"Well I wasn't expecting you to be back at work so soon," OC drawled when
she saw Alec walking into Jam Pony.
"I heal fast," Alec said, glaring at her. OC just looked at him with a grin.
"Well, lookie who we have here," Max said, appearing on the other side of him.
He didn't even bother saying anything to her, he was still mad at her. I can't believe she kicked me in the balls and it wasn't even a gentle kick either. He glared at her too and then walked to his locker. He heard a snicker behind him and turned around to face Andy. "God, do all the females in this place have a problem?" he asked annoyed. Andy had been laughing at him since she met him, now she was just gonna laugh even harder. This was something that he didn't want to happen, she was hot, and he wanted to impress her not to make a laughing stock out of himself in front of her. She just smirked and opened her own locker.
"Well aren't you gonna say anything? Make fun of me you know? Like they are?" he pointed to Max and OC who were still laughing at him. She just smiled at him, took a deep breath and..He waited for it, the laughter, the abuse but stood there in shock when all he got was, "Are you feeling OK?"
He opened his mouth but no sound came out, he tried again, same result. He saw the grin appear on her face at his speechlessness, "Well, this wasn't what I was expecting from Casanova," she said and walked off to Max and OC.
He watched them talk for a while and when Andy walked off to deliver a package he followed.
"Hey, care if I tag along?" he asked, wheeling his bike along beside her.
"Sure, are you sure you can ride a bike though?" she asked looking down at his crotch and smirking.
He got on the bike to prove his point. "Well, if you say so," she said as she got onto her own bike.
"So, Andy. Where'd you move here from?" he asked.
"California," she answered.
"Serious? So why'd you move?"
"You ever get the feeling like where you just have to leave, things just don't seem to have the appeal that they used to, you know?" she looked over at him.
"Not really, but I can see what you mean. So how long were you in California for?"
"Just a coupla months."
"Oh, so where'd you live before that?"
"What is this twenty questions?" she asked looking over at him.
"Hey, just making conversation," he said defensively. She just smiled and continued riding.
They finished making their delivery and were heading back to Jam Pony when Alec said, "I'll wait for you out here while you get the next package ok?"
She looked over at him confused, "Why don't you wanna go in?"
He looked down embarrassed hoping that he wouldn't have to answer but she just raised her eyebrow and settled back more comfortably on her bike. He sighed and she grinned. "I just.well..Normal kinda doesn't know that I'm back. I sorta snuck in when he wasn't there."
He looked around at everything except her but he still saw the smirk that came across her face. "What? Scared?" she laughed.
He glared at her as she went in to get a package. Max came out and grinned when she saw him there, "Wow Alec, didn't think that you'd be riding a bike for a while," she said innocently.
"Well, I'm fine, thanks for asking. No thanks to you," he pouted.
"Hey, if you had just thrown the fight like I had told you then I wouldn't have had to do anything, so this is all your fault. If you wanna blame someone just blame your own selfish self."
He opened his mouth to defend himself when he heard a laugh behind him, he turned to see Andy walking out, laughing with OC. "What's so funny?" he asked grinning, she had a really great smile.
She just looked at him and laughed even harder. He gazed at OC confused but the pretty African-American girl just laughed with Andy. "Hey, Alec guess what?" Andy wheezed out between her giggles.
"What?" he asked, totally confused.
"C'mon Boo," OC said as she took Max and they both walked off, Max soon laughing at whatever it was that OC had just told her.
He turned narrowed eyes onto Andy but she didn't notice she was too busy trying to wipe the tears of laughter from her eyes. "Guess who I just talked to?" she smiled.
"Who?" Alec said through gritted teeth, not liking being kept in the dark.
"Temper, temper," Andy grinned as she caught sight of his clenched fists. He glared at her and then visibly calmed himself. She smiled and said, "Normal."
"Yeah so?" "He decided that he would tell me all about this dream that he had.." she said and stopped with a smirk as she saw him pale. "Don't worry, you were still a gladiator and he was still massaging your tired, smooth golden muscles," she burst out laughing again at the look on his face.
"How did you know he had a gladiator dream about me?" Alec asked quietly, looking around to see if anybody else had heard.
"I was there remember? When he first told you about it? You knocked me over trying to get rid of him?"
He looked around slightly annoyed that she had known all along but then something clicked. "Is this why you couldn't look at me without laughing?" he asked.
She looked over at his comment and burst out laughing again. "I'll take that as a yes," he muttered to himself.
"So, you wanna go to Crash tonight?" he asked.
"Busy tonight, I'll see you later," she said and with one last wave rode off in the other direction.
He watched her ride off, just thinking to himself. What was it about her that made him want to be with her all the time? He shook his head to clear it and rode off to his apartment.
............................
That night.
She crept into Terminal City again and wandered along the roads until she heard a gruff voice say, "You again?"
"What can I say Mole? I missed you. Didn't you miss me?" she smiled as she turned to face the lizard. He grunted a reply and lowered his gun. "I didn't get around to doing what I wanted to do last night, I was just so caught up in the conversation that I was having with you and you know what I've decided?" she asked him. "I think..I think..Mole, I think I love you," and with that she threw her arms around his neck and pretended to cry, "Aren't you gonna tell me that you love me too?"
She heard laughter behind her and let go of Mole who was trying to keep an annoyed expression on his face. "Hey Dix, how are you buddy?" Andy asked him.
"I'm good, how are you?" he replied.
"I'm alright, I'm gonna go see them tonight, see if we can come up with some sort of deal."
"That'd be good," Dix nodded.
"That's if they agree," Mole said, "and they probably wont."
"Why wouldn't they? I mean you couldn't resist my charms, they should be a push over," Andy smirked at him.
He glared at her but she just laughed and wandered off to Oak Street.
............................
Alec wandered into Crash and looked around for his friends. He spotted Sketchy and OC and sauntered on over, smiling at the lovely ladies around him.
"Hey guys, how are we on this beautiful night?" he asked smiling.
"Fine, fine," OC said, "Hey Alec, check out the nice sweet honey over there."
"Yeah, she's hot," he replied, giving the girl his most charming smile. She practically fell off her seat.
"Well there goes another proud sister, I don't know why I put up with you," she glared at Alec. He just shrugged his shoulders and with another grin wandered over to the bar for a scotch.
Max watched from her seat with Logan, she saw the girl practically faint when Alec smiled at her and grinned to herself. Well I guess Manticore did have an up side, she thought to herself. She sighed and looked over to Logan who had been ignoring her for the past twenty minutes and scribbling on a little piece of paper. She cleared her throat, he didn't notice. She rolled her eyes and announced that she was gonna refill the pitcher. He looked up in surprise, said ok and went straight back to work. He fully forgot that I was even there, she thought to herself indignantly. He's just working real hard, trying to figure this out FOR YOU, her head argued with her. But he's always working she argued right back. She approached the bar and saw Asha leaving Alec looking slightly disgruntled.
"So what's up with you and blondie?" she asked.
"Nothing is up," he replied.
"Yeah sure, you know she's a nice girl.."
"Yeah and I should just be this nice charming guy and get myself a great girlfriend but unlike you I'm trying to do the right thing."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" she asked pissed off.
"We don't belong with them Max, we are a danger to them. When are you gonna finally realize that?!"
"Me and Logan are none of your business!"
"Well.."
"What's up guys?" Logan asked approaching the two.
"Nothing," Max lied.
"Yeah, right, nothing," Alec mimicked and left. He turned around just in time to see Logan grab Max's arm and fall to the floor. He rushed over and pulled the phone out of pocket to ring 911. He felt for a pulse, there was a weak one. Soon the ambulance had arrived and had taken Logan to the hospital. He sat around wondering what to do, there was only room in the ambulance for two and OC had left with Max. He sat there thinking and when Max rang to tell him to get the hospital he left as soon as he hung up.
What's wrong with me? he asked himself. I always seem to be doing whatever she tells me to do. You just want her to stop looking at you like you're dirt, a voice inside his head answered. You want her to look at you like someone she can trust and rely on, not just someone who she has to save. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair as he went up the stairs. I don't know why she just cant accept me, I've tried as hard as I can but nothing I do is ever good enough, he thought as he stepped outside and found himself face to face with what seemed to be the entire police force. He backed up only to find someone behind him as well. Shit, he thought, I'm gonna let her down again, as they led him into the police car.
..........................
She crept into Oak Street, her senses working on overload. It was never good to sneak up on X's but she just couldn't help herself.
"BOO" she yelled to the X5 on duty. He whirled around to face her but she had blurred behind him and pulled his gun from his grasp. He looked down in horror and when he looked up again, found himself looking the barrel of his own gun.
"Well aren't I even gonna get a hug?" she pouted at him.
The soldier snapped to attention. "Ma'am! I didn't realize that it was you, I mean..I would never have pulled a gun on you if I knew.ma'am, they've been waiting for you for a while. They thought you were dead."
"Do I look dead to you soldier?" she asked mockingly.
"No ma'am," he grinned. His CO still hadn't changed.
"Well then lets go greet the troops," she decided and handed the soldier back his gun. He reached for it but she pulled it out of his grasp at the last minute. "Too slow," she said, looking disappointed. She laughed at the look on his face and the wandered into the building. The noise level immediately dropped, "Well babies, I'm home!"
"I heal fast," Alec said, glaring at her. OC just looked at him with a grin.
"Well, lookie who we have here," Max said, appearing on the other side of him.
He didn't even bother saying anything to her, he was still mad at her. I can't believe she kicked me in the balls and it wasn't even a gentle kick either. He glared at her too and then walked to his locker. He heard a snicker behind him and turned around to face Andy. "God, do all the females in this place have a problem?" he asked annoyed. Andy had been laughing at him since she met him, now she was just gonna laugh even harder. This was something that he didn't want to happen, she was hot, and he wanted to impress her not to make a laughing stock out of himself in front of her. She just smirked and opened her own locker.
"Well aren't you gonna say anything? Make fun of me you know? Like they are?" he pointed to Max and OC who were still laughing at him. She just smiled at him, took a deep breath and..He waited for it, the laughter, the abuse but stood there in shock when all he got was, "Are you feeling OK?"
He opened his mouth but no sound came out, he tried again, same result. He saw the grin appear on her face at his speechlessness, "Well, this wasn't what I was expecting from Casanova," she said and walked off to Max and OC.
He watched them talk for a while and when Andy walked off to deliver a package he followed.
"Hey, care if I tag along?" he asked, wheeling his bike along beside her.
"Sure, are you sure you can ride a bike though?" she asked looking down at his crotch and smirking.
He got on the bike to prove his point. "Well, if you say so," she said as she got onto her own bike.
"So, Andy. Where'd you move here from?" he asked.
"California," she answered.
"Serious? So why'd you move?"
"You ever get the feeling like where you just have to leave, things just don't seem to have the appeal that they used to, you know?" she looked over at him.
"Not really, but I can see what you mean. So how long were you in California for?"
"Just a coupla months."
"Oh, so where'd you live before that?"
"What is this twenty questions?" she asked looking over at him.
"Hey, just making conversation," he said defensively. She just smiled and continued riding.
They finished making their delivery and were heading back to Jam Pony when Alec said, "I'll wait for you out here while you get the next package ok?"
She looked over at him confused, "Why don't you wanna go in?"
He looked down embarrassed hoping that he wouldn't have to answer but she just raised her eyebrow and settled back more comfortably on her bike. He sighed and she grinned. "I just.well..Normal kinda doesn't know that I'm back. I sorta snuck in when he wasn't there."
He looked around at everything except her but he still saw the smirk that came across her face. "What? Scared?" she laughed.
He glared at her as she went in to get a package. Max came out and grinned when she saw him there, "Wow Alec, didn't think that you'd be riding a bike for a while," she said innocently.
"Well, I'm fine, thanks for asking. No thanks to you," he pouted.
"Hey, if you had just thrown the fight like I had told you then I wouldn't have had to do anything, so this is all your fault. If you wanna blame someone just blame your own selfish self."
He opened his mouth to defend himself when he heard a laugh behind him, he turned to see Andy walking out, laughing with OC. "What's so funny?" he asked grinning, she had a really great smile.
She just looked at him and laughed even harder. He gazed at OC confused but the pretty African-American girl just laughed with Andy. "Hey, Alec guess what?" Andy wheezed out between her giggles.
"What?" he asked, totally confused.
"C'mon Boo," OC said as she took Max and they both walked off, Max soon laughing at whatever it was that OC had just told her.
He turned narrowed eyes onto Andy but she didn't notice she was too busy trying to wipe the tears of laughter from her eyes. "Guess who I just talked to?" she smiled.
"Who?" Alec said through gritted teeth, not liking being kept in the dark.
"Temper, temper," Andy grinned as she caught sight of his clenched fists. He glared at her and then visibly calmed himself. She smiled and said, "Normal."
"Yeah so?" "He decided that he would tell me all about this dream that he had.." she said and stopped with a smirk as she saw him pale. "Don't worry, you were still a gladiator and he was still massaging your tired, smooth golden muscles," she burst out laughing again at the look on his face.
"How did you know he had a gladiator dream about me?" Alec asked quietly, looking around to see if anybody else had heard.
"I was there remember? When he first told you about it? You knocked me over trying to get rid of him?"
He looked around slightly annoyed that she had known all along but then something clicked. "Is this why you couldn't look at me without laughing?" he asked.
She looked over at his comment and burst out laughing again. "I'll take that as a yes," he muttered to himself.
"So, you wanna go to Crash tonight?" he asked.
"Busy tonight, I'll see you later," she said and with one last wave rode off in the other direction.
He watched her ride off, just thinking to himself. What was it about her that made him want to be with her all the time? He shook his head to clear it and rode off to his apartment.
............................
That night.
She crept into Terminal City again and wandered along the roads until she heard a gruff voice say, "You again?"
"What can I say Mole? I missed you. Didn't you miss me?" she smiled as she turned to face the lizard. He grunted a reply and lowered his gun. "I didn't get around to doing what I wanted to do last night, I was just so caught up in the conversation that I was having with you and you know what I've decided?" she asked him. "I think..I think..Mole, I think I love you," and with that she threw her arms around his neck and pretended to cry, "Aren't you gonna tell me that you love me too?"
She heard laughter behind her and let go of Mole who was trying to keep an annoyed expression on his face. "Hey Dix, how are you buddy?" Andy asked him.
"I'm good, how are you?" he replied.
"I'm alright, I'm gonna go see them tonight, see if we can come up with some sort of deal."
"That'd be good," Dix nodded.
"That's if they agree," Mole said, "and they probably wont."
"Why wouldn't they? I mean you couldn't resist my charms, they should be a push over," Andy smirked at him.
He glared at her but she just laughed and wandered off to Oak Street.
............................
Alec wandered into Crash and looked around for his friends. He spotted Sketchy and OC and sauntered on over, smiling at the lovely ladies around him.
"Hey guys, how are we on this beautiful night?" he asked smiling.
"Fine, fine," OC said, "Hey Alec, check out the nice sweet honey over there."
"Yeah, she's hot," he replied, giving the girl his most charming smile. She practically fell off her seat.
"Well there goes another proud sister, I don't know why I put up with you," she glared at Alec. He just shrugged his shoulders and with another grin wandered over to the bar for a scotch.
Max watched from her seat with Logan, she saw the girl practically faint when Alec smiled at her and grinned to herself. Well I guess Manticore did have an up side, she thought to herself. She sighed and looked over to Logan who had been ignoring her for the past twenty minutes and scribbling on a little piece of paper. She cleared her throat, he didn't notice. She rolled her eyes and announced that she was gonna refill the pitcher. He looked up in surprise, said ok and went straight back to work. He fully forgot that I was even there, she thought to herself indignantly. He's just working real hard, trying to figure this out FOR YOU, her head argued with her. But he's always working she argued right back. She approached the bar and saw Asha leaving Alec looking slightly disgruntled.
"So what's up with you and blondie?" she asked.
"Nothing is up," he replied.
"Yeah sure, you know she's a nice girl.."
"Yeah and I should just be this nice charming guy and get myself a great girlfriend but unlike you I'm trying to do the right thing."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" she asked pissed off.
"We don't belong with them Max, we are a danger to them. When are you gonna finally realize that?!"
"Me and Logan are none of your business!"
"Well.."
"What's up guys?" Logan asked approaching the two.
"Nothing," Max lied.
"Yeah, right, nothing," Alec mimicked and left. He turned around just in time to see Logan grab Max's arm and fall to the floor. He rushed over and pulled the phone out of pocket to ring 911. He felt for a pulse, there was a weak one. Soon the ambulance had arrived and had taken Logan to the hospital. He sat around wondering what to do, there was only room in the ambulance for two and OC had left with Max. He sat there thinking and when Max rang to tell him to get the hospital he left as soon as he hung up.
What's wrong with me? he asked himself. I always seem to be doing whatever she tells me to do. You just want her to stop looking at you like you're dirt, a voice inside his head answered. You want her to look at you like someone she can trust and rely on, not just someone who she has to save. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair as he went up the stairs. I don't know why she just cant accept me, I've tried as hard as I can but nothing I do is ever good enough, he thought as he stepped outside and found himself face to face with what seemed to be the entire police force. He backed up only to find someone behind him as well. Shit, he thought, I'm gonna let her down again, as they led him into the police car.
..........................
She crept into Oak Street, her senses working on overload. It was never good to sneak up on X's but she just couldn't help herself.
"BOO" she yelled to the X5 on duty. He whirled around to face her but she had blurred behind him and pulled his gun from his grasp. He looked down in horror and when he looked up again, found himself looking the barrel of his own gun.
"Well aren't I even gonna get a hug?" she pouted at him.
The soldier snapped to attention. "Ma'am! I didn't realize that it was you, I mean..I would never have pulled a gun on you if I knew.ma'am, they've been waiting for you for a while. They thought you were dead."
"Do I look dead to you soldier?" she asked mockingly.
"No ma'am," he grinned. His CO still hadn't changed.
"Well then lets go greet the troops," she decided and handed the soldier back his gun. He reached for it but she pulled it out of his grasp at the last minute. "Too slow," she said, looking disappointed. She laughed at the look on his face and the wandered into the building. The noise level immediately dropped, "Well babies, I'm home!"