DISCLAIMER: DA DOESN'T BELONG TO ME. YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
A/N: THIS IS A REMAKE OF MY FIRST FANFICTION AND DA FIC EVER. HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
ENJOY.
~*~
"Don't touch me." Max whispered hoarsely as she faced the wall. Her arms were crossed in front of her as if to shield himself from something.
"Max-" Alec tried to say something but she cut him off instantly.
"Don't. Just. Don't." Max said tensely. She didn't want to look at him and see the hurt in his face. It was too much, too much to know that he was hurting because of her.
"Okay." He said dejectedly. "I'll talk to you when you're ready." He sighed.
"I need to be alone." She told him. She wanted him to make a protest, to insist that they needed to talk even if she wasn't ready but Max knew that she also truly needed to be alone, to find some calm within herself and think clearly.
Sighing, Alec grabbed his jacket and walked away.
Max retreated to the couch once Alec was out of earshot and with a scowl on her face, she tried to make sense of what was happening to them.
We're friends, she told herself. Friends with benefits.
For over a month, Max and Alec had been sleeping together. It wasn't because of heat because if it was, Max would have used that as an excuse to justify her actions and stop what was happening between them already.
No, it was pure loneliness and sexual frustration that made her sleep with him every week now.
OC found her that way. Sitting on the couch, scowling at nothing in particular.
"What's the matter, boo?" OC asked.
"I'm hurting him." Max whispered, her frown slightly softening as she looked over at her friend.
"Why? Because you've been sleeping with him for a month now and every morning, you make him leave or is it because you won't admit that you feel something for him? That this tryst isn't 'just sex'?" Cindy asked as she crossed the room to make herself a cup of coffee.
"I don't feel anything for him." Max said stubbornly.
Cindy scoffed indignantly. "Whatever. But Alec's tough. He'll be fine.
"Why do I feel guilty? Alec knows that there aren't any feelings involved in this. I made sure of that." Even when she said, Max couldn't fully convince herself to believe her words. "What suddenly changed?"
"You're asking the wrong person, Max. But you should figure this bitch out before it's too late." Cindy replied as she took a sip of her steaming hot coffee.
"I don't want to figure it out."
"Right then. That's up to you." OC replied as she sat back next to her best friend.
"That's not really helping. Where are the words of wisdom? Shouldn't you be telling me that it's wrong to cheat on Logan?" Max asked, half jokingly.
OC shrugged. "All I got for you is the truth and my own opinion. No words of wisdom, no fancy smanshy quotes from some old dude who's already dead. And this isn't about Logan." Cindy replied truthfully. "Look, you and Alec are friends. Good friends. If there's anything out of this that you would want to save, it's that. In the end, all you've got is friendship, if nothing else. Talk to him. Get things out in the open. You really can't lose anything by just talking."
Max didn't seem to think so. There was a lot to lose from 'just talking'. "He tried to talk to me but I pushed him away. Now he thinks I'm disgusted with him and that I hate him." She sighed heavily.
"Are you?" OC asked.
Max looked startled. "Of course not. I mean, Alec gets on my nerves and can be such a jerk but I don't hate him."
OC nodded. "I thought so. Well, tell him that tomorrow. Tonight, you get some rest. Everything will be fine." OC said. "Hey, you want some ice cream? We have some left in the fridge in case you want to sulk?" She teased.
Max smiled slightly. "No, thanks. I'm good. Night OC." She said as she stood up and walked over to her room.
"Night, Boo." OC smiled as she too walked to her room. She hoped she was right. That everything would work out fine. She knew that she didn't want the two most important people in her life hurt like this.
By each other.
She knew that Max and Alec had a way sabotaging their relationships with each other and other people.
Max was using Logan as the excuse not to get attached to anyone, Alec especially.
And Alec was using sex to get just about anything he wanted from anyone which made him seem like that was all he cared about.
Cindy knew better.
Sometimes, I feel like their shrink, she thought amusedly as she laid down to sleep.
~*~
A/N: WELL THERE YOU GO. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL. I JUST CHANGED A FEW WORDS, ADDED A FEW LINES. I THOUGHT THAT THIS CHAPTER WAS PRETTY SHORT BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO ENTIRELY REWRITE THE STORY.
ANYWAY, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
A/N: THIS IS A REMAKE OF MY FIRST FANFICTION AND DA FIC EVER. HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
ENJOY.
~*~
"Don't touch me." Max whispered hoarsely as she faced the wall. Her arms were crossed in front of her as if to shield himself from something.
"Max-" Alec tried to say something but she cut him off instantly.
"Don't. Just. Don't." Max said tensely. She didn't want to look at him and see the hurt in his face. It was too much, too much to know that he was hurting because of her.
"Okay." He said dejectedly. "I'll talk to you when you're ready." He sighed.
"I need to be alone." She told him. She wanted him to make a protest, to insist that they needed to talk even if she wasn't ready but Max knew that she also truly needed to be alone, to find some calm within herself and think clearly.
Sighing, Alec grabbed his jacket and walked away.
Max retreated to the couch once Alec was out of earshot and with a scowl on her face, she tried to make sense of what was happening to them.
We're friends, she told herself. Friends with benefits.
For over a month, Max and Alec had been sleeping together. It wasn't because of heat because if it was, Max would have used that as an excuse to justify her actions and stop what was happening between them already.
No, it was pure loneliness and sexual frustration that made her sleep with him every week now.
OC found her that way. Sitting on the couch, scowling at nothing in particular.
"What's the matter, boo?" OC asked.
"I'm hurting him." Max whispered, her frown slightly softening as she looked over at her friend.
"Why? Because you've been sleeping with him for a month now and every morning, you make him leave or is it because you won't admit that you feel something for him? That this tryst isn't 'just sex'?" Cindy asked as she crossed the room to make herself a cup of coffee.
"I don't feel anything for him." Max said stubbornly.
Cindy scoffed indignantly. "Whatever. But Alec's tough. He'll be fine.
"Why do I feel guilty? Alec knows that there aren't any feelings involved in this. I made sure of that." Even when she said, Max couldn't fully convince herself to believe her words. "What suddenly changed?"
"You're asking the wrong person, Max. But you should figure this bitch out before it's too late." Cindy replied as she took a sip of her steaming hot coffee.
"I don't want to figure it out."
"Right then. That's up to you." OC replied as she sat back next to her best friend.
"That's not really helping. Where are the words of wisdom? Shouldn't you be telling me that it's wrong to cheat on Logan?" Max asked, half jokingly.
OC shrugged. "All I got for you is the truth and my own opinion. No words of wisdom, no fancy smanshy quotes from some old dude who's already dead. And this isn't about Logan." Cindy replied truthfully. "Look, you and Alec are friends. Good friends. If there's anything out of this that you would want to save, it's that. In the end, all you've got is friendship, if nothing else. Talk to him. Get things out in the open. You really can't lose anything by just talking."
Max didn't seem to think so. There was a lot to lose from 'just talking'. "He tried to talk to me but I pushed him away. Now he thinks I'm disgusted with him and that I hate him." She sighed heavily.
"Are you?" OC asked.
Max looked startled. "Of course not. I mean, Alec gets on my nerves and can be such a jerk but I don't hate him."
OC nodded. "I thought so. Well, tell him that tomorrow. Tonight, you get some rest. Everything will be fine." OC said. "Hey, you want some ice cream? We have some left in the fridge in case you want to sulk?" She teased.
Max smiled slightly. "No, thanks. I'm good. Night OC." She said as she stood up and walked over to her room.
"Night, Boo." OC smiled as she too walked to her room. She hoped she was right. That everything would work out fine. She knew that she didn't want the two most important people in her life hurt like this.
By each other.
She knew that Max and Alec had a way sabotaging their relationships with each other and other people.
Max was using Logan as the excuse not to get attached to anyone, Alec especially.
And Alec was using sex to get just about anything he wanted from anyone which made him seem like that was all he cared about.
Cindy knew better.
Sometimes, I feel like their shrink, she thought amusedly as she laid down to sleep.
~*~
A/N: WELL THERE YOU GO. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL. I JUST CHANGED A FEW WORDS, ADDED A FEW LINES. I THOUGHT THAT THIS CHAPTER WAS PRETTY SHORT BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO ENTIRELY REWRITE THE STORY.
ANYWAY, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.