Spoilers: This is the first sequel story to Shattered trust and whispered confessions. It is set after Hello Goodbye and might reveal bits and pieces of the series from then on.

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone; I wish I did own Jensen Ackles (Alec) though...drool...

Authors Note: If you really want to understand this story and enjoy it, then be sure to read the original part one.

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CHAPTER FOUR:

Seattle; Max and Alec's apartment; 25th August 2022

Hands. His hands were everywhere and Max revelled in his touch, her sensitive skin memorising the trail they created.

"Alec!",

She gasped, her legs pressed between his, her arms thrown around his neck in a lazy embrace.

"Mmm.Max!",

He murmured into her mouth, his tongue tickling her,

"I want you so much, the wait has killed me..."

Alec moaned as she deepened the kiss, his body responding to her in a telltale manner pressed against her leg. Max pulled back slightly, eying him cautiously. They had been together six months now and tonight was a huge step, their first time together. She wanted to hear him tell her he loved her, but he hadn't. For the first time, he hadn't attempted to tell her.

"What's wrong, are you not ready?"

Never before had she imagined Alec as such a sweet and caring guy, as being so sensitive, not until she accepted him as her fate.

"I'm ready."

"Then what is it?"

"I just...I want you to tell me..."

Max hesitated, losing her courage as she briefly kissed him again, pulling him closer. She feasted her mouth onto his neck and sucked at it, before whispering to him,

"Tell me you want me."

Alec leaned into her teasing act, enjoying the feel of her mouth on him. Her hand snaked in between them and she undid the buttons to his pants.

"I want you Max."

He leaned his forehead against hers, concentrating as he pushed down her pants, discarding the material. She complied, kicking off the pool at her feet. Shoes, then socks came next, the passion only further intensifying. Max's hand slowly stroked him and Alec squeezed his eyes shut in disbelief that their moment had finally come. Her voice came out in a seductive, breathy sigh into his ear,

"Tell me you need me."

Alec pulled her against him tighter, pulling off her thin singlet. He took a breast in his mouth, sucking it and kneading it. Max's hips bucked up slightly in response.

"Max, I need you...if you haven't figured that out by now, what can I do..."

She claimed his mouth with hers and Alec found himself caught in a passionate kiss with his eyes wide open, completely taken in by the mind- boggling vision before him.

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A lot could happen in one minute. That was all Max could think. One minute they had been on their way to their first intimate night together. The next, Max found herself with a sheet wrapped around her as she shook her trembling, near naked boyfriend,

"Alec! Dammit, snap out of it, tell me what's wrong with you."

His body became continually wracked with tremors and Max grabbed at her pants, fumbling as she searched the pockets for a bottle. Finally, she struck home. Unscrewing the lid, she took several Tryptophan pills and forced them into Alec's mouth, massaging his throat until she felt him swallow them. The seizures stopped immediately and Max wrinkled her forehead in confusion, it should've taken much longer. At least 10 minutes to come into effect. Her eyes settled on the silver bracelet Lydecker had clamped on his wrist. Normally the light shone red, which they had assumed meant dormant. That Lydecker didn't care where Alec was, that he was too much of a liability for Manticore, or that he had accepted that his kids were happier on the outside. Right now, it was different. It was flashing vibrantly. It was green.

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Max ripped her eyes away from his wrist and gently shook him.

No response.

She shook Alec again, this time disregarding whether she might hurt him or not,

"Alec, you ass. Wake up!"

He groaned, slowly propping himself up on his elbows as he gingerly blinked away the throbbing pain wracking his body. Max melted as she saw his limited movements, the obvious pain he was trying not to demonstrate as he struggled to recover from whatever had just happened. She frowned, what had just happened?

"Alec? What just..."

"Was about to ask you the same thing. I mean one minute we were, well (smirks) and the next thing I know I'm waking up sore as hell on the floor. You didn't like have a change of heart and kick my ass in usual style?"

"Your not funny. So you're telling me you don't know what just happened?"

"That's exactly what I am saying,"

"Alec, your eyes rolled into your head. I asked you if you were okay and you hit me, stood up, then fell onto the floor shaking."

He averted his eyes away from hers, as he stared ashamedly past her, speaking in a resigned low tone,

"I hit you?"

"Yeah. But that doesn't matter."

"How can you say that Max? I hit you!"

"I think I know that, my bruising face knows that. But it wasn't you; it was like you weren't there. It was like...494."

Alec snapped his head away angrily as she touched his face. He stood, ignoring the protests emitting from his body,

"Don't get too close Max, not until we know what's going on."

She sighed, approaching him slowly as quiet as she could,

"Don't even try to push me away. You've done enough of that in the past for a lifetime or two."

"Just leave me alone Max."

He leaned down to pick up his pants and limped out, his shoulders jerking every few steps. She stared after him, tears filling her eyes. Shaking them away, she pouted and angrily stormed to the bathroom and slammed the door.

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Seattle, Crash; 29th August 2022





"So now what?"

"I don't know Cindy, it's just so like him to wander off and disappear without telling me."

"Max, suga, listen up before I lay tha smack down on your ass. Last time we had this discussion I think you'll remember that Alec had been kidnapped."

Her eyes widened dramatically as she stared at her confident friend,

"You think he's been kidnapped again?"

Cindy cringed as Max's voice rose to an unbearable cringe and she comfortingly extended a hand to cover hers,

"As much as that would not surprise me, no I do not think your boy is AWOL coz he got his pig-headed ass in some nasty situation again. What I do think is that you need to chill and accept that he is troubled bout something. From what you tell me, his memory only just returned to the barest just over a week ago. That's a lot for one to deal with. Maybe the whole seizure dealio brought up some nasty closet surprises."

"I don't know how you do it. But somehow, you're always right."

"Damn straight. That'll teach you to run your ass off and not call your home girl."

"Never happen again. Shouldn't have in the first place."

"Like I said, damn straight."

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Seattle; Jampony Express; 1st September 2022

"Move people, bip, bip, bip!"

Max rolled her eyes at Cindy as numerous slacker workers strolled through the busy building.

"Hey missy miss, move your ass. Package, hot run - sector 4. Move it!"

She moved past a red-faced Normal and snatched the package, placing it under her arm to pull on her gloves,

"Chill out, buzz kill."

"I want none of your lip Maxie. You should be grateful I gave you this job back after the stunt you pulled, running off with my golden boy for a half year. I'd fire you if you weren't one of the better workers I had."

He raised his voice further,

"That's right, I'm talking about you boneheads! BIP! And you can tell your man that I want him to take care of himself, rest up plenty until his throat heals. Tell him that there is no rush for him to come back to work, when he feels up to it."

"So you chew me out for delivering twice the amount anyone else does, but coz I rock up five minutes late, I get threatened and Alec, who hasn't come in 6 and a half months, he gets special treatment."

"Don't be bad mouthing or I might have a word to him about how his miss is talking trash. And you being late five minutes today is the earliest you've ever been in! Now scoot...IDIOT."

Max opened her mouth to slip another sarcastic comment, but let it slide, rolling her eyes as she rode her bike out. She stopped outside, her chest snatching together like the most painful heartburn. She gasped, grabbing at her shirt, clawing it, while she bowled over in tenderness,

"Oh shit! Ow! What the fuck? Shit, what's wrong with me?"

She fell onto her knees and blinked away burning tears gathering in her eyes,

"Something's wrong."

She collapsed, her eyes twitching and tears streaming down her face,

"Alec."

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