"Look Matt, I just can't okay." She held the phone up to her ear trying to convey to her bus how desperately she did not want to be set lose on the city.

"I need you today we're two men short. It's a short delivery."

"I'm really, really not feeling well tonight."

"Look I need you here in 5 minutes you don't turn up you lose your job." She took a deep breath she had a good thing going at the moment. Her job delivering cars had let her see the millionaires of Seattle. The statue had been a one off something special.

"I'll be there."

"I knew I could count on you, Thanks Isabelle."

"Please don't mention it." She knew that this would most likely not end well.
*** She pulled up one of the new convertibles to the address she had been given. She looked twice at the address hardly believing that someone who lived in this part of town would be able to afford a car like the one she was sitting in at the moment. But the address was correct and she grabbed her clipboard switched off the engine and took the keys out of the ignition. She opened the door and immediately the cold air hit her it was so refreshing a break from the heat of the confined space. All she could hope for as she went up the elevator was that it wasn't a guy who answered the door. She had lasted the weekend and had hoped that her boss would have believed her call that she was sick but it had been today when two of her co-workers had had similar ideas. She tried to clear her mind get the form signed give them the keys and get the hell out of there. She knocked three times and waited.

"I'll be there in five secs." She blinked a couple of times she was sure that that voice sounded familiar. Probably just something Manticore did to her mind. She waited patiently. She wanted to get home she was thankful that her delivery had only taken her a couple of blocks away from her own apartment block. She wasn't in the mood for the usual walk back to the office. She would leave her own car there for the night by the morning her disease should be over. She focused herself on the task again when she heard the door opening.

"Good Evening sir. I just need you to sign here for your car." Her accent could always be posh when she needed it to be. Maybe that was the image they were looking for when they hired her.

"Oh we're being all polite now are we?" The man smirked in the doorway looking down at the girl who wouldn't look up at him.

"Sorry?" She looked up in confusement.

"Hello." He gave a little wave. "Couldn't stay away huh?"

"Don't flatter yourself. I'm here on business. Just sign this." She shoved the clipboard in his face.

"Anyone would think you were in a rush. Where's my statue?"

"Forgot. Must of misplaced it somewhere. Bit of a shame really. Besides doesn't look like you need it anyway nice car like this."

"I try."

"Will you just sign it already."

"Maybe I forgot what my signature looks like. Maybe if you give me my fair share of that money I might just remember."

"Look tell you what you sign that thing and I wont hurt you again." She smiled at the memory of what she had done to him a couple of days ago. He sighed and scribbled his name onto the pad. "Thanks." She smiled a fake smile. And held out the keys and dropped them into his hand. She felt her skin brush against his. Then all the dreams she had been having about him flashed into her mind. She paused stuck in the moment.

"Hey you okay?" She came to the realization that she could make it all end now the heat, the temptation everything could be ended just there. She knew that her body was tricking her but it didn't matter, not anymore.

"Never better." She felt her hand travel up his arm. Up to his neck, her fingers tracing themselves over his barcode. Her hand pulled his face down to her level. Bring their lips closer together. She felt some of her hunger being washed away with the kiss. Although it was lessening it was becoming more intense her heart rate had risen dramatically as had her breathing rate. Alec himself had been sucked into her heat cycle. He felt her hand reach under his shirt and immediately snapped out of the trance she had put him under. He pulled her away.

"Isabelle. I'm sorry. Not like this." He knew what a heat cycle did to a X- 5 that she was really in no control of her actions and he couldn't take advantage of her when she was like that no matter how much he wanted to. Isabelle shook herself free from whatever power had just had her under it's control.

"What am I doing? Oh god. I need to go." She basically ran out of the apartment one night was all she could think of it was the only thing that she could use to reassure herself that turning away was the right decision. She needed to get home before she made any more stupid decisions.
*** "So Logan what do you think?" Alec stood proudly beside his newly bought ride. "Nice or what?"

"It's a nice colour." He replied plainly. Alec looked at him disappointed before turning to Max.

"C'mon Max back me up here."

"It's a car." Alec groaned in frustration. "You two are not getting it. It's not just a car it's a masterpiece."

"Looks like a car to me. What I want to know is where exactly you got the money for this 'masterpiece'."

"Some very generous tips Max. It helps if you're nice to people once in a while."

"I'm nice to people. Just cause I don't sleep with every member of the opposite sex like some people."

"I do not sleep with everyone."

"That's what the car's for right. To help you pick up."

"No. I like the look of it, the way it handles and did I mention it goes really, really fast."

"Right. Boys and their toys."

"Yeah then how come Logan isn't interested in it."

"Because he's a man not a little pretty boy. I mean that in a good way Logan." She quickly interjected seeing the look on Logan's face.

"Well this 'pretty boy' is going to Crash you two coming."

"No we've got a whole lot of research to do."

"Research on what?"

"Just research."

"Whatever. I'll see you guys later." He hopped into the shiny new convertible and sped away off to Crash.

A/N well that's one more chapter down I'm kinda in a rut at the moment so if you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. I'm sorta thinkin a triangle between Alec, Isabelle and Max, I'm just not sure how to make it happen so please review and help. Thanx