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Joshua was the first awake that morning. He carefully stumbled towards Alec's bedroom, only to see that him and Max were fully clothed in an entanglement of limbs. He made his way towards the kitchen to prepare himself something to eat. Stopping momentarily when he thought was going to barf. Deciding to forgo breakfast, he would instead just cook for Max and Alec.
Max and Alec both shot awake at the same time, having heard a loud bang coming from the other room.
"OW! Ow ow ow!" Moaned Max as she lowered herself down onto the bed again, pushing her face into the pillow.
"Maxie, Shut up" Was the muffled response from Alec.
Again both shot up quicker then humanly possible, which due to their entangled limbs, resulted in both of them falling unceremoniously onto the floor. After a moment, they picked themselves up. Each standing on the other side of the bed.
"What the hell "
"What the hell "
They both started to talk at once. They looked each other up and down, then quickly checked themselves. Realising that they were both fully clothed, Max let out a breath that she hadn't realised she had been holding.
"How much did we drink last night" Max groaned. It was a statement more than a question, but Alec being Alec replied non the less.
"Too much I'd say" Then lasts nights activities started rushing back to him. The competition, the game, Josh asleep on the sofa, the kiss, her running, going to bed alone. Wait a minute, if i went to bed alone, then why did I wake up next to Max? Oh shit, I've really ruined things. The competition, oh god I made a bet with Max and lost.
Max was trying to organise her thoughts as they all came rushing back to her in a jumble of images. Her eyes suddenly widened. I kissed Alec. Mmmmm that was nice. No no bad brain, oh crap! I kissed Alec. Please, please please don't let him remember.
Her eyes met Alec's briefly. Seeing all of her emotion's reflected in his eye's, she struggled for something to say. "Erm... I'm gonna... go use the bathroom" She said almost nervously, pointing to the door, before breaking eye contact and walking off. The door closed behind her, and she lent against it for support.
He knew when her eye's widened that she had remembered details of last night. He just wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. When she made eye contact he saw all of the emotions that his own eye's were showing. Fear, confusion, doubt, and if he wasn't imagining this then there seemed to be slight traces of contentment and excitement. A small smile graced his lip's as a thought occured to him. Maybe I haven't blown things after all.
"Alec I'm gonna have a shower, got any clothes I can borrow?" Max asked as she poked her head out of the door. She didn't really want to borrow his clothes, but she couldn't stay in the ones she was wearing, they stank. Which was not a particularly nice concept for someone with heightened senses.
Alec broke out of his thoughts upon hearing Max's voice. "Huh? What?"
She sighed and rolled her eyes. Why was she always repeating herself when it came to him. "I said, that I am gonna take a shower, and erm... do you have any spare clothes that I can borrow?"
"Why Maxie, you wanna wear my clothes? What's wrong with your own?" He asked with a smirk.
She stepped into the doorway so that she was fully visible. "Well that fact that I wore these clothes yesterday, slept in them last night and they now stink might have something to do with it!" She replied irritably.
"Ahh Max...It's not very nice to put yourself down like that. You can't help the fact that you stink" He was walking towards a duffel bag in the corner and quickly removed a pair of jogging bottoms and a plain t-shirt, placing them on the bad.
Max's fist darted out quickly, landing on his arm. Although it wasn't nearly as hard as she normally would've hit him. Then she smiled as she realised something. She slowly started walking towards him, ducking away to pick up the clothes, she whispered seductively in his ear "Guess what Alec, You might want to think about taking a shower yourself".
Alec just gulped. Max is being flirty and she was talking about a shower, and oh god that voice. Maybe she does want me after all. A grin spread across his face. Huh...she wants me, but why?
As Max headed back towards the bathroom she looked over her shoulder to catch his confused yet smug grin. "You stink" She said simply. Watching the priceless expression on his face she laughed and closed the door.
"Cruel Maxie, very cruel. Hey, wanna share?" Alec's question was not met as he heard the shower switch on. He scowled at the door for a moment then decided better of it when he heard his stomach start to rumble. He started heading towards the kitchen, all the while mumbling under his breath. "Evil vixen. Turning me on like that and then shooting me down, who does she think she is. Max. That's who she is. All round saint and everyday bitch."
"Morning Alec"
Alec being so distracted practically jumped out of his skin. "Holy shit! Josh you scared me?" He said, sitting down on the stool by the breakfast unit.
"Sorry medium fella. I made breakfast". He stated, grinning happily at the slightly overdone toast with bacon and eggs on the plate that he handed to Alec.
"Errr... thanks buddy" Alec said warily, as he stared down at the food as if it was poisoned. His stomach lurched as the smell of food assaulted his nose. He slowly lifted a forkfull of egg towards his mouth. The second he swallowed, his face paled. He clamped his hand over his mouth as her mad a run for the bathroom.
Max stepped into the shower, as the water reached hot. She would've much rather preferred a bath, but with a limited water supply in TC, that wasn't an option. As the water cascaded down her face, she relaxed slightly. Her head still hurt, but she was remembering more of last night. She smiled slightly as she remembered that Alec had lost their bet. Ha. He's my slave. Oh this is gonna be so good. I bet that he's forgotten. Maybe I should let him out of it, I mean we were drunk. Max was not looking to having to face people this morning, Oh shit! The morning meeting. Damn. Max shut off the shower, and was just reaching for the towel, when the door suddenly slammed open.
"Argg, Alec you son of a bitch!" She was thoroughly pissed that he had just come rushing in the bathroom with her in it. But when she noticed where he was heading, and the retching sound that followed, her anger faded slightly, almost feeling sorry for him. Yeah she felt rough, but it was no more than a really bad headache and to top it all off, she was starving. Max wrapped the towel around her and stepped out of the shower, walking over to where Alec was bent over the toilet.
Alec didn't even pay any attention to the fact that Max was still in the shower when he ran into the bathroom, all he could think of was reaching the toilet, before he emptied the contents of his stomach. He heard Max scream at him and call him something, but he didn't care. He made it just in time as he threw up.
Max gently rubbed his back, not really sure what else to do. "Feel any better?".She asked.
Alec shock his head slightly 'no', trying to avoid as much movement as possible, fearing that he might throw up again.
"Why don't you go back to bed for a little while" Max suggested.
He quickly shock his head, and was already regretting it, as he threw up again. "Morning meeting".
She'd dealt with Original Cindy when she was like this before, but Alec was different. He was a Manticore soldier like her, taught to hide any weaknesses. And in the state Alec was in, if she fussed around him, he'd feel like he was being weak, slam down his soldier mask and brush her off completely.
Brushing his hair away from his face, Max stood and walked out of the door stopping quickly in the hallway when she saw Josh, she called over to him. "Morning big fella. What's the time?
Josh looked up from cleaning the dishes and replied. "Hey little fella. It's Eight Thirty. Josh made you breakfast"
"Wow it looks great Josh, I'm starving. I'm just gonna take some clothes into Alec, he's not feeling too good".
"Medium fella sick? Josh's breakfast make him sick?" He asked worriedly.
"Nah he just drank too much, he'll be fine later". Max smiled at him and with that, she went into the the bedroom and picked up Alec's duffel bag, carrying it back into the bathroom she placed it down beside him.
"Your clothes. If you feel up to it, take a shower or something, it might help okay?".
Alec slowly lifted his head out of the toilet to look at her. He closed his eyes briefly and took a deep breath. Opening them, he looked at Max and smiled. "Yes ma'am"
"Good. I'm gonna go get me some breakfast"
At that comment, Alec threw up yet again. And vaguely heard Max softly laughing as she closed the door behind her.
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