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She would say it was a normal day… Though it wasn't. Max drove to work like every morning, just a normal day. She went in and Normal gave her a speech about her being late, just a normal day. She looked at Alec and her heart almost jumped out of her chest, just a… No… Wait, what?

Max noticed how her cheeks began to burn and she turned away, trying to calm her breath. It was just Alec, no one special. The thing that happened last day… That never happened. Alec was just… Alec. A friend, who was annoying and an asshole. Really, an ass.

"Morning, Max."

She jumped and turned to Alec with wide eyes. She tried to smile while answering: "Morning."

He wore a plain white t-shirt and his jacket. "You okay?"

Max nodded. "Sure. I feel good. Why shouldn't I?"

Shrugging, he kept looking at her, noticing that she wouldn't meet his eyes. "You look pale. Are you sick or something?"

"Oh, you'd love that, wouldn't you?", Max snapped and turned away. "I gotta work. That's why we're here. Working."

She left without a second look at him and made her way to Normal as fast as possible. "Got any packages for me to deliver?"

Normal watched her skeptical. "You? You want to work?"

She rolled her eyes. "Shut up. Hurry."

Normal gave her a package, while Max noticed Alec coming her way. She grabbed the box and ran out of the building, using her cat-like speed. "Max!", she heard Alec shout, but she was on her bike already and drove away.

She felt stupid. Alec was a friend and she acted like he was a mass murderer. But what was she supposed to do? Let her heart beat like crazy and accept the fact, that she was about to fall in love with the biggest idiot alive? Maybe it was already too late anyways. She felt this way before with Logan, though now this feeling was gone. And it wasn't as intense as it is now with Alec…

Max jumped off the bike and went towards the house. She pressed the buzzer and waited a few seconds. Then a woman opened the door and smiled at Max. The transgenic returned the smile and handed her the package. "I need a signature, please", she said and held out the papers.

Mrs. Raynolds – so read the signature – nodded and signed. "Thank you."

"That's my job", she answered and went back to her vehicle. Hopefully Alec was on a job when she came back. She couldn't bear to look at him.

Riding back, she tried to calm her thoughts. Thinking about Alec all the time wouldn't make the weird butterflies in her stomach go away. She was back at the firm and went in, happily noticing that Alec was gone.

"Anything you want to tell me?", came Original Cindy's voice and Max turned towards her.

"What do you mean?", she asked, knowing what her best friend was hinting at.

Cindy folded her arms in front of her chest and raised an eyebrow. "What's up with you and Alec?"

The transgenic shrugged and went to the television corner. She sat down in a chair and sighed heavily.

"Did he do anything to anger you?", Cindy asked, while she came after her friend, sitting down on the armrest.

Max rolled her eyes. "When doesn't he? Can we talk about something else now?", she almost begged, burying her face in her hands.

Original Cindy shrugged and waited a few minutes, then she slapped her best friends' arm.

"Ouch! What the hell was that about?!"

"Don't tell me you have a crush on –"

Before she was able to end the sentence, Max' hand was on her mouth. "No!", she snapped and glared at Cindy. "I. Am. Not!"

Original Cindy rolled her eyes and grabbed the transgenic's arm to shove it away. "Whatever you say. So, you and Logan have… problems?"

Max shrugged again. "Yeah. I don't think I still love him."

"So you fell in love with… You-know-who."

"Leave The Dark Lord out of this."

Original Cindy sighed and got up. "Fine. If you want to talk… Call me."

Max nodded, while she watched her friend leave. Too bad, that in the same moment Alec came in, his eyes locked on Max.

She wanted nothing more than to run away, but Alec already stood in front of her. "Hey. Logan called me."

Perplex she stared at him. "He… He called you?"

He nodded and handed her a piece of paper. "He wants us to check this out. Apparently some X7 kids are being held hostage."

Max took the paper and looked at the scribbled address Alec had wrote on it. Then she began to realize, what the other transgenic just said. "Wait… We?"

494 folded his arms in front of his chest. "Yes. Got a problem with that?"

"What? No! I mean, you're annoying, but… We can work together", Max said and looked at him.

He returned the look. "Right… Wanna go grab something to eat?"

Max kept staring at him, then her eyes searched the ground. "I'm not hungry."

Alec sighed and massaged his eyes. "Max, what have I done? When we talked yesterday… Did I say something wrong?"

"I…" She sighed, too and shook her head. "No, it's not about you, it's… I don't feel well, because of the whole Logan thing. It's gonna be alright."

He didn't seem convinced, not at all, but he still dropped the topic. "If you say so… So, what about food?"

Shaking her head, she walked past him. "No appetite. Talk to you later."

She felt his stare on her back and squeezed her eyes shut. Dammit. So he knows that I'm running from him. And even though he doesn't look like it, he's a pretty smart guy.

As fast as possible, she left the building to drive home. She ignored Normal's bitching and ran to the parking lot.

Confused, Alec stared after Max, wondering. Something was definitely wrong with her. Within one day she changed her whole behavior towards him. Even though she said it had nothing to do with him, he just knew she was lying to him.

Normal made his way to Alec with an annoyed look on his face. "God, this girl is one annoying brat!"

Alec didn't answer. He kept staring at the doorway, even though it was empty now.

"Do you know what the hell is wrong with her? You two talked, maybe she did say something?", Normal asked, trying to get Alec's full attention.

Finally, the transgenic turned to the smaller man and shrugged. "No. Just the normal stuff. Maybe she doesn't feel good. Not my business anyway." He walked away, annoyed and tired. Alec tried to be kinder to Max, wanted to befriend her… He needed a friend. Even if it would be the person who made his heart jump higher.

He would be lying, if he said, that he didn't felt at least a little joy after hearing, that Max and Logan had problems. But what, if the reason, why she turned away from him was himself? Because Logan had a wrong picture of them both? Because he was jealous? But then again, why would he be? There was nothing between the two X5's. Alec wished for that, yes, but he knew, that this was impossible.

How often did Max push him away already? He still remembers the day he was about to kill her, but couldn't bring himself to do it. The way she looked at him after he took her only chance to ever touch Logan again… From this moment on, he knew they would never be close at all. Before, he didn't care much, but looking at her hurt face and the tears building in her eyes made his heart ache.

Mad at himself, he made his way out of the building, not looking at Normal once.

"Alec, where…", the man tried, but the transgenic paid no attention to his boss and walked home.