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Alec had decided that this day sucked the minute he got up. Max was in one of her moods again. She had woken him up and hadn't said good morning. He assumed it was because of her nightmares again. Of course, he was right.
Max was in the kitchen making breakfast, still quiet and looking sullen. "What's wrong?" He asked as he sat across from her by the counter. He knew what was wrong but Alec didn't want to act like he didn't give a damn because he did. He would always give a damn. Whether Max liked it or not.
Max shrugged. "Nothing. Don't want to talk about it." She said noncommittally.
"Okay then, fine." Alec said not sounding too pleased but he didn't want to push the subject. He just hated the fact that Max was excluding him again.
She looked up at him and narrowed her eyes. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She snapped but still kept her temper.
Alec shrugged. He hated arguing with her. He just wanted to drop it. She was the one who didn't want to talk about it in the first place. "Nothing." He answered but Max took this comment as mocking her.
"Why the hell are you picking a fight, Alec? I'm not in the mood, go away." She said bitterly and that definitely pushed Alec's buttons. He hated it when she told him to go away. She was pushing him away again, like she usually did a few years back.
"Me? I'm the one picking a fight?" He scoffed. "You should take that stick out of your ass Max. Maybe, you'll be in a better mood." He whispered hoarsely but Max heard him anyway, thanks to their genetically enhanced hearing.
"Yeah, and then I'll stick it up yours." She retorted. Alec sighed sharply. He didn't want to start his day like this. She was in a bad mood. He'll just let it go and when she gets home, maybe she'll be cheerier. It had worked before. Alec might as well just do the same. He said nothing at her comment but just walked over to little Ben's room to see how he was. He was already awake, quietly looking around him.
"Hey little buddy." Alec said picking him up. Ben cooed as if saying 'good morning daddy' to Alec. "You want me to drive him over at the daycare center today?" He asked Max when he appeared with their son.
"Yeah sure." She answered. "I better go. I'm going to be late for work. Normal will fire my ass." She said and walked out of the house without even a kiss to him or their son. Since when did Max care if Normal fired her or not?
That hurt.
Max walked to the day care center to pick up Ben. She was pissed as hell. This day hadn't been good. She had been in a bitchy mood all day. She and Alec had an argument in the morning. Then Normal sent her eight sectors away just to deliver one package. On the way back to Jam Pony, a car almost hit her and her bike got a flat. She had to drag it all the way back in the blazing heat. That didn't make her too happy. Then Alec called saying that she had to pick up Ben because he had previous engagements. That was the turning point.
"Previous engagements my ass." She mumbled still walking. Max was scowling. She had seen a girl flirt with him at work earlier and Alec flirted back. "The nerve!" Max hissed. They had a kid together, he was supposed to love her and he was flirting with some blonde bimbo at work that went by the name Candy. She wanted to kill him so bad. Not literally but enough to give him pain and put some sense into his stupid little head.
Max stopped herself. She was thinking it all wrong. She finally realized it. Alec wasn't 'supposed' to love her. No one said he had to. There wasn't a rule. Just because they shared a son didn't mean that Alec was expected to love her. She didn't know what this meant.
The thought unnerved her.
Max hurried and picked up Ben. "At least one person is glad to have me around." She thought as her son happily cooed when he saw her. "Hi, Ben. Did you miss me?" Max asked as she picked him up. She quickly gave him a big hug and kiss and decided it would be fun to take him to the park. Then her phone rang. It was Logan's number.
"Max, it's me." She was surprised to hear Asha's voice. It was strange that she was calling. Something was wrong.
"Hey, what's up?" Max asked, trying to steady Ben on her hip and hold him with one arm.
"Have you seen Logan?" Asha asked.
Max furrowed her eyebrows. Why the hell would she know where Logan was? She hadn't seen him in a while. She still avoided him considering that there was still the virus in her that could kill him. They hadn't really gotten things out in the open. It was obvious that it was over between them. He was with Asha which was fine with Max and she was with Alec. But nothing had been sorted out. They hadn't talked things through; maybe apologize for the hurt they went through. Max wanted closure but they never really got it.
"Asha, what's wrong?" Max asked, remembering that this wasn't about her. Asha was on the phone obviously in trouble.
"Logan and I had this huge fight last night. We didn't really resolve things." She confided with a heavy sigh. "He wasn't home when I got back and Lex isn't here either." Asha said.
"That's not like him." Max whispered. She could here Asha sniffling. "The poor woman." She thought. There was something else. Max was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"And.and Max.I'm having a seizure." Asha said in barely a whisper.
"Seizure?" Max echoed completely baffled. She didn't know what to do. She never had to handle normal people having seizures.
"I need trytophan." She said in ragged breaths. "Logan ran out."
Max's mind was whirling with a million thoughts. Trytophan? Asha? What the hell was going on? Only the X series kids needed them, especially the 09 escapees. Shit. This was not good. Max tried to focus on where to get trytophan. Alec! They had some at home.
"I'll be there." Max said hastily.
"Ok, please hurry." Asha said and then hung up.
Max walked as fast as she could to their house after calling OC, asking her to come over and watch Ben for a while. She even tried running but it scared Ben a little and she was afraid that she'd drop him.
She put Ben down gently the minute she got home and ran to the bathroom. Where the hell did Alec keep the trytophan? "Please, please, let there be some left." She whispered, spilling everything out. Max sighed with relief when she found the bottle. She heard OC walk in earlier.
"What's going on, boo?" OC asked when Max appeared in the living room, completely distracted.
"Asha's in trouble. I need to get over to their house real quick. Watch Ben for me okay." She said hastily. She was gripping the bottle of trytophan so hard that it was close to breaking. Why the hell was she so worried about Asha? Max gave Ben a quick kiss on the forehead, took her Ninja out and hurried over to Asha and Logan's penthouse. She probably broke every speed limit there was out there.
Max ran like the wind up the stairs. She practically broke the door when she opened it. Asha was on the floor, clutching her stomach shaking uncontrollably looking as pale as the color of the wall behind her. Max knelt down and picked Asha up. She gently laid her on the couch and gave her some trytophan.
"Are you okay?" Max asked worriedly. That was a stupid thing to ask. Of course Asha wasn't okay. She was shaking like a damn vibrator and Asha's insides probably hurt like a bitch. Max knew how it felt. Thank god the seizures stopped when she had little Ben.
Asha took a sharp exhale, shutting her eyes tightly. "This is a bitch." She managed to say. Max smiled wryly.
"Who the hell are you Asha?" She thought. It was obvious she came from Manticore. Max racked her brain trying to figure out who Asha was. She didn't know. Asha could be anyone of the transgenics out there. She's couldn't be one of the newer X series because she was too old. Asha was about Max's age, maybe a couple years older.
She could be one of the 09 escapees.
"Can this day get any worse?" Max mumbled as she watched Asha who was slowly falling asleep. Max could tell because Asha's breathing had slowly and her body relaxed.
Just then Max's cell phone rang. It was Alec. He had some bad news. Max groaned with frustration.
Great. She had to ask.
Alec had decided that this day sucked the minute he got up. Max was in one of her moods again. She had woken him up and hadn't said good morning. He assumed it was because of her nightmares again. Of course, he was right.
Max was in the kitchen making breakfast, still quiet and looking sullen. "What's wrong?" He asked as he sat across from her by the counter. He knew what was wrong but Alec didn't want to act like he didn't give a damn because he did. He would always give a damn. Whether Max liked it or not.
Max shrugged. "Nothing. Don't want to talk about it." She said noncommittally.
"Okay then, fine." Alec said not sounding too pleased but he didn't want to push the subject. He just hated the fact that Max was excluding him again.
She looked up at him and narrowed her eyes. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She snapped but still kept her temper.
Alec shrugged. He hated arguing with her. He just wanted to drop it. She was the one who didn't want to talk about it in the first place. "Nothing." He answered but Max took this comment as mocking her.
"Why the hell are you picking a fight, Alec? I'm not in the mood, go away." She said bitterly and that definitely pushed Alec's buttons. He hated it when she told him to go away. She was pushing him away again, like she usually did a few years back.
"Me? I'm the one picking a fight?" He scoffed. "You should take that stick out of your ass Max. Maybe, you'll be in a better mood." He whispered hoarsely but Max heard him anyway, thanks to their genetically enhanced hearing.
"Yeah, and then I'll stick it up yours." She retorted. Alec sighed sharply. He didn't want to start his day like this. She was in a bad mood. He'll just let it go and when she gets home, maybe she'll be cheerier. It had worked before. Alec might as well just do the same. He said nothing at her comment but just walked over to little Ben's room to see how he was. He was already awake, quietly looking around him.
"Hey little buddy." Alec said picking him up. Ben cooed as if saying 'good morning daddy' to Alec. "You want me to drive him over at the daycare center today?" He asked Max when he appeared with their son.
"Yeah sure." She answered. "I better go. I'm going to be late for work. Normal will fire my ass." She said and walked out of the house without even a kiss to him or their son. Since when did Max care if Normal fired her or not?
That hurt.
Max walked to the day care center to pick up Ben. She was pissed as hell. This day hadn't been good. She had been in a bitchy mood all day. She and Alec had an argument in the morning. Then Normal sent her eight sectors away just to deliver one package. On the way back to Jam Pony, a car almost hit her and her bike got a flat. She had to drag it all the way back in the blazing heat. That didn't make her too happy. Then Alec called saying that she had to pick up Ben because he had previous engagements. That was the turning point.
"Previous engagements my ass." She mumbled still walking. Max was scowling. She had seen a girl flirt with him at work earlier and Alec flirted back. "The nerve!" Max hissed. They had a kid together, he was supposed to love her and he was flirting with some blonde bimbo at work that went by the name Candy. She wanted to kill him so bad. Not literally but enough to give him pain and put some sense into his stupid little head.
Max stopped herself. She was thinking it all wrong. She finally realized it. Alec wasn't 'supposed' to love her. No one said he had to. There wasn't a rule. Just because they shared a son didn't mean that Alec was expected to love her. She didn't know what this meant.
The thought unnerved her.
Max hurried and picked up Ben. "At least one person is glad to have me around." She thought as her son happily cooed when he saw her. "Hi, Ben. Did you miss me?" Max asked as she picked him up. She quickly gave him a big hug and kiss and decided it would be fun to take him to the park. Then her phone rang. It was Logan's number.
"Max, it's me." She was surprised to hear Asha's voice. It was strange that she was calling. Something was wrong.
"Hey, what's up?" Max asked, trying to steady Ben on her hip and hold him with one arm.
"Have you seen Logan?" Asha asked.
Max furrowed her eyebrows. Why the hell would she know where Logan was? She hadn't seen him in a while. She still avoided him considering that there was still the virus in her that could kill him. They hadn't really gotten things out in the open. It was obvious that it was over between them. He was with Asha which was fine with Max and she was with Alec. But nothing had been sorted out. They hadn't talked things through; maybe apologize for the hurt they went through. Max wanted closure but they never really got it.
"Asha, what's wrong?" Max asked, remembering that this wasn't about her. Asha was on the phone obviously in trouble.
"Logan and I had this huge fight last night. We didn't really resolve things." She confided with a heavy sigh. "He wasn't home when I got back and Lex isn't here either." Asha said.
"That's not like him." Max whispered. She could here Asha sniffling. "The poor woman." She thought. There was something else. Max was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"And.and Max.I'm having a seizure." Asha said in barely a whisper.
"Seizure?" Max echoed completely baffled. She didn't know what to do. She never had to handle normal people having seizures.
"I need trytophan." She said in ragged breaths. "Logan ran out."
Max's mind was whirling with a million thoughts. Trytophan? Asha? What the hell was going on? Only the X series kids needed them, especially the 09 escapees. Shit. This was not good. Max tried to focus on where to get trytophan. Alec! They had some at home.
"I'll be there." Max said hastily.
"Ok, please hurry." Asha said and then hung up.
Max walked as fast as she could to their house after calling OC, asking her to come over and watch Ben for a while. She even tried running but it scared Ben a little and she was afraid that she'd drop him.
She put Ben down gently the minute she got home and ran to the bathroom. Where the hell did Alec keep the trytophan? "Please, please, let there be some left." She whispered, spilling everything out. Max sighed with relief when she found the bottle. She heard OC walk in earlier.
"What's going on, boo?" OC asked when Max appeared in the living room, completely distracted.
"Asha's in trouble. I need to get over to their house real quick. Watch Ben for me okay." She said hastily. She was gripping the bottle of trytophan so hard that it was close to breaking. Why the hell was she so worried about Asha? Max gave Ben a quick kiss on the forehead, took her Ninja out and hurried over to Asha and Logan's penthouse. She probably broke every speed limit there was out there.
Max ran like the wind up the stairs. She practically broke the door when she opened it. Asha was on the floor, clutching her stomach shaking uncontrollably looking as pale as the color of the wall behind her. Max knelt down and picked Asha up. She gently laid her on the couch and gave her some trytophan.
"Are you okay?" Max asked worriedly. That was a stupid thing to ask. Of course Asha wasn't okay. She was shaking like a damn vibrator and Asha's insides probably hurt like a bitch. Max knew how it felt. Thank god the seizures stopped when she had little Ben.
Asha took a sharp exhale, shutting her eyes tightly. "This is a bitch." She managed to say. Max smiled wryly.
"Who the hell are you Asha?" She thought. It was obvious she came from Manticore. Max racked her brain trying to figure out who Asha was. She didn't know. Asha could be anyone of the transgenics out there. She's couldn't be one of the newer X series because she was too old. Asha was about Max's age, maybe a couple years older.
She could be one of the 09 escapees.
"Can this day get any worse?" Max mumbled as she watched Asha who was slowly falling asleep. Max could tell because Asha's breathing had slowly and her body relaxed.
Just then Max's cell phone rang. It was Alec. He had some bad news. Max groaned with frustration.
Great. She had to ask.