Heat Wave 8
CONFUSIONS
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"May I ask what are you doing in the lobby at 5:30 in the morning wearing you PJ?" Chris asked her.
"I threw up." Max answered quickly.
"And you couldn't do it in your room because..."
"Chris... I think I'm pregnant."
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Chris covered his mouth with his hand "Shit Max, have you told Logan yet?"
"Would I be down here if I had?" She snapped and sat down on one of the couches. An old lady with a mop walked by them without even looking at them. She worked in a hotel, she had seen worse things than a teenager in her pajamas sitting next to a handsome, fully clothed guy.
"You should tell him Max, if it's his... he has to know." Chris laid a hand on her shoulder and squeezed.
"Of course he has to know and telling him isn't even the issue here. I just want to make sure before I tell him." Max stared at her hands and sighed.
"Max, if you know he's going to be ok with it then why not tell him so that he can be there for you?"
A small tear rolled down Max's eyes "I don't know if he's going to be ok with it... I mean sure, he'll take care of me and our baby but... what if that's not what he wants?"
Chris opened his arms and she sank into them gratefully. "I've seen the way he looks at you Max. He loves you! There's no doubt about that."
Max sniffed "I know but I'm so scared... I've never been this scared in my life! I'm not ready to be a mom! I can barely take care of myself!"
Chris hugged her tighter and comforted her the best he could.
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Logan rubbed his eyes and reached for his glasses. The spot next to him was cold and Max was nowhere to be found.
"Max?" He called but got no answer. He shrugged and grabbed his pants. He decided to go to the store around the corner and buy something for breakfast.
The ride to the lobby was slow. He buttoned his shirt and ran a hand through his messy hair.
When the doors finally opened he was confronted with a horrible sight. Max was sitting on a couch, surrounded by Chris's arms.
The elevator doors closed again with Logan still inside, he found himself unable to move.
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"Ok, first things first. Go get dressed Max." Chris pulled away from her and tucked a strand of dark hair behind her ear.
Max raised an eyebrow
"Do what ever you where planning on doing today. I have some contacts, I'll get you a pregnancy test. You can take it this afternoon and tell your man about the results tonight."
Max took a deep breath "Ok, thanks Chris." Max stood up and walked over to the elevators.
"Hey, how will I find you?"
"Don't worry," Chris smiled "I'll find you."
Max smiled weakly at him and went up to her room. She was expecting to see Logan but he wasn't there.
"Hey boo, what's up?" Cindy walked out of her room wearing her bathing suit and shorts.
"Not much, couldn't sleep. Have you seen Logan?"
Cindy shook her head "I thought he was with you."
Max shrugged "He probably went for a walk or something."
The door opened then and Logan walked in, his feet where covered in sand.
"Hey" Max smiled at him.
"Hey yourself" He answered quickly and without returning her smile.
Max frowned "You ok?"
"Fine. I'm going out for a while." He grabbed his bathing suit, changed in the bathroom and left.
Cindy and Max shared a look and shrugged.
"What ever you did this time, I'm sure he'll get over it." Original Cindy reassured her friend.
"Yeah, how bad can it be?"
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Max was lying down next to Original Cindy and Sketchy on the beach. Kendra had gone to the airport to say goodbye to Walter and Logan was nowhere to be found.
"Mangos! Buy your Mangos!" A guy walked by selling cups of the sweet fruit.
"Hey! I'll have one of those!" Sketchy motioned the guy over.
Original Cindy rolled her eyes "Some guys will never learn."
Max giggled, she looked around and spotted Logan walking besides the pool.
"I'll be back in a sec." She told her friends before rushing after him.
"Logan! Hey Logan!"
Logan heard her but kept walking
"Logan!" She caught up with him near the elevators and pushed him into a wall.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" She asked him.
"Nothing." He mumbled.
"Logan?" Max pouted and gave him a sad look.
He sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist "I'm just tired, I haven't been sleeping well."
Max smiled and rested her head on his chest "What do you say you and I go back to bed?"
Logan smiled and kissed her hair "Just as long as we're not sleeping."
Max smiled, she leaned her back against the elevator doors and waited for them to open. Logan lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her gently.
Max smiled into the kiss and she giggled when Logan's mouth left hers only to place small, delicate kisses down her neck.
She opened her eyes for a brief moment and managed to see Chis waving at her. Max frowned and Chris raised a paper bag.
Max paled instantly and wondered how he had managed to get his hands on a pregnancy test so quickly.
The elevator doors opened then and Logan pulled her inside. Max motioned for Chris to wait for her and he nodded.
Once they where inside the hotel room Logan started undoing Max's bikini but she stopped him.
"Shit, I told Cindy I would be right back! She's going to be pissed!" Max groaned.
Logan sighed and released her "You want to go tell her." It was a statement, not a question.
Max bit her lip and groaned again "I have to, she'll kill me if I don't!"
Logan nodded "I have some stuff to take care of anyway, why don't I meet you for lunch?"
Max smiled and nodded enthusiastically. "Let me just go to the bathroom." She told him.
"Ok, well I'll get going. See you later beside the pool?"
"Yeah!"
Logan smiled at her, kissed her softly and left.
Max waited until he was gone to call downstairs.
The receptionist that answered the phone was a little startled at her question. "...You want me to find a guy named Chris?"
Chris, who was standing close to her, rushed over and grabbed the phone "Max?"
"I'm clear"
"I'll be right up."
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Max paced around the room, unable to think about anything but how long it was taking for the test results to be done. It had taken over an hour to convince her to just do it and now it seemed like the longest minute of her life.
Chris poured her a glass of milk and handed it to her. She took it and drank it quickly.
"Wow, you where thirsty!" He smiled, trying to break the tension, and poured her another glass and one for him.
Max sighed and sat down, she couldn't really explain to him how she was scared of having a seizure and miscarrying... if she was actually pregnant that is.
Her beeper beeped then, she had set it for five minutes. The noise startled her and she spilled her milk all over her bathing suit.
"Shit!" Max yelled.
Chris jumped up and handed her some paper towels.
"Don't bother, I'm gonna have to change anyway." Max sighed and glanced in the direction of the bathroom.
Chris saw the fear in her eyes and hugged her. "Go Max, you need to know."
Max nodded and walked into the bathroom. She took the test from the counter and closed her eyes
"So if the dot is pink I'm safe and if it's blue I'm pregnant right?" She yelled to Chris.
"Yeah!"
Max took a deep breath and opened her eyes slowly.
She gasped and dropped the stick.
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Logan had talked to the guys at the night club, he got some scented candles and went to drop everything off at the club. He spent an hour fixing up the top room to make it look like a really special place.
When he was done he decided to go find Max, he saw Original Cindy talking to some girl on the beach and went over to her.
"Hey OC, have you seen Max?"
Cindy looked up "She's not with you?"
"She went after you this morning, we haven't seen her since!" Sketchy joined the conversation.
"You haven't? She told me she was coming down here." Logan raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah! She went to... get some stuff." Original Cindy tried to cover up for her girl
"No, she went after Logan and she hasn't shown up around here since." Sketchy gave Cindy a confused look, she shot a murderous one back at him.
Logan shook his head and decided to go find her.
"Hey Loggie, what's up?"
Logan groaned inwardly "Hey Laura."
"Where's your kid?" Laura walked up to him and hooked her arm with his.
"Max is upstairs, she's not feeling too good." Logan lied through his teeth.
"Oh, too bad! Are you looking for some company? Cuz I'm available."
"Yeah, I think you've made yourself very clear on that matter."
Laura let go of his arm and flipped her red hair "Fine, but you don't know what you're missing!" She walked away from him, clearly pissed off.
"All I need to do is ask any other male around" Logan muttered under his breath.
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"Max? What is it? What does it say?" Chris ran into the bathroom.
Max was just standing there, staring at the stick on the floor.
"It's purple"
"Come again?"
"It's purple Christopher!" Max screamed and sat down on the toilet seat.
Chris sighed and picked up the stick, sure enough it was neither pink nor blue, it was purple.
"Shit." He said under his breath.
"Maybe those things don't work on me! Maybe it's too early to tell!" Max was freaking out.
Chris leaned against the sink "Wait, no, Max... where is the box?"
Max reached into the waste basket and tossed him the small box
"Shit, I knew it! It's a really old test. We need to get you a new one."
Max covered her face with her hands "This can not be happening to me... I swear this can not be happening."
Chris stroked her hair with his hand "Don't worry, I'll go talk to my contact and get you a new one in no time ok?"
Max nodded, totally amazed at how at ease she felt near Chris... specially since she had only met him a few days back.
She heard the door closing behind him and looked down at herself, there was milk all over her black bikini so she decided to change into the tiny red one and try not to think about how complicated her life was probably about to become.
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Logan had looked everywhere, Max was not at the pool, she was not in the restaurant and she was not on the small stores close to the hotel. Finally he decided to check their room.
He waited for the elevator to get to the Lobby, once it did Chirs stepped out clearly in a hurry and collided with Logan.
"Oh, sorry man!" Chris shook his head to clear it.
"That's ok. Have you seen Max?"
Logan thought he saw Chris pale a little but he ruled it out as just a figment of his imagination.
"Not since last night! I have to go, catch with you later!" Chris tried to walk away but Logan stopped him.
"Hey!"
Chris turned around slowly "Yeah?"
"We're still on for tonight right?"
Chris smiled "Right."
Logan was already in the elevator and on his way up when he realized that Chris had lied to him, he was with Max that morning.
Logan shook it off as he reached his room and opened the door.
"Max?"
"Oh hey Logan!" Max rushed out of the bathroom, wearing a different bikini.
Logan started adding things together, he saw the two glasses and the empty carton of milk, then he looked at Max, she looked a little sweaty and flushed. Of course he didn't know she was sweaty from all the worrying and flushed because she had to scramble around to get rid of the used pregnancy test before he walked in.
Logan opened his mouth to speak, then he closed it and opened it again.
"Logan?"
He walked out of the room and slammed the door behind him.
Max was just about to go after him when the phone rang, she knew it might be important so she sighed and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Max! Logan is going your way! You better clean up before he gets there."
Max sighed again "It's a little late for that." She hung up before Chris had a chance to reply.
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Max looked around for Logan but she couldn't find him anywhere so she went with Chris to pick up the new pregnancy test.
Chris wanted her to go back to the hotel before taking it but Max couldn't wait. They walked into a McDonalds and Chris ordered hamburgers and fries for them while Max went to the ladies room to take the test.
She waited and waited, pacing around the tiny stall. Time seemed to slow down for her as she stared at her beeper and willed the minutes to pass faster.
Finally time was up, she glanced at the test and closed her eyes.
Tears sprung to her eyes, she didn't know weather they were from happiness or something else.
She took a few minutes to clam herself before leaving the bathroom. She walked over to where Chris was sitting and sat down next to him.
"Well?" He placed an arm around her shoulder and hugged her close to him.
"It's positive, I'm pregnant"
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It was almost ten o'clock, Logan was sitting by himself at the bar of the club. He looked up at the top room where he knew candles and a bottle of Champaign. 'What a waste' he said to himself before taking his drink to his lips and swallowing a mouthful.
He wasn't really paying attention to the music but the chorus of one of the songs caught his attention.
*Saying why were you creeping down late last night
Did I see two shadows moving in your bedroom light
Now your dressed in black when I left you were dressed in white
Can you fill me in?
Calls diverted to answer phone
Red wine bottle half the contents gone
Midnight return, jacuzzi turned on
Can you fill me in?*
Logan gripped his glass and asked the bartender for a refill.
The bartender raised his eyebrows at the man who had been drinking for two hours straight but poured the drink.
"Hey Loggie, fancy meeting you here!"
Logan closed his eyes "Go away Laura, I want to be alone right now."
Laura ignored him and sat down on the empty stool behind him. "My, you look miserable. And you know what they say about misery loving company, I can be miserable if you want."
Logan glanced at her, his view was a little blurry from all the alcohol but he could still see that Laura was really a beautiful girl. Her long red hair framed her clear face and she was wearing a little backless red dress that fell just below her butt and clung to her every curve. She was not Max but she'd have to do.
Logan grabbed her hand wordlessly and pulled her towards the top room.
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"Tell me again why I should be getting ready." Max brushed her hair and applied a light coat of lipstick to her perfectly shaped lips.
"Logan wanted you to meet him somewhere, I already told you that!" Chris was waiting for her outside the bathroom.
Max walked out and Chris's breath caught in his throat.
"Wow Max, you look amazing!" He stared at her little black skirt with slits up the sides that stopped just below her hips and her black strapless shirt that had only small strings for her back.
Max smiled, suddenly glad that there was no one else in the room. She wasn't ready to face her friends with the news and she knew that Original Cindy would be able to squeeze it out of her.
"Yeah well I thought I should wear this shirt while I still can."
Chris gave her a tiny smile "Logan is a lucky man."
Max smiled back "I know, I just hope he's ok. He seemed kind of mad today."
Chris took her arm and guided her out of the room "He's ok, trust me, after tonight everything is going to be ok."
Max wondered what he meant but chose not to comment on it.
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Chris pushed Max towards the stairs gently "Go upstairs, Logan has a surprise for you!"
"Chris what..."
"Just go!" He said glancing at his watch.
"Ok, ok, fine!" Max started to move so Chris hurried towards the DJ that was covering for him.
"Max! Hey Max wait up!" Original Cindy saw her and stopped her.
"Cindy! I'm kind of in a hurry, Logan wants to see me or something."
"Wait! Hey, where were you today?"
Kendra and Cindy caught up with her.
"I was with Logan." Max answered quickly.
"No, no you where not! He went looking for you! I tried to cover for you but Sketchy blew it up so he's probably angry! The poor man seemed so worried!" Cindy yelled over the music.
Max groaned and covered her face with her hands "At what time did this happen?"
"In the afternoon, he left and we haven't seen him since."
Kendra nodded "We've been keeping an eye out but he was not in the room when we went up and he was not in the bar by the time we got here. Maybe he went somewhere else."
"At what time did you guys get here?" Max asked them.
"Fifteen minutes ago... something like that." Original Cindy told her, her tone was kind of cold, probably because she knew that Max was keeping stuff from her but just how much she was hiding Cindy had no idea.
Max groaned again "Maybe he's already on the top room, Chris told me that he was waiting for me. I'll go check."
Cindy and Kendra exchanged glances "Well, good luck boo."
Max smiled and hurried up the steps. She knocked on the closed door and barged in without waiting for an answer.
There where candles all around and an empty bottle of Champaign on the floor. Logan was sitting on the couch with Laura straddling his lap. They pulled apart the moment they heard the knock but Max could see Laura's red lipstick smeared all over Logan's face, mouth and shirt.
Max felt sick to her stomach, she couldn't move, she couldn't breathe.
Logan seemed so ashamed and sorry "Max..."
"Hey people, I have an announcement to make! Two of my friends got engaged tonight! Let's give it up for the happy couple!" Chris's voice filled the club.
Suddenly the lights turned on and the top room became illuminated for everyone to see and boy did they see.
Laura was still straddling Logan's lap, Logan looked like a deer caught in the headlights and Max was just standing there, a sick look on her face.
Kendra, Cindy and Sketchy had been sitting at a table when everything started. They where surprised when Chris made the announcement, shocked when they realized who he was talking about but the emotions that crossed their faces when they saw what was going on where beyond description. Sketchy, who was already a little drunk, fell out of his chair.
The club became silent, everyone obviously aware of the problem at hand.
Chris stared at the three people in the room and cursed under his breath, he ran towards the stairs as fast as he could, pushing people aside and trying not to fall.
"Max..." Logan said again.
Max shook her head and ran out of the room without another word.
Logan wanted to run after her but as he stood up he realized that he was too drunk to even walk properly and trying to outrun a transgenic was not an easy job.
Tears rolled down Max's cheeks as she ran out of the club, she collapsed in the front steps and sobbed openly.
She heard someone behind her and she tried to dry her tears with the back of her hand "Go away!" She whispered harshly.
"Max..." Chris said softly.
"Oh Chris!" Max turned around and fell into his arms.
"Max I'm so sorry! I should have known about this somehow!"
Max was crying against his chest "I thought he loved me Chris! I was even going to tell him about the baby tonight!"
Chris rocked her against him "I'm sure he loves you Max, there has to be an explanation for this."
Max shook her head "I don't want to hear it, not right now."
Chris nodded "Let me take you to your room."
"No! That's probably the first place he's going to look."
Chris sighed, he wanted Max to talk things through with Logan but knew that it was not going to happen right then "Fine, ok, I'll take you to my place. You can crash there."
Max nodded and sniffed.
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Max sat on Chris's couch and took a deep breath "How did my life get so complicated all of a sudden?"
Chris sat down next to her and took her hand "Everything is going to be ok Max, this is not the end of the world. I know he loves you, he really does. I'm not going to make excuses for him but he's a good man."
Max started crying again, Chris touched her cheek and he realized that she was cold to the touch and shaking a little. He grabbed a blanket and covered her with it. She leaned against him.
"You're a very strong woman Max, I'm sure you'll get though this. You have a baby to worry about now, with or without a man to help you and I know you'll pull through."
Max sniffed and looked up at him. Their faces where so close together and she felt so lonely...
She inched towards him slowly, he closed his eyes and cupped her face with his hands.
"Ahem!"
Max and Chris jumped apart, startled by the noise.
"Zack!?"
"Hello Maxie, Zane."
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HA!!!! Am I the queen of cliffhangers or what??!!! Ok, ok, that was cruel. Please remember this IS a M/L story... I'll get there soon I promise!! Don't worry about a thing!!
Please do review... I'm a little uncertain about this chapter... there was just too much information in it! I hope you liked it and I'm sorry for any mistakes, I didn't really proofread it!
I'll post more as soon as I get the chance to write, this one took so long because of a stupid computer virus!
CONFUSIONS
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"May I ask what are you doing in the lobby at 5:30 in the morning wearing you PJ?" Chris asked her.
"I threw up." Max answered quickly.
"And you couldn't do it in your room because..."
"Chris... I think I'm pregnant."
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Chris covered his mouth with his hand "Shit Max, have you told Logan yet?"
"Would I be down here if I had?" She snapped and sat down on one of the couches. An old lady with a mop walked by them without even looking at them. She worked in a hotel, she had seen worse things than a teenager in her pajamas sitting next to a handsome, fully clothed guy.
"You should tell him Max, if it's his... he has to know." Chris laid a hand on her shoulder and squeezed.
"Of course he has to know and telling him isn't even the issue here. I just want to make sure before I tell him." Max stared at her hands and sighed.
"Max, if you know he's going to be ok with it then why not tell him so that he can be there for you?"
A small tear rolled down Max's eyes "I don't know if he's going to be ok with it... I mean sure, he'll take care of me and our baby but... what if that's not what he wants?"
Chris opened his arms and she sank into them gratefully. "I've seen the way he looks at you Max. He loves you! There's no doubt about that."
Max sniffed "I know but I'm so scared... I've never been this scared in my life! I'm not ready to be a mom! I can barely take care of myself!"
Chris hugged her tighter and comforted her the best he could.
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Logan rubbed his eyes and reached for his glasses. The spot next to him was cold and Max was nowhere to be found.
"Max?" He called but got no answer. He shrugged and grabbed his pants. He decided to go to the store around the corner and buy something for breakfast.
The ride to the lobby was slow. He buttoned his shirt and ran a hand through his messy hair.
When the doors finally opened he was confronted with a horrible sight. Max was sitting on a couch, surrounded by Chris's arms.
The elevator doors closed again with Logan still inside, he found himself unable to move.
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"Ok, first things first. Go get dressed Max." Chris pulled away from her and tucked a strand of dark hair behind her ear.
Max raised an eyebrow
"Do what ever you where planning on doing today. I have some contacts, I'll get you a pregnancy test. You can take it this afternoon and tell your man about the results tonight."
Max took a deep breath "Ok, thanks Chris." Max stood up and walked over to the elevators.
"Hey, how will I find you?"
"Don't worry," Chris smiled "I'll find you."
Max smiled weakly at him and went up to her room. She was expecting to see Logan but he wasn't there.
"Hey boo, what's up?" Cindy walked out of her room wearing her bathing suit and shorts.
"Not much, couldn't sleep. Have you seen Logan?"
Cindy shook her head "I thought he was with you."
Max shrugged "He probably went for a walk or something."
The door opened then and Logan walked in, his feet where covered in sand.
"Hey" Max smiled at him.
"Hey yourself" He answered quickly and without returning her smile.
Max frowned "You ok?"
"Fine. I'm going out for a while." He grabbed his bathing suit, changed in the bathroom and left.
Cindy and Max shared a look and shrugged.
"What ever you did this time, I'm sure he'll get over it." Original Cindy reassured her friend.
"Yeah, how bad can it be?"
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Max was lying down next to Original Cindy and Sketchy on the beach. Kendra had gone to the airport to say goodbye to Walter and Logan was nowhere to be found.
"Mangos! Buy your Mangos!" A guy walked by selling cups of the sweet fruit.
"Hey! I'll have one of those!" Sketchy motioned the guy over.
Original Cindy rolled her eyes "Some guys will never learn."
Max giggled, she looked around and spotted Logan walking besides the pool.
"I'll be back in a sec." She told her friends before rushing after him.
"Logan! Hey Logan!"
Logan heard her but kept walking
"Logan!" She caught up with him near the elevators and pushed him into a wall.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" She asked him.
"Nothing." He mumbled.
"Logan?" Max pouted and gave him a sad look.
He sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist "I'm just tired, I haven't been sleeping well."
Max smiled and rested her head on his chest "What do you say you and I go back to bed?"
Logan smiled and kissed her hair "Just as long as we're not sleeping."
Max smiled, she leaned her back against the elevator doors and waited for them to open. Logan lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her gently.
Max smiled into the kiss and she giggled when Logan's mouth left hers only to place small, delicate kisses down her neck.
She opened her eyes for a brief moment and managed to see Chis waving at her. Max frowned and Chris raised a paper bag.
Max paled instantly and wondered how he had managed to get his hands on a pregnancy test so quickly.
The elevator doors opened then and Logan pulled her inside. Max motioned for Chris to wait for her and he nodded.
Once they where inside the hotel room Logan started undoing Max's bikini but she stopped him.
"Shit, I told Cindy I would be right back! She's going to be pissed!" Max groaned.
Logan sighed and released her "You want to go tell her." It was a statement, not a question.
Max bit her lip and groaned again "I have to, she'll kill me if I don't!"
Logan nodded "I have some stuff to take care of anyway, why don't I meet you for lunch?"
Max smiled and nodded enthusiastically. "Let me just go to the bathroom." She told him.
"Ok, well I'll get going. See you later beside the pool?"
"Yeah!"
Logan smiled at her, kissed her softly and left.
Max waited until he was gone to call downstairs.
The receptionist that answered the phone was a little startled at her question. "...You want me to find a guy named Chris?"
Chris, who was standing close to her, rushed over and grabbed the phone "Max?"
"I'm clear"
"I'll be right up."
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Max paced around the room, unable to think about anything but how long it was taking for the test results to be done. It had taken over an hour to convince her to just do it and now it seemed like the longest minute of her life.
Chris poured her a glass of milk and handed it to her. She took it and drank it quickly.
"Wow, you where thirsty!" He smiled, trying to break the tension, and poured her another glass and one for him.
Max sighed and sat down, she couldn't really explain to him how she was scared of having a seizure and miscarrying... if she was actually pregnant that is.
Her beeper beeped then, she had set it for five minutes. The noise startled her and she spilled her milk all over her bathing suit.
"Shit!" Max yelled.
Chris jumped up and handed her some paper towels.
"Don't bother, I'm gonna have to change anyway." Max sighed and glanced in the direction of the bathroom.
Chris saw the fear in her eyes and hugged her. "Go Max, you need to know."
Max nodded and walked into the bathroom. She took the test from the counter and closed her eyes
"So if the dot is pink I'm safe and if it's blue I'm pregnant right?" She yelled to Chris.
"Yeah!"
Max took a deep breath and opened her eyes slowly.
She gasped and dropped the stick.
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Logan had talked to the guys at the night club, he got some scented candles and went to drop everything off at the club. He spent an hour fixing up the top room to make it look like a really special place.
When he was done he decided to go find Max, he saw Original Cindy talking to some girl on the beach and went over to her.
"Hey OC, have you seen Max?"
Cindy looked up "She's not with you?"
"She went after you this morning, we haven't seen her since!" Sketchy joined the conversation.
"You haven't? She told me she was coming down here." Logan raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah! She went to... get some stuff." Original Cindy tried to cover up for her girl
"No, she went after Logan and she hasn't shown up around here since." Sketchy gave Cindy a confused look, she shot a murderous one back at him.
Logan shook his head and decided to go find her.
"Hey Loggie, what's up?"
Logan groaned inwardly "Hey Laura."
"Where's your kid?" Laura walked up to him and hooked her arm with his.
"Max is upstairs, she's not feeling too good." Logan lied through his teeth.
"Oh, too bad! Are you looking for some company? Cuz I'm available."
"Yeah, I think you've made yourself very clear on that matter."
Laura let go of his arm and flipped her red hair "Fine, but you don't know what you're missing!" She walked away from him, clearly pissed off.
"All I need to do is ask any other male around" Logan muttered under his breath.
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"Max? What is it? What does it say?" Chris ran into the bathroom.
Max was just standing there, staring at the stick on the floor.
"It's purple"
"Come again?"
"It's purple Christopher!" Max screamed and sat down on the toilet seat.
Chris sighed and picked up the stick, sure enough it was neither pink nor blue, it was purple.
"Shit." He said under his breath.
"Maybe those things don't work on me! Maybe it's too early to tell!" Max was freaking out.
Chris leaned against the sink "Wait, no, Max... where is the box?"
Max reached into the waste basket and tossed him the small box
"Shit, I knew it! It's a really old test. We need to get you a new one."
Max covered her face with her hands "This can not be happening to me... I swear this can not be happening."
Chris stroked her hair with his hand "Don't worry, I'll go talk to my contact and get you a new one in no time ok?"
Max nodded, totally amazed at how at ease she felt near Chris... specially since she had only met him a few days back.
She heard the door closing behind him and looked down at herself, there was milk all over her black bikini so she decided to change into the tiny red one and try not to think about how complicated her life was probably about to become.
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Logan had looked everywhere, Max was not at the pool, she was not in the restaurant and she was not on the small stores close to the hotel. Finally he decided to check their room.
He waited for the elevator to get to the Lobby, once it did Chirs stepped out clearly in a hurry and collided with Logan.
"Oh, sorry man!" Chris shook his head to clear it.
"That's ok. Have you seen Max?"
Logan thought he saw Chris pale a little but he ruled it out as just a figment of his imagination.
"Not since last night! I have to go, catch with you later!" Chris tried to walk away but Logan stopped him.
"Hey!"
Chris turned around slowly "Yeah?"
"We're still on for tonight right?"
Chris smiled "Right."
Logan was already in the elevator and on his way up when he realized that Chris had lied to him, he was with Max that morning.
Logan shook it off as he reached his room and opened the door.
"Max?"
"Oh hey Logan!" Max rushed out of the bathroom, wearing a different bikini.
Logan started adding things together, he saw the two glasses and the empty carton of milk, then he looked at Max, she looked a little sweaty and flushed. Of course he didn't know she was sweaty from all the worrying and flushed because she had to scramble around to get rid of the used pregnancy test before he walked in.
Logan opened his mouth to speak, then he closed it and opened it again.
"Logan?"
He walked out of the room and slammed the door behind him.
Max was just about to go after him when the phone rang, she knew it might be important so she sighed and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Max! Logan is going your way! You better clean up before he gets there."
Max sighed again "It's a little late for that." She hung up before Chris had a chance to reply.
*************
Max looked around for Logan but she couldn't find him anywhere so she went with Chris to pick up the new pregnancy test.
Chris wanted her to go back to the hotel before taking it but Max couldn't wait. They walked into a McDonalds and Chris ordered hamburgers and fries for them while Max went to the ladies room to take the test.
She waited and waited, pacing around the tiny stall. Time seemed to slow down for her as she stared at her beeper and willed the minutes to pass faster.
Finally time was up, she glanced at the test and closed her eyes.
Tears sprung to her eyes, she didn't know weather they were from happiness or something else.
She took a few minutes to clam herself before leaving the bathroom. She walked over to where Chris was sitting and sat down next to him.
"Well?" He placed an arm around her shoulder and hugged her close to him.
"It's positive, I'm pregnant"
*************
It was almost ten o'clock, Logan was sitting by himself at the bar of the club. He looked up at the top room where he knew candles and a bottle of Champaign. 'What a waste' he said to himself before taking his drink to his lips and swallowing a mouthful.
He wasn't really paying attention to the music but the chorus of one of the songs caught his attention.
*Saying why were you creeping down late last night
Did I see two shadows moving in your bedroom light
Now your dressed in black when I left you were dressed in white
Can you fill me in?
Calls diverted to answer phone
Red wine bottle half the contents gone
Midnight return, jacuzzi turned on
Can you fill me in?*
Logan gripped his glass and asked the bartender for a refill.
The bartender raised his eyebrows at the man who had been drinking for two hours straight but poured the drink.
"Hey Loggie, fancy meeting you here!"
Logan closed his eyes "Go away Laura, I want to be alone right now."
Laura ignored him and sat down on the empty stool behind him. "My, you look miserable. And you know what they say about misery loving company, I can be miserable if you want."
Logan glanced at her, his view was a little blurry from all the alcohol but he could still see that Laura was really a beautiful girl. Her long red hair framed her clear face and she was wearing a little backless red dress that fell just below her butt and clung to her every curve. She was not Max but she'd have to do.
Logan grabbed her hand wordlessly and pulled her towards the top room.
*************
"Tell me again why I should be getting ready." Max brushed her hair and applied a light coat of lipstick to her perfectly shaped lips.
"Logan wanted you to meet him somewhere, I already told you that!" Chris was waiting for her outside the bathroom.
Max walked out and Chris's breath caught in his throat.
"Wow Max, you look amazing!" He stared at her little black skirt with slits up the sides that stopped just below her hips and her black strapless shirt that had only small strings for her back.
Max smiled, suddenly glad that there was no one else in the room. She wasn't ready to face her friends with the news and she knew that Original Cindy would be able to squeeze it out of her.
"Yeah well I thought I should wear this shirt while I still can."
Chris gave her a tiny smile "Logan is a lucky man."
Max smiled back "I know, I just hope he's ok. He seemed kind of mad today."
Chris took her arm and guided her out of the room "He's ok, trust me, after tonight everything is going to be ok."
Max wondered what he meant but chose not to comment on it.
*************
Chris pushed Max towards the stairs gently "Go upstairs, Logan has a surprise for you!"
"Chris what..."
"Just go!" He said glancing at his watch.
"Ok, ok, fine!" Max started to move so Chris hurried towards the DJ that was covering for him.
"Max! Hey Max wait up!" Original Cindy saw her and stopped her.
"Cindy! I'm kind of in a hurry, Logan wants to see me or something."
"Wait! Hey, where were you today?"
Kendra and Cindy caught up with her.
"I was with Logan." Max answered quickly.
"No, no you where not! He went looking for you! I tried to cover for you but Sketchy blew it up so he's probably angry! The poor man seemed so worried!" Cindy yelled over the music.
Max groaned and covered her face with her hands "At what time did this happen?"
"In the afternoon, he left and we haven't seen him since."
Kendra nodded "We've been keeping an eye out but he was not in the room when we went up and he was not in the bar by the time we got here. Maybe he went somewhere else."
"At what time did you guys get here?" Max asked them.
"Fifteen minutes ago... something like that." Original Cindy told her, her tone was kind of cold, probably because she knew that Max was keeping stuff from her but just how much she was hiding Cindy had no idea.
Max groaned again "Maybe he's already on the top room, Chris told me that he was waiting for me. I'll go check."
Cindy and Kendra exchanged glances "Well, good luck boo."
Max smiled and hurried up the steps. She knocked on the closed door and barged in without waiting for an answer.
There where candles all around and an empty bottle of Champaign on the floor. Logan was sitting on the couch with Laura straddling his lap. They pulled apart the moment they heard the knock but Max could see Laura's red lipstick smeared all over Logan's face, mouth and shirt.
Max felt sick to her stomach, she couldn't move, she couldn't breathe.
Logan seemed so ashamed and sorry "Max..."
"Hey people, I have an announcement to make! Two of my friends got engaged tonight! Let's give it up for the happy couple!" Chris's voice filled the club.
Suddenly the lights turned on and the top room became illuminated for everyone to see and boy did they see.
Laura was still straddling Logan's lap, Logan looked like a deer caught in the headlights and Max was just standing there, a sick look on her face.
Kendra, Cindy and Sketchy had been sitting at a table when everything started. They where surprised when Chris made the announcement, shocked when they realized who he was talking about but the emotions that crossed their faces when they saw what was going on where beyond description. Sketchy, who was already a little drunk, fell out of his chair.
The club became silent, everyone obviously aware of the problem at hand.
Chris stared at the three people in the room and cursed under his breath, he ran towards the stairs as fast as he could, pushing people aside and trying not to fall.
"Max..." Logan said again.
Max shook her head and ran out of the room without another word.
Logan wanted to run after her but as he stood up he realized that he was too drunk to even walk properly and trying to outrun a transgenic was not an easy job.
Tears rolled down Max's cheeks as she ran out of the club, she collapsed in the front steps and sobbed openly.
She heard someone behind her and she tried to dry her tears with the back of her hand "Go away!" She whispered harshly.
"Max..." Chris said softly.
"Oh Chris!" Max turned around and fell into his arms.
"Max I'm so sorry! I should have known about this somehow!"
Max was crying against his chest "I thought he loved me Chris! I was even going to tell him about the baby tonight!"
Chris rocked her against him "I'm sure he loves you Max, there has to be an explanation for this."
Max shook her head "I don't want to hear it, not right now."
Chris nodded "Let me take you to your room."
"No! That's probably the first place he's going to look."
Chris sighed, he wanted Max to talk things through with Logan but knew that it was not going to happen right then "Fine, ok, I'll take you to my place. You can crash there."
Max nodded and sniffed.
*************
Max sat on Chris's couch and took a deep breath "How did my life get so complicated all of a sudden?"
Chris sat down next to her and took her hand "Everything is going to be ok Max, this is not the end of the world. I know he loves you, he really does. I'm not going to make excuses for him but he's a good man."
Max started crying again, Chris touched her cheek and he realized that she was cold to the touch and shaking a little. He grabbed a blanket and covered her with it. She leaned against him.
"You're a very strong woman Max, I'm sure you'll get though this. You have a baby to worry about now, with or without a man to help you and I know you'll pull through."
Max sniffed and looked up at him. Their faces where so close together and she felt so lonely...
She inched towards him slowly, he closed his eyes and cupped her face with his hands.
"Ahem!"
Max and Chris jumped apart, startled by the noise.
"Zack!?"
"Hello Maxie, Zane."
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HA!!!! Am I the queen of cliffhangers or what??!!! Ok, ok, that was cruel. Please remember this IS a M/L story... I'll get there soon I promise!! Don't worry about a thing!!
Please do review... I'm a little uncertain about this chapter... there was just too much information in it! I hope you liked it and I'm sorry for any mistakes, I didn't really proofread it!
I'll post more as soon as I get the chance to write, this one took so long because of a stupid computer virus!
