Title: Is this Love?

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Author: Loveday

E-mail: loveday78@libero.it

Feedback: Please let me know what you think about it. It's my very first ff!!

Disclamer: I don't own DA. The show and his characters belong to James Cameron and Eglee.

Pairing: A/M

Timeline: just after Freak Nation

Summary: What will happen when Max learn of love and trust? Can she face that...can she face him?

A.N.: I'm italian. So please forgive me if my english is not very good. I'm trying to do my best.

(If anyone can correct my grammar, I'll thank him very much)

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Chapter 1: Our war

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The Freak Nation's flag waved in the wind and a group of transgenic were staring at the world outside TC.

Alec POV

So here we are....it started

I didn't belive that that would happen one day. But things don't alway go the way you had thought. I didn't think that I'd live elsewhere that Manticore too, but she had made me free...us free. She gave me everything that have a meaning in this world the night that she burned Manticore and I'll never thank her enough even if I'll live hundred years. But I'll try.

Max POV

Oh God...what have I done?

This night everything had gone wrong. Now every transgenic is in danger, waiting for an incoming war with the rest of the world - ordinaries and familiars. A war that they didn't ask to fight. And I endangered all the people that I love...O.C., Sketchy, Joshua, Alec, Logan...

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At this thought Max became aware of the gloved hand that had taken hers. Logan's hand. His touch was so aseptic and empty.

Instinctively she pulled away the hand.

"I can't do this....sorry, I can't", she said softly.

"But, Max..."

"No Logan, we can't go through this again. Look what I've done...all this people are in danger because of me and now all that I can think of is how to save their lives. I'm their leader and they count on me. I can't think about anything else."

"I can help you. I can do everything you want me to do" pleading eyes were looking at her.

*How can I make him understand?*

Then a pair of hand were on her shoulders and she felt strength and reassurance in his touch.

"You can't do nothing now. This is our war and we'll fight it", Alec replyed for her. "And you can't live here. It's unsafe for ordinaries. I'll help you, OC and Sketchy to go out tomorrow so you can go back at Joshua's house."

"Max, why do you let him talk for you? You don't have nothing to say?" Logan's voice was full of indignation.

"Alec is right Logan. You have to go". She said firmly.

Her eyes were emotionless and her voice was strong. Logan understood that nothing he could tell would make her change her mind. *How can she make this to me? How can she let him touch her but not me?* Jelousy suddenly was in his mind. All that Logan could think about were Alec's hand on Max's shoulders.

"This is not about me, right? This is about him!! Do you love him Max? Do you love him like you loved me? Or more?" The words were out of his mounth before he could stop them. He didn't want to hear the answer. And without another look at them he turned and walked away.

Logan didn't see the pain but also the relieve in Max's face. Max was glad to Alec's support. But somehow that thought made her angry. *How dare him interfere in my decisions! And since when I let Alec be right?*

"Don't touch me!" she yelled at him. "I don't need your help!"

"Good to know!"

Max was surprised to hear the hurt in his voice. But she didn't stop him from going away.

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