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Chapter 2

"I can't believe you met the great-great-great grandson of Al Capone." Asha giggled in that annoying girlie manner that Max had always hated.
Alec leaned over the front seat, from his spot next to Max in the back, "He wasn't all that like most people think. Just an old man, who had a penchant for butting into other people's lives." Like someone else I know. He thought with a soft chuckle, daring a sideways glance at Logan in the driver's seat.
Two hours! Two whole boring hours in this damn car! Max screamed inside her head. And we have at least one more to go!
Logan joined in on the conversation, after about a half hour of silence on his part. "Didn't he die a few years ago?"
Max and Alec looked at each other.
Max nodded at him and changed the subject, catching the look in his eyes. Knowing with that one look exactly HOW he died. "So how exactly does this baby selling ring operate?"
"Actually Maxie I believe Logan said it was a child smuggling ring." Alec corrected her, smiling as the venom flashed through her dark eyes. His own blue green ones, lighting up with mischief.
"Baby selling ring!" She insisted.
"Child smugglers!" Alec shot back.
"Baby selling ring!"
"Child smugglers!"
"Baby selling ring!"
"Child…" Alec started to inch closer to her, backing her up against the door and window, when Asha interrupted them.
"You're both right! Now SHUT UP!"
Max rolled her eyes and spoke in a tone so soft the average ear couldn't pick it up with a hearing aid, "Someone has her panties in a twist."
Alec however, didn't have the average ear, and smiled softly, "Maybe Logan can untwist them for her when we get to the hotel?"
Max's face turned bright red, whether with rage or another emotion wasn't discernable. "You perv." She hissed, pushing him away from her.
Seeing how she had superhuman strength, Alec went flying across the car with a loud thud, a small crack now in the window.
"Lucky for you I don't bruise easily." Alec chuckled, rubbing the back of his head.

Logan looked at the two of them through the rearview mirror. Couldn't those two ever get along? Maybe they enjoyed fighting? Like Asha said the other night, like foreplay. What?! NO, Max loves me she would never be attracted to a guy like Alec. He cleared his throat, "Um, are you two children going to behave on this little trip or am I going to have to put you both in time out?"
Asha laughed out loud. Oh Logan is so funny, cute to in that brooding computer geek sort of way, not in a sexy genetically engineered perfection sort of way Alec was, but hey some people like chocolate and some people like vanilla. She glanced at Alec then at Logan, her heart skipping a beat as she gazed at the latter. I must be a vanilla girl. "They have psychologist on staff to talk with perspective parents so be ready for the third degree."
Max shrugged, shocked that Logan had actually made a joke. He's usually so serious. "If I could handle Renfro and her re-indoctrination, I think I can handle a few psycho-babbly type questions."
Alec looked over at Max. Hell she could handle anything, he thought, even White if it came down to it. You can never keep a good bitch down. There's more to her than that and you know it! He scolded himself. Yeah like a nice ass and a great pair of legs.
Unlike earlier, this time Alec did lick his lips.
Logan, who had been glancing back at them noticed, "Hungry?"
"Huh? What?" Alec said jerking his body to face front, "Oh um yeah kind of." He glanced back over at Max, who was looking back at him, a funny look on her face. But not for food, he thought wickedly.

Oh god, Max groaned inwardly.
She tried to turn back to whatever Logan was saying to her but she couldn't. Not after the flash of desire that went through her when Alec licked his lips. I wonder what he can do with that tongue. Shit! You love Logan, you love Logan, you love Logan. She repeated internally.
"Max?"
"What?" She snapped, almost harshly, coming out of her funk.
Logan and Asha jumped at her tone, slightly shocked.
"Where did you just go there?" Logan smiled at her through the mirror.
Max put on her best fake smile, "Thinking of you of course." Liar, liar, dirty little liar.
Logan smiled back, and Asha and Alec rolled their eyes.
"We are almost there," Asha piped up as they passed a roadside sign, "we need to think of reason's we can't have children."
"Asha's right." Logan added, not noticing the way Asha beamed at his praise, "We want to be prepared."
Alec leaned towards Max, placing his hand on her knee, "Well snookems, what should our problem be?" He asked as she pushed his hand away from her knee, "It's obviously not for a lack of trying, the way you can't seem to keep your hands off me."
Max turned to him and smiled, "Oh cupcake, that's easy…you just shoot blanks."
Logan's mouth dropped and he almost lost control of the car, "That's hitting below the belt Max."
Asha bit her lip, "Literally." She choked on her laughter.