Triangle

Disclaimer: I don't own them coz if I did, then there would be a third season! Rating: PG Summary: Max, Logan and Alec – join the dots Pairing: M/L/A Author's note: I'm not particularly good at writing fanfics but I enjoy them, so why the heck not hey? This is my third DA fic but the first one I'm putting on the net, so please read and review!!!!

Chapter Five

The air between the two transgenics had once again stilled after it's brief burst of movement, leaving an eerily silent Seattle night in it's place.

Alec should have known better than to climb up onto Space Needle – it was an unspoken acceptance between them all that Space Needle belonged to Max at night. And it was just Alec's luck that he too had been seduced by it's amazing powers of allowing even the most complicated minds to unravel and think freely from just sitting on it. He should have known that Max would be up here. He had prayed she wouldn't be but a part of him had still hoped. He had felt a desperate need to apologise but his pride held him back. He had done nothing wrong. If anything, Max should be the one apologising and staring back at her at this particular moment, all he could do was hope.

"What are you doing here?" the words cut through the air, colder than the night itself.

He knew it had been too much to ask. Knowing also that if he opened his mouth now, he would regret it forever, Alec decided not to even dignify Max's question with a response. Putting his hands in his pockets, he turned to leave.

'Say something!' Max pleaded with herself, "Alec . . ."

He just kept on walking.

"Alec," Max called louder this time; "you don't have to leave."

Alec hesitated and then turned around to face her. He was curious as to what she wanted to say but even so he refused to get any closer. At this distance, he was safe. He could leave whenever Max's insults got too much but if they were going to have a civil conversation, then it was going to have to be utterly honest. Lying was not an option.

Max shifted slightly under Alec's intense gaze, he was giving her no route for escape.

"I . . ." she stuttered.

Alec's gaze never once moved.

"I know that sometimes . . . I'm a total bitch to you."

"Sometimes!" Alec scoffed.

"Most of the time," Max corrected herself, "but you . . . you just . . . drive me up the wall!" she yelled finally losing her temper, the one she had worked so hard to control up and till now. "You're always so full of it and you always seem to go out of your way to make my life hell! And recently, I mean, what the hell is your problem? You've been nothing but a jerk and a total asshole!"

"Is that all?" asked Alec, sounding completely unaffected.

"See, see what I mean? You're acting as though you haven't done anything wrong! Yes, I'll be the first one to apologise! I have been a bitch to you and I'm sorry but you . . . you won't even admit you've done wrong! I mean, you're not even a big enough guy to apologise. Not that I would have expected . . ."

"Sorry."

". . . any better . . what?" Max finished her ramblings to look back up at Alec.

"I'm sorry," he repeated, "I have been nothing but a big jerk these last few weeks. There is no excuse for my behaviour and I'm sorry."

Max stared at him wide eyed and now felt another need to apologise for her barrage of assaults.

"But even so, I don't deserve the crap I have to put up with from you," he finished.

"I know and I'm sorry," Max said quietly.

Alec smiled weakly, "we sure are perfecting the art of apologising today, aren't we?"

Max laughed softly, "yeah."

Alec let out a sigh, "can we just forget about it all and call a truce?"

"Sure"

"Good"

"But . . ." Max started.

"Oh great, here we go."

"I still get to kick your ass now and again."

"Always my ass, Maxie," grinned Alec.

"And no calling me Maxie!"

"Well if you get to kick my ass, I get to annoy the hell out of you, Maxie, it's only fair."

"Ok, ok, deal," Max agreed reaching her hand forward for a hand shake. Alec closed the gap between them, placed his hand in Max's and shook it once.

"So now we're back on speaking terms," he said casually after removing his hand from hers, "do you think you could, you know, cover for me at work tomorrow?"

Max punched him in the shoulder.

"Ow, Maxie, I said my ass, not my shoulder, head or any other part of my body for that matter."

"You're one big ass anyway."

"Hey, we're supposed to have called a truce remember?"

"I think I preferred being pissed at you."

"Well, what can I say Maxie, you can't live with me, you can't live without me."

Max went to take another swing at him but this time he had been prepared and grabbed onto her wrist before she could inflict anymore damage.

"See ya tomorrow," he whispered, leaning in closer to Max, before letting go, turning around and leaving.

Max remained firmly in place as she watched Alec disappear, Space Needle was now left feeling extremely empty. Why was it that her life was so much easier when he was being a jerk and when she was angry at him for one reason or another? If Max had to define the word 'confusing', Alec would be the first thing that would spring to her mind and it didn't look like that would be changing any time soon.

Ting – hmmmmm . . . . m/a or m/l? I'm not quite sure myself but I'm more of an m/a person, so I'm guessing it's gonna be m/a but I think you'll just have to wait and see!

Candyabble – I will try and put up the other two stories but I've got another three weeks of exams to go! They should be up some time after my exams are over.