DAY 2:
"Okay so now he's just avoiding me." Max complained leaning against the locker next to the one that Cindy was rifling through.
"Now what ever gives you that impression?" Cindy asked getting frustrated with her belongings.
"He won't call, he won't talk to me, when I go round there he pretends that I'm not there and continues to do what ever it is that he does these days." Max responded giving Cindy a strange look when a purple G-string was tossed over her shoulder. "What exactly are you looking for?" She asked peering over her shoulder into the locker.
"A hiding place." Cindy replied taking a bag out of the locker and placing it on the floor carefully. When she spied Max's confused look she continued, "I got this number from this chick the other day when I was on a run and I said that I'd call her but I lost the number."
"Is this the one that you showed me with the blonde hair and the cute ass?" Max mocked Cindy and she threw a towel at her.
"Yes that would be the one." Cindy stated giving Max a 'matter-o-factly' expression.
"33470098427561." Max said walking off towards Normal's desk.
"Wait." Cindy stopped emptying her locker and ran after Max. "How did you remember." She stopped just in time to realize the stupid question. "Right."
"I suppose you'll be wanting maternity leave then." Normal said it more like it was a statement than a question. "We can't pay you cause we're broke but there'll be a job for you if you chose to come back." Normal was trying to be nice.
"Thanks Normal but how did you know that?" Max asked but felt that she already knew the answer.
"Alec was in here drunk as all getto, falling all over the place, going on about he was going to be a dad and that he had all kinds of different responsibilities now." Normal informed. "He seemed kinda happy."
"Alec happy? That's a new one." Max rolled her eyes, "I wish that's how he really felt."
"Max every thing will turn out alright." Cindy put a hand on her shoulder. "I promise, now what was that number again?"
Max smiled and let out a small laugh.
~*
*Flashback*
"Max!" Maria screamed as her father dragged her into another room for a sever beating. "Maxie, stay away!"
Max watched helplessly as Maria fought him but was beaten down. She knew that she would have to get away.
Max decided that it would be best if she didn't look back at the place that she had called home after she had left Manticore. She pulled on the bag that housed her clothes and walked in to the cold streets.
*End Flashback*
Max sat up straight in bed. Bed had become a habit of hers when it was dark and boring, tonight she had fallen asleep.
She climbed out of bed and felt an unexpected chill echo through her body. She looked out her window at the snow-covered streets. "It snows here?" She asked herself racing into Cindy's room to wake her.
"Max," Cindy groaned as she slowly flicked her eyes open, "piss off!" She rolled over and attempted to go back to sleep.
"Cindy, it's snowing." She whispered quietly.
Cindy sat up and stared at her. "It does snow in Seattle." She stated giving her a confused look, like her friend may have gone mad.
"Fine, I'll show you." Max jumped up and ran to the window, she pushed it open and let the snow fly inside.
Cindy couldn't believe her own eyes. "Wow!" She jumped out of bed, pulled on her robe and ran of her apartment.
Max ran after her. They were banging on doors and waking people up, yelling to them to come outside into the snow and enjoy themselves.
Several people jumped up and followed them to the street others made rude comments and went back to bed.
~*
Alec was leaving Crash and his troubles with a pretty blond when the snow had begun to fall. He quickly sobered up and knew that this had been sent for him.
He jumped on his bike and headed quickly to Max's place. He knew where he wanted to be and why.
~*
Logan couldn't sleep. He wanted forgiveness. He felt weird like he should be in a church or something at that moment.
He climbed out of bed and got dressed in an old pair of jeans and a woolen jumper, he pulled a coat over that and headed for his car.
A shadow moved out of the corner of his eye and he spun to see who it was. "Asha." He said relieved and then remembered that this was the woman who was a former or possibly a current killer.
"Don't get too freaked out. I'm not going to hurt you." She stepped out of the shadows to face him. "I still watch you people. I know that I probably shouldn't incase they notice and try to kill me."
"I wouldn't put it past Alec to entertain the idea of revenge." Logan gave his opinion and leant against the bonnet of his car.
Asha joined him and folded her arms. "I saw them, Max and Alec, down at the wharf, they seem pretty comfortable with each other these days."
"Yeah well, she's having his baby." Logan informed her. She had managed to miss all the goss since she decided to kill and go into hiding.
"Oh really?" Asha was quite surprised, some where inside she knew that that would end up happening but didn't really believe it.
"I can't even count the hours that I secretly hoped that it would be born deformed and ugly." Logan smiled at his own stupidity. He really wanted to cry.
"Don't worry." She informed him. "White had some great plans for them and their baby." She stood and began to walk away.
"Asha." He stopped her. "You're not still working for him are you?" Logan's heart stopped and waited for her answer.
"Of course, I have a six year contract." She giggled. "Then I either sign up for another six year or go away with out vocal cords."
"Yuck." Logan shook his head in disgust but when he looked up Asha's face was again calm but slightly sad.
"White understands me." She said quietly. "Nobody knows how it feels to be in a position like this, in love with someone who doesn't feel the same way. He looks after me and listens to me. He cares."
"He doesn't care." Logan objected. "He just wants you to give him what he wants and he'll let you live."
"You don't understand!" She yelled. "You don't see what's right in front of you, instead you go for something that you can't have." She turned and started to leave.
"I love Max." He said to her back. "Nothing will ever change that. Do what you want, I don't care, but if you hurt Max, don't think about coming near me again because I'll kill you."
"You say that now, but you'll be thanking me later." Asha said without facing him and walked off.
Logan knew that he had to warn her. He got into his car and started the engine and sped off to Max's place.
~*
The air was cool as Max and the people from her building and surrounding buildings played in the snow and two o'clock in the morning.
Max a Cindy engaged in a snowball fight with the new neighbor that they hadn't yet had the chance to meet.
Max had never laughed so hard as when Alec pulled up on his motor cycle and was pelted with snowballs from the people enjoying the first snow.
"Ah," he jumped off his bike and tried to protect himself from the flying snow. "Max." He called out into the crowd of laughing people.
"Alec." Cindy jumped in front of him and threw a snowball right into his face. "Isn't this fun?"
"Yeah, really fun." Alec said sarcastically wiping the snow off his face. "Where's Max?"
"I don't know." Cindy looked around her for Max but couldn't see her. When she turned to face him again he rubbed snow all over her face and she screamed. Alec picked her up and dropped her into the soft snow, he was laughing with the rest of the people now. "Tell me where she is."
"I honestly don't know." Cindy laughed. "Can you please get off me?"
"It looks like you're trying to force yourself on this lady." Max stood over the now soaking Cindy and Alec with her hands on her hips.
"Well I was just you know, getting to know her a little better." He shrugged and climbed off Cindy. "Are you okay mam?" He asked politely making Cindy roll her eyes.
"Yea. Original Cindy's always aiight." She stood, shook her wet clothes and ran off to join one of the other neighbor's planning a full on snowball fight.
Alec and Max watched her run off to join the fun. The both laughed at the entertainment before turning to face each other.
"I'm sorry." He said and reached out his hand for hers. "I should have been more supportive, but I didn't know how to react, I've never been faced with a situation before. Please forgive me. I screwed up."
Max's eyes started to tear. She looked at Alec's pleading eyes and realized that she felt much more for him than she first knew. "You know what, you did screw up but I am going to forgive you because I love you."
Alec face lightened, he wiped a tear from Max's cheek and cupped her chin in his hand. "You love me?" He asked seriously. "You love me to spite all my annoying imperfections?"
Max nodded slightly letting her tears flow freely now. "I really do and I want to be with you, no matter what. No matter how many times you screw up, I won't care because I love you and that's it."
"I love you." He said sincerely and hugged her tight. "Max, we're having a baby." He reminded her.
She nodded, smiled and cried more. "Yeah, we are. I'm scared."
"I'm scared too." Alec held her shoulders and spoke directly to her. "I care about you a lot and I'm ready to do whatever you want to do."
"I don't know Alec. I think I want him." She fell into his arms and sobbed.
"You think that you want him?" Alec asked shocked. "You didn't want this child."
"God, it's not like that." Max pushed away from him. "I was scared and unsure, I still am, I wasn't sure what to do and didn't know if I had you're support or not."
"Now you know. What do you want?" He said softly holding his breath waiting for the answer.
Max stood still and looked at the now muddy snow lying on the ground for a moment. "Let's have a baby." She whispered then smiled at him.
Alec scooped her into his arms and spun her around. He then lowered her to the ground and kissed her.
Logan watched them from his car. He knew that they were happy together and that maybe it was time for him to really let her go. As sad as he felt about letting her go, he still had to tell her that Asha was on the war path and that her life was in danger.
He climbed out of his car with a sigh and headed through the people having a snowball fight to where Max and Alec were starting to plan their family.
"Okay so now he's just avoiding me." Max complained leaning against the locker next to the one that Cindy was rifling through.
"Now what ever gives you that impression?" Cindy asked getting frustrated with her belongings.
"He won't call, he won't talk to me, when I go round there he pretends that I'm not there and continues to do what ever it is that he does these days." Max responded giving Cindy a strange look when a purple G-string was tossed over her shoulder. "What exactly are you looking for?" She asked peering over her shoulder into the locker.
"A hiding place." Cindy replied taking a bag out of the locker and placing it on the floor carefully. When she spied Max's confused look she continued, "I got this number from this chick the other day when I was on a run and I said that I'd call her but I lost the number."
"Is this the one that you showed me with the blonde hair and the cute ass?" Max mocked Cindy and she threw a towel at her.
"Yes that would be the one." Cindy stated giving Max a 'matter-o-factly' expression.
"33470098427561." Max said walking off towards Normal's desk.
"Wait." Cindy stopped emptying her locker and ran after Max. "How did you remember." She stopped just in time to realize the stupid question. "Right."
"I suppose you'll be wanting maternity leave then." Normal said it more like it was a statement than a question. "We can't pay you cause we're broke but there'll be a job for you if you chose to come back." Normal was trying to be nice.
"Thanks Normal but how did you know that?" Max asked but felt that she already knew the answer.
"Alec was in here drunk as all getto, falling all over the place, going on about he was going to be a dad and that he had all kinds of different responsibilities now." Normal informed. "He seemed kinda happy."
"Alec happy? That's a new one." Max rolled her eyes, "I wish that's how he really felt."
"Max every thing will turn out alright." Cindy put a hand on her shoulder. "I promise, now what was that number again?"
Max smiled and let out a small laugh.
~*
*Flashback*
"Max!" Maria screamed as her father dragged her into another room for a sever beating. "Maxie, stay away!"
Max watched helplessly as Maria fought him but was beaten down. She knew that she would have to get away.
Max decided that it would be best if she didn't look back at the place that she had called home after she had left Manticore. She pulled on the bag that housed her clothes and walked in to the cold streets.
*End Flashback*
Max sat up straight in bed. Bed had become a habit of hers when it was dark and boring, tonight she had fallen asleep.
She climbed out of bed and felt an unexpected chill echo through her body. She looked out her window at the snow-covered streets. "It snows here?" She asked herself racing into Cindy's room to wake her.
"Max," Cindy groaned as she slowly flicked her eyes open, "piss off!" She rolled over and attempted to go back to sleep.
"Cindy, it's snowing." She whispered quietly.
Cindy sat up and stared at her. "It does snow in Seattle." She stated giving her a confused look, like her friend may have gone mad.
"Fine, I'll show you." Max jumped up and ran to the window, she pushed it open and let the snow fly inside.
Cindy couldn't believe her own eyes. "Wow!" She jumped out of bed, pulled on her robe and ran of her apartment.
Max ran after her. They were banging on doors and waking people up, yelling to them to come outside into the snow and enjoy themselves.
Several people jumped up and followed them to the street others made rude comments and went back to bed.
~*
Alec was leaving Crash and his troubles with a pretty blond when the snow had begun to fall. He quickly sobered up and knew that this had been sent for him.
He jumped on his bike and headed quickly to Max's place. He knew where he wanted to be and why.
~*
Logan couldn't sleep. He wanted forgiveness. He felt weird like he should be in a church or something at that moment.
He climbed out of bed and got dressed in an old pair of jeans and a woolen jumper, he pulled a coat over that and headed for his car.
A shadow moved out of the corner of his eye and he spun to see who it was. "Asha." He said relieved and then remembered that this was the woman who was a former or possibly a current killer.
"Don't get too freaked out. I'm not going to hurt you." She stepped out of the shadows to face him. "I still watch you people. I know that I probably shouldn't incase they notice and try to kill me."
"I wouldn't put it past Alec to entertain the idea of revenge." Logan gave his opinion and leant against the bonnet of his car.
Asha joined him and folded her arms. "I saw them, Max and Alec, down at the wharf, they seem pretty comfortable with each other these days."
"Yeah well, she's having his baby." Logan informed her. She had managed to miss all the goss since she decided to kill and go into hiding.
"Oh really?" Asha was quite surprised, some where inside she knew that that would end up happening but didn't really believe it.
"I can't even count the hours that I secretly hoped that it would be born deformed and ugly." Logan smiled at his own stupidity. He really wanted to cry.
"Don't worry." She informed him. "White had some great plans for them and their baby." She stood and began to walk away.
"Asha." He stopped her. "You're not still working for him are you?" Logan's heart stopped and waited for her answer.
"Of course, I have a six year contract." She giggled. "Then I either sign up for another six year or go away with out vocal cords."
"Yuck." Logan shook his head in disgust but when he looked up Asha's face was again calm but slightly sad.
"White understands me." She said quietly. "Nobody knows how it feels to be in a position like this, in love with someone who doesn't feel the same way. He looks after me and listens to me. He cares."
"He doesn't care." Logan objected. "He just wants you to give him what he wants and he'll let you live."
"You don't understand!" She yelled. "You don't see what's right in front of you, instead you go for something that you can't have." She turned and started to leave.
"I love Max." He said to her back. "Nothing will ever change that. Do what you want, I don't care, but if you hurt Max, don't think about coming near me again because I'll kill you."
"You say that now, but you'll be thanking me later." Asha said without facing him and walked off.
Logan knew that he had to warn her. He got into his car and started the engine and sped off to Max's place.
~*
The air was cool as Max and the people from her building and surrounding buildings played in the snow and two o'clock in the morning.
Max a Cindy engaged in a snowball fight with the new neighbor that they hadn't yet had the chance to meet.
Max had never laughed so hard as when Alec pulled up on his motor cycle and was pelted with snowballs from the people enjoying the first snow.
"Ah," he jumped off his bike and tried to protect himself from the flying snow. "Max." He called out into the crowd of laughing people.
"Alec." Cindy jumped in front of him and threw a snowball right into his face. "Isn't this fun?"
"Yeah, really fun." Alec said sarcastically wiping the snow off his face. "Where's Max?"
"I don't know." Cindy looked around her for Max but couldn't see her. When she turned to face him again he rubbed snow all over her face and she screamed. Alec picked her up and dropped her into the soft snow, he was laughing with the rest of the people now. "Tell me where she is."
"I honestly don't know." Cindy laughed. "Can you please get off me?"
"It looks like you're trying to force yourself on this lady." Max stood over the now soaking Cindy and Alec with her hands on her hips.
"Well I was just you know, getting to know her a little better." He shrugged and climbed off Cindy. "Are you okay mam?" He asked politely making Cindy roll her eyes.
"Yea. Original Cindy's always aiight." She stood, shook her wet clothes and ran off to join one of the other neighbor's planning a full on snowball fight.
Alec and Max watched her run off to join the fun. The both laughed at the entertainment before turning to face each other.
"I'm sorry." He said and reached out his hand for hers. "I should have been more supportive, but I didn't know how to react, I've never been faced with a situation before. Please forgive me. I screwed up."
Max's eyes started to tear. She looked at Alec's pleading eyes and realized that she felt much more for him than she first knew. "You know what, you did screw up but I am going to forgive you because I love you."
Alec face lightened, he wiped a tear from Max's cheek and cupped her chin in his hand. "You love me?" He asked seriously. "You love me to spite all my annoying imperfections?"
Max nodded slightly letting her tears flow freely now. "I really do and I want to be with you, no matter what. No matter how many times you screw up, I won't care because I love you and that's it."
"I love you." He said sincerely and hugged her tight. "Max, we're having a baby." He reminded her.
She nodded, smiled and cried more. "Yeah, we are. I'm scared."
"I'm scared too." Alec held her shoulders and spoke directly to her. "I care about you a lot and I'm ready to do whatever you want to do."
"I don't know Alec. I think I want him." She fell into his arms and sobbed.
"You think that you want him?" Alec asked shocked. "You didn't want this child."
"God, it's not like that." Max pushed away from him. "I was scared and unsure, I still am, I wasn't sure what to do and didn't know if I had you're support or not."
"Now you know. What do you want?" He said softly holding his breath waiting for the answer.
Max stood still and looked at the now muddy snow lying on the ground for a moment. "Let's have a baby." She whispered then smiled at him.
Alec scooped her into his arms and spun her around. He then lowered her to the ground and kissed her.
Logan watched them from his car. He knew that they were happy together and that maybe it was time for him to really let her go. As sad as he felt about letting her go, he still had to tell her that Asha was on the war path and that her life was in danger.
He climbed out of his car with a sigh and headed through the people having a snowball fight to where Max and Alec were starting to plan their family.
