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Finally, although reluctantly, Max pulled away from Logan's lips. She kept her eyes closed to help trap the moment in her mind that much longer. She went to chew on her gum, which she had finally managed to take from Logan's mouth, and realized that it no longer held its natural flavor. Instead, it held the flavor that was distinctly Logan, and Max greedily drank it in. "We have to celebrate."

Logan, who was feeling the pangs of removal from Max, couldn't quite grasp her question. "What?"

Max looked down into Logan's eyes and smiled. "We have to celebrate."

Logan cupped both of his hands on Max's face and slowly traced her lips with his thumbs. "Care to elaborate on that?"

Max closed her eyes slightly as she leaned her head into one of Logan's hands and let out a small sigh. "Yeah, I just had the most kick-ass day."

Logan chuckled at Max's comment.

Max opened her eyes to look into Logan's. "What?"

"Oh nothing. I just love how you put in that little bit of slang, no matter the situation."

Max smiled at that. "Yeah well, a girl's gotta have the words to survive in this world."

Logan laughed again, and pulled Max's head down until her forehead touched his. "So what made this such a kick-ass day?"

Max pulled her knees up further along Logan's body so that she could fully rest on top of him, laid her head on his chest, and wrapped her arms around his. "Well, first of all, I finally figured out the best possible way to avoid Normal for most of the day, and at the same time, only have to go out on a few runs each day. Then, I had a great lunch with Original Cindy, and she let me in on this new girl in town. Always an interesting conversation when Cindy gets to talking about a new girl. Then, as I was heading back to work to hand in my last signature sheet, I ran into this really great guy that let me go shopping with him."

Logan pulled Max's head up so that he could look into her eyes. "Oh really? And who is this great guy that you just so happened to run into?"

Max rolled her eyes upwards and smiled. "Just this guy, who happens to have eyes that look remarkably similar to the ones on those Eyes Only broadcasts."

"Really. Well, it must be an imposter then!"

Max looked back down into Logan's eyes. "I don't think so. Only one person can be Eyes Only, and I seem to recall that being you."

Logan smiled up at Max. "Good."

"Yeah, but that's not even the best part of my day!"

"Ouch, that one hurt."

Max chose to ignore Logan's comment and continued on. "Yeah, the best part of my day was that I found out that Devon never showed up for work, and apparently has skipped town. I guess his landlady found him, and he told her that the reason he was tied up to the chair was that he was the victim of a sex-capade gone horribly wrong."

"Did you leave something out of your description of that night's events to me when you told me? Because I seem to recall you being the one that tied him to that chair."

Max sat up and playfully slapped Logan across the chest. "Yeah, you wish."

Logan laughed, and caught her arm, pulling her down into another kiss.

As Max felt Logan probing her lips with his tongue, she abruptly pulled back.

Logan looked into Max's eyes to see what had spooked her. "What's wrong?"

Seeing the worried look on Logan's face, Max's face broke out into a wicked grin. "I'm not really one into losing my gum twice in one day, thank you very much. Besides, we just went shopping, and I want to celebrate, so why don't you go and cook up some culinary miracle?"

Logan was about to protest, but then he saw Max start to pout, and there wasn't anything in the world that he wouldn't do for her when she did that face. "Alright. And while I'm making dinner, why don't you call up Original Cindy and Kendra, and we can all sit around and watch a movie tonight and have a little celebration."

"With junk food?"

Logan chuckled. "Of course with junk food."

Max jumped off of Logan and ran to the phone. "Aiight! I told you this was a kick-ass day!"

Logan slowly climbed up off the floor, and brushed his fingers along Max's neck as he walked past her. She shot him a mock glare, and continued on with her conversation. Logan walked into the kitchen, and stood for a minute before deciding on what to make for dinner that evening.

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After about half an hour, Logan was busily putting different foods together, and was slowly rolling his shoulders to try to work out some of the kinks in them that had started to develop after landing so hard on the floor a little while ago. He was so deep in thought that he didn't hear Max come in. Seeing Logan roll his shoulders, Max came to the conclusion that it was partly her fault that they were sore, so she decided to help fix them. She walked right up behind him, and started to gently massage his shoulders and back. She felt him tense when she first touched him, but he immediately loosened his stance after he realized what she was doing. "Hmmm, that feels good Max."

Max stopped massaging, and wrapped her arms around Logan. "I know. So what are we having tonight?"

Logan turned around to look at Max, as she pulled away from him and jumped up on the counter to hear what he had to say. "Well, since we're going to be having a lot of junk food tonight... we are right?"

Max nodded her head. "Kendra just got back from a quick date with Mr. Multiples. Apparently he had to go out of town again, and he had to leave tonight, so she was free, and Original Cindy's night came to a screeching halt when she found out that the new girl in town she was hitting on, was married."

"Ouch."

"Yeah. So what's cookin'?"

"Well, since we're going to be having a lot of junk food tonight, I thought I'd keep it light. I made us grilled chicken quesadillas, topped with a fresh fruit salsa, and a salad on the side. How does that sound?"

"Well, I can't say that I've ever had that before, but I'm more than willing to try it. How long until it's done?"

Logan looked at the timer on the stove. "Well, it should be just about ready. I'll just put them together, and we'll be ready to eat! Why don't you go and set the table?"

Max jumped down off of the counter, and walked over to the cupboards to get the plates, but not before running her finger along Logan's neck as she passed him. Smiling at the way that her touch sent shivers racing down Logan's spine, Max was content with the way that the day was going, and the way that her and Logan's relationship was finally going. Max carefully set the table, trying to make everything perfect, which wasn't hard with her attention to detail, and was just finishing lighting the candles when Logan placed the food on the table. The two of them sat down for their meal, and laughed and talked through the whole thing. When they were finished, they cleaned up the kitchen, and started to get all the food ready for that night. After they had gathered up all of the snacks, they set in on trying to decide which movie to watch.

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A couple of hours later, Logan was in his computer room, doing some much needed hacks, and Max, Original Cindy, and Kendra, were all curled up in front of Logan's TV screen. In front of them lay the basic requirement of snacks for any type of party. There were potato chips of all flavors, sliced vegetables with dip, pretzels, cheezies, ice cream, cookie dough, and plenty of different things to drink. Kendra was snuggled up in one of Logan's chairs, and she had her legs draped over the one arm, so that she was right in front of the TV, but had her back to Original Cindy and Max, who were sitting on opposite ends of the couch. Max leaned up against the arm of the couch, and pulled her legs up beside her. All three of the girls were so engrossed in the movie that none of them heard Logan walk up behind them. Even Max, with her enhanced hearing, failed to hear him come in. Logan slowly walked up behind Max, and placed his hands on her shoulders, carefully massaging them. Max jumped in her seat, and Logan leaned down and placed a feather-light kiss on her barcode, something that he knew that drove her wild, before whispering in her ear. "Relax." Max leaned her head back against the back of the couch and looked up at Logan and smiled. She then quickly looked at Original Cindy to make sure that she hadn't witnessed this little event, and thus wouldn't be able to tease Max the next day at work. Pleased that Original Cindy's eyes were still plastered on the TV screen, Max carefully reached up and entangled her fingers within Logan's, whose were still on Max's shoulders. After detangling their fingers, Logan walked around the couch and sat in between Max and Original Cindy.

Original Cindy looked over at Logan, and looked him up and down before speaking. "You get your work done there boo?"

Logan looked at Cindy and smiled. "Yeah. Told you I wouldn't be gone too long."

Kendra turned her head to the rest of the group. "Shhhh. Some people are trying to watch this!" With that, she looked back at the TV, but not before commandeering a bowl of potato chips.

Original Cindy was about to complain to Kendra about the stolen bowl of chips, when something caught her eye. She looked across Logan's lap, and noticed that his hand was entangled within Max's toes, massaging her foot. It seemed that Max had no qualms with this, and was fully engrossed in the movie. Original Cindy knew those two were going at it. My homegirl can't hide a thing. We might just be having some serious convo tomorrow. Original Cindy leaned back into the couch cushions so that she could attract Max's attention, without arousing Logan's. When Max finally looked over at her, Original Cindy looked down at Max's feet, which were being carefully attended to, and then turned her gaze to Max's eyes. Original Cindy raised an eyebrow and gave Max a smirk which was replied by Max simply rolling her eyes and then turning back to the movie. Original Cindy then turned her eyes back to the movie, and tried to pretend not noticing Logan's hand as it slowly rubbed higher and higher up Max's legs.

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Soon after the movie ended, Original Cindy and Kendra left Logan's. The three girls stood at the door to say their goodbyes, while Logan hung back in the apartment. He figured that he shouldn't be around those three, or the situation might just seem awkward. Max had told both Kendra and Original Cindy that she had planned on staying for a couple more hours, and so the two girls took turns in giving Max a hug and saying goodbye. As Kendra hugged Max, she whispered in her ear. "I'll see you tomorrow." She pulled back from the hug, winked, and laughed while she headed out the door, because she had managed to leave Max with a very confused look on her face. Original Cindy was next and also whispered into Max's ear. "You and Original Cindy are going to be doing some serious talking tomorrow." Max could only shake her head and laugh slightly. Original Cindy turned around and shouted another goodbye as she headed out the door. As the two girls left, Max closed the door, walked back into the apartment, and found Logan standing and waiting for her in the hallway. As she walked by him on her way to the living room to put away the remainders of the snackfest, he slid his arm around her waist, and she placed hers against his back. They both headed towards the couch and sat down. Max curled up beside Logan and laid her head on his chest, and rested her one hand beside her face, on his shoulder. Logan leaned down and kissed her lightly on the head. "Do you want to watch some TV?"

"Yeah."

Logan grabbed his remote control and turned on the TV. He idly flipped through the channels until he stopped on a channel that was playing old episodes of COPS. Both of them were enjoying the antics of several of the criminals until suddenly his TV flickered, and the Eyes Only broadcast came on. Both Max and Logan stiffened and focused every miniscule amount of their energy on listening to the message.

Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is a Streaming Freedom Bulletin. The cable hack will last exactly sixty seconds. It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped, and it is the only free voice left in this city, and this voice is for Max. You know who you are, and I'm sure you know who this is. I know where you are Max, and I'm coming.

The broadcast ended, and regular scheduled programming commenced. Max looked at Logan, and Logan looked at Max. All he could see was pure terror in her eyes.

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