Max woke up first at 6:00. She remembered where she was, more
importantly who else was where she was, even more importantly why they were
where they were, and most importantly, what had happened where they were.
"Crap!" she shouted, waking Logan up.
"Mmmphh…," he groaned. "Whassamatter?"
"I really hope no one else is awake yet, 'cause I have to walk out of YOUR room to get to the kitchen and everything's gonna be pretty obvious if they haven't figured it all out already!"
"So? Do we care if they know?" Was she embarrassed by him?
"I…I don't know…I just don't want to…not yet, Zack would freak, he'd probably try to kill you or something!"
Logan frowned. She had a point. A stubborn, Max-ish kind of point, but still a point. He was not too fond of being attacked violently by enraged killing ma – no, no, he wasn't gonna think like that about ANY of them, even Zack, or else he'd have two after him, since Max didn't take to kindly to "thing," "it," "killing machine," "furry little friends," or anything like that.
"Sneak out there and see. I don't hear anything, maybe everyone's still asleep," he said hopefully.
"Right. Logan, we're X-5s…they probably never even went to sleep in the first place!" Max looked like this thought had just occurred to her. Still, she crept to the door and peered out. There was apparently nobody there, because she darted out and into her own room and collapsed on the bed with a sigh of relief.
Max waited about an hour and then left her room. Everybody else was up already.
"Mornin'!" Alec greeted brightly. Zack didn't. Nobody really seemed to suspect anything, but the look in Logan's eyes would have given it all away if they looked at him. Max warned him with her eyes and helped herself to eggs that he had made for breakfast.
"Sleep well?" Logan asked.
Max choked and spewed coffee all over. Alec helpfully whacked her on the back, so she returned the favor. "Oww!" he exclaimed, rubbing his head.
Luckily, nobody seemed to suspect anything even now. "Uh, I slept okay…sleeping at all is good for me, I guess," she answered Logan. He winked.
"So, I figured we'd go back and try again to catch our snoop?"
"Kay," Max replied. "In a while, though? I'm kinda tired," she added, forgetting that she had slept well.
"Crap!" she shouted, waking Logan up.
"Mmmphh…," he groaned. "Whassamatter?"
"I really hope no one else is awake yet, 'cause I have to walk out of YOUR room to get to the kitchen and everything's gonna be pretty obvious if they haven't figured it all out already!"
"So? Do we care if they know?" Was she embarrassed by him?
"I…I don't know…I just don't want to…not yet, Zack would freak, he'd probably try to kill you or something!"
Logan frowned. She had a point. A stubborn, Max-ish kind of point, but still a point. He was not too fond of being attacked violently by enraged killing ma – no, no, he wasn't gonna think like that about ANY of them, even Zack, or else he'd have two after him, since Max didn't take to kindly to "thing," "it," "killing machine," "furry little friends," or anything like that.
"Sneak out there and see. I don't hear anything, maybe everyone's still asleep," he said hopefully.
"Right. Logan, we're X-5s…they probably never even went to sleep in the first place!" Max looked like this thought had just occurred to her. Still, she crept to the door and peered out. There was apparently nobody there, because she darted out and into her own room and collapsed on the bed with a sigh of relief.
Max waited about an hour and then left her room. Everybody else was up already.
"Mornin'!" Alec greeted brightly. Zack didn't. Nobody really seemed to suspect anything, but the look in Logan's eyes would have given it all away if they looked at him. Max warned him with her eyes and helped herself to eggs that he had made for breakfast.
"Sleep well?" Logan asked.
Max choked and spewed coffee all over. Alec helpfully whacked her on the back, so she returned the favor. "Oww!" he exclaimed, rubbing his head.
Luckily, nobody seemed to suspect anything even now. "Uh, I slept okay…sleeping at all is good for me, I guess," she answered Logan. He winked.
"So, I figured we'd go back and try again to catch our snoop?"
"Kay," Max replied. "In a while, though? I'm kinda tired," she added, forgetting that she had slept well.