Disclaimer: Max, Logan, and Zack aren't mine. Hannah, Aren, Laila, and Dane are.
A/N: There is none for a change so I put this pointlessness in instead... read on now and enjoy... dang that can technically be a note... *SIGH* I can't win! :) ;) :)
Summary: Max has to choose. Will it be Logan or Zack? And what about what Hannah wants?
P8
IN A SMALL DINER WITH LOGAN, ZACK, AND MAX
Max flung her hair over her shoulder and looked over the table at Logan and Zack with disdain.
"Look Maxxy you have to choose!" Zack exclaimed. "You can't marry both of us."
"Why not? It'd make things easier." Max retorted though not really serious.
"Max normally I wouldn't say anything but you do have to choose. I didn't make you choose between us when we were dating and he came to town, you did that, but this is way more serious. And besides our feelings you have to consider Hannah and Aren's feelings as well." Logan told her staring down at his hands, the ones that he'd clasped tightly in his lap.
"Great you too." Max sighed and then slumped down a little bit on her side of the table. She had refused to sit by either of them and so they sat on one side as far away from each other as possible and she sat on the other side staring across the table at them.
Finally she sat up straighter and her eyes seemed to shift back and forth assessing each of them before resting on Zack.
"I'll go with you. Less hassle right?" She announced fairly uncertainly.
"No Max, first Hannah will have to get used to him, then you'll have to figure out where to live, then you'll have to give Hannah time to get used to that place. Also would you like living on the run?"
"I've done it before!" Max defended herself.
"But did you like it?" Logan asked the question a little more urgently than he had before.
"Look I may not have liked it but it was safer than settling down like we did before. We got too comfortable with the thought that we were safe in Seattle and that carried over into our jobs. Until finally we both ended up back at Manticore. I can't settle down Logan!" She was almost pleading, as though she couldn't deal with much more. This was definitely not normal Max behavior.
"Max come on. We'll go now." Zack started to stand up and walk around to her side of the booth.
"No sit down." Max motioned to his side of the booth again and he sat, this time with a scowl plastered to his face.
"Logan had a good point. Hannah will have to get used to you. So until she is used to you we're going to move into my old apartment. Kendra doesn't have a roommate and since I don't need to sleep Hannah can have my old room and bed. When she's used to the situation we can start moving, until she's ready we stay in Seattle where she can still see Logan if she needs to." Max told them both but mostly Zack. "Can you deal with that?" She addressed them both.
"It's fine with me." Logan replied though he would have liked a little more than that, hell he would have liked Max to choose him, but obviously he wasn't good enough for that. Well what had he expected, she was a beautiful woman only in her early thirties and Zack was a handsome man in his mid thirties whereas he was in his mid forties. Still it would have been nice.
"Fine." Zack finally mumbled. Max nodded and stood up.
"I'll go tell Hannah and get her packed up. You two need to talk." And she was gone before either of them could protest.
"So we need to talk." Zack said moving to the other side of the booth.
"That's what your wife says." Logan spat out the sentence.
Suddenly a waitress appeared beside their booth.
"Look ya'll two have been sitting here for more than an hour. Are you ready to order now?" But she said it in a voice that said, you-need-to-order-something-or-get-out-of-my-booth. Logan wearily picked up the menu and ran his finger over the text.
"I'll have the Tuna Melt, a Root Bear and an order of fries." He announced to shut the woman up.
"And you sir?" She turned on Zack.
Zack did basically what Logan had and then announced his order. The woman noted it down and headed for the kitchen leaving them alone again.
"Look I know that you like Max but I love her." Zack told Logan as soon as the waitress was out of ear shot.
"I love Max too. But I left it up to her to chose who she loved. She chose you. End of story." Logan replied.
"No not end of story. Max still loves you and if I don't get her and Hannah out of here fast she'll go crawling back to you." As Zack told him this Logan realized that it was mostly true. And if Max didn't come back to him he'd probably start showing up at her apartment to 'see Hannah'. It would be pathetic.
"So hope Hannah gets used to you pretty quickly.
"Yah right! That girl adores you. You seem to have her wrapped around your little finger." Zack scoffed.
"I'm sorry, but I love Max and Hannah and you just might not have a place in our lives."
"You say that as though I'm already giving up."
"Well you seem to be doing just that." Logan retorted.
"Hardly." Zack replied. "Look we'd better get out of here before we kill each other."
"Our food hasn't come yet." Logan reminded him.
"So we wait for it eat in silence and then leave, no strings attached." Zack laid it on the table.
"Works for me." Logan agreed and they settled down in silence with their own thoughts to wait for their food.
AN HOUR LATER BACK AT LOGAN'S
Zack waited for Logan to unlock the door of the apartment and them pushed in behind him. He was ready to help Max move Hannah's stuff that minute. Logan walked back to Hannah's room and Zack made his way out onto the balcony, it was the only place in Logan's apartment that he felt comfortable. It wasn't long though before he heard the sliding glass door open. He turned to see Logan standing in there.
"What now?" Zack asked irritated.
"She's gone." Logan said with no emotion showing in his voice.
"Who? Hannah?" Zack asked though he already knew that Logan meant Max.
"You know who I mean." Logan replied seeing right through him.
"So she cut out." Zack didn't ask he stated.
"She told Hannah that we had agreed that she should take a little time out to clear her head and that she should stay here with me. She said she'd be back within the month. I don't know when she'll really be back." Logan told him and then he turned and went back into the living room. He plopped down on the couch and put his head in his hands. His head hurt.
How could Max have cut out after making a game plan? Sure she didn't like having to choose but it was better if she did. If she'd just stuck with the plans things would have gone smoothly and fairly quickly. Sure it would have torn him up but he wouldn't let her know that and she could get on with her life as she wanted to. He sighed and looked up to see Zack in a chair across from him. As he looked up Zack got up and crossed to the door.
"So I'll see you in a month." He said as he opened the door.
"Yah. See you in a month." Logan replied and then the door closed and Zack was gone. Logan buried his head again as a few tears slid out of his eyes. Where had Max gone and was she still safe on her own?
A/N: There is none for a change so I put this pointlessness in instead... read on now and enjoy... dang that can technically be a note... *SIGH* I can't win! :) ;) :)
Summary: Max has to choose. Will it be Logan or Zack? And what about what Hannah wants?
P8
IN A SMALL DINER WITH LOGAN, ZACK, AND MAX
Max flung her hair over her shoulder and looked over the table at Logan and Zack with disdain.
"Look Maxxy you have to choose!" Zack exclaimed. "You can't marry both of us."
"Why not? It'd make things easier." Max retorted though not really serious.
"Max normally I wouldn't say anything but you do have to choose. I didn't make you choose between us when we were dating and he came to town, you did that, but this is way more serious. And besides our feelings you have to consider Hannah and Aren's feelings as well." Logan told her staring down at his hands, the ones that he'd clasped tightly in his lap.
"Great you too." Max sighed and then slumped down a little bit on her side of the table. She had refused to sit by either of them and so they sat on one side as far away from each other as possible and she sat on the other side staring across the table at them.
Finally she sat up straighter and her eyes seemed to shift back and forth assessing each of them before resting on Zack.
"I'll go with you. Less hassle right?" She announced fairly uncertainly.
"No Max, first Hannah will have to get used to him, then you'll have to figure out where to live, then you'll have to give Hannah time to get used to that place. Also would you like living on the run?"
"I've done it before!" Max defended herself.
"But did you like it?" Logan asked the question a little more urgently than he had before.
"Look I may not have liked it but it was safer than settling down like we did before. We got too comfortable with the thought that we were safe in Seattle and that carried over into our jobs. Until finally we both ended up back at Manticore. I can't settle down Logan!" She was almost pleading, as though she couldn't deal with much more. This was definitely not normal Max behavior.
"Max come on. We'll go now." Zack started to stand up and walk around to her side of the booth.
"No sit down." Max motioned to his side of the booth again and he sat, this time with a scowl plastered to his face.
"Logan had a good point. Hannah will have to get used to you. So until she is used to you we're going to move into my old apartment. Kendra doesn't have a roommate and since I don't need to sleep Hannah can have my old room and bed. When she's used to the situation we can start moving, until she's ready we stay in Seattle where she can still see Logan if she needs to." Max told them both but mostly Zack. "Can you deal with that?" She addressed them both.
"It's fine with me." Logan replied though he would have liked a little more than that, hell he would have liked Max to choose him, but obviously he wasn't good enough for that. Well what had he expected, she was a beautiful woman only in her early thirties and Zack was a handsome man in his mid thirties whereas he was in his mid forties. Still it would have been nice.
"Fine." Zack finally mumbled. Max nodded and stood up.
"I'll go tell Hannah and get her packed up. You two need to talk." And she was gone before either of them could protest.
"So we need to talk." Zack said moving to the other side of the booth.
"That's what your wife says." Logan spat out the sentence.
Suddenly a waitress appeared beside their booth.
"Look ya'll two have been sitting here for more than an hour. Are you ready to order now?" But she said it in a voice that said, you-need-to-order-something-or-get-out-of-my-booth. Logan wearily picked up the menu and ran his finger over the text.
"I'll have the Tuna Melt, a Root Bear and an order of fries." He announced to shut the woman up.
"And you sir?" She turned on Zack.
Zack did basically what Logan had and then announced his order. The woman noted it down and headed for the kitchen leaving them alone again.
"Look I know that you like Max but I love her." Zack told Logan as soon as the waitress was out of ear shot.
"I love Max too. But I left it up to her to chose who she loved. She chose you. End of story." Logan replied.
"No not end of story. Max still loves you and if I don't get her and Hannah out of here fast she'll go crawling back to you." As Zack told him this Logan realized that it was mostly true. And if Max didn't come back to him he'd probably start showing up at her apartment to 'see Hannah'. It would be pathetic.
"So hope Hannah gets used to you pretty quickly.
"Yah right! That girl adores you. You seem to have her wrapped around your little finger." Zack scoffed.
"I'm sorry, but I love Max and Hannah and you just might not have a place in our lives."
"You say that as though I'm already giving up."
"Well you seem to be doing just that." Logan retorted.
"Hardly." Zack replied. "Look we'd better get out of here before we kill each other."
"Our food hasn't come yet." Logan reminded him.
"So we wait for it eat in silence and then leave, no strings attached." Zack laid it on the table.
"Works for me." Logan agreed and they settled down in silence with their own thoughts to wait for their food.
AN HOUR LATER BACK AT LOGAN'S
Zack waited for Logan to unlock the door of the apartment and them pushed in behind him. He was ready to help Max move Hannah's stuff that minute. Logan walked back to Hannah's room and Zack made his way out onto the balcony, it was the only place in Logan's apartment that he felt comfortable. It wasn't long though before he heard the sliding glass door open. He turned to see Logan standing in there.
"What now?" Zack asked irritated.
"She's gone." Logan said with no emotion showing in his voice.
"Who? Hannah?" Zack asked though he already knew that Logan meant Max.
"You know who I mean." Logan replied seeing right through him.
"So she cut out." Zack didn't ask he stated.
"She told Hannah that we had agreed that she should take a little time out to clear her head and that she should stay here with me. She said she'd be back within the month. I don't know when she'll really be back." Logan told him and then he turned and went back into the living room. He plopped down on the couch and put his head in his hands. His head hurt.
How could Max have cut out after making a game plan? Sure she didn't like having to choose but it was better if she did. If she'd just stuck with the plans things would have gone smoothly and fairly quickly. Sure it would have torn him up but he wouldn't let her know that and she could get on with her life as she wanted to. He sighed and looked up to see Zack in a chair across from him. As he looked up Zack got up and crossed to the door.
"So I'll see you in a month." He said as he opened the door.
"Yah. See you in a month." Logan replied and then the door closed and Zack was gone. Logan buried his head again as a few tears slid out of his eyes. Where had Max gone and was she still safe on her own?