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: Yeah is finally back up, I've uploaded the old notebook versions of chapters 16 and 17 in Word format. Thanks to all those that have reviewed this story, loved them all, some made me laugh like crazy. It's been hard to finish this story since was down for so long so I didn't get the inspirational reviews I had been accustomed to. This is the last installment, but I'm thinking of writing a sequel, what do you guys think?

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Chapter 19

Max looked up at the man she had finally admitted, to herself and to him, that she loved. She looked up at him and waited, and waited, and waited.

Alec stared down at her; he didn't blink and he hardly breathed.

Shit! Shit! Max's mind screamed as her heart started to pound. Oh god he's going to laugh at me, tell me he just wants to be my friend and nothing more. "Alec for god's sake say something please!" Max whispered, "I just let my bitch guard down and placed my fucking heart on a platter and served it to you."

Holy shit! No fucking way! Alec's mind whirled, she loves me! She really fucking loves me! Slowly a small, somewhat triumphant smile spread over his lips, "I'll tell you what Maxie, I'll accept that heart filled platter if you do me one favor."

Her heart still pounding Max nodded, "I may regret this considering some of the favors you've asked for in the past but name it."

He stepped up so their bodies were flush against each other and lifted a hand to softly caress her beautiful face, "I'll take your heart if you take mine." He whispered and leaned down to softly brush his lips against hers.

Her world spun as his lips and hers tenderly touched, not even when she had been in heat had she felt so affected. But that had been hormones and not heart. "Deal." She whispered and leaned up to meet her lips delicately with his.

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With the rain pouring outside the bedroom window some short minutes later Max made love to someone for the first time in her life. She had never been with someone she cared so much about, and she was actually grateful that she wasn't in heat this time because then it would have been all about the itch that needed scratching and not the tender words of love or passionate kisses and caresses, it wouldn't not have been the most sensual and loving experience of her life.

"Mine." Alec had whispered against her gasping lips as he slowly entered her. His mind reeling with emotion and sensation; he had never felt this way about anyone, not even Rachel. It both scared and excited him to care so much about someone and be affect so intensely by what they did and how they felt.

"Yours." Max sighed as they slowly moved their joined bodies together, and for the first time in her life she felt safe saying that word. She belonged to him and only him and was happy with that knowledge.

As she wrapped her arms tightly around him as they both neared their blissful releases, she looked up at him with a possessive gleam in her eyes, "Mine." She nipped at his shoulder, then bit down softly drawing blood. Alec groaned in both the pleasure in knowing she was claiming him, marking him as hers, and in the pain the act created, "Yours."

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The rain finally dying down outside, the two lovers continued to hold each other, their hearts beating in unison against each other.

Alec pulled back and his changeable eyes locked with her brown ones, "I love you Max, I hate how much I love you, but I do and I don't think I'll ever be able to stop so you're stuck with me." Then he grinned, "Besides since you've marked your territory so thoroughly" He looked over to his shoulder, "I don't think you have the right to leave me high and dry."

Max looked up at Alec and grinned that cat-like grin he was realizing he loved so much, "That's fine by me soldierboy; as long as you never stop driving me insane."

"Soldierboy?" Alec lifted a handsome brow, "I kind of like it Maxie, much better then all those other we used with Dr. Voyeur, and I wouldn't dream of laying down and letting you walk all over me now that I know what making up with you will be like." He grinned.

Max smirked, "Who would of thought you were right."

"About what?" Alec asked, slightly confused.

Max ran her hands over his toned chest, "About being so good in bed." She answered as her hand wrapped around his neck at his barcode, which she planned on kissing the first chance she got, to pull him down to show him just how much she appreciated how right he was.

THE END