They came to an abrupt halt and for all the good it did Logan looked around, secretly wishing he had bat radar. The abrupt stop had caused them to sway and that made him extremely unnerved. Max tilted her head up so her lips were near his ear.
"Logan?" she said, softly, trying to calm him down and not realizing she was causing extremely conflicting emotions.
"Mmm. What Max."
"I want you to sit reeealy still. Can you do that?"
"Sure," he said trying to keep his voice steady. The up was bad, the dangling was worse. She sat there for a moment wincing to herself.
"This was going to suck" she though as she jumped from his lap, using the arm and foot rests for leverage. Which according to Newton's laws created and equal and opposite reaction...Logan was accelerated in the opposite direction. Max landed and turned around. She held her breath as the chair swung to the other side and almost hit the wall. She caught the chair as it came back at her, leaving Logan slightly at an angle as she reached up and pushed a button on the climber. The chair was slowly lowered to the ground.
"Max...no more surprises...ever again...please."
"It's almost over. I promise," Max said as she unclipped his chair.
Max wheeled his chair over to the window and took off his blindfold. She then handed him his glasses and he looked out on the great city of Seattle. During the day the city would look dirty and a little worn but the nighttime hid the grime and rubble, and the city almost looked clean.
"Usually I would stand up top but I think I though that might not be the best idea." Logan only answered her with a stare and slight grin. He looked back at the city and took in the view again.
"Max this really is amazing. Thank you." He looked back to see her smiling warmly at him.
"I though you should get a better look at what you're trying to save. You know as a kind of company retreat," she said playing off the significance of the gift.
"You're not going to drag me up here every time I decide to take a night off are you cause you know I think I'm going to be busy every night...for a long while," he joked.
"Wuss," she said as she strolled up to the window. Logan ignored the view and watched her. She was even more beautiful with the moon lighting up her face.
In her head, Max was thinking how right it felt to bring him here. He was the only person she had asked to come here the only person she trusted to know about most of her secrets, although that wasn't really by choice. She smiled and remembered the scene at Logan's when she had just met him. "Lydecker would have been so pissed", she though to herself. "I was exposed and in possibly hostile territory and I didn't even mind." At that thought, she looked back at Logan who had obviously just averted his gaze from her. It was obvious he was into her and she knew she liked him so why were they stuck with the parking brake on.
"So do you want the whole 360 degree tour," Max said breaking the silence.
"I think the view here is perfect," he said as he looked deep into her eyes and she swore her heart skipped a beat. "Besides I have the last part of your gift to give you and I think now is the right time." He reached around to his little storage pocket and pulled out the gold wrapped box. He smiled at the childlike expression that suddenly grazed her face. He handed it to her and watched as she very carefully unwrapped the box making sure to keep the paper in as good of shape as possible and after she finished, folded it up and put it in her jacket pocket. She shook the box and grinned at him before opening it. From inside she pulled a gold chain and connected to that chain was a gold locket with antique designs on the cover. She carefully opened the locket and found a picture that looked remarkably like her but not quite. She looked up at Logan questioningly and then back at the picture.
"Logan?" She asked uncertainly.
"I found the picture a few weeks ago. I wanted to tell you right away but Bling had a better idea." Logan was shocked into silence as Max lifted her gaze from the locket and there were tears in her eyes. "Max," he said gently, trying to comfort her. He had expected this to be a big deal but he had never before seen her cry before. "Come here and I'll put it on for you." Max obeyed and sat on his lap as he pulled her hair aside and fumbled with the little clasp. After he had finally gotten it closed, she turned around, put her hands on either side of his face and just kissed him. Logan's shock didn't last long as almost instinctively, he put his arms around her and pulled her even closer, if that was possible. She moved her arms around his shoulders and let him deepen the kiss. After a moment she pulled away a little and looked into his eyes...
"Logan?" she said, softly, trying to calm him down and not realizing she was causing extremely conflicting emotions.
"Mmm. What Max."
"I want you to sit reeealy still. Can you do that?"
"Sure," he said trying to keep his voice steady. The up was bad, the dangling was worse. She sat there for a moment wincing to herself.
"This was going to suck" she though as she jumped from his lap, using the arm and foot rests for leverage. Which according to Newton's laws created and equal and opposite reaction...Logan was accelerated in the opposite direction. Max landed and turned around. She held her breath as the chair swung to the other side and almost hit the wall. She caught the chair as it came back at her, leaving Logan slightly at an angle as she reached up and pushed a button on the climber. The chair was slowly lowered to the ground.
"Max...no more surprises...ever again...please."
"It's almost over. I promise," Max said as she unclipped his chair.
Max wheeled his chair over to the window and took off his blindfold. She then handed him his glasses and he looked out on the great city of Seattle. During the day the city would look dirty and a little worn but the nighttime hid the grime and rubble, and the city almost looked clean.
"Usually I would stand up top but I think I though that might not be the best idea." Logan only answered her with a stare and slight grin. He looked back at the city and took in the view again.
"Max this really is amazing. Thank you." He looked back to see her smiling warmly at him.
"I though you should get a better look at what you're trying to save. You know as a kind of company retreat," she said playing off the significance of the gift.
"You're not going to drag me up here every time I decide to take a night off are you cause you know I think I'm going to be busy every night...for a long while," he joked.
"Wuss," she said as she strolled up to the window. Logan ignored the view and watched her. She was even more beautiful with the moon lighting up her face.
In her head, Max was thinking how right it felt to bring him here. He was the only person she had asked to come here the only person she trusted to know about most of her secrets, although that wasn't really by choice. She smiled and remembered the scene at Logan's when she had just met him. "Lydecker would have been so pissed", she though to herself. "I was exposed and in possibly hostile territory and I didn't even mind." At that thought, she looked back at Logan who had obviously just averted his gaze from her. It was obvious he was into her and she knew she liked him so why were they stuck with the parking brake on.
"So do you want the whole 360 degree tour," Max said breaking the silence.
"I think the view here is perfect," he said as he looked deep into her eyes and she swore her heart skipped a beat. "Besides I have the last part of your gift to give you and I think now is the right time." He reached around to his little storage pocket and pulled out the gold wrapped box. He smiled at the childlike expression that suddenly grazed her face. He handed it to her and watched as she very carefully unwrapped the box making sure to keep the paper in as good of shape as possible and after she finished, folded it up and put it in her jacket pocket. She shook the box and grinned at him before opening it. From inside she pulled a gold chain and connected to that chain was a gold locket with antique designs on the cover. She carefully opened the locket and found a picture that looked remarkably like her but not quite. She looked up at Logan questioningly and then back at the picture.
"Logan?" She asked uncertainly.
"I found the picture a few weeks ago. I wanted to tell you right away but Bling had a better idea." Logan was shocked into silence as Max lifted her gaze from the locket and there were tears in her eyes. "Max," he said gently, trying to comfort her. He had expected this to be a big deal but he had never before seen her cry before. "Come here and I'll put it on for you." Max obeyed and sat on his lap as he pulled her hair aside and fumbled with the little clasp. After he had finally gotten it closed, she turned around, put her hands on either side of his face and just kissed him. Logan's shock didn't last long as almost instinctively, he put his arms around her and pulled her even closer, if that was possible. She moved her arms around his shoulders and let him deepen the kiss. After a moment she pulled away a little and looked into his eyes...