The Surprise
Summary to this chapter: Max sits OC down and tries to explain what happened in Vancouver.
Chapter 2 Revised: Explanations.....well sort of.
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OC's eyes widened in shock and for the first time in her life, Original Cindy was speechless.
"Um...hi, OC," said Alec sheepishly, though secretly enjoying the sight of Original Cindy's mouth hanging open like that. OC opened and closed her mouth repeatedly for five minutes attempting to think of something to say but the only sound in the room was the baby crying.
"Here, give her to me," said Max walking over to Alec with her arms ready to receive the baby, then making 'cooing noises' when she did. OC's expression changed from shock to anger when her brain finally registered what was happening. "Boo! Why didn't you tell me?" were the first words she could manage.
Not waiting on an answer, she charged over to Alec and slapped him around the back of the head. "And you! You selfish pig! You knock my girl up?" she asked though it was really more of a statement than a question. She slapped him again then headed back towards the sofa. "I need to sit down."
Max couldn't help but grin at OC's reaction. "I guess I'd better explain. What exactly do you want to know?" she asked trying to keep a straight face.
"Well first of all why didn't you tell me, I mean we talked on the phone all the time and I'm pretty sure you didn't mention it once, 'cause I sure as hell would have remembered you telling me that!"
"I didn't really know how to," Max began, "I mean I couldn't just ring you up and say 'Hey OC how's it going? By the way, I'm pregnant. For some reason it didn't have the right ring to it."
"So this's why you were avoiding Logan," said OC, everything finally making sense, well as much sense as it was going to make to her at this particular moment in time. "And I suppose it's also the reason why yous took an extra four and a half months," OC said calming down a little bit.
"Yeah, once I found out I was pregnant Alec didn't want me going on the late night raids but I did anyway up until I reached seven months but the Alec insisted on doing it by himself which meant it was going to take twice the remaining amount of time," she explained.
The baby had finally stopped crying and was drifting back to sleep so Max gave her back to Alec. "I'm putting her back in her cot then I'm going back to bed. See you later OC," he said, still half asleep as he headed back into the bedroom.
"So are you and Alec together now?" Original Cindy asked as she noticed her best friend watching Alec walking away.
"Yes . . . are you mad that I didn't tell you?" Max asked sitting back down beside OC.
"Just let me know one thing, straight up, are you happy?"
"Extremely."
"Then no. I will admit that Original Cindy was mad and first but it was mostly shock. So spill, how did this all happen?"
"Aren't you supposed to get this talk from your mother?" said Max
smiling.
"What the whole 'When two people love each other very much . . .' thing?"
Max nodded.
"Well that's the bit Original Cindy doesn't get. Before yous went off gallivanting, you were ready to kill each other! I mean I know they say that there is a fine line between love and hate but don't you think you two are pushing that theory just a little?"
"See that's the thing, I don't think I ever really hated Alec, he was just the easiest person to blame for, well, everything I suppose!"
"So what changed your perspective?"
"A lot of things I guess, like simply spending time with him without already having decided that I was pissed of with him and just getting to know him. After spending some quality time with him I realised that I had never really taken the time to get to know him properly and when I did found out that I liked him a lot more than I thought. You know he's not really the bad ass he likes to think he is. "
"Hold it there is the same guy we are talkin' bout Boo? The Alec I know is selfish and always looking out for number one. That's why you were always bitching about him."
"Look I thought he was like that too. But I'll tell you the real turning point for me. About a month in, we were on our usual nightly raid. It was just supposed to be like all the other ones. Get in, get more info on their plans and weaknesses and get out. You'd be surprised at how easy it was, we weren't even spotted, which I know was a good thing but I was expecting a challenge but anyway.
This night we were planning to grab the files from the lab computer, about all of the transgenics ever created and plans for the new ones. Well I was supposed to download the file onto the disk while Alec did watch out a few corridors away on the guard's station. But after I finished downloading I came across the security system and I tried to bypass it so that we could access it from the laptop we had but I did the wrong thing and set of the alarms that sent guards in my direction through the shortcut to where I was that we didn't know about at the time. Alec heard this and broke into the nearest room to set off alarms in there to take the heat of me. When he saw me near the exit he told me to get out, for me to get out that was all that mattered. I couldn't believe it but what I found even harder to believe was how worried I was about him. He stayed there and fought the guards while I just jumped out a window to safety. I felt so guilty. I was never more relieved in my entire life than when he walked into our apartment half an hour later."
Original Cindy sat in awed silence, she had always guesses that underneath he had a bit of a soft spot for the woman who was always beating him up but she didn't think it was anything of that extent.
"So then what?" she asked genuinely intrigued. How exactly did you go from realising he was a nice guy to playing Happy Families with him?"
"Well when he returned that night . . ." she started, as she began to recollect the events of that night.
~~~#FLASHBACK#~~~
When she heard the door opening, she ran over, flung her arms around Alec, and hugged him so tight that after a minute he had to say, "Max I may be an X5 and all but much longer of this all the air will be squeezed out of me and then no more Alec, and we all know what a shame that would be."
She reluctantly let go and then pulled herself back to arms length to inspect his body for injuries. He had a minor cut on his head and there was a slight tear in his jacket but apart from that, he seemed fine. "You know Max, I know I'm hot and all but I'm sure you could've found a better time to check me out."
He laughed as she hit him on the shoulder where thanks to her there was a permanent bruise, but she couldn't help but grin the way he managed to make light of every situation. "I'm off to bed, see you tomorrow Maxie."
As he took off his jacket and flung it on to a near by chair Max gasped as she saw blood rushing from his arm from the area where there had been a hole in his jacket. "What?" asked Alec turning round.
"You're bleeding; I'll go get the supplies."
She headed towards the bathroom and came back with bandages, tweezers, cotton wool and antiseptic. "Take off your shirt," she ordered. "Geez Max you certainly do pick your moments," he remarked, earning himself a whack around the back of his head so he decided to do as he was told.
~~~#End Flashback#~~~
The door knocking interrupted her. "Why am I always been interrupted tonight?"
"Yeah," mumbled OC, "and always when you are getting to the good part." Max opened the door and as she expected she found Logan there.
"Max," he whispered. He looked relieved at first then all of a sudden, he became angry. "What are you doing here Max?"
"Logan, keep your voice down," she said in a loud whisper realising he might wake the baby and probably Alec, and then there would be hell to pay. Logan however, paid no attention to her and continued to shout.
"No, why should I? Why didn't you call me when you got back? Why didn't you call me when you were away for that matter? I was worried out of my mind when I rang OC's and she hung up, it thought White had found you!"
As he continued to yell at her, Max retreated to the sofa where OC had planted herself, realising that there was no way around it and allowed Logan to enter the apartment. Max winced as he slammed the door behind him and moments later the now familiar sound of crying reached her ears.
"And Alec's? You are at Alec's after spending over a . . ." He stopped as he too heard the crying. "Now you've done it," muttered OC.
"Max what is that sound?" He asked bewildered.
"Logan there is something you should know..."
A/N: next chapter in a few days, possibly tomorrow, it really depends on how much coursework I plan on avoiding! ____________
Summary to this chapter: Max sits OC down and tries to explain what happened in Vancouver.
Chapter 2 Revised: Explanations.....well sort of.
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OC's eyes widened in shock and for the first time in her life, Original Cindy was speechless.
"Um...hi, OC," said Alec sheepishly, though secretly enjoying the sight of Original Cindy's mouth hanging open like that. OC opened and closed her mouth repeatedly for five minutes attempting to think of something to say but the only sound in the room was the baby crying.
"Here, give her to me," said Max walking over to Alec with her arms ready to receive the baby, then making 'cooing noises' when she did. OC's expression changed from shock to anger when her brain finally registered what was happening. "Boo! Why didn't you tell me?" were the first words she could manage.
Not waiting on an answer, she charged over to Alec and slapped him around the back of the head. "And you! You selfish pig! You knock my girl up?" she asked though it was really more of a statement than a question. She slapped him again then headed back towards the sofa. "I need to sit down."
Max couldn't help but grin at OC's reaction. "I guess I'd better explain. What exactly do you want to know?" she asked trying to keep a straight face.
"Well first of all why didn't you tell me, I mean we talked on the phone all the time and I'm pretty sure you didn't mention it once, 'cause I sure as hell would have remembered you telling me that!"
"I didn't really know how to," Max began, "I mean I couldn't just ring you up and say 'Hey OC how's it going? By the way, I'm pregnant. For some reason it didn't have the right ring to it."
"So this's why you were avoiding Logan," said OC, everything finally making sense, well as much sense as it was going to make to her at this particular moment in time. "And I suppose it's also the reason why yous took an extra four and a half months," OC said calming down a little bit.
"Yeah, once I found out I was pregnant Alec didn't want me going on the late night raids but I did anyway up until I reached seven months but the Alec insisted on doing it by himself which meant it was going to take twice the remaining amount of time," she explained.
The baby had finally stopped crying and was drifting back to sleep so Max gave her back to Alec. "I'm putting her back in her cot then I'm going back to bed. See you later OC," he said, still half asleep as he headed back into the bedroom.
"So are you and Alec together now?" Original Cindy asked as she noticed her best friend watching Alec walking away.
"Yes . . . are you mad that I didn't tell you?" Max asked sitting back down beside OC.
"Just let me know one thing, straight up, are you happy?"
"Extremely."
"Then no. I will admit that Original Cindy was mad and first but it was mostly shock. So spill, how did this all happen?"
"Aren't you supposed to get this talk from your mother?" said Max
smiling.
"What the whole 'When two people love each other very much . . .' thing?"
Max nodded.
"Well that's the bit Original Cindy doesn't get. Before yous went off gallivanting, you were ready to kill each other! I mean I know they say that there is a fine line between love and hate but don't you think you two are pushing that theory just a little?"
"See that's the thing, I don't think I ever really hated Alec, he was just the easiest person to blame for, well, everything I suppose!"
"So what changed your perspective?"
"A lot of things I guess, like simply spending time with him without already having decided that I was pissed of with him and just getting to know him. After spending some quality time with him I realised that I had never really taken the time to get to know him properly and when I did found out that I liked him a lot more than I thought. You know he's not really the bad ass he likes to think he is. "
"Hold it there is the same guy we are talkin' bout Boo? The Alec I know is selfish and always looking out for number one. That's why you were always bitching about him."
"Look I thought he was like that too. But I'll tell you the real turning point for me. About a month in, we were on our usual nightly raid. It was just supposed to be like all the other ones. Get in, get more info on their plans and weaknesses and get out. You'd be surprised at how easy it was, we weren't even spotted, which I know was a good thing but I was expecting a challenge but anyway.
This night we were planning to grab the files from the lab computer, about all of the transgenics ever created and plans for the new ones. Well I was supposed to download the file onto the disk while Alec did watch out a few corridors away on the guard's station. But after I finished downloading I came across the security system and I tried to bypass it so that we could access it from the laptop we had but I did the wrong thing and set of the alarms that sent guards in my direction through the shortcut to where I was that we didn't know about at the time. Alec heard this and broke into the nearest room to set off alarms in there to take the heat of me. When he saw me near the exit he told me to get out, for me to get out that was all that mattered. I couldn't believe it but what I found even harder to believe was how worried I was about him. He stayed there and fought the guards while I just jumped out a window to safety. I felt so guilty. I was never more relieved in my entire life than when he walked into our apartment half an hour later."
Original Cindy sat in awed silence, she had always guesses that underneath he had a bit of a soft spot for the woman who was always beating him up but she didn't think it was anything of that extent.
"So then what?" she asked genuinely intrigued. How exactly did you go from realising he was a nice guy to playing Happy Families with him?"
"Well when he returned that night . . ." she started, as she began to recollect the events of that night.
~~~#FLASHBACK#~~~
When she heard the door opening, she ran over, flung her arms around Alec, and hugged him so tight that after a minute he had to say, "Max I may be an X5 and all but much longer of this all the air will be squeezed out of me and then no more Alec, and we all know what a shame that would be."
She reluctantly let go and then pulled herself back to arms length to inspect his body for injuries. He had a minor cut on his head and there was a slight tear in his jacket but apart from that, he seemed fine. "You know Max, I know I'm hot and all but I'm sure you could've found a better time to check me out."
He laughed as she hit him on the shoulder where thanks to her there was a permanent bruise, but she couldn't help but grin the way he managed to make light of every situation. "I'm off to bed, see you tomorrow Maxie."
As he took off his jacket and flung it on to a near by chair Max gasped as she saw blood rushing from his arm from the area where there had been a hole in his jacket. "What?" asked Alec turning round.
"You're bleeding; I'll go get the supplies."
She headed towards the bathroom and came back with bandages, tweezers, cotton wool and antiseptic. "Take off your shirt," she ordered. "Geez Max you certainly do pick your moments," he remarked, earning himself a whack around the back of his head so he decided to do as he was told.
~~~#End Flashback#~~~
The door knocking interrupted her. "Why am I always been interrupted tonight?"
"Yeah," mumbled OC, "and always when you are getting to the good part." Max opened the door and as she expected she found Logan there.
"Max," he whispered. He looked relieved at first then all of a sudden, he became angry. "What are you doing here Max?"
"Logan, keep your voice down," she said in a loud whisper realising he might wake the baby and probably Alec, and then there would be hell to pay. Logan however, paid no attention to her and continued to shout.
"No, why should I? Why didn't you call me when you got back? Why didn't you call me when you were away for that matter? I was worried out of my mind when I rang OC's and she hung up, it thought White had found you!"
As he continued to yell at her, Max retreated to the sofa where OC had planted herself, realising that there was no way around it and allowed Logan to enter the apartment. Max winced as he slammed the door behind him and moments later the now familiar sound of crying reached her ears.
"And Alec's? You are at Alec's after spending over a . . ." He stopped as he too heard the crying. "Now you've done it," muttered OC.
"Max what is that sound?" He asked bewildered.
"Logan there is something you should know..."
A/N: next chapter in a few days, possibly tomorrow, it really depends on how much coursework I plan on avoiding! ____________