Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum... Sorry bout another long wait, but what can I
say... I've honestly been too lazy... hehe ok not the best thing to say but
hey, it's the truth! The only thing that inspired me to write this chapter
was the fact that I can't go to this concert I REALLY wanted to go to... (I'm
soooo pissed off bout that... oh well it's the way the world turns...)
Anyway... For people who like this story... I suppose its good for you that I
can't make this concert and have nothing better to do... well here goes...
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Misunderstandings 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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OC was sitting in her apartment expecting Max and Alec back sometime today and musing on what might've happened on this date. They'd had a whole weekend together... they could've bonded very nicely...
SMACK!! The door burst open. An angry Max stormed in hauling her bags then she slammed the door shut.
"That ass!" said Max Ah oh... thought OC.
Alec drove the car to Max and OC's apartment, parked, got out, and caught a cab to his place. He didn't even look back to see what Max was doing. Screw her he thought. Stupid slut! Well he couldn't really say that considering this was the first time he'd seen Max be with anyone besides Logan and also because well if she was a slut then he was a man hoe. But still... It had been so painful to see her walk off with another man. Another norm. And it was even worse when she came back the next morning giddy with joy. He could never make her eyes light up and look the way they had this morning. From her expression you would think Christmas had come early. If he ever had a chance with max it was probably gone now. If he had been the one she'd spent the night with, she would be seeing stars, compared to what probably happened with that stupid norm! Once you've gone transgenic... Oh he forgot... she never has.
"What's wrong sugar?" asked OC cautiously. "Alec, that stupid, odd, selfish idiot!" max replied.
OC sighed. "What'd he do this time, honey?" "He, he... IGNORED me!!!" she shrieked.
OC raised an eyebrow. Max told her the whole story about Zane and then coming back to find Alec act so incredibly disinterested. After she'd explained her problem to OC she realized how stupid it sounded. But she didn't care. She didn't do anything wrong so she wasn't apologizing! In fact, she wasn't going to talk to him until he apologized to her.
Alec was sitting at home after taking a long hot shower analyzing the situation. He felt every jealous fiber resurface as he was going over what happened. He remembered Max blushing and walking off with that guy. He remembered every painful moment that night when he couldn't stop thinking about her. He was also remembering that very morning when max returned. He knew he had been a bit unfair but he didn't care. It wasn't fair to him that she could cause so much pain when she wasn't even around. He knew she was probably really mad at him, but he wasn't going to apologize. It just hurt too much.
The next day Max arrived early to jam Pony hoping to start runs early so when Alec got to work she'd not have to see him. Unfortunately to her surprise, Alec apparently always came to work on time so her morning appearance was worth zero. They eyes locked for a moment but then they both looked away. Max walked over to her locker while Alec who was sitting at the counter hopped off it and walked out of the place with three packages.
OC was shocked. Trust fate to throw something like this at her. Fate had to give original an incredibly good plan then make it backfire in her face. She had to come up with a way to fix this, because this was totally the opposite of what she wanted to occur between her two boos.
The two of them managed to avoid each other until lunch time where they had to face each other as they all usually ate together. Max was talking to Sketchy; she was in a better mood listening to sketch telling her about how this girl that completely ditched him. She was half smiling when Alec came over to put his jacket into his locker.
"Hey, man. Finally you're here. Original Cindy's' out for lunch so its just the three of us. Where do you wanna go?" Sketch asked gladly.
Alec was about to reply, when Max cut in. "Actually Sketch, I'm out too. Gotta blaze" she said then walked off without even acknowledging Alec. He glared into her back, not saying a word. She had beaten him to making an excuse and leaving. Sketchy noticed his friends odd behaviors and decided that whatever it was, he wasn't going to get involved in a 'lovers quarrel'. "So Pizza then, man?" Sketchy asked unfazed.
Max walked into Joshua's house with a full bag of groceries.
"Hey Big Fella, what ya up to?" she asked.
Of course he was working on another painting.
"Max" he said simply. "Max, happier now. No Logan. Only Alec."
Max frowned as she stared at his abstract work. "don't like?" Joshua asked. His painting consisted of bright colours interlocked with a black box in the middle. She wondered what the black box stood for.
"No, I like it it's just... Joshua, what's the black box for?" Max said confused.
"This Max and Alec together. Happy" Joshua replied "See in the middle of happy colours." He went on to explain what each colour represented and what each swirl meant.
"Yeah, I get that Josh. But what do you mean Max and Alec happy, together?" Max asked still confused.
"Ohhh." Exclaimed Joshua. "Max and Alec barcodes fit. Made for each other" he stated. At seeing her still confused expression he turned to a blank page of paper. He drew Max's barcode in black then drew Alec's barcode in green.
"Max and Alec's barcodes." He said "Yeah?" said Max wondering why he was showing her something she already knew.
"Watch" he stated. In-between the spaces of Alec's green barcode he drew Max's barcode. It fit perfectly in-between the white spaces. Together they made a perfect box of green and black colours. Max was shocked. Freaky, she thought. When she looked at the white spaces between her own barcode she realized it made Alec's barcode. Now she understood why there was a box in the middle.
"Weird coincidence" said Max. She wanted to tell Joshua that she and Alec were only pretending to be together and it was only going to be for another week, but she didn't want to break the rules of the bet. Because she was standing there staring at the painting, she had completely forgotten that she was still holding the groceries she'd bought for Joshua. She was reminded when Josh started sniffing at her arms.
"Oh. Um here's some food for you." She said "Look I gotta blaze, be okay?" she asked
Joshua nodded while ripping into a packed of cheezles. "go" he stated.
Max nodded then headed out. As she was getting on her bike she was thinking about the bizarre fact she had just learned about her and Alec's barcodes. Total coincidence she told herself then rode off.
Max continued to not speak to Alec for the rest of the day. Alec contemplated apologizing to her but remembered why he was angry at her then completely through out that idea. When Normal stopped bipping and Sketchy had run his last run for the day Sketchy asked "Meet you guys at crash?" They all unceremoniously declined with "I'm busies" and "Not tonight" even Cindy declined, which left a poor dejected Sketchy to go to crash by himself.
Alec was sitting at home thinking over how different today had been. He hadn't spoken to Max all day. It made life a whole lot less interesting without making her mad or getting some kind of reaction from her. Although he missed the social contact he still wouldn't apologize. He'd go on like this for days if he had to! Thing was, he didn't know what he wanted Max to do.
Max had only not talked to Alec for a day and she missed him. She missed his ever-present witty remarks and all out laid back attitude. It was weird seeing him and not speaking to him but that wasn't the weird part. The weird part was that he didn't acknowledge her. He ignored her. Max found that painful as he usually always talked to her. She never realized how reliant she was on him and his happy-go-lucky attitude. The whole day seemed sour and grey. The last time she had seen him act like this was when the whole Rachel fiasco was going on. And even then he didn't ignore her, he was just depressed and negative. She couldn't believe this affected her so much. It was like she couldn't survive without him, which was a total pretense because she lived a perfectly fine transgenic life before he came along. She decided to go sort out her thoughts at the space needle.
Alec awoke the next morning with a bad headache. He had drunken two whole bottles of scotch last night because he couldn't go to sleep since he kept thinking about a certain person.
"Damn her! She affects me when she's around, She affects me when she's not around and so you ignore her and then she affects you when you sleep." He took a deep breath. "Damn her!" he said again He decided he had better get cleaned up before going into work.
Max had decided to apologize to him. She had spent the entire night sitting upon the windy space needle thinking over what she should do. She apparently needed him. He was like an instant shot of coffee, keeps you awake and alive the whole day. She was over at her locker waiting for him to get in.
Half an hour later he strolled in lazily. Max was irritated but decided she was still going to apologize. She started walking towards him when she noticed the way his shoulders were sagging and the dark circles under his eyes. She could also smell a faint hint of alcohol from him, something only her transgenic senses would pick up the day after. That inconsiderate jerk, she thought. She had spent the entire night thinking of him, and he goes off and does god knows what with some bimbo at some bar. Her ignoring him hadn't even affected him. He still went on with life as usual. She had no idea why that affected her so much, but she re-thought her decision to apologize and walked straight past him.
They continued this cycle for two more days. OC had tried to get them to talk to each other but they both stubbornly refused. Even Sketchy was starting to get worried. OC seemed to be loosing sleep over it. With each passing day it looked like Max and Alec were becoming zombies. Neither of them smiled much and both were pretty much on autopilot. They went about their days pretending the other didn't exist. Oddly enough even Normal was the tiniest bit worried. He decided to make them work the same sector together.
"Oi, you two. You have sector five together." He handed them each a pile of packages. "Bip, bip, bip"
They both searched for other people to take their sectors but somehow everyone had some important errand to run or 'liked' the partners they had for their sectors. Not even OC or Sketchy would swap.
Heaving a big sigh Max walked out of Jam Pony with her bike. She was going to ride off by herself and deliver the parcels as quick as possible when Normal's voice interrupted her.
"By the way, everyone has to stay with their partners because... because it's less dangerous in numbers" he announced to everyone. "It also stops any lawsuit" he mumbled. Everyone sighed and started to complain but Normal just held up his hand and ignored them all. Alec gritted his teeth and walked out to find his 'partner'. For the first time in three days they acknowledged each other with a strained nod. They got on their bikes and rode off with Max in front and Alec slightly behind her. Once OC was sure they had left she asked "Normal, do we really have to stick with our partners? I got Jay-jay and he's one weird brutha."
"Nah go by yourselves, it's quicker" He replied.
Everyone shouted their approval and went on with their daily business.
For three hours straight they delivered their packages without directly speaking to each other. When they needed to go somewhere one would just say "Gulbrin Street" or "Hayek Avenue". Each wore a stony expression, and Alec even made a toddler cry just by looking at him.
Max was getting sick of this behavior. How long was it supposed to last? If she didn't apologize, would he? Why was he angry at her anyway? She didn't want to continue like this. It was making both of them unhappy and they were starting to scare little children.
They were walking down a rather deserted part of the city where they had just finished delivering a package to some small business. Whatever the package has been, it was broken now. After a few more minutes of walking, Max sighed and pulled Alec into a concealed alleyway. He was too shocked to retaliate so lucky for Max she didn't end up dead on the pavement. When he recovered he glared at Max. "Why did you do that?" She took a deep breath and faced him. "Look Alec, we need to sort this out." He was about to interrupt her when she continued. "I don't want to be fighting. I don't know why you're angry at me but I'm just angry because you've been angry towards me." At his disbelieving look she said "Yeah I know, dumb. So why are you angry at me? Let's sort this out right now!" He looked down into her pleading face. She really did want to make up. Well this was a problem because he didn't know what to say. He couldn't say he was jealous of her being with another guy. That would make his reason almost as stupid as hers, and she would then also find out how he really felt. He had to say something though because she was making an effort to apologize. He sighed. "Max, look... forget about it ok. I was just worried when I didn't know where you went on the ship. I've been angry for a dumb reason too." She looked at him skeptically. "I didn't tell you where I was going because you were busy and Z.." He cut her off with an indecipherable expression. "Look lets completely forget this ok? It never happened."
"But z.." she continued.
"Lets forget this okay Max? Please lets just leave it there." He said cutting her off again. He did not want to know the name of her one-nighter.
She didn't know what his problem was but decided to let it go. They had just made up, she wasn't about to blow that. He would find out about Zane eventually. "So friends?" she asked. "Friends" he replied grinning. They shook on it. "So you were worried?" Max asked conversationally but with a hint of cheekiness as they decided to go to lunch.
Alec didn't answer her, he refused to fall for her bait. "The others are probably in Mario's Pizza palace." He said "Although I don't know why they call it a palace, these days anything called a palace closely resembled a shack. Go figure."
Sketchy was as presumed at Mario's. The two met him there laughing and joking acting like normal again.
"So you guys sorted out whatever the hell was wrong?" Sketch asked.
Both Max and Alec smirked and Alec replied "Of course."
They were finally together to listen to Sketchy ramble on about his latest adventures when OC stormed into the place. "Damn it you two, I don't care what your problem is. I want you to apologize to each other RIGHT NOW!!!" She screeched. "Alec say sorry!"
He turned to Max bewildered "uh... sorry?" "Max?!" OC bellowed.
"yeah sorry." She said emphatically, trying hard not to burst out laughing. She settled for grinning like an idiot.
Alec was sharing the same grin. OC stared at both of their smiley faces and relaxed. She nodded proudly. "See, I knew I could fix whatever problem you two were going through." She collapsed into her chair. "Now give me a slice" she said indicating to the pizza that was sitting at their table. "A girl needs sustenance after that kind of hard work." She joked while wiping imaginary sweat off her head.
The three friends continued to laugh and joke, finally getting there lives back on track.
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Oh... uh yeah my Joshua talk isn't very good. Hey don't blame me, I can't talk like a half-dog/half-man. Oh and um I don't know if Max and Alec's barcodes actually fit together. I just made that up. They could possibly fit but they most likely don't.
Like them ignoring each other?
Ok yeah again... not the most descriptive ever but hey I've reached a writers block. For the last two chapter my muse refuses to work. He/she has gone on strike! That's another reason why this chapter took so long. Also the microscopic ideas I do eventually think of to write about in this story, happens at like midnight. My muse thinks its amusing to only give a little help to me during the late night. And I mean LATE!!! So yeah. Bear with me until I can find away to pass this block. Cya
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Misunderstandings 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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OC was sitting in her apartment expecting Max and Alec back sometime today and musing on what might've happened on this date. They'd had a whole weekend together... they could've bonded very nicely...
SMACK!! The door burst open. An angry Max stormed in hauling her bags then she slammed the door shut.
"That ass!" said Max Ah oh... thought OC.
Alec drove the car to Max and OC's apartment, parked, got out, and caught a cab to his place. He didn't even look back to see what Max was doing. Screw her he thought. Stupid slut! Well he couldn't really say that considering this was the first time he'd seen Max be with anyone besides Logan and also because well if she was a slut then he was a man hoe. But still... It had been so painful to see her walk off with another man. Another norm. And it was even worse when she came back the next morning giddy with joy. He could never make her eyes light up and look the way they had this morning. From her expression you would think Christmas had come early. If he ever had a chance with max it was probably gone now. If he had been the one she'd spent the night with, she would be seeing stars, compared to what probably happened with that stupid norm! Once you've gone transgenic... Oh he forgot... she never has.
"What's wrong sugar?" asked OC cautiously. "Alec, that stupid, odd, selfish idiot!" max replied.
OC sighed. "What'd he do this time, honey?" "He, he... IGNORED me!!!" she shrieked.
OC raised an eyebrow. Max told her the whole story about Zane and then coming back to find Alec act so incredibly disinterested. After she'd explained her problem to OC she realized how stupid it sounded. But she didn't care. She didn't do anything wrong so she wasn't apologizing! In fact, she wasn't going to talk to him until he apologized to her.
Alec was sitting at home after taking a long hot shower analyzing the situation. He felt every jealous fiber resurface as he was going over what happened. He remembered Max blushing and walking off with that guy. He remembered every painful moment that night when he couldn't stop thinking about her. He was also remembering that very morning when max returned. He knew he had been a bit unfair but he didn't care. It wasn't fair to him that she could cause so much pain when she wasn't even around. He knew she was probably really mad at him, but he wasn't going to apologize. It just hurt too much.
The next day Max arrived early to jam Pony hoping to start runs early so when Alec got to work she'd not have to see him. Unfortunately to her surprise, Alec apparently always came to work on time so her morning appearance was worth zero. They eyes locked for a moment but then they both looked away. Max walked over to her locker while Alec who was sitting at the counter hopped off it and walked out of the place with three packages.
OC was shocked. Trust fate to throw something like this at her. Fate had to give original an incredibly good plan then make it backfire in her face. She had to come up with a way to fix this, because this was totally the opposite of what she wanted to occur between her two boos.
The two of them managed to avoid each other until lunch time where they had to face each other as they all usually ate together. Max was talking to Sketchy; she was in a better mood listening to sketch telling her about how this girl that completely ditched him. She was half smiling when Alec came over to put his jacket into his locker.
"Hey, man. Finally you're here. Original Cindy's' out for lunch so its just the three of us. Where do you wanna go?" Sketch asked gladly.
Alec was about to reply, when Max cut in. "Actually Sketch, I'm out too. Gotta blaze" she said then walked off without even acknowledging Alec. He glared into her back, not saying a word. She had beaten him to making an excuse and leaving. Sketchy noticed his friends odd behaviors and decided that whatever it was, he wasn't going to get involved in a 'lovers quarrel'. "So Pizza then, man?" Sketchy asked unfazed.
Max walked into Joshua's house with a full bag of groceries.
"Hey Big Fella, what ya up to?" she asked.
Of course he was working on another painting.
"Max" he said simply. "Max, happier now. No Logan. Only Alec."
Max frowned as she stared at his abstract work. "don't like?" Joshua asked. His painting consisted of bright colours interlocked with a black box in the middle. She wondered what the black box stood for.
"No, I like it it's just... Joshua, what's the black box for?" Max said confused.
"This Max and Alec together. Happy" Joshua replied "See in the middle of happy colours." He went on to explain what each colour represented and what each swirl meant.
"Yeah, I get that Josh. But what do you mean Max and Alec happy, together?" Max asked still confused.
"Ohhh." Exclaimed Joshua. "Max and Alec barcodes fit. Made for each other" he stated. At seeing her still confused expression he turned to a blank page of paper. He drew Max's barcode in black then drew Alec's barcode in green.
"Max and Alec's barcodes." He said "Yeah?" said Max wondering why he was showing her something she already knew.
"Watch" he stated. In-between the spaces of Alec's green barcode he drew Max's barcode. It fit perfectly in-between the white spaces. Together they made a perfect box of green and black colours. Max was shocked. Freaky, she thought. When she looked at the white spaces between her own barcode she realized it made Alec's barcode. Now she understood why there was a box in the middle.
"Weird coincidence" said Max. She wanted to tell Joshua that she and Alec were only pretending to be together and it was only going to be for another week, but she didn't want to break the rules of the bet. Because she was standing there staring at the painting, she had completely forgotten that she was still holding the groceries she'd bought for Joshua. She was reminded when Josh started sniffing at her arms.
"Oh. Um here's some food for you." She said "Look I gotta blaze, be okay?" she asked
Joshua nodded while ripping into a packed of cheezles. "go" he stated.
Max nodded then headed out. As she was getting on her bike she was thinking about the bizarre fact she had just learned about her and Alec's barcodes. Total coincidence she told herself then rode off.
Max continued to not speak to Alec for the rest of the day. Alec contemplated apologizing to her but remembered why he was angry at her then completely through out that idea. When Normal stopped bipping and Sketchy had run his last run for the day Sketchy asked "Meet you guys at crash?" They all unceremoniously declined with "I'm busies" and "Not tonight" even Cindy declined, which left a poor dejected Sketchy to go to crash by himself.
Alec was sitting at home thinking over how different today had been. He hadn't spoken to Max all day. It made life a whole lot less interesting without making her mad or getting some kind of reaction from her. Although he missed the social contact he still wouldn't apologize. He'd go on like this for days if he had to! Thing was, he didn't know what he wanted Max to do.
Max had only not talked to Alec for a day and she missed him. She missed his ever-present witty remarks and all out laid back attitude. It was weird seeing him and not speaking to him but that wasn't the weird part. The weird part was that he didn't acknowledge her. He ignored her. Max found that painful as he usually always talked to her. She never realized how reliant she was on him and his happy-go-lucky attitude. The whole day seemed sour and grey. The last time she had seen him act like this was when the whole Rachel fiasco was going on. And even then he didn't ignore her, he was just depressed and negative. She couldn't believe this affected her so much. It was like she couldn't survive without him, which was a total pretense because she lived a perfectly fine transgenic life before he came along. She decided to go sort out her thoughts at the space needle.
Alec awoke the next morning with a bad headache. He had drunken two whole bottles of scotch last night because he couldn't go to sleep since he kept thinking about a certain person.
"Damn her! She affects me when she's around, She affects me when she's not around and so you ignore her and then she affects you when you sleep." He took a deep breath. "Damn her!" he said again He decided he had better get cleaned up before going into work.
Max had decided to apologize to him. She had spent the entire night sitting upon the windy space needle thinking over what she should do. She apparently needed him. He was like an instant shot of coffee, keeps you awake and alive the whole day. She was over at her locker waiting for him to get in.
Half an hour later he strolled in lazily. Max was irritated but decided she was still going to apologize. She started walking towards him when she noticed the way his shoulders were sagging and the dark circles under his eyes. She could also smell a faint hint of alcohol from him, something only her transgenic senses would pick up the day after. That inconsiderate jerk, she thought. She had spent the entire night thinking of him, and he goes off and does god knows what with some bimbo at some bar. Her ignoring him hadn't even affected him. He still went on with life as usual. She had no idea why that affected her so much, but she re-thought her decision to apologize and walked straight past him.
They continued this cycle for two more days. OC had tried to get them to talk to each other but they both stubbornly refused. Even Sketchy was starting to get worried. OC seemed to be loosing sleep over it. With each passing day it looked like Max and Alec were becoming zombies. Neither of them smiled much and both were pretty much on autopilot. They went about their days pretending the other didn't exist. Oddly enough even Normal was the tiniest bit worried. He decided to make them work the same sector together.
"Oi, you two. You have sector five together." He handed them each a pile of packages. "Bip, bip, bip"
They both searched for other people to take their sectors but somehow everyone had some important errand to run or 'liked' the partners they had for their sectors. Not even OC or Sketchy would swap.
Heaving a big sigh Max walked out of Jam Pony with her bike. She was going to ride off by herself and deliver the parcels as quick as possible when Normal's voice interrupted her.
"By the way, everyone has to stay with their partners because... because it's less dangerous in numbers" he announced to everyone. "It also stops any lawsuit" he mumbled. Everyone sighed and started to complain but Normal just held up his hand and ignored them all. Alec gritted his teeth and walked out to find his 'partner'. For the first time in three days they acknowledged each other with a strained nod. They got on their bikes and rode off with Max in front and Alec slightly behind her. Once OC was sure they had left she asked "Normal, do we really have to stick with our partners? I got Jay-jay and he's one weird brutha."
"Nah go by yourselves, it's quicker" He replied.
Everyone shouted their approval and went on with their daily business.
For three hours straight they delivered their packages without directly speaking to each other. When they needed to go somewhere one would just say "Gulbrin Street" or "Hayek Avenue". Each wore a stony expression, and Alec even made a toddler cry just by looking at him.
Max was getting sick of this behavior. How long was it supposed to last? If she didn't apologize, would he? Why was he angry at her anyway? She didn't want to continue like this. It was making both of them unhappy and they were starting to scare little children.
They were walking down a rather deserted part of the city where they had just finished delivering a package to some small business. Whatever the package has been, it was broken now. After a few more minutes of walking, Max sighed and pulled Alec into a concealed alleyway. He was too shocked to retaliate so lucky for Max she didn't end up dead on the pavement. When he recovered he glared at Max. "Why did you do that?" She took a deep breath and faced him. "Look Alec, we need to sort this out." He was about to interrupt her when she continued. "I don't want to be fighting. I don't know why you're angry at me but I'm just angry because you've been angry towards me." At his disbelieving look she said "Yeah I know, dumb. So why are you angry at me? Let's sort this out right now!" He looked down into her pleading face. She really did want to make up. Well this was a problem because he didn't know what to say. He couldn't say he was jealous of her being with another guy. That would make his reason almost as stupid as hers, and she would then also find out how he really felt. He had to say something though because she was making an effort to apologize. He sighed. "Max, look... forget about it ok. I was just worried when I didn't know where you went on the ship. I've been angry for a dumb reason too." She looked at him skeptically. "I didn't tell you where I was going because you were busy and Z.." He cut her off with an indecipherable expression. "Look lets completely forget this ok? It never happened."
"But z.." she continued.
"Lets forget this okay Max? Please lets just leave it there." He said cutting her off again. He did not want to know the name of her one-nighter.
She didn't know what his problem was but decided to let it go. They had just made up, she wasn't about to blow that. He would find out about Zane eventually. "So friends?" she asked. "Friends" he replied grinning. They shook on it. "So you were worried?" Max asked conversationally but with a hint of cheekiness as they decided to go to lunch.
Alec didn't answer her, he refused to fall for her bait. "The others are probably in Mario's Pizza palace." He said "Although I don't know why they call it a palace, these days anything called a palace closely resembled a shack. Go figure."
Sketchy was as presumed at Mario's. The two met him there laughing and joking acting like normal again.
"So you guys sorted out whatever the hell was wrong?" Sketch asked.
Both Max and Alec smirked and Alec replied "Of course."
They were finally together to listen to Sketchy ramble on about his latest adventures when OC stormed into the place. "Damn it you two, I don't care what your problem is. I want you to apologize to each other RIGHT NOW!!!" She screeched. "Alec say sorry!"
He turned to Max bewildered "uh... sorry?" "Max?!" OC bellowed.
"yeah sorry." She said emphatically, trying hard not to burst out laughing. She settled for grinning like an idiot.
Alec was sharing the same grin. OC stared at both of their smiley faces and relaxed. She nodded proudly. "See, I knew I could fix whatever problem you two were going through." She collapsed into her chair. "Now give me a slice" she said indicating to the pizza that was sitting at their table. "A girl needs sustenance after that kind of hard work." She joked while wiping imaginary sweat off her head.
The three friends continued to laugh and joke, finally getting there lives back on track.
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Oh... uh yeah my Joshua talk isn't very good. Hey don't blame me, I can't talk like a half-dog/half-man. Oh and um I don't know if Max and Alec's barcodes actually fit together. I just made that up. They could possibly fit but they most likely don't.
Like them ignoring each other?
Ok yeah again... not the most descriptive ever but hey I've reached a writers block. For the last two chapter my muse refuses to work. He/she has gone on strike! That's another reason why this chapter took so long. Also the microscopic ideas I do eventually think of to write about in this story, happens at like midnight. My muse thinks its amusing to only give a little help to me during the late night. And I mean LATE!!! So yeah. Bear with me until I can find away to pass this block. Cya