Love to Hate You, Hate to Love You

By: Anndee

Disclaimer: Dark Angel is the property of James Cameron (I don't care, I loved Titanic) and Eglee. Don't sue, you wouldn't get much (maybe my Beatles Box set but I would have to hunt you down and steal it back, besides JC, you can afford your own).

AN: If you are reading this then I finally got through and was able to upload. There aren't words that can express how frustrated I was with , well yes there is but they are not very polite. Wrote this like TWO weeks ago, hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 17

Asha ran a hand through her flaxen hair as she watched Logan hang up the phone with his connection at the Police Department. "So?" She asked tying the sash of her robe more tightly.

Logan turned, tightening his own robe, "All the kids are being safely returned to their parents."

Asha smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist, "Good. Logan?" She asked now somewhat timid.

"I know, I know, I need to talk to Max." He sighed.

"That would probably be a good idea." An icy voice said from the entryway.

Logan and Asha both turned at the sound of the voice, "MAX?!"

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Asha and Logan came entered the living room, now completely clothed.

Max leaned against the arm of the couch tapping her foot with impatient anger.

"Look Max." Logan began to explain himself.

Max held up a hand, her pretty brown eyes not hiding their underlying anger, "You still love me but your not in love with me, yadayadayada- schmacketyschmackety. Don't bother I get that and THAT'S not what is making me so angry."

Logan and Asha looked at each other, identical expressions of bewildered confusion on their faces, "It's not?"

Max rolled her eyes then stiffened as she heard the familiar voice intrude.

"We having a party and forget to invite the most exiting member of our little club, I'm hurt." Alec sauntered into the room with a cheeky grin.

"How come I haven't met a transgenic yet who knows how to knock?" Logan muttered, "What do you want Alec?"

"Is it so hard to believe I just wanted the pleasure of your company Logi-bear?" Alec asked, then chuckled, "Yeah I guess it is.I just wanted to know if the last few days of playing house worked out the way you planned?"

"Yeah the kids are being returned as we speak." Logan answered flippantly.

Alec raised a tawny brow, looking from a somewhat agitated Logan, to an obviously confused and bewildered Asha to a seething and annoyed Max. Oh what ever this is could be so much fun, he thought as he walked over to stand by Max, "Hey Pookie," he grinned at her, "Why the long face? Miss me already?"

Oh soldier boy, if you only knew. Max thought with an internal sigh. "Um Alec maybe we should take a walk or something, these two need to talk." Asha said motioning for them to leave Logan and Max alone.

Alec looked at them all surprised, "Figures I would appear right after he finally tells her; come on Asha let's get out of the line of fire. No Manticore pun intended." He said starting to follow her out of the apartment, he got to the front door before he heard the unleashing of Max's fury.

"Alec knew? Alec knew you were screwing Asha, and I had no clue?" Max yelled, keeping her distance afraid she would forget herself in her anger and lash out at him with a slap. "You and Asha were probably laughing at me behind my back at how clueless I was."

Alec and Asha looked at each other, neither caring that they were ease dropping. Logan looked at Max, a pained expression on his face, "Max it wasn't like that. It just happened. I thought for sure that Alec would of told you as soon as he found out, but I guess he actually has more tact then I gave him credit for. I didn't know how to tell you. I didn't want to hurt you."

Max rolled her eyes, "Funny thing is Logan you did, but not because you fell in love with Asha and started to do the bump and grind, but because you weren't honest with me, and to think I came over here to be honest with YOU!" Alec and Asha's eyebrows rose.

Logan gave her a confused look, "About what?"

"Well it was going to go something like, I'm so sorry for hurting you Logan but I just don't feel that way about you anymore, I still love you but I'm not IN love with you. But now I feel more like saying, you dishonest prick while I was busy feeling guilty for having feelings of desire for someone else, you were having the exact same feelings for Asha, or oh I have a better one." Max's brown eyes flashed with rage and hurt, "While you were probably here in your nice comfy apartment fucking Asha, I was in a run down motel room having a 24 hour screw fest with Alec."

Logan's mouth opened and closed over and over as Max rushed past him.

Asha stared wide-eyed at Alec as Max ran by them.

Alec grinned and shrugged his shoulders at the two remaining occupants of the apartment, "What can I say where there's smoke there's fire."