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: Almost there now! And heaps of drama in this part! *SS*
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PART #11
It was hours later that afternoon that Alec lay awake in her bed. The last few hours had been unbelievable - neither of them had ever had an experience with a lover like that before, and Alec had to smile when he realised that he had managed to wear Max out. She was sleeping peacefully lying next to him, her head rested on his chest, her arm draped round his waist. Alec never wanted the moment to end, but he knew he was going to have to leave at some point. And he was starting to feel guilty.
However right it had seemed in the 'heat' of the moment - pardoning the horrible pun - what would Max think when she woke up? He thought he had seen something in her eyes - the way she had looked at him when they were...He shook off that thought, needing to focus on something else. However much she had told him that this was what she wanted - was she really sure? Could she really have made that kind of conscious decision when she was in heat.
He mentally slapped himself. She was probably going to hate him when she woke up. He could tell from the feel of her face against his chest that her heat was over now. Consummation with another X5 ended the heat cycle very effectively Alec remembered, so now she was herself again, and he realised he had no clue how she was going to react when she did at last wake up. The thought of her being mad with him for taking advantage of her - hating him for what he did, he could hardly bear it.
He realised, probably too late, he thought, that he genuinely loved Max. He didn't just like her, or want to keep her safe, he truly loved her. He had let himself care for her in a way he never thought he would again after Rachel's death. He realised he had to get out of there. He would leave her a note, but he had to clear out - give her some time to think or something. He slowly, and very reluctantly lifted her still sleeping head off him and laid her down against the pillows, drawing the sheet up closer around her so she wouldn't catch cold.
Then he turned his attention to the matter of his clothes. It took him about another five minutes to actually find them all. He and Max had been a little too wild in their haste, but finally he retrieved his last boot and finished dressing. He stopped then, bending down to kiss Max's cheek one last time and then he made his way towards the bedroom door...
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"Are you sure about this?", he asked as they stepped into the room. "I'm telling ya", OC replied, "Original Cindy knows what she's talking about". Logan frowned as he closed the door behind him, still not entirely convinced. After talking to Alec that morning, OC had decided to take a more pro-active position in helping Max through her heat and had gone over to see Logan.
She explained the whole thing, silently praying that Max would forgive her later as she explained that Max and Alec weren't a thing at all. She told him everything, how Max had lied so that she could break up with Logan so that he would be safe, and everything that Alec had told her that morning about the genetic X5 attraction. "Trust me", OC said again, not noticing the somewhat messed state of the apartment, "the two of you need to sit down and sort out all your issues - it'll get Max's mind off Alec too".
Logan still wasn't entirely convinced, but he guessed OC did have a point so he nodded in agreement. OC smiled, walking round the apartment looking for Max. She checked the bathroom, which was empty so she figured Max must have gone back to bed or something. She moved past Logan through the living room and reached for the bedroom door...
PART #12
Alec mentally died as the door opened - it was bad enough seeing the look of hurt and betrayal on OC's face, but seeing Logan there as well...Max really was going to kill him now. "Logan, OC", he started, trying to pre-empt them, "I can expl--" Surprisingly it was actually OC that looked the most mad, going red in the face and yelling at him for all she was worth, "Don't even think you can explain this! I can't believe you would do something like this to her! You make me sick, boy!"
Unsurprisingly enough, all the noise woke Max up and she very quickly came to. She sat up, pulling the sheet round her as she tried to make sense of the scene there. OC looked on the verge of tears but seriously pissed off, Logan's face looked like thunder and Alec...'oh God' she thought. He took one look at her, seeing the shock in her face and ran for the front door. She jumped off the bed, wrapping the sheet round her to cover her up, calling for him to come back, but the only sound was the door slamming.
It was only now that Logan managed to speak, barely able to look Max in the eye, "I always knew he was no good, but I never thought he'd stoop that low!" If anything, OC was even more shocked as Max yelled at Logan to shut up. "Christ Logan you have no idea what happened here today - who the hell are you to judge him?" Logan had never been so hurt as he was when she said those words, but he hid it as well as he could. "It was obviously a mistake coming here today", he said quickly, also walking for the door, calling back, "next time Cindy - don't call", as he too slammed the door behind him.
Max sank back on the bed then, tears forming at the corner of her eyes. How had things ever got this screwed up? The one guy she thought she had ever loved would probably never speak to her again, but she could barely bring herself to care. She was too worried about Alec. Cindy, who was also crying by now, sat down next to Max, wrapping an arm round her shoulder, but Max shrugged it off instantly. "What the hell did you say to him?", she snapped angrily, and for the first time, OC was actually afraid of her best friend.
"W-what?", she stammered, too shocked to answer properly. "Alec!", Max yelled, "What did you say to Alec?" OC finally got the message then, her boo had come out of heat and she had backed the wrong guy, just destroying the first chance Max had for a happy relationship. "Boo I am so sorry", she said, the tears coming faster and faster, "I didn't know - I thought he was taking advantage of you and I---". She couldn't speak after that, the tears overtaking her, and Max softened, pulling her into a hug and holding her tightly.
"It's not your fault", she said soothingly, lifting OC's head up so she had to look at her, "you were just looking out for your boo - and I love you for that". OC pulled back, wiping her face with her hands, trying to make sense of everything that had just happened. "So what did happen between the two of you?" "He called me and explained a few home truths", Max said, OC nodding as she understood, "and then I found him standing right outside our front door. He asked me if I was sure that this was what I wanted and in that second, I just knew that it was".
"You know what happened next", she supplied, gesturing to the sheet wrapped round her, "and it was wonderful - I guess we really are a match!", she joked, knowing that OC would remember her story about them being breeding partners at Manticore. "So then I showed up with Logan, trying to save the day, and I ended up scaring away the guy you actually are in love with, and making the other guy unwilling to talk to you anymore!", OC replied, with a weak smile, "Well that worked well huh?!"
"I didn't say I was in love with him", Max said quietly, if rather pointlessly. "So you're not? It was just the heat making you crazy?", OC said, playing along. Max smiled, "No - I guess that's what I thought at first, but it's really not", she said, sighing, "as messed up as I'm sure it sounds to you, I really am in love with him. Though after this afternoon, I think I'll be lucky if he even talks to me again!" "I don't think that'll be a problem!", OC said, smiling more happily now, "Go on", she said, gently urging Max into a standing position, "go get your boy back!"
AN. I know - I'm evil! I made OC cry! Almost at the end now though! *SS*
