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Angel.
Chapter Four: A Whole Conversation
Max's tennis shoes smacked against the pavement as she ran to... Well she didn't know where she was going exactly but she knew it felt good to run. So he knows about my foster father. But you don't know that, you don't know how much he heard. Max mused to herself. She saw the Space Needle looming in the distance and stopped. The rain beat down on her as she tried to figure out where to go.
She headed off again but this time she had a destination. She got to the tall structure and made her way to the top to sit and ponder. It's frickin' cold she kept thinking. She hugged her knees tighter and looked out over her city. She almost wanted Alec to show up but knew that he wouldn't take Amelia out in this kind of weather, which was a good thing. She stayed like that for the better part of an hour then she heard a faint noise and carefully and quietly snuck back into the building.
She leapt at the figure the moment it appeared and tackled him to the ground. She straddled his hips and looked at who this invader was. Her face scrunched up. "Alec what are you doing here? And where is Amelia?" Max asked irritated and happy all at once.
"Well I thought 'I hurt my friend Max maybe I should come and see if she's ok' and as for Amelia I had Josh come over for a while to baby sit I didn't know how easy it was going to be to find you. I called OC she said 'My boo ain't here and if you did anything to her I'll put you in a world o' hurt." Alec tried to imitate her best friend's voice and Max laughed a real laugh. Alec smiled up at her. "So then I call Logan and you weren't there."
"Why would I be there?" Max asked going on the defensive once his name was mentioned.
"I don't know why. Because every time you say it's over its back on in a day or so." Alec stated rolling his eyes.
"I should kill you for that. I really should." Max said with a lighthearted voice.
"Oh no my Maxie threatened to kill me yet again!" He said in mock horror.
"I'm not your Maxie and haven't I told you not to call me that."
Alec grinned. "Why I do believe so Maxie." Alec prepared himself for an onslaught of any sort but none came. He looked up at her rain-streaked face and soaking wet hair. He pushed a wet strand that was dangling near her face. "You're gonna get sick Max." Alec said trying to break the uncomfortable silence.
"I can't have babies Alec." Max stated with a very said and tormented look on her face.
Alec's face contorted in confusion. "What do you mean? Of course you can."
Max bit her lip to keep it from quivering. "Nope. Not me, I can't. The doctors say so. And they don't know why."
Silence fell between them. A few tears spilt from Max's eyes. Alec pulled her from her straddling position so that his arms wrapped protectively around her. "I'm sorry Max." He whispered into the air.
"You'd think Manticore would be able to fix me or at least deem me as an anomaly." Max mumbled against his chest.
"What were you doing at the doctors that had to do with that?" Alec asked just now noticing that factor.
She said nothing for a minute or so just kept breathing against him. "That's another story for another day." Alec thought of asking about her secretiveness but decided against it for the moment anyway. "What all did you hear back at your place?"
Alec let out a sigh and started to twirl Max's hair around his finger. "Everything after you laid on the coach with her." He felt her tense against him and ready herself to get up. "Max don't go. I'm sorry ok? I shouldn't have been listening. But if it makes you feel better I'm sorry you went through all that. And if I knew his name, number, and address I would go and kill him myself."
Max chuckled at him. "It's fine Alec but thanks anyway. It sucked yeah but it was worse for you guys."
"I'm not so sure. Maybe in different ways." After a second he carried on. "So you're not going to tell me why you were at the doctor's?"
"No Alec. I won't." She said with conviction in her voice. "At least not now. Aren't two major secrets in one day plenty? I'll make you a deal give me three big secrets and I'll tell you."
Alec thought for a second. What could I tell her? "Max I'm in love with you. I have been for quite some time."
"Oh Alec I've waited for so long to hear that! I love you too!" Max threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Alec! Alec focus!" Max swatted his cheek.
He looked bewildered for a moment then recovered. "I can't think of any Max I guess I'll just have to wait until tomorrow."
Max cocked her head. "What's tomorrow?"
Alec smiled at her. "You said another day and it will be another day. Oh and I'm extremely upset that you would take a shower in my house without my permission." He said joking.
"Oh yeah you saw me!" Max hit him on the shoulder and stood up. A rush of cold wind nipped at them both where they had been touching.
"Max it's not what you think. I was not going to look. I swear. I was heading to the kitchen and slipped."
Disbelief etched her face. "A transgenic slipped?"
"Yes!" He said loudly. "So then I...ya know...saw you. And Amelia. You were holding Amelia and you both looked so sweet." He said smiling at the memory.
"Is that a fact? I looked sweet." She cleared her throat and offered him a hand. He looked up at her and clasped his hand into her smaller one. They walked side by side down the long flight of stairs and headed home.
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Max took in the scene as she entered the now familiar place. Joshua was holding a bawling Amelia in his large hands and trying to hush her to sleep. He looked up at them and relief was all over his features. "Alec. Here baby won't quit crying."
"Hey thanks big guy I appreciate it. Do you need me to take you back?" Alec asked.
"No I'll take the sewers." As Joshua walked to the door he captured Max in a big hug. "Congratulations little fella'. Max and Alec gettin' busy. Made a baby." He said with a huge grin on his face and laughed.
"No Joshua you don't understand." Max said ready to try and explain the situation.
But Joshua had other plans. "No Joshua understand. Max and Alec got busy. Max got a baby."
"We are not 'getting busy' Joshua. Amelia was just a pleasant surprise." Max said trying to keep it simple.
Joshua was silent for a few seconds. "Who gave her to you?"
Max smiled and hugged him. "I don't know big fella' it was just an unexpected thing."
Joshua nodded and headed out the door with his hood pulled up. Max turned back into the room. Alec was grinning at her and trying to calm the still crying baby. "Max and Alec gettin' busy? Where was I?" He laughed and she glared while walking over to them. She picked the baby from his grasp and was pacing the room while talking to her soothingly.
"I'm gonna go and sleep for a while. I'll bring her and see if she will too." Max walked toward his bedroom. She tripped on a toy but barely stumbled.
"That's what I tripped on too Max." He said pointing to the little toy. At her slight smile and shake of her head she turned back toward his door.
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"It has to be soon." Alec said out loud to the empty room. He hadn't slept much last night. It was his fault really but he was tired and that freakin' spring in the sofa would dig into his flesh every time he tried to go to sleep.
He entered his still and dark bedroom. He slowly pushed the door shut behind him and crept over to the bed. Max lay sleeping with Amelia lying securely against Max's side. Max's face held a slight smile that was infectious because Alec was smiling suddenly.
One of Max's eyes opened and she spotted him in the shadows. "Alec what do you want?" She asked groggily. She rubbed one of her eyes with the back of her hand in a childlike manner that made Alec smile again.
"I was wondering if you were tired of sleeping yet?" He asked quietly so as not to wake Amelia.
"No I'm not too tired of sleeping. Night." And she put her head back down.
"But Max..." Alec whined. "I'm tired and the coach hurts me."
Max lifted the covers on the other side of the little girl. "Then get in."
Alec's eyes opened a little wider. "Are you serious?"
"Alec I really don't care if you sleep in here or there all I know is that you talking is keeping me awake. So shut up and get in the bed." Alec slipped under the covers and had never felt more at home in his entire life. Max's arm was still around the baby so Alec put his above Max's head on her pillow. His other hand lay on Amelia's stomach.
"Hey Max you remember last night?" Alec said lowly while he started to play with her hair.
Max mumbled something that sounded like 'mm-hmm' so Alec carried on.
"We didn't fight too badly and believe it or not; we had a whole conversation."
Chapter Four: A Whole Conversation
Max's tennis shoes smacked against the pavement as she ran to... Well she didn't know where she was going exactly but she knew it felt good to run. So he knows about my foster father. But you don't know that, you don't know how much he heard. Max mused to herself. She saw the Space Needle looming in the distance and stopped. The rain beat down on her as she tried to figure out where to go.
She headed off again but this time she had a destination. She got to the tall structure and made her way to the top to sit and ponder. It's frickin' cold she kept thinking. She hugged her knees tighter and looked out over her city. She almost wanted Alec to show up but knew that he wouldn't take Amelia out in this kind of weather, which was a good thing. She stayed like that for the better part of an hour then she heard a faint noise and carefully and quietly snuck back into the building.
She leapt at the figure the moment it appeared and tackled him to the ground. She straddled his hips and looked at who this invader was. Her face scrunched up. "Alec what are you doing here? And where is Amelia?" Max asked irritated and happy all at once.
"Well I thought 'I hurt my friend Max maybe I should come and see if she's ok' and as for Amelia I had Josh come over for a while to baby sit I didn't know how easy it was going to be to find you. I called OC she said 'My boo ain't here and if you did anything to her I'll put you in a world o' hurt." Alec tried to imitate her best friend's voice and Max laughed a real laugh. Alec smiled up at her. "So then I call Logan and you weren't there."
"Why would I be there?" Max asked going on the defensive once his name was mentioned.
"I don't know why. Because every time you say it's over its back on in a day or so." Alec stated rolling his eyes.
"I should kill you for that. I really should." Max said with a lighthearted voice.
"Oh no my Maxie threatened to kill me yet again!" He said in mock horror.
"I'm not your Maxie and haven't I told you not to call me that."
Alec grinned. "Why I do believe so Maxie." Alec prepared himself for an onslaught of any sort but none came. He looked up at her rain-streaked face and soaking wet hair. He pushed a wet strand that was dangling near her face. "You're gonna get sick Max." Alec said trying to break the uncomfortable silence.
"I can't have babies Alec." Max stated with a very said and tormented look on her face.
Alec's face contorted in confusion. "What do you mean? Of course you can."
Max bit her lip to keep it from quivering. "Nope. Not me, I can't. The doctors say so. And they don't know why."
Silence fell between them. A few tears spilt from Max's eyes. Alec pulled her from her straddling position so that his arms wrapped protectively around her. "I'm sorry Max." He whispered into the air.
"You'd think Manticore would be able to fix me or at least deem me as an anomaly." Max mumbled against his chest.
"What were you doing at the doctors that had to do with that?" Alec asked just now noticing that factor.
She said nothing for a minute or so just kept breathing against him. "That's another story for another day." Alec thought of asking about her secretiveness but decided against it for the moment anyway. "What all did you hear back at your place?"
Alec let out a sigh and started to twirl Max's hair around his finger. "Everything after you laid on the coach with her." He felt her tense against him and ready herself to get up. "Max don't go. I'm sorry ok? I shouldn't have been listening. But if it makes you feel better I'm sorry you went through all that. And if I knew his name, number, and address I would go and kill him myself."
Max chuckled at him. "It's fine Alec but thanks anyway. It sucked yeah but it was worse for you guys."
"I'm not so sure. Maybe in different ways." After a second he carried on. "So you're not going to tell me why you were at the doctor's?"
"No Alec. I won't." She said with conviction in her voice. "At least not now. Aren't two major secrets in one day plenty? I'll make you a deal give me three big secrets and I'll tell you."
Alec thought for a second. What could I tell her? "Max I'm in love with you. I have been for quite some time."
"Oh Alec I've waited for so long to hear that! I love you too!" Max threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Alec! Alec focus!" Max swatted his cheek.
He looked bewildered for a moment then recovered. "I can't think of any Max I guess I'll just have to wait until tomorrow."
Max cocked her head. "What's tomorrow?"
Alec smiled at her. "You said another day and it will be another day. Oh and I'm extremely upset that you would take a shower in my house without my permission." He said joking.
"Oh yeah you saw me!" Max hit him on the shoulder and stood up. A rush of cold wind nipped at them both where they had been touching.
"Max it's not what you think. I was not going to look. I swear. I was heading to the kitchen and slipped."
Disbelief etched her face. "A transgenic slipped?"
"Yes!" He said loudly. "So then I...ya know...saw you. And Amelia. You were holding Amelia and you both looked so sweet." He said smiling at the memory.
"Is that a fact? I looked sweet." She cleared her throat and offered him a hand. He looked up at her and clasped his hand into her smaller one. They walked side by side down the long flight of stairs and headed home.
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Max took in the scene as she entered the now familiar place. Joshua was holding a bawling Amelia in his large hands and trying to hush her to sleep. He looked up at them and relief was all over his features. "Alec. Here baby won't quit crying."
"Hey thanks big guy I appreciate it. Do you need me to take you back?" Alec asked.
"No I'll take the sewers." As Joshua walked to the door he captured Max in a big hug. "Congratulations little fella'. Max and Alec gettin' busy. Made a baby." He said with a huge grin on his face and laughed.
"No Joshua you don't understand." Max said ready to try and explain the situation.
But Joshua had other plans. "No Joshua understand. Max and Alec got busy. Max got a baby."
"We are not 'getting busy' Joshua. Amelia was just a pleasant surprise." Max said trying to keep it simple.
Joshua was silent for a few seconds. "Who gave her to you?"
Max smiled and hugged him. "I don't know big fella' it was just an unexpected thing."
Joshua nodded and headed out the door with his hood pulled up. Max turned back into the room. Alec was grinning at her and trying to calm the still crying baby. "Max and Alec gettin' busy? Where was I?" He laughed and she glared while walking over to them. She picked the baby from his grasp and was pacing the room while talking to her soothingly.
"I'm gonna go and sleep for a while. I'll bring her and see if she will too." Max walked toward his bedroom. She tripped on a toy but barely stumbled.
"That's what I tripped on too Max." He said pointing to the little toy. At her slight smile and shake of her head she turned back toward his door.
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"It has to be soon." Alec said out loud to the empty room. He hadn't slept much last night. It was his fault really but he was tired and that freakin' spring in the sofa would dig into his flesh every time he tried to go to sleep.
He entered his still and dark bedroom. He slowly pushed the door shut behind him and crept over to the bed. Max lay sleeping with Amelia lying securely against Max's side. Max's face held a slight smile that was infectious because Alec was smiling suddenly.
One of Max's eyes opened and she spotted him in the shadows. "Alec what do you want?" She asked groggily. She rubbed one of her eyes with the back of her hand in a childlike manner that made Alec smile again.
"I was wondering if you were tired of sleeping yet?" He asked quietly so as not to wake Amelia.
"No I'm not too tired of sleeping. Night." And she put her head back down.
"But Max..." Alec whined. "I'm tired and the coach hurts me."
Max lifted the covers on the other side of the little girl. "Then get in."
Alec's eyes opened a little wider. "Are you serious?"
"Alec I really don't care if you sleep in here or there all I know is that you talking is keeping me awake. So shut up and get in the bed." Alec slipped under the covers and had never felt more at home in his entire life. Max's arm was still around the baby so Alec put his above Max's head on her pillow. His other hand lay on Amelia's stomach.
"Hey Max you remember last night?" Alec said lowly while he started to play with her hair.
Max mumbled something that sounded like 'mm-hmm' so Alec carried on.
"We didn't fight too badly and believe it or not; we had a whole conversation."