CHAPTER: Disturbing the peace.
" Where yuh going," Alec asked early Sunday morning seeing Max getting ready to leave.
" I have to go home to change before I go to work," she said putting on her boots. " I'll see you at work, ok."
He looked at her leave. He wanted her to stay with him; he liked having her around, especially when she was being so nice to him.
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" So you're finally home huh," OC said seeing Max walk into the apartment. " you just couldn't get enough of lover boy."
Max laughed when Cindy said this. " Nothing is going on between me and Alec."
" So why were you at his apartment for two days," she said looking at her to detect lying.
" I was there when the storm started so I stayed the night," she said trying to defend her self.
"You could have came home since yesterday."
Max threw her hands up, " Ok Cindy, I wanted to stay,"
" Why?"
Well she said smiling lightly, " he was being all sweet, making me breakfast and all."
" I always knew it," OC said taking her bag pack and heading for the door. " You better hurry because Normal is gonna be on your ass."
"Tell him I was donating blood," Max said shrugging her shoulders. She knew Normal would not fire her as long as Alec was still his Golden Boy.
" You aren't very good at coming up with excuse," OC said laughing at Max's suggestion.
" What ever, you know what I mean."
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Max walked into Jam Pony about forty-five minutes latter. She walked right into Normal.
" Well lookie who," he said glancing at her hand. " Did that blood donation thing go well?" he asked sarcastically.
" It went fine,"
He just rolled his eyes. " Just deliver this," he said handing her a package wrapped in brown paper. " Then again." he said grabbing it from her. " there's some steelheads there, I don't want you to get injured on the job, because my ass will be on the line."
" I'm sure I could handle it," she said trying to snatch the package when she noticed whom it was being delivered to.
"No I need a man to handle this," Max rolled her eyes at this. " Alec," he called out loudly.
" I'll go with him, I can be his human shield," she said trying to take the package back from him.
Alec came and saw Max and Normal fighting over a package." What's all this about."
"Can you tell Missy here to let go of the package," he said pulling at it once more. He gave up she was too strong for him. " I've never seen you this eager to work."
" What can I say," she said walking out the door, " It's only fair that I deliver a package every once in a while."
" See to it that she doesn't get herself killed," he said to Alec then walked off mumbling something.
"Why do you want to deliver this package?" he asked mounting his bike.
" Because." she said, " look at the receiver."
He looked at the package and read it aloud, " Dr Wong. I don't get it," he said staring at her blankly.
" He's the guy," she said trying to hint him.
" What guy."
" He's the doctor that will most likely be able to figure the virus out," she said smiling. " He's not from Manticor but I hear he's like the Albert Einstein of our time."
Alec's mouth twisted into a pout. " I should have guessed," he said starting the engine. " Let's get going huh," he said shortly. He really wasn't sure that his plan would work. All Max could think about was Logan. He knew he was wasting his time but he also knew he wouldn't forgive himself he didn't at least try.
" What's in your pants," she said watching his attitude totally change.
" Nothing is in my pants," he said looking at her like she just shot him. He waited for her to get on her bike but she didn't budge.
" You act like a total jerk every time I mention the virus," she said shouting.
He didn't say anything he just kept looking.
" Or maybe you're not acting, maybe you are a jerk."
" So I'm a jerk just for having an opinion?" he said in disbelieve. " You know something," he slamming down his bike. " I don't have to take this crap, I'm sick and tired of you treating me like a dog."
" What the hell are you talking about?" she said even louder. This was a side of Alec she had never seen, he was so mad for some reason.
" Don't act like you don't know what I'm taking about," he said pasting up and down the street. " I'm tired of trying to make it up to you, I have been busting my brains out trying to get you to like me but all you do is just hate me more no matter what I say or what I do."
" Alec I don't hate you, it's just that you could be so selfish sometimee." she said softer.
The tone of her voiced changed but his remained. " Oh, I'm the selfish one, you're always like ' to hell with everyone else as long as I get my precious Logan.' It always the same thing everyday."
Max stooped and looked at him for a while she knew something was bothering him but she couldn't talk to him when he was like this. " I know you have problems Alec but that doesn't give you any excuse to be blaming them on me."
" You know what. Just forget it," he said and mounted his bike and headed to the direction of the space needle.
Max looked at him ride off. She had no idea what that was about. She had to know what it was that was bugging him.
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Alec sat on the needle and thought about what had happened. He thought he was getting close to Max and now he had ruined everything. He knew he shouldn't let his emotions get the best of him, Manticor taught him better than that. Now he didn't know how he was going to face her after his outburst.
Max looked at him. He sat his face contorted. " Deep in thought?" she asked taking a seat next to him.
He looked and didn't say a word. He knew he should apologize but he was still so angry with her. He didn't even know why, she had the right to want to be with someone who she loved even if it wasn't the person he wanted it to be.
" What is it that bothers you about Logan?"
"I don't have a problem with Logan," he said. " I just don't think he should be priority right now."
" Well he's not," she said looking at him. " But wouldn't it be nice to be with the one you love."
His heart sank. If only she understood that that could never work out, if one person was happy the other would not be, but he couldn't let her know, he didn't need her sympathy, the only thing he needed from her was for her to feel the same way he did. " Yes it would be nice, very nice."
" So are we cool?'
" Yeah we're cool," he said smiling.
" So have you decided what you're gonna do with the money yet." She asked quickly hoping to catch him off guard.
" I have absolutely no commitments."
" I thought you said there was something important you had to do with it.
" Well that fell through."
" So you'll just spent it on beer," she said laughing.
" Yeah maybe or I could use it for something else."
" What did you have in mind," she now wanting to find out his new plan.
He said in a childish voice, " I'll never tell."
Note: so this chapter was written to give you all an idea what he's going to do with the money. (Yes I figured it out.) Thanks for the ideas from the good people who review my story.
" Where yuh going," Alec asked early Sunday morning seeing Max getting ready to leave.
" I have to go home to change before I go to work," she said putting on her boots. " I'll see you at work, ok."
He looked at her leave. He wanted her to stay with him; he liked having her around, especially when she was being so nice to him.
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" So you're finally home huh," OC said seeing Max walk into the apartment. " you just couldn't get enough of lover boy."
Max laughed when Cindy said this. " Nothing is going on between me and Alec."
" So why were you at his apartment for two days," she said looking at her to detect lying.
" I was there when the storm started so I stayed the night," she said trying to defend her self.
"You could have came home since yesterday."
Max threw her hands up, " Ok Cindy, I wanted to stay,"
" Why?"
Well she said smiling lightly, " he was being all sweet, making me breakfast and all."
" I always knew it," OC said taking her bag pack and heading for the door. " You better hurry because Normal is gonna be on your ass."
"Tell him I was donating blood," Max said shrugging her shoulders. She knew Normal would not fire her as long as Alec was still his Golden Boy.
" You aren't very good at coming up with excuse," OC said laughing at Max's suggestion.
" What ever, you know what I mean."
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Max walked into Jam Pony about forty-five minutes latter. She walked right into Normal.
" Well lookie who," he said glancing at her hand. " Did that blood donation thing go well?" he asked sarcastically.
" It went fine,"
He just rolled his eyes. " Just deliver this," he said handing her a package wrapped in brown paper. " Then again." he said grabbing it from her. " there's some steelheads there, I don't want you to get injured on the job, because my ass will be on the line."
" I'm sure I could handle it," she said trying to snatch the package when she noticed whom it was being delivered to.
"No I need a man to handle this," Max rolled her eyes at this. " Alec," he called out loudly.
" I'll go with him, I can be his human shield," she said trying to take the package back from him.
Alec came and saw Max and Normal fighting over a package." What's all this about."
"Can you tell Missy here to let go of the package," he said pulling at it once more. He gave up she was too strong for him. " I've never seen you this eager to work."
" What can I say," she said walking out the door, " It's only fair that I deliver a package every once in a while."
" See to it that she doesn't get herself killed," he said to Alec then walked off mumbling something.
"Why do you want to deliver this package?" he asked mounting his bike.
" Because." she said, " look at the receiver."
He looked at the package and read it aloud, " Dr Wong. I don't get it," he said staring at her blankly.
" He's the guy," she said trying to hint him.
" What guy."
" He's the doctor that will most likely be able to figure the virus out," she said smiling. " He's not from Manticor but I hear he's like the Albert Einstein of our time."
Alec's mouth twisted into a pout. " I should have guessed," he said starting the engine. " Let's get going huh," he said shortly. He really wasn't sure that his plan would work. All Max could think about was Logan. He knew he was wasting his time but he also knew he wouldn't forgive himself he didn't at least try.
" What's in your pants," she said watching his attitude totally change.
" Nothing is in my pants," he said looking at her like she just shot him. He waited for her to get on her bike but she didn't budge.
" You act like a total jerk every time I mention the virus," she said shouting.
He didn't say anything he just kept looking.
" Or maybe you're not acting, maybe you are a jerk."
" So I'm a jerk just for having an opinion?" he said in disbelieve. " You know something," he slamming down his bike. " I don't have to take this crap, I'm sick and tired of you treating me like a dog."
" What the hell are you talking about?" she said even louder. This was a side of Alec she had never seen, he was so mad for some reason.
" Don't act like you don't know what I'm taking about," he said pasting up and down the street. " I'm tired of trying to make it up to you, I have been busting my brains out trying to get you to like me but all you do is just hate me more no matter what I say or what I do."
" Alec I don't hate you, it's just that you could be so selfish sometimee." she said softer.
The tone of her voiced changed but his remained. " Oh, I'm the selfish one, you're always like ' to hell with everyone else as long as I get my precious Logan.' It always the same thing everyday."
Max stooped and looked at him for a while she knew something was bothering him but she couldn't talk to him when he was like this. " I know you have problems Alec but that doesn't give you any excuse to be blaming them on me."
" You know what. Just forget it," he said and mounted his bike and headed to the direction of the space needle.
Max looked at him ride off. She had no idea what that was about. She had to know what it was that was bugging him.
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Alec sat on the needle and thought about what had happened. He thought he was getting close to Max and now he had ruined everything. He knew he shouldn't let his emotions get the best of him, Manticor taught him better than that. Now he didn't know how he was going to face her after his outburst.
Max looked at him. He sat his face contorted. " Deep in thought?" she asked taking a seat next to him.
He looked and didn't say a word. He knew he should apologize but he was still so angry with her. He didn't even know why, she had the right to want to be with someone who she loved even if it wasn't the person he wanted it to be.
" What is it that bothers you about Logan?"
"I don't have a problem with Logan," he said. " I just don't think he should be priority right now."
" Well he's not," she said looking at him. " But wouldn't it be nice to be with the one you love."
His heart sank. If only she understood that that could never work out, if one person was happy the other would not be, but he couldn't let her know, he didn't need her sympathy, the only thing he needed from her was for her to feel the same way he did. " Yes it would be nice, very nice."
" So are we cool?'
" Yeah we're cool," he said smiling.
" So have you decided what you're gonna do with the money yet." She asked quickly hoping to catch him off guard.
" I have absolutely no commitments."
" I thought you said there was something important you had to do with it.
" Well that fell through."
" So you'll just spent it on beer," she said laughing.
" Yeah maybe or I could use it for something else."
" What did you have in mind," she now wanting to find out his new plan.
He said in a childish voice, " I'll never tell."
Note: so this chapter was written to give you all an idea what he's going to do with the money. (Yes I figured it out.) Thanks for the ideas from the good people who review my story.