NOTE: Sorry I didn't write the funeral. But I haven't been to one in years and I can't remember exactly what happens.
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Max and Alec sat on a Park Bench looking at cars go by. It was after Ben's funeral and they decided to walk home. Max wrapped her coat around her. It was fall and the air was chilled. Alec moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her. " Are you okay?"
She leaned her head on his shoulder. " I was just thinking that funeral turned out okay."
Max had been crying so much that Alec had to hold her up so she wouldn't fall, but OC said that usually happened during funerals. She wasn't crying now but he could tell she still wanted to. " Everyone showed up. I think he would have been happy."
Max smiled, at least she knew he was comfortable, " well he has a good bed."
" And you made sure of that."
" I choose it out, you're the one who paid for it." She placed her fingers between his.
" You should have worn gloves, your hand are freezing."
" Yours too."
" Well lets keep holding hands so we could keep each other warm."
" I like that plan." She squeezed his hands. She closed her eyes and relaxed in his arms. She couldn't help but feel better when he was holding her. It seemed like he took away some of the pain and placed it on himself. " What do you think about this?"
" What do you mean?"
" What do you think about Ben dying?"
" I think it's pretty messed up." Even tough Ben had caused him to be go trough a lot of shit he couldn't hold it against him. Max was so happy when he returned. He was going so well, he was starting over. Why did he have to die?
" Yeah I know. And that's the thing about it. It was messed up. No sense to it what so ever."
" What are you getting at?"
" May be it was just a glimpse."
He didn't enjoy asking all the questions but he didn't know what she was trying to tell him. " A glimpse of what?"
She sighed. " Of what could happen when you wait too long. I mean why would someone want to send him back to me and just take him away seven days later? I'd like to think there was some logical reason."
" I think I know what you're talking about now."
" Like, he liked Stacy from the time he saw her, he was afraid to ask her out. She liked him and she was afraid to ask him out. Look what happened? They never got the chance to know each other on a notable biases. I guess he thought he could do it at anytime."
He nodded. "There's no perfect time like right now."
" Exactly. He was going to ask her out that night. He never got to. I guess what I learnt was: that every day, every hour, every minute, every second and even microsecond counts. You live your life trying to dodge a bullet and one day it's goanna hit yah and you'll wish you said what you wanted to say while you had the time." She looked up at him. " Do you want to be that kind of person who waits?"
He kissed her on her forehead, " I don't wanna be that kind of person. I wanna live for now."
" And what do you feel right now?"
" Right now and for as long as I live, I feel like my existence is only meaningful if I'm with you or making you happy. How do you feel right now?"
" Right now, I want to be with you." She took her free hand and touched his face. She leant in and kissed him. It was soft and slowly. His lips warmed hers. It was heavenly, she didn't know how she ever lived without it before.
" I love you so much Max."
" I love you too Alec."
He laughed, " I like now."
" Me too, now is good."
Max stood up and took his hand. He stood up too. " Let's go home so we could warm up a bit." She found herself smiling. It was the first time she gave a genuine smile since Ben died.
As soon as they walked in and closed the door they heard a knock. Max went to answer it. When she opened it, it revealed Logan.
" Don't slam the door," he pleaded. He looked in the back and saw Alec leaning against the couch. He didn't look angry or anything. Max herself didn't look angry but she didn't look happy either.
" What do you want Logan?"
" I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I know now that I was wrong."
She gave him a fake smile. " It's nice to see you joined everyone else who knew you were wrong."
He looked over her shoulder to Alec. " I'm sorry."
" Yeah," Alec said simply. He thought that said exactly how he was feeling. He forgave him but he wasn't about to be best friends with him.
" Logan just go home," Max said. " Alec and I want to be alone right now."
"Not until you tell me if you forgive me or not."
She rolled her eyes, " I forgive you. You have Ben to thank for that by the way. He made me see something I never saw before. Life's too short." He smiled. " However that doesn't mean that I won't remember this. Every time you screw up I will associate it with the time you got my brother killed."
He nodded; he knew that was the best he could get. " Thanks." He gave her a light smile and she closed the door.
Max went back to Alec, and smiled. " What were we going to do before he came?"
He wrapped his arms around her. " What ever time permits us to do."
" And what's that?" She said teasingly.
He let go of her and went to the couch and turned on the TV. " Watch TV of course." He indicated for her to come next to him. She looked like the chair had some kind of fungus on it. He turned off the TV and laughed. " Just kidding." He went up to her and kissed her. She kissed him back and punched him on the arm. " So what do we do?"
" Take a wild guess."
" Okay, does it take place in the bedroom?" She nodded. " Does it require us to have no clothes on?" She nodded. He took her hand and pulled her in. " Yeah I was thinking that same thing?"
Max and Alec walked up the grave and rested some flowers and a thank you card. They had to thank him for what he gave them. In his dying he helped them learn to live their lives better.
THE END
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