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Chapter 2

She hadn't told Cindy anything about the incident last night. Some things were to be kept private, and Logan was a subject Max preferred to keep as tight to herself as possible- he wasn't to get shared with other people. Besides, when she had walked inside the apartment last night, Cindy hadn't even been awake, but soundly sleeping in her bed, seemingly happy unaware of the crisis of the world.

It was a lousy day that followed, it was like the rain could never stop washing down upon this city, and that sometimes made Max wonder why she ever came her. Why couldn't she have resided somewhere dry and warm?

As she entered Jam Pony that afternoon, she looked at her wrist watch. It was five to six, so she figured that if she hid around the lockers for a good ten minutes Normal couldn't force her on a last, late and hot run. She wasn't in the mood for being any more bossed around today, the situation with Logan kept her wondering.

He hadn't called her today, either. Not bothering to contact her for lunch like he always did, no nothing. It vexed her, but the thing what irritated her most was this uncertainty; she didn't know what to do. She couldn't walk over to his place and confront him of his sudden outburst and crying; she would just screw it up like she always did.

" Hey, Boo! Whass down? You looking like y'got the whole world against ya." Original Cindy's attempts at making her smile made her happy; at least there was someone who didn't gave sudden, un- explainable outbursts of despair, making her wonder about if for the rest of the day.

" Nah, just got a lot on my mind, " Max answered and after Cindy had looked her up and down, she seem to think that Max was actually telling the truth. She nudged Max's shoulder, crossing her arms. " Ya hot boy giving ya a hard time?" Max looked up at her and punched back, smiling, thinking that her friend would never give up on that one. And sometimes, Max just didn't feel like arguing back, like one day she would actually want for it to become true.... but it probably wouldn't.

" He's not my hot boy, " Max laughed and Original Cindy smiled right back at her, showing her white teeth to the world. " Ah, but see, you just agreed to that he was a hot boy. Got ya..." She teased, receiving another nudge from Max, who laughed with her. And it felt good to be laughing, her first happy action of today.

" Wanna swing by Crash tonight, Boo? Y'know, show the place who has the moves alongside Original Cindy?" Max shook her head, stuffing some clothes into her locker, pulling out her regular ones. " Sure, just gotta take care of a thing first..." Cindy smiled her approval and patted her shoulder as Max walked away, grabbing her bike in the process.

" Hey there missy! Today's last hot run, 45 Running Street!" She just turned to Normal and indicated her watch, pointing at the pens of the watch. " Nuh-uh, Normal. My clock reads 4 minutes past 6, which means I've got the right to go home..." Normal glared at her after checking his own watch, seeing she was right. " One day, missy, you're gonna walk home because you ain't got a job no more! Now, get lost out of my sight... "

Max was just gonna reply something back to him when she in the corner of her eye caught someone walk inside Jam Pony. He was tall, really muscular built and a man she knew by name and through another friend; the man was Bling. What's he doing here? She thought, as she saw him walk up right to her.

" Hey, Max!" Max smiled back, she found approval of Bling. He was honest, had ideals, was a good friend of Logan's and stuck up for himself. She doubted she would ever know him if they hadn't met for Logan, but she always figured it was useful having friendly, male acquaintances.

" Hey Bling. Whatcha doing here?"

Max asked, watching as Bling brought forward a package and showed it to her. " Believe it or not, normal people needs packages being sent, as well." Max smiled at him, nodding. " You better hurry up. Normal's closing up the place soon.... See ya, Bling!"

He said goodbye to her and then walked over to the reception where Normal took the package, spluttering some stuff over it, placing a new tag on it. Max observed, then began to walk away, lost in thought. Nice to know that not everyone around Logan gets too involved in his life, being unable to build one for themselves...

She then thought of a thing- perhaps Bling would know the reason of Logan's sudden outburst! He was probably the person next to herself that knew Logan the best, and the closest. He had trained him for a long time now, and even though Bling's visits didn't occur as often as they had before, Max knew the two talked on a regularly basis. Perhaps he knew something...

Just as Bling was about to leave the place, Max stood outside of her working place, waiting for him.  He smiled again at seeing her, and instead of letting him stop, she walked by his side, greeting him again. She explained to him about what had happened last night, in detail. During Max whole story he remained silent, a serious look on his face.

After walking another good distance, he finally stopped. Max stopped her bike as well, looking up at Bling whose former happy features had now turned into a dead, serious look. She wondered what was wrong, this seemed serious. It didn't look like this was something unexpected as well, but Max figured that this wasn't just Bling expecting Logan to pop- this was something he'd been through before.

 " Max, how much has Logan told you about his parents, and family's death?"

Author's Note: Next chapter, Bling tells Max the story about his parents death...

Agmgdafan - You don't have to thank me for posting, it's my pleasure =) I agree, we really do need more M/L up'ere!

All Grown Up -  I know what you're saying, girl. I'm all for treats, that's one of the reason I decided to write some myself. I'm just contributing to M/L Shippy heaven, where I've always spent most time reading other people's stories!

MaxCale - Thanks, Boo!

Bella Luna 1213 - Thanks, good you're onboard =)

Roxy21 – I totally know what you're saying, my sistah. In "Gill Girl" we got to see Max sitting in Alec's lap, however it was the most non-sexual scene between two characters in DA; it was just pure fun!

Firmament – Yeah, I know it's pretty special. When I last visited my cousin in Sweden, they had a night that was rainy, with the moon shining in the sky. (no really heavy clouds) So I figured, if they can, hell then Seattle can to! =)

Kyre – You'll have to wait just a little more to see if you're right... ;) I havn't set the Timespan, actually since I like to think that people can set it to whenever they want to, but after this chapter I'm guessing it feels more like Season 1. Glad you tune in =)

Dag – You don't know how right you are! They are in denial! Didn't know that it was the show creators drawn line for Season 3, just figured that it was something M.A Collins conjured up with them in a meeting or something like that.... Thanks for the info!

Angie731 – Thanks :) You'll find out soon, but you got a tease in this chappie...

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