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Chapter five: Get the party started.
Logan and Max arrived shortly after the phone call to where the girl lived, he parked the car and they went up to the door.
Knock, knock. And the door opened revealing Alyssa along with another dark skined girl. Alyssa smiled shyly at her father, he just enveloped her in a hug.
" Oh honey, I'm so glad that you're ok." He said kissing her head repeatedly
" Aren't you mad at me?" She asked with big, innocent eyes.
" No, I'm just glad you're fine and you're in my arms again." Alyssa saw all the pain her father had gone through upon her kidnapping and felt bad. She knew that she should've gone home when she escaped but instead she did what she wanted.
" I'm sorry dad, I shouldn't have disobeyed you like that, I'm glad I'm with you too." She hugged him tightly while her tears stained his shirt. That was when she noticed Max behind him. " Max! I'm sorry." She hugged Max too.
" It's ok kiddo, but you pull a stunt like that again and Imma have to kick your cute lil' ass till kingdom come." She said good-naturedly.
" Let's go home." Logan suggested taking Alyssa's hand.
" I'll second you on that one. After all we've been through I deserve another culinary miracle, I'm hungry." Max cued in with a sly grin.
" You're always hungry." Logan teased her and she slapped him playfully. Alyssa turned to say goodbye to her new found friend.
" Bye Tamika, thanks again for everything." Tamika smiled, she was glad that Alyssa was with her family again.
" Bye Alyssa, good luck." She waved goodbye and stood at the door until the car dissapeared in to the night.
The next day everything was almost forgotten, mostly because Logan didn't ant to relive the tension of the past day. He had talked with Alyssa and explained why he didn't want her to go out, she had apologized thouroughly and he decided that the day was punishment enough for the poor child.
Max on the other hand was thrilled with the fact that Alyssa had kicked the guy's ass and she wasn't revved up. She was so thankful for having her back that she reluctantly accepted to accomapny her to the slumber party.
Now Alyssa was trying on the new clothes that Logan had bought for her while Max commented it. She was wearing a tight yellow tee that left little to the imagination and a pair of hip hugger jeans.
" What do you think Max?" She asked twirling around the room allowing her a better view.
" Nice, I like it. I don't think your dad will like it though." Max said biting in to the apple in her hand.
She was about to say something but Logan chose that moment to enter the room and sit on the bed.
" Hey girls, what are you doing?" He asked curiously, taking side glances of Max.
" Just checking out my new clothes." Logan was about to say how beautiful she looked when a bright thing entered his line of vision.
" What the hell is that?" He asked standing up and placing a hand on his hip.
" What daddy?" Alyssa smiled nervously bracing herself for the fury to come.
" Alyssa Marie Cale, did you get your navel pierced?" He nearly yelled.
" Uh...yeah, daddy." She whispered.
" Have you gone mad?" Max stood deciding that it was enough and got between the two of them.
" Calm down Logan, I know she shouldn't have done it but she did it. It's not like we can turn back time." She said with the intention to calm him, failed miserably.
" Were you aware of this? Did you support her when she decided she was going to do that?" He hollered, his anger dedicated to Max especially.
" No, I mean I wasn't aware until earlier when I saw it but I think it looks kinda cute, don't you?" She knew she had gone too far and was already regretting her stupid commentary.
" No! I will not allow my twelve year old daughter to mutilate her body. What's next, drugs, sex?" He paced around the room nervously. " Listen I need to calm down, maybe fresh air will help. Can you stay with her for a while?" He asked turning to look at Max.
" Sure." She said simply.
" Good, I'll be back later." And with that he left.
Alyssa sighed in relief and dropped on the bed with a loud thump. " Well, that went well." She muttered to herself.
" Yep, better than I has planned." Max agreed and they both laughed at the situation.
After a while Logan came back and chose to forgive her. He agreed that she'd keep her piercing but not in school, she had launched herself to her father's arms and kissed his face.
" Max, can we take your bike please. Just so my so called friends get to see the greatest piece of machinery ever built." The truth was that she wanted to show off but he knew that the only way to get Max to agree was to suck up.
" I agree to the last part but the first one I don't know, I don't want those rugrats to be touching my baby." She said in a defending tone.
" They won't please?" Alyssa pouted and put on a lost puppy face.
" That won't work on me, I invented it remember? But we can go on my baby." She smiled and Alyssa hugged her gratefully.
" We're here." Alyssa yelled, it was hard even for a genetically enhanced girl to hear anything past the roaring of the bike.
" Ok." Max parked in the only space available in the garage. It was a one story house painted in pastel colors and filled with flowers. It was so girly that Max wanted to puke. Alyssa by her side grabbed her back pack and drew in a long breath.
" Hey chill out kiddo, you look like you're headin' to your death." Max teased her while rubbing her back lightly.
" This is actually worse." She said in a strained tone and rang the bell.
There was a conmotion insid and then the door opened revealing a woman possibly in her late thirties, pale complexion, blonde hair and green eyes. Beside her a miniature copy of herself.
" Alyssa you came!" The girl said with exxagerated glee.
" Hi, I'm Gladys, Gaynor's mom and you're..." The woman waited for Max to fill in the blank.
" I'm Max, Alyssa's most treasured posession." She shook the woman's hand and smiled at her confusion.
" Sure, come on in." They were led to a living room pianted in light yellow. It was full of women and girls, all in their pajamas.
" Here, let me introduce you." The woman offered. " Ladies, this is Max, she'll be Alyssa's companion for the party." Max plastered a fake smile on her face while everyone said their hellos and proceeded to introduce themselves.
" Nice to meet you all." She said in a sacharine tone.
" Well, the bathroom's on your left, you go change in to your pj's and will start his party." Gladys said pointiong to a white door.
Max and Alyssa went to the bathroom and locked the door, they changed in silence. Alyssa in dark blue pajama bottoms and its shirt with bikes plastered all over. Max in grey pajama bottoms and a white t-shirt she took form Logan tied behind her back. When they were redy to come out Alyssa looked unsure and Max noticed.
" Hey Al, we don't have to do this if you don't want to. We say you don't feel well and go home, do a slumber party by ourselves." She suggested gently knowing what the answer would be.
" No Max, ever since I was a lil' kid they've been bugging me because I don't have a mother. I wasn't invited to other slumber parties or birthdays parties because of that, the fact that I'm in love with bikes and dark colors and that I live with my dad alone doesn't do me a whole deal of good. I wanna show them that I'm capable of being between girls, that I can spend a delightful evening of games and fun with the closest thing to a mom I have." Max smiled at this and hugged her, she was really proud of her and decided that she was going to help her with it.
" Don't worry kid, we'll show these peolpe fun, of course we're gonna have to change the course of this party. You up for it? I have a plan." This comment triggered the natural curiosity in Alyssa.
" Of course, fill me in." She begged eagerly.
" Well..."
Oh you're gona hate me but I couldn't stop myself, I know you all hate cliffhangers but...anyway, how you like it so far? My head is almost exploding right now, I've been having some family problems so I didn't have the time or energy to post. I promise next chapter will be up soon and you'll love that one. You'll get to see as Max and Alyssa teach the girls a lesson in bonding and also, Logan gets an unexpected visit from someone he thought he'd never see again.
Chapter five: Get the party started.
Logan and Max arrived shortly after the phone call to where the girl lived, he parked the car and they went up to the door.
Knock, knock. And the door opened revealing Alyssa along with another dark skined girl. Alyssa smiled shyly at her father, he just enveloped her in a hug.
" Oh honey, I'm so glad that you're ok." He said kissing her head repeatedly
" Aren't you mad at me?" She asked with big, innocent eyes.
" No, I'm just glad you're fine and you're in my arms again." Alyssa saw all the pain her father had gone through upon her kidnapping and felt bad. She knew that she should've gone home when she escaped but instead she did what she wanted.
" I'm sorry dad, I shouldn't have disobeyed you like that, I'm glad I'm with you too." She hugged him tightly while her tears stained his shirt. That was when she noticed Max behind him. " Max! I'm sorry." She hugged Max too.
" It's ok kiddo, but you pull a stunt like that again and Imma have to kick your cute lil' ass till kingdom come." She said good-naturedly.
" Let's go home." Logan suggested taking Alyssa's hand.
" I'll second you on that one. After all we've been through I deserve another culinary miracle, I'm hungry." Max cued in with a sly grin.
" You're always hungry." Logan teased her and she slapped him playfully. Alyssa turned to say goodbye to her new found friend.
" Bye Tamika, thanks again for everything." Tamika smiled, she was glad that Alyssa was with her family again.
" Bye Alyssa, good luck." She waved goodbye and stood at the door until the car dissapeared in to the night.
The next day everything was almost forgotten, mostly because Logan didn't ant to relive the tension of the past day. He had talked with Alyssa and explained why he didn't want her to go out, she had apologized thouroughly and he decided that the day was punishment enough for the poor child.
Max on the other hand was thrilled with the fact that Alyssa had kicked the guy's ass and she wasn't revved up. She was so thankful for having her back that she reluctantly accepted to accomapny her to the slumber party.
Now Alyssa was trying on the new clothes that Logan had bought for her while Max commented it. She was wearing a tight yellow tee that left little to the imagination and a pair of hip hugger jeans.
" What do you think Max?" She asked twirling around the room allowing her a better view.
" Nice, I like it. I don't think your dad will like it though." Max said biting in to the apple in her hand.
She was about to say something but Logan chose that moment to enter the room and sit on the bed.
" Hey girls, what are you doing?" He asked curiously, taking side glances of Max.
" Just checking out my new clothes." Logan was about to say how beautiful she looked when a bright thing entered his line of vision.
" What the hell is that?" He asked standing up and placing a hand on his hip.
" What daddy?" Alyssa smiled nervously bracing herself for the fury to come.
" Alyssa Marie Cale, did you get your navel pierced?" He nearly yelled.
" Uh...yeah, daddy." She whispered.
" Have you gone mad?" Max stood deciding that it was enough and got between the two of them.
" Calm down Logan, I know she shouldn't have done it but she did it. It's not like we can turn back time." She said with the intention to calm him, failed miserably.
" Were you aware of this? Did you support her when she decided she was going to do that?" He hollered, his anger dedicated to Max especially.
" No, I mean I wasn't aware until earlier when I saw it but I think it looks kinda cute, don't you?" She knew she had gone too far and was already regretting her stupid commentary.
" No! I will not allow my twelve year old daughter to mutilate her body. What's next, drugs, sex?" He paced around the room nervously. " Listen I need to calm down, maybe fresh air will help. Can you stay with her for a while?" He asked turning to look at Max.
" Sure." She said simply.
" Good, I'll be back later." And with that he left.
Alyssa sighed in relief and dropped on the bed with a loud thump. " Well, that went well." She muttered to herself.
" Yep, better than I has planned." Max agreed and they both laughed at the situation.
After a while Logan came back and chose to forgive her. He agreed that she'd keep her piercing but not in school, she had launched herself to her father's arms and kissed his face.
" Max, can we take your bike please. Just so my so called friends get to see the greatest piece of machinery ever built." The truth was that she wanted to show off but he knew that the only way to get Max to agree was to suck up.
" I agree to the last part but the first one I don't know, I don't want those rugrats to be touching my baby." She said in a defending tone.
" They won't please?" Alyssa pouted and put on a lost puppy face.
" That won't work on me, I invented it remember? But we can go on my baby." She smiled and Alyssa hugged her gratefully.
" We're here." Alyssa yelled, it was hard even for a genetically enhanced girl to hear anything past the roaring of the bike.
" Ok." Max parked in the only space available in the garage. It was a one story house painted in pastel colors and filled with flowers. It was so girly that Max wanted to puke. Alyssa by her side grabbed her back pack and drew in a long breath.
" Hey chill out kiddo, you look like you're headin' to your death." Max teased her while rubbing her back lightly.
" This is actually worse." She said in a strained tone and rang the bell.
There was a conmotion insid and then the door opened revealing a woman possibly in her late thirties, pale complexion, blonde hair and green eyes. Beside her a miniature copy of herself.
" Alyssa you came!" The girl said with exxagerated glee.
" Hi, I'm Gladys, Gaynor's mom and you're..." The woman waited for Max to fill in the blank.
" I'm Max, Alyssa's most treasured posession." She shook the woman's hand and smiled at her confusion.
" Sure, come on in." They were led to a living room pianted in light yellow. It was full of women and girls, all in their pajamas.
" Here, let me introduce you." The woman offered. " Ladies, this is Max, she'll be Alyssa's companion for the party." Max plastered a fake smile on her face while everyone said their hellos and proceeded to introduce themselves.
" Nice to meet you all." She said in a sacharine tone.
" Well, the bathroom's on your left, you go change in to your pj's and will start his party." Gladys said pointiong to a white door.
Max and Alyssa went to the bathroom and locked the door, they changed in silence. Alyssa in dark blue pajama bottoms and its shirt with bikes plastered all over. Max in grey pajama bottoms and a white t-shirt she took form Logan tied behind her back. When they were redy to come out Alyssa looked unsure and Max noticed.
" Hey Al, we don't have to do this if you don't want to. We say you don't feel well and go home, do a slumber party by ourselves." She suggested gently knowing what the answer would be.
" No Max, ever since I was a lil' kid they've been bugging me because I don't have a mother. I wasn't invited to other slumber parties or birthdays parties because of that, the fact that I'm in love with bikes and dark colors and that I live with my dad alone doesn't do me a whole deal of good. I wanna show them that I'm capable of being between girls, that I can spend a delightful evening of games and fun with the closest thing to a mom I have." Max smiled at this and hugged her, she was really proud of her and decided that she was going to help her with it.
" Don't worry kid, we'll show these peolpe fun, of course we're gonna have to change the course of this party. You up for it? I have a plan." This comment triggered the natural curiosity in Alyssa.
" Of course, fill me in." She begged eagerly.
" Well..."
Oh you're gona hate me but I couldn't stop myself, I know you all hate cliffhangers but...anyway, how you like it so far? My head is almost exploding right now, I've been having some family problems so I didn't have the time or energy to post. I promise next chapter will be up soon and you'll love that one. You'll get to see as Max and Alyssa teach the girls a lesson in bonding and also, Logan gets an unexpected visit from someone he thought he'd never see again.