Disclaimer: You know how James Cameron (etc.) owns Dark Angel? Well, that
means that I don't own them!
A/n: OK, I'm getting to some action in the next chapter. If this situation ever occurred, I wonder how other characters would react to it. So here goes…
Max delivered her package to its owner mechanically, and returned home to Foggle towers.
"Logan? Honey, are you home?" Max looked around for Logan, quickly discerning his absence.
Great. Just what I need. To be alone. Max thought sarcastically. She sat down on the couch and suddenly found herself very tired. It must be all the extra stress. She thought, sighing.
Images flew through Max's mind. Manticore, Lydecker. She felt an intense desperation for her child not to experience any of the horrible things that her childhood had held. She struggled in her sleep, reaching for Logan. Her mind was confused at his absence. She called out for him desperately as he walked through the door.
Logan's brow furrowed with concern at Max's sleeping form.
"Max, baby what's wrong?" Logan asked as Max awoke.
"Um, I don't… I'm sleepy."
Logan smiled at Max's whining tone "OK honey, wanna go to bed.?"
Max was about to agree when she realised what time of day it was. "Damn! Logan, I'm supposed to be at work."
Logan already had the phone in his hand. "I'll call Normal."
Max stopped him. "Uh Logan? I think he shouldn't know that I'm pregnant."
"Why not?" Logan asked, clearly perplexed.
Max sighed. "I don't know." Max's face scrunched up in frustration, and she sighed again.
Logan spoke quietly. "Are you embarrassed?" At Max's tentative nod, he gave her a questioning look.
"I've always been the tough chick. Ya know? I don't want the guys to laugh." Max cringed at her weakness.
Logan grinned. "He's gonna have to find out at some stage, and it'll be less embarrassing coming from me."
Max smiled at her husband. "OK. But don't you dare make me sound girly, or I'll kick your ass!"
At Normal's consistent 'Bipping', Sketchy and Herbal wandered over to his desk and began to argue with him.
"Come on Normal. It's raining out there!" Sketchy protested, to no avail.
"Your slacker friend decided to leave us, so we need everyone else to do extra runs." Normal said triumphantly.
"I'm gonna kill Max" Sketchy was disgruntled. Max nearly always told them when she was leaving.
"Ring Ring" Normal's phone chirped insistently.
"Hello, Jampony" Normal answered it in a bored monotone. "Ah, if it isn't the slacker's husband."
Herbal and Sketchy watched, interested, as Normal's face turned white.
"She's… Well, that's nice. Uh, tell her to come in whenever…. Or never…. Or now…..Whatever she wants."
Normal hung up the phone quickly, looking shocked.
"What is it? Is Max OK?"
"Uh. Yeah. She's… Fine." Normal was getting flustered.
"Original Cindy will tell you peeps. Normal here seems to be having trouble with the English language." Cindy took Herbal and Sketchy over to the lockers, and began whispering frantically.
"Ring Ring" Just as Max was falling asleep again, the phone rang.
"Looooogan!" Max groaned.
"Hello, Cale residence" Logan answered the phone groggily. "Yeah, she's here." Logan handed the phone to Max.
"Umph. Whoever this is, I'm gonna kill you!"
"It's Sketchy." Sketchy answered tentatively.
"And?" Max prompted.
"Uh, Herbal and I just wanted to say congratulations, and please don't kill us."
"Sorry Sketch. I'm tired. Thanks for calling. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye."
Max hung up the phone and groaned. Logan just wrapped her up in his arms, and they both fell asleep.
A/n: OK, I'm getting to some action in the next chapter. If this situation ever occurred, I wonder how other characters would react to it. So here goes…
Max delivered her package to its owner mechanically, and returned home to Foggle towers.
"Logan? Honey, are you home?" Max looked around for Logan, quickly discerning his absence.
Great. Just what I need. To be alone. Max thought sarcastically. She sat down on the couch and suddenly found herself very tired. It must be all the extra stress. She thought, sighing.
Images flew through Max's mind. Manticore, Lydecker. She felt an intense desperation for her child not to experience any of the horrible things that her childhood had held. She struggled in her sleep, reaching for Logan. Her mind was confused at his absence. She called out for him desperately as he walked through the door.
Logan's brow furrowed with concern at Max's sleeping form.
"Max, baby what's wrong?" Logan asked as Max awoke.
"Um, I don't… I'm sleepy."
Logan smiled at Max's whining tone "OK honey, wanna go to bed.?"
Max was about to agree when she realised what time of day it was. "Damn! Logan, I'm supposed to be at work."
Logan already had the phone in his hand. "I'll call Normal."
Max stopped him. "Uh Logan? I think he shouldn't know that I'm pregnant."
"Why not?" Logan asked, clearly perplexed.
Max sighed. "I don't know." Max's face scrunched up in frustration, and she sighed again.
Logan spoke quietly. "Are you embarrassed?" At Max's tentative nod, he gave her a questioning look.
"I've always been the tough chick. Ya know? I don't want the guys to laugh." Max cringed at her weakness.
Logan grinned. "He's gonna have to find out at some stage, and it'll be less embarrassing coming from me."
Max smiled at her husband. "OK. But don't you dare make me sound girly, or I'll kick your ass!"
At Normal's consistent 'Bipping', Sketchy and Herbal wandered over to his desk and began to argue with him.
"Come on Normal. It's raining out there!" Sketchy protested, to no avail.
"Your slacker friend decided to leave us, so we need everyone else to do extra runs." Normal said triumphantly.
"I'm gonna kill Max" Sketchy was disgruntled. Max nearly always told them when she was leaving.
"Ring Ring" Normal's phone chirped insistently.
"Hello, Jampony" Normal answered it in a bored monotone. "Ah, if it isn't the slacker's husband."
Herbal and Sketchy watched, interested, as Normal's face turned white.
"She's… Well, that's nice. Uh, tell her to come in whenever…. Or never…. Or now…..Whatever she wants."
Normal hung up the phone quickly, looking shocked.
"What is it? Is Max OK?"
"Uh. Yeah. She's… Fine." Normal was getting flustered.
"Original Cindy will tell you peeps. Normal here seems to be having trouble with the English language." Cindy took Herbal and Sketchy over to the lockers, and began whispering frantically.
"Ring Ring" Just as Max was falling asleep again, the phone rang.
"Looooogan!" Max groaned.
"Hello, Cale residence" Logan answered the phone groggily. "Yeah, she's here." Logan handed the phone to Max.
"Umph. Whoever this is, I'm gonna kill you!"
"It's Sketchy." Sketchy answered tentatively.
"And?" Max prompted.
"Uh, Herbal and I just wanted to say congratulations, and please don't kill us."
"Sorry Sketch. I'm tired. Thanks for calling. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye."
Max hung up the phone and groaned. Logan just wrapped her up in his arms, and they both fell asleep.