Chapter7...... Surprise
Alec had barely been riding his Bike when he heard the shocked gasps of nearby people. He turned around and saw a group of people crowding around where he had just been talking to Max. He didn't see her anywhere, so he turned around and went to see what was going on.
"She just fainted" he heard some woman saying. He felt a sinking feeling. He jumped off his bike and let it fall to the ground. Who cared if someone stole it? It was the jam ponies not his. He pushed his way through the crowed of people. And he saw her. She was just lying there. She looked so small. when did she become this small he thought to himself. He never had thought of her as small, she was always in his face, threatening him.
And she was usually so strong. Now she looked weak. Right now, he felt like he could just reach out and cradle her in the palm of his hand. Her face was pale, and it made her lips stand out as the only color on her face. Her dark eyelashes fell softly on her cheeks at the end of her eyelid which were covering her beautiful dark eyes. Her body was in a tiny heap on the ground, tangled slightly with her bike. Her hair fell out behind her. Her necklace stood out brightly on her chest, shining in the soft morning sun.
For a moment, he thought he could just leave her. She had said something so horrible to him, that she deserved it. But he knew he couldn't. He would take her to Logans, and leave. He would never have to see her again, but first he had to get her to Logans. He really wished he had his car, it would make things allot easier, but he didn't. He was after all an x5 though so it shouldn't be hard.
He walked over to her and bent over her small form. A woman was kneeling over her, nervously checking her pulse. She looked up at him suspiciously. "She's my wife, it's okay" he explained, saying the first thing that popped into his twisted brain, "She was a little sick today, but wanted to come out any ways, I'll take her home" he said. The woman nodded and backed away. Alec moved away from Max for a moment to lock their bikes to a bike rack in front of a building.
He went back over to Max, and lifted her Small body. She was surprisingly light. It would make the walk to Logans much easier. Though telling Logan what happened wouldn't be. Let's see, how could he explain. 'gee Logan, I was telling Max that she's wasting her life with you, then she hurt my feelings so I left. I guess she just couldn't take the issue, so she fainted. Buy the way, your girl friend slept with me last night, and there's a very high chance she is insane., Well, I'm gonna go now, you understand, I'm just not comfortable being around her right now, see ya latter, after work I guess since I now live here, Bye bye'. No, he definitely wouldn't take that well. He would just say she fainted on their way to work. Then he would look for a new place. Living with Logan would not work for him, not at all.
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Max woke once again in the soft sheets of her bed. The sun shone brightly, but it felt gray to her. She pressed the play button on the CD player by her bed and let the depressing pre pulse song come through the speakers. It was an old one, '94 or something. This morning was like every morning she had been having lately. the slow beat came in through the speakers, and the rhythmic voice of the female singer came out.
The lines of my earth, so brittle, unfertile, and ready to die.
I need a drink, but the well has run dry.
And we in the habit of saying the same things all over again,
For the money we shall make.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore.
It should be our time. This fertile youth's black soil is ready for rain.
The harvest is nigh, but the well has gone dry.
And they in the habit of saying the same things all over again,
about the money we shall make.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore.
She rolled over and let the welcoming arms of Ben embrace her. She looked at the clock, it was 7:30. She moaned not wanting to go to work. Her life was a big mass of depression now. One she didn't want to face. It had been exactly 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days since she slept with Alec. Since he stopped talking to her. He was still around, at the jam pony, but he never said anything to her, and if she went up to him, he would walk away. Since she had fainted. It had been easy to write it off to Logan, She just told him that she had been ill, and was still trying to recover. He had just smiled and said he was happy she was all right.
But she wasn't. She had know idea why she fainted, one minute she was hugging her brother, the next she woke u at Logans. And, worst of all, it had been exactly three days, two hours and twenty three minutes since she found out she was pregnant. Life was anything but good. She continued to lie in Bens arms, letting some of her fear and doubt drift off for the moment. and listened to the song as it slowly came to and end
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it.
This is the last song that I write
' Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore
The music played, reflecting the dryness of her soul at the moment. OC came into her bedroom, with out knocking. "Okay, boo, tell me what's wrong, every morning for the past three days you have been playing this depressing song by 'six pence none the richer', you only play it when your really upset. So, what's got my girl in a mood?" she asked, "You still haven troubles with your boy?".
"He's not my boy" she said. "And I'm fine, can't I just listen to a song that I like?" she asked. Oc raised an eye brow at her. "Fine, I'll tell you. You can't tell anyone though" Max said. She really didn't want to have this conversation. She was kind of hoping that if she stayed in bed long enough that she would just wake up and find that it was all a dream. "Oc, remember that night that Alec was over, a little over a month ago?" OC nodded. "Well, I kind of accidentally, on a big huge lack of good judgment slept with him" she said. She waited for a reaction.
"Oh....." Oc said. She didn't say anything else, but Max could tell she was freaking out eternally.
"It gets worse, Three days ago, I found out I was pregnant" she said.
This time OC didn't hold back. She stood up and stared at the X5, mouth open wide. "You're what? you did what? does Logan know, Does Alec know? What are you gonna do?" she said in one breath.
Max shook her head. "I'm not sure yet," she said, "No body knows. Especially not Logan. I guess I should tell Alec though" she said.
"Oh, ya think?" Oc said sarcastically. "Listen, You get your ass out of Bed, get dressed, and go to work. You are telling Alec today" she said authoritatively.
Max didn't like this new harsh side of Oc. She was waiting for the kind words and the 'it's okay boo'. Oc looked down at her, and saw the sad dejected look on her face. She sat back down. "She put an arm on her shoulder, "Listen Boo, it will be okay. Everything. It will all work out" she said.
Max sat up in hugged her friend. "I hope your right" she said. Oc hugged her for a moment before leaving the room to let Max get dressed.
Max stayed seated for a few minutes. Ben sat up and put an arm around her should, "Common Maxie, you've got to go to work, and you have to talk to Alec" he said.
Max nodded and stood up. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of corduroy pants, and a black top. She got dressed quickly, wanting to get things over with. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, and looked down at her stomach, lifting her shirt up to expose her skin. She put a hand on her stomach, and thought. She prayed to the blue lady that her child wouldn't be messed up like her. That it wouldn't make stupid mistakes. That it would always know who she loved and who she didn't.
She made a silent pray to herself that she would never let any of the Manticore people or any of Whites men get there hands on her child. Ben came up behind her and put a strong hand on over her own. "It will be okay" he said. Max nodded. Yet some how the comfort of Ben seemed obsolete, lacking in a way. And with that thought, an idea sprung into her head. She pulled her shirt down and grabbed a pack from her closet. She put some clothes in it and some money she had stashed away. Ben said nothing.
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Max looked at Alec. He was over at his Locker, getting out his lunch. Max watched him sit down on the Bench, a leg on each side, and lay his food out in front of him. She had to smile at his choice of food. He had in front of him a peanut butter sandwich, some gram crackers, and a carton of chocolate milk. It was cute really. He could be like such a little boy sometimes.
She took a deep breath. She had delayed this half the day already, she couldn't any longer. She walked over to him, and sat on the bench in front of him. He looked up with a grin, but it disappeared when he saw it was her. "I'm sorry" she said, wanting to start this conversation right.
"That's nice, but please Max, I can't be around you right now" he said. He had a stiff look on his face. It was cold.
Max swallowed, "Well, you need to be for a minute." she said. Alec looked annoyed and confused. She quickly continued, "Alec, there's something I need to tell you, and your not gonna like it" she said. She grabbed his hand, he pulled back but she wouldn't let go, "Alec, I'm, I-I'm pregnant" she said. She waited for his reaction.
"Wha', how, what? WHAT!?" he yelled. Eyes turned and looked at them.
Max didn't know if she could handle the complete rejection of her and their child. "Give him a minute" Ben said. He laid a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Alec, Listen, I know that you didn't want this, and I'll understand if you want nothing to do with me, but please don't take anger out on this baby. It's yours, it comes from your messed up genetically engineered blood" she said.
But Alec didn't reject her. He reached out to her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry" he whispered into her ears.
Max wrapped her arms around his neck and relaxed into him for a few moments, but she had something else to say. "I'm leaving" she told him.
He immediately pulled back and looked at her. "Forever? no Max you can't" he said.
"I'm only going to be gone for a little while" she said.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Home".
A/N-Okay, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, sorry, it did take me a little while to get it up. But, the important thing is that it's up now, and that you (hopefully) enjoyed it. Now, leave lots and lots of reviews, or I'm going to stop posting new chapters. I hate to say that, but I really want reviews, so thanks. Please Please Please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alec had barely been riding his Bike when he heard the shocked gasps of nearby people. He turned around and saw a group of people crowding around where he had just been talking to Max. He didn't see her anywhere, so he turned around and went to see what was going on.
"She just fainted" he heard some woman saying. He felt a sinking feeling. He jumped off his bike and let it fall to the ground. Who cared if someone stole it? It was the jam ponies not his. He pushed his way through the crowed of people. And he saw her. She was just lying there. She looked so small. when did she become this small he thought to himself. He never had thought of her as small, she was always in his face, threatening him.
And she was usually so strong. Now she looked weak. Right now, he felt like he could just reach out and cradle her in the palm of his hand. Her face was pale, and it made her lips stand out as the only color on her face. Her dark eyelashes fell softly on her cheeks at the end of her eyelid which were covering her beautiful dark eyes. Her body was in a tiny heap on the ground, tangled slightly with her bike. Her hair fell out behind her. Her necklace stood out brightly on her chest, shining in the soft morning sun.
For a moment, he thought he could just leave her. She had said something so horrible to him, that she deserved it. But he knew he couldn't. He would take her to Logans, and leave. He would never have to see her again, but first he had to get her to Logans. He really wished he had his car, it would make things allot easier, but he didn't. He was after all an x5 though so it shouldn't be hard.
He walked over to her and bent over her small form. A woman was kneeling over her, nervously checking her pulse. She looked up at him suspiciously. "She's my wife, it's okay" he explained, saying the first thing that popped into his twisted brain, "She was a little sick today, but wanted to come out any ways, I'll take her home" he said. The woman nodded and backed away. Alec moved away from Max for a moment to lock their bikes to a bike rack in front of a building.
He went back over to Max, and lifted her Small body. She was surprisingly light. It would make the walk to Logans much easier. Though telling Logan what happened wouldn't be. Let's see, how could he explain. 'gee Logan, I was telling Max that she's wasting her life with you, then she hurt my feelings so I left. I guess she just couldn't take the issue, so she fainted. Buy the way, your girl friend slept with me last night, and there's a very high chance she is insane., Well, I'm gonna go now, you understand, I'm just not comfortable being around her right now, see ya latter, after work I guess since I now live here, Bye bye'. No, he definitely wouldn't take that well. He would just say she fainted on their way to work. Then he would look for a new place. Living with Logan would not work for him, not at all.
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Max woke once again in the soft sheets of her bed. The sun shone brightly, but it felt gray to her. She pressed the play button on the CD player by her bed and let the depressing pre pulse song come through the speakers. It was an old one, '94 or something. This morning was like every morning she had been having lately. the slow beat came in through the speakers, and the rhythmic voice of the female singer came out.
The lines of my earth, so brittle, unfertile, and ready to die.
I need a drink, but the well has run dry.
And we in the habit of saying the same things all over again,
For the money we shall make.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore.
It should be our time. This fertile youth's black soil is ready for rain.
The harvest is nigh, but the well has gone dry.
And they in the habit of saying the same things all over again,
about the money we shall make.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it.
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore.
She rolled over and let the welcoming arms of Ben embrace her. She looked at the clock, it was 7:30. She moaned not wanting to go to work. Her life was a big mass of depression now. One she didn't want to face. It had been exactly 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days since she slept with Alec. Since he stopped talking to her. He was still around, at the jam pony, but he never said anything to her, and if she went up to him, he would walk away. Since she had fainted. It had been easy to write it off to Logan, She just told him that she had been ill, and was still trying to recover. He had just smiled and said he was happy she was all right.
But she wasn't. She had know idea why she fainted, one minute she was hugging her brother, the next she woke u at Logans. And, worst of all, it had been exactly three days, two hours and twenty three minutes since she found out she was pregnant. Life was anything but good. She continued to lie in Bens arms, letting some of her fear and doubt drift off for the moment. and listened to the song as it slowly came to and end
This is the last song that I write
'Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it.
This is the last song that I write
' Til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore
The music played, reflecting the dryness of her soul at the moment. OC came into her bedroom, with out knocking. "Okay, boo, tell me what's wrong, every morning for the past three days you have been playing this depressing song by 'six pence none the richer', you only play it when your really upset. So, what's got my girl in a mood?" she asked, "You still haven troubles with your boy?".
"He's not my boy" she said. "And I'm fine, can't I just listen to a song that I like?" she asked. Oc raised an eye brow at her. "Fine, I'll tell you. You can't tell anyone though" Max said. She really didn't want to have this conversation. She was kind of hoping that if she stayed in bed long enough that she would just wake up and find that it was all a dream. "Oc, remember that night that Alec was over, a little over a month ago?" OC nodded. "Well, I kind of accidentally, on a big huge lack of good judgment slept with him" she said. She waited for a reaction.
"Oh....." Oc said. She didn't say anything else, but Max could tell she was freaking out eternally.
"It gets worse, Three days ago, I found out I was pregnant" she said.
This time OC didn't hold back. She stood up and stared at the X5, mouth open wide. "You're what? you did what? does Logan know, Does Alec know? What are you gonna do?" she said in one breath.
Max shook her head. "I'm not sure yet," she said, "No body knows. Especially not Logan. I guess I should tell Alec though" she said.
"Oh, ya think?" Oc said sarcastically. "Listen, You get your ass out of Bed, get dressed, and go to work. You are telling Alec today" she said authoritatively.
Max didn't like this new harsh side of Oc. She was waiting for the kind words and the 'it's okay boo'. Oc looked down at her, and saw the sad dejected look on her face. She sat back down. "She put an arm on her shoulder, "Listen Boo, it will be okay. Everything. It will all work out" she said.
Max sat up in hugged her friend. "I hope your right" she said. Oc hugged her for a moment before leaving the room to let Max get dressed.
Max stayed seated for a few minutes. Ben sat up and put an arm around her should, "Common Maxie, you've got to go to work, and you have to talk to Alec" he said.
Max nodded and stood up. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of corduroy pants, and a black top. She got dressed quickly, wanting to get things over with. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, and looked down at her stomach, lifting her shirt up to expose her skin. She put a hand on her stomach, and thought. She prayed to the blue lady that her child wouldn't be messed up like her. That it wouldn't make stupid mistakes. That it would always know who she loved and who she didn't.
She made a silent pray to herself that she would never let any of the Manticore people or any of Whites men get there hands on her child. Ben came up behind her and put a strong hand on over her own. "It will be okay" he said. Max nodded. Yet some how the comfort of Ben seemed obsolete, lacking in a way. And with that thought, an idea sprung into her head. She pulled her shirt down and grabbed a pack from her closet. She put some clothes in it and some money she had stashed away. Ben said nothing.
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Max looked at Alec. He was over at his Locker, getting out his lunch. Max watched him sit down on the Bench, a leg on each side, and lay his food out in front of him. She had to smile at his choice of food. He had in front of him a peanut butter sandwich, some gram crackers, and a carton of chocolate milk. It was cute really. He could be like such a little boy sometimes.
She took a deep breath. She had delayed this half the day already, she couldn't any longer. She walked over to him, and sat on the bench in front of him. He looked up with a grin, but it disappeared when he saw it was her. "I'm sorry" she said, wanting to start this conversation right.
"That's nice, but please Max, I can't be around you right now" he said. He had a stiff look on his face. It was cold.
Max swallowed, "Well, you need to be for a minute." she said. Alec looked annoyed and confused. She quickly continued, "Alec, there's something I need to tell you, and your not gonna like it" she said. She grabbed his hand, he pulled back but she wouldn't let go, "Alec, I'm, I-I'm pregnant" she said. She waited for his reaction.
"Wha', how, what? WHAT!?" he yelled. Eyes turned and looked at them.
Max didn't know if she could handle the complete rejection of her and their child. "Give him a minute" Ben said. He laid a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Alec, Listen, I know that you didn't want this, and I'll understand if you want nothing to do with me, but please don't take anger out on this baby. It's yours, it comes from your messed up genetically engineered blood" she said.
But Alec didn't reject her. He reached out to her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry" he whispered into her ears.
Max wrapped her arms around his neck and relaxed into him for a few moments, but she had something else to say. "I'm leaving" she told him.
He immediately pulled back and looked at her. "Forever? no Max you can't" he said.
"I'm only going to be gone for a little while" she said.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Home".
A/N-Okay, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, sorry, it did take me a little while to get it up. But, the important thing is that it's up now, and that you (hopefully) enjoyed it. Now, leave lots and lots of reviews, or I'm going to stop posting new chapters. I hate to say that, but I really want reviews, so thanks. Please Please Please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!