Hey everyone, I don't know if your still interested in this story and if
you are, well I'm sorry for making you wait so long for the next chapter.
I've been concentrating on exams and stuff lately so I really haven't had
any time to write another chapter.
Um. I've kinda hit a blank at this story. I don't have a clue where it's going now.
so um.. Yeah.. It might go downhill a bit until I find out where I'm taking it ok.
cya all and Merry Christmas!!!
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First original date
Max's animal instincts reacted to Alec. She responded to his kiss with twice as much urgency. Somehow her arms snaked around his head and they kissed with force for their unknown desire for each other.
Abruptly Alec pulled away. He wanted max so badly but earlier on today she had broken up with Logan her long awaited "love". What if she was just using him as a substitute? If anything happened between them he wanted it to be real! "Max." he whispered huskily.
She looked up at him finally having her senses return to her. What had she done? Alec was her friend and a really good friend too! "Sorry" she whispered and hurriedly got up, went into the room and shut the door. She leaned against it confused, and slid down the door to fall into a sitting position.
Alec watched her leave with a pained expression on his face.
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The first date OC had set up for them was an expensive dinner reservation and then dancing afterwards.. Very old fashioned but oh well. she needed her girl to have some of the old flavors. not pasta! It was a fancy restaurant and she requested that on that night they didn't serve any sort of pasta whatsoever. She made sure Alec got a tux and she picked out a beautiful one strapped red/maroon dress for max. It would make her look really nice!
Now, people would wonder where she was getting the money to supply Max and Alec's dates. OC could successfully say, she'd learned how to do a bit of hacking herself when she had left Jam Pony for that Job once.. She'd found a way to hack into Logan's bank account which contained his 'inheritance' and was using that to buy whatever she thought necessary!
She wrote two different set of plans on two separate pieces of paper and slipped one into Alec's locker and the other into Max's.
Max awoke early to find she wasn't in her bed. Where the hell was she? She looked around the room. It was a very manly type of room. Holy shit! She hadn't slept with someone had she? Then the memories from the previous night came crashing back and she was relieved, until the memory of the kiss came back as well.
Alec had woken up an hour before Max and was thinking of ways he could defuse the situation he had gotten himself into and to get Max not to kick his ass. So far he was unsuccessful. He didn't actually know what happened last night. He felt lonely and neglected yet he couldn't blame Max. He knew she didn't have any feelings for him yet when she had returned the kiss last night he had felt a flutter of hope seeping through his bones.. That was until he remembered she had just broken up with her long time boyfriend and he was probably taking advantage of her own loneliness.
Why was the world so cruel to him? To give him a taste of forbidden fruit then to take it out of reach again. As he was pondering fate and other things he had no control over, Max walked into the room.
"Hey" she said awkwardly but with a purpose.
"morning" mumbled Alec
"Listen about last night" she began
"What happened last night?" asked Alec. He figured denial was the best way to go.
She smiled at him "thanks for understanding" she said then added slyly "so pretty boy, what's for breakfast then?"
And just like that the two of them went on as nothing had happened. But both of them were personally scrutinizing the event thoroughly when they split up where Max went home to get a change of clothes and when Alec headed for work.
Alec arrived to Jam Pony just on time, he went to his locker and opened it ready to stuff his jacket into it when a piece of paper fell out.
On the front it had his name. Hmm. Love letters, quite corny he thought. But then after opening it he realized what it was. He had completely forgotten that OC would be putting him and Max on a couple of dates.
Crap! Thought Alec. He just hoped nothing like last night will happen during the dates, because he didn't know how he would react to another rejection from Max. He was supposed to be falling out of love with her... not more in!
Bip, bip bip people, this is not a hotel. GET MOVING!!! roared normal. And with that he threw packages at several people including Alec.
When Max arrived at work exactly 33 minutes and 52 seconds late, Alec was already long gone. After the usual lecture and threat from Normal she went over to her locker and leant on it still without an explanation for last night. OC was out on a run and she didn't want to talk to Sketchy about it so with a sigh she opened her locker and out fell a neatly folded piece of paper. On the front read 'Max'.
Just great.Some asshole has a crush on her now. This better not be a crap attempt by Logan to get her back! She was about to throw it in the Bin when OC ran up to her puffing and yelled "No!"
"Boo. U gotta read that!" OC wheezed
Max slowly opened the note and read it at least 3 times before it registered to her what it said.
"A Date!" she shrieked
"Don't forget boo, that was part of the deal" OC reminded her.
Max like Alec had also forgotten about it. Uh oh this is not good. The instructions on the note said that she was supposed to be ready by 7 and that she would be picked up from her apartment. It said nothing else.
"OC what am I suppose to wear? I need a little more detail so I know what 'ready' is!" complained Max
"Don't worry sugar. your covered there! There'll be something waiting for you at home k?" And with that OC walked off with Max watching her suspiciously.
Max didn't see Alec until just before closing time. When she did finally see him she ran up and asked him if he also had instructions. And what they were.
Alec looked at her with amusement. "Looking forward to tonight, are we Max?"
She scowled at him and resisted the urge to hit him. (Due to her resolution) "No, I'm just curious that's all."
With a grin he replied "Remember Maxie. Curiosity killed the cat!" and for the second time that day someone walked away from her without giving an answer.
Jeez if this is where this nice business was getting her, she might as well give up now!!! And she stormed off home to get ready.
(A/N I was just going to leave it there. but I've waited ages to post this chapter so I thought I might as well keep going! So enjoy!)
Back at the apartment Max found a white box again with her name on it. She opened it to find a beautiful maroon dress which was figure fitting yet nice. It had one strap and looked VERY expensive. Along with it were two black strapped sandals that twined around the bottom part of your leg to look very Greek. Max tried on the dress and finding that it fit perfectly decided to wear her hair in curls. She only put a little bit of makeup on since that was OC's specialty and not hers (not that she needed it) then put on the sandals. She walked into OC's empty room and looked at herself in the dress mirror that OC had. Wow thought Max. Very classy.
While at Alec's apartment, Alec was already dressed in his black tux. The tux consisted of black pants, a white shirt, a black bowtie, black shoes and a black coat. Alec found it amusing that things this old fashioned were still available today. He had no idea how OC had gotten it but she had shoved it in his hands when Max had left for her apartment after work.
He decided on a simple hairstyle instead of leaving it in its usual messy mop. He spiked the front of his hair and left the rest combed forward leading up to the spikes. (A/N think how it was during the beginning of the Berrisford episode) He knew that if he didn't do his hair up he would look out of place with his perfect suit and his anything but perfect hair do.
Seven o clock was rapidly approaching. His instructions were to pick Max up, give her one red rose which was already provided for him, and then take her in a rented car to the Moonlight Star restaurant which he knew was incredibly expensive, and ask for 'Brady' reservations. Once inside they could eat whatever they wanted to. Alec knew that the restaurant also had a small area inside where couples could dance.
The rest of the night after that was up to them and they also had to find their own ride home, since the driver for the rented car was only paid to take them there. Alec realized that OC had planned the evening for them as well hoping they would take a walk along the beach that was close to the Moonlight Star. Sneaky as OC was, Alec had caught the drift of this date. But where the hell was she getting the money to pay for all of this? Did she have some secret account stashed away holding millions or something?
At exactly 6.55pm the rented car was waiting for him outside. He hopped in and they went off towards Max's apartment. The drive there was exactly 5 minutes even with having to show sector passes and etcetera. Alec got out of the car, took a deep breath and walked up to Max's floor. He knocked on the door three times.
Max heard the door and with one last glance at herself went to open it. When she opened it she found Alec standing there more polished up then ever. Man he did clean up nicely thought Max.
When the door opened Alec was greeted by a beautiful elegant graceful looking creature that stood nervously awaiting the first words. Alec didn't have a clue what to say. He had planned on annoying her but when he saw her all he could do was gasp and leave his mouth hanging open.
"Close your mouth Alec or else you'll catch flies" Said Max
It was the still the same old Max thought Alec. "Wow Max, you look. Gorgeous! Uh. this is for you." He said and then handed her the one red rose. "Thanks" Max replied then turned around quickly to lock her apartment and to stop Alec from seeing her blushing, and then she went down the stairs silently with Alec. He held the door open for her when she reached the rental car.
The drive towards the restaurant was in silence too. About 2 minutes before they were dropped off the driver got sick of the silence.
"What's wrong with you people? This looks like a first date to me, why the hell won't you talk to each other? You don't look like sweaty nervous teens to me." the driver started babbling on about what a pre pulse date was suppose to be like but stopped soon after and announced they were there. Before driving of again he called out through his window "by the way you have to find your own ride home!!!"
Max was shocked at this. "b-but."
"Don't worry Max we'll figure that out when we decide to leave ok?" asked Alec
"o.k" she agreed
Inside they were held up by a skinny red haired kid with lots of freckles.
"Do you have reservations?" he whimpered
"Yes, we're here under Brady reservations" said Alec as pleasantly as he could without laughing.
The kid checked his roll and after finding they did indeed have reservations led them to a table for two near the back of the restaurant. "A waiter will be with you in 10 minutes" he muttered then left to return to the counter.
The table was beautifully set with a pure white cloth on it and a prettier red one over it. The table was round and had two perfectly matched white candles lit on the sides of the table so they could see each other through the light of them.
A long awkward pause of silence was broken by Max
"So. where did you get the tux?" she asked
"OC gave it to me. I want to know how she's paying for all of this?" he said
"Who knows. But OC always has her ways so don't worry about her" stated Max.
The waiter arrived earlier then usual. "Good evening." He said while handing them menus.
"Would you like to order now or later? He asked "We have a special of Lobster today and we do not serve any pasta tonight."
Both Max and Alec laughed at this but stopped when they saw the waiter frowning.
"I'll have tonight's special please" said Max
"Me too" added Alec
"Would you like the house wine too?" asked the waiter.
"Sure, why not." Said Alec Then they were left alone.
"Not a very patient waiter huh?" said Max
"Kid's probably just picked up the snobby vibe from most of the people who can afford to come here" replied Alec
Max laughed at this." So Alec. have you been on a date before?"
Alec pondered this for a moment. "No actually. No I haven't. This is my first actual date, but can you blame me I've only been out a year. What about you?" he responded.
"Well. I was asked out on a few back when I wasn't in Seattle"
Alec looked disappointed at this hoping this was a first time for her too, making it a special moment in both of their lives.
"But" she continued "I never turned up on any of them because I never knew what to wear or how I was supposed to act. So all things considered. this is my first actual date."
Alec grinned "Did you ever think your first date would be with a trannie?"
Max laughed. "God no! The only trannie guys that were out were my brothers so that would have been soo wrong! And I never imagined that Manticore would go down. I thought I'd spend my whole life running. To tell you the truth after I turned 18 I didn't think I would have a first date." She told him.
"Well I suppose you changed a lot of people's thoughts about the future Max. I personally thought I'd be following orders forever. Be a good little soldier not be out here on my first date."
Max smiled at him. "Lucky for you, you met me then huh?"
He smiled back at her. More then you'll ever know Maxie he thought.
Their food arrived shortly afterwards and their wine was also given to them. Alec opened it and poured some in both his and Max's glasses. They ate their food with a bit of polite chit chat in between.
Once finished they were both sipping at their wine when Max asked. "So do you know what exactly we're supposed to do on a first date? I mean now that we've finished eating"
Alec smiled at her because he was pretty much as clueless as she. "Well, there are some people dancing over there. So Max would you like to dance?"
Max choked on her drink. "Um... Ok"
Alec led her to the dance floor.
Max put her arms around Alec's neck and he put his arms around her waist. They started dancing slowly to the music.
The scene would've been very romantic if both of them weren't looking everywhere but each other and blushing furiously.
A nearby Man who was dining alone saw them and decided to give the 'kids' some advice. He walked up to them and tapped Alec on the shoulder.
"Son I can see how nervous you and your date are so I'm guessing this is a first right?" he said
"ugh yeah" mumbled Alec
"Then let me show you how your suppose to dance with a lady." And with that he took Max's hands, put one on his shoulder and held the other firmly in his hand. "This kids is called the waltz" And he started showing Max the steps. He was leading them and making Max do cute little spin things into his arms. Then he changed moves "This is how you do the cha cha cha" Then after doing that for two rounds he changed once again "This is the rumba."
Alec looked at Max's horror stricken face and felt like laughing. She looked like she wanted to throw the ballroom dancing old guy across the room. But before she could Alec cut in.
"Um thank you sir, may I dance with her now?" Alec asked politely
"Of course now that you know what to do" replied the old man and then he walked back to his chair on the sidelines.
Once he was gone and Max and Alec were waltzing to the music because the old guy was still watching him Alec started laughing quietly. "Hey Max, who does he remind you of?"
"He reminds me of a stuck up male snob I used to date." She replied.
Alec stared at her amazed "Man, I never thought I'd hear you talk that way about Logan"
She shrugged "It's what I thought about him when I first met him bar the dating part. The only reason I stuck with him was because I felt like I owed him something and he said he'd help me find the others. Somewhere along the line I was brainwashed by the pasta."
Alec laughed again. This Max was soo much more amusing then the old one. He didn't even have to annoy her to get interesting reactions out of her. This Max was light and livelier. Alec liked this one a whole lot more than the old one.
Finally after about 10 minutes the old guy left the restaurant with someone that looked old enough to be his daughter but what they both knew was probably his gold digger of a date. When he finally did leave they went back to their original dancing style that was far more modern and fitting to their surroundings. Now both of them could look at each other while dancing and not blush a lot since they had got comfortable with each other during the 'waltz'.
They continued for two more songs then decided it was time to leave the restaurant.
Since their dinner was an all expenses paid one, they left with a quick sign out with a different employee who was at the counter.
Once outside Max asked "So how are we getting home Alec? Taxi's don't come to this part of town"
"yeah I know, but they do a couple of blocks down on the main road. We can walk along the beach then cross when we're closer to the main road if you want."
She smiled at him "sure that sounds great."
Gee thought Alec, Max is smiling a lot tonight for someone who usually has a permanent scowl on her face. But he refrained from sharing this thought with her.
On the beach Max took off her sandals and Alec took off his shoes and socks and hitched up his pants. They walked silently along the beach for awhile reflecting on the events of the night.
"The waters nice don't ya think?" asked Alec
"Yeah. I haven't been to this beach before. It's nice. Not like the ones that are all polluted and off limits." She said
Max was holding her rose in one hand and her sandals in the other. She threw her rose in the water and said "I want the rose to float away so that someone can find it and be happy, because right now that's how I feel. Happy"
Alec smirked at her. "It's good to know you can be happy Max" he said then added "By the way I never told you earlier but you look really good with your hair in curls"
She gave a little chuckle and replied stealthily "Don't I always?"
He was stunned into silence by her humor and the fact that she was making sarcastic comments about her beauty when usually she never acted on it and often didn't realize how beautiful she was.
They were both looking at the water swishing around their feet while walking when Max suddenly stopped and gasped.
"Wow! Oh my god, look at that moon Alec" she said while pointing towards the sky ahead of them.
Alec looked up and also gasped. "Whoa. there are many things I've never seen and done before, but that seriously tops the list for scenery tonight!"
In the dark sapphire sky sat a pale round moon that was shining as big and as brightly as ever. It radiated a beautiful light that shone for miles, that was saluted by twinkling stars.
This had to be one of the clearest nights Seattle had had in a couple of years.
The two of them looked at each other with peaceful sincere expressions and smiled true full smiles.
Holding hands they continued along the beach.
Above their heads, a shooting star flew past sparkling its approval.
Ten minutes later they were in a Taxi headed home.
The Taxi stopped by Max's apartment to let her out. Alec hoped out too and paid the driver.
Max looked at him quizzically.
"Don't you know Max, the gentleman always takes his date to her front door" he explained "And don't worry, I feel like walking the rest of the way. it's not that far."
Max gave a little laugh. "Alright then"
They walked up the stairs silently each of them thinking about how they should end their first date.
When they arrived in front of Max's apartment she opened the door quietly and checked if OC was in there. After finding she wasn't she returned to the doorway that Alec was leaning on calmly.
"Well" began Max "Tonight's been." after searching around for a word she ended "fun!"
Alec grinned, happy that she too had a good time. He felt so much like a high school kid right now. While he was thinking this Max gave him a sweet little kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks Alec for a good time." She said and then seeing his puzzled face replied "I'm just ending this date like they do in the movies."
He grinned at her then turned around to leave. When he began walking away he looked over his shoulder cheekily and said "I'll call you then huh?" then disappeared down the stairway. Max laughed and closed the door.
Inside she sat on her couch incredibly relaxed. This was fun; I wonder what the second date will be like she thought as she drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ I know I cut a lot of scenes short when most people would probably have wanted me to prolong them. I did it to cut down the chapter because I really didn't want to split it into 2 chapters.
Anyway tell me what you guys think about it. And once again MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Since I doubt that I'll get another chapter up before then unless I'm really bored.
Bye everyone.
Um. I've kinda hit a blank at this story. I don't have a clue where it's going now.
so um.. Yeah.. It might go downhill a bit until I find out where I'm taking it ok.
cya all and Merry Christmas!!!
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First original date
Max's animal instincts reacted to Alec. She responded to his kiss with twice as much urgency. Somehow her arms snaked around his head and they kissed with force for their unknown desire for each other.
Abruptly Alec pulled away. He wanted max so badly but earlier on today she had broken up with Logan her long awaited "love". What if she was just using him as a substitute? If anything happened between them he wanted it to be real! "Max." he whispered huskily.
She looked up at him finally having her senses return to her. What had she done? Alec was her friend and a really good friend too! "Sorry" she whispered and hurriedly got up, went into the room and shut the door. She leaned against it confused, and slid down the door to fall into a sitting position.
Alec watched her leave with a pained expression on his face.
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The first date OC had set up for them was an expensive dinner reservation and then dancing afterwards.. Very old fashioned but oh well. she needed her girl to have some of the old flavors. not pasta! It was a fancy restaurant and she requested that on that night they didn't serve any sort of pasta whatsoever. She made sure Alec got a tux and she picked out a beautiful one strapped red/maroon dress for max. It would make her look really nice!
Now, people would wonder where she was getting the money to supply Max and Alec's dates. OC could successfully say, she'd learned how to do a bit of hacking herself when she had left Jam Pony for that Job once.. She'd found a way to hack into Logan's bank account which contained his 'inheritance' and was using that to buy whatever she thought necessary!
She wrote two different set of plans on two separate pieces of paper and slipped one into Alec's locker and the other into Max's.
Max awoke early to find she wasn't in her bed. Where the hell was she? She looked around the room. It was a very manly type of room. Holy shit! She hadn't slept with someone had she? Then the memories from the previous night came crashing back and she was relieved, until the memory of the kiss came back as well.
Alec had woken up an hour before Max and was thinking of ways he could defuse the situation he had gotten himself into and to get Max not to kick his ass. So far he was unsuccessful. He didn't actually know what happened last night. He felt lonely and neglected yet he couldn't blame Max. He knew she didn't have any feelings for him yet when she had returned the kiss last night he had felt a flutter of hope seeping through his bones.. That was until he remembered she had just broken up with her long time boyfriend and he was probably taking advantage of her own loneliness.
Why was the world so cruel to him? To give him a taste of forbidden fruit then to take it out of reach again. As he was pondering fate and other things he had no control over, Max walked into the room.
"Hey" she said awkwardly but with a purpose.
"morning" mumbled Alec
"Listen about last night" she began
"What happened last night?" asked Alec. He figured denial was the best way to go.
She smiled at him "thanks for understanding" she said then added slyly "so pretty boy, what's for breakfast then?"
And just like that the two of them went on as nothing had happened. But both of them were personally scrutinizing the event thoroughly when they split up where Max went home to get a change of clothes and when Alec headed for work.
Alec arrived to Jam Pony just on time, he went to his locker and opened it ready to stuff his jacket into it when a piece of paper fell out.
On the front it had his name. Hmm. Love letters, quite corny he thought. But then after opening it he realized what it was. He had completely forgotten that OC would be putting him and Max on a couple of dates.
Crap! Thought Alec. He just hoped nothing like last night will happen during the dates, because he didn't know how he would react to another rejection from Max. He was supposed to be falling out of love with her... not more in!
Bip, bip bip people, this is not a hotel. GET MOVING!!! roared normal. And with that he threw packages at several people including Alec.
When Max arrived at work exactly 33 minutes and 52 seconds late, Alec was already long gone. After the usual lecture and threat from Normal she went over to her locker and leant on it still without an explanation for last night. OC was out on a run and she didn't want to talk to Sketchy about it so with a sigh she opened her locker and out fell a neatly folded piece of paper. On the front read 'Max'.
Just great.Some asshole has a crush on her now. This better not be a crap attempt by Logan to get her back! She was about to throw it in the Bin when OC ran up to her puffing and yelled "No!"
"Boo. U gotta read that!" OC wheezed
Max slowly opened the note and read it at least 3 times before it registered to her what it said.
"A Date!" she shrieked
"Don't forget boo, that was part of the deal" OC reminded her.
Max like Alec had also forgotten about it. Uh oh this is not good. The instructions on the note said that she was supposed to be ready by 7 and that she would be picked up from her apartment. It said nothing else.
"OC what am I suppose to wear? I need a little more detail so I know what 'ready' is!" complained Max
"Don't worry sugar. your covered there! There'll be something waiting for you at home k?" And with that OC walked off with Max watching her suspiciously.
Max didn't see Alec until just before closing time. When she did finally see him she ran up and asked him if he also had instructions. And what they were.
Alec looked at her with amusement. "Looking forward to tonight, are we Max?"
She scowled at him and resisted the urge to hit him. (Due to her resolution) "No, I'm just curious that's all."
With a grin he replied "Remember Maxie. Curiosity killed the cat!" and for the second time that day someone walked away from her without giving an answer.
Jeez if this is where this nice business was getting her, she might as well give up now!!! And she stormed off home to get ready.
(A/N I was just going to leave it there. but I've waited ages to post this chapter so I thought I might as well keep going! So enjoy!)
Back at the apartment Max found a white box again with her name on it. She opened it to find a beautiful maroon dress which was figure fitting yet nice. It had one strap and looked VERY expensive. Along with it were two black strapped sandals that twined around the bottom part of your leg to look very Greek. Max tried on the dress and finding that it fit perfectly decided to wear her hair in curls. She only put a little bit of makeup on since that was OC's specialty and not hers (not that she needed it) then put on the sandals. She walked into OC's empty room and looked at herself in the dress mirror that OC had. Wow thought Max. Very classy.
While at Alec's apartment, Alec was already dressed in his black tux. The tux consisted of black pants, a white shirt, a black bowtie, black shoes and a black coat. Alec found it amusing that things this old fashioned were still available today. He had no idea how OC had gotten it but she had shoved it in his hands when Max had left for her apartment after work.
He decided on a simple hairstyle instead of leaving it in its usual messy mop. He spiked the front of his hair and left the rest combed forward leading up to the spikes. (A/N think how it was during the beginning of the Berrisford episode) He knew that if he didn't do his hair up he would look out of place with his perfect suit and his anything but perfect hair do.
Seven o clock was rapidly approaching. His instructions were to pick Max up, give her one red rose which was already provided for him, and then take her in a rented car to the Moonlight Star restaurant which he knew was incredibly expensive, and ask for 'Brady' reservations. Once inside they could eat whatever they wanted to. Alec knew that the restaurant also had a small area inside where couples could dance.
The rest of the night after that was up to them and they also had to find their own ride home, since the driver for the rented car was only paid to take them there. Alec realized that OC had planned the evening for them as well hoping they would take a walk along the beach that was close to the Moonlight Star. Sneaky as OC was, Alec had caught the drift of this date. But where the hell was she getting the money to pay for all of this? Did she have some secret account stashed away holding millions or something?
At exactly 6.55pm the rented car was waiting for him outside. He hopped in and they went off towards Max's apartment. The drive there was exactly 5 minutes even with having to show sector passes and etcetera. Alec got out of the car, took a deep breath and walked up to Max's floor. He knocked on the door three times.
Max heard the door and with one last glance at herself went to open it. When she opened it she found Alec standing there more polished up then ever. Man he did clean up nicely thought Max.
When the door opened Alec was greeted by a beautiful elegant graceful looking creature that stood nervously awaiting the first words. Alec didn't have a clue what to say. He had planned on annoying her but when he saw her all he could do was gasp and leave his mouth hanging open.
"Close your mouth Alec or else you'll catch flies" Said Max
It was the still the same old Max thought Alec. "Wow Max, you look. Gorgeous! Uh. this is for you." He said and then handed her the one red rose. "Thanks" Max replied then turned around quickly to lock her apartment and to stop Alec from seeing her blushing, and then she went down the stairs silently with Alec. He held the door open for her when she reached the rental car.
The drive towards the restaurant was in silence too. About 2 minutes before they were dropped off the driver got sick of the silence.
"What's wrong with you people? This looks like a first date to me, why the hell won't you talk to each other? You don't look like sweaty nervous teens to me." the driver started babbling on about what a pre pulse date was suppose to be like but stopped soon after and announced they were there. Before driving of again he called out through his window "by the way you have to find your own ride home!!!"
Max was shocked at this. "b-but."
"Don't worry Max we'll figure that out when we decide to leave ok?" asked Alec
"o.k" she agreed
Inside they were held up by a skinny red haired kid with lots of freckles.
"Do you have reservations?" he whimpered
"Yes, we're here under Brady reservations" said Alec as pleasantly as he could without laughing.
The kid checked his roll and after finding they did indeed have reservations led them to a table for two near the back of the restaurant. "A waiter will be with you in 10 minutes" he muttered then left to return to the counter.
The table was beautifully set with a pure white cloth on it and a prettier red one over it. The table was round and had two perfectly matched white candles lit on the sides of the table so they could see each other through the light of them.
A long awkward pause of silence was broken by Max
"So. where did you get the tux?" she asked
"OC gave it to me. I want to know how she's paying for all of this?" he said
"Who knows. But OC always has her ways so don't worry about her" stated Max.
The waiter arrived earlier then usual. "Good evening." He said while handing them menus.
"Would you like to order now or later? He asked "We have a special of Lobster today and we do not serve any pasta tonight."
Both Max and Alec laughed at this but stopped when they saw the waiter frowning.
"I'll have tonight's special please" said Max
"Me too" added Alec
"Would you like the house wine too?" asked the waiter.
"Sure, why not." Said Alec Then they were left alone.
"Not a very patient waiter huh?" said Max
"Kid's probably just picked up the snobby vibe from most of the people who can afford to come here" replied Alec
Max laughed at this." So Alec. have you been on a date before?"
Alec pondered this for a moment. "No actually. No I haven't. This is my first actual date, but can you blame me I've only been out a year. What about you?" he responded.
"Well. I was asked out on a few back when I wasn't in Seattle"
Alec looked disappointed at this hoping this was a first time for her too, making it a special moment in both of their lives.
"But" she continued "I never turned up on any of them because I never knew what to wear or how I was supposed to act. So all things considered. this is my first actual date."
Alec grinned "Did you ever think your first date would be with a trannie?"
Max laughed. "God no! The only trannie guys that were out were my brothers so that would have been soo wrong! And I never imagined that Manticore would go down. I thought I'd spend my whole life running. To tell you the truth after I turned 18 I didn't think I would have a first date." She told him.
"Well I suppose you changed a lot of people's thoughts about the future Max. I personally thought I'd be following orders forever. Be a good little soldier not be out here on my first date."
Max smiled at him. "Lucky for you, you met me then huh?"
He smiled back at her. More then you'll ever know Maxie he thought.
Their food arrived shortly afterwards and their wine was also given to them. Alec opened it and poured some in both his and Max's glasses. They ate their food with a bit of polite chit chat in between.
Once finished they were both sipping at their wine when Max asked. "So do you know what exactly we're supposed to do on a first date? I mean now that we've finished eating"
Alec smiled at her because he was pretty much as clueless as she. "Well, there are some people dancing over there. So Max would you like to dance?"
Max choked on her drink. "Um... Ok"
Alec led her to the dance floor.
Max put her arms around Alec's neck and he put his arms around her waist. They started dancing slowly to the music.
The scene would've been very romantic if both of them weren't looking everywhere but each other and blushing furiously.
A nearby Man who was dining alone saw them and decided to give the 'kids' some advice. He walked up to them and tapped Alec on the shoulder.
"Son I can see how nervous you and your date are so I'm guessing this is a first right?" he said
"ugh yeah" mumbled Alec
"Then let me show you how your suppose to dance with a lady." And with that he took Max's hands, put one on his shoulder and held the other firmly in his hand. "This kids is called the waltz" And he started showing Max the steps. He was leading them and making Max do cute little spin things into his arms. Then he changed moves "This is how you do the cha cha cha" Then after doing that for two rounds he changed once again "This is the rumba."
Alec looked at Max's horror stricken face and felt like laughing. She looked like she wanted to throw the ballroom dancing old guy across the room. But before she could Alec cut in.
"Um thank you sir, may I dance with her now?" Alec asked politely
"Of course now that you know what to do" replied the old man and then he walked back to his chair on the sidelines.
Once he was gone and Max and Alec were waltzing to the music because the old guy was still watching him Alec started laughing quietly. "Hey Max, who does he remind you of?"
"He reminds me of a stuck up male snob I used to date." She replied.
Alec stared at her amazed "Man, I never thought I'd hear you talk that way about Logan"
She shrugged "It's what I thought about him when I first met him bar the dating part. The only reason I stuck with him was because I felt like I owed him something and he said he'd help me find the others. Somewhere along the line I was brainwashed by the pasta."
Alec laughed again. This Max was soo much more amusing then the old one. He didn't even have to annoy her to get interesting reactions out of her. This Max was light and livelier. Alec liked this one a whole lot more than the old one.
Finally after about 10 minutes the old guy left the restaurant with someone that looked old enough to be his daughter but what they both knew was probably his gold digger of a date. When he finally did leave they went back to their original dancing style that was far more modern and fitting to their surroundings. Now both of them could look at each other while dancing and not blush a lot since they had got comfortable with each other during the 'waltz'.
They continued for two more songs then decided it was time to leave the restaurant.
Since their dinner was an all expenses paid one, they left with a quick sign out with a different employee who was at the counter.
Once outside Max asked "So how are we getting home Alec? Taxi's don't come to this part of town"
"yeah I know, but they do a couple of blocks down on the main road. We can walk along the beach then cross when we're closer to the main road if you want."
She smiled at him "sure that sounds great."
Gee thought Alec, Max is smiling a lot tonight for someone who usually has a permanent scowl on her face. But he refrained from sharing this thought with her.
On the beach Max took off her sandals and Alec took off his shoes and socks and hitched up his pants. They walked silently along the beach for awhile reflecting on the events of the night.
"The waters nice don't ya think?" asked Alec
"Yeah. I haven't been to this beach before. It's nice. Not like the ones that are all polluted and off limits." She said
Max was holding her rose in one hand and her sandals in the other. She threw her rose in the water and said "I want the rose to float away so that someone can find it and be happy, because right now that's how I feel. Happy"
Alec smirked at her. "It's good to know you can be happy Max" he said then added "By the way I never told you earlier but you look really good with your hair in curls"
She gave a little chuckle and replied stealthily "Don't I always?"
He was stunned into silence by her humor and the fact that she was making sarcastic comments about her beauty when usually she never acted on it and often didn't realize how beautiful she was.
They were both looking at the water swishing around their feet while walking when Max suddenly stopped and gasped.
"Wow! Oh my god, look at that moon Alec" she said while pointing towards the sky ahead of them.
Alec looked up and also gasped. "Whoa. there are many things I've never seen and done before, but that seriously tops the list for scenery tonight!"
In the dark sapphire sky sat a pale round moon that was shining as big and as brightly as ever. It radiated a beautiful light that shone for miles, that was saluted by twinkling stars.
This had to be one of the clearest nights Seattle had had in a couple of years.
The two of them looked at each other with peaceful sincere expressions and smiled true full smiles.
Holding hands they continued along the beach.
Above their heads, a shooting star flew past sparkling its approval.
Ten minutes later they were in a Taxi headed home.
The Taxi stopped by Max's apartment to let her out. Alec hoped out too and paid the driver.
Max looked at him quizzically.
"Don't you know Max, the gentleman always takes his date to her front door" he explained "And don't worry, I feel like walking the rest of the way. it's not that far."
Max gave a little laugh. "Alright then"
They walked up the stairs silently each of them thinking about how they should end their first date.
When they arrived in front of Max's apartment she opened the door quietly and checked if OC was in there. After finding she wasn't she returned to the doorway that Alec was leaning on calmly.
"Well" began Max "Tonight's been." after searching around for a word she ended "fun!"
Alec grinned, happy that she too had a good time. He felt so much like a high school kid right now. While he was thinking this Max gave him a sweet little kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks Alec for a good time." She said and then seeing his puzzled face replied "I'm just ending this date like they do in the movies."
He grinned at her then turned around to leave. When he began walking away he looked over his shoulder cheekily and said "I'll call you then huh?" then disappeared down the stairway. Max laughed and closed the door.
Inside she sat on her couch incredibly relaxed. This was fun; I wonder what the second date will be like she thought as she drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ I know I cut a lot of scenes short when most people would probably have wanted me to prolong them. I did it to cut down the chapter because I really didn't want to split it into 2 chapters.
Anyway tell me what you guys think about it. And once again MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Since I doubt that I'll get another chapter up before then unless I'm really bored.
Bye everyone.