Disclaimer: The same as always
A/N: Sorry it took us so long, RL just kept us busy- but now, thanks to Alaidh we finally got the betaed version up!
Have fun!
**
Nap time
When they'd finished lunch, Beth was the first to get up from the table. "Well, I think Sean, Nick and I will all take a short nap, which will leave the rest of you with doing the dishes."
"No problem!" Max stood up, happy to be able to help with something, and gathered the dishes from the table.
"And somebody has to take the boys to bed, so I have an excuse, too. Sorry guys!" Julie quickly stood up and helped first Sean then Nick from their stools and then led them upstairs.
Logan piled two bowls and some glasses in his lap and followed Max and Eric to the kitchen. He skilfully manoeuvred around the two other people in the kitchen. Max didn't bother to worry about him getting past her but Eric cast careful glances at his nephew.
Together they finished the chores quickly and retreated to the terrace to wait for the others to wake up.
"So how have you been lately, Logan? Still a journalist?" Eric stretched out in a comfy chair, letting the sun shine on his face.
Max plopped down on the garden chair beside Logan. "Yes, still is," she answered for him. "And not ashamed to use a good story as an excuse the get a girl on his hook," she winked.
"That's how he we met," she added. This story was at least mostly true and would save them both a lot of explanations.
"Really?!" Eric grinned.
"Yes," Logan nodded. "We are - were... business partners."
"You were," Eric raised an eyebrow. "I see."
"No, I mean, we still are. Max helps me out, doing a little legwork and ...research for me now and then. ...It's just, now we're - more than that." Logan grinned sheepishly. How should he have described their relationship?
"You don't have to explain. You always were a womaniser." He looked at Max with a twinkle in his eyes. "You know, whenever I saw him, he had a new girlfriend. All tall, blond, pretty…"
"Whoa, whoa, Eric. I've fought hard to make her believe I'm a nice guy!"
"No no, wait a minute, Logan!" Max interrupted him. "Anything else I should know?" she asked Eric, raising her eyebrow in mock concern.
Logan sighed and threw a cushion. "Be careful what you say!"
Max stretched out in her chair blinking at the bright blue sky. "I mean, he kind of had a strong come on the first time I met him," she smiled, thinking back to the day Logan had shown up at Crash.
"But I turned out to be nothing like that, right?"
Max frowned, acting as if she had to think hard. "No, actually," she finally said. "You seemed to be all business-like, when we met again...later." Max wasn't too sure if that had been the right thing to say. He had acted completely different after the shooting.
"I had my reasons," Logan said, suddenly not to happy about where this was going.
"He didn't make it easy for you, huh?" Eric took a sip of the lemonade he had brought. "You know, I remember one time he had brought a new girl with him. They had been together for like what? Two months? Anyway, they came here and went biking in the hills. Logan obviously wanted to impress his girl…"
Logan interrupted, again a slight sparkle in his eyes. "I didn't mean to impress her! I just lost control and I couldn't avoid having to go down that slope! I've told you over and over again!"
"So he wanted to impress the girl," Eric shot his nephew an amused look, "and went down the steepest slope he could find at full speed. Of course he didn't quite make it and landed pretty hard, broke his ankle. Caroline wanted to call an ambulance, but Logan talked her out of it and insisted on making his way back alone. They left the bikes behind and somehow made it back to my parents' house. He almost passed out because of the pain but we all had to force him to see a doctor. Well, he ended up with his foot in a cast and wasn't allowed to get up for a day or two. God he was so cranky! Caroline even slapped him at one point because he annoyed her to no end." Eric laughed.
"Yeah, I can imagine!" Max gently smiled at Logan and tapped his thigh. "He can be a real pain in the ass when it comes to admitting any weaknesses." She instantly knew this had been taken the wrong way again. Logan tensed and glared at her angrily.
"She wasn't more than a crush, so why should I have her take care of me? She just annoyed ME so much, treated me like a baby. Besides, I guess it's a little inadequate to compare a broken ankle with this, don't you think?"
Eric sensed the sudden tension and stood up with a sigh. "Well, you seem to be great couple though, much more than a crush, that's what matters now. I'm gonna go check on the others and find out when we can expect to leave."
Logan watched his uncle stroll back inside and then turned his head to look at Max. "He's right, you know."
When Eric had disappeared inside the house, Max stood up and went behind Logan to give him in a big hug. "Yeah, definitely." She knew there were a lot of things they still hadn't talked about. But it didn't have to be now. "Sorry, I didn't mean to address this," she said warmly and turned his chair around. "Okay, let's get ready so the others won't have to wait for us!"
"Don't worry. I know that we eventually will have to talk about all that, and I really have to learn to be a little more relaxed about it. You just gotta give me some time, okay?" He grabbed her around the waist and made her lean down so he could give her a soft kiss.
TBC…asap
A/N: Sorry it took us so long, RL just kept us busy- but now, thanks to Alaidh we finally got the betaed version up!
Have fun!
**
Nap time
When they'd finished lunch, Beth was the first to get up from the table. "Well, I think Sean, Nick and I will all take a short nap, which will leave the rest of you with doing the dishes."
"No problem!" Max stood up, happy to be able to help with something, and gathered the dishes from the table.
"And somebody has to take the boys to bed, so I have an excuse, too. Sorry guys!" Julie quickly stood up and helped first Sean then Nick from their stools and then led them upstairs.
Logan piled two bowls and some glasses in his lap and followed Max and Eric to the kitchen. He skilfully manoeuvred around the two other people in the kitchen. Max didn't bother to worry about him getting past her but Eric cast careful glances at his nephew.
Together they finished the chores quickly and retreated to the terrace to wait for the others to wake up.
"So how have you been lately, Logan? Still a journalist?" Eric stretched out in a comfy chair, letting the sun shine on his face.
Max plopped down on the garden chair beside Logan. "Yes, still is," she answered for him. "And not ashamed to use a good story as an excuse the get a girl on his hook," she winked.
"That's how he we met," she added. This story was at least mostly true and would save them both a lot of explanations.
"Really?!" Eric grinned.
"Yes," Logan nodded. "We are - were... business partners."
"You were," Eric raised an eyebrow. "I see."
"No, I mean, we still are. Max helps me out, doing a little legwork and ...research for me now and then. ...It's just, now we're - more than that." Logan grinned sheepishly. How should he have described their relationship?
"You don't have to explain. You always were a womaniser." He looked at Max with a twinkle in his eyes. "You know, whenever I saw him, he had a new girlfriend. All tall, blond, pretty…"
"Whoa, whoa, Eric. I've fought hard to make her believe I'm a nice guy!"
"No no, wait a minute, Logan!" Max interrupted him. "Anything else I should know?" she asked Eric, raising her eyebrow in mock concern.
Logan sighed and threw a cushion. "Be careful what you say!"
Max stretched out in her chair blinking at the bright blue sky. "I mean, he kind of had a strong come on the first time I met him," she smiled, thinking back to the day Logan had shown up at Crash.
"But I turned out to be nothing like that, right?"
Max frowned, acting as if she had to think hard. "No, actually," she finally said. "You seemed to be all business-like, when we met again...later." Max wasn't too sure if that had been the right thing to say. He had acted completely different after the shooting.
"I had my reasons," Logan said, suddenly not to happy about where this was going.
"He didn't make it easy for you, huh?" Eric took a sip of the lemonade he had brought. "You know, I remember one time he had brought a new girl with him. They had been together for like what? Two months? Anyway, they came here and went biking in the hills. Logan obviously wanted to impress his girl…"
Logan interrupted, again a slight sparkle in his eyes. "I didn't mean to impress her! I just lost control and I couldn't avoid having to go down that slope! I've told you over and over again!"
"So he wanted to impress the girl," Eric shot his nephew an amused look, "and went down the steepest slope he could find at full speed. Of course he didn't quite make it and landed pretty hard, broke his ankle. Caroline wanted to call an ambulance, but Logan talked her out of it and insisted on making his way back alone. They left the bikes behind and somehow made it back to my parents' house. He almost passed out because of the pain but we all had to force him to see a doctor. Well, he ended up with his foot in a cast and wasn't allowed to get up for a day or two. God he was so cranky! Caroline even slapped him at one point because he annoyed her to no end." Eric laughed.
"Yeah, I can imagine!" Max gently smiled at Logan and tapped his thigh. "He can be a real pain in the ass when it comes to admitting any weaknesses." She instantly knew this had been taken the wrong way again. Logan tensed and glared at her angrily.
"She wasn't more than a crush, so why should I have her take care of me? She just annoyed ME so much, treated me like a baby. Besides, I guess it's a little inadequate to compare a broken ankle with this, don't you think?"
Eric sensed the sudden tension and stood up with a sigh. "Well, you seem to be great couple though, much more than a crush, that's what matters now. I'm gonna go check on the others and find out when we can expect to leave."
Logan watched his uncle stroll back inside and then turned his head to look at Max. "He's right, you know."
When Eric had disappeared inside the house, Max stood up and went behind Logan to give him in a big hug. "Yeah, definitely." She knew there were a lot of things they still hadn't talked about. But it didn't have to be now. "Sorry, I didn't mean to address this," she said warmly and turned his chair around. "Okay, let's get ready so the others won't have to wait for us!"
"Don't worry. I know that we eventually will have to talk about all that, and I really have to learn to be a little more relaxed about it. You just gotta give me some time, okay?" He grabbed her around the waist and made her lean down so he could give her a soft kiss.
TBC…asap