Working title: Sniff Sniff
Author: Skyeyes
Disclaimer: The usual I don't make the toys I just play with them.
Summery: When Alec catches wind of something wonderful, a new friend ship
may be formed.
Author note: Guess I should point out that this is before everyone found
out about the transgenics. (And I know in the show there were no more
seizures. But hey, where's the fun in that.)
I suck as grammar and tenses so don't yell at me, if you're smart enough
to notice my problems your smart enough to figure out what I meant. =)
Gotta thank my new beta reader Whisper =) couldn't fix nearly as many
tenses without ya.
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The morning light was just beginning to creep in the window, Jen was already up and ready for a new day. As she walked out of her room she couldn't help but sneak a peek in Alec's direction. His blankets lay at the end of the sofa, which he hadn't bothered to unfold, kicked off sometime during the middle of the night. His ice pack long since melted, lay on the floor, creating a small puddle of water.
The bruise on his shoulder was actually starting to lighten up already. Guess he was right, at that rate it'll be gone in a few days max. As she watched him sleep, she couldn't help but notice how attractive he was. Innocent looking even. 'Bet he's got quite a few girlfriends wandering around. A boy that young shouldn't be out on his own yet. I have to remember to find out how old he is', she thought. Can't be more than 20 or so. He rolled over slightly just then. He had probably heard the coffee maker start up. "Hey wake up sleepy head. Early bird gets the worm, remember?"
"Ugh." he mumbled, "Yeah yeah, but the second mouse gets the cheese," he chuckled a little even in his sleepy state. As he moved to sit up a little Jen couldn't help but notice the stark black lines that marred his otherwise perfect skin. 'A tattoo? I never would have thought he'd have one. He doesn't seem like the type to purposely cause himself pain'.
"A barcode?" she asked in disbelief. "Now tell me why on earth would you want to get that tattooed to the back of your neck?" She didn't miss the fact that his eyes widened a little bit more then usual as he turned around. He instantly snapped out of his sleepy hide away, the panic became blatant in his eyes but was quickly replaced with a cocky smile. 'Why would a simple question like that cause so much panic?,' she wondered.
"Uh yeah, don't know I was thinking. Probably drunk or something." he replied. Almost immediately he began getting dressed as he prepared to leave.
"Drinking?! How old are you anyways?" she asked with her hands on her hips.
"Twenty-one. Why?"
"Oh nothing, I was just wondering what a boy your age is doing off on his own. Isn't your mother worried sick about you, all alone in the city like this?"
His mouth opened a little as if he were about to speak, then quickly changing his mind and probably his story as well. "Probably not." After seeing the look of shock that crossed over her face he added, "I never really met my mother."
"Goodness, I never understood how a mother could do that...leave her child I mean. You were raised by your father then?" Hope spread through her features. She didn't know if she could handle finding out her boy was an orphan. Of course, that hope was crushed after a single word.
"No. Look I gotta get going. Work and all." And with a final cocky smile he was gone.
"Oh wait!" she called after him, "Don't forget about dinner tonight, you said you'd come." But he was already gone.
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"Ok is she still mad at me?" Alec asked O.C. as she gathered her things from her locker.
"Boo, that girl's always gonna be mad at ya. What'd ya do this time anyways?"
"Probably something stupid." He thought for a second then added, "Probably something not worth getting angry over. But then again, this is Max we're talking about, and since when has she been logical?" he eyed her with suspicion.
"What? Why do you think I did something wrong?" She glared at him. "Fine, so I forgot that I was supposed to meet up with her for some Eyes Only thingy. But come on, I do have other things in my life besides Max...Like checking out the honeys." He added with a smack to her own butt. "Well I'd stay and watch, but I got work to do. Be careful though, she's headin' this way." With a quick look of pity she departed.
Dang she looks even madder then she did yesterday. "Gee Max, anger really isn't your best suit. Ever think of maybe being happy for once?"
"Grrr." She threatened. 'Great! Growling! This is not a good sign.'
"Look you screwed everything up once already, Alec, and now that I've got a second chance to get this done I'm not about to involve you. Now get away from my locker." She ordered.
"Fine." He held up his hands in a gesture of surrender and took a step back. "Hey Max, are you still mad at me?" He puts on his best puppy dog eyes, and pouting lip. He managed to get a giggle out of her. Check one for the good signs. Of course, that didn't last long, a few more words passed between them and she ended up hitting him square on his wounded right shoulder. "Ouch" he proclaimed. She assumed he was only playing. Too bad he wasn't.
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After a hard days work Alec was more tired then usual. His shoulder was still bothering him a little. He just wanted to curl up in his bed and sleep. He fell slowly, careful of his injured shoulder, onto his bed.
It wasn't until he was lying there, half asleep, that his hands began to shake. 'Great timing' he thought. Knowing he'd never sleep while having a seizure, he attempted to make his way to the bathroom; where he stored his tryptophan.
He barely made it to the bathroom door before his seizures hit at full force. He closed his eyes waiting for it to stop.
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He probably forgot, didn't hear me this morning either. I guess I'll just have to go remind him, she thought with a smile. Jen grabbed her pot of lemon chicken with rice and began the two-story descent down the flight of stairs to Alec's apartment.
She knocked twice, rapping lightly on his door.
"Alec? Hey, are you in there? Thought maybe you forgot we were supposed to have dinner tonight." 'Hmm...maybe he really did forget and went out,' she thought.
She instinctively tried the door-knob, finding it was unlocked. She continued inside, and again called out. "Alec, are you here?" She decided to leave the chicken for him in his refrigerator.
But as she bent down to put the food in his fridge she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She had noticed the small amount of motion, directly to the left of her. She looked in that direction. She was surprised to find him on the floor, laying on his side and shaking terribly. "Alec?" When he didn't move or respond she decided to call the hospital. Maybe they'd be able to help. "I'm-- I'm going to call a doctor."
"No.no ..doc..tors," he pleaded.
She bent down next to him. "Then tell me what to do, I'll do it." He managed to tell her where his pills were after a few failed attempts. He shoved the pills in his mouth and swallowed them. Then she helped him get into bed and sat down with him. He rested his head in her lap as she smoothed his hair away from his eyes, waiting for his attack to stop. She stayed with him, until the shaking began to slow, about twenty minutes later.
"What was that, Alec?" Jen asked as Alec lay in her arms, his eyes closed in exhaustion. "And don't even think about saying it was nothing, because that wasn't nothing. That was something..something big. Something terrible."
"It was a seizure. It's a brain thing. I don't make enough serotonin, or something like that." He explained.
"There's something different about you, isn't there? I mean first, the way you fight. It's just beyond what most people are capable of. Then, you have this tattoo, a tattoo of a barcode complete with numbers. Who gets a tattoo of a barcode? Plus I saw the way you reacted when I mentioned it to you. It was a look of panic, or pain maybe. Now this, this brain disorder or whatever, I've never seen anything like it. Tell me Alec, please. Friends don't keep secrets from each other." She urged.
He tried to pull away from her.
Maybe I shouldn't have sprung all these questions on him now. Maybe I should of waited until he was really feeling better. He was too weak to actually succeed in squirming away.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." He offered.
"Sure I would, why wouldn't I believe what you say? Have you given me any reason to doubt you?" she asked.
"No." he replied.
"Then tell me."
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The morning light was just beginning to creep in the window, Jen was already up and ready for a new day. As she walked out of her room she couldn't help but sneak a peek in Alec's direction. His blankets lay at the end of the sofa, which he hadn't bothered to unfold, kicked off sometime during the middle of the night. His ice pack long since melted, lay on the floor, creating a small puddle of water.
The bruise on his shoulder was actually starting to lighten up already. Guess he was right, at that rate it'll be gone in a few days max. As she watched him sleep, she couldn't help but notice how attractive he was. Innocent looking even. 'Bet he's got quite a few girlfriends wandering around. A boy that young shouldn't be out on his own yet. I have to remember to find out how old he is', she thought. Can't be more than 20 or so. He rolled over slightly just then. He had probably heard the coffee maker start up. "Hey wake up sleepy head. Early bird gets the worm, remember?"
"Ugh." he mumbled, "Yeah yeah, but the second mouse gets the cheese," he chuckled a little even in his sleepy state. As he moved to sit up a little Jen couldn't help but notice the stark black lines that marred his otherwise perfect skin. 'A tattoo? I never would have thought he'd have one. He doesn't seem like the type to purposely cause himself pain'.
"A barcode?" she asked in disbelief. "Now tell me why on earth would you want to get that tattooed to the back of your neck?" She didn't miss the fact that his eyes widened a little bit more then usual as he turned around. He instantly snapped out of his sleepy hide away, the panic became blatant in his eyes but was quickly replaced with a cocky smile. 'Why would a simple question like that cause so much panic?,' she wondered.
"Uh yeah, don't know I was thinking. Probably drunk or something." he replied. Almost immediately he began getting dressed as he prepared to leave.
"Drinking?! How old are you anyways?" she asked with her hands on her hips.
"Twenty-one. Why?"
"Oh nothing, I was just wondering what a boy your age is doing off on his own. Isn't your mother worried sick about you, all alone in the city like this?"
His mouth opened a little as if he were about to speak, then quickly changing his mind and probably his story as well. "Probably not." After seeing the look of shock that crossed over her face he added, "I never really met my mother."
"Goodness, I never understood how a mother could do that...leave her child I mean. You were raised by your father then?" Hope spread through her features. She didn't know if she could handle finding out her boy was an orphan. Of course, that hope was crushed after a single word.
"No. Look I gotta get going. Work and all." And with a final cocky smile he was gone.
"Oh wait!" she called after him, "Don't forget about dinner tonight, you said you'd come." But he was already gone.
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"Ok is she still mad at me?" Alec asked O.C. as she gathered her things from her locker.
"Boo, that girl's always gonna be mad at ya. What'd ya do this time anyways?"
"Probably something stupid." He thought for a second then added, "Probably something not worth getting angry over. But then again, this is Max we're talking about, and since when has she been logical?" he eyed her with suspicion.
"What? Why do you think I did something wrong?" She glared at him. "Fine, so I forgot that I was supposed to meet up with her for some Eyes Only thingy. But come on, I do have other things in my life besides Max...Like checking out the honeys." He added with a smack to her own butt. "Well I'd stay and watch, but I got work to do. Be careful though, she's headin' this way." With a quick look of pity she departed.
Dang she looks even madder then she did yesterday. "Gee Max, anger really isn't your best suit. Ever think of maybe being happy for once?"
"Grrr." She threatened. 'Great! Growling! This is not a good sign.'
"Look you screwed everything up once already, Alec, and now that I've got a second chance to get this done I'm not about to involve you. Now get away from my locker." She ordered.
"Fine." He held up his hands in a gesture of surrender and took a step back. "Hey Max, are you still mad at me?" He puts on his best puppy dog eyes, and pouting lip. He managed to get a giggle out of her. Check one for the good signs. Of course, that didn't last long, a few more words passed between them and she ended up hitting him square on his wounded right shoulder. "Ouch" he proclaimed. She assumed he was only playing. Too bad he wasn't.
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After a hard days work Alec was more tired then usual. His shoulder was still bothering him a little. He just wanted to curl up in his bed and sleep. He fell slowly, careful of his injured shoulder, onto his bed.
It wasn't until he was lying there, half asleep, that his hands began to shake. 'Great timing' he thought. Knowing he'd never sleep while having a seizure, he attempted to make his way to the bathroom; where he stored his tryptophan.
He barely made it to the bathroom door before his seizures hit at full force. He closed his eyes waiting for it to stop.
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He probably forgot, didn't hear me this morning either. I guess I'll just have to go remind him, she thought with a smile. Jen grabbed her pot of lemon chicken with rice and began the two-story descent down the flight of stairs to Alec's apartment.
She knocked twice, rapping lightly on his door.
"Alec? Hey, are you in there? Thought maybe you forgot we were supposed to have dinner tonight." 'Hmm...maybe he really did forget and went out,' she thought.
She instinctively tried the door-knob, finding it was unlocked. She continued inside, and again called out. "Alec, are you here?" She decided to leave the chicken for him in his refrigerator.
But as she bent down to put the food in his fridge she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She had noticed the small amount of motion, directly to the left of her. She looked in that direction. She was surprised to find him on the floor, laying on his side and shaking terribly. "Alec?" When he didn't move or respond she decided to call the hospital. Maybe they'd be able to help. "I'm-- I'm going to call a doctor."
"No.no ..doc..tors," he pleaded.
She bent down next to him. "Then tell me what to do, I'll do it." He managed to tell her where his pills were after a few failed attempts. He shoved the pills in his mouth and swallowed them. Then she helped him get into bed and sat down with him. He rested his head in her lap as she smoothed his hair away from his eyes, waiting for his attack to stop. She stayed with him, until the shaking began to slow, about twenty minutes later.
"What was that, Alec?" Jen asked as Alec lay in her arms, his eyes closed in exhaustion. "And don't even think about saying it was nothing, because that wasn't nothing. That was something..something big. Something terrible."
"It was a seizure. It's a brain thing. I don't make enough serotonin, or something like that." He explained.
"There's something different about you, isn't there? I mean first, the way you fight. It's just beyond what most people are capable of. Then, you have this tattoo, a tattoo of a barcode complete with numbers. Who gets a tattoo of a barcode? Plus I saw the way you reacted when I mentioned it to you. It was a look of panic, or pain maybe. Now this, this brain disorder or whatever, I've never seen anything like it. Tell me Alec, please. Friends don't keep secrets from each other." She urged.
He tried to pull away from her.
Maybe I shouldn't have sprung all these questions on him now. Maybe I should of waited until he was really feeling better. He was too weak to actually succeed in squirming away.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." He offered.
"Sure I would, why wouldn't I believe what you say? Have you given me any reason to doubt you?" she asked.
"No." he replied.
"Then tell me."
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