CABIN FEVER - THE TRIP
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
I'm using the song Hot Boyz. If you saw the episode Meow, that song was the one that you were hearing in most of the scenes.
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"Where the hell are they?" Logan was tapping his foot against Zack's plastic chair. Finally he took out his cell phone and dialed a number
'I know we agreed never to use the cell phones during the day but we're gonna miss our plane' He thought while waiting for Max to answer.
**
Ring Ring Ring
Max groaned in frustration. She reached inside her backpack for her cell phone.
"We're on our way!" She screamed into the phone. Logan had to hold his away from his ear.
"How far away are you?"
"Bout a block, we'll be there in a minute ok?"
"Ok but hurry!"
Max hung up. Original Cindy and Kendra were staring at her.
"What?" Max asked
"When did you get a cell phone and how come we don't have your number?" Original Cindy asked
"Logan gave me this phone a while ago and you don't have the number because I use it for business!"
"Yeah right, anyway we're here" Kendra opened the door and stepped out, she grabbed her luggage and handed Max her small suitcase. Max took the rest of the suitcases out and headed towards the airport's main entrance.
"There you are! What the hell took you so long? You know Max there's a reason why you're supposed to be at the airport an hour before your flight!" Logan said immediately after he spotted the three girls walking through the doors.
The girls went to check their bags. Original Cindy had one huge suitcase and a small bag with her, Kendra had two medium suitcases and a small one and Max had a big one and a medium one.
"I thought you packed light" Logan whispered to her
"Well winter clothes take up a lot of space and this bag" she pointed to the medium one "is only half full, I couldn't find a smaller one"
Logan and Zack followed the girls. They checked the big bags and kept the small ones, Max also decided to keep the medium one with her.
Since they were already late they rushed through the metal detector. Zack, Kendra and Original Cindy went through with no problem but Logan had to remove his belt, which caused some giggles from a couple of young girls that had obviously been checking him and Zack out.
Max placed her bag on the small x-ray band but the bag was too big to go through the device.
"You have to check this bag" The police officer said
"Aw c'm on, we don't have time for this!"
"Then I'll have someone check it for you. Hey Mickey you busy?"
"No!" Max said "You people are just gonna loose my suitcase!" She was ready to jump on top of the guy and rip his head off but Logan's gentle hand on her shoulder stopped her. He gave her a warning look and she sighed.
"Fine but if that bag is not on MY plane by takeoff someone is gonna be in a hell lot of trouble!" She warned.
***
"Ok guys, I managed to get five tickets, unfortunately they are not together. I have two first class together, two coach together and one coach next to a window." Logan looked at the five tickets and waited for someone to make a suggestion.
"Logan, you and Max should take the first class tickets. After all, this was originally your trip and you are paying for it so it's only fair." Kendra said. Zack had been silent through the whole ordeal but the idea of his Maxie and Logan alone in a private part of the plane was too much.
"Well Kendra maybe you and Original Cindy should take the first class since you have never been on a plane before" Zack quickly suggested but neither one of the girls were comfortable taking the first class tickets so in the end Kendra's suggestion won.
They boarded the plane quickly and sat down on their respective seats.
"What took you so long to get here anyway?" Logan asked Max
"Well, Normal was being an ass! He asked for a doctor's note if we wanted to keep our jobs. I tried calling you but you weren't home and your cell phone wasn't on. Where were you anyway?"
"Zack and I had to get the extra sector passes"
Max smiled "Are you and my brother getting along?"
Logan shook his head "Not at all, we had seven fights in about two hours, you're lucky I'm still alive!"
"What were the fights about?" Max asked. She felt the airplane move and heard Kendra's shriek. She laughed and turned back to Logan.
"Well, one of them was about whether we should go to Albuquerque or not. Zack won that fight so we're not going to Albuquerque, we're going to a small town called Angel Fire, it's really close but far enough from the military base."
"Zack won that fight? How did that happen?" Max teased
"Hey, I can sacrifice my ego for your safety" Logan kissed her nose.
"Aw you're so sweet" She captured his lips with hers and kissed him gently. When they came up for air She rested her head on his shoulder and he toyed with her soft hair.
"My angel, I'll rather kill myself than put you in any kind of risk"
Max smiled "Don't you dare!" She said playfully.
"Logan I love you"
"I love you too angel"
They slept peacefully in each other's arms for the rest of the flight.
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Max stared at the same umbrella for the tenth time.
"Just forget it boo, it's not gonna magically appear" Original Cindy was sitting on her suitcase
"I knew they were going to loose my bag! I'm gonna kick their asses when I get back I swear!"
"Max calm down!" Zack patted her shoulder "We can't attract attention"
Max knew he was right so he tried taking deep breaths.
"Hey, any luck?" Logan was walking towards them
"No, my bag is officially lost. How about you?"
Logan held up a bunch of papers and a key "I got an explorer"
"That'll do." Zack snatched the car key from Logan's hand and walked away.
"We should report your missing bag" Kendra said
"Na, I'm never gonna get it back anyway, we'll just loose another hour. Let's just go"
They all went to the parking lot. A black explorer was waiting for them.
"Black?" Zack shook his head "Could it seem more suspicious?"
"Are you always this paranoid?" Logan shot back
"So now I can't be concerned for the safety of my sister?"
"The safety of your...? You know I'd rather die than see Max suffer!"
"Hey guys stop it! Stop it right now!" Max stepped in between Zack and Logan because Zack looked ready to kill him.
"Now nothing is gonna happen to me ok? I can take care of myself! Now let's go, I'm hungry"
"Her safety?" Kendra asked Original Cindy
"I'll explain later" She answered
Zack was just about to climb into the driver's seat when Logan stopped him
"Do you have any idea of where we're going?" Logan asked. Zack tossed him the key.
"Thank you" Logan got in and opened the passenger's door for Max from the inside. Original Cindy sat between Kendra and Zack.
"I think there is an old Mc Donald's around here somewhere" Logan drove away in search for a fast food restaurant.
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"Ok so I'll have seven Big Macs with cheese, five orders of fries, five sodas, four apple pies and two sundaes." Logan recited
"Anything else?" The lady asked
"Max how can you eat so much and stay so thin?" Kendra asked
"I exercise" Max answered matter of factually
"Ok, here we go" Logan distributed the food, Zack and Max had two burgers, fries, a sundae and an apple pie each. Kendra hadn't ordered a pie.
"Max was there anything important on your bag?" Logan asked between bites.
"Well, just my pills"
"Oh, don't worry, look inside my bag."
"Which bag?" Max asked
"The one by your feet"
Max held her burger with one hand and balanced her fries between her legs. With her free hand she rummaged around his bag and came up with two bottles of Tryptophan.
"Great!"
"You think I would take you on a trip without taking extra Tryptophan? Not after our last experience"
"I've got some too Maxie, that's not a problem" Zack said. He searched his jacket pocket and showed her a half-full bottle. His seizures were not as frequent as Max's so he really didn't need the pills that much.
"You have a neurological condition too?" Kendra asked
"Hum yeah, it's a family thing." Zack answered.
Everyone was silent for a minute.
"Hey, how bout some music?" Logan asked
"I'll check your CD's" Max dug into his bag again and took out a bunch of CD's. She chose one and popped it into the stereo. Missy Elliot's voice sounded all over the car.
"I didn't know you owned this kind of CD's Logan" Original Cindy smiled
"He doesn't, that's mine" Max said and turned up the volume. Original Cindy raised an eyebrow but kept quiet.
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Max was bored. She turned around and found Kendra resting her head against the door and Original Cindy resting against Kendra. They were both asleep. Zack's head was thrown back, his eyes were closed. He might have been asleep.
Max decided to have some fun. Logan was tapping his fingers against the wheel in time with the music. "Hot boy" was playing and Max got an idea. She checked that everyone had their seatbelts on and then placed her hand on Logan's knee. Logan smiled and looked through the mirror to make sure that everyone was asleep or at least pretending to be.
What's your name, cause I'm impressed?
Can you treat me good, I won't settle for less
You a hot boy, a rock boy
A fun toy, tote a glock boy
Where you live, is it by yourself?
Can I move with you, do you need some help?
I cook boy, I'll give you more
I'm a fly girl, and I like those
He took Max's hand and interlaced his fingers with hers. He let go of her hand for a second to make a turn and Max took that opportunity to slide her hand further up and cup him.
Logan yelped and lost control of the wheel, quickly getting it back but not before slamming everyone against the doors.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Zack yelled from the back seat. Original Cindy was sprawled over him, trying to regain her balance.
"Logan did you fall asleep on the wheel?" Kendra asked, she rubbed her elbow and Original Cindy rubbed her stomach where Kendra's elbow had hurt her.
Logan glared at Max, she was trying so hard not to laugh that she was turning red.
"Hum maybe I should drive Logan, you seem to be pretty... distracted"
Logan opened the door and stepped out, Max did the same.
They met at the front of the car.
"Try to hide the evidence baby" Max whispered and pointed at his arousal
"Payback is gonna be a bitch" Logan whispered back
"Oh I'm not worried, I don't get distracted that easily"
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"How could you not see the hole? It takes up half of the fucking road!" Zack tried pushing the car but the hole was too deep.
"Well, I'm tired!" Max tried to come up with an excuse
"You are never that tired"
"Well it's dark out here and it's raining, I didn't see it!"
"You have night vision!" Zack exclaimed loudly
"Night vision?" Kendra asked. She was still inside the car with Logan and Original Cindy
"Night vision... goggles! Cool stuff, you should try them some time!" Logan got out of the car and was by Max's side in a second.
"Keep it down guys, Kendra is asking questions."
"Max, let's just lift this thing, you can come up with an excuse later" Zack pleaded
"No, it's hard to keep stuff from her as it is, I don't need her to get suspicious at our freaky strength ok?"
Zack sighed "Well, maybe if we stick some rocks under the wheel we can get it to turn or something."
"Great!" Max grabbed a couple of rocks and twigs, she put them on the puddle of mud under the wheel
"This is absolutely disgusting!" Max whipped her dirty hands on her pants.
"Ok Logan, tell one of the girls to step on the accelerator gently" Zack said stepping back a little
Logan tapped on the window and asked Kendra to move to the driver's seat and step on the accelerator. She climbed into it and dug her foot into the pedal sending mud flying in every direction.
Logan cringed "Hum, I think they got the car out"
He climbed into the back seat with the girls.
Zack opened the driver's seat and got in, then he said without even bothering to turn around "do I need to explain the meaning of the word lightly to you?"
Zack and Max were covered in mud from head to toe and Max looked pissed. She slammed the passenger's door shut and the whole car shook with the strength of the impact
"Max I..."
"Shut up Logan"
Logan held his hands up in resignation and kept quiet for the rest of the ride but he couldn't wipe the smug smile from his face.
'Payback is a bitch'
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Thank you so much everyone that reviewed the last chapter, I promise I'll post the next one soon and I'll try to give Zack something else to do even though the story will still be pretty Max/Logan centered.
PLEASE REVIEW THIS CHAPTER! I'm a very insecure person (this is a little bit embarassing to admit but it's true) so the reviews really encourage me
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
I'm using the song Hot Boyz. If you saw the episode Meow, that song was the one that you were hearing in most of the scenes.
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"Where the hell are they?" Logan was tapping his foot against Zack's plastic chair. Finally he took out his cell phone and dialed a number
'I know we agreed never to use the cell phones during the day but we're gonna miss our plane' He thought while waiting for Max to answer.
**
Ring Ring Ring
Max groaned in frustration. She reached inside her backpack for her cell phone.
"We're on our way!" She screamed into the phone. Logan had to hold his away from his ear.
"How far away are you?"
"Bout a block, we'll be there in a minute ok?"
"Ok but hurry!"
Max hung up. Original Cindy and Kendra were staring at her.
"What?" Max asked
"When did you get a cell phone and how come we don't have your number?" Original Cindy asked
"Logan gave me this phone a while ago and you don't have the number because I use it for business!"
"Yeah right, anyway we're here" Kendra opened the door and stepped out, she grabbed her luggage and handed Max her small suitcase. Max took the rest of the suitcases out and headed towards the airport's main entrance.
"There you are! What the hell took you so long? You know Max there's a reason why you're supposed to be at the airport an hour before your flight!" Logan said immediately after he spotted the three girls walking through the doors.
The girls went to check their bags. Original Cindy had one huge suitcase and a small bag with her, Kendra had two medium suitcases and a small one and Max had a big one and a medium one.
"I thought you packed light" Logan whispered to her
"Well winter clothes take up a lot of space and this bag" she pointed to the medium one "is only half full, I couldn't find a smaller one"
Logan and Zack followed the girls. They checked the big bags and kept the small ones, Max also decided to keep the medium one with her.
Since they were already late they rushed through the metal detector. Zack, Kendra and Original Cindy went through with no problem but Logan had to remove his belt, which caused some giggles from a couple of young girls that had obviously been checking him and Zack out.
Max placed her bag on the small x-ray band but the bag was too big to go through the device.
"You have to check this bag" The police officer said
"Aw c'm on, we don't have time for this!"
"Then I'll have someone check it for you. Hey Mickey you busy?"
"No!" Max said "You people are just gonna loose my suitcase!" She was ready to jump on top of the guy and rip his head off but Logan's gentle hand on her shoulder stopped her. He gave her a warning look and she sighed.
"Fine but if that bag is not on MY plane by takeoff someone is gonna be in a hell lot of trouble!" She warned.
***
"Ok guys, I managed to get five tickets, unfortunately they are not together. I have two first class together, two coach together and one coach next to a window." Logan looked at the five tickets and waited for someone to make a suggestion.
"Logan, you and Max should take the first class tickets. After all, this was originally your trip and you are paying for it so it's only fair." Kendra said. Zack had been silent through the whole ordeal but the idea of his Maxie and Logan alone in a private part of the plane was too much.
"Well Kendra maybe you and Original Cindy should take the first class since you have never been on a plane before" Zack quickly suggested but neither one of the girls were comfortable taking the first class tickets so in the end Kendra's suggestion won.
They boarded the plane quickly and sat down on their respective seats.
"What took you so long to get here anyway?" Logan asked Max
"Well, Normal was being an ass! He asked for a doctor's note if we wanted to keep our jobs. I tried calling you but you weren't home and your cell phone wasn't on. Where were you anyway?"
"Zack and I had to get the extra sector passes"
Max smiled "Are you and my brother getting along?"
Logan shook his head "Not at all, we had seven fights in about two hours, you're lucky I'm still alive!"
"What were the fights about?" Max asked. She felt the airplane move and heard Kendra's shriek. She laughed and turned back to Logan.
"Well, one of them was about whether we should go to Albuquerque or not. Zack won that fight so we're not going to Albuquerque, we're going to a small town called Angel Fire, it's really close but far enough from the military base."
"Zack won that fight? How did that happen?" Max teased
"Hey, I can sacrifice my ego for your safety" Logan kissed her nose.
"Aw you're so sweet" She captured his lips with hers and kissed him gently. When they came up for air She rested her head on his shoulder and he toyed with her soft hair.
"My angel, I'll rather kill myself than put you in any kind of risk"
Max smiled "Don't you dare!" She said playfully.
"Logan I love you"
"I love you too angel"
They slept peacefully in each other's arms for the rest of the flight.
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Max stared at the same umbrella for the tenth time.
"Just forget it boo, it's not gonna magically appear" Original Cindy was sitting on her suitcase
"I knew they were going to loose my bag! I'm gonna kick their asses when I get back I swear!"
"Max calm down!" Zack patted her shoulder "We can't attract attention"
Max knew he was right so he tried taking deep breaths.
"Hey, any luck?" Logan was walking towards them
"No, my bag is officially lost. How about you?"
Logan held up a bunch of papers and a key "I got an explorer"
"That'll do." Zack snatched the car key from Logan's hand and walked away.
"We should report your missing bag" Kendra said
"Na, I'm never gonna get it back anyway, we'll just loose another hour. Let's just go"
They all went to the parking lot. A black explorer was waiting for them.
"Black?" Zack shook his head "Could it seem more suspicious?"
"Are you always this paranoid?" Logan shot back
"So now I can't be concerned for the safety of my sister?"
"The safety of your...? You know I'd rather die than see Max suffer!"
"Hey guys stop it! Stop it right now!" Max stepped in between Zack and Logan because Zack looked ready to kill him.
"Now nothing is gonna happen to me ok? I can take care of myself! Now let's go, I'm hungry"
"Her safety?" Kendra asked Original Cindy
"I'll explain later" She answered
Zack was just about to climb into the driver's seat when Logan stopped him
"Do you have any idea of where we're going?" Logan asked. Zack tossed him the key.
"Thank you" Logan got in and opened the passenger's door for Max from the inside. Original Cindy sat between Kendra and Zack.
"I think there is an old Mc Donald's around here somewhere" Logan drove away in search for a fast food restaurant.
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"Ok so I'll have seven Big Macs with cheese, five orders of fries, five sodas, four apple pies and two sundaes." Logan recited
"Anything else?" The lady asked
"Max how can you eat so much and stay so thin?" Kendra asked
"I exercise" Max answered matter of factually
"Ok, here we go" Logan distributed the food, Zack and Max had two burgers, fries, a sundae and an apple pie each. Kendra hadn't ordered a pie.
"Max was there anything important on your bag?" Logan asked between bites.
"Well, just my pills"
"Oh, don't worry, look inside my bag."
"Which bag?" Max asked
"The one by your feet"
Max held her burger with one hand and balanced her fries between her legs. With her free hand she rummaged around his bag and came up with two bottles of Tryptophan.
"Great!"
"You think I would take you on a trip without taking extra Tryptophan? Not after our last experience"
"I've got some too Maxie, that's not a problem" Zack said. He searched his jacket pocket and showed her a half-full bottle. His seizures were not as frequent as Max's so he really didn't need the pills that much.
"You have a neurological condition too?" Kendra asked
"Hum yeah, it's a family thing." Zack answered.
Everyone was silent for a minute.
"Hey, how bout some music?" Logan asked
"I'll check your CD's" Max dug into his bag again and took out a bunch of CD's. She chose one and popped it into the stereo. Missy Elliot's voice sounded all over the car.
"I didn't know you owned this kind of CD's Logan" Original Cindy smiled
"He doesn't, that's mine" Max said and turned up the volume. Original Cindy raised an eyebrow but kept quiet.
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Max was bored. She turned around and found Kendra resting her head against the door and Original Cindy resting against Kendra. They were both asleep. Zack's head was thrown back, his eyes were closed. He might have been asleep.
Max decided to have some fun. Logan was tapping his fingers against the wheel in time with the music. "Hot boy" was playing and Max got an idea. She checked that everyone had their seatbelts on and then placed her hand on Logan's knee. Logan smiled and looked through the mirror to make sure that everyone was asleep or at least pretending to be.
What's your name, cause I'm impressed?
Can you treat me good, I won't settle for less
You a hot boy, a rock boy
A fun toy, tote a glock boy
Where you live, is it by yourself?
Can I move with you, do you need some help?
I cook boy, I'll give you more
I'm a fly girl, and I like those
He took Max's hand and interlaced his fingers with hers. He let go of her hand for a second to make a turn and Max took that opportunity to slide her hand further up and cup him.
Logan yelped and lost control of the wheel, quickly getting it back but not before slamming everyone against the doors.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Zack yelled from the back seat. Original Cindy was sprawled over him, trying to regain her balance.
"Logan did you fall asleep on the wheel?" Kendra asked, she rubbed her elbow and Original Cindy rubbed her stomach where Kendra's elbow had hurt her.
Logan glared at Max, she was trying so hard not to laugh that she was turning red.
"Hum maybe I should drive Logan, you seem to be pretty... distracted"
Logan opened the door and stepped out, Max did the same.
They met at the front of the car.
"Try to hide the evidence baby" Max whispered and pointed at his arousal
"Payback is gonna be a bitch" Logan whispered back
"Oh I'm not worried, I don't get distracted that easily"
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"How could you not see the hole? It takes up half of the fucking road!" Zack tried pushing the car but the hole was too deep.
"Well, I'm tired!" Max tried to come up with an excuse
"You are never that tired"
"Well it's dark out here and it's raining, I didn't see it!"
"You have night vision!" Zack exclaimed loudly
"Night vision?" Kendra asked. She was still inside the car with Logan and Original Cindy
"Night vision... goggles! Cool stuff, you should try them some time!" Logan got out of the car and was by Max's side in a second.
"Keep it down guys, Kendra is asking questions."
"Max, let's just lift this thing, you can come up with an excuse later" Zack pleaded
"No, it's hard to keep stuff from her as it is, I don't need her to get suspicious at our freaky strength ok?"
Zack sighed "Well, maybe if we stick some rocks under the wheel we can get it to turn or something."
"Great!" Max grabbed a couple of rocks and twigs, she put them on the puddle of mud under the wheel
"This is absolutely disgusting!" Max whipped her dirty hands on her pants.
"Ok Logan, tell one of the girls to step on the accelerator gently" Zack said stepping back a little
Logan tapped on the window and asked Kendra to move to the driver's seat and step on the accelerator. She climbed into it and dug her foot into the pedal sending mud flying in every direction.
Logan cringed "Hum, I think they got the car out"
He climbed into the back seat with the girls.
Zack opened the driver's seat and got in, then he said without even bothering to turn around "do I need to explain the meaning of the word lightly to you?"
Zack and Max were covered in mud from head to toe and Max looked pissed. She slammed the passenger's door shut and the whole car shook with the strength of the impact
"Max I..."
"Shut up Logan"
Logan held his hands up in resignation and kept quiet for the rest of the ride but he couldn't wipe the smug smile from his face.
'Payback is a bitch'
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Thank you so much everyone that reviewed the last chapter, I promise I'll post the next one soon and I'll try to give Zack something else to do even though the story will still be pretty Max/Logan centered.
PLEASE REVIEW THIS CHAPTER! I'm a very insecure person (this is a little bit embarassing to admit but it's true) so the reviews really encourage me