CHAPTER: Intruder Alert.
Tuesday morning Max walked in Jam Pony early, she was in a good mood and actually felt like doing her job. She walked over to the board to see what sector she was running that day. She noticed she was running sector five and so was Alec. She looked around to see were Alec was. She walked to the back to see if Normal knew where he went.
Normal had just rapped up a conversation he was having on the phone and looked up and saw Max at his desk. " Why aren't you working?" he asked. He seemed a little angry about something.
" I just wanted to know where Alec is."
" Unlike you he actually does work."
" So he left already?"
"Yeah so BIP." Normal shouted.
She thought that he would at least wait for her so they could go together, that's what he usually did. " I'm going OK."
Max took some packages and headed out the door.
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There was some traffic at the sector police checkpoint. There was apparently some holdup because someone was trying to get pass with a fake sector pass. Max sat impatiently in a long line. She glanced to see how much people was ahead of her and saw that Alec was close to the front. She called him out. " Alec!" she shouted. She saw him almost turn his head and then he tuned around and drove up the security guard who carefully inspected his sector pass. She called him again and he didn't even attempt to turn around. "What's up with him?" she asked herself. She knew he heard her so why the hell didn't he turn around.
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When Max got back to Jam Pony she saw Original Cindy talking with Alec and Sketchy, they were laughing at something. She walked over to them and made her presence known, " So what's so funny?" she asked. Alec looked at her and then walked out the room. She followed him with her eyes. She didn't get why he was ignoring her. " Where you off to?" she asked.
" Appointment." He said shortly.
" What one of you Andy clients." She said that intentionally to push his buttons. She wanted to see what he would have said. If he fired back he was okay if he didn't something was wrong with him.
He gave her a fake smile and then headed out the door.
Now she knew that something was definitely wrong, wrong between them, he seemed fine around OC and Sketchy. " Do you all know what's up with Alec?"
" I don't know he seemed fine to me." OC said. " Since when is my boo interested in Alec and what he does."
" You know what it was last time."
" What was last time?" Sketchy asked.
Max laughed at his cluelessness and picked up her bag and headed out the door. It was already dark when she reached home. She took a shower and changed her clothes. She had very intention of going to Crash but she also had this uncontrollable urge to go to the needle.
She walked silently through the oval room at the top of the building. She saw that Alec was sitting down and playing with a quarter in his hands. She walked up and took a seat next to him. She didn't say anything, never needed to. They always had a way of knowing what each other were thinking when they were up here.
He stood up and wiped his hands in his pants and started to walk off.
" Where you going?" she asked him. That was the second time for they day she asked him that.
" Home," he said.
It was also the second time he gave her a half ass answer.
" Why don't you stay a while," she said looking up at him. He looked over except at her.
" I have things to do?" he said walking away.
She stood up and followed him, " what's your problem?"
" Why do you think that I have a problem?" he said coolly, but still walking.
" Because first you didn't turn around when I called you, then you left as soon as I came and now you're doing the same thing."
" Max you're really not that important I have better things to do with my time than think of ways to avoid you."
" So it's that what your doing avoiding me?" she said yelled.
" Do you have to yell like that you're giving me a headache?"
" Alec I don't like to be ignored okay so if something is up tell me already because I', not about to play the guessing game with you."
" I don't want to play any game with you." He finally stopped. ' You're the one who has me playing the "guessing game".'
" What the hell are you talking about?"
" This," he said angrily.
' What's "this"?'
" You say you don't want me around and when I stay away from you, you get all hot and bothered."
" When did I say that?"
" Last night and on many different occasions."
" I didn't say that last night." Max said letting her memory play back in her head.
" Yeah you did," he corrected. ' "I was happy before I met you." If that's not telling someone you don't want them around then I don't now what is.'
"I didn't mean that okay." She whispered.
" Max I don't want to intrude on your life. I mean I share your friends, your work, I even go to the same bar as you. I should give you your space."
" You're not intruding on my life. Well at first you were but now your part of it."
He finally managed to smile.
" Now the next time I call you you better answer me or else." Max threatened.
" Or what? You'd call again." He heard her call him twice and he had a feeling like she would have done it again if he didn't drive off.
" Exactly. Then my throat would have gotten saw and for that I would have kicked your ass."
He laughed and they walked back to outside of the needle and sat down. " Did you figure out who sent the flowers yet?"
" Nah I didn't have time to think about that, I had more important people to think about." She could see that he was trying to hide a smile that was creeping across his face.
" So you're actually into that kind of girly stuff?" he managed to ask.
" Well I'm not really into it, well wouldn't you be flattered if a guy sent you flowers."
Alec twisted up hi face. " No I'll be scared and I'll probably move out of town."
She laughed. " You know what I mean. I just hope it's not some stalker or some creep, I just want it to be someone nice."
" It's not a stalker."
" How do you that?"
" If it was a stalker he would have wanted you to know how much he loved you, therefore he would have left a card."
" Knowing my luck the rules of stalking according to Alec is gonna change." She stated and then laughed lightly.
" Well maybe you'll be lucky this time."
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Tuesday morning Max walked in Jam Pony early, she was in a good mood and actually felt like doing her job. She walked over to the board to see what sector she was running that day. She noticed she was running sector five and so was Alec. She looked around to see were Alec was. She walked to the back to see if Normal knew where he went.
Normal had just rapped up a conversation he was having on the phone and looked up and saw Max at his desk. " Why aren't you working?" he asked. He seemed a little angry about something.
" I just wanted to know where Alec is."
" Unlike you he actually does work."
" So he left already?"
"Yeah so BIP." Normal shouted.
She thought that he would at least wait for her so they could go together, that's what he usually did. " I'm going OK."
Max took some packages and headed out the door.
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There was some traffic at the sector police checkpoint. There was apparently some holdup because someone was trying to get pass with a fake sector pass. Max sat impatiently in a long line. She glanced to see how much people was ahead of her and saw that Alec was close to the front. She called him out. " Alec!" she shouted. She saw him almost turn his head and then he tuned around and drove up the security guard who carefully inspected his sector pass. She called him again and he didn't even attempt to turn around. "What's up with him?" she asked herself. She knew he heard her so why the hell didn't he turn around.
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When Max got back to Jam Pony she saw Original Cindy talking with Alec and Sketchy, they were laughing at something. She walked over to them and made her presence known, " So what's so funny?" she asked. Alec looked at her and then walked out the room. She followed him with her eyes. She didn't get why he was ignoring her. " Where you off to?" she asked.
" Appointment." He said shortly.
" What one of you Andy clients." She said that intentionally to push his buttons. She wanted to see what he would have said. If he fired back he was okay if he didn't something was wrong with him.
He gave her a fake smile and then headed out the door.
Now she knew that something was definitely wrong, wrong between them, he seemed fine around OC and Sketchy. " Do you all know what's up with Alec?"
" I don't know he seemed fine to me." OC said. " Since when is my boo interested in Alec and what he does."
" You know what it was last time."
" What was last time?" Sketchy asked.
Max laughed at his cluelessness and picked up her bag and headed out the door. It was already dark when she reached home. She took a shower and changed her clothes. She had very intention of going to Crash but she also had this uncontrollable urge to go to the needle.
She walked silently through the oval room at the top of the building. She saw that Alec was sitting down and playing with a quarter in his hands. She walked up and took a seat next to him. She didn't say anything, never needed to. They always had a way of knowing what each other were thinking when they were up here.
He stood up and wiped his hands in his pants and started to walk off.
" Where you going?" she asked him. That was the second time for they day she asked him that.
" Home," he said.
It was also the second time he gave her a half ass answer.
" Why don't you stay a while," she said looking up at him. He looked over except at her.
" I have things to do?" he said walking away.
She stood up and followed him, " what's your problem?"
" Why do you think that I have a problem?" he said coolly, but still walking.
" Because first you didn't turn around when I called you, then you left as soon as I came and now you're doing the same thing."
" Max you're really not that important I have better things to do with my time than think of ways to avoid you."
" So it's that what your doing avoiding me?" she said yelled.
" Do you have to yell like that you're giving me a headache?"
" Alec I don't like to be ignored okay so if something is up tell me already because I', not about to play the guessing game with you."
" I don't want to play any game with you." He finally stopped. ' You're the one who has me playing the "guessing game".'
" What the hell are you talking about?"
" This," he said angrily.
' What's "this"?'
" You say you don't want me around and when I stay away from you, you get all hot and bothered."
" When did I say that?"
" Last night and on many different occasions."
" I didn't say that last night." Max said letting her memory play back in her head.
" Yeah you did," he corrected. ' "I was happy before I met you." If that's not telling someone you don't want them around then I don't now what is.'
"I didn't mean that okay." She whispered.
" Max I don't want to intrude on your life. I mean I share your friends, your work, I even go to the same bar as you. I should give you your space."
" You're not intruding on my life. Well at first you were but now your part of it."
He finally managed to smile.
" Now the next time I call you you better answer me or else." Max threatened.
" Or what? You'd call again." He heard her call him twice and he had a feeling like she would have done it again if he didn't drive off.
" Exactly. Then my throat would have gotten saw and for that I would have kicked your ass."
He laughed and they walked back to outside of the needle and sat down. " Did you figure out who sent the flowers yet?"
" Nah I didn't have time to think about that, I had more important people to think about." She could see that he was trying to hide a smile that was creeping across his face.
" So you're actually into that kind of girly stuff?" he managed to ask.
" Well I'm not really into it, well wouldn't you be flattered if a guy sent you flowers."
Alec twisted up hi face. " No I'll be scared and I'll probably move out of town."
She laughed. " You know what I mean. I just hope it's not some stalker or some creep, I just want it to be someone nice."
" It's not a stalker."
" How do you that?"
" If it was a stalker he would have wanted you to know how much he loved you, therefore he would have left a card."
" Knowing my luck the rules of stalking according to Alec is gonna change." She stated and then laughed lightly.
" Well maybe you'll be lucky this time."
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