Heat Wave
Dangerous Curves
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"Oh my God what the hell are we gonna do now?" Max hauled her bags as she walked fast to the entrance of the small and dirty airport
Logan, who was struggling to keep up with her, stopped in front of a map of roads
"Max, wait! Come here a sec!" He examined the map carefully "Ok, now let me see..."
All six of them were now crowded around the big map, trying to locate Durango
"Look, we're here..." Logan pointed to a spot up north of Mexico "...and Mazatlan is... here!" He signaled a point a bit south, around the middle
"So, what do you suggest we do? Run for it?" Original Cindy measured the space between both spots with her finger "We're about eight fingers away, so that means it would take us..."
"Forty seven minutes by plane, fourteen hours by car if we go at 165 kilometers per hour" Max said quickly
"Which would be... how many miles?"
Max ignored the question "Logan, let's go see if they have any flights to Mazatlan"
They walked over to an information desk. A beefy, short man with dark skin and a huge mustache was sitting behind it
"Hello, we wanted to..."
"No hablo ingles señor" The man interrupted Logan
Logan sighed "Ok I..." he pointed to himself "...want..." he closed his hand over his heart "...a plane..." he made a wave with his hand as if to simulate a car "...to Mazatlan..."
The man frowned "Le gusta nadar a Mazatlan?"
Max burst out laughing. She laughed so hard breathing became an issue
Logan was way too confused "Excuse me?"
"Logan, he understood that you love to swim to Mazatlan!"
"What? How the hell did he get THAT?"
Max chuckled "Step aside please"
Logan scowled but moved aside
"Disculpe, necesitamos un avion a Mazatlan" Max talked in perfect Spanish
Logan stared at her, his mouth hanging open "When did you learn Spanish?"
"Informative childhood remember?"
The big man, who was chewing a huge wad of gum, checked Max out while he answered her previous question
"No se puede señorita, hay una tormenta y los aviones no viajan"
Max sighed
"What did he say?" Logan asked
"There's some big storm and there are no airplanes"
Logan groaned "Ask him where we can rent a car"
"Donde podemos rentar un carro?"
"Ay mamacita, lo que necesitas es un hombre"
Max sighed exasperated "Donde podemos rentar un carro?" She repeated
The man pointed to a desk a few feet away
"Gracias" Max turned around and left, with Logan besides her
"What did he say?"
"He pointed to this desk" Max answered
"Oh he did much more than point, what did he say?"
"Nothing!" Max answered, clearly annoyed
"Max!" Logan stepped in front of her, forcing her to look at him
"Fine! He said that what I need is a real man. Are you happy now?" Max moved around him
Logan shrugged "Why didn't you want to tell me?"
"Cuz I know how sensitive you can be 'bout stupid stuff like that" Max was starting to get angry
"I'm not sensitive about stupid stuff like that!" Logan snapped
"Oh you certainly were a while ago! And besides, it was just shameless flirting, why would you like to know about it?" Max stood there, with her hands on her hips and waited for Logan to say something
"A while ago I was a paralytic guy, right now I'm not so get off my back and I WANT to know if someone is flirting with my girl"
"Oh so I'm your girl now!" Max's voice was now dangerously high
Logan closed the distance between them and grabbed both her arms, bringing her closer to him and whispered in her ear "You were always my girl"
Max shivered, his breath on her neck always did that to her
"Let's just get a car and leave please" Max whispered back
Logan stepped up to the desk. There was a younger, apparently nicer guy behind it.
"Speak English?" Logan asked him
"Yes" The guy answered
Logan sighed in relief "Good, what cars do you have?"
"You want it for two people?" The guy's accent was heavy but understandable
"No, six" Logan replied
"Six? No can do, biggest I can offer is five"
"Five?" Logan glanced at Max, she shrugged
"Are you sure there's nothing bigger?"
"No amigo, where are you going anyway?"
"Mazatlan"
The guy whistled "Well, you can go to the airport once you get there and trade the car. That way you have a nice car for there and for coming back"
Logan glanced at Max again
"We have no other choice" She told him
So Logan signed the papers and took the keys to a white Pointiac Sunfire from the guy
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"We're riding all the way to Mazatlan in THIS?!" Original Cindy Pointed at the small car
"It was the best we could get" Logan told her while looking over a couple of maps
"The road seems pretty rough, even more since it's raining" Max pointed out
"It's hard to imagine rain right now" Walter, who's shirt was completely soaked in sweat, fanned his face with his hand
"What the hell were you expecting, you have more fat in you than an hibernating polar bear" Max said under her breath so that only Logan and Cindy could hear
Logan swallowed his laughter and told Walter "Trust me, it's raining there. We're just standing in the middle of the dessert right now"
"Just as long as the car has air conditioning I'm fine" Sketchy shaded his eyes with his hand and looked up to glance at the sun
"The sun does seem to be a few miles closer here" He was sweating too, they all were, just not nearly as much as Walter
"Ok, I have a good idea of where we are and where we're going so let's go!" Logan folded the maps and handed them to Max, who had just finished tying the suitcases to the roof of the car with some rope
"Max, are you sure the rope will hold?" Original Cindy asked
Max gave her a 'What do you think?' look and climbed on the back. Logan sat behind the wheel with Walter as his co-pilot. Not because he was good at it but because they wouldn't fit in the car any other way
Max, Kendra, Original Cindy and Sketchy somehow managed to squeeze themselves into the small space that the backseat offered and they were off
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"Logan, buddy, please, are you sure this is the only way?" Sketchy clutched his stomach as he stared at the large mountains they where about to face
"Sketchy, there's no other way around the mountains, unless this car has magical wings and we can fly over them we're gonna have to go this way" Logan explained
"I'm gonna need some Dramamine" Sketchy closed his eyes and tilted his head back
Darkness had fallen and it was becoming harder and harder for Logan to read the signs along the road
"Walter, can you make out that sign?" Logan asked
"Hum... yeah it's..."
"Curve" Max told them, trying not to laugh at the two grown men leaning forward with their eyes scrunched
"Oh, yeah" Logan turned and spotted another sign ahead
"Max, what does that one say?"
"Curve" Max answered again
"So what, is this road one big curve?" Sketchy burst out
"No, just tons of little ones" Max told him
"Logan, pull over. I think I'm gonna..."
Logan stopped the car so abruptly that everyone had to brace themselves
"Ouch Logan!" Max rubbed her backside and swore loudly
Sketchy opened the door and ran out of the car
"I think the seatbelt thingy just raped me" Original Cindy moved away from the seatbelt and massaged her sore butt
"Hey Sketch, don't run too far! We're surrounded by noting, you might fall!" Logan warned
A couple of minutes later Sketchy came back, his clothes were soaked and he looked sort of green
"Sketch, if I'd known you had such a weak stomach I would've made you swallow a whole bottle of Dramamine" Max told him
"I did take some... not enough apparently" Sketchy closed his eyes as Logan started the car
"Really, it's not that bad!" Max shook her head
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An hour later almost everyone looked sick. Max was singing along with the radio, completely unaffected by the curves and Logan was engrossed with the wet road so he didn't feel sick either
"You know Max, maybe you should be the co-pilot, I need to close my eyes for a moment" Walter, who had closed his eyes half an hour earlier, finally realized the danger of letting Logan drive without anyone else too help him with the rusty signs
"I don't think you'll fit here in the back" Max snapped at him
"Max, please, just switch seats" Original Cindy told her
"You'll be really uncomfortable"
"I don't care, we just wanna get away from all your happiness and energy girl, you're too worked up for us right now. Go bother someone else and PLEASE stop singing, you have an amazing voice but please, please let me sleep!" Original Cindy closed her eyes and clutched her stomach
Logan stopped the car and Max and Walter switched seats. After a lot of moving around they were able to fit in the back of the Pointiac with Kendra almost sitting on Walter's lap and Sketchy jammed against the window
"Ok, let's go" Logan started the car again
"Logan, can you look for someplace to eat? I'm starving!" Max whined. Her stomach grumbled to prove her point
"Oh God Max! Please, no food!" Kendra tossed her head back and groaned
"Ok, Ok! I'm still starving though"
"You know what? There's a motel a few miles ahead. It's near a small town and there's a bar right next to it, God knows we could all use a drink"
Logan took his eyes off the road for a second to glance at Max, she thought about it for about a second and nodded "Seems like a good idea to me!"
After driving a few miles and consulting the map an awful lot Logan took a detour and parked the car in front of an old motel
"Logan I love you, but you've got an awful taste in hotels" Max stared at the old building which seemed ready to collapse. Sketchy didn't seemed to mind though
He struggled with the door for a few moments until he managed to rearrange himself in order to open it and threw himself on the wet pavement "Oh solid land!"
"Sketchy, we've been on solid land for a while now" Kendra pointed out, even though she too was glad to leave the car
"Yeah, but this one doesn't move around in circles" Sketchy kissed the ground and pushed himself up slowly
Logan took off his jacket and used it as an umbrella for both him and Max. They ran to the lobby, leaving the gang behind to recover
"Hello, we'd like three rooms please" Max told the clerk in perfect Spanish
"Sorry señorita, tenemos nadamas dos cuartos" He answered, holding up two fingers
Max sighed "well, I guess two rooms will have to do" She told Logan
"Oh and the sleeping arrangements will be what exactly?"
"Boys room girls room?" Max suggested
"Great, I get stuck with puke boy and... Walter" Logan grimaced
"Puke boy? You've been spending way too much time with Original Cindy"
"Whatever but I'm going to need a drink"
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The bar was almost as bad as the hotel, almost but not quite.
Kendra chose a table and sat down, the rest of them grabbed chairs and sat too
They had barely been there for a minute when Sketchy stood up "Well, I'm gonna go get a pitcher"
"I can't believe it, the guy has been throwing up all day! He can't possibly be thinking of drinking right now!" Walter said, clearly amazed
"Get him alcohol and watch him go" Max said sarcastically
"Just wait, tomorrow he'll have a combination of motion sickness and hangover, it's gonna be a barf feast"
Max groaned at Original Cindy's comment. Sketchy came back then, carrying a pitcher of beer and a stack of mugs
Max looked around the bar, it wasn't really all that different from Crash, maybe a little funkier and the men there certainly seemed more macho - like but that was just about it
Suddenly her eyes came to rest on a guy sitting on the bar, he seemed different from the other guys there
She used her enhanced view to really look at him. He looked no older than 25, his hair was a little long, it reached right below his eyes, which were bright blue and friendly looking. His hair was black and curly at the ends, some of his bangs where sprawled over his forehead and eyes, he pushed them away with one hand and Max was able to see his baby skin. He was dressed completely in black
"...right Max?" Logan took her hand
"Uh?"
"I said we really tried to get another room"
"Uh, yeah" Max said in a dismissing tone
"Max, are you ok?" asked Logan
"Fine" she answered immediately, her eyes still fixed on the extremely cute guy
Original Cindy followed her gaze and whistled slowly when she saw what Max had been looking at
Max whipped her head around to look at her, suddenly aware of the fact that she'd been staring
"Max, are you really ok?" Logan seemed concerned
"I said I'm fine so get off my back ok?" Everyone at the table seemed a little shocked at Max's outburst
"I'm sorry, just tired I guess" Max apologized
"It's ok, why don't you go and try to get some rest?"
"I wanna stay here"
"But you just said you're tired and we've got a long..."
"Logan, don't bust my chops ok? I'm not in the mood"
Again, Max got glares from everyone, even Sketchy, who had been following the argument as if it where a tennis match and was now clutching his head
Max stared at her untouched beer and stood up "I need something stronger" And with that she headed for the bar and the only seat available, next to the cute guy
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Max buried her head in her hands and sighed
"You ok? Can I get you a drink?" The cute guy asked her
"Man, you're fast! What? You think you're so pretty you can just buy me a drink and take me to bed?" Max said angrily
The guy frowned "Are you always this bitchy? I'm sorry for acting like a nice guy, it just seemed like you could use a drink"
Max groaned "I'm sorry, don't know what's gotten into me today" she offered him her hand "I'm Max"
"Christopher, call me Chris" He shook her hand
"You know," Chris said "I used to know a girl named Max"
Max's head snapped up "You did?"
"Maxine Amanda, a friend of my sister's, or at least she was until we hooked up..." Chris turned to Max and blushed a little "but you don't wanna hear about that, seems like you've got enough issues of your own"
"That's an understatement" Max whispered
"Why?" Chris motioned the bartender over
"Why what?"
"Why is it an understatement?"
"Oh, just because... it's nothing really" Max shrugged again
"Que le sirvo señorita?" The bartender asked
"What ever he's drinking" Max pointed to Chris but the bartender just raised an eyebrow. Max groaned "Lo que este tomando el caballero"
The guy nodded and moved around to prepare the drink
"Wow, you've got great Spanish, are you from around here?" Chris sipped his drink
"Naw, I'm from Seattle"
"Seattle, nice"
The bartender handed her a glass full of clear liquid then, she took a big gulp from it. It burned her throat and stomach, making her eyes water
"Shit this stuff is strong, how can you handle it?" She coughed
"Mexican pride" Chris took another sip "plus you get used to it"
"You're Mexican?" Max silently wondered why was she talking so much with a complete stranger
"Not really, born and raised in the US, lived in LA for a while and then moved here, well, not here, Mazatlan. Great beach"
"I'm going to Mazatlan!" Max announced
"Really? Cool, we should hook up or something, we could go bar hopping!"
"Maybe" Max took a small drink, having learned her lesson
"You should bring your friends and boyfriend along too, we'll have a blast"
Max coughed, almost choking with the strong drink
Chris laughed at her reaction "I know you're fighting with your boy right now but you'll make up soon. He doesn't look too happy right now by the way"
Max turned around slowly and found Logan staring at her. She turned back to Chris quickly
"How did you...?"
"You're incredibly beautiful Max, I'd been watching your every move from the moment you walked in here"
"Yeah but still..."
"I just knew ok Max? It's no big deal"
Max smiled, here was this great guy, charming and nice and he knew she was with someone but still bought her a drink and talked to her
"I should probably head back to my table, wanna join us?"
"Naw, your boyfriend would kill me. Besides I have to go soon"
"Oh ok" Max was a little disappointed
"It was great meeting you Max"
"It was great meeting you too, someone who isn't buying me a drink just to get in my pants"
"Here" Chris took Max's hand and wrote a phone number on her wrist "I was serious about hooking up later"
Max smiled and offered Chris her hand for him to shake. Chris smiled back, his smile was just as amazing as the rest of him, perfect straight white teeth smiled back at Max
"Bye" She whispered
"Bye" He whispered back
Max was halfway to her table when OC intercepted her and dragged her to the bathroom
"Cindy, what's wrong with you?" Max asked
"Do you think it's wise, flirting with someone in front of your boyfriend? Are you in heat?" She whispered the last part
"No I'm...!" Max looked around the crowded bathroom and whispered "I'm not in heat, I'm good for another month or so. And besides, I so wasn't flirting!"
Original Cindy placed her hands on her hips "Oh yes you where! Not that I can blame you, that guy was almost cute enough to make OC doubt her sexual preferences"
Max smiled "Cindy, honestly, nothing happened!"
"Oh I know that! The whole table was staring at you but tell me, what's that on your wrist?"
Max looked down at the phone number and her smile widened "Chris lives in Mazatlan, he said maybe we could do something once we get there"
Original Cindy glared at her "All of us! Including my boyfriend"
"He knows you have a boyfriend?!" Max nodded "And he still bought you a drink?" Max nodded again
"Gurl, you're either incredibly lucky or incredibly stupid... or both"
Max laughed "Come on, let's get out of here. I wanna dance with my boyfriend"
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"Max?" Logan frowned
Max didn't even talk, she grabbed his hand and pulled him to his feet "C'm on, I like this song"
*He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Struttin' her stuff on the street
She said, Hello, hey Jo, you wanna give it a go? Oh! uh huh*
Max dragged Logan to the dance floor and wrapped her arms around him before he could object
She moved her hips against his, forcing a reaction
Logan groaned "Max, please don't do that! Not here, not when we can't get a room"
Max giggled like a teenager and swayed her hips seductively again
Logan groaned and pulled her to him "Wanna play dirty?" he whispered in her ear before licking her lobe, making her moan
*Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher avec moi*
Max pulled away from him and continued to dance, her hips moved so fast and so perfectly Logan had to wonder if there was any Hawaiian DNA in her cocktail
"Two can play this game you know?" He told her and offered her his hand, which she took without a second thought
He pulled her to him again and dipped her. Max laughed out loud and allowed herself to be pulled back up by his strong arms. He hugged her, their mouths inches apart but she moved away
"Oh no you don't" He took her hips in his hands and made small circles with his thumbs, driving her wild while slowly moving his hands under her shirt
*He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that Magnolia wine
All her black satin sheets, suede's, dark greens
yeah*
She knew she had to stop him if she wanted to win this so she drew back and continued to dance, she ran her hands from her hips to the side of her breasts, taking her shirt with them and revealing a bit of skin
Logan groaned "Ok, that's it! You win!"
He took her hand and led her out of the bar
*Gouchie, Gouchie, ya ya dada
Gouchie, Gouchie, ya ya here
Mocha Choca lata ya ya
Creole lady Marmalade
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher avec moi*
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"Motel?"
"Too far" Logan pushed her against the car while fumbling with the keys
"Aren't you an eager boy?"
Logan just groaned in response. Max took the keys from him and opened the door herself, even though her hands were shaking just as much
"Oh no!" Max groaned. The back seat was covered with Original Cindy's coat, Sketchy's spare shirt and Kendra's shoes, plus some garbage bags that contained empty food wrappers and cans
"We could just ignore the mess" Logan tossed Max inside and closed the door behind him. He leaned forward to turn the car's battery and the radio on
Max giggled "I think OC will kill us if we do the 'dirty deed' on top of her clothes"
Logan growled and grabbed the coat from underneath them. He tried to get it out of the way but his hand caught an empty can and it cut through his finger
"ARGH!" He screamed in frustration
"You know, this is too hard" Max got impatient and grabbed Logan by the hips, with transgenic strength she tossed him over to the front seat and climbed on his lap
"Max, what are you..." Logan didn't get a chance to finish. Max attacked his mouth with her own. Logan responded willingly
Max ran her hands down his chest, unbuttoning his shirt as she went until she reached his zipped and pulled it down
Logan moaned when her hands reached inside and too him out
"Wait, wait!" Logan shifted positions so that he was leaning against the door while Max helped him get out of his soaking pants. They tossed them aside and moved to work on her pants, which were just as wet as his from the quick dash to the car, quickly joined the rest of the clothes on the back seat
Logan moved his fingers over her soaking panties and Max moaned his name. He reached out to lift her shirt, noticing that the windows where completely fogged up
Suddenly, the door in which they were leaning opened and Max and Logan tumbled to the ground, head first
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Walter was standing there, he leaned down but had to jumped away before Max's fist connected with his face and his elbow connected with the car's door, closing it
"Walter NO! It'll..."
CLICK
"...Lock" A rather unclothed Max finished "you're an ass did you know that?"
They heard a shriek behind them and the couple on the pavement turned around, Max quickly, Logan painfully slowly
"What the hell were you guys doing?" Kendra, Original Cindy and a bloody Sketchy were staring at them
Max looked down at them, Logan wearing only his black silk boxers which clung to his skin now that they were wet and her, wearing her tiny T-shirt which was now almost see through and a black thong. She leaned her forehead against the cool pavement and sighed 'It's gonna be a looong week" She thought to herself
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Sorry 'bout the cliffhanger, and sorry it took so long to update but blame it on finals plus it's really hard to write funny stuff when you're depressed so maybe the story wasn't all that fun but you can blame THAT on FOX
Oh guys, the whole Chris thing has a purpose, I swear! And Logan and Max will talk about it on the next chapter and no, Sketchy won't spend the rest of the trip throwing up, I swear
Please review, I'm depressed and need cheering up! Oh and guys, I want to start a webpage for fanfiction but I'm an idiot when it comes to computer so if anyone wants to help... pleeeease tell me!! I could really really use the help! Oh or if you know a sexy song tell me! I might be able to use it!!
Dangerous Curves
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"Oh my God what the hell are we gonna do now?" Max hauled her bags as she walked fast to the entrance of the small and dirty airport
Logan, who was struggling to keep up with her, stopped in front of a map of roads
"Max, wait! Come here a sec!" He examined the map carefully "Ok, now let me see..."
All six of them were now crowded around the big map, trying to locate Durango
"Look, we're here..." Logan pointed to a spot up north of Mexico "...and Mazatlan is... here!" He signaled a point a bit south, around the middle
"So, what do you suggest we do? Run for it?" Original Cindy measured the space between both spots with her finger "We're about eight fingers away, so that means it would take us..."
"Forty seven minutes by plane, fourteen hours by car if we go at 165 kilometers per hour" Max said quickly
"Which would be... how many miles?"
Max ignored the question "Logan, let's go see if they have any flights to Mazatlan"
They walked over to an information desk. A beefy, short man with dark skin and a huge mustache was sitting behind it
"Hello, we wanted to..."
"No hablo ingles señor" The man interrupted Logan
Logan sighed "Ok I..." he pointed to himself "...want..." he closed his hand over his heart "...a plane..." he made a wave with his hand as if to simulate a car "...to Mazatlan..."
The man frowned "Le gusta nadar a Mazatlan?"
Max burst out laughing. She laughed so hard breathing became an issue
Logan was way too confused "Excuse me?"
"Logan, he understood that you love to swim to Mazatlan!"
"What? How the hell did he get THAT?"
Max chuckled "Step aside please"
Logan scowled but moved aside
"Disculpe, necesitamos un avion a Mazatlan" Max talked in perfect Spanish
Logan stared at her, his mouth hanging open "When did you learn Spanish?"
"Informative childhood remember?"
The big man, who was chewing a huge wad of gum, checked Max out while he answered her previous question
"No se puede señorita, hay una tormenta y los aviones no viajan"
Max sighed
"What did he say?" Logan asked
"There's some big storm and there are no airplanes"
Logan groaned "Ask him where we can rent a car"
"Donde podemos rentar un carro?"
"Ay mamacita, lo que necesitas es un hombre"
Max sighed exasperated "Donde podemos rentar un carro?" She repeated
The man pointed to a desk a few feet away
"Gracias" Max turned around and left, with Logan besides her
"What did he say?"
"He pointed to this desk" Max answered
"Oh he did much more than point, what did he say?"
"Nothing!" Max answered, clearly annoyed
"Max!" Logan stepped in front of her, forcing her to look at him
"Fine! He said that what I need is a real man. Are you happy now?" Max moved around him
Logan shrugged "Why didn't you want to tell me?"
"Cuz I know how sensitive you can be 'bout stupid stuff like that" Max was starting to get angry
"I'm not sensitive about stupid stuff like that!" Logan snapped
"Oh you certainly were a while ago! And besides, it was just shameless flirting, why would you like to know about it?" Max stood there, with her hands on her hips and waited for Logan to say something
"A while ago I was a paralytic guy, right now I'm not so get off my back and I WANT to know if someone is flirting with my girl"
"Oh so I'm your girl now!" Max's voice was now dangerously high
Logan closed the distance between them and grabbed both her arms, bringing her closer to him and whispered in her ear "You were always my girl"
Max shivered, his breath on her neck always did that to her
"Let's just get a car and leave please" Max whispered back
Logan stepped up to the desk. There was a younger, apparently nicer guy behind it.
"Speak English?" Logan asked him
"Yes" The guy answered
Logan sighed in relief "Good, what cars do you have?"
"You want it for two people?" The guy's accent was heavy but understandable
"No, six" Logan replied
"Six? No can do, biggest I can offer is five"
"Five?" Logan glanced at Max, she shrugged
"Are you sure there's nothing bigger?"
"No amigo, where are you going anyway?"
"Mazatlan"
The guy whistled "Well, you can go to the airport once you get there and trade the car. That way you have a nice car for there and for coming back"
Logan glanced at Max again
"We have no other choice" She told him
So Logan signed the papers and took the keys to a white Pointiac Sunfire from the guy
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"We're riding all the way to Mazatlan in THIS?!" Original Cindy Pointed at the small car
"It was the best we could get" Logan told her while looking over a couple of maps
"The road seems pretty rough, even more since it's raining" Max pointed out
"It's hard to imagine rain right now" Walter, who's shirt was completely soaked in sweat, fanned his face with his hand
"What the hell were you expecting, you have more fat in you than an hibernating polar bear" Max said under her breath so that only Logan and Cindy could hear
Logan swallowed his laughter and told Walter "Trust me, it's raining there. We're just standing in the middle of the dessert right now"
"Just as long as the car has air conditioning I'm fine" Sketchy shaded his eyes with his hand and looked up to glance at the sun
"The sun does seem to be a few miles closer here" He was sweating too, they all were, just not nearly as much as Walter
"Ok, I have a good idea of where we are and where we're going so let's go!" Logan folded the maps and handed them to Max, who had just finished tying the suitcases to the roof of the car with some rope
"Max, are you sure the rope will hold?" Original Cindy asked
Max gave her a 'What do you think?' look and climbed on the back. Logan sat behind the wheel with Walter as his co-pilot. Not because he was good at it but because they wouldn't fit in the car any other way
Max, Kendra, Original Cindy and Sketchy somehow managed to squeeze themselves into the small space that the backseat offered and they were off
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"Logan, buddy, please, are you sure this is the only way?" Sketchy clutched his stomach as he stared at the large mountains they where about to face
"Sketchy, there's no other way around the mountains, unless this car has magical wings and we can fly over them we're gonna have to go this way" Logan explained
"I'm gonna need some Dramamine" Sketchy closed his eyes and tilted his head back
Darkness had fallen and it was becoming harder and harder for Logan to read the signs along the road
"Walter, can you make out that sign?" Logan asked
"Hum... yeah it's..."
"Curve" Max told them, trying not to laugh at the two grown men leaning forward with their eyes scrunched
"Oh, yeah" Logan turned and spotted another sign ahead
"Max, what does that one say?"
"Curve" Max answered again
"So what, is this road one big curve?" Sketchy burst out
"No, just tons of little ones" Max told him
"Logan, pull over. I think I'm gonna..."
Logan stopped the car so abruptly that everyone had to brace themselves
"Ouch Logan!" Max rubbed her backside and swore loudly
Sketchy opened the door and ran out of the car
"I think the seatbelt thingy just raped me" Original Cindy moved away from the seatbelt and massaged her sore butt
"Hey Sketch, don't run too far! We're surrounded by noting, you might fall!" Logan warned
A couple of minutes later Sketchy came back, his clothes were soaked and he looked sort of green
"Sketch, if I'd known you had such a weak stomach I would've made you swallow a whole bottle of Dramamine" Max told him
"I did take some... not enough apparently" Sketchy closed his eyes as Logan started the car
"Really, it's not that bad!" Max shook her head
*************
An hour later almost everyone looked sick. Max was singing along with the radio, completely unaffected by the curves and Logan was engrossed with the wet road so he didn't feel sick either
"You know Max, maybe you should be the co-pilot, I need to close my eyes for a moment" Walter, who had closed his eyes half an hour earlier, finally realized the danger of letting Logan drive without anyone else too help him with the rusty signs
"I don't think you'll fit here in the back" Max snapped at him
"Max, please, just switch seats" Original Cindy told her
"You'll be really uncomfortable"
"I don't care, we just wanna get away from all your happiness and energy girl, you're too worked up for us right now. Go bother someone else and PLEASE stop singing, you have an amazing voice but please, please let me sleep!" Original Cindy closed her eyes and clutched her stomach
Logan stopped the car and Max and Walter switched seats. After a lot of moving around they were able to fit in the back of the Pointiac with Kendra almost sitting on Walter's lap and Sketchy jammed against the window
"Ok, let's go" Logan started the car again
"Logan, can you look for someplace to eat? I'm starving!" Max whined. Her stomach grumbled to prove her point
"Oh God Max! Please, no food!" Kendra tossed her head back and groaned
"Ok, Ok! I'm still starving though"
"You know what? There's a motel a few miles ahead. It's near a small town and there's a bar right next to it, God knows we could all use a drink"
Logan took his eyes off the road for a second to glance at Max, she thought about it for about a second and nodded "Seems like a good idea to me!"
After driving a few miles and consulting the map an awful lot Logan took a detour and parked the car in front of an old motel
"Logan I love you, but you've got an awful taste in hotels" Max stared at the old building which seemed ready to collapse. Sketchy didn't seemed to mind though
He struggled with the door for a few moments until he managed to rearrange himself in order to open it and threw himself on the wet pavement "Oh solid land!"
"Sketchy, we've been on solid land for a while now" Kendra pointed out, even though she too was glad to leave the car
"Yeah, but this one doesn't move around in circles" Sketchy kissed the ground and pushed himself up slowly
Logan took off his jacket and used it as an umbrella for both him and Max. They ran to the lobby, leaving the gang behind to recover
"Hello, we'd like three rooms please" Max told the clerk in perfect Spanish
"Sorry señorita, tenemos nadamas dos cuartos" He answered, holding up two fingers
Max sighed "well, I guess two rooms will have to do" She told Logan
"Oh and the sleeping arrangements will be what exactly?"
"Boys room girls room?" Max suggested
"Great, I get stuck with puke boy and... Walter" Logan grimaced
"Puke boy? You've been spending way too much time with Original Cindy"
"Whatever but I'm going to need a drink"
*************
The bar was almost as bad as the hotel, almost but not quite.
Kendra chose a table and sat down, the rest of them grabbed chairs and sat too
They had barely been there for a minute when Sketchy stood up "Well, I'm gonna go get a pitcher"
"I can't believe it, the guy has been throwing up all day! He can't possibly be thinking of drinking right now!" Walter said, clearly amazed
"Get him alcohol and watch him go" Max said sarcastically
"Just wait, tomorrow he'll have a combination of motion sickness and hangover, it's gonna be a barf feast"
Max groaned at Original Cindy's comment. Sketchy came back then, carrying a pitcher of beer and a stack of mugs
Max looked around the bar, it wasn't really all that different from Crash, maybe a little funkier and the men there certainly seemed more macho - like but that was just about it
Suddenly her eyes came to rest on a guy sitting on the bar, he seemed different from the other guys there
She used her enhanced view to really look at him. He looked no older than 25, his hair was a little long, it reached right below his eyes, which were bright blue and friendly looking. His hair was black and curly at the ends, some of his bangs where sprawled over his forehead and eyes, he pushed them away with one hand and Max was able to see his baby skin. He was dressed completely in black
"...right Max?" Logan took her hand
"Uh?"
"I said we really tried to get another room"
"Uh, yeah" Max said in a dismissing tone
"Max, are you ok?" asked Logan
"Fine" she answered immediately, her eyes still fixed on the extremely cute guy
Original Cindy followed her gaze and whistled slowly when she saw what Max had been looking at
Max whipped her head around to look at her, suddenly aware of the fact that she'd been staring
"Max, are you really ok?" Logan seemed concerned
"I said I'm fine so get off my back ok?" Everyone at the table seemed a little shocked at Max's outburst
"I'm sorry, just tired I guess" Max apologized
"It's ok, why don't you go and try to get some rest?"
"I wanna stay here"
"But you just said you're tired and we've got a long..."
"Logan, don't bust my chops ok? I'm not in the mood"
Again, Max got glares from everyone, even Sketchy, who had been following the argument as if it where a tennis match and was now clutching his head
Max stared at her untouched beer and stood up "I need something stronger" And with that she headed for the bar and the only seat available, next to the cute guy
*************
Max buried her head in her hands and sighed
"You ok? Can I get you a drink?" The cute guy asked her
"Man, you're fast! What? You think you're so pretty you can just buy me a drink and take me to bed?" Max said angrily
The guy frowned "Are you always this bitchy? I'm sorry for acting like a nice guy, it just seemed like you could use a drink"
Max groaned "I'm sorry, don't know what's gotten into me today" she offered him her hand "I'm Max"
"Christopher, call me Chris" He shook her hand
"You know," Chris said "I used to know a girl named Max"
Max's head snapped up "You did?"
"Maxine Amanda, a friend of my sister's, or at least she was until we hooked up..." Chris turned to Max and blushed a little "but you don't wanna hear about that, seems like you've got enough issues of your own"
"That's an understatement" Max whispered
"Why?" Chris motioned the bartender over
"Why what?"
"Why is it an understatement?"
"Oh, just because... it's nothing really" Max shrugged again
"Que le sirvo señorita?" The bartender asked
"What ever he's drinking" Max pointed to Chris but the bartender just raised an eyebrow. Max groaned "Lo que este tomando el caballero"
The guy nodded and moved around to prepare the drink
"Wow, you've got great Spanish, are you from around here?" Chris sipped his drink
"Naw, I'm from Seattle"
"Seattle, nice"
The bartender handed her a glass full of clear liquid then, she took a big gulp from it. It burned her throat and stomach, making her eyes water
"Shit this stuff is strong, how can you handle it?" She coughed
"Mexican pride" Chris took another sip "plus you get used to it"
"You're Mexican?" Max silently wondered why was she talking so much with a complete stranger
"Not really, born and raised in the US, lived in LA for a while and then moved here, well, not here, Mazatlan. Great beach"
"I'm going to Mazatlan!" Max announced
"Really? Cool, we should hook up or something, we could go bar hopping!"
"Maybe" Max took a small drink, having learned her lesson
"You should bring your friends and boyfriend along too, we'll have a blast"
Max coughed, almost choking with the strong drink
Chris laughed at her reaction "I know you're fighting with your boy right now but you'll make up soon. He doesn't look too happy right now by the way"
Max turned around slowly and found Logan staring at her. She turned back to Chris quickly
"How did you...?"
"You're incredibly beautiful Max, I'd been watching your every move from the moment you walked in here"
"Yeah but still..."
"I just knew ok Max? It's no big deal"
Max smiled, here was this great guy, charming and nice and he knew she was with someone but still bought her a drink and talked to her
"I should probably head back to my table, wanna join us?"
"Naw, your boyfriend would kill me. Besides I have to go soon"
"Oh ok" Max was a little disappointed
"It was great meeting you Max"
"It was great meeting you too, someone who isn't buying me a drink just to get in my pants"
"Here" Chris took Max's hand and wrote a phone number on her wrist "I was serious about hooking up later"
Max smiled and offered Chris her hand for him to shake. Chris smiled back, his smile was just as amazing as the rest of him, perfect straight white teeth smiled back at Max
"Bye" She whispered
"Bye" He whispered back
Max was halfway to her table when OC intercepted her and dragged her to the bathroom
"Cindy, what's wrong with you?" Max asked
"Do you think it's wise, flirting with someone in front of your boyfriend? Are you in heat?" She whispered the last part
"No I'm...!" Max looked around the crowded bathroom and whispered "I'm not in heat, I'm good for another month or so. And besides, I so wasn't flirting!"
Original Cindy placed her hands on her hips "Oh yes you where! Not that I can blame you, that guy was almost cute enough to make OC doubt her sexual preferences"
Max smiled "Cindy, honestly, nothing happened!"
"Oh I know that! The whole table was staring at you but tell me, what's that on your wrist?"
Max looked down at the phone number and her smile widened "Chris lives in Mazatlan, he said maybe we could do something once we get there"
Original Cindy glared at her "All of us! Including my boyfriend"
"He knows you have a boyfriend?!" Max nodded "And he still bought you a drink?" Max nodded again
"Gurl, you're either incredibly lucky or incredibly stupid... or both"
Max laughed "Come on, let's get out of here. I wanna dance with my boyfriend"
*************
"Max?" Logan frowned
Max didn't even talk, she grabbed his hand and pulled him to his feet "C'm on, I like this song"
*He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Struttin' her stuff on the street
She said, Hello, hey Jo, you wanna give it a go? Oh! uh huh*
Max dragged Logan to the dance floor and wrapped her arms around him before he could object
She moved her hips against his, forcing a reaction
Logan groaned "Max, please don't do that! Not here, not when we can't get a room"
Max giggled like a teenager and swayed her hips seductively again
Logan groaned and pulled her to him "Wanna play dirty?" he whispered in her ear before licking her lobe, making her moan
*Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher avec moi*
Max pulled away from him and continued to dance, her hips moved so fast and so perfectly Logan had to wonder if there was any Hawaiian DNA in her cocktail
"Two can play this game you know?" He told her and offered her his hand, which she took without a second thought
He pulled her to him again and dipped her. Max laughed out loud and allowed herself to be pulled back up by his strong arms. He hugged her, their mouths inches apart but she moved away
"Oh no you don't" He took her hips in his hands and made small circles with his thumbs, driving her wild while slowly moving his hands under her shirt
*He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that Magnolia wine
All her black satin sheets, suede's, dark greens
yeah*
She knew she had to stop him if she wanted to win this so she drew back and continued to dance, she ran her hands from her hips to the side of her breasts, taking her shirt with them and revealing a bit of skin
Logan groaned "Ok, that's it! You win!"
He took her hand and led her out of the bar
*Gouchie, Gouchie, ya ya dada
Gouchie, Gouchie, ya ya here
Mocha Choca lata ya ya
Creole lady Marmalade
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher avec moi*
*************
"Motel?"
"Too far" Logan pushed her against the car while fumbling with the keys
"Aren't you an eager boy?"
Logan just groaned in response. Max took the keys from him and opened the door herself, even though her hands were shaking just as much
"Oh no!" Max groaned. The back seat was covered with Original Cindy's coat, Sketchy's spare shirt and Kendra's shoes, plus some garbage bags that contained empty food wrappers and cans
"We could just ignore the mess" Logan tossed Max inside and closed the door behind him. He leaned forward to turn the car's battery and the radio on
Max giggled "I think OC will kill us if we do the 'dirty deed' on top of her clothes"
Logan growled and grabbed the coat from underneath them. He tried to get it out of the way but his hand caught an empty can and it cut through his finger
"ARGH!" He screamed in frustration
"You know, this is too hard" Max got impatient and grabbed Logan by the hips, with transgenic strength she tossed him over to the front seat and climbed on his lap
"Max, what are you..." Logan didn't get a chance to finish. Max attacked his mouth with her own. Logan responded willingly
Max ran her hands down his chest, unbuttoning his shirt as she went until she reached his zipped and pulled it down
Logan moaned when her hands reached inside and too him out
"Wait, wait!" Logan shifted positions so that he was leaning against the door while Max helped him get out of his soaking pants. They tossed them aside and moved to work on her pants, which were just as wet as his from the quick dash to the car, quickly joined the rest of the clothes on the back seat
Logan moved his fingers over her soaking panties and Max moaned his name. He reached out to lift her shirt, noticing that the windows where completely fogged up
Suddenly, the door in which they were leaning opened and Max and Logan tumbled to the ground, head first
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Walter was standing there, he leaned down but had to jumped away before Max's fist connected with his face and his elbow connected with the car's door, closing it
"Walter NO! It'll..."
CLICK
"...Lock" A rather unclothed Max finished "you're an ass did you know that?"
They heard a shriek behind them and the couple on the pavement turned around, Max quickly, Logan painfully slowly
"What the hell were you guys doing?" Kendra, Original Cindy and a bloody Sketchy were staring at them
Max looked down at them, Logan wearing only his black silk boxers which clung to his skin now that they were wet and her, wearing her tiny T-shirt which was now almost see through and a black thong. She leaned her forehead against the cool pavement and sighed 'It's gonna be a looong week" She thought to herself
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Sorry 'bout the cliffhanger, and sorry it took so long to update but blame it on finals plus it's really hard to write funny stuff when you're depressed so maybe the story wasn't all that fun but you can blame THAT on FOX
Oh guys, the whole Chris thing has a purpose, I swear! And Logan and Max will talk about it on the next chapter and no, Sketchy won't spend the rest of the trip throwing up, I swear
Please review, I'm depressed and need cheering up! Oh and guys, I want to start a webpage for fanfiction but I'm an idiot when it comes to computer so if anyone wants to help... pleeeease tell me!! I could really really use the help! Oh or if you know a sexy song tell me! I might be able to use it!!
