DISCLAIMER: SAME AS BEFORE. I DON'T OWN DA.

A/N: THIS CHAPTER IS A CINDY/ALEC FRIENDSHIP. JUST THOUGHT THEY DESERVED TO HAVE A MOMENT TO TALK. MORE REVIEWS PPL. I WANT SOME INPUT.

"Alec, dammit! I know you're in there!" OC's voice woke Alec up from his sleep and he groaned as he got up lazily and walked over to the door.

"What the hell do you want?" He asked rather annoyed. "It's five in the morning. Don't you know that normal people sleep at this time and normal people surely don't go around banging on doors just to make others miserable?" He demanded but OC just let herself in and started pacing nervously.

"Max isn't home." She blurted nervously, still pacing.

"Can you stop pacing? You're making me nervous." He said still sleepy.

OC stopped. She sighed heavily and sat down on the nearest stool.

"She'll be home. She told you where she was going." He reassured her.

"She was supposed to call me. She never did. Not once. Alec, I'm worried. She was supposed to be back a week ago. I tried calling her cell phone. At first no one answered and then later when I tried again, it was shut off." OC looked at him worriedly, wringing her hands.

Alec shifted his weight form one leg to another and ran his hand through his hair revealing to OC how worried he was too. "Call her again." He finally said.

"Nothing." OC said with frustration. She walked over to Alec who was now sitting by the counter drinking his second cup of coffee. They've been calling for two hours and Alec was starting to get agitated.

She sat down beside him on a stole and stared at her coffee which was still relatively warm. "She missed you, ya know." OC said softly.

Alec said nothing. He continued to drink his coffee.

"Are you okay, hon?" OC asked changing the subject.

"Hon? When did that happen?" He asked rather surprised and amused.

"Always." She said which produced as smile on Alec's face.

"What? You're batting for the other team now?" He asked.

"Nah. I'm sworn to the sisterhood forever but you still look good." She chuckled.

"I never doubted that." Alec laughed.

Silence grew between them.

"Did she hate me?" Alec asked, rather surprised that he had asked.

"Never. You got to her but she never hated you. Not for a fraction of a second." OC answered firmly. "You're good for each other. You always look out for each other and neither of you noticed that."

"I noticed." He sighed.

"Everything will be sorted out when Max comes back. I promise." She said rubbing his back softly.

"I hope so." He said with a wry smile. For now he'll just have to settle for the fact that she didn't hate him. Everything would follow later.