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AN: Thanks everyone for the reviews. I really appreciate them. This chapter contains the hole idea of Logan's legs from 'She aint heavy' but nothing else. The hole thing with the clone didn't happen in my story. Oh and just to say something does anyone else agree that Asha was a real bitch telling Logan that Max and Alec were together?



They ate there meal both knowing that they had a serious talk coming up, but both ignoring the fact too. While they ate they enjoyed themselves. They talked and joked and laughed. they let themselves be happy just being together. Then after dinner they sat down in the livingroom with coffee and for a while they were both silent not knowing what to say how to start the conversation. Eventually Logan started it with something that was sort of positive, something Max was sure to agree with. "We need to do this more often, you know talk have fun. Just spend time together."

"I know Logan I missed us like this, like we used to be together." Max said then added another thing of her own. "We need to talk more be more open with each other."

Logan nodded then added something, "And when something happens we can't just get pissy with the other person."

"Hey I don't get pissy!" Max said earning a look from Logan. "Well I'm not as bad as you are."

"That's why I said US and not YOU." Logan explained.

"Oh"

"I mean we have seriously drifted and we are both at fault." Logan added hoping Max wouldn't get upset.

"I know"

Logan decided to change the subject they had agreed on the problem and that they were going to try to fix that, now he wanted to know about fixing a very big problem. "You have been looking for a cure on your own right?" Max nodded her head. "So have I, but we should look together." Max nodded again then thought of something.

"When you get frustrated you need to talk to me about it Logan." Max said in a soft voice.

"And when you get scared you need to talk to me." Logan said in the same tone. He wanted to touch her right at that instant just to take her hand and let her know that it would be ok. But sitting there looking at the love in each other's eyes, they knew that it would be ok anyway. Now they could survive this. They could survive almost anything.

"I love you." Max said. To anyone else this would have seemed like it came out of nowhere, it's not like he had just said something or done something incredibly sweet, or they were going, which is when most people would say I love you. But not to them, they both knew that sometimes they just got an urge to tell the other to try to make them know just how much they loved them. "I need to make sure that I tell you that often enough.

"I need to make sure you never have a reason or even a chance to doubt, how much I love you." Logan said with soft husky voice.

"Logan that's really sweet...but we have to be careful with this. You need to get that Logan, like you can't do the hole touching me with a glove on all the time, it is too dangerous." she had finally said what neither one of them wanted to bring up. The risk of him dying in all of this.

"Honey it's worth the risk." Logan said not loosing that soft tone of voice.

"No, it's not worth risking your life Logan." Max said needing him to understand this.

"Shouldn't I decide that it is my life." Logan said not getting defensive, but definitely loosing that soft tone he had a second ago.

"What if it was mine. You wouldn't risk it then would you?" He shook his head. "Then you shouldn't ask me to risk yours. If you don't care if you die, then think of the pain it would cause me to loose you. The pain you went through when you thought you lost me, are you willing to risk hurting me that way?"

"I *never* want to hurt you." Logan said almost urgently. He needed her to get that after what had happened earlier.

"Then we need to be more careful Logan."

"Ok, but we still need to be together, spend more time together. Speaking of time Max it's getting really late."

"Your right," Max said looking at her watch. "I should probably go."

"Stay." Logan simply stated.

"Logan, remember careful?" Max said in an incredulous voice.

"Max, remember guestroom?" He said with the same tone only with a mocking edge to it. Then after seeing the death glare of Max's he added. "Just stay with me a while longer Logan, then decide."

"That I can do." She said and he breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled at her as he got up to clear their coffee cups.

"Logan?" Max called to him.

"Yeah?" He called back from the kitchen.

"Your not wearing the exo?" She asked as he was walking back in the room towards her.

"umm.. well, no I'm not." He replied, he hadn't told her about this yet.

"How?"

"Joshua's blood." He replied simply.

"It's still working? My transfusion didn't last you this long." Max said looking down at his legs.

"Yeah I am seeing Sam about it tomorrow."

"What do you think is going on?"

"I have no idea." Logan said honestly. "This has been different then with you. I could walk right afterwards. And yeah it is lasting longer."

"I wish I could give you a foot rub like last time, to see what you can feel." Max said with a despondent look.

"Maybe someday." Logan said giving them what they both needed when it came to the virus. What they had both been lacking, and caused them to drift. Hope.


AN: I know it has been a while since I posted. Life and classes and everything is just
really sucky right now. Please review cheer me up.