A/N: Hey! This chapter is dedicated to GameGirl452. I truly couldn't do
this chapter with out your ideas and suggestions. I'm going to put some of
them to use right now! So everybody, give her a very big. "THANK YOU!!"
Also thanks to Jen Drake and ringo-gurl07, your ideas are going into use.
;)
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"Ummm.Alec."
"I'd have to say Alec."
"Alec, of course. Like, DUH!" (That got more than one person to roll their eyes.)
"Alec."
"Alec."
"Alec, my man!"
"Alec would be my choice."
"Definitely Alec."
"Alec would most likely be the best protector for Max in my opinion."
"Well," Dix sighed, "we certainly have a lot of different answers for, 'who do you think should be Max's protector?' Great idea, Mole."
"I though it would help."
"Well, we can't tell hot boy or my boo about these . . .results." OC broke in. "It wasn't a bad idea, it just didn't work, along with the rest of the questions. I gotta say though, There are about ten males that I REFUSE to let even TOUCH my boo." Cindy put a stack of papers in the trash and all four of the 'judges' sighed.
"Joshua thinks Alec as protector. That's the plan. Max and Alec gettin busy."
"Fool, don't you be saying that! Cindy would have heard. Don't make her put the smack-down on your . . .tail."
"Cindy, Joshua see Alec stare. Alec good protector. Strong. More than likes Little Fella."
"Yeah, I see it too suga. But neither of them would agree to it."
"Joshua have a plan."
"Okay Josh how is this gonna happen? We've got to make this quick incase either of them come." Mole said quietly. Neither of them could hear this conversation, or the whole thing would be ruined.
"We have to have Alec, ya know, show them how it's done. He has to participate. Then, FINALLY my boo will see what we see. Or at least come close."
"Joshua know Alec will fight for Max." Everyone looked confused.
"Alec tell Joshua about dream. Many same dream." OC was starting to get an idea.
"Boo, what was hot boy's dream about?"
"Max and Alec gettin' busy. Alec in Max apartment, and don't want drink."
"Oh, my. Boo, they have it worse than I thought. We got to get 'em together. They've been having the same dream. He has to be the one."
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Max woke up in a sweat. The words 'Not to drink' said in his extremely sexy *NO! NOT SEXY! Liar! Now that I think about it, he is rather . . .MAX! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED! Why? What is so wrong? OH CRAP! * "I'm . . . I'm in heat?!" *Wait, you should be sure. YEAH, SMART; GO FIND A GUY TO BANG 'JUST IN CASE.' PUH-LEASE! But I might not be . . . YOU WERE DREAMING OF ALEC! I've been doing that for longer than my heat lasts. Wait . . . YES, GO CHECK FOR HEAT SYMTOMS!!! * Max ran out of the apartment before the inner battle could continue. It was driving her crazy. She quickly went looking for any male possible.
Biggs, minding his own business and returning from questioning, was unaware of the situations at hand. As he turned the corner, he smacked into a very frazzled Max.
"Sorry Max."
"It's okay . . . hey Biggs?"
"Yeah?"
"Do I smell?" *Great Maxie, the subtle approach was really the way to go. *
Biggs was clearly not sure how to answer this, and his eyes widened and his mouth hung open. "Umm . . .what?"
*Okay, not feeling very attracted to him. That's good. But he thinks I'm insane. That's bad. Smooth as usual. * "Okay, you're not going to have to answer that. And this never happened."
Max ran off, leaving a VERY confused Biggs and went to find the only person who could possibly make sense of this. Then she stopped dead in her tracks. *What do I do, come out and say, 'Alec, please kiss me so I can figure out if I'm attracted to you or if I'm in heat?' Not gonna work. * She turned around, smacking once again into a still startled Biggs.
"Sorry again!!" Max called as she blurred back to her apartment to wait for Cindy.
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A knock on the door woke Alec out of his dream that he was becoming very familiar with. He trudged over to the door, still in his boxers. Yawning he opened it to reveal a flustered Biggs.
"What now Biggs? I was having a very nice dream."
"Umm . . .why weren't you at questioning?"
"Oh, I'm a judge. Is that all?"
"Judge? Are you serious?"
"Yes, I'm serious. I SERIOUSLY want to go back to bed."
"But you should be part of this whole thing. I mean you and Max . . ." Biggs wasn't sure how to continue. He knew Alec had a thing for Max and didn't get the point of this whole episode. It was useless. Everyone who was around him knew there was something between the two of them. Then something clicked in his mind. It hadn't occurred to him that neither one of the stubborn transgenics would agree to that arrangement. Biggs had to visit TC.
"Speaking of Max, have you seen her?" 'This never happened.'
"Yeah. Acting odd though." Smart, go against a ladies word.
"What do you mean?" Alec was suddenly awake. Biggs had proved his theory.
"Asked me strange questions, things like that. Smacked into me twice. Didn't seem to pay a whole lot of attention. Why?" Biggs was met with silence. Alec didn't know why.
"What did she ask you?"
"Err . . .I'm not sure if I should . . ." The phrase 'this never happened,' repeated in his mind.
Alec couldn't take it any more. He picked Biggs up by the collar and asked, "What did she ask you?"
"She wanted to know if she smelled." An odd look overcame Alec and he dropped Biggs . . .a bit to harshly. Biggs hit the ground with a large thud. Alec was wondering what the hell she had meant by that.
"Then she told me that it never happened."
"Then why did you tell me?"
"Because you wanted to know."
"You betrayed her." Biggs simply rolled his eyes.
"I think you should participate in the whole protector thing. I mean, you're overprotective enough for the job." This thought hit Alec a bit too close to home. He had been thinking of a way to show Max that he should be her protector. He had been thinking of a way to show her he cared for a while. But he still hadn't come up with anything. Biggs was his best friend after all, and he should be willing to help.
"Biggs, I don't know where to start. Well,"
"You are madly in love with Max and think you should participate in the contest but also want to help get rid of possibilities and you are torn between competing and judging. And you want my help planning to show her you care."
Alec was dumbfounded. "Ye . . .yeah. How did you. . .?"
"I just know you. Plus you seemed very concerned about Max." Great. He was easy to read.
"And yes, I will help you."
"I think I need to lie down. I mean, Max being able to read some of my thought is bad enough, but TWO people. . . I don't know if I can handle this with out a drink and some sleep." Alec mumbled shuffling towards the bedroom. "Thanks again buddy."
"No problem."
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"Ummm.Alec."
"I'd have to say Alec."
"Alec, of course. Like, DUH!" (That got more than one person to roll their eyes.)
"Alec."
"Alec."
"Alec, my man!"
"Alec would be my choice."
"Definitely Alec."
"Alec would most likely be the best protector for Max in my opinion."
"Well," Dix sighed, "we certainly have a lot of different answers for, 'who do you think should be Max's protector?' Great idea, Mole."
"I though it would help."
"Well, we can't tell hot boy or my boo about these . . .results." OC broke in. "It wasn't a bad idea, it just didn't work, along with the rest of the questions. I gotta say though, There are about ten males that I REFUSE to let even TOUCH my boo." Cindy put a stack of papers in the trash and all four of the 'judges' sighed.
"Joshua thinks Alec as protector. That's the plan. Max and Alec gettin busy."
"Fool, don't you be saying that! Cindy would have heard. Don't make her put the smack-down on your . . .tail."
"Cindy, Joshua see Alec stare. Alec good protector. Strong. More than likes Little Fella."
"Yeah, I see it too suga. But neither of them would agree to it."
"Joshua have a plan."
"Okay Josh how is this gonna happen? We've got to make this quick incase either of them come." Mole said quietly. Neither of them could hear this conversation, or the whole thing would be ruined.
"We have to have Alec, ya know, show them how it's done. He has to participate. Then, FINALLY my boo will see what we see. Or at least come close."
"Joshua know Alec will fight for Max." Everyone looked confused.
"Alec tell Joshua about dream. Many same dream." OC was starting to get an idea.
"Boo, what was hot boy's dream about?"
"Max and Alec gettin' busy. Alec in Max apartment, and don't want drink."
"Oh, my. Boo, they have it worse than I thought. We got to get 'em together. They've been having the same dream. He has to be the one."
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Max woke up in a sweat. The words 'Not to drink' said in his extremely sexy *NO! NOT SEXY! Liar! Now that I think about it, he is rather . . .MAX! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED! Why? What is so wrong? OH CRAP! * "I'm . . . I'm in heat?!" *Wait, you should be sure. YEAH, SMART; GO FIND A GUY TO BANG 'JUST IN CASE.' PUH-LEASE! But I might not be . . . YOU WERE DREAMING OF ALEC! I've been doing that for longer than my heat lasts. Wait . . . YES, GO CHECK FOR HEAT SYMTOMS!!! * Max ran out of the apartment before the inner battle could continue. It was driving her crazy. She quickly went looking for any male possible.
Biggs, minding his own business and returning from questioning, was unaware of the situations at hand. As he turned the corner, he smacked into a very frazzled Max.
"Sorry Max."
"It's okay . . . hey Biggs?"
"Yeah?"
"Do I smell?" *Great Maxie, the subtle approach was really the way to go. *
Biggs was clearly not sure how to answer this, and his eyes widened and his mouth hung open. "Umm . . .what?"
*Okay, not feeling very attracted to him. That's good. But he thinks I'm insane. That's bad. Smooth as usual. * "Okay, you're not going to have to answer that. And this never happened."
Max ran off, leaving a VERY confused Biggs and went to find the only person who could possibly make sense of this. Then she stopped dead in her tracks. *What do I do, come out and say, 'Alec, please kiss me so I can figure out if I'm attracted to you or if I'm in heat?' Not gonna work. * She turned around, smacking once again into a still startled Biggs.
"Sorry again!!" Max called as she blurred back to her apartment to wait for Cindy.
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A knock on the door woke Alec out of his dream that he was becoming very familiar with. He trudged over to the door, still in his boxers. Yawning he opened it to reveal a flustered Biggs.
"What now Biggs? I was having a very nice dream."
"Umm . . .why weren't you at questioning?"
"Oh, I'm a judge. Is that all?"
"Judge? Are you serious?"
"Yes, I'm serious. I SERIOUSLY want to go back to bed."
"But you should be part of this whole thing. I mean you and Max . . ." Biggs wasn't sure how to continue. He knew Alec had a thing for Max and didn't get the point of this whole episode. It was useless. Everyone who was around him knew there was something between the two of them. Then something clicked in his mind. It hadn't occurred to him that neither one of the stubborn transgenics would agree to that arrangement. Biggs had to visit TC.
"Speaking of Max, have you seen her?" 'This never happened.'
"Yeah. Acting odd though." Smart, go against a ladies word.
"What do you mean?" Alec was suddenly awake. Biggs had proved his theory.
"Asked me strange questions, things like that. Smacked into me twice. Didn't seem to pay a whole lot of attention. Why?" Biggs was met with silence. Alec didn't know why.
"What did she ask you?"
"Err . . .I'm not sure if I should . . ." The phrase 'this never happened,' repeated in his mind.
Alec couldn't take it any more. He picked Biggs up by the collar and asked, "What did she ask you?"
"She wanted to know if she smelled." An odd look overcame Alec and he dropped Biggs . . .a bit to harshly. Biggs hit the ground with a large thud. Alec was wondering what the hell she had meant by that.
"Then she told me that it never happened."
"Then why did you tell me?"
"Because you wanted to know."
"You betrayed her." Biggs simply rolled his eyes.
"I think you should participate in the whole protector thing. I mean, you're overprotective enough for the job." This thought hit Alec a bit too close to home. He had been thinking of a way to show Max that he should be her protector. He had been thinking of a way to show her he cared for a while. But he still hadn't come up with anything. Biggs was his best friend after all, and he should be willing to help.
"Biggs, I don't know where to start. Well,"
"You are madly in love with Max and think you should participate in the contest but also want to help get rid of possibilities and you are torn between competing and judging. And you want my help planning to show her you care."
Alec was dumbfounded. "Ye . . .yeah. How did you. . .?"
"I just know you. Plus you seemed very concerned about Max." Great. He was easy to read.
"And yes, I will help you."
"I think I need to lie down. I mean, Max being able to read some of my thought is bad enough, but TWO people. . . I don't know if I can handle this with out a drink and some sleep." Alec mumbled shuffling towards the bedroom. "Thanks again buddy."
"No problem."
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