No time permits to open up
When you've been hiding thoughts so strong
She's been holding out for an angel to come along

Chapter 14

This is crazy, Max thought, why the hell couldn't they go somewhere else. Just long enough so they could run.

Max and Alec were trapped a little more then half hour, they hadn't spoken much but there was a lot of tension. Max guessed she pissed him off with her earlier comments and Alec guessed she was just being Max her always bitchy self when they were stuck.

Alec groaned. "All this time it's just been them, lets just go kick their asses and go."

Max turned in her tight space and faced him again. "By the sounds of it this is their office, the other rooms can be packed with more of White's bitches." She explained.

"So?"

"You really wanna take the chance we won't be heard? Are you up for a fight?" Even though it was dark she gave him a once over, he wasn't weak like he had been days before but she knew he still wasn't fully back.

"Are you doubting my greatness?"

Max shook her head, he couldn't be serious for too long. Or if he was being serious then he had major ego issues, either or at least he was back to his old self when it came to his state of mind. For that she was glad and had a strong urge to hit him but held back. "Let's just wait a few more minutes."

"Just admit it, you like being trapped with me. Well since we have time to pass, let's talk." Alec created a plan of his own. He needed to get out of that small room and the best way was to piss Max off, his favorite hobby. "So how's it going with Logan?"

Max crossed her arms tight over her chest. "Why don't you take a vow of silence? It can be a bet, every minute you're quite I'll give you a dollar."

"I don't mind a bet but I don't come cheap."

She saw him grin and she found herself grinning as well. "Fine how much?" Anything for him to shut up or at least get off the subject of Logan.

"Hmm." He leaned back against the wall and gave it some serious thought. "It sounds like you really want me to shut up so in turn you'll do whatever it takes. A dollar a minute would be sixty an hour, make it a hundred an hour and we have a deal." He proposed.

"You are such a con artist."

"One of the best."

"Whatever ok you have a deal. From this moment right here not a sound, don't even reply just silence." Max watched him and waited for him to crack. Alec was infamous for talking at all the worse times, she continued to wait. It became a game for her which helped time pass. "This is killing you isn't it? Don't give me that look I never said anything about making this easy, it's my money I have to part with."

Alec shifted but remained silent. Now she was making a big deal out of it and if he lost she'd keep bringing it up, nagging so he decided he was winning and that was it.

Max couldn't help it, she smiled, a big teeth showing smile that was foreign for her. She smiled for two reasons, they were stuck and in danger but in a strange way she felt good and second because of Alec she couldn't pinpoint why but he was making her smile with his presence.

Alec leaned closer to the door and listened, it was very quite now, empty. He reached out and grabbed Max's hand and motioned to the door, she nodded in understanding.

"You're really not gonna talk huh?" She softly asked as they stood from the floor. "I could get use to this." She decided to keep the humor going then to address the fact she nearly jumped out of her skin when he touched her, not out of shock, out of the way her body reacted. Max began to understand why Alec was rarely serious; it was easier to push everything to the back of your mind.

They carefully and skillfully left the office and headed down the hall. Alec heard footsteps coming the way they were headed. "Damn." He hissed as he and Max hid behind the corridor.

"Ha!" Max gasped pointing a finger at him.

"Doesn't count, the bet is on hold until our asses aren't on the line."

"No the bet is on until I say so."

Unexpectedly he grabbed her arm and pulled her deeper into the shadows. "Weren't you the one riding my ass to be quiet? Shhh before we're found out." He whispered close to her ear as he pinned her back against his chest with his arm around her.

Max couldn't help it anymore; she wondered what the hell was going on. He was touching her, holding her and she couldn't breathe, that wasn't normal. She slightly moved as they waited causing her back to rub against his chest. She stifled a moan. Maybe its early heat, she thought or hoped.

Alarms began to sound. "Guess they noticed I'm gone." Alec said as they took off running.

"This wasn't part of the plan!" Max yelled as they dodged bullets, she was on one side of the hall and he was on the other hiding.

"Max doesn't talk about the plan because so far it's sucked, not your brightest moment."

"Hey! I'm doing freaking good considering I walked into this blind!" Max yelled.

"No one told you to do that so stop making it my fault!"

"It is your fault!"

"How the hell?" They were running for their lives and at the moment trying not to get shot but their conversation became more important, he wanted answers from her that actually made sense.

"You made me care about you and now I have to save your ass before you die because you can't die because I need you!" Max screamed as she reached her limit, she didn't think about it she just spoke. As she met Alec's hazel eyes she realized what she said. "Let's just get out of here in one piece."

"Agreed."

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Isabelle A.