Max pushed the hospital door open trying to hold a cup of coffee and a beagle in her hand. This had become the norm for a more than a month. She always came there and waited to see if he would wake up but mostly to make sure no one discovered the truth. She could only imagine how the nurses talked about her when she told them that she would be the only one giving him his sponge bath. They probably thought she was some overprotective girlfriend. She only did that because she didn't want them to see the barcode by accident.
Max, now walked up the flight of stirs that led to the floor, which Alec's room was on. As she walked she began to think about how everything was going since then. She couldn't believe the support she was getting. Normal had been so kind as to give her all the time off she needed and he even came to visit Alec frequently --- but he had always liked Alec. OC and Sketchy came to see him too. But Logan shocked her the most. He paid for the room Alec was in and even had his doctor lie a little about his incredibly strong bone structure. They didn't talk much but she knew Logan understood that she needed to stay with him, it was the least she could do considering he wouldn't be in the situation if she didn't push him in the road.
She stopped at the door and sighed. Everyday she walked in she would expect him to be up and about but it never happened. Today she decided to expect him to be sleeping. She pushed the door open and walked in the room.
The first thing she realized was that the bed was blank. The next thing she realized was figure standing by the window. She rest her coffee down on the side table and walked up to him slowly. She turned him around.
"Alec," she said hardly able to contain her excitement. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and berried her face in his chest. She felt like jumping but decided against it. She pulled back a little and looked at his face--- he was fine, he looked perfect.
Next, she found herself doing something she would have never done before. She held his cheeks in the palm of her hand and reached up to him and kissed him softly on his lips. Then she went back to hugging him tightly.
At first he thought Max was acting a little strange but by the time she kissed him he noticed she was down right crazy. He didn't know what to think of it; she had never done that before. He would have spent all morning thinking about it but he was a little more concerned about the fact that he couldn't breathe.
" Maxie--- you're cutting off my blood circulation here," he whispered.
She immediately separated, feeling a tad embarrassed but not enough so to prevent her form holding his hand.
" Why didn't anyone call me?" she asked swinging his hand from left to right, while trying to control her smile.
" They figured that you'd come back---and you did."
" Yes, of course," she said, still swinging his hand. Then she realized she was swinging the hand that had a cast on it the night before. " The cast--- it's gone."
" Yeah, I had to beg them to take it off. So I could give my self a bath." He looked at her mischievously.
" FYI, I only did that because I didn't want anyone to see the barcode."
" Yeah, but now I feel completely violated."
She was blushing and she knew it. She couldn't control it, so she changed the topic. " So it's completely healed?"
" Yeah, totally. It still feels a little stiff but that will wear off eventually."
She smiled and nodded.
" Did you see what everyone brought for you?" She walked, pulling him along to the table where all his presents were. " Everyone has been really nice."
" I can see that." He took a seat on the bed and Max got on after him. " So what did I miss?"
"Not much," she dryly. She was enjoying the nice air between them but she knew she had to address the problem.
" Alec," she started, " about the-uh-accident."
" Forget about it," he said quickly. He didn't see the need to linger on bad memories.
" Aren't you mad with me the slightest bit? I pushed you in the road. I'm surprised you're even speaking to me."
Everything was going so nice but she had to bring it up. He really didn't want to talk about it but since she wanted to know he decide that he'd tell her. " I really didn't care that you pushed me in the road, you push me around all the time and it's fine, I'll get over it. But when I said we should work things out between us and you choose to continue the argument. I don't know--- but it made me feel like I was wasting my time, that you would never want to have a relationship with me that goes beyond all the meaningless fighting." Now he looked at her as she looked at him. " I just wanted you to meet me half way."
She didn't know what to say so she did something. She gave him a quick peck on his lips.
He still didn't know what she meant by it. The more time he spent with her the more she was freaking him out- but in a good way.
" What does that mean?" he asked.
" It means that I'm sorry 'bout everything and you were right."
He laughed. " All of that huh."
" Yeah, it's the least I could do after I almost killed you."
" Like I said, forget about it?"
She smiled and stood up. " So, are you ready to go home."
" Long time now."
Alec walked in his apartment with Max in tow and dumped his bag on the floor. As he looked around, he realized something was different. " You cleaned my apartment?"
" Yeah," she said smiling. " Doesn't it look better when you can actually see the floor."
He shrugged and walked into his bedroom. Max followed him in. He opened the last drawer in the Chester and pushed his hand under a board and pulled out some money.
" I see you got a little safety deposit box there," Max, joked.
" Well it's not like I can open a bank account. Besides, no one knows it's here, except you."
She liked the idea that he trusted her enough to reveal his hiding place to her. It made her feel like there relationship was progressing-and indeed it was.
" So what do want the money for?"
He smirked at he as he walked out his room. " Name a color and I'll tell you?"
She thought about it. " Blue. Now tell me."
" I need to buy some primer and some buckets of blue paint." He held the front door open for her.
She laughed. " What are you going paint?"
" My apartment, I hate the colors of the walls."
" So let me get this straight, you woke up with an itching to paint your walls."
He nodded and closed the door. She took his hand in hers as she walked down the stairs.
" Why?" she asked.
" Let me tell you about his dream I had.."
NOTE: Wasn't that fun?
Who wants a next chapter? I didn't say if Max liked Alec or not in this so I'm guessing you all will want to know but I could be wrong.