Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel characters or plot but I do own this story and the new characters within it.

A/N: Hey everyone It's me again. Now have I got a chapter for you!!!

I'm feeling a bit better about the writing in this but it is MOST DEFINITELY gonna cause a STIR!!!

(cue evil cackle)

LOADS of you are going to HATE this chapter. Ooh.........it's good!

Keep in mind that this chapter, for those who are going to hate it, is part of the whole making it hard for Max and Alec to be together thing. I'll tell you more after you've read the chapter.

Hope you enjoy!!!

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It had been a long day for everyone. Checks were being made on all supplies and defences. Everything that needed repaired was being repaired and everything that needed to be replaced, replaced.

Night had officially fallen, early dawn had begun by the time Alec entered the 'Barcode'.

After their exhausting day, any sane transgenic was tucked up warm - or relatively warm - in their respective rooms, fast asleep. So the place was quiet, with only a couple of transgenics up after all the work that had gone on. One of the few hybrids around was Hazel. He went and took a seat next to X5 friend.

She sat quietly, drink in hand. When she noticed motion beside her she turned quickly, shrieking as she almost fell from lack of balance caused by the lack of sobriety.

"I was going to offer to get you another one but it seems you've had enough." Said Alec as he helped her onto the seat again.

She just shrugged and drained her glass.

They sat in comfortable silence for a long while until she turned to him and said quietly with a slurred voice, "I love you, ya know?"

"I love you too." He said naturally.

She chuckled bitterly and said, "Now you don't. You love Max."

Alec didn't say anything.

Hazel continued but this time more to herself than him, "But she loves the Ordinary. What's his face?"

"Logan." Alec answered simply.

"Yeah him." She said then turning to him, again a bottle of scotch raised, "You know, I don't know why you're not drinkin' this either. You're in the same boat as me, aren't ya?"

She held the bottle to him and he took it from her and placed it on the bar counter.

"I've tried but it doesn't do much." He said, taking her glass away from her as well while she concentrated on him talking.

"Aah, but you haven't had this, have you? This..........." she said indicating the bottle in font of them, ".........this will do the trick."

Alec smiled forlornly and looked at her.

She huffed before saying, "Look, Tomcat. Cindy and Sketch have gone. And we can't be with the one's we love. So take a sip and see. It's the good stuff ya know. Not the diluted crap we usually have ta drink."

Alec nodded and poured himself some. He took a sip and closed his eyes at the warm sensation the rich brown liquid gave him.

"You're right. It is good." He replied pouring some more.

"It's 'cos I'm always right." She said taking another bottle from beside her and swigging a gulp from it.

"Dis one'sgood too." She said her voice more garbled than before. She set that bottle down as well.

"Where'd you get it from?" he asked savouring the taste.

"Mole's secret stash." She said grinning.

"What?" Alec turned to her smiling.

"Yep." She said, emphasising it with a nod, "Our Mole, must have one heck of troubled love life to be wantin' ta drink tha' much of this good stuff."

Alec chuckled; Mole and love didn't seem to go together.

The night carried on, both drinking and stories being told in between bottles, both sharing their sorrow together.

Meanwhile Max was having a different conversation with Joshua.

Josh had gone round to Max's apartment to see why Alec had gotten so angry earlier. She explained the whole messy situation to the wise transgenic.

"Little fella..........Joshua is not experienced in jiggy matters but thinks what you did was wrong." He said innocently.

If it wasn't for the crap she was in, she would have probably laughed at the 'jiggy' reference.

"I know Josh but.......but I've wanted to be with Logan for so long, I can't just abandon him! I......just......now I feel things for Alec as well. And I can touch him which is a bonus. I've........I cannot believe I'm just about to say this to you...........but I've been craving the touch of someone. The touch of Alec." She concluded as she paced the room in front of the big dog man.

"So you only want to get busy with Medium Fella. You don't love him?" asked Joshua sitting back on the old dusty couch she had.

"Err..........well.........see....that's the thing.......I don't know." Said Max taking a seat next to her friend.

"If he died tomorrow, how would you feel?" he asked watching her closely.

Max thought about that question for a while. She couldn't imagine a world without Alec. It would be so dull, so grey, so lacking. Her life would be left incomplete.

She turned to look at Joshua. He seemed to read her mind and nodded with understanding.

"You have your answer then. Now you've just got to tell Alec." He said standing up, "I have to go and baby sit for Gem. Do the right thing little fella." Joshua left after pausing at the door; just in time to see Max curl up on her sofa, hugging the same cushion that Alec had hugged just a few hours ago.

At the bar both Alec and Hazel were now sufficiently drunk.

"Ya know......" slurred Alec leaning forward at the table they were both now sitting at, "I've loved her for a long time now. She kissed me a few weeks ago. Then she stopped talking to me. Then she confessed that she actually did like me. And then she.........she said she wanted to sleep with me............needed to sleep with me." He said shaking his head.

Hazel looked at him, her head cocked to one side. After a moment of pensive thought she said, "So?"

Alec sighed deeply, gazing at the bottle in his hand, before answering, "She only wants to sleep with me. No strings attached sorta way."

Hazel listened stunned at the story, "She wants to use you?"

He nodded and took a swig from the bottle.

"She just wants to be bonk buddies?" she asked again.

Alec laughed, "Where do you come up wit chour names?"

Hazel started giggling again before abruptly stopping. Alec did too.

His faced turned sad and he said, "Yep, she just wants to be bonk buddies."

They started laughing again but when Hazel fell off her seat again, Alec said, "C'mon. I'll take you home."

Hazel only nodded as she hung to Alec. They both managed to stumble their way through the currently deserted courtyard, to her apartment. He opened the door for her and they both tripped, promptly falling to the ground.

Alec kicked the door shut from his horizontal position and turned to Hazel; who was getting comfy for sleep in her new location, on ripped carpet that adorned her home.

"Ya know it'd just be easier if I fell in love wit chu." He said causing her to turn to face him.

"Then why don't chu?" she said, her long hair framing her face and body as she moved fully to face him.

He shrugged his shoulders, which was difficult as he was on his side, "Dunno. Maybe I should."

There was no light in the apartment, save the muffled moonlight that entered the room through its lone window. The soft light that managed to enter trickled over the floor, revealing Alec leaning in to kiss Hazel delicately.

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A/N: SO WHAT DID YOU ALL THINK? Yep, knew it was gonna cause a bit of an uproar!

Anywayz, before you all review sending me all your hate mail, hear me out!

I've already warned you all that this story isn't going to be an easy love. All the characters are going to make mistakes and this story is going to take many twists as well as turns until we reach the love.

If you've got any questions, ask them in your reviews and I'll answer them either by email or in my next upload.

SHOUT OUT TO REVIEWERS:

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A NOTE FOR RECURRING REVIEWERS: LAKERGIRL(): You are one of the people who has backed me on the whole Hazel thing and I wanna thank you for it. You helped make up my mind on a few issues. SOCKBRAIN: I appreciate your honesty and input, so please keep on reviewing. Oh, I'm also currently reading your fanfiction 'Alpha Male' and it's really good! TING: You are source of constant positivity and help me keep going. Thanks so much! Diamond*Princess: Thanks for your reviews and I'm so glad you enjoy the story. And I hope to hear from you soon!

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