A/N: SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO PUT UP THE NEXT CHAPTER GUYS. MY COMPUTER
DECIDED TO BREAK ON ME. ANYWAY, HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTEP. IT'S NOT THE BIG
ASS CONFRONTATION THAT YOU WANTED BUT I HOPE IT'LL DO. REVIEWS PLEASE.
ENJOY.
Max looked down at the serum in her hand. She didn't know what to do.
"Are you okay?" Logan asked, interrupting her troubled thoughts.
"I'm fine." Max croaked, wiping the tears away.
"Why are you crying? Is Alec okay?" He asked sounding more concerned than he wanted.
"He gave this to us." She said opening her hand for him to see.
"Oh." Logan looked shocked. He waited for her to say something. A million thoughts crossed his mind.
"It's too late." She whispered.
It was finally here. The one thing that she had wanted for so long. But it meant nothing now. How strange that she had used up all her energy on looking for the serum and now that it was here, she didn't want it anymore.
Logan looked sorry but Max was right. It was too late. For them at least.
They had spent about a year tiptoeing around each other, denying their feelings. Just when they were so close to admitting things, the virus had come between them. Now, whatever they once had or wanted to have together was gone.
And they both knew it.
Max went and got a syringe. "Let's get this over with." She said.
When she was through, they had both stood there, looking at each other, unsure of what to do next. It was Max who made the next move. She stepped forward and hugged Logan.
It felt good to hold him again, to be able to touch him and know that she wasn't killing him. A part of her was grateful that this was over, but another was glad that she had been given the chance to realize that what she had with him was just friendship if nothing else.
"I don't love you." She whispered. Max didn't want to be harsh but it was the truth and it needed to be said.
Somehow, Logan didn't look hurt or angry.
"I know." He said quietly. He had known for a long time but a part of him was denying the inevitable fact. He didn't really love her anyway. He knew that now. There were a million things that were different between them and would always come in their way. What he had long believed was love wasn't at all. He had wanted to save Max, just as he wanted to save the world from all things that were cruel. He had wanted to save her from the past that she was running from, from all the hurt in the world and he had wanted to save her from herself. But now Logan knew that there are things in the world that do not need saving.
Max was one of them.
She felt nothing as she hugged him. No surging of emotions, no love. Absolutely nothing.
They had betrayed each other but for once, Max wasn't sorry and she wasn't going to apologize for what she had done.
She finally did the right thing, even if it took longer to grasp.
"Good bye, Logan." Max said with a small smile.
"Bye." He said.
It wasn't really good bye. They were going to see each other around Seattle. It was just Max's way of saying that it was finally over between them and Logan's way of telling her that she had his blessing to be with the one man that she truly deserved and loved, whether she wanted it or not.
There were no hard feelings between them, despite of what they had done to each other.
They would leave all those in the past.
Max walked away from him and back to Alec's room. She wanted to thank him. He had done a lot of good things for her. She pushed the door open slowly.
Empty.
Max looked down at the serum in her hand. She didn't know what to do.
"Are you okay?" Logan asked, interrupting her troubled thoughts.
"I'm fine." Max croaked, wiping the tears away.
"Why are you crying? Is Alec okay?" He asked sounding more concerned than he wanted.
"He gave this to us." She said opening her hand for him to see.
"Oh." Logan looked shocked. He waited for her to say something. A million thoughts crossed his mind.
"It's too late." She whispered.
It was finally here. The one thing that she had wanted for so long. But it meant nothing now. How strange that she had used up all her energy on looking for the serum and now that it was here, she didn't want it anymore.
Logan looked sorry but Max was right. It was too late. For them at least.
They had spent about a year tiptoeing around each other, denying their feelings. Just when they were so close to admitting things, the virus had come between them. Now, whatever they once had or wanted to have together was gone.
And they both knew it.
Max went and got a syringe. "Let's get this over with." She said.
When she was through, they had both stood there, looking at each other, unsure of what to do next. It was Max who made the next move. She stepped forward and hugged Logan.
It felt good to hold him again, to be able to touch him and know that she wasn't killing him. A part of her was grateful that this was over, but another was glad that she had been given the chance to realize that what she had with him was just friendship if nothing else.
"I don't love you." She whispered. Max didn't want to be harsh but it was the truth and it needed to be said.
Somehow, Logan didn't look hurt or angry.
"I know." He said quietly. He had known for a long time but a part of him was denying the inevitable fact. He didn't really love her anyway. He knew that now. There were a million things that were different between them and would always come in their way. What he had long believed was love wasn't at all. He had wanted to save Max, just as he wanted to save the world from all things that were cruel. He had wanted to save her from the past that she was running from, from all the hurt in the world and he had wanted to save her from herself. But now Logan knew that there are things in the world that do not need saving.
Max was one of them.
She felt nothing as she hugged him. No surging of emotions, no love. Absolutely nothing.
They had betrayed each other but for once, Max wasn't sorry and she wasn't going to apologize for what she had done.
She finally did the right thing, even if it took longer to grasp.
"Good bye, Logan." Max said with a small smile.
"Bye." He said.
It wasn't really good bye. They were going to see each other around Seattle. It was just Max's way of saying that it was finally over between them and Logan's way of telling her that she had his blessing to be with the one man that she truly deserved and loved, whether she wanted it or not.
There were no hard feelings between them, despite of what they had done to each other.
They would leave all those in the past.
Max walked away from him and back to Alec's room. She wanted to thank him. He had done a lot of good things for her. She pushed the door open slowly.
Empty.