Disclaimer: Max, Logan, Lydecker and all the original character's aren't mine. Hannah, Kerry, Aren, Laila, Dane, Kirstin, Tricia, Sarah, Maia and any other made up characters are mine as is the story plot.
A/N: If you want to use my stories or characters or even my plot for anything I'll let you, just ask first please.
STILL IN HORNELL TWO DAYS LATER
Hannah sat on the front porch swing waiting for Kirstin to arrive from the airport with Logan and Cindy, she couldn't wait to see them, the screen door opened and someone came out but Hannah didn't bother to look and see who it was.
"Hey boo!" Came the now familiar voice, Hannah's head snapped up and she saw Max come out on the porch, she ducked her head again not knowing what to say. "Well what am I poisonous or something?"
"No I just, well…" Hannah trailed off. "I don't know what to say to you. I mean I met you two days ago. You can't become a mother in two days."
"I understand, but can you become friends in two days?" Max countered.
"I suppose, but don't you want to be my mother?" Hannah asked.
"You just never seem to be satisfied do you?" Max joked, sort of. "Of course I want to be your mother, but I think I have to be your friend first."
"I suppose that could work."
"I hope so cause I missed you babe! I remember when you were a baby I used to sing to you, this one song." And then Max started singing. "Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed." Here Hannah joined in much to Max's surprise but her voice remained just as sweet as before and as their two voices joined and mingled they sounded even better soaring up over the rooftops.
"Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower, and you it's only seed." The song ended but neither of them spoke for a while, it was Max who broke the silence.
"So you remember." She stated it though she had meant it as a question.
"Yeah." Was all Hannah could think to say and then she spotted Kirstin's car coming down the street. "Here they come." She spoke up pointing toward the car as it puttered along.
"Yes, here they come." But Max didn't sound as happy as she could.
"What's a matter?" Hannah asked.
"I just haven't seen Cindy or Logan in a while and I'm not sure how to act." Max confessed, she felt like there was nothing she couldn't share with her daughter.
"Just act like you. After all you got along great before…" Here Hannah trailed off, Max still hadn't told her what had happened to keep her away. Hannah had a hunch that she only wanted to tell the story once and she was waiting for everyone to be there first.
"Sure." Max murmured but Hannah could tell that she wasn't even really listening, her eyes had glazed over a bit and she was staring at the approaching car as though transfixed.
The car pulled up in front and Hannah almost fell over as she watched Logan get out of the car without a wheelchair in site. Max looked unfazed and stood on the porch stonily watching as though if she showed any feeling she'd fall over. Hannah felt sorry for her, seeing Cindy and Logan after so long must be really hard on her.
Logan walked up the steps, there was no wheelchair, no cane, no braces on his legs, nothing. Hannah watched as he stood on the step before the porch. Max stood right at the top of the stairs and she studied him for a moment, tracing the lines and contours of his face with her eyes before finally moving to let him up. He walked over to where Hannah sat and sat down beside her on the swing, pushing it back a bit as he did.
"So how'd you ditch the chair?" Hannah asked, not that she wasn't happy that she had, it was cool to see him standing up, but it was weird too.
"I never needed it." He replied as though it were a normal comment. Hannah whirled to stare at him disturbing the swing as she did; it swayed violently before Logan steadied it and turned calmly to her.
"What do you mean you never needed it?" She questioned hotly.
"I mean that I didn't need it. See I had the chair for most of the time that I knew your mother and then I started to be able to walk but nine months or so later she was dead. I kept the chair and when she died, well, I suppose she didn't really die but she did technically. Either way I started using it again." He explained this as though it were normal.
"So you kept the chair because of mom?" Hannah inquired curiously, thinking that Logan might be a little sappy.
"Yes. I missed her. She was my soul mate."
"You talk as though you still think she's dead." Hannah accused.
"In many ways I still think she is." He replied standing up and holding his hand out to her as though to lead her into the house.
Hannah realized that Max and Cindy had already made their way into the house and so she allowed Logan to help her to her feet. She let him slip his arm around her shoulders as they walked into the house to find everyone already gathered in the living room, waiting for them. Hannah sat on the floor next to Aren, all the seats were taken except for one which Logan took. Then Max stood up and began her story.
"I know you're all wondering how I came back from the dead." She announced and Hannah saw a few people nod as though agreeing with her. "Well I'm going to give you the answer, but only once." And then she really launched into her story. "When I had Hannah I was the proudest mother ever, but I still had to free Brin and find Leigh. So Zack and I set out to find Leigh before we tried to free Brin, we wanted as much backup as we could get. But things took an odd twist. Lydecker seemed to know we were coming and I started to fight but Zack didn't. I tried to ask him why but he just shook his head and wouldn't fight. I fought off most of Lydecker's men but I couldn't get away and they finally overpowered me. Lydecker killed Zack and sent me back to Manticore. I tried to escape five six hundred times, but they kept me there. Then Lydecker was killed, I heard the rumor that it had been escapees that had done it and I immediately knew that it was Hannah and the others that they had 'collected'. So I busted out that same night and headed to Logan's. When I got there I found that Hannah and the others were already there, since I wasn't sure how they'd react I didn't tell them I was there. I followed Logan to Boston and then back to Seattle and then I decided that you might need me here. So I headed over to Hornell and got there right as Broodus and his men showed up. I blended into the background until he threatened my daughter and then I stepped in. The rest is pretty much history."
Max sat down in her chair waiting for it to sink in. Hannah stood up and walked over to Max's chair and then she flung her arms around her. Max hugged her back stunned. It was the first time that Hannah had really hugged her since she was a baby.
Max got a flash from when Hannah was a baby. She had just been born and Max was holding her. They had just named her and Zack had left the room to get Max something to drink. Max remembered looking down at her, rubbing the soft, downy fuzz on her head and humming. It had grown slowly to singing and that was the first time that she had sung Hannah the lullaby. It had felt like giving Hannah a part of her soul, after all her love life had sucked for the most part, but she had still gotten Hannah out of it. She had never sung any other song, and she'd never sung it when she thought anyone else was around, and every time she had imagined giving a little piece of her soul to her child. And that day on the porch she had gotten much more than those little pieces back from Hannah. Hannah had practically thrown a whole other soul at her Max wondered if souls could grow. But she snapped back to the present as Hannah sat up.
"Mom, now what?"
"I'm not sure Han, I'm just not sure." Max whispered pulling Hannah back into another embrace. Logan cleared his throat and Max and Hannah turned to look at him.
"I know this is a little weird and all especially right now but…" He walked over toward Max's chair, Hannah got up and moved to the side, backing up slightly. Logan knelt down as he pulled a small velvet box from his pocket. "Max, I've always loved you. Will you marry me?" He opened the box to reveal a ring with not a diamond but a sapphire in it. Max stared down at him not knowing what to say.
"Yes." She replied as soon as she found her voice.
And then Logan stood and Max flung herself into his arms. Hannah made her way over to them and Logan and Max made room for her to squeeze into their embrace. And at that moment all of them knew that in one way at least they would have a normal family and maybe even a normal life.
A/N: If you want to use my stories or characters or even my plot for anything I'll let you, just ask first please.
STILL IN HORNELL TWO DAYS LATER
Hannah sat on the front porch swing waiting for Kirstin to arrive from the airport with Logan and Cindy, she couldn't wait to see them, the screen door opened and someone came out but Hannah didn't bother to look and see who it was.
"Hey boo!" Came the now familiar voice, Hannah's head snapped up and she saw Max come out on the porch, she ducked her head again not knowing what to say. "Well what am I poisonous or something?"
"No I just, well…" Hannah trailed off. "I don't know what to say to you. I mean I met you two days ago. You can't become a mother in two days."
"I understand, but can you become friends in two days?" Max countered.
"I suppose, but don't you want to be my mother?" Hannah asked.
"You just never seem to be satisfied do you?" Max joked, sort of. "Of course I want to be your mother, but I think I have to be your friend first."
"I suppose that could work."
"I hope so cause I missed you babe! I remember when you were a baby I used to sing to you, this one song." And then Max started singing. "Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed." Here Hannah joined in much to Max's surprise but her voice remained just as sweet as before and as their two voices joined and mingled they sounded even better soaring up over the rooftops.
"Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower, and you it's only seed." The song ended but neither of them spoke for a while, it was Max who broke the silence.
"So you remember." She stated it though she had meant it as a question.
"Yeah." Was all Hannah could think to say and then she spotted Kirstin's car coming down the street. "Here they come." She spoke up pointing toward the car as it puttered along.
"Yes, here they come." But Max didn't sound as happy as she could.
"What's a matter?" Hannah asked.
"I just haven't seen Cindy or Logan in a while and I'm not sure how to act." Max confessed, she felt like there was nothing she couldn't share with her daughter.
"Just act like you. After all you got along great before…" Here Hannah trailed off, Max still hadn't told her what had happened to keep her away. Hannah had a hunch that she only wanted to tell the story once and she was waiting for everyone to be there first.
"Sure." Max murmured but Hannah could tell that she wasn't even really listening, her eyes had glazed over a bit and she was staring at the approaching car as though transfixed.
The car pulled up in front and Hannah almost fell over as she watched Logan get out of the car without a wheelchair in site. Max looked unfazed and stood on the porch stonily watching as though if she showed any feeling she'd fall over. Hannah felt sorry for her, seeing Cindy and Logan after so long must be really hard on her.
Logan walked up the steps, there was no wheelchair, no cane, no braces on his legs, nothing. Hannah watched as he stood on the step before the porch. Max stood right at the top of the stairs and she studied him for a moment, tracing the lines and contours of his face with her eyes before finally moving to let him up. He walked over to where Hannah sat and sat down beside her on the swing, pushing it back a bit as he did.
"So how'd you ditch the chair?" Hannah asked, not that she wasn't happy that she had, it was cool to see him standing up, but it was weird too.
"I never needed it." He replied as though it were a normal comment. Hannah whirled to stare at him disturbing the swing as she did; it swayed violently before Logan steadied it and turned calmly to her.
"What do you mean you never needed it?" She questioned hotly.
"I mean that I didn't need it. See I had the chair for most of the time that I knew your mother and then I started to be able to walk but nine months or so later she was dead. I kept the chair and when she died, well, I suppose she didn't really die but she did technically. Either way I started using it again." He explained this as though it were normal.
"So you kept the chair because of mom?" Hannah inquired curiously, thinking that Logan might be a little sappy.
"Yes. I missed her. She was my soul mate."
"You talk as though you still think she's dead." Hannah accused.
"In many ways I still think she is." He replied standing up and holding his hand out to her as though to lead her into the house.
Hannah realized that Max and Cindy had already made their way into the house and so she allowed Logan to help her to her feet. She let him slip his arm around her shoulders as they walked into the house to find everyone already gathered in the living room, waiting for them. Hannah sat on the floor next to Aren, all the seats were taken except for one which Logan took. Then Max stood up and began her story.
"I know you're all wondering how I came back from the dead." She announced and Hannah saw a few people nod as though agreeing with her. "Well I'm going to give you the answer, but only once." And then she really launched into her story. "When I had Hannah I was the proudest mother ever, but I still had to free Brin and find Leigh. So Zack and I set out to find Leigh before we tried to free Brin, we wanted as much backup as we could get. But things took an odd twist. Lydecker seemed to know we were coming and I started to fight but Zack didn't. I tried to ask him why but he just shook his head and wouldn't fight. I fought off most of Lydecker's men but I couldn't get away and they finally overpowered me. Lydecker killed Zack and sent me back to Manticore. I tried to escape five six hundred times, but they kept me there. Then Lydecker was killed, I heard the rumor that it had been escapees that had done it and I immediately knew that it was Hannah and the others that they had 'collected'. So I busted out that same night and headed to Logan's. When I got there I found that Hannah and the others were already there, since I wasn't sure how they'd react I didn't tell them I was there. I followed Logan to Boston and then back to Seattle and then I decided that you might need me here. So I headed over to Hornell and got there right as Broodus and his men showed up. I blended into the background until he threatened my daughter and then I stepped in. The rest is pretty much history."
Max sat down in her chair waiting for it to sink in. Hannah stood up and walked over to Max's chair and then she flung her arms around her. Max hugged her back stunned. It was the first time that Hannah had really hugged her since she was a baby.
Max got a flash from when Hannah was a baby. She had just been born and Max was holding her. They had just named her and Zack had left the room to get Max something to drink. Max remembered looking down at her, rubbing the soft, downy fuzz on her head and humming. It had grown slowly to singing and that was the first time that she had sung Hannah the lullaby. It had felt like giving Hannah a part of her soul, after all her love life had sucked for the most part, but she had still gotten Hannah out of it. She had never sung any other song, and she'd never sung it when she thought anyone else was around, and every time she had imagined giving a little piece of her soul to her child. And that day on the porch she had gotten much more than those little pieces back from Hannah. Hannah had practically thrown a whole other soul at her Max wondered if souls could grow. But she snapped back to the present as Hannah sat up.
"Mom, now what?"
"I'm not sure Han, I'm just not sure." Max whispered pulling Hannah back into another embrace. Logan cleared his throat and Max and Hannah turned to look at him.
"I know this is a little weird and all especially right now but…" He walked over toward Max's chair, Hannah got up and moved to the side, backing up slightly. Logan knelt down as he pulled a small velvet box from his pocket. "Max, I've always loved you. Will you marry me?" He opened the box to reveal a ring with not a diamond but a sapphire in it. Max stared down at him not knowing what to say.
"Yes." She replied as soon as she found her voice.
And then Logan stood and Max flung herself into his arms. Hannah made her way over to them and Logan and Max made room for her to squeeze into their embrace. And at that moment all of them knew that in one way at least they would have a normal family and maybe even a normal life.