A/N:
Sorry it took me a while to get this up. Had a couple of problems with our
computer and I've been busy. Hope you enjoy it.
"Did
Zach leave a message for us?" Jondy asked.
"Yeah
he said for me to tell you that he's fine and that he'll ring you when you can
pick up your stuff." Logan replied
"Any
idea when that will be because I'm dying to talk to him?" Max asked. She was
still puzzled as to why Zach was including Logan so much.
"No
idea when he's coming back but it shouldn't be long. I want you to talk to him
to," Logan responded to Max's question. Jondy had a puzzled look on her face.
"I
take it you and Zach don't get along too well." She guessed.
Max's
reply came in her usual sarcastic tone, "No they get on great."
Logan
began to think about the situation out loud, "He always seemed to hate me. He
thinks I'm taking Max away from him. Then all of a sudden he sends another of
his precious sisters to me.
"I
hope everything's OK. I'd hate for him
to get in trouble because of me," Jondy said. She seemed to think that if
anything bed were to happen to Zach it would be her fault.
"I'm
fine. Thanks for worrying about me." Zach's voice came from behind the trio.
"Zach!"
Jondy exclaimed before giving him a hug. He briefly returned the hug before
preparing to get down to business. He quickly filled the others in on his
recent activities in San Francisco.
"So
Lydecker is off my back now?" Jondy asked anxiously.
"Yeah, his guys in Frisco gave up looking for you. They knew you'd got away, so did he." Zack replied pleased to alleviate his sisters' worrying.
"Does that mean she can move into my place permanently?" Max asked expecting Zach to say yes.
"I
don't know about that. You're a danger to us all. You've come close to being
discovered too many times, it wouldn't be wise." Max and Jondy both hit the
roof. It was Jondy who managed to scream at Zach first.
"So
what. You stopped me from seeing her all these years, then you send me to her.
Now you expect me to leave her and start another new life? I wont and don't
think you can make me." She was obviously upset at Zach's actions.
"I
knew you'd say that," Zach said. The way he was acting told the girls he wasn't
lying either.
"Then
why bother saying no?" Max asked still angry with Zach.
"Just
on the off chance you'd go along with it." He replied.
"More
importantly why send me to Logan, to Max if you didn't want me to stay?" Jondy
asked. Max added, "Why did you get Logan involved anyway, you never had
before?"
He
decided to answer Jondy first as answering Max would take more effort. "Because
I was sick of you nagging at me to tell you were Zach was. Plus I knew she
wanted to see you," Zack replied without emotion, "So I figured you might as
well come here." He stopped, hoping Max would forget about Logan.
"And
Logan?" she pushed. Not likely.
Zach
sighed and decided to explain the real reason for Jondy being here. "Because I realised
that although he's the one who puts you at risk the most, he's also the one who
keeps you the safest. I also knew that he'd do the same for Jondy. Plus he usually knows what's going on
with Manticore, so he can keep you up-to-date when I'm not around." When he
finished Max, Logan and Jondy looked at Zach in shock. They all knew how much
it had taken for Zach to admit that he trusted Logan that much. Even though he
had done it in a whisper they had all heard every word. Zach was also shocked.
Saying it out loud made it seem more real, he still couldn't believe that he
felt like that about Max's self appointed guardian. Silence followed.
Logan
broke the silence by asking a simple question, "Anyone feel like pizza?"
Three
immediate responses of yep came back at him, effectively breaking the awkward
silence.