An/ To all my fellow Canadians out there. Happy Thanksgiving!
Max pulled her motorcycle up in front of the Space Needle. Alec jumped off quickly and before Max could do anything he had lifted her gently off her motorcycle.
"Alec what are you doing?" She asked confused.
"I'm doing this right." He said as he began to walk, Max still in his arms, up the Space Needle stairs. He carried her the whole way to the top then sat down gasping for breath. Max sat down beside him.
"Why did you want to come up here?" She asked?
Alec didn't answer. He just turned and looked at her with soulful eyes. "Max.will you marry me?" he asked softly.
All of a sudden Max couldn't speak. All she could do was squeak out a yes.
They sat at the top for a long time before they finally descended to the street. Alec was in ecstasy. She had said yes. He gripped her tightly as she steered the bike through the streets of Seattle.
Max stopped in front of a bakery. Alec looked at her questioningly.
"Um.Max. I think you might be a little lost. This isn't our house."
"I'm aware of that Alec. I just thought that it would be nice to pick up a treat for Sumo. I mean he has been filling out those stupid medical forms all evening."
"You're right. He'll definitely need something big and chocolate."
Sumo's eyes lit up when Alec presented him with a huge chocolate cake. Grinning he dragged his prize onto one of the living room chairs and began to devour it. He was well on his way to being done when he felt someone tapping at his shoulder. Sumo turned to see Sallyzoah standing behind him. His heart fluttered but he tried to look stern and unaffected.
"Can I have some?" She asked.
"Get your own." He snapped.
Sally paid him no head and began nibbling on the cake.
Sumo growled. Sally glanced at him and flashed a gorgeous smile before finishing her lump of cake and disappearing back into the kitchen. Sumo glared angrily after her until she was out of sight and then sighed. He needed some advice.
Alec was in the shower when the doorbell rang. Max, who had pretty much officially moved in by now, went to answer the door. Normal was standing on the doorstep with all his stuff. Max reluctantly let him in.
They were piling boxes in the living room when she heard Alec cry out from the washroom.
"Max, where's my blue towel?
"It's in the laundry. Use mine." She called back.
A minute or two later Alec emerged into the room dressed in a much smaller than usual blue towel. Normal began to salivate. Luckily, Alec headed towards his room to change before the drool could form a puddle.
The door creaked open as Alec pulled on his shirt. He turned and saw Sumo entering the room. Alec shrugged to himself and began to search unsuccessfully for a pair of matching clean socks. Sumo jumped on the bed and made himself comfortable in the covers.
"Hey Sumo. What's up buddy?" Alec asked still searching for the socks.
"Nothing." Sumo said and disappeared under the covers.
"Uh-huh." Alec said not very interestedly. "Where is that damn sock!?" He was on his hands and knees searching under the bed. It wasn't there. Sitting up straight he came face to face with his large squirrel bodyguard. "Sumo is there something bothering you?" he asked suspiciously.
"No!" Sumo spat and attempted to retreat under the covers again but Alec reached out and grabbed his leg.
"So there is absolutely no reason why you've been following me around ever since I got home?"
"No.maybe.I don't know." Sumo said in defeat. The room was silent for a couple of seconds. "I met a girl." Sumo said finally his whiskers twitching nervously.
"A girl?" Alec replied his socks now totally forgotten. " A girl squirrel?" Sumo nodded.
"Who you like?"
Sumo nodded again.
"And you want my advice?"
Sumo nodded. Alec sighed.
"Well." Alec began.
Max was sitting in the living room wondering why Alec was taking so damn long. Normal was downstairs with Joshua, the squirrels were still busy with the paperwork in the kitchen and Alec was in his room doing god knows what. She was about to storm into his room, when he appeared with a huge grin on his face.
"Where have you been?" She hissed at him angrily raising a hand to grab his shirt.
"Maxie remember our wager." Alec said in a singsong voice.
"Yeah, yeah. So what were you doing?"
"Giving Sumo some manly advice." Alec replied trying to keep the glee out of his voice.
"Why would Sumo need advice from you?"
"He has a crush." He whispered in her ear.
"No way. Who?"
"Salaziah's sister."
"Which one is that?"
"I have no clue. Want to go check it out?" He asked nodding towards the kitchen.
"Oh yeah!" said Max scrambling up.
They entered the kitchen casually glancing around for any potential candidates. The squirrels looked up at them in awe. Many of them had never been in the presence of the Squirrel gods before. One female squirrel was bawling loudly in joy.
"I really hope it's not that one." Alec said under his breath to Max. "I don't think I could stand to have her in the family."
Max nodded her agreement. Then Max saw her. She was standing next to Salaziah. Alec saw her too and walked over to them.
"Hey, SZ! Long time no see man." He said to Salaziah as he gave him a high five with his finger. "How's this operation going?" He said referring to the forms.
"Almost done. We're predicting about 6 more hours."
"Awesome. I'll let you get back to it."
"Oh Alec I almost forgot." Salaziah said as Alec turned away. "This is my sister Sallyzoah. She just arrived in Seattle today."
"Nice to meet you Sally." Alec said and shook her hand. "I hope you are making some new friends."
Sally nodded and gave a shy smile. Then Alec dragged Max back to his room where they carefully closed the door and compared impressions.
It was late when Normal finally stalked into the bathroom to brush his teeth. He had been moving in all day and he just had a few things left. He set all his toiletries up in a neat line beside the sink and filled up his quarter of the medicine cabinet. Last he turned to hang his towel on the towel rack. He paused, Alec's towel was hanging there. Normal reached out and touched it. It invoked the memory of earlier that evening and he smiled. That towel had looked awfully nice on Alec. An evil idea popped into Normal's head. He grabbed all the towels off the rack except for a small hand towel and ran back to his room. Pleased with himself Normal stashed the towels under his bed and went to sleep.
Normal was up early the next morning. He wandered outside to get the morning paper and was surprised by the number of leaves that had fallen on the porch. He picked one up and shoved it in his pocket. Holding the paper he went back inside. By the time Alec awoke Normal was sitting reading the newspaper in a chair that was conveniently opposite to the bathroom door. He watched Alec trudge into the bathroom looking rumpled and still half- asleep and smiled as he heard the water turn on and opera singing drift from the shower. The singing abruptly halted and a loud exclamation erupted from the bathroom.
Alec opened the door and stormed out into the hall dressed only in an iddy- biddy handtowel. Normal's tongue fell out in appreciation.
"Ok. Who the hell keeps taking the towels?" Alec swore.
"Maybe you should take a towel in with you next time." Max suggested entering the room. "Though I must say you look especially hot in the one you've got on." Alec grinned and pulled her into a kiss then he sped off down the hall to change.
Alec walked into the living room holding his coffee. He knew that he had just had a shower but the way that Normal was looking at him was making him feel the compulsion to scrub his skin until it was raw. He sat himself down in one of the chairs only to feel something squish beneath him. He had sat on Sumo's chocolate cake, which miraculously hadn't been finished. Alec looked down at the mess.
"I think I'm going to have another shower." He said. Alec took off his clothes in his room and threw them in the laundry basket. He grabbed a towel off the floor and headed towards the bathroom.
"Hey squirrelly squirrelly." Normal called to Sally who had come to devour the remains of the chocolate cake. She looked at him.
" I'll give you 50$ if you do something for me." He said. Sally was intrigued. 50$ was a lot of cake.
Normal pulled the leaf out of his pocket and handed it to her.
Alec reached for his towel and found only air. Concerned he stuck his head out into the bathroom. His towel was gone. In its place was a single leaf.
"This is a VERY sick joke!" he yelled looking around the bathroom for anything more substantial than that flimsy little leaf. Finding nothing, Alec picked up the little leaf and sprinted to his room. The door was locked and Alec turned to find Normal looking like he was about to devour him. Normal reached towards Alec but he was yanked back and slammed against the wall.
"Keep your hands off my man." She said and Normal slumped groaning to the floor.
"Thanks Max. I really appreciated that." Alec said. "There is however the issue of the 50$ you owe me."
"Getting to see you wearing only a leaf without the distraction of Normal drooling on you makes it worth every penny." she said.
Max pulled her motorcycle up in front of the Space Needle. Alec jumped off quickly and before Max could do anything he had lifted her gently off her motorcycle.
"Alec what are you doing?" She asked confused.
"I'm doing this right." He said as he began to walk, Max still in his arms, up the Space Needle stairs. He carried her the whole way to the top then sat down gasping for breath. Max sat down beside him.
"Why did you want to come up here?" She asked?
Alec didn't answer. He just turned and looked at her with soulful eyes. "Max.will you marry me?" he asked softly.
All of a sudden Max couldn't speak. All she could do was squeak out a yes.
They sat at the top for a long time before they finally descended to the street. Alec was in ecstasy. She had said yes. He gripped her tightly as she steered the bike through the streets of Seattle.
Max stopped in front of a bakery. Alec looked at her questioningly.
"Um.Max. I think you might be a little lost. This isn't our house."
"I'm aware of that Alec. I just thought that it would be nice to pick up a treat for Sumo. I mean he has been filling out those stupid medical forms all evening."
"You're right. He'll definitely need something big and chocolate."
Sumo's eyes lit up when Alec presented him with a huge chocolate cake. Grinning he dragged his prize onto one of the living room chairs and began to devour it. He was well on his way to being done when he felt someone tapping at his shoulder. Sumo turned to see Sallyzoah standing behind him. His heart fluttered but he tried to look stern and unaffected.
"Can I have some?" She asked.
"Get your own." He snapped.
Sally paid him no head and began nibbling on the cake.
Sumo growled. Sally glanced at him and flashed a gorgeous smile before finishing her lump of cake and disappearing back into the kitchen. Sumo glared angrily after her until she was out of sight and then sighed. He needed some advice.
Alec was in the shower when the doorbell rang. Max, who had pretty much officially moved in by now, went to answer the door. Normal was standing on the doorstep with all his stuff. Max reluctantly let him in.
They were piling boxes in the living room when she heard Alec cry out from the washroom.
"Max, where's my blue towel?
"It's in the laundry. Use mine." She called back.
A minute or two later Alec emerged into the room dressed in a much smaller than usual blue towel. Normal began to salivate. Luckily, Alec headed towards his room to change before the drool could form a puddle.
The door creaked open as Alec pulled on his shirt. He turned and saw Sumo entering the room. Alec shrugged to himself and began to search unsuccessfully for a pair of matching clean socks. Sumo jumped on the bed and made himself comfortable in the covers.
"Hey Sumo. What's up buddy?" Alec asked still searching for the socks.
"Nothing." Sumo said and disappeared under the covers.
"Uh-huh." Alec said not very interestedly. "Where is that damn sock!?" He was on his hands and knees searching under the bed. It wasn't there. Sitting up straight he came face to face with his large squirrel bodyguard. "Sumo is there something bothering you?" he asked suspiciously.
"No!" Sumo spat and attempted to retreat under the covers again but Alec reached out and grabbed his leg.
"So there is absolutely no reason why you've been following me around ever since I got home?"
"No.maybe.I don't know." Sumo said in defeat. The room was silent for a couple of seconds. "I met a girl." Sumo said finally his whiskers twitching nervously.
"A girl?" Alec replied his socks now totally forgotten. " A girl squirrel?" Sumo nodded.
"Who you like?"
Sumo nodded again.
"And you want my advice?"
Sumo nodded. Alec sighed.
"Well." Alec began.
Max was sitting in the living room wondering why Alec was taking so damn long. Normal was downstairs with Joshua, the squirrels were still busy with the paperwork in the kitchen and Alec was in his room doing god knows what. She was about to storm into his room, when he appeared with a huge grin on his face.
"Where have you been?" She hissed at him angrily raising a hand to grab his shirt.
"Maxie remember our wager." Alec said in a singsong voice.
"Yeah, yeah. So what were you doing?"
"Giving Sumo some manly advice." Alec replied trying to keep the glee out of his voice.
"Why would Sumo need advice from you?"
"He has a crush." He whispered in her ear.
"No way. Who?"
"Salaziah's sister."
"Which one is that?"
"I have no clue. Want to go check it out?" He asked nodding towards the kitchen.
"Oh yeah!" said Max scrambling up.
They entered the kitchen casually glancing around for any potential candidates. The squirrels looked up at them in awe. Many of them had never been in the presence of the Squirrel gods before. One female squirrel was bawling loudly in joy.
"I really hope it's not that one." Alec said under his breath to Max. "I don't think I could stand to have her in the family."
Max nodded her agreement. Then Max saw her. She was standing next to Salaziah. Alec saw her too and walked over to them.
"Hey, SZ! Long time no see man." He said to Salaziah as he gave him a high five with his finger. "How's this operation going?" He said referring to the forms.
"Almost done. We're predicting about 6 more hours."
"Awesome. I'll let you get back to it."
"Oh Alec I almost forgot." Salaziah said as Alec turned away. "This is my sister Sallyzoah. She just arrived in Seattle today."
"Nice to meet you Sally." Alec said and shook her hand. "I hope you are making some new friends."
Sally nodded and gave a shy smile. Then Alec dragged Max back to his room where they carefully closed the door and compared impressions.
It was late when Normal finally stalked into the bathroom to brush his teeth. He had been moving in all day and he just had a few things left. He set all his toiletries up in a neat line beside the sink and filled up his quarter of the medicine cabinet. Last he turned to hang his towel on the towel rack. He paused, Alec's towel was hanging there. Normal reached out and touched it. It invoked the memory of earlier that evening and he smiled. That towel had looked awfully nice on Alec. An evil idea popped into Normal's head. He grabbed all the towels off the rack except for a small hand towel and ran back to his room. Pleased with himself Normal stashed the towels under his bed and went to sleep.
Normal was up early the next morning. He wandered outside to get the morning paper and was surprised by the number of leaves that had fallen on the porch. He picked one up and shoved it in his pocket. Holding the paper he went back inside. By the time Alec awoke Normal was sitting reading the newspaper in a chair that was conveniently opposite to the bathroom door. He watched Alec trudge into the bathroom looking rumpled and still half- asleep and smiled as he heard the water turn on and opera singing drift from the shower. The singing abruptly halted and a loud exclamation erupted from the bathroom.
Alec opened the door and stormed out into the hall dressed only in an iddy- biddy handtowel. Normal's tongue fell out in appreciation.
"Ok. Who the hell keeps taking the towels?" Alec swore.
"Maybe you should take a towel in with you next time." Max suggested entering the room. "Though I must say you look especially hot in the one you've got on." Alec grinned and pulled her into a kiss then he sped off down the hall to change.
Alec walked into the living room holding his coffee. He knew that he had just had a shower but the way that Normal was looking at him was making him feel the compulsion to scrub his skin until it was raw. He sat himself down in one of the chairs only to feel something squish beneath him. He had sat on Sumo's chocolate cake, which miraculously hadn't been finished. Alec looked down at the mess.
"I think I'm going to have another shower." He said. Alec took off his clothes in his room and threw them in the laundry basket. He grabbed a towel off the floor and headed towards the bathroom.
"Hey squirrelly squirrelly." Normal called to Sally who had come to devour the remains of the chocolate cake. She looked at him.
" I'll give you 50$ if you do something for me." He said. Sally was intrigued. 50$ was a lot of cake.
Normal pulled the leaf out of his pocket and handed it to her.
Alec reached for his towel and found only air. Concerned he stuck his head out into the bathroom. His towel was gone. In its place was a single leaf.
"This is a VERY sick joke!" he yelled looking around the bathroom for anything more substantial than that flimsy little leaf. Finding nothing, Alec picked up the little leaf and sprinted to his room. The door was locked and Alec turned to find Normal looking like he was about to devour him. Normal reached towards Alec but he was yanked back and slammed against the wall.
"Keep your hands off my man." She said and Normal slumped groaning to the floor.
"Thanks Max. I really appreciated that." Alec said. "There is however the issue of the 50$ you owe me."
"Getting to see you wearing only a leaf without the distraction of Normal drooling on you makes it worth every penny." she said.