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{Max's apartment} the evening of March 1st

Max slumped in through the door, tired from the hard day. Not to mention the seizure she had had to endure in the bathroom at Jam Pony. "Hey Max" Kendra called out "When's your boyfriend coming over?"

"He's not my..." Max stopped short, too tired to argue, and simply said, "He's not coming till 8."

((she's got it bad for that guy)) "I'll be outta here by then. Walter is taking me out to eat" she smiled.

((ugh!! I don't even want to dirty my mind thinking of "Mr. Multiples right now))
"I'm gonna go hop in the shower ." saying so, Max did just that.

As the hot water streamed over her, relaxing her muscles and taking away the cares of the day, her thoughts began to wander...to Logan...more specifically, his face. (( that smile of his, he's got to know it drives me crazy, I'm afraid to look him in the eyes for too long, for fear of being drawn in and not being able to get out...they light up when he smiles, so blue, and so...deep. He is so hot when he smiles....))((whoa! wait a minute girl, your relationship with Logan is strictly business....)) pouting slightly.. ((don't kid yourself Max, you know he's more then that to you...you trust him, more then anyone else...you've told him things...that only you and the kind folks at Manticore know)) smiling bitterly she continued ((I just wish I knew how he feels)) Max's face softened as her thoughts returned to Logan.

Getting out of the shower and drying off, Max heard Kendra in the kitchen preparing the ingredients and instructions for the meal yet to be. Kendra walked in as Max was trying to pick out what to wear. "Calm down girl, where's the fire? He won't be here for another 2 hours, you have plenty of time." Kendra told Max gently.

"I'm not nervous, I just want to look nice."

"Who said anything about nervous girl!? Not me! It just seems to me that you are getting awfully worked up over a date...digging through your clothes like it's the end of the world..." Kendra smiled at Max, who smiled back sheepishly.

"I just want it to work out this time, you know? Unlike last time..." she trailed off remembering the last "dinner" they were going to have here.

"So, how do I look?" Max asked as she turned around in a full circle after getting dressed.


"You look great, as always!" Kendra said with an approving glance. "Although.." she added with a sideways look at Max "...I doubt he will see much of what you're wearing."

Max threw a shirt at her, blushing slightly. "We aren't like that!" she insisted. "I just want to pay him back for all the times he has fed me" ((what do I want us to be?))

As the conversation continued, both woman moved around the kitchen, preparing the meal.

"Why don't you go to your room and pace or something, I'll finish up here and then I'm gone." Kendra smiled at the already pacing Max. Max looked up and grinned, then said

"Thanks for making everything. If it weren't for you..."

Kendra finished for her "You would be at his house eating his food!"




























{Logan's Apartment} the evening of March 1st

In the shower....((I wonder what Max will have for dinner...whatever it is, I know it will be good. As long as she is there, I won't notice much of what I'm eating anyway...)) his thoughts begin to wander...to un-thought territory((she is stunning when she smiles, her whole face lights up...and her lips! jeez! so full...and...don't go there Logan, all you are to her is a meal ticket, she's said that before...)) Getting out of the shower and drying off, Logan began to get dressed...

"Hey Bling?" Logan called out from his bedroom.

"Yeah?"

"Where's my shirt, you know, the blue one?" he finished as Bling walked into the room.

Looking Logan over from head to toe, he said "Hate to break it to you Logan, but you're wearing it." he chuckled as Logan looked down, a little surprised.

"Oh, yeah, thanks." beginning to blush somewhat, Logan wheeled over to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of pre-pulse wine.((Max will appreciate this))

On his way out the door, Bling called out, "I won't wait up. I'll expect to see you in the morning" with a sideways grin he looked at Logan who then said-

"We're not like that Bling. There's nothing between us, just business." ((I wish we weren't just business....))

"Whatever, just get outta here or your gonna be late" he replied as he threw a towel at Logan. Grinning(quite widely) Logan closed the door on a very amused Bling.