Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel characters or plot. This story and the new characters within it, however, are my own.

A/N: Well...........I don't have lots to say so let's just head right on to the story.

Enjoy!

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Thoughts.

Thoughts flooded her mind.

Max had sat in the same position that Joshua had left her in for a few hours now.

She sat as Joshua's words of wisdom, and consequent departure, sent an influx of thoughts barraging into her mind.

Her head and heart tugged her in different directions.

Her ever alert head told her to be with the man who always had her back. To be with the man who taught her to function in society and who taught her to love. To be with the man who loved her absolutely. Her head told her to be with Logan.

Her heart, which sounded much like OC, was telling her to be with the man who made her smile when she felt like crap. To be with the man who took her abuse but still stood by her side through the bad times as well as the good. To be with the man who understood her; both what she portrays to the outside and what she hides on the inside, her insecurities and her dreams. Her heart told her to be with Alec.

Hours of excruciating thought.

Logan or Alec?

She knew the answer really.

Well, she thought she did.

Why did she kiss Alec if she loved Logan so much?

Because she got carried away with his sweet, concerned sentiments?

Well, that was the answer she was telling herself, but she knew it wasn't true.

Because she didn't love Logan anymore; not in that context anyway?

Part of the truth.

Because she didn't love Logan but loved Alec?

Getting closer.

Because she didn't love Logan, but loved Alec with all of her being; heart, soul and body.

There we go. The whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Or is it?

Thoughts.

More damn thoughts.

Well the Logan issue was true. She didn't love him like she used to.

But did she love Alec?

He was very delectable. Scrumptious in the best sense of the word. Not clean cut but not too rough. Just right; perfect. A beautiful specimen that was, not only, good on the eyes but also witty, intelligent, funny, caring and brave as well as cocky and annoying; but she loved that about him just as much.

So was it just lust?

Alec challenged her. From the moment they first met to that very day. He was someone who made her feel alive. He was someone who understood that she was independent but also understood that she needed help. That was the thing. He understood her like no one else did, like Logan never could. He had gone through all the same things she had and even more. He had experienced the highs and lows that she, herself, had also experienced.

So was it love?

Max put the pillow she had been hugging down beside her and howled in frustration. The sound was heightened because of the quiet that the night held. Max stood and walked to her window, where the moonlight flowed in.

Deep down she knew who she was going to be with; who she wanted to be with, but her pride was the thing that kept her back. For as long as she could remember, she had been yelling, blaming, cursing, just overall abusing Alec for everything that had gone wrong in her life. She had made it very public on her feelings towards him; that she didn't like him and only put up with him for the good of transgenic kind. Well, it seems her emotions have changed. Was she prepared to overcome her pride to be with him?

She looked out at the TC before her. She scanned the area, letting her eyes fall to the block where Alec's apartment stood.

A sigh slipped from her lips.

In the apartment next door to the one Max watched...............

............................lust or love was being tested.

His taste was sweet, her smell even sweeter.

"Well....." he said quietly, his face mere millimetres from hers.

"Hmm..." she replied avoiding his eyes.

He could see the anticipation and fear through her nervous actions.

"Can I do that again?" he whispered soft but low, positioning himself closer to her.

Her hazel eyes locked onto his. He looked back, twinkling eyes unblinking proving his honesty. She nodded.

He moved in, capturing her in a kiss again.

Passion inflamed them both.

His taste drove her crazy just as her scent drove him wild.

"Haze?" he whispered as he gazed at her face which was illuminated with the white light that entered the apartment in bands, "It's been three months, hasn't it?"

"Yes." She whispered from below him. They were so close that as she spoke her lips brushed his.

He closed his eyes and breathed in. The air around them was infused with Hazel's spicy scent of vanilla and cinnamon; a scent that Alec adored.

He opened his eyes once again as she averted her own. He smiled slightly and leaned in to kiss her neck. She shivered under his touch. He moved his lips to her ear and spoke almost inaudibly. "Do you mind if I do that?"

She shook her head 'no'.

He sent a series of soft kisses across her jaw line. The heartbeat beneath him accelerated. He smiled again at what his movements caused in her. "How 'bout that?" he asked with a hushed, husky voice

She looked straight into his eyes, down at his lips, then back into his intense hazel eyes. "No." she whispered.

On that serene night, in that still room, he took her again.

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A/N: So how'd you all like this chapter. Review and tell.

If any of you didn't understand the 'three months' remark, what it talks about is that an X5 female's Heat cycle happens every three months, so what Alec was saying was that she was in Heat again. *I did this 'cos I wanted them sleeping together to be forgivable*

Anywayz, I hope you liked the chapter and I'll be uploading again soon.

So until next time,

unspoken-beauty