CHAPTER 5 ( LOVE IS IN THE AIR
"I love you." She finally broke the silence.
"What?" he looked at her.
"I said I love you." There was more silence after that.
"Well, aren't you gonna say it back?" she propped herself up.
"No, where did you get that from anyway." He questioned.
"A movie I once saw. See after they had you know, they said I love you. And I already said it, twice to be exact which means it's your turn." She explained.
"Ok, but I don't love you. At least I don't think so yet. I mean, I like you a lot, but I've never said I love you to anyone before." He said shyly.
"Oh." She looked a little disappointed.
"Do you love me?" he asked her.
"I'm pretty sure. I mean we've done everything people that love each other do." She stopped "I just don't know for sure yet. How am I supposed to know anyway?"
"I think it's when you can't live without the other person. When you always think about them, and always want to be with them." He shrugged.
"Well, I can't live with out you, and I always think about you, and always want to be with you, so I guess that means I love you!" she giggled.
"Come on let's get up." Alec got up and quickly dressed. Max followed him.
"What time is it anyway?" she asked.
"0530, why?" He grinned at her, and she just shrugged.
"Are you mad at me?" he put his arm around her waist.
"Not really." She muttered.
"Why are you mad at me?" he questioned.
"Because I told you I love you, and you didn't" she spat out. "Do you know how that makes me feel? Like trash!" she yelled. "Like some floozie of yours."
"Look Max, when I know for sure, 100% that I love you. I'll tell you. But, I don't just want to say it. Anybody can just say I love you!" then he softened his words. "I want it to mean something when I say it."
She smiled and wrapped her arms around him, "I understand." She whispered. "When you're ready, you can tell me."
"All right." He responded. They walked hand in hand to training room. Max and Alec were one of the few couples in the breeding program, everybody seemed to notice.
"Hey Alec, Max." Biggs greeted them.
"Hey." They both replied.
"What's going on?" he asked pointing from one to the other.
"Nothing." Max blushed and giggled like a little girl.
"Oh, I see you too are in the breeding program too." He shook his head in conformation.
"You too?" Alec asked him.
"Yeah, I'm with Cece." He smiled.
Alec laughed at picturing Cece and Biggs together.
"Come Alec get ready to get your ass kicked today." Biggs punched Alec playingly.
"Don't damage any goods." Max put her hand where Biggs hit Alec.
"Don't worry Max I'll make sure he's in good conditon." He paused. "After I kick his ass." He walked away.
Max looked lost in thought. "What?" Alec asked her.
"You know what I just realized?" she smiled.
"What?" he asked curiously.
"In nine months I could be a mother." Her smile grew. Her whole face looked like it was glowing.
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"I love you." She finally broke the silence.
"What?" he looked at her.
"I said I love you." There was more silence after that.
"Well, aren't you gonna say it back?" she propped herself up.
"No, where did you get that from anyway." He questioned.
"A movie I once saw. See after they had you know, they said I love you. And I already said it, twice to be exact which means it's your turn." She explained.
"Ok, but I don't love you. At least I don't think so yet. I mean, I like you a lot, but I've never said I love you to anyone before." He said shyly.
"Oh." She looked a little disappointed.
"Do you love me?" he asked her.
"I'm pretty sure. I mean we've done everything people that love each other do." She stopped "I just don't know for sure yet. How am I supposed to know anyway?"
"I think it's when you can't live without the other person. When you always think about them, and always want to be with them." He shrugged.
"Well, I can't live with out you, and I always think about you, and always want to be with you, so I guess that means I love you!" she giggled.
"Come on let's get up." Alec got up and quickly dressed. Max followed him.
"What time is it anyway?" she asked.
"0530, why?" He grinned at her, and she just shrugged.
"Are you mad at me?" he put his arm around her waist.
"Not really." She muttered.
"Why are you mad at me?" he questioned.
"Because I told you I love you, and you didn't" she spat out. "Do you know how that makes me feel? Like trash!" she yelled. "Like some floozie of yours."
"Look Max, when I know for sure, 100% that I love you. I'll tell you. But, I don't just want to say it. Anybody can just say I love you!" then he softened his words. "I want it to mean something when I say it."
She smiled and wrapped her arms around him, "I understand." She whispered. "When you're ready, you can tell me."
"All right." He responded. They walked hand in hand to training room. Max and Alec were one of the few couples in the breeding program, everybody seemed to notice.
"Hey Alec, Max." Biggs greeted them.
"Hey." They both replied.
"What's going on?" he asked pointing from one to the other.
"Nothing." Max blushed and giggled like a little girl.
"Oh, I see you too are in the breeding program too." He shook his head in conformation.
"You too?" Alec asked him.
"Yeah, I'm with Cece." He smiled.
Alec laughed at picturing Cece and Biggs together.
"Come Alec get ready to get your ass kicked today." Biggs punched Alec playingly.
"Don't damage any goods." Max put her hand where Biggs hit Alec.
"Don't worry Max I'll make sure he's in good conditon." He paused. "After I kick his ass." He walked away.
Max looked lost in thought. "What?" Alec asked her.
"You know what I just realized?" she smiled.
"What?" he asked curiously.
"In nine months I could be a mother." Her smile grew. Her whole face looked like it was glowing.
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