Angel was watching the clock and when the big hand reached the twelve her attention focused on the front door of Logan's apartment. Logan was seated beside her watching her anxious face with a small smile on his lips remembering when there had been a time when he had been the one staring at his front door waiting for Max to come by. Things had changed since when he had first met her. Angel's thoughts were totally muddled. She had never imagined that by getting a job with Eyes Only her world would suddenly turn upside down. Loud knocking announced Alec's arrival and Angel walked slowly to the door and opened it apprehensively.

"Hi," Alec said shyly holding up a bouquet of roses and Logan came to stand behind Angel who was gaping at Alec in disbelief while Alec had eyes only for her.

"Flowers?" Logan said raising his eyebrows at Alec who didn't appreciate the look he was getting, it made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"What?" Alec asked indignantly thinking that Logan was about to mock him but Logan nodded his head approvingly.

"Nice touch," he complimented Alec and Alec considered what Logan had said then smiled winningly.

"Are you ready to go?" he asked Angel who didn't trust herself to speak so she nodded, picked up her briefcase and pulled on her coat. She had worn her fake glasses and pretty much the same impeccable outfit as the day before keeping up her façade of perfection but Alec saw straight through it, in his mind she was the same as he saw her the night before.

Angel led the way from Logan's apartment throwing Logan a dazed look before accepting the arm that Alec politely offered her. He seemed like a completely different person to the guy she had first met at the club just the other night. The obnoxious creep who had said cruel things without even thinking how what he said would affect anyone else and Angel had to say that she preferred the 'new' Alec. They made their way onto the street and began walking in silence each not knowing what to say to the other. In any other situation Alec would have found it easy to talk non-stop in his attempts in talking the pants off an intended girl but when he was with Angel, something came over him. And also, Alec kinda guessed that Angel wouldn't fall for his act, she didn't seem like the usual gullible girl that Alec went out with.

"You seemed surprised when you saw me," Alec finally said and Angel looked up at him a cute smile on her face, as she suddenly felt very shy under his gaze.

"Flowers weren't something I pictured you of all people bringing for a girl," Angel told him honestly and Alec laughed nodding his head in agreement.

"Well I guess you can't predict everything," he said coolly and Angel was suddenly serious and frowning as she considered what he said.

"No, no one can accurately predict anything, it's all…" Angel began but Alec finished her sentence.

"Probability, I know," Alec said thinking back to his past acquaintance with a transgenic who could predict probability.

"He surprises me again," Angel declared to no one in particular referring to Alec who winked at her.

"I'm full of surprises," he assured her and Angel blushed but recovered her attitude.

"I like surprises," Angel said smiling wickedly and Alec was silent again as they kept walking but Angel kept her eyes on his face watching the shades of emotion flow across it. She could see he wanted to say something but had trouble forming it into a sentence so she waited patiently for him to speak again. She felt that she could wait forever to hear what he had to say.

"Angel I know you think I'm a bad guy…" Alec began but Angel stopped walking and turned to give him her full attention.

"I don't think that," Angel stated her feet planted firmly apart and her hands on her hips daring him to disagree with her. On someone taller the pose would have looked intimidating but when Angel tried the pose, she only succeeded in looking cute.

"Yes you do, everyone else does, why shouldn't you?" Alec said softly turning back to her and Angel felt her heart go to him. He placed so little value on his self worth. Angel was taught to always value above all things pride in herself.

"You can't judge someone by first impressions, people have many layers, to get to the real person you have to see past all those fake layers," Angel explained to him walking up closer to him and Alec looked down at her with a funny smile on his face.

"No ones ever seen that side of me before, I'm not sure it even exists," Alec confessed shaking his head so that a lock of blonde hair fell across his eyes.

"Well I believe in it so it must exist," Angel affirmed as she unconsciously reached out to brush back the lock of hair and as she did so Alec reached up to capture her small hand in his.

"I see," he said still holding her hand as he leant down towards her and Angel closed her eyes waiting for his lips to claim hers.

"Angel, you're home," Lydecker said stepping out of the house and Angel belatedly realised that they were standing in front of her house. Alec pulled away from her quickly and, thoroughly disappointed, Angel threw her father a furious look, which he pretended not to see. He was busy trying to figure out what Alec was doing on his porch with his daughter holding his daughter's hand. He had a faint idea what was going on but he wasn't sure he liked it very much

"Will Alec be joining us for dinner then my dear?" Lydecker asked turning to fix an icy gaze on Alec who stared back at him not comprehending why Lydecker was being so cold but it was obvious. No father liked to see his little girl find another man to replace him and Lydecker suddenly realised that he had a competitor for his daughters love and he didn't like that one bit.

"Yes," Angel said quickly looking at Alec who nodded his consent and Lydecker gave Alec another cold and calculating look before walking back into the house to arrange the table for one more person and Angel turned back to Alec wanting to pick up where they left off but Alec seemed distracted.

"I'm sorry about him," Angel apologised trying to bring Alec's attention back to her.

"It's all right," he said softly and Angel smiled up at him sweetly.

"Where were we?" she asked wanting him to kiss her but Alec merely stared down at her then at her front door.

"Going inside," he said and Angel stared at him for a few moments before turning on her heel and storming into her house silently cursing her father for ruining what would have been a perfect moment and her first ever kiss.

Alec stared after her then looked down at the ground. He had wanted to kiss her; he had wanted to kiss her so much that it scared him. That's why he couldn't pick up where they had left off, the way he was feeling about Angel was scaring him. He had only ever felt this way for one person, Rachel, and after she died, he thought that he would never feel this way again. He didn't want to feel that way ever again, because if he ever lost the girl he loved again…he wasn't sure if he could go on. Alec knew he appeared strong on the outside but inside he was a total mess. Is it love? He wondered to himself then he smiled inwardly, it can't be, we only just met yesterday, but…then why do I feel so connected to her? Alec shook his head and walked into the house taking a seat in the living room. Angel soon appeared dressed in jeans and a tight top and from the expression on her face Alec gathered she was still really annoyed with him. Angel plonked down moodily on the couch opposite him and sat there fuming with her arms folded under her chest and Alec rolled his eyes. It was going to be a long night, especially with Angel mad at him.

Logan and Max were driving along in the car and the atmosphere in their car was exactly like the atmosphere at Angel's house; cold as ice. Max was sitting in the passenger seat arms folded across her chest as she stared out of the window furiously. Logan was driving but kept flicking his eyes over to Max waiting for her to explode. He had just told Max that they were going to Lydecker's for dinner and he could see that she wasn't taking it very well.

"I can't believe you agreed for both of us to have dinner with him, next time consult me before you go around making my decisions for me," Max finally exclaimed in anger and Logan groaned and looked over at her exasperatedly.

"If I had told you where we were going before we got into the car would you have come?" he asked her and Max pursed her full lips in frustration realising that Logan had scammed her.

"No," she admitted begrudgingly and Logan gave her another one of his deep looks that at any other time Max would have given in to easily but she wasn't feeling very charitable today. She had had a horrible day at work. Today had been one of those days when there had been a sudden overflow of packages to be delivered at Jampony and Normal had given most of the packages to Max because Alec said that he had to leave early. Original Cindy had decided Alec must have had a hot date with someone and Max swore to herself if he had ditched work leaving everything up to her to go on a date with some bimbo he was going to pay big time

"That's why I didn't tell you," Logan said and Max looked out of the window again still sulky.

"Just because his daughter works for us doesn't mean we have to like him," she said after a few moments and Logan suddenly stopped the car on the side of the road and turned to Max his eyes shining while Max looked at him questioningly. 

"You said us," he told her as though he were in a trance and Max frowned in confusion searching Logan's face for a sign of sanity.

"So?" she asked not seeing what he was talking about and Logan reached over and took her hand holding it to his lips affectionately as he pressed his lips softly to the top of her hand.

"You think of us as one," he stated smiling and Max widened her eyes at him then raised her eyes to the ceiling of the car.

"You're officially freaking me out now," she eyebrows raised at his peculiar behaviour and Logan gave a warm laugh as he raised her hand to his lips and kissed her hand again. Max shivered with delight at the soft feathery kiss and couldn't help but smile.

"Max, I love you," Logan said softly leaning towards her,

"I love you too Logan," Max assured him and they shared a long but soft kiss. As they parted Max's eyes shined with mischief as she added slyly, "but don't think your profession of love is going to make me be nice to Lydecker,"

"I wasn't even thinking it," Logan said with a pleased smile and Max tossed her head satisfied.

"Good," she said and Logan reached over to caress her face lovingly.

"Actually I was thinking of you and me, and getting married," he announced pulling a gorgeous emerald engagement ring from his pocket and holding it shyly to Max and Max stared at him her mouth wide open in amazement as she looked down at the ring then back at Logan, then once more at the ring.

"Married?" she repeated with delight and when Logan nodded Max threw her arms around his neck and they shared an intimate hug. Logan then eagerly placed the ring on her finger and Max watched him do it in amazement the fact that she was now engaged not yet sinking in.

"Yeah, and having a baby here and there," Logan teased Max who grimaced and shook her head.

"A baby? That's pushing it," she warned him and Logan laughed, expecting that exact answer.

"What about the marriage?" Logan asked and Max leaned towards him.

"That I can handle," she said and they shared another affectionate kiss.

Back at Angel's house Lydecker entered the frosty living room and his eyes glazed over a thoughtful Alec before they rested lovingly on his daughter. Angel suddenly stiffened letting a small gasp escape her pink lips and Lydecker looked at her with wide eyes while Alec stood up alert his eyes fixed on Angel who seemed to be staring at nothing.

"Angel," Lydecker whispered but she didn't respond to him as her eyes rolled back in her head and her body started shaking.

"What's wrong with her?" Alec asked worried for her but Lydecker didn't take his eyes off Angel.

"She's getting a vision of something that's about to happen, this kind of thing occurred once before, right before she decided to get a job with Eyes Only," Lydecker explained reaching over to touch Angel but suddenly Angel relaxed and closed her eyes calmly. Alec looked from Lydecker then back to Angel who didn't open her eyes.

"Angel, are you all right?" Alec asked taking a step closer to her and Angel's eyes snapped open and she stared disorientated at Alec and Lydecker before she began blinking rapidly trying to discern what was going on before her eyes narrowed quickly at Lydecker before resting on Alec.

"Get out of here, go," Angel told them and Lydecker shared a confused glance with Alec who remained standing stubbornly in his place refusing to do as she said.

"What? Why? What's going on?" Alec protested not planning on going anywhere but Angel was on her feet and grabbing Alec by the arm and practically dragging him to the front door. Lydecker followed them realising that Angel must have had a reason for making them leave.

"Do as I say, go!" Angel said leading them to the back door and Alec stopped at the door refusing to budge.

"But…" he tried to say but Angel shook her head sharply, her eyes turning fiery.

"Go!" she all but screamed and a little shocked Alec didn't have a chance to resist as Lydecker did as Angel asked and pushed Alec out of the door.

"Angel come on," Lydecker called out to his daughter expecting her to follow them as he ran off into the night dragging a stunned Alec behind him.

"I'll be right there," Angel called out to them watching them leave.

Go quickly, and be safe, Angel said to Alec inside her head then she turned and strode back into the living room and sat down comfortably onto the sofa just as men dressed in impeccable black suits kicked down the front door and burst into the house guns raised and when the saw Angel they pointed the guns at her while she sat there calmly.

"I was expecting you, White," Angel said to the leader of the group, who walked in front of her and stared down at her. White hadn't been expecting her to know his name perhaps this transgenic was more special than he had first thought. He kept his eyes on her while signalling to his men to take Angel. Yes, he decided watching his men cuff her while she stared at him unafraid and White nodded his head, yes she was very special, and all of a sudden White remembered why.