What the !*$% is going on?
By Sinful Starlet
Disclaimer: once more for the record - not mine, never will be, yadda yadda yadda!
Rating: who knows?! R - probably!
Summary: My version of how Dawg Day Afternoon should really have gone for all you Max/Alec shippers out there! Oh yeah - and just for originality - Max goes into heat!
Author's note: A few home truths revealed in this one! It's basically the *slap your head and say 'doh!* chapter! *SS*
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PART #3
"So you gonna tell me what's going on?", OC said as she pulled off her jacket and dumped it on the sofa. "What?", Max said, feigning ignorance and suddenly becoming very interested in the soda that she had just grabbed from the fridge. "Why you made us both just haul ass outta there when it's barely 10:00! You know OC's brand of honey don't generally get there till at least 10:30!" Max cursed under her breath and flopped down on to the sofa, followed by Cindy a few seconds later. She knew she was going to have to say something, she just didn't exactly know where to start.
They had gone to Crash after work that night - same as always, meeting up with Sketchy and Alec when they got there. The early part of the evening had gone fairly well anyway - her and OC sat at their table laughing while Alec beat Sketchy something merciless at pool. It wasn't so much of a problem for Sketchy anymore though, not since Alec had insisted that they didn't play for money, he said he was actually starting to feel bad about taking the guy's pay cheques!
Alec looked up at one point and caught Max's eye as she looked over in his general direction. He gave her a genuine smile for once - not a grin or his trademark smirk, but a real smile. And she had to admit that it felt good. Being here with her friends, which did now include Alec, she would agree. He was still a pain in the ass sometimes, but she was starting to see a new side of him that wasn't so bad.
She kept telling herself that her new opinion of him was entirely due to the way he had been behaving recently - looking out for her, being so understanding about Ben and all that. But if she was going to be completely honest with herself, she would have to say that that wasn't the whole truth. No matter what she would resolutely try and tell herself - the way he looked wasn't exactly a problem for him. He moved round the pool table to make a shot and again, Max found her eyes drawn towards his ass as he leaned over the table.
Luckily OC didn't catch her in that, she thought, but she did distract her then. "Hey heads up boo - Logan just walked in". Without making it too obvious, Max swivelled on her chair and saw Logan sitting by the bar obviously looking in her direction...and Alec's. "Crap", Max swore, she was going to have to put on a little show for him if she was going to get out of there without him stopping her. She stood up, quietly telling OC to come with her, saying she had to leave - but there was something she had to do first. OC wasn't entirely sure what she was doing as she walked over to the pool table. Max just said goodnight to Sketchy, hugging him for a second, then she turned to Alec.
She could tell Logan was watching so she was going to have to make this good. She said goodnight to him too and he seemed to pick up the whole vibe from her and Sketchy so he pulled her into a loose hug - not wanting to freak her out. In the end though, it was her who did that all by herself. She felt him starting to pull back from the hug, and she knew Logan wasn't gonna buy that that was the way she said goodnight to her new boyfriend, so just as he was moving back out of reach, she quickly leaned in and kissed him tenderly on the cheek.
OC eventually got the point, and quickly grabbed Max's arm, leading her towards the door, leaving Alec to just call out a "goodnight" rather confusedly! "She's a total mystery", Sketchy said in understanding, slapping Alec on the shoulder, "Our lady Max?", he went on, "I thought she hated you!" Alec just laughed it off, letting Sketchy get the first shot at their next game. No one else could have heard as he muttered under his breath, "So did I".
"So what was that exactly?", OC prompted again, seeing Max had gone off into a daydream. "Well Logan was right there - I'd just told him that I was seeing Alec now. If I'd have just left he would have known I was making it up". "And what about hot boy?", OC asked, Max fought an awkward smile as she knew she was talking about Alec. "What's he gonna think?" "God I don't know!", Max sighed, sinking back into the sofa and fanning herself lightly with her hand.
"Well I didn't want to be the one to say it boo", OC said, backing away a little, not sure how Max would take this, "but that looked like a little more than play acting to me!" Max turned to look at her, but she couldn't say anything - she couldn't deny it. OC sighed and rolled her eyes, "Don't tell me that actually meant something to you?!" "Yes...no...I don't know!", Max sighed again, exasperated, "but it...", she hesitated, "...it was...nice Cind' - y'know?"
"Yeah I dimly recall 'nice'!", OC joked, "But this is Alec you're talking about!" "Believe me - I know!", Max said, smiling now, "'Awkward, irritating, pain in the ass--" "And seriously hot' Alec!", OC interrupted. "Seriously hot?!", Max questioned incredulously, "Did you just have a life-altering experience I should know about?" "I didn't mean for me!", OC replied, playfully hitting Max's arm, "But then I wasn't the one who couldn't take my eyes off the boy's ass all night!"
Max couldn't help it then - no matter how much she tried to protest it, a blush rose to her cheeks and she grabbed a magazine to fan her face with (deciding her hand wasn't effective enough). "You okay boo?", OC asked, starting to look concerned. She reached out a hand and laid it against Max's forehead. "Jeez sugar!", she said, even more concerned, "You're burning up!" That brought Max back to reality with a bang - her whole day swimming into focus again. "Oh God!", she breathed, "I'm in heat again!"
PART #4
"You sure boo?", OC asked seriously, "'Cause this don't seem like last time - back then you were about ready to jump anything male that moved - now it seems like you're only interested in one of them!" Max sat back, wiping her hand distractedly against her face. Cindy was right - she hadn't been having her normal heat reactions to Sketchy or Normal or even Logan that day, so what was going on with her and Alec?
Alec. Unbidden, an image of him flashed into her mind as she had seen him that morning, still searching for his elusive shirt. She remembered the way his muscles had stood out, defining his chest, arms and back perfectly. And his ass as he had lain down for her to remove his barcode, or when he was at Crash, leaning over the pool table. Or that kiss she thought...his skin had been so warm, and the taste..."Oh God!", she exclaimed, running for the shower. OC rolled her eyes, "Here we go again!"
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The next morning, after about her eighth cold shower in twenty minutes, Max was finally dressed and in a reasonably fit state to leave the apartment. OC wasn't sure about her going out at all, remembering all too well what had happened the last time she was in heat, but she also knew there was no point trying to argue with her. "Look", Max said, still trying to convince her, "so far the only guy I seem to be interested right now is Alec - though God knows why!"
Cindy frowned, she could tell that there was something happening between Max and Alec, even if Max couldn't. "So as long as I stay away from him everything's cool", Max went on. "Fine", Cindy said, "but what if you suddenly get around to noticing other male types? Then what?" "I'll page you and you can come take me home", Max reasoned. OC still wasn't entirely convinced but she could see that was going to have to be enough. "So all's you gotta do is stay away from Alec for a few days right?", she asked, "So where you headed now?" "Joshua's", Max replied instantly. "Joshua's?", OC asked sceptically, "Joshua's where Alec just happens to be staying right now?"
Max swore under her breath, realising that she had actually remembered that all too well. "He's probably out already", she argued, "and believe me - I'm the last person that wants to see anything happen between the two of us!" 'Yeah right!' OC thought, thinking Logan'd have something to say about that. "Trust me - I think I can manage to stay away from him for a few days - shouldn't be that hard!" 'Yeah', OC thought as Max made her way over to Joshua's house, 'works in theory...'
Max chained her bike up outside Joshua's house and walked inside, calling out to him. There was no reply though, so she half-reluctantly called out for Alec too, but he didn't answer either. That was bizarre she thought, Joshua should be home at least. She took the opportunity to explore a little more of the house as she checked the rooms for any sign of him, barely realising when her feet led her to one room in particular.
The heat took over a little as she pushed the door open, not even bothering to knock, but he wasn't there. She felt a moan deep in her throat as she took in the sight and scent of the room. Unmistakably Alec, through and through. She allowed herself a brief moment, sitting down on the mattress, blankets all mussed up from the night before. A t-shirt was lying on top of the sheets and she picked it up, bringing it closer to her. His scent was stronger on that shirt, it was obviously the one he had just slept in and Max moaned as her mind conjured up all kinds of mental pictures entirely inappropriate for her at that moment.
She shook the thoughts off as quickly as she could, needing to get the hell out of that room, which she did, closing the door firmly behind her. She breathed deeply, brushing her hair out of her face. 'What was going on?', she thought. She loved Logan right? But she couldn't get Alec out of her head, especially now that she knew his scent. Before the sight of him had been enough to get her going, but now she was completely over the edge, and she knew she had to get out of not just the room, but the whole house.
The slightest thing reminded her of him, and it was seriously not helping! She kept telling herself that this wasn't what she wanted to happen with Alec, her familiar 'we're not like that' mantra coming in very handy. She tried to focus on the problem in hand - where was Joshua? She quickly checked the rest of the house, and he definitely wasn't in. She figured probably the best thing to do would just be to stay put and wait for him, thinking he couldn't be that long, and the only person she could call about him, she really didn't want to.
Just the thought of that deep, sexy voice started doing funny things to her all over again, so - needing a distraction fairly urgently, she grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. It was just another news report talking about the transgenics, she was about to change the channel when something flashed up on the screen. "And here we have it", the newsman was saying, "this is an artists rendering of the transgenic based on the eye witness reports given to the police. Just to recap this story once again - the transgenic escaped into the sewers early this morning taking a young blind woman with him, we can only guess as a hostage".
But by then Max had stopped listening to the words, seeing only the drawing on the screen. "Joshua!", she breathed, clicking the TV off and running for the door. But she wasn't the only one to see that newscast. Both Logan and Alec saw it too. Alec was standing in Jam Pony talking to Sketchy when it came through, and he ran out as quickly as he could without drawing any undue attention. Logan had just been sitting eating a late breakfast when he saw it. He automatically reached for his cell phone, dialling all but the last digit of her number before he changed his mind and grabbed his car keys instead.
AN. Ooh tension! See I was going to leave it at the end of part three, but loads of people told me I was evil with my cliffhangers on my last story, so I was a bit kinder this time right?! *SS*
