Heat Wave
Rocky Road
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"Cindy, give me your jacket" Max's white T-shirt was so wet it became transparent and she tried to cover herself with her arms
"Can't sugar, it's in the car" Original Cindy was actually smirking
"Damn" Logan sat up. He gathered a shivering Max in his arms to protect her from the cold and from Sketchy's stare
"Shit, shit, shit, I could open the car but my tools are inside" Max cursed in frustration and stood up. Modesty was not something she had learned from her childhood and right then it was a good thing.
"We could win the breandow... I mean... break the window" Sketchy was looking at Max rather intently
She turned around, giving Sketchy and everyone else a good view of her drenched front clad in only a T-shirt and black lace panties "This is ridiculous, I need a wire or something sharp. I can open this door in..."
Max stopped midsentence, Chris was walking towards them, a huge smile on his face. Max could tell he was trying very hard not to laugh out loud.
He approached them in silence, then he reached for Original Cindy's hair and extracted a pin
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing messing up with my hair pretty boy?"
Chris chuckled, he reached inside his pocket and produced a knife, then he knelt in front of the door and went to work. The door opened in five seconds flat
"You strike me as the kind of girl who gets into trouble easily" He told Max, then he offered his hand to Logan "I'm Christopher, a friend of your girlfriend's"
Logan shook his hand with interest but said nothing
"I better go, I bet you bunch just wanna get warm" Chris waved and left as quickly as he appeared
"What the hell was that?" Kendra asked no one in particular once he was gone
"I don't know but he was amazing!" Walter exclaimed
"Walter!... Ugh" Max shook her head while pulling on her pants and jacket
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"So Max, who was that?" Kendra sat on the bed and took off her soaking socks
"A new friend apparently" Max answered from the shower. She wrapped her body in a towel and shook her hair dry with her hands
"He's hot" Kendra had this dreamy look on her face
"I know but... I don't know what got into me! I mean I love Logan and I think he's the cutest guy in the world so why was I flirting with this other boy?" Max sat on the bed next to Kendra and rummaged through her bag
"Ha! So you WERE flirting!" Original Cindy's voice was muffled by the shirt she was currently pulling over her head
"I don't know, I guess I was but... I really don't know what happened... Chris is just so easy to talk to! I feel like he's an old friend or something"
"You know what Boo? It's ok to look at the menu, as long as you don't order anything" Cindy placed her arm around Max "If I were you I'd be more concerned 'bout other stuff"
"Such as?" Max grabbed Logan's old gray T-shirt and pulled it over her head, shaking her wet hair
"Boo, you're my friend and I love you... but you've been acting like a bitch lately" Original Cindy turned to Kendra for support and she nodded
"I've NOT been acting like a bitch! What the hell is wrong with you?" Max stood up and glared at her
"Max, Cindy's right! You've been acting so strangely... specially to Logan"
"And gurl, he puts up with all your crap every day, he deserves something in return!"
"OC! Which side are you on?" Max shrieked
"Yours Boo! I'm just saying..."
"Well don't ok? Just leave me alone"
Max grabbed a fluffy comforter from one of the beds and stormed out of the room
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"I seriously feel better guys, totally great!"
"Sketchy, you might have a concussion, there's blood all over your shirt!" Logan walked slowly towards Sketchy with a bottle of antiseptic and some cotton balls
"Logan man don't do this to me! That shit stings like hell!" Sketchy backed away and stumbled with Walter's suitcase
"I know Sketch but I have to!" Logan talked to him like he was a four year old
"I swear I won't drink anymore, I'll clean the car! I'll carry the bags! I'll pick up the hairs from the bathtub!"
Logan grimaced "Sketchy you're not buying your way out of this! And you're still picking up the hairs by the way uh!"
"Man, please!"
"Walter! I could use some help here!" Logan yelled
Walter walked out of the bathroom wearing only a towel around his waist, Logan grimaced again
"Logan my friend I just..." Sketchy bumped into the bed and fell backwards on it
"Grab him!" Logan instructed
Walter ran to Sketchy, turned him on his stomach and sat on his back
"I said grab him not squash him to death! Get off!" Logan yelled
"It's the only way of holding him in place, just do the damn thing!" Walter yelled back
"GEROFF!" Sketchy kicked wildly and Walter had to change his position in order to hold him down
Logan checked Sketchy's head until he found the cut and then used the antiseptic to clean it. Sketchy screamed
"Sketchy calm down! Someone's going to think we're ripping your balls off!" Logan finished his job and sat back to admire it. The sight that greeted him disgusted him to no end
Sketchy was sprawled on his stomach, legs spread, wearing nothing but his green boxers. His arms were holding Walter's head, trying to get him off. Walter was on top of Sketch, one of his arms around his waist, keeping him in place and raising his hips a little. The other arm was around Sketchy's leg to prevent him from kicking
The door was kicked open and a cop walked in, gun drawn
"Que fregados esta pasando?" The cop asked, clearly horrified by what he found
"Officer, it's not what it seems!"
"Well you better have a reasonable explanation! Not that it's any of my business but the other guests are complaining!"
'Thank God he speaks English, last thing we needed was a game of charades' Logan thought to himself "Our friend here fell and hit his head, he refused to let us clean the wound and we where just looking out for him"
"Well, why the hell was he screaming bloody murder?"
"He's really really drunk officer" Walter got off Sketchy immediately
"Oh man I think I cracked a rib" Sketch stood up only to fall back down "Hey, why are the spots on the ceiling moving around?"
The policeman sighed "Ok, I see your point. Are you sure he's ok? There's a hospital about ten miles from here"
"He's fine, but thanks for your concern" Logan slipped on his shoes
"Ok, just... keep it down ok?" The policeman walked to the door and closed it softly behind him
"I need to pee, where's the bathroom?" Sketchy looked around, clearly confused
'God I've got to get out of here!' Logan thought and headed out the door
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Max sat on a pool chair, wrapped on the comforter. The rain had stopped and the air was a little warmer but it was still comfortable for her to be covered
"Hey, mind if I join you?"
Max lifted the quilt and motioned for Logan to join her. He removed his shoes and socks and got in behind her, wrapping his arms around her
"Max, can I ask you something?"
"Shoot"
"Where you flirting with that guy at the bar?"
Max sighed "Yes, no! I... I don't know what got into me Logan. I'm so sorry"
Logan tossed his head back and stared at the stars for a long time before answering "I trust you Max, I know there's something going on with you, what is it?"
"I don't know, I was just drawn to that guy... not sexually but... I wanted to meet him, get to know him or something, I don't know. I didn't even consider talking to him until he bought me a drink!"
Logan tensed a little "Not sexual? Max, even Cindy was eyeing that guy!"
Max chuckled "It was weird you know? He knew I was with you and he still bought me a drink and talked to me... he's a good guy"
Logan looked at her incredulously "I'm serious! It was so weird... and I'm not in heat nor anything"
"I know, we've got what? Another month to go?"
"Give or take" Max confirmed
Logan looked at the stars again "They're beautiful aren't they?"
"Not as beautiful as you are" Max told him
"Hey! That's my line!" Logan joked
Max smiled "I love you so much Logan, more than anything in this world. You know that don't you?"
Logan's response was hugging her closer "I love you too Max" He thought about the ring, sitting upstairs on his bag and cursed, it was the perfect setting for a proposal and he didn't have the ring
Max smiled and stood up
"What are you doing Max?" Logan asked
Max didn't answer, she just took his hand and pulled him to his feet
"Have you ever gone skinny dipping?" She whispered in his ear
"Max! No! I already got into trouble with the police here!" Logan shook his head but Max was already walking towards the pool
"How the hell did that happen?"
"You don't wanna know"
"You're right" Max smiled and pulled the shirt over her head, revealing her perfect body clad only in black lace panties
Logan groaned and shook his head
"C'm on Loggie, don't be such a wet blanket" Max smiled
Logan cringed at the nickname but allowed Max to take his shirt off
"Max, if we don't stop now we're not gonna stop. I'm still frustrated about earlier"
"I can help you with that" Max stepped away from him and hooked her fingers on the waistband of her panties, she pulled them down ever so slowly, revealing her perfect skin inch by inch
Logan groaned "How do you get me into this things?"
"Stop pretending! You love the adrenaline rush" Max stepped out of her panties, threw them at Logan and dove into the pool
Logan stared at her glistening skin that reflected the moonlight and sighed "Oh screw the consequences" He took off his pants and boxers and plunged into the water head first
Once he resurfaced Max was all over him. She kissed him hard and he responded eagerly. He grabbed her hips and lifted her so that she'd wrap her legs around him, which she did
Max rubbed herself against him and he groaned, already totally hard
"This is what you do to me, just by standing there" Logan whispered against her lips and guided her hand down to meet his hardness. Max licked her lips and grabbed him, making him moan
Suddenly out of nowhere, light hit Logan in the eyes
"Oh shit!" Max's eyes widened and she sank down, the water became completely still, hiding her from view
"The pool is closed at nine" The same police officer from earlier walked up to Logan
"I'm an expert swimmer, just needed to cool off you know" Logan thanked God for small favors when he realized that the pool was completely dark and there was no evidence of Max except for the clothes, which the cop didn't seem to notice
"Still, it's not safe for you to be wandering around alone after dark, this neighborhood can be dangerous"
"I'm not a sixteen year old girl officer, I think I can take care of myself"
"Don't be so sure, we're surrounded by dark mountains, who knows what can be hiding in there... and I don't necessarily mean people"
Max was getting bored under water so she decided to have a little fun making Logan squirm
"Look officer I AAAA" Logan wiggled when he felt Max's small hands on him
"Are you ok?" The officer took a couple of steps in the direction of the pool
"Totally fine I just Aww" Logan tried to swallow a moan when he felt Max take him into her mouth entirely
"Sir, what's wrong? Do you need a doctor or something?"
"Naw, it was just a cramp" Logan hopped around, trying to get Max away from him
"Here, let me help you get out..."
"NO!" Logan yelped "I mean, no thanks, the water is pretty shallow and I love swimming in the dark so I'm just going to stay in here for a while longer"
Oxygen was starting to become an issue with Max, she disentangled herself from Logan and tugged at his leg to get his attention
Logan looked down, which was a big mistake
"What is it? Is there something in there?" The policeman shone his flashlight around the pool
"No! No, I just, I'm getting all wrinkled!" Logan showed the man his hands and cursed at his lame excuse
The officer frowned "Have you been drinking?"
"WHAT? No! I mean, why would you think that?" Logan was getting frustrated, Max's tugging became more urgent
"Sir, please step out of the pool"
Logan groaned "Officer I..."
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHH!
Both men looked up, Original Cindy was standing outside her door, jumping up and down
"Don't move" The policeman told Logan
"I won't" Logan was still staring at OC, she winked at him and he smiled
Once the officer was out of Logan's view he grabbed Max's wrist and yanked her up. She coughed and gasped for air
"Are you ok?" Logan framed Max's face with his hands and pulled her closer, staring into her eyes while she tried to steady her breath
Max coughed again and Logan patted her back "Cough it up, did you swallow a lot?"
"No" Max said between coughs "The chlorine hurt my throat, I'd never been conscious underwater for..." she glanced at her watch "... five minutes! Wow, Lydecker would've been proud"
Logan continued to pat her back "You know, we should get out of here before that cop comes back, we're in enough trouble as it is"
"Didn't he tell you to stay right here?" Max asked him while trying to swim over to the edge
"Max, are you ok?" Logan asked, watching her struggle
"I'm fine, the lack of oxygen to my brain must've gotten to me" Max closed her eyes and tried to relax a little and allow her body to recover
Logan got out of the pool and jumped into his boxers and pants quickly, then he reached for Max and pulled her out of the pool. She slipped his T-shirt on but didn't bother with her underwear
"Max, you're all weak, are you sure you're ok?"
"I'm fine!"
"You don't look fine" Logan whispered, she was looking pale
"You try holding your breath for five minutes and we'll se how you look"
"Ok, ok. You should probably hide or something, so that the cop doesn't see you when he comes back"
Max nodded and tried to walk away but stumbled
Logan watched her struggle and became impossibly worried, he ran to her and picked her up in his arms before she landed on the floor
"That's it, I'm taking you upstairs" Logan grabbed the quilt and draped it over Max's body, she was now shaking
"Logan, the cop..."
"Shh, save your strength Max, I don't know what's wrong with you but I'm sure you'll need it" Logan said while climbing the stairs hurriedly
What worried him even more was the lack of response from Max
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"Officer, I'm telling you! There was a big fat rat around here somewhere!" Original Cindy pretended to look around and shrugged
"Look missy, I've got other problems to deal with! Want to kill a rat, call an exterminator..."
Logan chose that moment to burst through the door, clutching Max's now shaking form and clearly agitated
"What the hell?" The cop glanced from Cindy to Logan and back to Cindy
"Boo, what's wrong?" Cindy's eyes widened
Max's shakes became stronger and Logan hurried to the bathroom "I have no idea. Cindy, get me her pills and heat up the room. Kendra, go over to the guy's room and get some more blankets and grab the black sweatshirt in my suitcase"
Logan turned around and saw the cop just standing there "Get rid of him" He told Cindy before running into the bathroom and closing the door behind him.
He turned on the hot water and laid Max down on the tub "Max, Max can you hear me baby?"
Max nodded
"Do you know what's wrong?" Logan took off her shirt and his own clothes before joining her in the tub
Max shook her head "I'm cold, so cold" she whispered
"It's ok Max, I'm right here" Logan cringed as the scalding hot water hit his skin but he was too concerned for Max to really care. He sat down behind her on the tube and pulled her shaking body close
Original Cindy barged into the room "Here are her pills" She tossed Logan the bottle
"Great, close the door or we're never getting this place warm"
Cindy nodded and left
"Baby, please swallow this for me" Logan pushed some pills into Max's mouth
She swallowed and groaned
"Are you still cold?" Logan asked her after a few minutes
"A little" Max admitted
So Logan pulled her as close as humanly possible and staid with her in the tube until the water became lukewarm
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Logan carried Max out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel
"Here's the sweatshirt" Kendra handed him the piece of clothing
"Thank you" Logan slipped it over Max's head and dried her hair with the towel
"How are you feeling boo?" Original Cindy asked
"Better" Max smiled weakly
"Let's get you under the covers" Logan tucked her into bed and covered her with the extra blankets, the room was way too hot but Max's skin was still colder than usual
"Kendra, I'm going to stay with Max tonight so if you want to go with Walter..." Logan suggested
Kendra nodded, grabbed some stuff from her bag and left
"Ok boo, what happened?" Cindy asked once the room was safe
"I have no idea, one minute we where in the pool and the next one..."
"Yeah, right" Cindy interrupted "Wanna tell me what really happened?"
Logan sighed, he got under the covers with Max, even though he was sweating and very very uncomfortable "We where swimming and the cop came over, Max ducked so that we wouldn't have... any trouble, but the cop took too long to leave and Max ended up staying under water for five minutes..."
Original Cindy whistled "Five minutes? What's your limit boo?"
"Four" Max answered matter-of-.factly
"...anyway, you screamed. Thank you for that by the way..."
"No prob, I knew you where in trouble"
"... Max came up for air, she got weak, then dizzy, then cold, then she started to seize so I just picked her up and ran" Logan stroked Max's hair and placed a chaste kiss to her forehead
"Do you know what caused this?"
"No" Max answered "Maybe the change of climates or the excitement of the trip"
"Yeah, right boo! A genetically revved up female, resenting the weather?"
Max shrugged "Well, I'm feeling much better now... actually I'm kind of hot, can you turn off the heater?" She asked Cindy
"Glad to"
"And let's get rid of some blankets Logan" Max threw some to the floor
Logan touched Max's forehead, her body temperature was back to normal "Ok, but I'm keeping a close eye on you Max"
"Let's just try to get some sleep ok? We still have a long way to go tomorrow and I think a nice long day at the beach is exactly what I need" Max rolled over and buried her face on a pillow. Logan wrapped his arms around her and kissed her softly
"Good night"
"Good night Max"
Cindy turned off the lights and crawled into the spare bed
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Logan woke up when he herd Max moving around, the sheets next to him where cold, which meant that Max had been up for a while now
"Max, are you ok?" Logan sat up and reached for his glasses
"Perfectly, I'm beginning to think I dreamed everything" Max was folding clothes and sticking them in her bag
"Oh you didn't, thrust me. I hadn't been that scared in a while"
Max looked up from her semi packed bag "Let's get some breakfast, I'm soooo hungry" She knocked on the bathroom door
"OC, we're going to get something to eat! Want anything?"
"I'll be out in a second!"
Original Cindy left the bathroom surrounded by a cloud of vapor "Ok, let's go! Let me call the others"
Max peeked at the bathroom "Did you use all the hot water?"
"Like you need it. You're still wrinkled from your bath last night"
"Yeah well, last night the temperature here got very stuffy. I think I smell" Max sniffed and frowned
"You smell fine, let's just go eat. Meet you downstairs OC" Logan took Max's hand and led her out the door
"Ok!" Original Cindy yelled after them
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"Max, how can you eat that after all you had for breakfast?" Kendra asked from the back seat
"Aww come on! I didn't eat THAT much!" Max glanced down at the huge bag of chips she had just opened and smiled
"No, not at all" Logan tried to hide his frown. Max had eaten two eggs, seven slices of toast, two orders of bacon, a whole bunch of tortillas, a large serving of beans, a large chocolate milk shake, two glasses of orange juice and three doughnuts for breakfast. They had only been on the road for about half an hour when they drove by a small store and Max made Logan stop so that she could buy some more food. She was currently on her second bag of chips and third coke
Max glanced at Logan "Are you being sarcastic?"
"No, I've seen you eat before Max, plus you wasted an awful lot of energy yesterday"
"Yeah, you're right" Max sucked her salty fingers clean "Are we there yet?"
"Max, we still have a few hours ahead of us. Please don't ask that question every five minutes" Logan asked her patiently
"Ok, can I turn on the radio?"
"NO!" Sketchy yelled from the back seat "I've got a wicked headache as it is"
"Told you you'd have a hang over" Cindy scolded him
"Hey, it's not my fault they don't serve beer for breakfast in here!" Sketchy complained
"They offered Tequila" Kendra reminded him
"No need to go to the extremes, even though I might have an easier time dealing with this curves with a bottle of that stuff inside me"
Max smiled and returned her attention to the bag of chips on her lap. It was already halfway empty
"Ok people, restroom stop!" Logan stopped the car and they all got out
"Max..." Logan held her hand to stop her from leaving the car. Once everyone else was out he closed the door
"Max, is everything ok?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Max frowned
"You have to stop eating so much, they'll get suspicious" Logan warned her
"What's wrong with eating? You know my body needs it!"
"I know! And I know you lost a lot of energy last night and I know an army marches on it's stomach. The problem is, they don't know you're part of an army and if you continue to eat so much and don't gain a single pound, they're going to figure something's wrong!" Logan held her hand while they talked, keeping an eye on the rest of the group, now standing in line to use the restrooms
"Logan, I don't think we have a problem here! I mean, Original Cindy already knows, Kendra doesn't believe that sort of stuff, who's gonna figure it out? Walter?"
Logan sighed "Max, you're taking this too lightly"
"And you're making a storm in a glass of water! Logan, there's noting to worry about! I'll be more careful if it'll make you happy ok?"
Logan took her face in his hands and leaned closer "Ok"
They kissed gently and got out of the car to join the others
Max sniffed and grimaced "Uh, yuck"
"Why is the line so big?" Logan asked them, ignoring the smell
"Apparently there are four stalls and a lot of people Logan" Original Cindy explained to him as if he where a two year old
"Oh, line's moving!" Kendra smiled
Original Cindy, who was at the front of the line now, smiled at a little boy who was standing next to her
"Hi boy, what's up?" Cindy asked when the boy didn't leave
The kid handed her a bucket full of water
"Hey, what's this for?"
"NEXT!" A man yelled
"That's you OC" Max nudged her on the back
"Ok, let's see" She entered the bathroom stall and came back out immediately
"Ok, I don't have to go anymore, let's go!"
"Cindy, what's wrong?" Kendra asked
"Yeah, I really have to go" Sketchy announced
"Oh no you don't, let's go!" Original Cindy grabbed Logan's arm and guided him over to the car
"Cindy..."
"Let's GO!"
They all piled into the car and Logan drove off
"Ok, mind telling us what's wrong?" Walter finally asked Cindy
"Those bathrooms... they smelled like shit!"
"No kidding" Sketchy snapped
"They didn't flush, you had to pour water on your waste to... ugh!"
Max stuck out her tongue and made a disgusted face
"There was a hole on the ground, almost full with soupy shit!"
"Oh man!" Sketchy groaned "I still have to gooooo so badly!"
"Hold it in Sketch" Max instructed him
"For how long?"
Max turned to Logan for that answer
"About... four hours"
"FOUR HOURS! I can't wait that long! I can't even wait a couple of minutes! My bladder is about to explode!" Sketchy wiggled in his seat, something he couldn't afford to do without disturbing Original Cindy
"Logan stop the car" Cindy told him calmly
"Cindy, we're in the middle of the road I..."
"Stop the damn car!" She ordered
The car screeched to a stop and Cindy reached over to open the door. She pushed Sketchy out and guided him over to the edge of the cliff. Max wondered for a second if she was going to push him over but Cindy just left him there and returned to the car, yelling over her shoulder "Turn around and you're dead. Original Cindy is still disgusted by the bathrooms"
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"Oh my god, this hotel is amazing!" Max looked around their room on the 23rd floor. It had a small kitchen, two bathrooms, a big bedroom with two beds, a walk in closet and a smaller one, a living room, two TV's and a large balcony with a great view of the beach.
"Yeah, it is. Hey, what is that door for?" Logan pointed at a wooden door
As if on cue, the door opened to reveal Kendra "Hey! We have adjoining rooms!"
Max tried not to groan as she peeked into Kendra's room. It was smaller, just a king sized bed, a bathroom, a closet, a TV and no balcony
Sketchy and Original Cindy, who had decided to check out the small shops next to the hotel before going upstairs, entered Max's room and looked around
"Oh no way" Max was shaking her head
"What?" Walter asked her
"We just get one room? This whole thing is just one suit or something" Max looked around
Logan's eyes widened "I'll call the lobby and ask for another room, that way we won't have a problem"
"Ok" Max handed Logan the cordless phone sitting on the kitchen counter
"Well, this place looks pretty good to me" Original Cindy looked around "Hey! The couch turns into a bed!" She announced
"Bad news" Logan hung up the phone "There are no rooms available. We're stuck in here, the six of us"
"I'm not sharing a bed with this fool!" Cindy pointed at Sketchy
Max groaned "This just keeps getting better and better"
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Ok, so I realize this is pretty lame, I swear it'll get better on future chapters. And, just remember, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is happening for a reason, I know exactly where this story is going and don't worry about Chris :)
Guys, if it isn't too much trouble, could you please review? The amount of reviews dropped and I'm sad, I love your comments! And I'm still looking for sexy songs, thanks to Sibelius and Heat for your suggestion, I'll use it, it's really good! Oh and if there's anything you don't understand tell me, leave me your email and I'll answer any question! Or email me at black_4ngel@hotmail.com
Rocky Road
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"Cindy, give me your jacket" Max's white T-shirt was so wet it became transparent and she tried to cover herself with her arms
"Can't sugar, it's in the car" Original Cindy was actually smirking
"Damn" Logan sat up. He gathered a shivering Max in his arms to protect her from the cold and from Sketchy's stare
"Shit, shit, shit, I could open the car but my tools are inside" Max cursed in frustration and stood up. Modesty was not something she had learned from her childhood and right then it was a good thing.
"We could win the breandow... I mean... break the window" Sketchy was looking at Max rather intently
She turned around, giving Sketchy and everyone else a good view of her drenched front clad in only a T-shirt and black lace panties "This is ridiculous, I need a wire or something sharp. I can open this door in..."
Max stopped midsentence, Chris was walking towards them, a huge smile on his face. Max could tell he was trying very hard not to laugh out loud.
He approached them in silence, then he reached for Original Cindy's hair and extracted a pin
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing messing up with my hair pretty boy?"
Chris chuckled, he reached inside his pocket and produced a knife, then he knelt in front of the door and went to work. The door opened in five seconds flat
"You strike me as the kind of girl who gets into trouble easily" He told Max, then he offered his hand to Logan "I'm Christopher, a friend of your girlfriend's"
Logan shook his hand with interest but said nothing
"I better go, I bet you bunch just wanna get warm" Chris waved and left as quickly as he appeared
"What the hell was that?" Kendra asked no one in particular once he was gone
"I don't know but he was amazing!" Walter exclaimed
"Walter!... Ugh" Max shook her head while pulling on her pants and jacket
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"So Max, who was that?" Kendra sat on the bed and took off her soaking socks
"A new friend apparently" Max answered from the shower. She wrapped her body in a towel and shook her hair dry with her hands
"He's hot" Kendra had this dreamy look on her face
"I know but... I don't know what got into me! I mean I love Logan and I think he's the cutest guy in the world so why was I flirting with this other boy?" Max sat on the bed next to Kendra and rummaged through her bag
"Ha! So you WERE flirting!" Original Cindy's voice was muffled by the shirt she was currently pulling over her head
"I don't know, I guess I was but... I really don't know what happened... Chris is just so easy to talk to! I feel like he's an old friend or something"
"You know what Boo? It's ok to look at the menu, as long as you don't order anything" Cindy placed her arm around Max "If I were you I'd be more concerned 'bout other stuff"
"Such as?" Max grabbed Logan's old gray T-shirt and pulled it over her head, shaking her wet hair
"Boo, you're my friend and I love you... but you've been acting like a bitch lately" Original Cindy turned to Kendra for support and she nodded
"I've NOT been acting like a bitch! What the hell is wrong with you?" Max stood up and glared at her
"Max, Cindy's right! You've been acting so strangely... specially to Logan"
"And gurl, he puts up with all your crap every day, he deserves something in return!"
"OC! Which side are you on?" Max shrieked
"Yours Boo! I'm just saying..."
"Well don't ok? Just leave me alone"
Max grabbed a fluffy comforter from one of the beds and stormed out of the room
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"I seriously feel better guys, totally great!"
"Sketchy, you might have a concussion, there's blood all over your shirt!" Logan walked slowly towards Sketchy with a bottle of antiseptic and some cotton balls
"Logan man don't do this to me! That shit stings like hell!" Sketchy backed away and stumbled with Walter's suitcase
"I know Sketch but I have to!" Logan talked to him like he was a four year old
"I swear I won't drink anymore, I'll clean the car! I'll carry the bags! I'll pick up the hairs from the bathtub!"
Logan grimaced "Sketchy you're not buying your way out of this! And you're still picking up the hairs by the way uh!"
"Man, please!"
"Walter! I could use some help here!" Logan yelled
Walter walked out of the bathroom wearing only a towel around his waist, Logan grimaced again
"Logan my friend I just..." Sketchy bumped into the bed and fell backwards on it
"Grab him!" Logan instructed
Walter ran to Sketchy, turned him on his stomach and sat on his back
"I said grab him not squash him to death! Get off!" Logan yelled
"It's the only way of holding him in place, just do the damn thing!" Walter yelled back
"GEROFF!" Sketchy kicked wildly and Walter had to change his position in order to hold him down
Logan checked Sketchy's head until he found the cut and then used the antiseptic to clean it. Sketchy screamed
"Sketchy calm down! Someone's going to think we're ripping your balls off!" Logan finished his job and sat back to admire it. The sight that greeted him disgusted him to no end
Sketchy was sprawled on his stomach, legs spread, wearing nothing but his green boxers. His arms were holding Walter's head, trying to get him off. Walter was on top of Sketch, one of his arms around his waist, keeping him in place and raising his hips a little. The other arm was around Sketchy's leg to prevent him from kicking
The door was kicked open and a cop walked in, gun drawn
"Que fregados esta pasando?" The cop asked, clearly horrified by what he found
"Officer, it's not what it seems!"
"Well you better have a reasonable explanation! Not that it's any of my business but the other guests are complaining!"
'Thank God he speaks English, last thing we needed was a game of charades' Logan thought to himself "Our friend here fell and hit his head, he refused to let us clean the wound and we where just looking out for him"
"Well, why the hell was he screaming bloody murder?"
"He's really really drunk officer" Walter got off Sketchy immediately
"Oh man I think I cracked a rib" Sketch stood up only to fall back down "Hey, why are the spots on the ceiling moving around?"
The policeman sighed "Ok, I see your point. Are you sure he's ok? There's a hospital about ten miles from here"
"He's fine, but thanks for your concern" Logan slipped on his shoes
"Ok, just... keep it down ok?" The policeman walked to the door and closed it softly behind him
"I need to pee, where's the bathroom?" Sketchy looked around, clearly confused
'God I've got to get out of here!' Logan thought and headed out the door
*************
Max sat on a pool chair, wrapped on the comforter. The rain had stopped and the air was a little warmer but it was still comfortable for her to be covered
"Hey, mind if I join you?"
Max lifted the quilt and motioned for Logan to join her. He removed his shoes and socks and got in behind her, wrapping his arms around her
"Max, can I ask you something?"
"Shoot"
"Where you flirting with that guy at the bar?"
Max sighed "Yes, no! I... I don't know what got into me Logan. I'm so sorry"
Logan tossed his head back and stared at the stars for a long time before answering "I trust you Max, I know there's something going on with you, what is it?"
"I don't know, I was just drawn to that guy... not sexually but... I wanted to meet him, get to know him or something, I don't know. I didn't even consider talking to him until he bought me a drink!"
Logan tensed a little "Not sexual? Max, even Cindy was eyeing that guy!"
Max chuckled "It was weird you know? He knew I was with you and he still bought me a drink and talked to me... he's a good guy"
Logan looked at her incredulously "I'm serious! It was so weird... and I'm not in heat nor anything"
"I know, we've got what? Another month to go?"
"Give or take" Max confirmed
Logan looked at the stars again "They're beautiful aren't they?"
"Not as beautiful as you are" Max told him
"Hey! That's my line!" Logan joked
Max smiled "I love you so much Logan, more than anything in this world. You know that don't you?"
Logan's response was hugging her closer "I love you too Max" He thought about the ring, sitting upstairs on his bag and cursed, it was the perfect setting for a proposal and he didn't have the ring
Max smiled and stood up
"What are you doing Max?" Logan asked
Max didn't answer, she just took his hand and pulled him to his feet
"Have you ever gone skinny dipping?" She whispered in his ear
"Max! No! I already got into trouble with the police here!" Logan shook his head but Max was already walking towards the pool
"How the hell did that happen?"
"You don't wanna know"
"You're right" Max smiled and pulled the shirt over her head, revealing her perfect body clad only in black lace panties
Logan groaned and shook his head
"C'm on Loggie, don't be such a wet blanket" Max smiled
Logan cringed at the nickname but allowed Max to take his shirt off
"Max, if we don't stop now we're not gonna stop. I'm still frustrated about earlier"
"I can help you with that" Max stepped away from him and hooked her fingers on the waistband of her panties, she pulled them down ever so slowly, revealing her perfect skin inch by inch
Logan groaned "How do you get me into this things?"
"Stop pretending! You love the adrenaline rush" Max stepped out of her panties, threw them at Logan and dove into the pool
Logan stared at her glistening skin that reflected the moonlight and sighed "Oh screw the consequences" He took off his pants and boxers and plunged into the water head first
Once he resurfaced Max was all over him. She kissed him hard and he responded eagerly. He grabbed her hips and lifted her so that she'd wrap her legs around him, which she did
Max rubbed herself against him and he groaned, already totally hard
"This is what you do to me, just by standing there" Logan whispered against her lips and guided her hand down to meet his hardness. Max licked her lips and grabbed him, making him moan
Suddenly out of nowhere, light hit Logan in the eyes
"Oh shit!" Max's eyes widened and she sank down, the water became completely still, hiding her from view
"The pool is closed at nine" The same police officer from earlier walked up to Logan
"I'm an expert swimmer, just needed to cool off you know" Logan thanked God for small favors when he realized that the pool was completely dark and there was no evidence of Max except for the clothes, which the cop didn't seem to notice
"Still, it's not safe for you to be wandering around alone after dark, this neighborhood can be dangerous"
"I'm not a sixteen year old girl officer, I think I can take care of myself"
"Don't be so sure, we're surrounded by dark mountains, who knows what can be hiding in there... and I don't necessarily mean people"
Max was getting bored under water so she decided to have a little fun making Logan squirm
"Look officer I AAAA" Logan wiggled when he felt Max's small hands on him
"Are you ok?" The officer took a couple of steps in the direction of the pool
"Totally fine I just Aww" Logan tried to swallow a moan when he felt Max take him into her mouth entirely
"Sir, what's wrong? Do you need a doctor or something?"
"Naw, it was just a cramp" Logan hopped around, trying to get Max away from him
"Here, let me help you get out..."
"NO!" Logan yelped "I mean, no thanks, the water is pretty shallow and I love swimming in the dark so I'm just going to stay in here for a while longer"
Oxygen was starting to become an issue with Max, she disentangled herself from Logan and tugged at his leg to get his attention
Logan looked down, which was a big mistake
"What is it? Is there something in there?" The policeman shone his flashlight around the pool
"No! No, I just, I'm getting all wrinkled!" Logan showed the man his hands and cursed at his lame excuse
The officer frowned "Have you been drinking?"
"WHAT? No! I mean, why would you think that?" Logan was getting frustrated, Max's tugging became more urgent
"Sir, please step out of the pool"
Logan groaned "Officer I..."
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHH!
Both men looked up, Original Cindy was standing outside her door, jumping up and down
"Don't move" The policeman told Logan
"I won't" Logan was still staring at OC, she winked at him and he smiled
Once the officer was out of Logan's view he grabbed Max's wrist and yanked her up. She coughed and gasped for air
"Are you ok?" Logan framed Max's face with his hands and pulled her closer, staring into her eyes while she tried to steady her breath
Max coughed again and Logan patted her back "Cough it up, did you swallow a lot?"
"No" Max said between coughs "The chlorine hurt my throat, I'd never been conscious underwater for..." she glanced at her watch "... five minutes! Wow, Lydecker would've been proud"
Logan continued to pat her back "You know, we should get out of here before that cop comes back, we're in enough trouble as it is"
"Didn't he tell you to stay right here?" Max asked him while trying to swim over to the edge
"Max, are you ok?" Logan asked, watching her struggle
"I'm fine, the lack of oxygen to my brain must've gotten to me" Max closed her eyes and tried to relax a little and allow her body to recover
Logan got out of the pool and jumped into his boxers and pants quickly, then he reached for Max and pulled her out of the pool. She slipped his T-shirt on but didn't bother with her underwear
"Max, you're all weak, are you sure you're ok?"
"I'm fine!"
"You don't look fine" Logan whispered, she was looking pale
"You try holding your breath for five minutes and we'll se how you look"
"Ok, ok. You should probably hide or something, so that the cop doesn't see you when he comes back"
Max nodded and tried to walk away but stumbled
Logan watched her struggle and became impossibly worried, he ran to her and picked her up in his arms before she landed on the floor
"That's it, I'm taking you upstairs" Logan grabbed the quilt and draped it over Max's body, she was now shaking
"Logan, the cop..."
"Shh, save your strength Max, I don't know what's wrong with you but I'm sure you'll need it" Logan said while climbing the stairs hurriedly
What worried him even more was the lack of response from Max
*************
"Officer, I'm telling you! There was a big fat rat around here somewhere!" Original Cindy pretended to look around and shrugged
"Look missy, I've got other problems to deal with! Want to kill a rat, call an exterminator..."
Logan chose that moment to burst through the door, clutching Max's now shaking form and clearly agitated
"What the hell?" The cop glanced from Cindy to Logan and back to Cindy
"Boo, what's wrong?" Cindy's eyes widened
Max's shakes became stronger and Logan hurried to the bathroom "I have no idea. Cindy, get me her pills and heat up the room. Kendra, go over to the guy's room and get some more blankets and grab the black sweatshirt in my suitcase"
Logan turned around and saw the cop just standing there "Get rid of him" He told Cindy before running into the bathroom and closing the door behind him.
He turned on the hot water and laid Max down on the tub "Max, Max can you hear me baby?"
Max nodded
"Do you know what's wrong?" Logan took off her shirt and his own clothes before joining her in the tub
Max shook her head "I'm cold, so cold" she whispered
"It's ok Max, I'm right here" Logan cringed as the scalding hot water hit his skin but he was too concerned for Max to really care. He sat down behind her on the tube and pulled her shaking body close
Original Cindy barged into the room "Here are her pills" She tossed Logan the bottle
"Great, close the door or we're never getting this place warm"
Cindy nodded and left
"Baby, please swallow this for me" Logan pushed some pills into Max's mouth
She swallowed and groaned
"Are you still cold?" Logan asked her after a few minutes
"A little" Max admitted
So Logan pulled her as close as humanly possible and staid with her in the tube until the water became lukewarm
*************
Logan carried Max out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel
"Here's the sweatshirt" Kendra handed him the piece of clothing
"Thank you" Logan slipped it over Max's head and dried her hair with the towel
"How are you feeling boo?" Original Cindy asked
"Better" Max smiled weakly
"Let's get you under the covers" Logan tucked her into bed and covered her with the extra blankets, the room was way too hot but Max's skin was still colder than usual
"Kendra, I'm going to stay with Max tonight so if you want to go with Walter..." Logan suggested
Kendra nodded, grabbed some stuff from her bag and left
"Ok boo, what happened?" Cindy asked once the room was safe
"I have no idea, one minute we where in the pool and the next one..."
"Yeah, right" Cindy interrupted "Wanna tell me what really happened?"
Logan sighed, he got under the covers with Max, even though he was sweating and very very uncomfortable "We where swimming and the cop came over, Max ducked so that we wouldn't have... any trouble, but the cop took too long to leave and Max ended up staying under water for five minutes..."
Original Cindy whistled "Five minutes? What's your limit boo?"
"Four" Max answered matter-of-.factly
"...anyway, you screamed. Thank you for that by the way..."
"No prob, I knew you where in trouble"
"... Max came up for air, she got weak, then dizzy, then cold, then she started to seize so I just picked her up and ran" Logan stroked Max's hair and placed a chaste kiss to her forehead
"Do you know what caused this?"
"No" Max answered "Maybe the change of climates or the excitement of the trip"
"Yeah, right boo! A genetically revved up female, resenting the weather?"
Max shrugged "Well, I'm feeling much better now... actually I'm kind of hot, can you turn off the heater?" She asked Cindy
"Glad to"
"And let's get rid of some blankets Logan" Max threw some to the floor
Logan touched Max's forehead, her body temperature was back to normal "Ok, but I'm keeping a close eye on you Max"
"Let's just try to get some sleep ok? We still have a long way to go tomorrow and I think a nice long day at the beach is exactly what I need" Max rolled over and buried her face on a pillow. Logan wrapped his arms around her and kissed her softly
"Good night"
"Good night Max"
Cindy turned off the lights and crawled into the spare bed
*************
Logan woke up when he herd Max moving around, the sheets next to him where cold, which meant that Max had been up for a while now
"Max, are you ok?" Logan sat up and reached for his glasses
"Perfectly, I'm beginning to think I dreamed everything" Max was folding clothes and sticking them in her bag
"Oh you didn't, thrust me. I hadn't been that scared in a while"
Max looked up from her semi packed bag "Let's get some breakfast, I'm soooo hungry" She knocked on the bathroom door
"OC, we're going to get something to eat! Want anything?"
"I'll be out in a second!"
Original Cindy left the bathroom surrounded by a cloud of vapor "Ok, let's go! Let me call the others"
Max peeked at the bathroom "Did you use all the hot water?"
"Like you need it. You're still wrinkled from your bath last night"
"Yeah well, last night the temperature here got very stuffy. I think I smell" Max sniffed and frowned
"You smell fine, let's just go eat. Meet you downstairs OC" Logan took Max's hand and led her out the door
"Ok!" Original Cindy yelled after them
*************
"Max, how can you eat that after all you had for breakfast?" Kendra asked from the back seat
"Aww come on! I didn't eat THAT much!" Max glanced down at the huge bag of chips she had just opened and smiled
"No, not at all" Logan tried to hide his frown. Max had eaten two eggs, seven slices of toast, two orders of bacon, a whole bunch of tortillas, a large serving of beans, a large chocolate milk shake, two glasses of orange juice and three doughnuts for breakfast. They had only been on the road for about half an hour when they drove by a small store and Max made Logan stop so that she could buy some more food. She was currently on her second bag of chips and third coke
Max glanced at Logan "Are you being sarcastic?"
"No, I've seen you eat before Max, plus you wasted an awful lot of energy yesterday"
"Yeah, you're right" Max sucked her salty fingers clean "Are we there yet?"
"Max, we still have a few hours ahead of us. Please don't ask that question every five minutes" Logan asked her patiently
"Ok, can I turn on the radio?"
"NO!" Sketchy yelled from the back seat "I've got a wicked headache as it is"
"Told you you'd have a hang over" Cindy scolded him
"Hey, it's not my fault they don't serve beer for breakfast in here!" Sketchy complained
"They offered Tequila" Kendra reminded him
"No need to go to the extremes, even though I might have an easier time dealing with this curves with a bottle of that stuff inside me"
Max smiled and returned her attention to the bag of chips on her lap. It was already halfway empty
"Ok people, restroom stop!" Logan stopped the car and they all got out
"Max..." Logan held her hand to stop her from leaving the car. Once everyone else was out he closed the door
"Max, is everything ok?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Max frowned
"You have to stop eating so much, they'll get suspicious" Logan warned her
"What's wrong with eating? You know my body needs it!"
"I know! And I know you lost a lot of energy last night and I know an army marches on it's stomach. The problem is, they don't know you're part of an army and if you continue to eat so much and don't gain a single pound, they're going to figure something's wrong!" Logan held her hand while they talked, keeping an eye on the rest of the group, now standing in line to use the restrooms
"Logan, I don't think we have a problem here! I mean, Original Cindy already knows, Kendra doesn't believe that sort of stuff, who's gonna figure it out? Walter?"
Logan sighed "Max, you're taking this too lightly"
"And you're making a storm in a glass of water! Logan, there's noting to worry about! I'll be more careful if it'll make you happy ok?"
Logan took her face in his hands and leaned closer "Ok"
They kissed gently and got out of the car to join the others
Max sniffed and grimaced "Uh, yuck"
"Why is the line so big?" Logan asked them, ignoring the smell
"Apparently there are four stalls and a lot of people Logan" Original Cindy explained to him as if he where a two year old
"Oh, line's moving!" Kendra smiled
Original Cindy, who was at the front of the line now, smiled at a little boy who was standing next to her
"Hi boy, what's up?" Cindy asked when the boy didn't leave
The kid handed her a bucket full of water
"Hey, what's this for?"
"NEXT!" A man yelled
"That's you OC" Max nudged her on the back
"Ok, let's see" She entered the bathroom stall and came back out immediately
"Ok, I don't have to go anymore, let's go!"
"Cindy, what's wrong?" Kendra asked
"Yeah, I really have to go" Sketchy announced
"Oh no you don't, let's go!" Original Cindy grabbed Logan's arm and guided him over to the car
"Cindy..."
"Let's GO!"
They all piled into the car and Logan drove off
"Ok, mind telling us what's wrong?" Walter finally asked Cindy
"Those bathrooms... they smelled like shit!"
"No kidding" Sketchy snapped
"They didn't flush, you had to pour water on your waste to... ugh!"
Max stuck out her tongue and made a disgusted face
"There was a hole on the ground, almost full with soupy shit!"
"Oh man!" Sketchy groaned "I still have to gooooo so badly!"
"Hold it in Sketch" Max instructed him
"For how long?"
Max turned to Logan for that answer
"About... four hours"
"FOUR HOURS! I can't wait that long! I can't even wait a couple of minutes! My bladder is about to explode!" Sketchy wiggled in his seat, something he couldn't afford to do without disturbing Original Cindy
"Logan stop the car" Cindy told him calmly
"Cindy, we're in the middle of the road I..."
"Stop the damn car!" She ordered
The car screeched to a stop and Cindy reached over to open the door. She pushed Sketchy out and guided him over to the edge of the cliff. Max wondered for a second if she was going to push him over but Cindy just left him there and returned to the car, yelling over her shoulder "Turn around and you're dead. Original Cindy is still disgusted by the bathrooms"
*************
"Oh my god, this hotel is amazing!" Max looked around their room on the 23rd floor. It had a small kitchen, two bathrooms, a big bedroom with two beds, a walk in closet and a smaller one, a living room, two TV's and a large balcony with a great view of the beach.
"Yeah, it is. Hey, what is that door for?" Logan pointed at a wooden door
As if on cue, the door opened to reveal Kendra "Hey! We have adjoining rooms!"
Max tried not to groan as she peeked into Kendra's room. It was smaller, just a king sized bed, a bathroom, a closet, a TV and no balcony
Sketchy and Original Cindy, who had decided to check out the small shops next to the hotel before going upstairs, entered Max's room and looked around
"Oh no way" Max was shaking her head
"What?" Walter asked her
"We just get one room? This whole thing is just one suit or something" Max looked around
Logan's eyes widened "I'll call the lobby and ask for another room, that way we won't have a problem"
"Ok" Max handed Logan the cordless phone sitting on the kitchen counter
"Well, this place looks pretty good to me" Original Cindy looked around "Hey! The couch turns into a bed!" She announced
"Bad news" Logan hung up the phone "There are no rooms available. We're stuck in here, the six of us"
"I'm not sharing a bed with this fool!" Cindy pointed at Sketchy
Max groaned "This just keeps getting better and better"
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Ok, so I realize this is pretty lame, I swear it'll get better on future chapters. And, just remember, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is happening for a reason, I know exactly where this story is going and don't worry about Chris :)
Guys, if it isn't too much trouble, could you please review? The amount of reviews dropped and I'm sad, I love your comments! And I'm still looking for sexy songs, thanks to Sibelius and Heat for your suggestion, I'll use it, it's really good! Oh and if there's anything you don't understand tell me, leave me your email and I'll answer any question! Or email me at black_4ngel@hotmail.com
