Disclaimer: God this is getting annoying: I do not own Dark Angel or any of the characters. But Alex is my character, so please don't take her without asking.
Spoilers: Minor ones for all up to 'Hit A Sista Back'. And let's pretend that Max's transfusion cured Logan with no side effects, ok? Also, nothing after HASB happened :-)
Author's Note: Thanks for the nice reviews! Hope you guys like this installment; I had so much fun writing it!! This one takes place right after the last chapter.
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Logan groaned, " Ugh, what is it Lexie? It's 7:00!"
" Good, then we'll have plenty of time for a long talk! Get up."
Logan mumbled under his breath, " Women."
" I heard that! Don't forget I have enhanced hearing! Now what's this I hear that the first time you met Max you flirted with her, leading her on to think that you were interested in her and then you just basically manipulated her??"
" What? I manipulated Max? I never did that!" Logan protested, finally fully awake. He headed to his washroom and started brushing his teeth while Alex still fumed at him.
" Ok, let me break this down for you bro: you said that she had the singularly most beautiful face you've ever seen. Which, by my standards, is flirting with her. But when you saw her barcode, you forgot everything else except sending her on the next assignment!"
" What are you talking about? Did you talk to Max about this? Is that how she feels?" Logan asked worriedly.
" What Max and I talked about are going to stay strictly between me and her. I'm not telling you anything from our conversation except that she sometimes thinks it's hard to tell if you guys are actually friends or you're actually using her."
" She feels that way? Why?"
" I told you, that conversation is strictly between Max and I, unless she chooses to tell you out of her own free will. What is the matter with you? You say you care about her, but you use her to get your legwork done with only a verbal thank you? No wonder she's never approached you, you're horrible!"
" What do you mean, only a 'verbal thank you'? You want me to thank her with a good lay?" Logan asked, frustrated with Alex.
" No, but maybe you could tear yourself away from Eyes Only and actually look at her, say thank you and offer to make dinner?"
" Hey, I always make her dinner!" Logan protested.
" Because she asks you to! Do you ever actually offer to make it?"
" Once in a while…" Logan said.
" Well maybe starting from now, after the assignments you could say, 'hey, thanks a lot for getting the info I needed, you feel like having dinner right now?' I mean, would it KILL you to be apart from Eyes Only for an hour or two?"
" No…"
" Then make an effort! Even if you don't have the guts to ask her out right now, it'd be nice to let her know that you really do care about her as a friend, not as business partners or whatever! I mean, come on, are you guys friends or not?"
" Of course we're friends! Geez, you could stop yelling in my ear!"
" Will you make an effort then?"
" Of course I will! I don't want Max feeling like we're only business partners!"
" Good then. She's coming by after work today and I'm going back to my place."
" Why are you telling me this?"
" Take a hint, big bro. You two are gonna be all alone in the apartment."
" So?"
" So surprise her with a romantic dinner and ask her out!"
" Ask her out? Ok, Lexie, I told you last night, I need time to understand how I truly feel about Max."
" Just a suggestion! I'm going to take off now, call me if you need anything; I put my number by your computer. I know how much time you spend with that thing."
Logan nodded, " You want me to beep Max and tell her to go to your place instead after work?"
" Sure. If you feel like sharing," Alex said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
" Haha, very funny," Logan said dryly, " You got all your stuff ready?"
" Yup. I'm going to walk back, it's a beautiful day."
" Ok. See you later sis," Logan gave Alex a warm hug.
" Bye."
The second Alex was out the door, Logan thought, //Ok, surprise Max with dinner tonight… what should I do? Think, Cale, think! You usually come up with great ideas! You are THE man! Oh god, can the ego!//
Logan muttered out loud, " Ok, dinner, dinner, dinner, what can I make for dinner that will blow Max away?"
" Talking to yourself once again Logan?" Bling asked, walking in.
Logan whipped his head around, " Oh, hey Bling. I'm just trying to think of what dinner I could make for Max tonight."
" Any special occasion?" Bling asked, " You never start dinner at," he checked his watch, " 8 in the morning."
Logan gave him a Look, " Alex and I had a talk today and she said that maybe I should make more of an effort to make Max feel like we're actually friends. And maybe it'll give me the courage to ask her out."
Bling gave him a friendly slap on his back, " Really? That's great! Finally you're going to ask her out! Who's Alex?"
" Alex is my little sister. I never told you about her?" Logan inquired.
" Nope," Bling shook his head, " never once."
" Well, she was in Africa since she was 18, helping out orphanages. I lost touch with her until last night, when I found out that she was back. That's the short story."
" Well, I'm sure I want to hear the long story some other time," Bling rolled his eyes, " Since you're so pre-occupied with dinner for tonight, we can skip the work-out today."
" Thanks Bling. I want this to be a really amazing."
" No problem. I'll come by tomorrow morning for the work-out."
" Ok. Bye."
" Bye."
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Right before Max was getting off of her shift, her beeper rang and she checked the phone number, even though she knew it would be Logan. She headed to the payphone and dialed his number. " Hey."
" Hey Max. I just wanted you to know that Alex went back to her place and she asked if you could stop by."
" Sure, no problem," Max was about to hang up when Logan interrupted her, " Hey, Max, think you could swing by at around 6?"
" Yeah, sure. You got something for me?"
" Sort of. Just come at around 6, ok?"
" A'ight," and she hung up the phone.
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" Alex?" Max called out, entering her apartment cautiously.
" Hey Max!" Max heard Alex call from her bedroom, " I'll be right out!"
" Take your time!" Max called back and settled onto her couch.
Alex came out and said, " Hey! Your shift ended already? It's only 4."
" Yeah, my shift usually ends at about 4 or 5. Listen, about our talk this morning… I'd prefer you didn't say anything to Logan."
" Um… I can promise not to tell him anymore," Alex said, wringing her hands.
" You told him?" Max exclaimed, " Alex!"
" Relax, it's nothing too bad. I didn't tell him any specific details. I just said that you sometimes felt like you guys were only business partners and not friends. And that you felt like he was only using you for the 'crusade'. Believe me Max, it's something he would have to find out eventually, it'd really wreck your friendship if someone didn't tell him," Alex reassured Max, " Besides, didn't you walk out on Eyes Only once when he broke a date or something for it?"
" Not exactly a date… it was the first time I would be making him dinner. How did you find out?"
" Bling. He dropped off a few things of mine today and we got to talking."
" About me and Logan?" Max frowned, not liking that her sister and friend were talking behind her back.
" We weren't gossiping about you! We were just… discussing your relationship."
Max and Alex talked for a long time and then Max said, " Well, I should get going, Logan wanted me to drop by his place at around 6."
" Ok. I'll see you later."
" Bye," and Max was out the door.
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A/N: Like I said before, I really liked writing this chapter, so I hope you guys liked reading it! And please, read and review!!!!! Reviews are what keep me writing!!
Spoilers: Minor ones for all up to 'Hit A Sista Back'. And let's pretend that Max's transfusion cured Logan with no side effects, ok? Also, nothing after HASB happened :-)
Author's Note: Thanks for the nice reviews! Hope you guys like this installment; I had so much fun writing it!! This one takes place right after the last chapter.
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Logan groaned, " Ugh, what is it Lexie? It's 7:00!"
" Good, then we'll have plenty of time for a long talk! Get up."
Logan mumbled under his breath, " Women."
" I heard that! Don't forget I have enhanced hearing! Now what's this I hear that the first time you met Max you flirted with her, leading her on to think that you were interested in her and then you just basically manipulated her??"
" What? I manipulated Max? I never did that!" Logan protested, finally fully awake. He headed to his washroom and started brushing his teeth while Alex still fumed at him.
" Ok, let me break this down for you bro: you said that she had the singularly most beautiful face you've ever seen. Which, by my standards, is flirting with her. But when you saw her barcode, you forgot everything else except sending her on the next assignment!"
" What are you talking about? Did you talk to Max about this? Is that how she feels?" Logan asked worriedly.
" What Max and I talked about are going to stay strictly between me and her. I'm not telling you anything from our conversation except that she sometimes thinks it's hard to tell if you guys are actually friends or you're actually using her."
" She feels that way? Why?"
" I told you, that conversation is strictly between Max and I, unless she chooses to tell you out of her own free will. What is the matter with you? You say you care about her, but you use her to get your legwork done with only a verbal thank you? No wonder she's never approached you, you're horrible!"
" What do you mean, only a 'verbal thank you'? You want me to thank her with a good lay?" Logan asked, frustrated with Alex.
" No, but maybe you could tear yourself away from Eyes Only and actually look at her, say thank you and offer to make dinner?"
" Hey, I always make her dinner!" Logan protested.
" Because she asks you to! Do you ever actually offer to make it?"
" Once in a while…" Logan said.
" Well maybe starting from now, after the assignments you could say, 'hey, thanks a lot for getting the info I needed, you feel like having dinner right now?' I mean, would it KILL you to be apart from Eyes Only for an hour or two?"
" No…"
" Then make an effort! Even if you don't have the guts to ask her out right now, it'd be nice to let her know that you really do care about her as a friend, not as business partners or whatever! I mean, come on, are you guys friends or not?"
" Of course we're friends! Geez, you could stop yelling in my ear!"
" Will you make an effort then?"
" Of course I will! I don't want Max feeling like we're only business partners!"
" Good then. She's coming by after work today and I'm going back to my place."
" Why are you telling me this?"
" Take a hint, big bro. You two are gonna be all alone in the apartment."
" So?"
" So surprise her with a romantic dinner and ask her out!"
" Ask her out? Ok, Lexie, I told you last night, I need time to understand how I truly feel about Max."
" Just a suggestion! I'm going to take off now, call me if you need anything; I put my number by your computer. I know how much time you spend with that thing."
Logan nodded, " You want me to beep Max and tell her to go to your place instead after work?"
" Sure. If you feel like sharing," Alex said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
" Haha, very funny," Logan said dryly, " You got all your stuff ready?"
" Yup. I'm going to walk back, it's a beautiful day."
" Ok. See you later sis," Logan gave Alex a warm hug.
" Bye."
The second Alex was out the door, Logan thought, //Ok, surprise Max with dinner tonight… what should I do? Think, Cale, think! You usually come up with great ideas! You are THE man! Oh god, can the ego!//
Logan muttered out loud, " Ok, dinner, dinner, dinner, what can I make for dinner that will blow Max away?"
" Talking to yourself once again Logan?" Bling asked, walking in.
Logan whipped his head around, " Oh, hey Bling. I'm just trying to think of what dinner I could make for Max tonight."
" Any special occasion?" Bling asked, " You never start dinner at," he checked his watch, " 8 in the morning."
Logan gave him a Look, " Alex and I had a talk today and she said that maybe I should make more of an effort to make Max feel like we're actually friends. And maybe it'll give me the courage to ask her out."
Bling gave him a friendly slap on his back, " Really? That's great! Finally you're going to ask her out! Who's Alex?"
" Alex is my little sister. I never told you about her?" Logan inquired.
" Nope," Bling shook his head, " never once."
" Well, she was in Africa since she was 18, helping out orphanages. I lost touch with her until last night, when I found out that she was back. That's the short story."
" Well, I'm sure I want to hear the long story some other time," Bling rolled his eyes, " Since you're so pre-occupied with dinner for tonight, we can skip the work-out today."
" Thanks Bling. I want this to be a really amazing."
" No problem. I'll come by tomorrow morning for the work-out."
" Ok. Bye."
" Bye."
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Right before Max was getting off of her shift, her beeper rang and she checked the phone number, even though she knew it would be Logan. She headed to the payphone and dialed his number. " Hey."
" Hey Max. I just wanted you to know that Alex went back to her place and she asked if you could stop by."
" Sure, no problem," Max was about to hang up when Logan interrupted her, " Hey, Max, think you could swing by at around 6?"
" Yeah, sure. You got something for me?"
" Sort of. Just come at around 6, ok?"
" A'ight," and she hung up the phone.
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" Alex?" Max called out, entering her apartment cautiously.
" Hey Max!" Max heard Alex call from her bedroom, " I'll be right out!"
" Take your time!" Max called back and settled onto her couch.
Alex came out and said, " Hey! Your shift ended already? It's only 4."
" Yeah, my shift usually ends at about 4 or 5. Listen, about our talk this morning… I'd prefer you didn't say anything to Logan."
" Um… I can promise not to tell him anymore," Alex said, wringing her hands.
" You told him?" Max exclaimed, " Alex!"
" Relax, it's nothing too bad. I didn't tell him any specific details. I just said that you sometimes felt like you guys were only business partners and not friends. And that you felt like he was only using you for the 'crusade'. Believe me Max, it's something he would have to find out eventually, it'd really wreck your friendship if someone didn't tell him," Alex reassured Max, " Besides, didn't you walk out on Eyes Only once when he broke a date or something for it?"
" Not exactly a date… it was the first time I would be making him dinner. How did you find out?"
" Bling. He dropped off a few things of mine today and we got to talking."
" About me and Logan?" Max frowned, not liking that her sister and friend were talking behind her back.
" We weren't gossiping about you! We were just… discussing your relationship."
Max and Alex talked for a long time and then Max said, " Well, I should get going, Logan wanted me to drop by his place at around 6."
" Ok. I'll see you later."
" Bye," and Max was out the door.
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A/N: Like I said before, I really liked writing this chapter, so I hope you guys liked reading it! And please, read and review!!!!! Reviews are what keep me writing!!