HIGHSCHOOL MISSIONS
Chapter 6
Accidents
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Max sat up gasping, her nightgown soaked in cold sweat.
"You ok?" Alec was sitting on the edge of his bed, playing with the ends of his silk boxers.
"I'm fine, it was just a nightmare." Max was still breathing heavily.
"I know, I heard you. I was just about to shake you awake." Alec got up and grabbed the glass of water sitting on his night stand. He walked over to her bed and sat down next to her. "Here, drink some water. You'll feel better."
Max gulped the water down, she was really thirsty.
"Want to talk about it?"
"Not really. Was I screaming?" Max stared at her hands while she asked him.
"No"
"Was I talking? I never talk in my sleep."
"Not really."
"Moaning?"
"Not that I could tell."
Max placed the glass delicately on the night table. "Well, how did you know I was having a nightmare?"
"You where tossing around."
"And that woke you up?" Max asked incredulously.
"I'm a light sleeper Max."
"No you're not! You sleep like a log most of the time!" They where both quiet for a moment "You where already up." It was not a question, it was a statement.
Alec didn't answer.
"So, want to talk about your nightmare?" Max tossed the covers aside and sat up straight.
"Not really. We should go back to sleep."
"I don't want to sleep anymore." Max sat up and grabbed her black pants from the closet.
"Max, where are you going it's 3:30!" Alec hissed.
"I'm taking a walk, want to come?" She turned her back to him and changed into her black shirt.
"No way, it's raining!" Alec laid down on Max's bed and closed his eyes.
"Fine." She grabbed some money and walked to the door.
"Wait!"
Max stopped and heard Alec groan "Give me a minute to get changed."
She smiled and sat down on the couch.
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"If I catch a cold I swear I'll hurt you." Alec sulked while they walked down the street.
"Yeah, right, like you would ever catch a cold." Max closed her eyes and tossed her head back. She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue.
"Max, please don't do that. You're drinking the closest thing we have to acid rain which doesn't actually burn your skin"
Max just smiled "Come on Alec! Have a little fun!"
He snorted "Look who is talking! I happen to think I'm much better at this whole fun thing than you."
"Hey! Just because I'm a little..."
"Bitchy?" Alec filled in for her.
"Careful, it doesn't mean I can't have fun!"
Alec smiled "Ok, let's do something fun! I'll race you to the end of the street."
Max considered it for a moment "Ok, but no blurring!"
"Deal!"
Alec had not even finished talking when Max was already off.
"Hey! not fair!" He yelled and tore after her.
He caught up with her in no time, they ran side by side for the rest of the street until they reached the corner. They where both laughing by then.
"It had been so long since the last time I did that." Max shook her wet hair, hitting Alec with the fat droplets.
Alec smiled, then his smile turned into a grin "Hey, check that out!"
They where standing outside a car lot.
Max glanced up and discovered the car Alec had his eyes on. It was a shiny black BMW, convertible.
"Wow" Max whispered.
"Damn, she's beautiful." Alec said under his breath.
They heard the screech of tires coming up behind them. Alec grabbed Max by the waist and dove behind some bushes. Max landed on top of him but quickly scrambled to the edge of the bushes, hoping to take a good look at the careless driver. Alec sat up and cursed at the mud on his clothes and hair.
The car approached them quickly
"Who the hell can that be? No one in their right minds would go out this late at night and with this rain!" Alec whispered.
Max gave Alec a look and continued to peek.
A black jeep drove by them very quickly, but not before the two transgenics took a good look at the driver and the passenger.
"That was Iker!" Alec whispered urgently.
"And Dave was with him. I thought they lived at the dorm."
"They do."
Max turned around to look at Alec "The dorm has a curfew. They are supposed to be home by midnight on school days. It's almost four."
Alec stood up and Max tried to do so too but she was wearing sneakers and the mud was slippery. She fell on her butt and cursed loudly.
Alec offered her a hand, which she took.
"Come on, let's go home." Alec tried to shake some of the mud off his hair but found it impossible.
"Fine, but let me just say, we desperately need a bath. That by the way is entirely your fault thank you very much."
"What ever" Alec mumbled and they walked home in deep thought.
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The first thing Alec did when they walked into their bedroom was toss his shirt and pants aside, but a crust of mud still covered his hair and neck.
"I'm going to take a bath." Max unbuttoned her pants and took of her shirt, leaving her tank top on.
"Aww Max! Please let me shower first! I actually need some more sleep." Alec begged.
Max sighed "Fine, but if you leave mud all over the place or the toilet seat up I WILL kick your ass."
Alec stuck his tongue out
"Oh, real mature. Grow up Alec!" Max shoved him in the direction of the bathroom and closed the door.
Max opened the fridge and took out a carton of milk. She turned on the TV, sat on the couch and grabbed her chemistry book.
She leafed through it extremely quickly, knowing that every single word was being stored in the back of her mind and she would have no problem accessing it when she needed it.
That was how Alec found her a few minutes later.
"What are you reading?" He was wearing his silk boxers again, Max had noticed that was the only thing he wore to bed, silk boxers.
"Chem, there are some interesting things here."
"Really?" Alec took the carton of milk from her hand and drank thirstily.
"Yeah. You should read it some time."
"Trust me, I will." He stood up and stretched "Good night Maxie, wake me up in a couple of hours will you?" Alec asked before going to bed.
Max nodded without looking up from the book.
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"Guys, are you ready? Breakfast is getting cold!" Logan called from the top of the stairs.
When no one answered he walked downstairs and found Max asleep on the couch with her chemistry book on her lap and an empty carton of milk next to her. Alec was still sleeping peacefully on his bed.
"Oh my God, I can't believe you're still asleep!" Logan walked over to Max, her hair was wet and she smelled like cherries, Logan suspected she had taken a bath recently.
"Max, wake up!" Logan wanted to shake her awake but she couldn't risk touching her so he woke up Alec instead.
"Alec!"
"What?"
"It's 7:40, get up, get dressed and meet me outside in ten minutes. Oh and wake Max up will you?"
Alec groaned and got up slowly, rubbing his face with his hands. He walked over to the couch slowly and sat down next to Max.
"Come on Maxie, time to get up." He shook her shoulder softly.
"Ten more minutes, please." Max groaned.
"Fine, scoot over."
Max rolled over, pressing her back to the couch and leaving room for Alec. He crawled under the sheet that he had thrown over her the night before and closed his eyes.
Max, still no fully awake, rested her head on his shoulder and immediately dozed off.
That's how Logan found them fifteen minutes later. He thundered down the stairs yelling at the top of his lungs.
"We are so late! You better be ready to go... OH MY GOD YOU'RE ASLEEP?!"
Max and Alec opened their eyes slowly, frowning at the noise. They found each other face to face and their eyes opened wide.
"What the hell?!" Max tried to scramble off the couch at the same time Alec did, the force of their bodies sent them tumbling backwards, with the couch on top of them.
"Shit Alec! Get off me!" Max screamed from under the couch.
"Logan, some help here!" Alec yelled, frustrated and stuck under the heavy blue couch.
Logan would have helped, if he could only stop laughing.
"Logan, my man, this is NOT funny! I'm stuck on top of your girlfriend!"
That snapped Logan out of his laughing fit. He ran to them and tried to lift the couch.
"We're not even like that!" Max slapped Alec's arm. He groaned in fake pain and tried to turn over so that he could help Logan with the couch from underneath.
"Ouch! Don't move you idiot! That's my chest underneath yours!" Max screamed in pain at his movements.
"Well I can't help Logan if I don't turn over!" He said through gritted teeth.
"Then don't" Max responded in the same way, her nose almost touching his.
"Ok Logan, I have an idea. Move back." Max commanded him.
"What ever you say." Logan took a step back and allowed himself to smile, the situation was just funny.
Max pressed Alec's head against her neck with her free hand "Don't move or I might hit you on the head." She told him.
"Oh I'm not complaining."
That earned Alec another slap on the shoulder.
Max bent her legs as much as she could and took a deep breath, then she kicked the couch away from them. It went flying against the wall.
"Wow, I'm impressed." Logan smiled at Max but she didn't return his smile, she was still trapped underneath Alec and they where both tangled on the sheet.
"Ok Logan, now we need some help." Alec said to Logan.
"No, he can't! We might touch. Right now I'm not sure which skin is yours and which is mine." Max wiggled under Alec.
He looked down at their very tangled bodies, one of Max's hands was on his back, trying to pull the bed sheet away from them.
"Max, where's your other hand?"
Max wiggled her fingers and Alec jumped as much as the tight sheet would allow him. "HEY!"
"Well, you asked!" Max bit her lip, clearly uncomfortable.
"How did you two end up on the couch anyway?" Logan sat down on the coffee table and glanced at his watch.
"I went to wake her up, she asked for 10 more minutes... after that I'm not very sure." Alec rolled over so that Max was on top.
"No, wait, let's roll the other way." Max rolled them over twice, slowly unwrapping the bed sheet.
"That's it, two more." Alec wrapped one arm around her back and flipped them over twice.
Finally they where free from the sheet. Max sat up, unconsciously straddling his hips, but when she tried to move away she discovered that her watch was stuck on something.
She groaned, afraid to look down but knowing she had to.
Sure enough, her watch was stuck on Alec's boxers.
"Oh for the love of... could this day suck any harder?" She offered Alec her free hand, they had to stand up together or he would loose his boxers.
Logan rubbed his temples "How can two people get into so much trouble in so little time? Max, just take off your watch."
"I can't!" Max shrieked.
"No sweat, I'll just take off my boxers." Alec shrugged.
"No you wont!" Max and Logan exclaimed together.
"Let me try pulling."
Alec caught her wrist before she moved it "No one is pulling anything." He said seriously.
"Well I can't work like this" Max knelt down in front of him, lowering his boxers a little.
"Hey! Careful! Max, just let me take them off, you can close your eyes or enjoy the view I don't care. We're going to be really late for school!"
Max considered his offer, she really didn't know why she had a problem with seeing him naked.
Logan saw her hesitation and stood up quickly "I'll go get some scissors."
"NO YOU WILL NOT!" Alec took a step away from Max, she fell on her butt and cried out "Hey!" but the movement had somehow freed her watch from Alec's boxers.
The three of them stood there for a second, clearly relieved that it was all over. Then Logan glanced at his watch and exclaimed "Damn! Look at the time!"
Max scrambled around the room, she grabbed a pair of socks and her bra from a drawer and her skirt and shirt from the closet. She ran into the bathroom and changed in ten seconds flat.
When she came out she found Alec slipping on his shoes, with his tie undone around his neck.
Alec handed tossed Max her shoes and grabbed their backpacks and her hand "Come on, Logan's waiting outside."
"I can walk by myself you know?" Max took her hand away from his
"Yeah, but not as fast!"
They both jumped into the back seat and Logan took off. Max slipped on her shoes and did Alec's tie. Logan handed them both a package of Pop Tarts and a carton of juice.
"What is this lunch?" Alec held up the food.
"No, breakfast. Wherever you went last night, you must have burned a lot of energy to be that tired."
Max munched on her breakfast "How did you know we went out?"
"I couldn't sleep so I tried hacking into the school's security system, you know, cameras and records and stuff. Well it turns out that it's way too tight, firewalls and codes everywhere! It's going to take some time."
"Oh," Max took another bite of her pop tart and washed it down with juice.
"Max?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you even comb your hair before leaving the house?" Alec asked her, trying not to laugh.
"Oh shit!" Max ran a hand through her hair and groaned. It was curly and it stuck up funny.
Logan reached into the glove compartment of the car and handed her a rubber band.
"Thanks!" Max pulled her hair into a pony tail and checked for bumps.
"You look fine Max, and besides we're here." Logan parked the car and the two teenagers jumped out.
"Bye, see you later!" They called over their shoulders while they ran to get to their home rooms.
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"MJ! Hey MJ! Wait up!" Dak yelled after her.
"Oh hey Alec, MJ I need to talk to you!"
Alec shrugged "I'll see you later then?"
"Yeah... we have a class together today right?" Max cradled her books to her chest as they rushed through the halls.
"Yeah, Chemistry next period." Alec reached his homeroom. He handed Max her back pack and disappeared from view.
"So Dak, what did you want to talk about?" Max asked her while they walked hurriedly to their classes. They ran into Ashley at the coffee machine.
"Oh hey Ash, what's up?" Max stopped for a moment to chat. Dak didn't seem to mind.
"Nothing really, I just need some coffee to get me working. Dak have you told her yet?"
"Told me what?" Max asked.
Dak lowered her voice "Well, we where thinking and decided that you probably don't have any appropriate outfits for your dare so we are going shopping today!"
Max was a little bit shocked "Today? I have until Friday to do that thing, can't this wait?"
The two teenagers glanced at each other "Well, the thing is you have to do your dare tomorrow night. We need the camera in place for the weekend."
Max froze, she took a deep breath and tried very hard not to freak out.
"But I thought I had more time to prepare and..."
"MJ, you'll be fine! You just need the proper outfit!" Ashley offered Max a cup of coffee and she took it. She offered one to Dak to but the pretty brunet shook her head.
The bell rang then and the girls scrambled to their respective classrooms.
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Max sat at her desk during Math class, deep in thought. There was something really wrong about everything, other than the obvious of course. Something they seemed to be missing...
"MJ? MJ are you listening to me?" Mr. Watson was standing next to her and she had no idea why.
"Oh, yeah, of course." Max said but just stared at him, she had no idea of what he was talking about.
"Your homework MJ."
"Oh yeah! Let me just..." Max opened her bag to discover a pair of big black tennis shoes.
"Shit!" She said under her breath "Hum... Mr. Watson? My roommate and I seem to have switched backpacks by mistake."
Mr. Watson stared at her gray, blue and black JANSPORT backpack "You two have the same bag?"
Max thought about that for a second, they had not bought the backpacks together, yet they where identical and she wondered why. She knew why she had picked it, it was light and normal looking and best of all, it had a combination of colors that she could not resist.
"Hum yeah, we bought them when we met at the airport back in Seattle." She quickly improvised.
"Well, did Alecsander do his homework?"
"I don't know. I don't really want to go through his bag."
The teacher sighed "Fine then, I have a class with Alecsander before lunch, he better hand me your homework!"
"Yeah, he better." Max said under her breath as she drank the rest of her coffee.
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Alec couldn't seem to keep his eyes open. He tried very hard to listen to Mrs. Hooke going on and on about human reproduction. He certainly did not need any kind of lessons in that department.
"Alec?" Iker whispered behind him.
"Yeah?"
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, I'm just tired." Alec yawned and laid his head on his arms.
Iker handed him a small package, Alec opened it slowly, trying not to make any noise.
It was a pill
"Sorry, I don't do drugs." Alec handed the pill back to Iker.
"Me neither, it's a caffeine pill Alec! It'll help you concentrate!"
Alec took the pill back and sighed. He really was tired and his muscles ached a little, and if it was what Iker said then what harm could it do? Not that it would harm him anyway, he was immune to drugs.
He took a deep breath and plopped the pill into his mouth.
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Max walked into her chemistry classroom and sat down near the back. She made sure there was an empty seat next to her for Alec.
A boy slowly walked up to her and sat on the seat she was saving. Max recognized him as one of the geeks, his hair was perfectly in place, his tie carefully done and his shoes didn't have a speck of dirt on them. He was a little bit short, his black hair was a little bit greasy and he had a big nose but other than that he seemed like a totally normal kid. Max had been expecting something like thick glasses and a little bit of extra fat or too little of it for that matter.
"Hey, excuse me, could you sit somewhere else? I was kind of hoping to sit next to someone." Max whispered sweetly.
She could literally see him melt into a little geek puddle.
"Hum... sure! Ok! I know you must want to talk with one of your lady friends!" The guy stood up quickly and grabbed his bag. He started to walk away but changed his mind and turned around to face Max "My name is Tom by the..."
"Alec!" Max called to him, he had just walked in but hadn't seen her because Tom was blocking his view.
Alec smiled and rushed over to her side. He sat on the empty desk and switched backpacks with her.
"Hey, you should have seen the look on Iker's face when he went through my bag to find a pen and found a black sports bra instead." Alec ran a hand through his hair, it was getting a little bit too long and he hadn't even brushed it that morning.
Tom stared at Alec for a moment, there was an expression on his face that Max couldn't read, but she wasn't really paying attention.
"I know, my math homework went with you! Here, let me give it to you so that you can hand it in for me." Max handed him a piece of paper.
"Great! Can I copy it? I sort of forgot we had homework."
"Sure, just change an answer or something, we can't seem too smart."
"Gotcha!"
Tom had walked away by then, he was sitting near the front of the classroom.
"Hey Max, how good are you with scissors?" Alec whispered.
"Why?"
"I need a haircut." He ran a hand through his hair again.
"I'll do it, I'm sure I won't cut your ear nor anything."
"Great, thanks! Today after school?"
Max sobered "I can't, the girls want to take me shopping."
"Shopping?" Alec leaned closer to her, he moved his desk so that they where almost touching.
"Yeah, for the initiation thing. They say I have to do it tomorrow." Max whispered.
Alec's face fell "So soon? Oh Max I'm so sorry."
Max shrugged "What ever, it was gonna happen sooner or later."
"Yeah but we never thought this soon!"
"Hey kids!" Max and Alec's faces snapped up. Luke was standing in front of them.
"Luke, my man, what's up?" Alec smiled at him, hoping he hadn't overheard.
"Not much. How far along are you with your initiation?"
"Far along?" Alec frowned
"Yeah, you better be doing some progress, we need the information for Wednesday before midnight.
Max cursed under her breath as did Alec.
"I'm working on it Luke, it would help if you'd tell me the name of the girl."
Luke smiled "Her name is Kat, she's sitting right over there." Luke pointed to a girl sitting five seats away. There was an empty seat next to her.
"You should go to her, start making conversation." Luke suggested.
Max gave Alec a pleading look, there was obviously something she wanted to tell him. He didn't want to leave any more than she did.
Alec sighed and got up. Luke smiled and took his desk.
Alec sat down next to the girl and smiled "Hey... Kat right?"
The gothic looking girl turned to look at him, she seemed a little unimpressed.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have an extra pen I can borrow? I can't seem to find one."
Kat sighed she seemed to want nothing to do with him but she did reach into her bag and handed him a black pen.
"Thanks!" Alec said enthusiastically.
"What ever, I want that back." Kat closed her notebook and Alec saw a picture of a pre pulse rock star on it.
"Hey, you like Marilyn Manson?" Alec pointed at the notebook "Cuz I do, Sweet Dreams is one of the best songs ever."
That caught the girl's attention, she turned her body around completely to face him, apparently noticing his striking looks for the first time.
"I love Marilyn Manson!"
"He's got her! It took him like ten seconds!" Luke whispered to Max, clearly impressed.
She, how ever, was not. She knew there was not a single living female soul who could refuse that smile of his that reached his eyes or the way he stared at you when you talked, making you feel like the only person in the room.
Max had known the girl would fall for him. She hid her face on her hands and sighed, trying not to look too disappointed.
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"So please write down, what do you think is the most interesting part of history?" Logan smiled at Max, she smiled back and bent her head down to write.
"Don't forget to write your name! I'm not a mind reader!" Logan reminded them all.
The class worked in silence for about ten minutes, Max kept looking up to try and have a silent conversation with Logan but it was difficult for him to mouth words, since he was standing in front of a classroom.
"Ok guys, time's up! I want your papers now!" Logan announced. The kids finished writing quickly and handed him their papers.
Max stood up last, she wanted to whisper something to Logan, just to let him know that she was going to be late that night.
She handed him the paper, without really paying attention. Their hands brushed slightly.
Max looked down at his hand in horror.
"Go wash your hands!" She said seriously.
"Max... I"
"Go wash you hands damn it!" Max almost yelled.
Logan nodded and ran out of the room. Max staid there for a few seconds, trying to steady her breathing before following him.
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Alec heard some kind of commotion on the classroom next door, he knew it was Logan's classroom so he tried to listen.
He heard people getting up, then Max's voice, she said something in a soft voice that he couldn't make out. Then she screamed "Go wash your hands damn it!"
Alec took a deep breath, he knew what it was all about, they had probably touched.
He grabbed his backpack and got up.
"Alecsander, what are you doing?" The teacher stopped the lesson.
"I'm sorry." Was all Alec said before leaving the room.
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Max slammed open the door to the men's room and walked in. There was another guy there besides Logan, probably a freshman. He glanced up at the noise, noticed Max and hurriedly tried to zip up his pants without hurting himself.
"Out!" Max glared at him.
The boy didn't need to be told twice.
Logan raised his hands for Max to see "Nothing happened see? I'm fine Max."
She shook her head "I almost killed you. All I wanted to do was hand you the paper and tell you that I'm going to be late tonight and I almost killed you!"
She grabbed the pen that was stuck on her hair and bit off the end, then she smeared ink all over Logan's hands.
"Go back to class I... I've got to go somewhere." Max opened the bathroom door and rushed off.
Alec saw her leaving the bathroom. He wanted to go after her but had to see if Logan was ok first.
He opened the door slowly, Logan was sitting on the sink, staring at his ink covered hands.
"You ok?" Alec asked.
"Fine. Could you... could you go after Max? I don't want her to do anything stupid."
Alec nodded "You don't even have to tell me. Did she leave her bag on your classroom?"
Logan nodded
"I'll be by to pick it up before lunch." Alec told him before running after Max.
"Max! Hey Max, stop!"
"I don't want to talk." Max informed him and walked faster.
"You don't have to... Max!" He caught up with her and grabbed her arm.
"What?" She finally looked at him, her eyes met his and held his gaze on a stare contest for a couple of seconds.
"We don't have to talk about it. There's a coffee house inside the campus, next to the greenhouse. Please, just let me buy you a coffee. We can just sit there quietly if you want."
Max sighed "Yeah, right."
Alec's face fell.
"You, sitting quietly, like that's ever going to happen."
Alec smiled hopefully and Max smiled back "But you're buying!"
Alec grinned "I said I would didn't I?"
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Logan walked out of his classroom slowly when the bell rang. They had a 10 minute break so he decided to walk around and get to know the rest of the school.
He walked by the lab and decided to peek inside.
He found a young girl sitting on one of the desks, looking at a microscope and making some notes.
"Hey, what are you working on?"
The girl jumped about a mile and looked up. Logan apologized quickly "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!"
"No it's ok, I just get distracted when I'm working." The girl smiled at him "You're Mr. Cale right?"
Logan nodded "So what are you working on?"
"Oh just one of those projects that we get assigned for extra credit. This girl Dakareth found a new vaccine for the flu, I'm just checking her work."
Logan frowned "You make vaccines?"
The girl nodded "For some stuff, we do what ever they tell us to do. I'm really good with chemistry and I love spending time in the lab so I usually do a lot of extra work."
Logan smiled, an idea crossing through his head "You know, we had something like this at my old school. I think I brought one of the projects with me, want to give it a shot?"
The girl's face brightened "Oh I would love to! I'm done with this anyway! What is it about?"
"It's very difficult though, are you sure you want it?"
The girl nodded enthusiastically
"It's about finding a cure for a virus..."
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Chapter 6
Accidents
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Max sat up gasping, her nightgown soaked in cold sweat.
"You ok?" Alec was sitting on the edge of his bed, playing with the ends of his silk boxers.
"I'm fine, it was just a nightmare." Max was still breathing heavily.
"I know, I heard you. I was just about to shake you awake." Alec got up and grabbed the glass of water sitting on his night stand. He walked over to her bed and sat down next to her. "Here, drink some water. You'll feel better."
Max gulped the water down, she was really thirsty.
"Want to talk about it?"
"Not really. Was I screaming?" Max stared at her hands while she asked him.
"No"
"Was I talking? I never talk in my sleep."
"Not really."
"Moaning?"
"Not that I could tell."
Max placed the glass delicately on the night table. "Well, how did you know I was having a nightmare?"
"You where tossing around."
"And that woke you up?" Max asked incredulously.
"I'm a light sleeper Max."
"No you're not! You sleep like a log most of the time!" They where both quiet for a moment "You where already up." It was not a question, it was a statement.
Alec didn't answer.
"So, want to talk about your nightmare?" Max tossed the covers aside and sat up straight.
"Not really. We should go back to sleep."
"I don't want to sleep anymore." Max sat up and grabbed her black pants from the closet.
"Max, where are you going it's 3:30!" Alec hissed.
"I'm taking a walk, want to come?" She turned her back to him and changed into her black shirt.
"No way, it's raining!" Alec laid down on Max's bed and closed his eyes.
"Fine." She grabbed some money and walked to the door.
"Wait!"
Max stopped and heard Alec groan "Give me a minute to get changed."
She smiled and sat down on the couch.
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"If I catch a cold I swear I'll hurt you." Alec sulked while they walked down the street.
"Yeah, right, like you would ever catch a cold." Max closed her eyes and tossed her head back. She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue.
"Max, please don't do that. You're drinking the closest thing we have to acid rain which doesn't actually burn your skin"
Max just smiled "Come on Alec! Have a little fun!"
He snorted "Look who is talking! I happen to think I'm much better at this whole fun thing than you."
"Hey! Just because I'm a little..."
"Bitchy?" Alec filled in for her.
"Careful, it doesn't mean I can't have fun!"
Alec smiled "Ok, let's do something fun! I'll race you to the end of the street."
Max considered it for a moment "Ok, but no blurring!"
"Deal!"
Alec had not even finished talking when Max was already off.
"Hey! not fair!" He yelled and tore after her.
He caught up with her in no time, they ran side by side for the rest of the street until they reached the corner. They where both laughing by then.
"It had been so long since the last time I did that." Max shook her wet hair, hitting Alec with the fat droplets.
Alec smiled, then his smile turned into a grin "Hey, check that out!"
They where standing outside a car lot.
Max glanced up and discovered the car Alec had his eyes on. It was a shiny black BMW, convertible.
"Wow" Max whispered.
"Damn, she's beautiful." Alec said under his breath.
They heard the screech of tires coming up behind them. Alec grabbed Max by the waist and dove behind some bushes. Max landed on top of him but quickly scrambled to the edge of the bushes, hoping to take a good look at the careless driver. Alec sat up and cursed at the mud on his clothes and hair.
The car approached them quickly
"Who the hell can that be? No one in their right minds would go out this late at night and with this rain!" Alec whispered.
Max gave Alec a look and continued to peek.
A black jeep drove by them very quickly, but not before the two transgenics took a good look at the driver and the passenger.
"That was Iker!" Alec whispered urgently.
"And Dave was with him. I thought they lived at the dorm."
"They do."
Max turned around to look at Alec "The dorm has a curfew. They are supposed to be home by midnight on school days. It's almost four."
Alec stood up and Max tried to do so too but she was wearing sneakers and the mud was slippery. She fell on her butt and cursed loudly.
Alec offered her a hand, which she took.
"Come on, let's go home." Alec tried to shake some of the mud off his hair but found it impossible.
"Fine, but let me just say, we desperately need a bath. That by the way is entirely your fault thank you very much."
"What ever" Alec mumbled and they walked home in deep thought.
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The first thing Alec did when they walked into their bedroom was toss his shirt and pants aside, but a crust of mud still covered his hair and neck.
"I'm going to take a bath." Max unbuttoned her pants and took of her shirt, leaving her tank top on.
"Aww Max! Please let me shower first! I actually need some more sleep." Alec begged.
Max sighed "Fine, but if you leave mud all over the place or the toilet seat up I WILL kick your ass."
Alec stuck his tongue out
"Oh, real mature. Grow up Alec!" Max shoved him in the direction of the bathroom and closed the door.
Max opened the fridge and took out a carton of milk. She turned on the TV, sat on the couch and grabbed her chemistry book.
She leafed through it extremely quickly, knowing that every single word was being stored in the back of her mind and she would have no problem accessing it when she needed it.
That was how Alec found her a few minutes later.
"What are you reading?" He was wearing his silk boxers again, Max had noticed that was the only thing he wore to bed, silk boxers.
"Chem, there are some interesting things here."
"Really?" Alec took the carton of milk from her hand and drank thirstily.
"Yeah. You should read it some time."
"Trust me, I will." He stood up and stretched "Good night Maxie, wake me up in a couple of hours will you?" Alec asked before going to bed.
Max nodded without looking up from the book.
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"Guys, are you ready? Breakfast is getting cold!" Logan called from the top of the stairs.
When no one answered he walked downstairs and found Max asleep on the couch with her chemistry book on her lap and an empty carton of milk next to her. Alec was still sleeping peacefully on his bed.
"Oh my God, I can't believe you're still asleep!" Logan walked over to Max, her hair was wet and she smelled like cherries, Logan suspected she had taken a bath recently.
"Max, wake up!" Logan wanted to shake her awake but she couldn't risk touching her so he woke up Alec instead.
"Alec!"
"What?"
"It's 7:40, get up, get dressed and meet me outside in ten minutes. Oh and wake Max up will you?"
Alec groaned and got up slowly, rubbing his face with his hands. He walked over to the couch slowly and sat down next to Max.
"Come on Maxie, time to get up." He shook her shoulder softly.
"Ten more minutes, please." Max groaned.
"Fine, scoot over."
Max rolled over, pressing her back to the couch and leaving room for Alec. He crawled under the sheet that he had thrown over her the night before and closed his eyes.
Max, still no fully awake, rested her head on his shoulder and immediately dozed off.
That's how Logan found them fifteen minutes later. He thundered down the stairs yelling at the top of his lungs.
"We are so late! You better be ready to go... OH MY GOD YOU'RE ASLEEP?!"
Max and Alec opened their eyes slowly, frowning at the noise. They found each other face to face and their eyes opened wide.
"What the hell?!" Max tried to scramble off the couch at the same time Alec did, the force of their bodies sent them tumbling backwards, with the couch on top of them.
"Shit Alec! Get off me!" Max screamed from under the couch.
"Logan, some help here!" Alec yelled, frustrated and stuck under the heavy blue couch.
Logan would have helped, if he could only stop laughing.
"Logan, my man, this is NOT funny! I'm stuck on top of your girlfriend!"
That snapped Logan out of his laughing fit. He ran to them and tried to lift the couch.
"We're not even like that!" Max slapped Alec's arm. He groaned in fake pain and tried to turn over so that he could help Logan with the couch from underneath.
"Ouch! Don't move you idiot! That's my chest underneath yours!" Max screamed in pain at his movements.
"Well I can't help Logan if I don't turn over!" He said through gritted teeth.
"Then don't" Max responded in the same way, her nose almost touching his.
"Ok Logan, I have an idea. Move back." Max commanded him.
"What ever you say." Logan took a step back and allowed himself to smile, the situation was just funny.
Max pressed Alec's head against her neck with her free hand "Don't move or I might hit you on the head." She told him.
"Oh I'm not complaining."
That earned Alec another slap on the shoulder.
Max bent her legs as much as she could and took a deep breath, then she kicked the couch away from them. It went flying against the wall.
"Wow, I'm impressed." Logan smiled at Max but she didn't return his smile, she was still trapped underneath Alec and they where both tangled on the sheet.
"Ok Logan, now we need some help." Alec said to Logan.
"No, he can't! We might touch. Right now I'm not sure which skin is yours and which is mine." Max wiggled under Alec.
He looked down at their very tangled bodies, one of Max's hands was on his back, trying to pull the bed sheet away from them.
"Max, where's your other hand?"
Max wiggled her fingers and Alec jumped as much as the tight sheet would allow him. "HEY!"
"Well, you asked!" Max bit her lip, clearly uncomfortable.
"How did you two end up on the couch anyway?" Logan sat down on the coffee table and glanced at his watch.
"I went to wake her up, she asked for 10 more minutes... after that I'm not very sure." Alec rolled over so that Max was on top.
"No, wait, let's roll the other way." Max rolled them over twice, slowly unwrapping the bed sheet.
"That's it, two more." Alec wrapped one arm around her back and flipped them over twice.
Finally they where free from the sheet. Max sat up, unconsciously straddling his hips, but when she tried to move away she discovered that her watch was stuck on something.
She groaned, afraid to look down but knowing she had to.
Sure enough, her watch was stuck on Alec's boxers.
"Oh for the love of... could this day suck any harder?" She offered Alec her free hand, they had to stand up together or he would loose his boxers.
Logan rubbed his temples "How can two people get into so much trouble in so little time? Max, just take off your watch."
"I can't!" Max shrieked.
"No sweat, I'll just take off my boxers." Alec shrugged.
"No you wont!" Max and Logan exclaimed together.
"Let me try pulling."
Alec caught her wrist before she moved it "No one is pulling anything." He said seriously.
"Well I can't work like this" Max knelt down in front of him, lowering his boxers a little.
"Hey! Careful! Max, just let me take them off, you can close your eyes or enjoy the view I don't care. We're going to be really late for school!"
Max considered his offer, she really didn't know why she had a problem with seeing him naked.
Logan saw her hesitation and stood up quickly "I'll go get some scissors."
"NO YOU WILL NOT!" Alec took a step away from Max, she fell on her butt and cried out "Hey!" but the movement had somehow freed her watch from Alec's boxers.
The three of them stood there for a second, clearly relieved that it was all over. Then Logan glanced at his watch and exclaimed "Damn! Look at the time!"
Max scrambled around the room, she grabbed a pair of socks and her bra from a drawer and her skirt and shirt from the closet. She ran into the bathroom and changed in ten seconds flat.
When she came out she found Alec slipping on his shoes, with his tie undone around his neck.
Alec handed tossed Max her shoes and grabbed their backpacks and her hand "Come on, Logan's waiting outside."
"I can walk by myself you know?" Max took her hand away from his
"Yeah, but not as fast!"
They both jumped into the back seat and Logan took off. Max slipped on her shoes and did Alec's tie. Logan handed them both a package of Pop Tarts and a carton of juice.
"What is this lunch?" Alec held up the food.
"No, breakfast. Wherever you went last night, you must have burned a lot of energy to be that tired."
Max munched on her breakfast "How did you know we went out?"
"I couldn't sleep so I tried hacking into the school's security system, you know, cameras and records and stuff. Well it turns out that it's way too tight, firewalls and codes everywhere! It's going to take some time."
"Oh," Max took another bite of her pop tart and washed it down with juice.
"Max?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you even comb your hair before leaving the house?" Alec asked her, trying not to laugh.
"Oh shit!" Max ran a hand through her hair and groaned. It was curly and it stuck up funny.
Logan reached into the glove compartment of the car and handed her a rubber band.
"Thanks!" Max pulled her hair into a pony tail and checked for bumps.
"You look fine Max, and besides we're here." Logan parked the car and the two teenagers jumped out.
"Bye, see you later!" They called over their shoulders while they ran to get to their home rooms.
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"MJ! Hey MJ! Wait up!" Dak yelled after her.
"Oh hey Alec, MJ I need to talk to you!"
Alec shrugged "I'll see you later then?"
"Yeah... we have a class together today right?" Max cradled her books to her chest as they rushed through the halls.
"Yeah, Chemistry next period." Alec reached his homeroom. He handed Max her back pack and disappeared from view.
"So Dak, what did you want to talk about?" Max asked her while they walked hurriedly to their classes. They ran into Ashley at the coffee machine.
"Oh hey Ash, what's up?" Max stopped for a moment to chat. Dak didn't seem to mind.
"Nothing really, I just need some coffee to get me working. Dak have you told her yet?"
"Told me what?" Max asked.
Dak lowered her voice "Well, we where thinking and decided that you probably don't have any appropriate outfits for your dare so we are going shopping today!"
Max was a little bit shocked "Today? I have until Friday to do that thing, can't this wait?"
The two teenagers glanced at each other "Well, the thing is you have to do your dare tomorrow night. We need the camera in place for the weekend."
Max froze, she took a deep breath and tried very hard not to freak out.
"But I thought I had more time to prepare and..."
"MJ, you'll be fine! You just need the proper outfit!" Ashley offered Max a cup of coffee and she took it. She offered one to Dak to but the pretty brunet shook her head.
The bell rang then and the girls scrambled to their respective classrooms.
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Max sat at her desk during Math class, deep in thought. There was something really wrong about everything, other than the obvious of course. Something they seemed to be missing...
"MJ? MJ are you listening to me?" Mr. Watson was standing next to her and she had no idea why.
"Oh, yeah, of course." Max said but just stared at him, she had no idea of what he was talking about.
"Your homework MJ."
"Oh yeah! Let me just..." Max opened her bag to discover a pair of big black tennis shoes.
"Shit!" She said under her breath "Hum... Mr. Watson? My roommate and I seem to have switched backpacks by mistake."
Mr. Watson stared at her gray, blue and black JANSPORT backpack "You two have the same bag?"
Max thought about that for a second, they had not bought the backpacks together, yet they where identical and she wondered why. She knew why she had picked it, it was light and normal looking and best of all, it had a combination of colors that she could not resist.
"Hum yeah, we bought them when we met at the airport back in Seattle." She quickly improvised.
"Well, did Alecsander do his homework?"
"I don't know. I don't really want to go through his bag."
The teacher sighed "Fine then, I have a class with Alecsander before lunch, he better hand me your homework!"
"Yeah, he better." Max said under her breath as she drank the rest of her coffee.
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Alec couldn't seem to keep his eyes open. He tried very hard to listen to Mrs. Hooke going on and on about human reproduction. He certainly did not need any kind of lessons in that department.
"Alec?" Iker whispered behind him.
"Yeah?"
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, I'm just tired." Alec yawned and laid his head on his arms.
Iker handed him a small package, Alec opened it slowly, trying not to make any noise.
It was a pill
"Sorry, I don't do drugs." Alec handed the pill back to Iker.
"Me neither, it's a caffeine pill Alec! It'll help you concentrate!"
Alec took the pill back and sighed. He really was tired and his muscles ached a little, and if it was what Iker said then what harm could it do? Not that it would harm him anyway, he was immune to drugs.
He took a deep breath and plopped the pill into his mouth.
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Max walked into her chemistry classroom and sat down near the back. She made sure there was an empty seat next to her for Alec.
A boy slowly walked up to her and sat on the seat she was saving. Max recognized him as one of the geeks, his hair was perfectly in place, his tie carefully done and his shoes didn't have a speck of dirt on them. He was a little bit short, his black hair was a little bit greasy and he had a big nose but other than that he seemed like a totally normal kid. Max had been expecting something like thick glasses and a little bit of extra fat or too little of it for that matter.
"Hey, excuse me, could you sit somewhere else? I was kind of hoping to sit next to someone." Max whispered sweetly.
She could literally see him melt into a little geek puddle.
"Hum... sure! Ok! I know you must want to talk with one of your lady friends!" The guy stood up quickly and grabbed his bag. He started to walk away but changed his mind and turned around to face Max "My name is Tom by the..."
"Alec!" Max called to him, he had just walked in but hadn't seen her because Tom was blocking his view.
Alec smiled and rushed over to her side. He sat on the empty desk and switched backpacks with her.
"Hey, you should have seen the look on Iker's face when he went through my bag to find a pen and found a black sports bra instead." Alec ran a hand through his hair, it was getting a little bit too long and he hadn't even brushed it that morning.
Tom stared at Alec for a moment, there was an expression on his face that Max couldn't read, but she wasn't really paying attention.
"I know, my math homework went with you! Here, let me give it to you so that you can hand it in for me." Max handed him a piece of paper.
"Great! Can I copy it? I sort of forgot we had homework."
"Sure, just change an answer or something, we can't seem too smart."
"Gotcha!"
Tom had walked away by then, he was sitting near the front of the classroom.
"Hey Max, how good are you with scissors?" Alec whispered.
"Why?"
"I need a haircut." He ran a hand through his hair again.
"I'll do it, I'm sure I won't cut your ear nor anything."
"Great, thanks! Today after school?"
Max sobered "I can't, the girls want to take me shopping."
"Shopping?" Alec leaned closer to her, he moved his desk so that they where almost touching.
"Yeah, for the initiation thing. They say I have to do it tomorrow." Max whispered.
Alec's face fell "So soon? Oh Max I'm so sorry."
Max shrugged "What ever, it was gonna happen sooner or later."
"Yeah but we never thought this soon!"
"Hey kids!" Max and Alec's faces snapped up. Luke was standing in front of them.
"Luke, my man, what's up?" Alec smiled at him, hoping he hadn't overheard.
"Not much. How far along are you with your initiation?"
"Far along?" Alec frowned
"Yeah, you better be doing some progress, we need the information for Wednesday before midnight.
Max cursed under her breath as did Alec.
"I'm working on it Luke, it would help if you'd tell me the name of the girl."
Luke smiled "Her name is Kat, she's sitting right over there." Luke pointed to a girl sitting five seats away. There was an empty seat next to her.
"You should go to her, start making conversation." Luke suggested.
Max gave Alec a pleading look, there was obviously something she wanted to tell him. He didn't want to leave any more than she did.
Alec sighed and got up. Luke smiled and took his desk.
Alec sat down next to the girl and smiled "Hey... Kat right?"
The gothic looking girl turned to look at him, she seemed a little unimpressed.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have an extra pen I can borrow? I can't seem to find one."
Kat sighed she seemed to want nothing to do with him but she did reach into her bag and handed him a black pen.
"Thanks!" Alec said enthusiastically.
"What ever, I want that back." Kat closed her notebook and Alec saw a picture of a pre pulse rock star on it.
"Hey, you like Marilyn Manson?" Alec pointed at the notebook "Cuz I do, Sweet Dreams is one of the best songs ever."
That caught the girl's attention, she turned her body around completely to face him, apparently noticing his striking looks for the first time.
"I love Marilyn Manson!"
"He's got her! It took him like ten seconds!" Luke whispered to Max, clearly impressed.
She, how ever, was not. She knew there was not a single living female soul who could refuse that smile of his that reached his eyes or the way he stared at you when you talked, making you feel like the only person in the room.
Max had known the girl would fall for him. She hid her face on her hands and sighed, trying not to look too disappointed.
*************
"So please write down, what do you think is the most interesting part of history?" Logan smiled at Max, she smiled back and bent her head down to write.
"Don't forget to write your name! I'm not a mind reader!" Logan reminded them all.
The class worked in silence for about ten minutes, Max kept looking up to try and have a silent conversation with Logan but it was difficult for him to mouth words, since he was standing in front of a classroom.
"Ok guys, time's up! I want your papers now!" Logan announced. The kids finished writing quickly and handed him their papers.
Max stood up last, she wanted to whisper something to Logan, just to let him know that she was going to be late that night.
She handed him the paper, without really paying attention. Their hands brushed slightly.
Max looked down at his hand in horror.
"Go wash your hands!" She said seriously.
"Max... I"
"Go wash you hands damn it!" Max almost yelled.
Logan nodded and ran out of the room. Max staid there for a few seconds, trying to steady her breathing before following him.
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Alec heard some kind of commotion on the classroom next door, he knew it was Logan's classroom so he tried to listen.
He heard people getting up, then Max's voice, she said something in a soft voice that he couldn't make out. Then she screamed "Go wash your hands damn it!"
Alec took a deep breath, he knew what it was all about, they had probably touched.
He grabbed his backpack and got up.
"Alecsander, what are you doing?" The teacher stopped the lesson.
"I'm sorry." Was all Alec said before leaving the room.
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Max slammed open the door to the men's room and walked in. There was another guy there besides Logan, probably a freshman. He glanced up at the noise, noticed Max and hurriedly tried to zip up his pants without hurting himself.
"Out!" Max glared at him.
The boy didn't need to be told twice.
Logan raised his hands for Max to see "Nothing happened see? I'm fine Max."
She shook her head "I almost killed you. All I wanted to do was hand you the paper and tell you that I'm going to be late tonight and I almost killed you!"
She grabbed the pen that was stuck on her hair and bit off the end, then she smeared ink all over Logan's hands.
"Go back to class I... I've got to go somewhere." Max opened the bathroom door and rushed off.
Alec saw her leaving the bathroom. He wanted to go after her but had to see if Logan was ok first.
He opened the door slowly, Logan was sitting on the sink, staring at his ink covered hands.
"You ok?" Alec asked.
"Fine. Could you... could you go after Max? I don't want her to do anything stupid."
Alec nodded "You don't even have to tell me. Did she leave her bag on your classroom?"
Logan nodded
"I'll be by to pick it up before lunch." Alec told him before running after Max.
"Max! Hey Max, stop!"
"I don't want to talk." Max informed him and walked faster.
"You don't have to... Max!" He caught up with her and grabbed her arm.
"What?" She finally looked at him, her eyes met his and held his gaze on a stare contest for a couple of seconds.
"We don't have to talk about it. There's a coffee house inside the campus, next to the greenhouse. Please, just let me buy you a coffee. We can just sit there quietly if you want."
Max sighed "Yeah, right."
Alec's face fell.
"You, sitting quietly, like that's ever going to happen."
Alec smiled hopefully and Max smiled back "But you're buying!"
Alec grinned "I said I would didn't I?"
*************
Logan walked out of his classroom slowly when the bell rang. They had a 10 minute break so he decided to walk around and get to know the rest of the school.
He walked by the lab and decided to peek inside.
He found a young girl sitting on one of the desks, looking at a microscope and making some notes.
"Hey, what are you working on?"
The girl jumped about a mile and looked up. Logan apologized quickly "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!"
"No it's ok, I just get distracted when I'm working." The girl smiled at him "You're Mr. Cale right?"
Logan nodded "So what are you working on?"
"Oh just one of those projects that we get assigned for extra credit. This girl Dakareth found a new vaccine for the flu, I'm just checking her work."
Logan frowned "You make vaccines?"
The girl nodded "For some stuff, we do what ever they tell us to do. I'm really good with chemistry and I love spending time in the lab so I usually do a lot of extra work."
Logan smiled, an idea crossing through his head "You know, we had something like this at my old school. I think I brought one of the projects with me, want to give it a shot?"
The girl's face brightened "Oh I would love to! I'm done with this anyway! What is it about?"
"It's very difficult though, are you sure you want it?"
The girl nodded enthusiastically
"It's about finding a cure for a virus..."
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