because of him. Maxie says that Levi has done nothing but help him and that Nathan has done nothing but blow up at him therefore Maxie and Levi feel that its best for him to leave. Nathan asks where he's suppose to go on such short notice and Maxie suggests Britt's since she slept at their place but Nathan says he won't be sharing a bed with Britt because she's his sister which mean that Nathan's biological mother is Liesl Obrecht. When Maxie finds out this out she decides to let him stay because that's a lot to process in one day which explains his mood and she also needs his rent money. She asks him if he will stay and he says yes. They also agree to work on him being more positive.
The next day Maxie walks in as Nathan is practicing and when she finds out the its for the Nurses' Ball she says that she's surprised because he's very uptight. He asks if that's in addition to being negative, angry and toxic. She says that she never said that, Levi said it and that it was Levi's idea to kick him out. Nathan says that Maxie is full of Levi's and also accuses her of being Levi's parrot and Maxie takes offense to that. Levi later interrupts and tries to kick Nathan out again but Maxie says no. She then finds out that she won't be going to the Nurses Ball and Nathan's point is proven. Nathan asks Maxie is she having second thoughts about not going to the Ball and she says no. After Nathan leaves Maxie decides to watch the red carpet show but Levi turns off. Maxie turns it back on saying that she will only watch it for ten minutes and when she sees Nathan walk the red carpet she can't take her eyes off of him.
Nathan and Maxie at the Nurses' Ball
Maxie decides to go to the Ball after all. When she walks in Nathan is standing there and he tells her that she looks stunning. Sadly, Levi comes in and then Nathan says he has to preform his number. Nathan along with Magic Milo and the Magic wands preform a striptease to the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC. During the number, he throw his shirt to Maxie. When Maxie decides to do a number with Lulu, she goes back stage to her but finds a shirtless Nathan instead and the two of them share a moment. Maxie preforms a dance number with the Haunted Starlets to the song "I Love It" by Icona Pop. After her number they sit together and steal a couple of glances at each other. When the Nurses' Ball is over Nathan is sad to Maxie with Levi.
In late May, Maxie comes home with groceries and needs help so Nathan comes to her rescue, shirtless, and they share another moment. Maxie says that she can never figure out if he's about to work out or just wrapped up. Maxie then gets a notice from the courts to appear regarding her daughter. She explains that she and Spinelli took Dante and Lulu to court, was deemed unfit and Spinelli was given full custody. The six months were up but Maxie decides not to because she has come to terms with not seeing her daughter. Nathan tries to convince her to go but Maxie tells him that he doesn't know what he is talking about and to shut the hell up. Nathan says it up to her but that it would be a mistake not to go out of fear. A few days later, Maxie and Nathan run into each other at the court house, it is revealed that Maxie missed her hearing but decided that she wanted to fight for her daughter. She explains that she didn't tell anyone she was doing this because she thought she wanted to it on her own but that was a big mistake. Nathan tells Maxie that he is proud of her and then offers to go with her to meet the judge and she says yes. They meet with the judge, who tells Maxie that she can't see her daughter for another six months because she can't be trusted with an appointment. Nathan then steps in and lies by saying that he threw her notice away. After hearing this, the judge decides to reschedule the hearing. When judge Walters leaves Maxie thanks Nathan for helping her.
Nathan and Maxie at the Floating Rib
The next day, Nathan answers his phone in a towel, hoping it has something to do with Nina but it doesn't. He tells Maxie that according to Madeline, Nina is alive. They talk about him wanting to know if Nina is alive or dead. Maxie says that kind of how she felt about seeing her daughter and because of him she will get to find out if she can. She wishes she could repay him somehow for what he did for her but he says that listening to him vent about Nina is more then enough. They another moment until Levi interrupts and then Nathan decides to go get dressed. When he comes back, Maxie and Levi are arguing about the fact the he lied to a judge. They argue some more about the fact that Maxie could get hurt and that nobody wants that, then Nathan leaves for work. A few days later, Nathan and Maxie run into each other in the park after having a bad day (Maxie got into a fight with Levi and Nathan "killed" Ric Lansing). Then they go to the Floating Rib for drinks and continue to talk about Ric and Levi. He kind of explains what happened with Ric and Maxie comforts him and they share another moment where he is about to tell something but they get interrupted. They also talk about how Levi thinks Gabriel was meant to be and then Nathan gives his condolences. He tells her that it's good that she is finally listening to herself instead of Levi. After they finish talking, Maxie helps Nathan polish of the rest of his ribs.
On the day of Gabriel's funeral, Maxie goes to visit Patrick while Nathan and Levi get into a fight about Maxie that ends in Levi punching Nathan because he told Levi that Maxie ate his meat and she liked it. Maxie breaks it up and finds out that Nathan threw her meat lapse in Levi face and that Levi had comment about Ric death and that's why they were fighting (they were actually fighting because of her). After it gets settled, she and Levi go to the funeral. The next day, Maxie is seen at the court house for her hearing about Georgie. Nathan walks in and it is revealed that the hearing wasn't suppose to until tomorrow and that the judge wanted Nathan there. They talk some more and then go in for they hearing where they find out that the judge found out that Nathan lied. The judge wants Nathan to testify under oath and he agrees. Before Nathan gets the chance to testify, Maxie tells the judge that Nathan did throw that notice away but he didn't know that she had already seen it and she let him take the blame. Maxie makes heartfelt plea to the judge to let her be a part of her daughters life. Later on, Nathan asks why she didn't let him help her and that he was willing to lie for her but she didn't want him to loose his job or go to jail. Maxie can't see her daughter for another six months and Nathan tries to comfort her but she runs out. He then accuses Levi of tipping of the judge. Maxie goes to Lulu for comfort and gets to hold Rocco.
Cuffed together
When she goes home she looks for Nathan but finds Levi instead. Nathan goes to the Floating Rib to tell Mac that Maxie lost custody of Georgie again. Maxie and Levi talk about Nathan accusing him of tipping of the judge (which he did) and then Nathan comes home and Maxie chews him out for it. When Maxie and Levi decide to protest the Waterfront, Michael, Morgan and Kiki try to get them to leave they don't so Michael call the cops because they are trespassing. Nathan arrives and arrests Levi but when he tries to arrest Maxie she resists and they end up handcuffed to each other. Nathan tries to reach the key and when he is finally able to reach it he tries to un-cuff them but the key flies out of his hand because Maxie was trying to grab it. They continue fighting while they look for the key which they can't find. Maxie wants him to call the police station but Nathan says no because he doesn't want his fellow officers knowing he go himself cuffed to a perp. Since he won't call the station she going to use her phone to call them but she doesn't have her phone on her so she decides to just use his. When she tries to get his phone she fall and lands on top of him and they almost kiss. Afterwards, he tells her that he has a key back at their apartment and that they can leave at anytime.
They have to walk home through the park because Nathan can't drive because she on his right side and Maxie can't drive a stick shift. They keep stoping because of her feet and fight the whole way. They finally sit and talk about Nathan blaming Levi for everything but they both end up owning up to their part in the handcuff situation. They also talk about Levi talking her into protesting and then he says that her eyes are beautiful. He says that Levi has to tight a grip on her because she agrees with everything he says. Maxi says that he's not the only one who has a grip on her and Nathan says that they have a grip on each other. They continue walking and arguing until the fireworks start, they stop and watch them and have a moment.
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Video
Nathan and Maxie montage from August 12, 2014 when Maxie finally realizes that she is falling for Nathan
GH General Hospital Maxie and Nathan Montage 8-12-14
