AN: ok I fixed this chapter up a little bit and am reposting it, hopefully I will finally post a new chapter again in a few days.

The couple entered the room they were completely unaware of his presence. The man was sitting in a wheel chair was eating an ice cream cone making it impossible for him to wheel himself. So the girl was pushing him, she had long since finished her ice cream cone and was now occupying herself with kissing his neck light pecks every few seconds. After a minute she tired of this walked in front and sat herself down in his lap. She took his icecream and threw it perfectly into the trash across the room. They kissed for a minute before she pulled away and whispered "I love you so much Logan." This was too much, he stealthily existed the room went to the front door and opened and closed it loud enough for them to easily hear him. Max came into the room in a hurry. "Zack!" She ran over and gave him a big hug, "I thought you weren't coming until tomorrow."

"I was in the area." He said casually, "So what's with the wheelchair again?" He didn't want to ask her like that, but he wanted to ask before Logan came into the room.

"The exo broke,.you know I don't really like the idea of you doing recon on us before you come in." Max said figuring out what he had been up to.

"Sorry, but it is safer that way, and what's this exo I thought you transfused him?"

"I did, but his body rejected my cells a while later. He got a hold of this thing called an exo skeleton, relays messages from his brain to his legs, it broke a few days ago. It is hard on him, so BE NICE." Max emphasized not wanting to add to how badly Logan was feeling about it.

"Oh Maxie come on when have I ever not been nice." Zack asked in a fake innocent voice.

"To Logan, almost every minute since you met him." Came Max's very matter of fact reply.

"We have gotten better with that."

"Lets just see that it stays that way." She half threatened.

"Fine I will play nice, scouts honor." Zack said doing a mock salute

"You were never a scout."

"Yeah, but I bet your boy was." Zack teased her.

"Actually, no I was never a scout." Logan said as he wheeled into the room. "You were just going to check to make sure it was all safe." Logan said turning to Max.

"Sorry honey, hey is it ok if Zack stay's here tonight?"

"Yeah sure, you know you don't need to ask." He said taking her hand and stroking her palm with his thumb.

"You could ask me though, remember me standing right here." Zack was annoyed he hated being ignored.

"Well where else would you stay Zack?" Max questioned

"I always manage to find a place."

"Even if it's a dump, or risky right? That is just dumb we still have a bed in the guestroom, we have food, and everything else you might want, your family you stay here." It was obvious Max was not having a discussion about it she had made up her mind and that was final.

"I thought you didn't do orders anymore." Zack questioned

"You misunderstood, she doesn't take orders; she is still good at giving them though." Logan chimed in.

"Quiet you."

"I see what you mean." Zack said with a little grin.

"Fine then Zack go stay in some dump or spend the night on the street whatever."

"Come on Maxine you should know I am just teasing of course I will stay here."

"Good, so why were you in the area?" Max asked the question she had been waiting to ask.

"None of your business," Zack was hoping she wouldn't get around to asking this.

"Is one of our sibs near here?" They both knew the only reason he went anywhere was to avoid Lydecker and to check on their brothers and sisters. If he had been avoiding Lydecker he wouldn't have come near Seattle and Max, so it had to be one of their siblings.

"One lives in the suburbs near here for now, I was trying to get her to leave." Zack knew Max would find out this much sooner or later.

"Her? Who is it Syl, Tinga, Johndy?"

"I'm not going to tell you who and where doesn't matter cause they fallowed orders and left."

"Fine whatever" Max said thinking she would try to get info out of him later. "You hungry?" Zack gave her a 'Do you even need to ask' look "Honey you want to get him something to eat and I will get the room ready." She asked Logan.

"Yeah sure" Logan said wheeling himself into the kitchen fallowed by Zack, as Max walked down the hall.

"Sorry about the exo." Zack said sincerely surprising Logan.

"Yeah, well we will manage." The last thing Logan wanted to do was to discuss this with Zack.

"Maybe you wont have to." Zack commented cryptically.

"What do you mean?"

"You can't tell Max incase it doesn't work, but sneak out of the room tonight and come to me. I was thinking I could try transfusing you. Maybe our DNA would be more compatible then yours and Max's and it would work this time."

"You would do that?" Logan asked increduiously.

"I didn't have time to get you two a gift." Zack stated simply

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah believe it or not I am, no guarantees it will work or be permanent or that you could walk for the wedding, but it's worth a shot."

"That's great, but why not tell Max?" Logan thought something had to be up if he couldn't tell Max.

"If it doesn't work, I don't want to get her hopes up plus I don't want her pissed at me for getting your hopes up."

"If it does work she will be pissed that we kept it from her." Logan countered, he didn't want to keep something like this from her.

"She will be to happy to be pissed."

"Ok I will try to get her to sleep and sneak out of the room around 3."

"Ok I will be waiting for you." Zack said right as he heard footsteps nearing the door.

"So what are you making us?" Max said walking into the kitchen.

"I thought I was just getting Zack diner, we already had dinner." Logan told his fiancé.

"That was over an hour and a half ago!"

"Well then your lucky your fiancé knows you well enough to know you would want some food too and made extra." He said handing her the plate.

"Thanks." She said taking the plate and in that second when they were both holding it she leaned up and gave him a quick kiss. They ate together, then they sat down and talked Logan worked on his latest eyes only case, he could see into the living room and enjoyed the site of Max playing chess with Zack, and winning.

Max made sure that Zack was all set in the guest room before she and Logan went to bed as well. "How many games did you win?" He questioned as they changed into pj's, Logan just wore his boxers (once again Michael Weatherly in just boxers mmmmm) and Max in one of his t shirts.

"All three, I guess he isn't as good at strategic planning as he thought." She replied with a smile. He leaned over and kissed her deeply.

"mmm what was that for?" She asked, puzzled at the sudden kiss.

"Kiss for the winner."

"Well I did say I won three games you know." She replied slyly. He kissed her again, he had every intention of it being two short kisses, but they got carried away with the first one; he didn't pull away until he absolutely needed to, to breathe. He then noticed that sometime during that kiss they had moved and were now on the bed together. 'I should stop this now, we shouldn't do this with Zack down the hall.' he though to himself. Then Max leaned in and started kissing down his neck and muscular chest. 'Then again I have to get her to actually go to sleep, and nothing puts her out faster then good sex.

Two hours later Max was asleep nestled up against her lover. It was only then that Logan realized the mistake in his plan, sex might make Max sleep, but it also made him sleep. Add that too the fact that he hadn't slept the night before because of eye's only and his latest mission, and he was hard pressed to stay awake for the next hour. He knew he sure couldn't do it like this with Max beside him. It was to tempting to just cuddle in with her and let himself drift off to sleep. So he got up and headed into the kitchen and made himself coffee, as long as he was up he could get some work done. But when he walked into his office who was there, but Zack.

Zack pulled out a small plastic tube and two needles and Logan sat next to him. Neither spoke as the blood flowed from Zack's arm and bled into Logan's vein. But in that time Logan formed a new respect for Zack. Zack hated Logan for the fact that he was with max. Hated the idea of them together, no matter how grown up he had been able to act about it recently. He was good for Max's sake, but to here them together and to still do this for them, it showed what a good man Zack had become. When they were done with the transfusion, Logan said thankyou and shook his hand, he transferred into the chair and wheeled himself into his room where his sleeping angel was waiting. He got undressed and transferred into bed kissed Max on the forhead and went to sleep.

It was five in the morning when Max woke with a start. Something was wrong, why did she wake up. She normally woke up this early if she did sleep, but this morning something was different. It wasn't her or the baby they felt fine. She listened carefully and no one was in the penthouse besides Zack who she could here sleeping in the guestroom. She started to get up to check on everything when Logan pulled her closer and tucked her body in tight next to his. He moved one arm around her chest and one leg over hers holding her close and made a little happy noise as she decided she was probably just dreaming and that's what woke her up and relaxed against his body. That's when it hit her; he moved his leg.