Hey everyone. I managed to somehow fit in writing this chapter when I had
free time. Well that and I loved the review from Ariana about me making her
day. Lol hehe. And um I've been to nuns with pens but I couldn't be
bothered signing up. Also lol sorry for some of my stupid mistakes. I
haven't really been checking my work so. you'll probably find heaps of them
in this chapter too.
I dunno bout u guys but here its summer and it's a nightmare staying in the same room for more then 10 minutes even with all the windows open. lol so my brain is temporarily fried too. But don't worry it's starting to come out of holiday mode, very VERY slowly since school's started.
Anyway a bit more to do with the actual plot in this chapter. Enjoy people!!!
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Disastrous date
Max and Alec smiled in delight as they were hiding in the shadows after quickly pushing their bikes into the bushes and watched the exchange between Asha and Logan.
"Guess everything isn't just dandy in paradise after all" He smirked
Max smirked back.
They waited another ten minutes until Asha had found a ride home then went inside when they were sure it was safe.
They walked over to their table where OC and Sketchy were still seated and had seen the whole thing play out nicely. They high five-d each other then Sketchy and OC.
After a few Victory beers Alec announced he was leaving. Max decided to leave shortly after him signifying to OC that she was going to the Space Needle.
OC watched Max's retreating back with a gleeful smile. She liked the way this was turning out.
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OC had the second date up and ready for action. She was sending the two of them to a small town away from Seattle where they would have to share a room in a fancy hotel. Unfortunately she wasn't able to change the room to two single beds so they were going to have to figure that out for themselves. After all, this was originally going to be her weekend away with her boo but she didn't want to go to the Garleys concert so she was sending them instead. The very next day they would be on an all expenses paid cruise ship for the night where they could engage in any activity the wanted to. This was her gift to Max. She needed a break and here she could get it. Then the next day the two of them would be on their way back to Seattle. Three days away from Seattle should do them good.
OC had already talked to Normal about giving the two of them time off for a little surprise she had set up for them. He had reluctantly agreed after she had persuaded him that she and Sketchy would cover for them and do their runs. Of course she hadn't told Sketchy this yet but she'll figure that out when she comes to it.
She waited for both of them to arrive to work so she could tell them the good news. Once they arrived OC told them the full layout of this date. She handed the concert tickets to Max and also a wrapped box. Max stared at her questioningly.
"Boo, I saw you looking at this the other day so I decided to get it for you. You can wear it to the concert."
Max unwrapped the box and looked inside. "Oh my god, OC is this. wow" It was a finely cut black top which made her look like a feminine rock beauty and there was also some pure leather pants which were rare these days due to the lack of cows.
"God OC this is great, where exactly are you getting the money to pay for this?" Max asked
"Don't worry bout it boo, lets just say an. uncle of mine died and left me a fortune which I'm happy to share with you guys. Oh and don't worry bout asking Normal for time off, I've already told him."
Max gave OC a huge hug. The cruise ship sounded like fun.
"You two better head home and pack. You guys can borrow my friend's car to get there and I'll give you a map. But tomorrow you got to get to the hotel before five because they stop registering people in after that even if you are booked in. And if you get there early you can go sight seeing." OC instructed "Oh and Alec. You have to supply your own clothes cos I hate shopping for guys! I found that out after finding you that tux!"
Alec grinned "Fine with me"
They both left Jam Pony to pack. They had decided on an early start. The trip was supposed to be four hours but a bit of X5 driving should cut it down to about three.
The next day Alec met Max and OC at their apartment. He had packed all he needed in a handy duffel bag. "So we ready to go?" he asked Max when he got there. "Um, I think so. I'm sure I'm missing something though." she said
Alec glanced at the huge suitcase she had packed and gaped. "I don't think you COULD possibly forget anything when you have THAT packed!" he said while pointing at the suitcase. "Jeez Max, it's only the weekend we're not moving for good!"
She hit him playfully but incredibly lightly on the arm.
"Yo boo's come check out your ride." Said OC whilst walking into the apartment.
"Yeah ok" replied Max. "Alec be a gentleman and get my bag"
He looked at her bewildered "You want me to haul THAT down the stairs?"
"Well you very well can't make a lady do it" she said punctuating the word lady.
He grunted. "Yeah but your no LADY, your a genetically engineered.." "Shut up and grab her bag fool!!" exclaimed OC
With that settled the three of them descended the stairs with Alec staggering behind with both his duffel bag and Max's huge over-packed suitcase.
The car that was waiting for them was a rusty looking old ford which was coated in a weather-beaten burgundy paint.
"This is our ride?" asked Alec clearly not amused.
"I know it's not much, but it's all I could get and it's mine now. I bought it from my friend for a real cheep price after she got a new one last week" explained OC
"Figures" said max "that we would get an awesome weekend and be stuck with a crap car" she said sulkily.
"don't be mean to it, with a bit of work after you guys get back I'll have it looking better then new." Said OC
"Nothing can get it looking better then new OC" alleged Alec "I mean look at it, it's an accident waiting to happen"
"Shut up boy. You wanna go on this weekend or not?" asked OC getting defensive.
"Alright, alright" said Alec holding up his hands in an 'I surrender' motion.
After a few goodbyes and 'have fun's' and after getting OC in a good mood again they were off.
Half an hour later.
"Alec I'm bored" Max whined. Alec stared at her feebly. He never thought Max would be a whiner. Sure she was always complaining about how her life sucked blah blah blah. But he was getting incredibly irritated at her. The radio in this damned machine didn't work. They had stopped at a store on the way out of Seattle and picked up some necessities for the trip. Mainly chocolate bars. And while Alec drove Max ate all of them. So now he was stuck driving a crappy car, which could fall apart at any moment, without a working radio, and a hyperactive Max which was whining. He continued to stare at her.
Alec was looking at her strangely. She went cross-eyed and made a fish face. Instead of getting a chuckle like she expected, Alec frowned. He was just. staring at her.
He was driving to far onto the other lane without realizing it and a car was coming the other way.
"ALEC WATCH OUT!" Max shrieked.
Alec quickly returned his gaze to the road and with quick reflexes swerved back to his side of the road, just barely missing the oncoming vehicle. "Shit" he said
"Damn right!" Max screeched "You could've killed us. Why weren't you watching the road like you were supposed to?" she asked getting worked up and using the energy she had acquired from the access sugar.
"Because you ate my chocolate bars." Alec seethed through clenched teeth. Max stared at him blankly. "You almost killed us because of a chocolate bar?" she fumed. Then she started ranting and raving on about how chocolate bars weren't very hard to buy and killing people for chocolate bars wasn't worth it. She was making no sense at all and she was seriously pissing Alec off.
He pulled over to the side of the road and turned to Max. "Max, this is for the best." And then he punched her. Straight between the eyes. She blacked out instantly. "This is the only way I'm going to survive driving with you in the car high on sugar for 3 hours." He looked at her and continued speaking to her unconscious form "Besides, you're never getting much sleep what with shark DNA and all. This is good for your health. See I'm looking out for your well being" he said as if that justified what he just did.
A good while later the car stopped. Max started to stir. She woke up feeling groggy. She was trying to remember where the hell she was then she remembered why she was groggy. She looked over at Alec who was still in the driver's seat looking at her wearily. "You punched me. You fricken punched me." She said viciously.
"Well now that that's out in the open let's go into the Hotel room shall we?" he asked hoping she would forget the matter and see the bigger and better things. "And anyway I stopped you from being bored. You got a lovely sleep and woke up with the hotel right in front of you, while I slaved away on the hot open road." He babbled.
"You decided to stop my boredom by knocking me unconscious?" she stared at him disbelieving "How thoughtful of you." She spat out through clenched teeth.
"I thought so too." He grinned cheekily. Forgetting her resolve for a dire need she smacked him on the head. Hard.
"Ow." He muttered losing his smile. "Ok fine. I suppose I deserved that. Now can we go inside"
"Sure" she smiled triumphantly.
At the counter a young teenage girl was reading a magazine looking bored. "Hi" said Alec "We're here under Original Cindy"
The girl stared up from her magazine lazily, but then when she saw Alec's face she jumped up immediately "Yes, we have your key right here" she said flirtingly. "Yes, You're right here in the. Honeymoon suite" her face fell.
Max laughed at her expression. "Thanks kid" she said kindly. The girl glared at her in reply.
"Fine then" Max muttered under her breath.
The girl told Alec the room number and gave him a key. "Well let's go up then alright, Honey?" he said
Max shook her head at him "Don't" she began but he had already put his arm around her and was steering her up the stairs with two guys following behind with their bags.
Once safely in the room Max said "that was really mean Alec, The girl looked like she was about to cry"
"Ah, tough luck" he said. He walked into the bedroom "Uh. Max, there's only one bed."
Max walked into the room. "What! But. but. Alec I am NOT sharing a bed with you!" she said decidedly
"Who says your getting the bed?" he asked
"It's considerate for the male to take the couch" she said "And besides you knocked me out. It's the least you can do!"
He sighed. "Oh fine."
Alec decided to go shopping so he could find something to wear to tonight's concert. Max decided to stay in but after about ten minutes of doing nothing, also went out shopping. She had no chance of catching up with Alec because she had no idea where he was. She walked around for ages not buying anything but just looking.
Then she came to a store that said 'SELL OUT SALE' in huge letters. She walked in. Inside there were the best looking clothes she had seen in ages. There were colourful sarongs, dark leather pants, Good looking tight-fit tops, biker gear, Swim wear, Posh girly clothes, the whole shindig! She started from one side of the shop and decided to go all through so she wouldn't miss anything. She picked out a long blue sarong (for the cruise ship), new gloves, A biker jacket, Four different tops, A new dress and a bikini also for when she was on the ship. She paid for her things and left holding billions of bags. She stopped and got some gifts for the gang then when she could hold no more decided to go back. She was turning a sharp corner when "Thud!!" she knocked straight into someone and dropped all of the things she was holding. "I am SO sorry" said a guy.
She looked up and a dark-haired handsome man was scurrying around picking up all of her things. He gave them back to her and asked if she wanted him to help him carry her things. Ha, there are gentlemen in this world younger then Logan she thought. "No it's ok" she replied hurriedly not looking at him properly. "I got to go" she said and hurried off.
When she got back to the hotel room, Alec was already waiting for her. "Geez Max, could you cut it any closer? Half an hour later and we would've missed the concert."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll go get changed okay?" She said. He agreed Looking at her bags he was wondering if she was TRYING to fill ANOTHER suit case! Women!
15 minutes later Max came out wearing the outfit that OC had bought her. She had her hair done up with the bits hanging off in stylish curls. Wow thought Alec but he dared not say that to her.
"You got the tickets Max?" he asked casually.
Her eyes widened. "OH. MY. GOD!" she wheezed. "You HAVE got them. right?" he asked.
"I, I left them on the kitchen counter." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. " I knew I forgot something"
"I can't believe this!" said Alec "How could you forget the tickets? It's not like we can drive back and get them! The drive is 3 hours! Our tickets are 3 hours away!" He was really frustrated. Already the trip had a shaky start although that was partly his fault.
"It's Ok" Max said "We'll sneak into the concert. What better ways to use our abilities If not for occasions like these?"
Alec looked at her diffidently "Well, the concert is in an old castle. Shouldn't be too hard"
"And I'm sure no one will bust our chops. I can't see White coming to one of these things" Max said then smiled imagining a fully suited White bopping along to the music.
They took their rickety old car and hid it ten minutes away from the castle near some bushes. A whole car was a lot harder to hide then a motorbike.
They sneaked around the sharp castle walls, using hand signals to silently communicate to each other each time they neared a guard. They avoided all attention and came around to the back of the castle. Behind it was nothing but fields.
There was a huge wooden gate that shut off a back exit to the fields. Alec supposed that in the olden days it was used when going to war by all of the riders and their horses.
The concert was on the second floor of the castle. Considering that this was a castle. That was quite high.
Max found some rope that was lying under some rubble. She tied the end in a circle so it could be thrown over one of the towering bricks on the sides of the castle.
Max was swinging the rope in a cowboy sort of fashion trying to hook it around one of the jutting bricks on the top part of the castle. She was having no success at all. Both she and Alec could probably jump up there but she really didn't want to, not in the expensive new clothes she was wearing. She kept missing her target and then trying to get it again.
"Max" Alec called
"Not now Alec. I've almost got it" she said annoyed.
"Max seriously" said Alec
Max tried again to swing the rope up, but missed once again. She stopped and looked at Alec. "What could possibly be so important Alec?" she hissed.
He pushed open the huge wooden door that was part of the gigantic wooden fence used to keep people out. "Apparently it's just for looks" he said with a grin
Max scowled at him "I knew that!" she mumbled, then sullenly walked past him inside.
Alec gave a little chuckle then followed behind her.
They went in and heard drum beats straight away. They followed the music through some corridors with old armor people standing there and found their way into a huge room full of. teenagers? It looked liked they were the oldest people there. And that's saying something considering that they're only in their twenties. Both of them looked around shocked. "O..k" said Alec "Well hopefully the music's good."
Bass and Electric guitars were added to the drums and shortly after that a voice.
OHHHH We're the kids, from the corner
We gonna keep on rockin around! And around. and AROUND!!! Whoa!
ok so the music also sucked. "Guess there was a reason I forgot those tickets" said Max "Too bad we don't listen to fate!"
The singer was screaming her lungs out trying to be a rock star. This kind of music obviously didn't suit her voice. She probably would have done better singing a lullaby. And not only that, but this music was for teenagers, or 'kids' as the singer put it.
Some teenage guy holding a can of beer approached Max. "Hey baby, wanna kick it?" he asked
"sure but that would make you infertile!" she replied confidently
He scowled at her and walked away. Another guy replaced him and tried to make a move on Max. In the corner a bunch of girls were giggling and pointing at Alec.
"Ok Max, flattery is nice but you can't honestly want to put up with this all night?" asked Alec
"Hell No. let's leave" she said "Actually max, I was thinking we should explore this cement tub. C'mon it's not often you get to be in a real castle."
"Alec this place is practically a museum" she said "there's not going to be anything worth fencing in here"
"That's not why I want to explore it" he replied "I just want to see what the rest of the castle is like. Didn't you see the locked doors on the way in? And you know, maybe there's like some king's treasure left around that's been hidden for hundreds of years"
She looked at him like he was a total idiot "Yeah and maybe there's also a ghost!" "Maybe" he replied. She rolled her eyes "C'mon Max, have a little fun. That's what we're here for." He said
"Oh fine, if it means that much to you." She said "But if we do find something, you're splitting it with me 50/50"
He grinned in reply. Alec put his arm around her and they started to walk towards the exit. "It turns out our daughter isn't here" Max said aloud. The people that were hitting on them gaped. Both of them tried to stifle a laugh. On their way out they heard things like "But they didn't look THAT old!" "Eww man you were hitting on someone's mom!" and from the girls "I wonder how she makes herself look so young?"
After exiting the gigantic room they turned left, instead of right which lead out of the castle. Alec removed his arm from around Max's shoulders. When they got to the locked door Max asked "So how we going to pick the lock?"
Alec looked at her thoughtfully. "Have you got any hairpins on you?" he asked
Max reached behind her head and pulled something out. "here" she said
Alec took the hairpin and started wiggling it expertly in the keyhole. They heard it click. Both of them looked around before pushing the door open and going in.
"What the." was all Alec could say. The place was completely bare. There wasn't even any furniture. There was even a lack of spider webs. "Tonight just seems to be a night of disappointments" said Alec.
"Let's check the rest of the castle" said max "maybe this was just the spare room?"
They continued to search the castle. Room by room they found nothing. The place had a light coat of dust suggesting there hadn't been any furniture or anything for that matter, in awhile. "The armor decorations were probably bought in for the concert" Alec said moodily. "Want to steal one of those?"
"Alec!" said max
"Fine lets go then, they were probably fake anyway!" Once they were in there rickety old car heading back to the hotel Alec said "Thank OC we have the cruise ship to look forward to tomorrow. Because this part of the date absolutely sucked!!"
Max agreed heartily.
The next day they were all packed and on there way to the cruise ship. They decided to leave the car in the car park figuring no one would bother stealing it because it was already a wreck. After giving their tickets and their names they were led to a room. They had to share again but luckily this room had two bedrooms and two separate beds.
Deciding that unpacking was a stupid idea, they went to explore the ship.
Upon exploring they found a swimming pool, a massage center, an all you can eat buffet, a bar, a games room, a gym, a theatre and even a library. The place was packed with activities. You name it and you can do it. There were people fishing, Driving golf balls into the water and a few people even dared to go on the confidence course that was rigged on the edge of the ship. Anyone who fell into the sea climbed back up on a rope ladder. There were small dolphins riding alongside the ship too. Everyone was walking around in there swimwear enjoying a rare sunny day.
"I'm going to go change into my bathing suit" said Max
Alec looked at her curiously "You have a bathing suit?"
She blushed and walked off. Well this would be interesting thought Alec. He had never even seen her wear a skirt or shorts for any reason. The only time he had seen her wear a dress was because there was occasion to. He shrugged and followed after her figuring he should get into some shorts himself as was the fashion here.
When he got to their room Max had already taken the bathroom to get changed in, So Alec changed in his room. They got out at around the same time.
"Whoa!" was the first thing that came to mind when Alec saw Max. Max was wearing a plain blue bikini. The top went around her neck and tied up at the back. He was guessing that the bottom was a plain blue too, one that was similar to the top. He couldn't see it because of the sarong Max was wearing. It was a darker blue colour then the bikini and it had yellow flower patterns over it. It was probably the first time ever Alec had seen Max's slim stomach. It was the same olive colour as her legs. Her arms were slightly darker. Max had also tied her hair up in a ponytail.
"Your not too bad yourself" Max replied after seeing Alec's reaction. For some unknown reason she liked his reaction.
Of course, he wasn't wearing anything fancy. Just Black and white board shorts. No shirt, which showed off his perfectly chiseled abs.
"Shall we go entertain ourselves M'lady?" he said in a British accent.
"Oh so I'm a lady now?" she said giving him a devious look.
He shrugged. She took his offered hand and together they set out.
"Pool" they both said at once and then raced off for it unceremoniously.
That day was very exciting for the both of them. They spent two hours in the pool, half an hour in the games room, had lunch in the all you can eat buffet, then split up after that.
Max went to the gym and Alec decided to try fishing. Then Max decided she wanted to see the dolphins and Alec wanted to try Golf. After that Max went for a massage and Alec went and relaxed by the pool. They met up again at 6pm to watch a movie together. Altogether the day was great. It was relaxing and entertaining. Both of them got to do what they wanted.
Since they only had one night on this ship and had to go back to Seattle the next day, they decided to go live it up at the bar.
After a shower and some nice cleaning up, Max came out dressed in a beautiful red dress. It was modern (therefore it was quite short) and it fell just above her knees. The dress hooked up behind her neck.
Alec was in casual jeans and a shirt. Being Alec, it looked good anyway.
They had dinner at the buffet again and then set off for the bar.
"Wow this place is a WHOLE lot cleaner then any bar I've ever seen" reported Alec
"Yeah, it's on a ship, Do you really think they would leave it looking like a pigsty?"
"True" he said. "Well free drinks, so want a beer?" he asked
"Sure, Can never pass up free drinks!" she laughed.
They spent about ten minutes together then decided to mingle. Or more Alec decided to go chat to a young lady on the other side of the bar. Fine then, ditch me. Thought Max. What a lovely date!
She felt like brooding about it when a guy younger then her came up and asked if he could buy her a drink.
"Uh. they're free anyway." She said
"Oh." stuttered the young man "Well... Would you like to dance then?" he was really nervous. Max was about to say no but then decided against it. She was supposed to be having fun so why not dance with some kid? It's not like she would do that in Seattle. Here no one knew her so it didn't matter how she acted. "Sure" she agreed.
Alec was talking to some girl he wasn't really interested in. She had called him over so he went to see what she wanted. Of course she just wanted to flirt. He was about to go back to Max when he saw her start dancing with some kid. Whoa. She'd never do that in Seattle. Must be the happiness that's affecting her, he thought.
The song ended. Alec waited for Max to come back when another guy went and asked her to dance. He saw her hesitate then agree. He was starting to get annoyed. This was becoming boring for him. He saw some girl eyeing him up from the corner of his eye and decided to go ask her to dance.
He put his arm around her and tried to look interested. Instantly he knew that was a mistake. He should of danced hip hop like everyone else because once the song finished she wouldn't let go of him. She clung to him like an oyster to a rock. He looked at her irritated but decided to dance the next song with her too then get rid of her.
Max searched around for Alec. She saw him dancing with a sluttish blond woman. Max felt upset for some unknown reason so when another guy asked her to dance, she accepted without hesitation.
One guy after another they kept asking her to dance. Song after song. She only had a little break where she went to the ladies room to freshen up then was back on the dance floor again.
After about an hour and a half of dancing and not seeing Alec, Max was about to call it quits and go back to her room when a man approached her. "Hey" he said "Do you remember me? I bumped into you yesterday"
Max started at the man surprised that he remembered her. She had barely even looked at him. "Wow what a coincidence" she replied
"D'ya wanna dance?" he asked
"Actually I was headed out" she said but then thought. He was so nice yesterday. One dance wont hurt. "You know what, I changed my mind. Let's dance" she said then took his hand and once more entered the dance floor. Wow she thought randomly. I've been at this bar almost 2 hours and I've only downed one pitcher of beer.
The guy was looking at her funny. "Sorry" she muttered. A slow song started just as they got to the dance floor. Everyone was coupling up slowly and swaying to the music romantically. She put her arms around him and did the same.
From far away Alec had stopped dancing hoping Max would finally stop acting like a class A flirt and come have a beer with him. He was wrong. She started dancing yet again with another guy.
They were dancing slowly to the music too, since this was the first slow song to come on for the night. He looked at the guy she was dancing with and felt a surge of jealousy. Whoa he thought. Where the hell had that come from? Just because they were pretending to be a couple and just because they were going out on dates didn't mean she was his. But oh he wished she was! Whoa. Once again. Bad thoughts!
He decided to solve this by going and asking a gorgeous red head who just walked into the bar to dance.
Meanwhile. Max was dancing with this guy and he was really friendly. She was in hysterics at the jokes he made.
Slowly she looked into his eyes. They looked familiar? But how? She was staring at him curiously probably making him uncomfortable when she realized where she knew those eyes from!
"Zane?" she whispered shocked.
The guy tensed up within her arms. He was about to make a run for it when he looked down at the petite woman in front of him. "Max?" he whispered back in the same surprised tone.
At the angle that Alec was dancing at he could see exactly what Max was doing through a reflection on a really shiny framed portrait. Oh so she was laughing at his jokes. Now she was staring into his eyes soulfully. He wished she'd quit it. She'd been staring at his eyes for about 2 minutes! She whispered something but he couldn't hear what and from the look on her face she liked his reply. Alec felt his temper boil.
"Oh my god! Zane is it really you?" Max asked "Wow after all of this time, and what are the chances."
"Yeah" he replied then scrunched up his nose. "Ewww I was making a move on my sister! GROSS!"
She laughed at him. "God, If you weren't on this cruise I would never of known it was you! Yesterday we never even recognized each other." She looked momentarily worried. "How many of the others have I passed without recognizing?"
He hugged her tight to him and soothed her. "Don't worry Max. You only didn't notice me because you were in a hurry and your vision was distorted by a bunch of bags. The others. Wow. How many have you seen since the escape?"
"Well." she began "I've seen Zack, Ben, Tinga, Brin, Seth" she looked dejected then brightened up "Jace, Krit and Syl. What about you?" she asked
"I know where Krit, Syl, Jondy, and Ash are. I lost contact with Zack because he'd never tell me where he was!" Zane replied
"You know where four of them are? Awesome! You have to tell me!!!" max replied enthusiastically. She was incredibly excited. 10 years she'd been looking for them and now because of OC's generosity and odd sense of amusement she had found ALL of her brothers and Sisters. More or less. Could this night get any better?
"Hey Maxie? Do you want to go to my room or yours so we can talk privately and not get interrupted by these norms? Because in case you haven't noticed. There all drooling over you." Zane whispered.
"Your room" said Max a little loudly. She blushed at the people who looked at her. She tried searching for Alec in the crowd to tell him the good news and where she was going. He looked busy with some red head. She didn't want to bother him because she figured if she was so happy he deserved to be too. Even if it was by picking up girls.
She linked arms with Zane and they walked out of the bar towards his room.
Alec continued to watch Max, paying next to no attention to his dance partner. Max looked really excited for some reason. Puh-leese what did he say? "I'll make you some pasta?"
Now she was laughing at one of his jokes again. Now she seemed to be making some heart felt confession to him. His eyes narrowed towards the portrait.
Now she looked worried. What had he said to worry her? Was he being pushy? Alec was going to walk over there and tell him to back off, especially after seeing him hug her tightly. But then she said something to him again. He couldn't quite make out the expression but after awhile she cheered up so he felt his presence wasn't needed.
The guy said something to her then whispered something and grinned. Then he heard the worst thing he could possibly ever hear! "Your room!" loud and clear. Max was going to sleep with a complete stranger? He saw her blush as she said it a little too loudly and then he saw her look around the bar then leave. He couldn't handle it anymore. He couldn't handle Max rejecting him for a complete stranger. He didn't even know where these feeling were coming from. He pushed his Date away and hurried to his room. Rejection beginning to set in.
Max spent the entire night talking to Zane. They talked about what they had been doing these last couple of years, what they thought of the outside world, they even talked about the other's deaths. Zane found out some shocking news that night. He told max where the four he knew were. She told him about being recaptured by Manticore then letting all the freaks out after burning up the building.
She told him about her friends and co-workers. She told him about Josh and the Anomalies. She even told him about Ben and Zack.
In return he told her about his friends and past experiences good and bad.
By the end of the night they felt like they had never been separated for all that time.
Zane told her what he was doing on the cruise and where he was going after that. He asked her to come with him but she sadly declined. He promised that when he was done with his little personal mission he would come up and see her in Seattle. And he would try and bring all the others too!
In the morning they said there goodbyes to each other and hugged for all it was worth.
Max ran back to her room. They were supposed to be off the ship in 10 minutes. Luckily she hadn't unpacked. She was still giddy from being with Zane. She ran into the room calling for Alec.
"Alec, are you here? I've had the BEST night ever. You wouldn't believe what happened last night! Hey Alec you in here?" she asked.
Alec came out of his room his face in a blank mask. Why would he possibly want to discuss Max's night with her?
"I'm here. Let's go" he said impassively.
Max stared at him wondering what was wrong. "You ok?" she questioned.
"Just fine." He said then walked out of the room.
Max began to get angry. What was his problem? Something amazing just happened to her and he didn't even want to speak to her. She had just found her long lost family and he was being a prick. Fine he could have it his way!
And sourly she followed after him.
They drove back to Seattle in stony silence.
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lol. I've re-read this chapter like 10 times and I reckon it sucks! It's sooo long though and the basic storyline is in it. I wont have much time in the next few weeks to re-write it because a friend of mine is moving and I'm going to be spending all my time with her. And I really don't want to make everyone wait for ages again.
So well you've all read this now. Tell me what you think.
Maybe when I've finished the whole story I'll come back and edit this chapter.
I dunno bout u guys but here its summer and it's a nightmare staying in the same room for more then 10 minutes even with all the windows open. lol so my brain is temporarily fried too. But don't worry it's starting to come out of holiday mode, very VERY slowly since school's started.
Anyway a bit more to do with the actual plot in this chapter. Enjoy people!!!
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Disastrous date
Max and Alec smiled in delight as they were hiding in the shadows after quickly pushing their bikes into the bushes and watched the exchange between Asha and Logan.
"Guess everything isn't just dandy in paradise after all" He smirked
Max smirked back.
They waited another ten minutes until Asha had found a ride home then went inside when they were sure it was safe.
They walked over to their table where OC and Sketchy were still seated and had seen the whole thing play out nicely. They high five-d each other then Sketchy and OC.
After a few Victory beers Alec announced he was leaving. Max decided to leave shortly after him signifying to OC that she was going to the Space Needle.
OC watched Max's retreating back with a gleeful smile. She liked the way this was turning out.
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OC had the second date up and ready for action. She was sending the two of them to a small town away from Seattle where they would have to share a room in a fancy hotel. Unfortunately she wasn't able to change the room to two single beds so they were going to have to figure that out for themselves. After all, this was originally going to be her weekend away with her boo but she didn't want to go to the Garleys concert so she was sending them instead. The very next day they would be on an all expenses paid cruise ship for the night where they could engage in any activity the wanted to. This was her gift to Max. She needed a break and here she could get it. Then the next day the two of them would be on their way back to Seattle. Three days away from Seattle should do them good.
OC had already talked to Normal about giving the two of them time off for a little surprise she had set up for them. He had reluctantly agreed after she had persuaded him that she and Sketchy would cover for them and do their runs. Of course she hadn't told Sketchy this yet but she'll figure that out when she comes to it.
She waited for both of them to arrive to work so she could tell them the good news. Once they arrived OC told them the full layout of this date. She handed the concert tickets to Max and also a wrapped box. Max stared at her questioningly.
"Boo, I saw you looking at this the other day so I decided to get it for you. You can wear it to the concert."
Max unwrapped the box and looked inside. "Oh my god, OC is this. wow" It was a finely cut black top which made her look like a feminine rock beauty and there was also some pure leather pants which were rare these days due to the lack of cows.
"God OC this is great, where exactly are you getting the money to pay for this?" Max asked
"Don't worry bout it boo, lets just say an. uncle of mine died and left me a fortune which I'm happy to share with you guys. Oh and don't worry bout asking Normal for time off, I've already told him."
Max gave OC a huge hug. The cruise ship sounded like fun.
"You two better head home and pack. You guys can borrow my friend's car to get there and I'll give you a map. But tomorrow you got to get to the hotel before five because they stop registering people in after that even if you are booked in. And if you get there early you can go sight seeing." OC instructed "Oh and Alec. You have to supply your own clothes cos I hate shopping for guys! I found that out after finding you that tux!"
Alec grinned "Fine with me"
They both left Jam Pony to pack. They had decided on an early start. The trip was supposed to be four hours but a bit of X5 driving should cut it down to about three.
The next day Alec met Max and OC at their apartment. He had packed all he needed in a handy duffel bag. "So we ready to go?" he asked Max when he got there. "Um, I think so. I'm sure I'm missing something though." she said
Alec glanced at the huge suitcase she had packed and gaped. "I don't think you COULD possibly forget anything when you have THAT packed!" he said while pointing at the suitcase. "Jeez Max, it's only the weekend we're not moving for good!"
She hit him playfully but incredibly lightly on the arm.
"Yo boo's come check out your ride." Said OC whilst walking into the apartment.
"Yeah ok" replied Max. "Alec be a gentleman and get my bag"
He looked at her bewildered "You want me to haul THAT down the stairs?"
"Well you very well can't make a lady do it" she said punctuating the word lady.
He grunted. "Yeah but your no LADY, your a genetically engineered.." "Shut up and grab her bag fool!!" exclaimed OC
With that settled the three of them descended the stairs with Alec staggering behind with both his duffel bag and Max's huge over-packed suitcase.
The car that was waiting for them was a rusty looking old ford which was coated in a weather-beaten burgundy paint.
"This is our ride?" asked Alec clearly not amused.
"I know it's not much, but it's all I could get and it's mine now. I bought it from my friend for a real cheep price after she got a new one last week" explained OC
"Figures" said max "that we would get an awesome weekend and be stuck with a crap car" she said sulkily.
"don't be mean to it, with a bit of work after you guys get back I'll have it looking better then new." Said OC
"Nothing can get it looking better then new OC" alleged Alec "I mean look at it, it's an accident waiting to happen"
"Shut up boy. You wanna go on this weekend or not?" asked OC getting defensive.
"Alright, alright" said Alec holding up his hands in an 'I surrender' motion.
After a few goodbyes and 'have fun's' and after getting OC in a good mood again they were off.
Half an hour later.
"Alec I'm bored" Max whined. Alec stared at her feebly. He never thought Max would be a whiner. Sure she was always complaining about how her life sucked blah blah blah. But he was getting incredibly irritated at her. The radio in this damned machine didn't work. They had stopped at a store on the way out of Seattle and picked up some necessities for the trip. Mainly chocolate bars. And while Alec drove Max ate all of them. So now he was stuck driving a crappy car, which could fall apart at any moment, without a working radio, and a hyperactive Max which was whining. He continued to stare at her.
Alec was looking at her strangely. She went cross-eyed and made a fish face. Instead of getting a chuckle like she expected, Alec frowned. He was just. staring at her.
He was driving to far onto the other lane without realizing it and a car was coming the other way.
"ALEC WATCH OUT!" Max shrieked.
Alec quickly returned his gaze to the road and with quick reflexes swerved back to his side of the road, just barely missing the oncoming vehicle. "Shit" he said
"Damn right!" Max screeched "You could've killed us. Why weren't you watching the road like you were supposed to?" she asked getting worked up and using the energy she had acquired from the access sugar.
"Because you ate my chocolate bars." Alec seethed through clenched teeth. Max stared at him blankly. "You almost killed us because of a chocolate bar?" she fumed. Then she started ranting and raving on about how chocolate bars weren't very hard to buy and killing people for chocolate bars wasn't worth it. She was making no sense at all and she was seriously pissing Alec off.
He pulled over to the side of the road and turned to Max. "Max, this is for the best." And then he punched her. Straight between the eyes. She blacked out instantly. "This is the only way I'm going to survive driving with you in the car high on sugar for 3 hours." He looked at her and continued speaking to her unconscious form "Besides, you're never getting much sleep what with shark DNA and all. This is good for your health. See I'm looking out for your well being" he said as if that justified what he just did.
A good while later the car stopped. Max started to stir. She woke up feeling groggy. She was trying to remember where the hell she was then she remembered why she was groggy. She looked over at Alec who was still in the driver's seat looking at her wearily. "You punched me. You fricken punched me." She said viciously.
"Well now that that's out in the open let's go into the Hotel room shall we?" he asked hoping she would forget the matter and see the bigger and better things. "And anyway I stopped you from being bored. You got a lovely sleep and woke up with the hotel right in front of you, while I slaved away on the hot open road." He babbled.
"You decided to stop my boredom by knocking me unconscious?" she stared at him disbelieving "How thoughtful of you." She spat out through clenched teeth.
"I thought so too." He grinned cheekily. Forgetting her resolve for a dire need she smacked him on the head. Hard.
"Ow." He muttered losing his smile. "Ok fine. I suppose I deserved that. Now can we go inside"
"Sure" she smiled triumphantly.
At the counter a young teenage girl was reading a magazine looking bored. "Hi" said Alec "We're here under Original Cindy"
The girl stared up from her magazine lazily, but then when she saw Alec's face she jumped up immediately "Yes, we have your key right here" she said flirtingly. "Yes, You're right here in the. Honeymoon suite" her face fell.
Max laughed at her expression. "Thanks kid" she said kindly. The girl glared at her in reply.
"Fine then" Max muttered under her breath.
The girl told Alec the room number and gave him a key. "Well let's go up then alright, Honey?" he said
Max shook her head at him "Don't" she began but he had already put his arm around her and was steering her up the stairs with two guys following behind with their bags.
Once safely in the room Max said "that was really mean Alec, The girl looked like she was about to cry"
"Ah, tough luck" he said. He walked into the bedroom "Uh. Max, there's only one bed."
Max walked into the room. "What! But. but. Alec I am NOT sharing a bed with you!" she said decidedly
"Who says your getting the bed?" he asked
"It's considerate for the male to take the couch" she said "And besides you knocked me out. It's the least you can do!"
He sighed. "Oh fine."
Alec decided to go shopping so he could find something to wear to tonight's concert. Max decided to stay in but after about ten minutes of doing nothing, also went out shopping. She had no chance of catching up with Alec because she had no idea where he was. She walked around for ages not buying anything but just looking.
Then she came to a store that said 'SELL OUT SALE' in huge letters. She walked in. Inside there were the best looking clothes she had seen in ages. There were colourful sarongs, dark leather pants, Good looking tight-fit tops, biker gear, Swim wear, Posh girly clothes, the whole shindig! She started from one side of the shop and decided to go all through so she wouldn't miss anything. She picked out a long blue sarong (for the cruise ship), new gloves, A biker jacket, Four different tops, A new dress and a bikini also for when she was on the ship. She paid for her things and left holding billions of bags. She stopped and got some gifts for the gang then when she could hold no more decided to go back. She was turning a sharp corner when "Thud!!" she knocked straight into someone and dropped all of the things she was holding. "I am SO sorry" said a guy.
She looked up and a dark-haired handsome man was scurrying around picking up all of her things. He gave them back to her and asked if she wanted him to help him carry her things. Ha, there are gentlemen in this world younger then Logan she thought. "No it's ok" she replied hurriedly not looking at him properly. "I got to go" she said and hurried off.
When she got back to the hotel room, Alec was already waiting for her. "Geez Max, could you cut it any closer? Half an hour later and we would've missed the concert."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll go get changed okay?" She said. He agreed Looking at her bags he was wondering if she was TRYING to fill ANOTHER suit case! Women!
15 minutes later Max came out wearing the outfit that OC had bought her. She had her hair done up with the bits hanging off in stylish curls. Wow thought Alec but he dared not say that to her.
"You got the tickets Max?" he asked casually.
Her eyes widened. "OH. MY. GOD!" she wheezed. "You HAVE got them. right?" he asked.
"I, I left them on the kitchen counter." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. " I knew I forgot something"
"I can't believe this!" said Alec "How could you forget the tickets? It's not like we can drive back and get them! The drive is 3 hours! Our tickets are 3 hours away!" He was really frustrated. Already the trip had a shaky start although that was partly his fault.
"It's Ok" Max said "We'll sneak into the concert. What better ways to use our abilities If not for occasions like these?"
Alec looked at her diffidently "Well, the concert is in an old castle. Shouldn't be too hard"
"And I'm sure no one will bust our chops. I can't see White coming to one of these things" Max said then smiled imagining a fully suited White bopping along to the music.
They took their rickety old car and hid it ten minutes away from the castle near some bushes. A whole car was a lot harder to hide then a motorbike.
They sneaked around the sharp castle walls, using hand signals to silently communicate to each other each time they neared a guard. They avoided all attention and came around to the back of the castle. Behind it was nothing but fields.
There was a huge wooden gate that shut off a back exit to the fields. Alec supposed that in the olden days it was used when going to war by all of the riders and their horses.
The concert was on the second floor of the castle. Considering that this was a castle. That was quite high.
Max found some rope that was lying under some rubble. She tied the end in a circle so it could be thrown over one of the towering bricks on the sides of the castle.
Max was swinging the rope in a cowboy sort of fashion trying to hook it around one of the jutting bricks on the top part of the castle. She was having no success at all. Both she and Alec could probably jump up there but she really didn't want to, not in the expensive new clothes she was wearing. She kept missing her target and then trying to get it again.
"Max" Alec called
"Not now Alec. I've almost got it" she said annoyed.
"Max seriously" said Alec
Max tried again to swing the rope up, but missed once again. She stopped and looked at Alec. "What could possibly be so important Alec?" she hissed.
He pushed open the huge wooden door that was part of the gigantic wooden fence used to keep people out. "Apparently it's just for looks" he said with a grin
Max scowled at him "I knew that!" she mumbled, then sullenly walked past him inside.
Alec gave a little chuckle then followed behind her.
They went in and heard drum beats straight away. They followed the music through some corridors with old armor people standing there and found their way into a huge room full of. teenagers? It looked liked they were the oldest people there. And that's saying something considering that they're only in their twenties. Both of them looked around shocked. "O..k" said Alec "Well hopefully the music's good."
Bass and Electric guitars were added to the drums and shortly after that a voice.
OHHHH We're the kids, from the corner
We gonna keep on rockin around! And around. and AROUND!!! Whoa!
ok so the music also sucked. "Guess there was a reason I forgot those tickets" said Max "Too bad we don't listen to fate!"
The singer was screaming her lungs out trying to be a rock star. This kind of music obviously didn't suit her voice. She probably would have done better singing a lullaby. And not only that, but this music was for teenagers, or 'kids' as the singer put it.
Some teenage guy holding a can of beer approached Max. "Hey baby, wanna kick it?" he asked
"sure but that would make you infertile!" she replied confidently
He scowled at her and walked away. Another guy replaced him and tried to make a move on Max. In the corner a bunch of girls were giggling and pointing at Alec.
"Ok Max, flattery is nice but you can't honestly want to put up with this all night?" asked Alec
"Hell No. let's leave" she said "Actually max, I was thinking we should explore this cement tub. C'mon it's not often you get to be in a real castle."
"Alec this place is practically a museum" she said "there's not going to be anything worth fencing in here"
"That's not why I want to explore it" he replied "I just want to see what the rest of the castle is like. Didn't you see the locked doors on the way in? And you know, maybe there's like some king's treasure left around that's been hidden for hundreds of years"
She looked at him like he was a total idiot "Yeah and maybe there's also a ghost!" "Maybe" he replied. She rolled her eyes "C'mon Max, have a little fun. That's what we're here for." He said
"Oh fine, if it means that much to you." She said "But if we do find something, you're splitting it with me 50/50"
He grinned in reply. Alec put his arm around her and they started to walk towards the exit. "It turns out our daughter isn't here" Max said aloud. The people that were hitting on them gaped. Both of them tried to stifle a laugh. On their way out they heard things like "But they didn't look THAT old!" "Eww man you were hitting on someone's mom!" and from the girls "I wonder how she makes herself look so young?"
After exiting the gigantic room they turned left, instead of right which lead out of the castle. Alec removed his arm from around Max's shoulders. When they got to the locked door Max asked "So how we going to pick the lock?"
Alec looked at her thoughtfully. "Have you got any hairpins on you?" he asked
Max reached behind her head and pulled something out. "here" she said
Alec took the hairpin and started wiggling it expertly in the keyhole. They heard it click. Both of them looked around before pushing the door open and going in.
"What the." was all Alec could say. The place was completely bare. There wasn't even any furniture. There was even a lack of spider webs. "Tonight just seems to be a night of disappointments" said Alec.
"Let's check the rest of the castle" said max "maybe this was just the spare room?"
They continued to search the castle. Room by room they found nothing. The place had a light coat of dust suggesting there hadn't been any furniture or anything for that matter, in awhile. "The armor decorations were probably bought in for the concert" Alec said moodily. "Want to steal one of those?"
"Alec!" said max
"Fine lets go then, they were probably fake anyway!" Once they were in there rickety old car heading back to the hotel Alec said "Thank OC we have the cruise ship to look forward to tomorrow. Because this part of the date absolutely sucked!!"
Max agreed heartily.
The next day they were all packed and on there way to the cruise ship. They decided to leave the car in the car park figuring no one would bother stealing it because it was already a wreck. After giving their tickets and their names they were led to a room. They had to share again but luckily this room had two bedrooms and two separate beds.
Deciding that unpacking was a stupid idea, they went to explore the ship.
Upon exploring they found a swimming pool, a massage center, an all you can eat buffet, a bar, a games room, a gym, a theatre and even a library. The place was packed with activities. You name it and you can do it. There were people fishing, Driving golf balls into the water and a few people even dared to go on the confidence course that was rigged on the edge of the ship. Anyone who fell into the sea climbed back up on a rope ladder. There were small dolphins riding alongside the ship too. Everyone was walking around in there swimwear enjoying a rare sunny day.
"I'm going to go change into my bathing suit" said Max
Alec looked at her curiously "You have a bathing suit?"
She blushed and walked off. Well this would be interesting thought Alec. He had never even seen her wear a skirt or shorts for any reason. The only time he had seen her wear a dress was because there was occasion to. He shrugged and followed after her figuring he should get into some shorts himself as was the fashion here.
When he got to their room Max had already taken the bathroom to get changed in, So Alec changed in his room. They got out at around the same time.
"Whoa!" was the first thing that came to mind when Alec saw Max. Max was wearing a plain blue bikini. The top went around her neck and tied up at the back. He was guessing that the bottom was a plain blue too, one that was similar to the top. He couldn't see it because of the sarong Max was wearing. It was a darker blue colour then the bikini and it had yellow flower patterns over it. It was probably the first time ever Alec had seen Max's slim stomach. It was the same olive colour as her legs. Her arms were slightly darker. Max had also tied her hair up in a ponytail.
"Your not too bad yourself" Max replied after seeing Alec's reaction. For some unknown reason she liked his reaction.
Of course, he wasn't wearing anything fancy. Just Black and white board shorts. No shirt, which showed off his perfectly chiseled abs.
"Shall we go entertain ourselves M'lady?" he said in a British accent.
"Oh so I'm a lady now?" she said giving him a devious look.
He shrugged. She took his offered hand and together they set out.
"Pool" they both said at once and then raced off for it unceremoniously.
That day was very exciting for the both of them. They spent two hours in the pool, half an hour in the games room, had lunch in the all you can eat buffet, then split up after that.
Max went to the gym and Alec decided to try fishing. Then Max decided she wanted to see the dolphins and Alec wanted to try Golf. After that Max went for a massage and Alec went and relaxed by the pool. They met up again at 6pm to watch a movie together. Altogether the day was great. It was relaxing and entertaining. Both of them got to do what they wanted.
Since they only had one night on this ship and had to go back to Seattle the next day, they decided to go live it up at the bar.
After a shower and some nice cleaning up, Max came out dressed in a beautiful red dress. It was modern (therefore it was quite short) and it fell just above her knees. The dress hooked up behind her neck.
Alec was in casual jeans and a shirt. Being Alec, it looked good anyway.
They had dinner at the buffet again and then set off for the bar.
"Wow this place is a WHOLE lot cleaner then any bar I've ever seen" reported Alec
"Yeah, it's on a ship, Do you really think they would leave it looking like a pigsty?"
"True" he said. "Well free drinks, so want a beer?" he asked
"Sure, Can never pass up free drinks!" she laughed.
They spent about ten minutes together then decided to mingle. Or more Alec decided to go chat to a young lady on the other side of the bar. Fine then, ditch me. Thought Max. What a lovely date!
She felt like brooding about it when a guy younger then her came up and asked if he could buy her a drink.
"Uh. they're free anyway." She said
"Oh." stuttered the young man "Well... Would you like to dance then?" he was really nervous. Max was about to say no but then decided against it. She was supposed to be having fun so why not dance with some kid? It's not like she would do that in Seattle. Here no one knew her so it didn't matter how she acted. "Sure" she agreed.
Alec was talking to some girl he wasn't really interested in. She had called him over so he went to see what she wanted. Of course she just wanted to flirt. He was about to go back to Max when he saw her start dancing with some kid. Whoa. She'd never do that in Seattle. Must be the happiness that's affecting her, he thought.
The song ended. Alec waited for Max to come back when another guy went and asked her to dance. He saw her hesitate then agree. He was starting to get annoyed. This was becoming boring for him. He saw some girl eyeing him up from the corner of his eye and decided to go ask her to dance.
He put his arm around her and tried to look interested. Instantly he knew that was a mistake. He should of danced hip hop like everyone else because once the song finished she wouldn't let go of him. She clung to him like an oyster to a rock. He looked at her irritated but decided to dance the next song with her too then get rid of her.
Max searched around for Alec. She saw him dancing with a sluttish blond woman. Max felt upset for some unknown reason so when another guy asked her to dance, she accepted without hesitation.
One guy after another they kept asking her to dance. Song after song. She only had a little break where she went to the ladies room to freshen up then was back on the dance floor again.
After about an hour and a half of dancing and not seeing Alec, Max was about to call it quits and go back to her room when a man approached her. "Hey" he said "Do you remember me? I bumped into you yesterday"
Max started at the man surprised that he remembered her. She had barely even looked at him. "Wow what a coincidence" she replied
"D'ya wanna dance?" he asked
"Actually I was headed out" she said but then thought. He was so nice yesterday. One dance wont hurt. "You know what, I changed my mind. Let's dance" she said then took his hand and once more entered the dance floor. Wow she thought randomly. I've been at this bar almost 2 hours and I've only downed one pitcher of beer.
The guy was looking at her funny. "Sorry" she muttered. A slow song started just as they got to the dance floor. Everyone was coupling up slowly and swaying to the music romantically. She put her arms around him and did the same.
From far away Alec had stopped dancing hoping Max would finally stop acting like a class A flirt and come have a beer with him. He was wrong. She started dancing yet again with another guy.
They were dancing slowly to the music too, since this was the first slow song to come on for the night. He looked at the guy she was dancing with and felt a surge of jealousy. Whoa he thought. Where the hell had that come from? Just because they were pretending to be a couple and just because they were going out on dates didn't mean she was his. But oh he wished she was! Whoa. Once again. Bad thoughts!
He decided to solve this by going and asking a gorgeous red head who just walked into the bar to dance.
Meanwhile. Max was dancing with this guy and he was really friendly. She was in hysterics at the jokes he made.
Slowly she looked into his eyes. They looked familiar? But how? She was staring at him curiously probably making him uncomfortable when she realized where she knew those eyes from!
"Zane?" she whispered shocked.
The guy tensed up within her arms. He was about to make a run for it when he looked down at the petite woman in front of him. "Max?" he whispered back in the same surprised tone.
At the angle that Alec was dancing at he could see exactly what Max was doing through a reflection on a really shiny framed portrait. Oh so she was laughing at his jokes. Now she was staring into his eyes soulfully. He wished she'd quit it. She'd been staring at his eyes for about 2 minutes! She whispered something but he couldn't hear what and from the look on her face she liked his reply. Alec felt his temper boil.
"Oh my god! Zane is it really you?" Max asked "Wow after all of this time, and what are the chances."
"Yeah" he replied then scrunched up his nose. "Ewww I was making a move on my sister! GROSS!"
She laughed at him. "God, If you weren't on this cruise I would never of known it was you! Yesterday we never even recognized each other." She looked momentarily worried. "How many of the others have I passed without recognizing?"
He hugged her tight to him and soothed her. "Don't worry Max. You only didn't notice me because you were in a hurry and your vision was distorted by a bunch of bags. The others. Wow. How many have you seen since the escape?"
"Well." she began "I've seen Zack, Ben, Tinga, Brin, Seth" she looked dejected then brightened up "Jace, Krit and Syl. What about you?" she asked
"I know where Krit, Syl, Jondy, and Ash are. I lost contact with Zack because he'd never tell me where he was!" Zane replied
"You know where four of them are? Awesome! You have to tell me!!!" max replied enthusiastically. She was incredibly excited. 10 years she'd been looking for them and now because of OC's generosity and odd sense of amusement she had found ALL of her brothers and Sisters. More or less. Could this night get any better?
"Hey Maxie? Do you want to go to my room or yours so we can talk privately and not get interrupted by these norms? Because in case you haven't noticed. There all drooling over you." Zane whispered.
"Your room" said Max a little loudly. She blushed at the people who looked at her. She tried searching for Alec in the crowd to tell him the good news and where she was going. He looked busy with some red head. She didn't want to bother him because she figured if she was so happy he deserved to be too. Even if it was by picking up girls.
She linked arms with Zane and they walked out of the bar towards his room.
Alec continued to watch Max, paying next to no attention to his dance partner. Max looked really excited for some reason. Puh-leese what did he say? "I'll make you some pasta?"
Now she was laughing at one of his jokes again. Now she seemed to be making some heart felt confession to him. His eyes narrowed towards the portrait.
Now she looked worried. What had he said to worry her? Was he being pushy? Alec was going to walk over there and tell him to back off, especially after seeing him hug her tightly. But then she said something to him again. He couldn't quite make out the expression but after awhile she cheered up so he felt his presence wasn't needed.
The guy said something to her then whispered something and grinned. Then he heard the worst thing he could possibly ever hear! "Your room!" loud and clear. Max was going to sleep with a complete stranger? He saw her blush as she said it a little too loudly and then he saw her look around the bar then leave. He couldn't handle it anymore. He couldn't handle Max rejecting him for a complete stranger. He didn't even know where these feeling were coming from. He pushed his Date away and hurried to his room. Rejection beginning to set in.
Max spent the entire night talking to Zane. They talked about what they had been doing these last couple of years, what they thought of the outside world, they even talked about the other's deaths. Zane found out some shocking news that night. He told max where the four he knew were. She told him about being recaptured by Manticore then letting all the freaks out after burning up the building.
She told him about her friends and co-workers. She told him about Josh and the Anomalies. She even told him about Ben and Zack.
In return he told her about his friends and past experiences good and bad.
By the end of the night they felt like they had never been separated for all that time.
Zane told her what he was doing on the cruise and where he was going after that. He asked her to come with him but she sadly declined. He promised that when he was done with his little personal mission he would come up and see her in Seattle. And he would try and bring all the others too!
In the morning they said there goodbyes to each other and hugged for all it was worth.
Max ran back to her room. They were supposed to be off the ship in 10 minutes. Luckily she hadn't unpacked. She was still giddy from being with Zane. She ran into the room calling for Alec.
"Alec, are you here? I've had the BEST night ever. You wouldn't believe what happened last night! Hey Alec you in here?" she asked.
Alec came out of his room his face in a blank mask. Why would he possibly want to discuss Max's night with her?
"I'm here. Let's go" he said impassively.
Max stared at him wondering what was wrong. "You ok?" she questioned.
"Just fine." He said then walked out of the room.
Max began to get angry. What was his problem? Something amazing just happened to her and he didn't even want to speak to her. She had just found her long lost family and he was being a prick. Fine he could have it his way!
And sourly she followed after him.
They drove back to Seattle in stony silence.
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lol. I've re-read this chapter like 10 times and I reckon it sucks! It's sooo long though and the basic storyline is in it. I wont have much time in the next few weeks to re-write it because a friend of mine is moving and I'm going to be spending all my time with her. And I really don't want to make everyone wait for ages again.
So well you've all read this now. Tell me what you think.
Maybe when I've finished the whole story I'll come back and edit this chapter.