CHAPTER: Easy Come.
Later that night Max decided to let Ben stay at Alec's place. It was Alec's idea. He even volunteered to give up his bed. Ben couldn't help but feel like he was invading Alec's space even though Alec tried convinced him that he wasn't. Alec took a pillow and went to the couch. He turned on the TV. It was one of the goods things about sleeping on the couch; the TV would be easy to see form there. He was flipping through the channels when he heard a knock on the door. He opened it and saw that it was Max. " Gosh Max, he's sleeping."
She pushed him aside and walked to Alec's bedroom door and saw that he was indeed sleeping. " He sure sleeps a lot."
" Yeah and I like to sleep too, so if you don't mind." He went back to his couch and spread his legs out.
" That couch doesn't look very comfortable," Max, pointed out. She couldn't but feel guilty for it. However it was Alec who insisted that Ben stay with him, just incase he wasn't as normal as he appeared to be. He didn't think that Max would be able to do the same thing she did before. " Are you sure you're okay with this?"
" The couch is not that comfortable but I'll survive." He moved his legs up to make room for Max to sit down. She sat and stared at the TV with a revolted look on her face. " What?" he asked her.
" I was just thinking that you watch a lot of crap."
" It's not crap, it's art."
" Bay watch, what can be more artistic?" she said sarcastically
Alec turned the channel to a news station. " It's a guy thing."
" Must be." She pushed him around and lied down on next to him. She pinched him. " You watch too much TV. It depletes brain cells."
" Like you didn't watch a ton of TV when you got out."
" But I was ten, ten year olds live for TV."
" Guys live for TV period."
Max sighed. She wasn't in the mood to argue with Alec. She had other stuff on her mind. " Alec."
" Max," he said mimicking her tone.
" Don't let Logan know about Ben."
" Why not?"
" Because, he'll just complicate things. It so simple now, I like it like that." She remembered the way Logan yelled at her when she told him that it was Ben killing the people. He didn't understand, he didn't even try to. " Logan knows about Ben. He'll just act stupid."
" I won't tell him, besides this is not the first thing I'm keeping form Logan because you asked me to. Why do you even bother with him if you can't be honest with him?"
" Alec, it's complicated. Things with Logan always are."
" I thought you said you like things simple."
Max sat up. She didn't know what to say to that comment. " Where will Ben go tomorrow? I have work."
" He can go by Joshua's."
Max shook her head. " I don't want him to go there without me. He's kind of afraid of Joshua."
" Well he'll come to work with us."
Max smiled. " Normal will love him."
" I don't know who he'd be more afraid of, Joshua or Normal."
" Well at least Normal wouldn't sniff him."
" Good point but then again you just never know." Max got up from the couch and went to the door." Call me if anything comes up."
Alec rolled his eyes. " Go home Max."
"I'm going." She walked out and closed the door. She was glad that Alec was being nice to him. He really didn't have to considering he went trough hell because of what Ben did.
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Ben followed Alec to the dispatch counter in Jam Pony. Alec told him that he was sure to get a job here.
Normal looked up at the sound of Alec's voice. He first thought he was seeing double then he noticed that each image was wearing something different. He looked at them. One was paler than the other. He knew the darker one had to be his Golden Boy, that how he got the name. " Alec you never said you had a twin."
Alec looked at him in amazement. How did Normal know which one he was? " Triplet actually." He had to lie because Sketchy knew he had an 'evil twin' who was serial killer. If he saw Ben he'd eventually put it together.
" Well look at that." He took Ben's hand and shook it. " What's your name?"
" Ben."
Normal looked at them. " Ben and Alec." Ben pulled his hand away from Normal who was gripping it too tightly. " You two are so identical. Who's older?"
" He is," Alec said. " I'm the middle child."
" What's the other one's name?"
" Ah--- Mike."
" Cool, I'll like to meet him sometime."
" We don't see him much, in fact we don't see him at all," Alec said quickly.
" That's a shame." Normal turned his attention to Ben who was silent all that time. " How long are you in town for?"
" A while," he said softly.
" Do you want a job, I can just fire someone."
Ben nodded. He really didn't want to get anyone fired but needed the money, he couldn't keep on living off of Max and Alec.
" Brett," Normal called at the top of his voice. A guy came form the back room. " You're fired."
" What? Why?" the guy said confused.
" Well Alec's brother needs a job."
The boy looked over at Alec and Ben and gave them a nasty look. It was well known fact in Jam Pony that Normal liked Alec the best of all the employees, now he had another person to dream about. " Thanks a lot man."
" Sorry family comes first," Alec said to Brett as he walked out swearing.
Alec showed Ben where the bikes were. " We have to deliver packages on bikes. Stupid huh." Ben nodded. " You know you can talk right?"
" Yeah." He couldn't believe how easy things where coming to him here. It was like everyone was willing to bend backwards for him. It was nothing like he had experienced before.
Alec handed him a sector pass. " That's how we get around, flash one of those and you're free to go where ever you want."
Ben found himself going to nod then he said, " Cool."
" I'll show you around. It really not that difficult."
" Thanks." Ben looked around. " Max works here right?"
" Yeah, but she's always late. By the time we get back form the first run she'll be here."
Sketchy came from the lockers and saw Alec talking to guy who looked like his twin. " Alec," he called. " Is this your twin." He knew that Alec had a psycho twin form the time when Alec got arrested for murder. Even though he knew Max and Alec weren't dangerous his twin wasn't doing much to help the transgenics get in people's good books.
" No he's another clone. I was so perfect they decided to make three of me." Alec didn't see the need to tell Sketchy the whole story.
" Oh okay. Well nice to meet you clone of Alec."
" Ben actually."
" Max is going to go nuts, two people who look just like Alec," Sketchy said laughing. He could imagine the two of them ganging up on her.
" Actually Max knows him," Alec said. " He's her brother."
" What? You lost me there. How can he be Max's brother? That means you're her brother too."
" He's not really my brother, he's a clone. Well actually I'm a clone of him. The point is Max is not my sister, she's his sister."
" I have no idea what all of that means. However I'm sure it's something good." Sketchy took his bike and walked away. All thing clone stuff was starting to make him feel lightheaded.
" How many people know about us."
Alec made a mental count in his mind. " Three people, well a few more if you count White and his goons."
" White?"
" Long story. Max will tell you about them. Why don't we get going so we can come back and meet Max."
" Are you sure you don't like Max."
" Why? Do you like Max?"
For the first time Alec had managed to get some kind of emotion out of Ben. " No, she's my sister. That's sick."
" Well your other brother Zack did?"
" Zack, how is Zack."
" Zack is in Canada. He most likely can't remember you. He had a little memory problem."
" Oh okay. So you didn't answer the question."
" You didn't tell me why you wanted to know."
" Well I kind a got the impression that Max may like you."
Alec laughed. " Max doesn't like me. She likes to cause physical harm to me but that's just it. She doesn't like me."
" She seems to think a lot of you."
He didn't know what Max he had met but the last time he checked Max just thought he was a jerk. " Stick around for a while. You'll see how ridiculous that idea is."
" Okay, so she doesn't like you. Do you like her?"
Alec bit his bottom lip. " She's my friend."
Ben rolled his eyes. He was dancing around the topic. He wanted to give Alec something back for being so nice to him. He knew Max liked him, so if Alec liked her then he could help them figure it out. " Whatever you say." He took a bike from the rack and waked outside.
Alec couldn't believe it. Ben only knew him for a day and he already knew that he was in love with Max. Was he that transparent?
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Later that night Max decided to let Ben stay at Alec's place. It was Alec's idea. He even volunteered to give up his bed. Ben couldn't help but feel like he was invading Alec's space even though Alec tried convinced him that he wasn't. Alec took a pillow and went to the couch. He turned on the TV. It was one of the goods things about sleeping on the couch; the TV would be easy to see form there. He was flipping through the channels when he heard a knock on the door. He opened it and saw that it was Max. " Gosh Max, he's sleeping."
She pushed him aside and walked to Alec's bedroom door and saw that he was indeed sleeping. " He sure sleeps a lot."
" Yeah and I like to sleep too, so if you don't mind." He went back to his couch and spread his legs out.
" That couch doesn't look very comfortable," Max, pointed out. She couldn't but feel guilty for it. However it was Alec who insisted that Ben stay with him, just incase he wasn't as normal as he appeared to be. He didn't think that Max would be able to do the same thing she did before. " Are you sure you're okay with this?"
" The couch is not that comfortable but I'll survive." He moved his legs up to make room for Max to sit down. She sat and stared at the TV with a revolted look on her face. " What?" he asked her.
" I was just thinking that you watch a lot of crap."
" It's not crap, it's art."
" Bay watch, what can be more artistic?" she said sarcastically
Alec turned the channel to a news station. " It's a guy thing."
" Must be." She pushed him around and lied down on next to him. She pinched him. " You watch too much TV. It depletes brain cells."
" Like you didn't watch a ton of TV when you got out."
" But I was ten, ten year olds live for TV."
" Guys live for TV period."
Max sighed. She wasn't in the mood to argue with Alec. She had other stuff on her mind. " Alec."
" Max," he said mimicking her tone.
" Don't let Logan know about Ben."
" Why not?"
" Because, he'll just complicate things. It so simple now, I like it like that." She remembered the way Logan yelled at her when she told him that it was Ben killing the people. He didn't understand, he didn't even try to. " Logan knows about Ben. He'll just act stupid."
" I won't tell him, besides this is not the first thing I'm keeping form Logan because you asked me to. Why do you even bother with him if you can't be honest with him?"
" Alec, it's complicated. Things with Logan always are."
" I thought you said you like things simple."
Max sat up. She didn't know what to say to that comment. " Where will Ben go tomorrow? I have work."
" He can go by Joshua's."
Max shook her head. " I don't want him to go there without me. He's kind of afraid of Joshua."
" Well he'll come to work with us."
Max smiled. " Normal will love him."
" I don't know who he'd be more afraid of, Joshua or Normal."
" Well at least Normal wouldn't sniff him."
" Good point but then again you just never know." Max got up from the couch and went to the door." Call me if anything comes up."
Alec rolled his eyes. " Go home Max."
"I'm going." She walked out and closed the door. She was glad that Alec was being nice to him. He really didn't have to considering he went trough hell because of what Ben did.
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Ben followed Alec to the dispatch counter in Jam Pony. Alec told him that he was sure to get a job here.
Normal looked up at the sound of Alec's voice. He first thought he was seeing double then he noticed that each image was wearing something different. He looked at them. One was paler than the other. He knew the darker one had to be his Golden Boy, that how he got the name. " Alec you never said you had a twin."
Alec looked at him in amazement. How did Normal know which one he was? " Triplet actually." He had to lie because Sketchy knew he had an 'evil twin' who was serial killer. If he saw Ben he'd eventually put it together.
" Well look at that." He took Ben's hand and shook it. " What's your name?"
" Ben."
Normal looked at them. " Ben and Alec." Ben pulled his hand away from Normal who was gripping it too tightly. " You two are so identical. Who's older?"
" He is," Alec said. " I'm the middle child."
" What's the other one's name?"
" Ah--- Mike."
" Cool, I'll like to meet him sometime."
" We don't see him much, in fact we don't see him at all," Alec said quickly.
" That's a shame." Normal turned his attention to Ben who was silent all that time. " How long are you in town for?"
" A while," he said softly.
" Do you want a job, I can just fire someone."
Ben nodded. He really didn't want to get anyone fired but needed the money, he couldn't keep on living off of Max and Alec.
" Brett," Normal called at the top of his voice. A guy came form the back room. " You're fired."
" What? Why?" the guy said confused.
" Well Alec's brother needs a job."
The boy looked over at Alec and Ben and gave them a nasty look. It was well known fact in Jam Pony that Normal liked Alec the best of all the employees, now he had another person to dream about. " Thanks a lot man."
" Sorry family comes first," Alec said to Brett as he walked out swearing.
Alec showed Ben where the bikes were. " We have to deliver packages on bikes. Stupid huh." Ben nodded. " You know you can talk right?"
" Yeah." He couldn't believe how easy things where coming to him here. It was like everyone was willing to bend backwards for him. It was nothing like he had experienced before.
Alec handed him a sector pass. " That's how we get around, flash one of those and you're free to go where ever you want."
Ben found himself going to nod then he said, " Cool."
" I'll show you around. It really not that difficult."
" Thanks." Ben looked around. " Max works here right?"
" Yeah, but she's always late. By the time we get back form the first run she'll be here."
Sketchy came from the lockers and saw Alec talking to guy who looked like his twin. " Alec," he called. " Is this your twin." He knew that Alec had a psycho twin form the time when Alec got arrested for murder. Even though he knew Max and Alec weren't dangerous his twin wasn't doing much to help the transgenics get in people's good books.
" No he's another clone. I was so perfect they decided to make three of me." Alec didn't see the need to tell Sketchy the whole story.
" Oh okay. Well nice to meet you clone of Alec."
" Ben actually."
" Max is going to go nuts, two people who look just like Alec," Sketchy said laughing. He could imagine the two of them ganging up on her.
" Actually Max knows him," Alec said. " He's her brother."
" What? You lost me there. How can he be Max's brother? That means you're her brother too."
" He's not really my brother, he's a clone. Well actually I'm a clone of him. The point is Max is not my sister, she's his sister."
" I have no idea what all of that means. However I'm sure it's something good." Sketchy took his bike and walked away. All thing clone stuff was starting to make him feel lightheaded.
" How many people know about us."
Alec made a mental count in his mind. " Three people, well a few more if you count White and his goons."
" White?"
" Long story. Max will tell you about them. Why don't we get going so we can come back and meet Max."
" Are you sure you don't like Max."
" Why? Do you like Max?"
For the first time Alec had managed to get some kind of emotion out of Ben. " No, she's my sister. That's sick."
" Well your other brother Zack did?"
" Zack, how is Zack."
" Zack is in Canada. He most likely can't remember you. He had a little memory problem."
" Oh okay. So you didn't answer the question."
" You didn't tell me why you wanted to know."
" Well I kind a got the impression that Max may like you."
Alec laughed. " Max doesn't like me. She likes to cause physical harm to me but that's just it. She doesn't like me."
" She seems to think a lot of you."
He didn't know what Max he had met but the last time he checked Max just thought he was a jerk. " Stick around for a while. You'll see how ridiculous that idea is."
" Okay, so she doesn't like you. Do you like her?"
Alec bit his bottom lip. " She's my friend."
Ben rolled his eyes. He was dancing around the topic. He wanted to give Alec something back for being so nice to him. He knew Max liked him, so if Alec liked her then he could help them figure it out. " Whatever you say." He took a bike from the rack and waked outside.
Alec couldn't believe it. Ben only knew him for a day and he already knew that he was in love with Max. Was he that transparent?
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