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Once in Manhattan, Johnny took Lulu to a fire escape of his old piano teacher's apartment. Lulu continued to blame herself for everything that was going on. She even told Johnny that he should have never picked her up that night, so he wouldn't have this problem. That is when Johnny told her he loved her for the first time. It was a very deep and passionate moment for both of them. Lulu was still confused and in shock, that she couldn't say it back, at least not yet. |
Once in Manhattan, Johnny took Lulu to a fire escape of his old piano teacher's apartment. Lulu continued to blame herself for everything that was going on. She even told Johnny that he should have never picked her up that night, so he wouldn't have this problem. That is when Johnny told her he loved her for the first time. It was a very deep and passionate moment for both of them. Lulu was still confused and in shock, that she couldn't say it back, at least not yet. |
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Lulu is currently incarcerated at Shadybrook with her mom. Johnny has walked away from her to not hurt her anymore. Nothing is known yet. |
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| Portrayed by | Julie Marie Berman | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | August 8 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Claire Labine | ||||||||||||||||
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Lesley Lu "Lulu" Spencer is a fictional character (born on-screen August 8, 1994, sorased to age 17 in 2005) on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She is the daughter of legendary supercouple Luke and Laura Spencer.
Fictional character history
Infancy and health crisis
Lesley Lu was named "Lesley" after her maternal grandmother Dr. Lesley Webber and "Lu" after an alias her mother had assumed while she and Luke were on the run from Frank Smith. She has been called Lulu since birth. She was born to legendary supercouple Luke and Laura Spencer during a happy period in their marriage, when they had settled in Port Charles after more than a decade on the run with their first child, Lucky. However, Lulu's life was tumultuous from infancy. Luke's involvement with mobster Sonny Corinthos put his family in danger. When Laura was threatened by the mob, she was forced to flee town with newborn Lulu. Mother and daughter returned a few months later, but soon they were in danger again. Laura was singing baby Lulu a lullaby in their home when the house was riddled with bullets from a mob-related shooting; the two survived.
Lulu was diagnosed with aplastic anemia when she was an infant. This condition forced her mother Laura to reveal the existence of another son, Nikolas Cassadine, born during her captivity with Stavros Cassadine. Nikolas saved little Lulu's life with a bone marrow transplant, but Luke and Laura's marriage was destroyed by the revelation of this secret. While happy that Lulu had been saved, Luke was deeply conflicted about the Cassadine family and Laura's involvement with them. He also freely acknowledged that he was not a good father. Lulu was primarily raised by her mother after the divorce, as Luke was rarely around, and Laura was sometimes in hiding in Switzerland or Beecher's Corner, North Carolina, if the family was in danger. Later, the family reconciled and Luke and Laura planned to remarry.
Prior to the wedding, Rick Webber was found murdered. Laura, due to recollections of her past and the murder of Rick Webber, went catatonic and had to be institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital. Lulu was then raised by her maternal grandmother, Leslie.
Teenage years and pregnancy
Lulu, (sorased to seventeen), proved to be too much for her grandmother to handle, and Lesley forced Luke to take a more active role in his daughter's life. Lulu moved into the Quartermaine mansion with Luke and her new stepmother, Tracy Quartermaine. From the very start Lulu's rebellious and wild side was established as she "borrowed" cars from the Q's, and even stole a large sum of money from Tracy in hopes to help pay for her brother's medical bills - and buy herself a snow mobile. Luke and Lulu's relationship was fractured at best, Luke was uneasy around Lulu because she reminded him so much of her mother, and Lulu was still bitter from his absence in her life after her mother's breakdown. Lulu, however, proved to be much more like Luke than Laura and he has seemed pleased to discover some Spencer traits in his "larcenous little gum drop." However, Luke's frequent absences have left Lulu still seeking his attention.
After graduation, Lulu continued to be troubled and rebellious. She hatched a scheme with Diego Alcazar to break up Dillon Quartermaine, her stepbrother, and his wife Georgie Jones. Lulu lost her virginity to Dillon after lying to him about Georgie's relationship with Diego. Their plans came crashing down, however, when he overheard her talking about it with Tracy. Soon afterwards, Lulu discovered she was pregnant. She quickly realized that she and Dillon had used a faulty ELQ condom. Feeling lost and alone, Lulu considered an abortion, but Dillon objected and tried to take legal steps to prevent her from terminating her pregnancy. The Quartermaines wanted the baby, and Lulu had almost agreed to have it and sign over all parental rights to Dillon when Luke returned from one of his adventures. He gave Lulu the confidence she needed to make the choice she wanted and she chose to have the abortion.
Laura's return and Metro Court Hotel hostage crisis
In November 2006, just in time for the twenty-fifth anniversary of her first wedding to Luke, Laura returned. With the help of Dr. Robin Scorpio and Dr. Patrick Drake, a medication was found that would bring Laura out of her catatonic state. Lulu was overjoyed to have her mother back in her life, but she was also nervous about Laura's potential reaction to the abortion. Laura eased back into life in Port Charles, even celebrating a renewal of her wedding vows with Luke. However, the drug that had brought Laura out of her catatonic state turned out to be a temporary fix, and she soon relapsed. Before she did, Lulu, flooded with guilt about her abortion and after her mother urged her to confide in her, tearfully told her mother she had an abortion because she didn't want to bring a baby into this world who wasn't loved or wanted, just as she felt she had never been loved or wanted. Laura comforted her daughter, telling her that she was wanted and loved, and that she supported Lulu's decision about the abortion. Right before she slipped back into catatonia, Laura revealed to her daughter that she didn't think she had truly murdered Rick Webber.
After Laura's relapse, Lulu found herself mixed up with the mob. Continuing conflicts with Lorenzo Alcazar's organization led Luke's old friend Sonny Corinthos and his partner, Jason Morgan, to call on the help of teenage hacker Damian Spinelli. Lulu inadvertently wound up involved in their machinations and became friends with Spinelli. With the help of her new found friend and Dillon, Lulu began investigating the Rick Webber murder case in hopes of clearing her others name.
When Mr. Craig and his men took several Port Charles residents hostage in the lobby of the Metro Court hotel and Lulu was one of the people caught in the chaos. Lulu was held at gunpoint by Craig as leverage against Luke, who claimed he had the code to open the briefcase Craig was after and suffered an injured leg eventual explosion of the lobby. While trapped in the hotel Lulu was thrown into a room with Alan Quartermaine, Lulu used this time to confront him about the death of Rick Webber, as her investigation had largely pointed at him and his wife, Monica. Alan told Lulu that he didn't kill Rick, but he knew her mother hadn't either. Unfortunately, Alan died of a heart attack before he was able to tell Lulu the whole story.
A few days after the death of Alan, Lulu intercepted a letter meant for her father. The letter was from Alan, informing Luke that Rick Webber's true killer was none other than Scott Baldwin, long time rival of Luke's and Laura's first husband. Lulu, realizing this news would destroy her father - and most likely lead to the death of Scott, chose to keep the information between her and Dillon.
Which boy is best?
Spinelli developed feelings for Lulu and they grew closer through the events they experienced together. It was through Spinelli that she found out that Jason Morgan was Jake Spencer's real father and not her brother Lucky. Lulu had initially wanted to tell her brother the truth, but chose to side with Jason and Elizabeth Webber, buying the excuse that it could send her brother into a relapse of his drug addiction.
Lulu, the once loner, was at a loss when she found herself on the receiving end of the affections of not only one boy - but three. Spinelli, Dillon and Milo Giambetti, a body guard of Sonny's, had all fallen for her. Lulu agreed to try a date which each of them, but in the end remained skittish about the ideas of relationships, love and sex.
Logan Hayes, an army buddy of Cooper Barrett's, came to town and took a liking to Lulu, as well. Lulu was initially entirely unresponsive to his advances, finding his attitude unappealing. Logan, Cooper, and Maxie Jones found out about the evidence proving that Scott was Rick Webber's true killer and plotted to blackmail Scott, making it look like Lulu was the blackmailer. In the end, Lulu discovered the ruse. Logan defended Lulu from Scott Baldwin several times and seemed to regret his actions with Maxie and Cooper.
History Lessons
Scott Baldwin sought custody of Laura and Lulu learned of Luke's rape of Laura when she heard Nikolas Cassadine's testimony during Laura's custody hearing. After running out of the court room, Luke tracks a visibly shaken Lulu down and tells her the whole story. He also tells her that her mother had the strength to forgive him. Devastated, Lulu walks away ashamed of her father's violent act and swearing she will never fall in love believing that true love doesn't exist. She also learned that her sister-in-law Elizabeth Webber was raped when she was fifteen years old, which caused Lulu to look at Elizabeth with more respect for going through that at such a young age and surviving.
Dirty Deals
A jealous Maxie decided it was time to knock Lulu off her high horse and sought out former partner-in-crime, Logan Hayes for help. Maxie asked Logan to seduce Lulu and then dump her, humiliating her. Logan, who's attraction to Lulu had already been established, agreed to the deal IF after breaking Lulu's heart, Maxie would sleep with him. Maxie agreed to the terms and the plan was set in motion.
Logan began to spend more time with Lulu and grew to care for her as more than just a physical attraction, the closer they got the more he was starting to regret his deal with Maxie. Logan succeeded in getting Lulu into bed, but chose not to cash in his deal with Maxie - and not to break up with Lulu. An infuriated Maxie, upset that yet another person had chosen to side with Lulu over her, told Logan that if he didn't sleep with her she would reveal their deal to Lulu, Logan agreed and slept with Maxie in hopes the whole thing could be swept under the table.
Lulu and Logan continued to run strong, much to the dismay of her step-Family. After one particular argument Lulu announced the Quartermaine's that she would be moving in with Logan. Logan was taken aback by her announcement grew quite fond of the idea, and agreed to move Lulu into his apartment. Their first night together proved to be anything but blissful for the new couple as Maxie showed up and revealed to Lulu not only had she slept with Logan, but all the details of their original bet.
Johnny and Lulu
Heartbroken from the news of her boyfriend Logan's infidelity Lulu went out walking and ended up hitching a ride with a perfect stranger. Her family and friends ran around town worried about her. But, she was safe and sound, the whole time. Upon her return to town her friends and family were dismayed by Lulu's poor choice, but even more so when they learned the perfect stranger turned out to be the son of the Anthony Zacharra, the mob threat currently trying to take over the Port Charles territory. Johnny and Lulu kept in contact via text message even though Johnny was a known criminal.
Johnny's dad, the unstable Anthony Zacharra, learned of his interactiion with Lulu and wanted to put a stop to it. Anthony made his way to Port Charles intent on killing the young girl who had started to make a presence in his son's life. It was the night of the black and white ball hosted by Lulu's brother, Nikolas, that Anthony chose to exact his plan. Johnny broke out of his "handlers" control and headed to the black and white ball to stop his father from hurting Lulu or anyone else.
Johnny was successful in saving Lulu's life, but his father suffered serious injury at the hand of Jason Morgan and was rendered paralyzed and sent to a hospital for the criminally insane. His fathers absence put Johnny in control of the "family business", originally intent on leaving it all behind and finally starting fresh with a life he wanted Johnny was forced into running the business by the family lawyer, Trevor Lansing. Lulu had been excited for Johnny at the prospect of him being able to live on his own terms and didn't understand why he was now suddenly embracing the mob life he had resented for so many years.
Knowing she wouldn't be safe as a part of his life Johnny continued to push Lulu away, but she continued to push back. Lulu was determined to remain Johnny's friend. Though Logan didn't aprove of the friendship Lulu asured him that she wasn't cheating. Which proved to be a lie. Trevor wasn't fond of this relationship developing between the two until he realized he could use it to his advantage, he ordered Lulu to be killed and hoped to set it up to look like it was at the hands of Jason Morgan, hoping this would usher Johnny into a mob war between the Zacharra and Corinthos organizations. The plan backfired, however, as Johnny was there to save Lulu from the receiving end of a bullet. Convinced Sonny wouldn't ever harm her Lulu convinced Johnny to go to Sonny and talk it out, when they arrived outside his house, however, they overheard Sonny ordering a hit on Johnny instead.
Lulu went to Carly on Johnny's behalf, asking her to talk Sonny out of killing him. Now more than ever Johnny was convinced that Lulu shouldn't be a part of his life, they met on the overlook and shared there very first kiss after which Johnny informed Lulu that while she made his life better he wasn't going to be selfish enough to risk her life. Lulu still wasn't convinced she couldn't have both safety and a friendship with Johnny and continued to push the issue.
Employees of the mysterious Moreau spotted the Johnny and Lulu together and assuming Lulu was Johnny's girlfriend, intended to use her as leverage against him if he didn't cooperate in a business deal. When Johnny continuously ignored Moreau's attempts at an arrangement, Lulu was grabbed and was to be held until the transaction was completed. Not one to follow the rules, Johnny teamed up with Logan and Spinelli to track Lulu down - the trio was successful and were able to locate the old monastery she was being held in but Lulu was already in motion to get herself out of the situation. Johnny found a back way in through the same tunnel system Lulu had come across but when the two finally crossed each other's path the reception Johnny got from Lulu was all but warm, while trying to push him out of the way, insisting she was not helpless, Lulu managed to knock Johnny over right into a rusty old sword - causing a severe cut in his leg. This led to the discovery of a hidden room within the tunnels, used to store smuggled goods hundreds of years ago. While looking around in the room, the door closed and locked behind them, leaving them stuck in the room. While trapped, and with the aid of the 200 year old rum used they used for a painkiller and heater, Johnny opened up to Lulu about his feelings for her, but told her the timing wasn't right -- but not before sharing a passionate kiss.
On Thursday, February 21, 2008, Johnny and Lulu openly acknowledged the strong connection they shared and made love at the Haunted Star, the legendary boat that held so much history for Lulu's parents...and now Johnny and Lulu as well. Following this, Johnny asked Lulu to meet him on a date, but before he could meet her, two of Sonny's henchman had grabbed him at Crimson Point, bringing him to an old mental institution in the mountains. Sonny was distressed from the disappearance of his son, Michael Corinthos III, and thought he knew the Zacharras were behind it. He eventually gets released, but not before Diego Alcazar (aka the Text Message Killer) had the cannery on the water front blown up.
Only days later, Lulu, shaken up after seeing Johnny have a gun to Sonny's head at General Hospital, breaks up with him. He lets her go without complaint, later telling his older sister, Claudia, that he always expected her to leave him. It doesn't make it any less painful when he sees her in the lobby at the hospital with a quickly recovering Logan Hayes
It doesn't take long for Johnny to jump back into her life when he becomes a partner of the Haunted Star, being the financial backer to reopen the casino. In early April, him and Lulu have another confrontation on the boat. They yell at each other before Lulu kisses him, but he pulls back, saying it isn't right. They are interrupted by Spinelli. Spinelli informs them Michael has been shot in the head down at the warehouse. Micheal goes into permanent coma. The Haunted Star reopens and Lulu asks Nikolas to be her date. While waiting on the docks, Johnny shows up and asks Lulu if he can escort her. Then Logan shows up and Lulu, in an effort to make Johnny jealous, lets Logan escort her.
The couple still wanted each other like crazy. Finally, Anthony Zacchara threathened to expose Luke, Lulu's father of money laundering if she didn't get back together with his son. Lulu agreed to. When she told Johnny, he suggested they fake being a couple. Lulu told hims she wouldn't have to pretend. The two ended up admitting their true feelings for each other in the Zacchara garden shed, which became their private place.
They made love for the second time on May 23rd, 2008 in the garden shed. They decided to still see each other. Johnny later realized from his father that he is in love with Lulu.
Kate Howard
Carly, out of jealousy towards her husband Jax and Kate Howard's friendship and business partnership, convinced Lulu to take a job as Kate's assistant. At first Lulu doesn't want the job, but she quickly changes her mind when she finds out that her rival, Maxie Jones works there. Lulu gets the job as a second assistant, while Maxie is the first assistant. The office is located in the Metro court Hotel, which is co-owned by Lulu's cousin Carly. Lulu rarely shows up to work and shows little interest in fashion.
The Murder Pact
Logan becomes obsessed with Lulu. He appears at the Crimson Offices to tell Lulu that he still loves her, and blames all that is wrong in his life on Maxie. Lulu tells him that they are over, and she's moved on to Johnny. The crushed Logan angrily leaves. Later on that day, Kate and Lulu leave the office and Maxie is left alone, finishing some paperwork. Distraught, Logan comes back and attacks Maxie, both verbally and physically. After he knocks her out cold, Logan looks up and spots Lulu, who had been watching everything from Johnny's apartment balcony across the street. He leaves Maxie and rushes over to Lulu's house, determined to get her back. Lulu freaks and tries to call Lucky, but he doesn't answer. Lulu freezes when Logan starts pounding on the door. Lulu tries to get a weapon and keeps Logan talking behind the locked door.
Logan finally gets ticked and knocks the door in with an axe. Lulu rushes into the kitchen and gets a knife. Logan tells a lot of lies and keeps saying how good they were together and wants them to still be together. Lulu herself tries to lie as well to keep him from doing anything violent, but Logan realizes her act, disarms Lulu, and tries to hurt her, knocking her to the floor. She scrambles after the knife and stabs Logan in self defense. He dies instantly and Lulu stands over his body in shock.
Johnny and Maxie come over at that moment with Claudia following soon after. Johnny immediately takes the rap for Logan's death and Claudia buys it. They immediately start to cover up the crime. Johnny and Claudia dump Logan's body in front of the clinic and not long after, Johnny is arrested for murder.
Lulu attempted to bust Johnny out of jail by bringing a gun into PCPD. The plan backfired, and Johnny ended up staging taking Lulu hostage at gunpoint. Detective tried to shoot Johnny, but Jason Morgan blocked the shot and that is how Lulu and Johnny got away. They stole Mayor Floyd's car and left Port Charles.
Once in Manhattan, Johnny took Lulu to a fire escape of his old piano teacher's apartment. Lulu continued to blame herself for everything that was going on. She even told Johnny that he should have never picked her up that night, so he wouldn't have this problem. That is when Johnny told her he loved her for the first time. It was a very deep and passionate moment for both of them. Lulu was still confused and in shock, that she couldn't say it back, at least not yet.
Lulu is currently incarcerated at Shadybrook with her mom. Johnny has walked away from her to not hurt her anymore. Nothing is known yet.