High School Missions 13
DRUG PROBLEMS
SONGS FOR THIS CHAPTER
Aimee Allen - Revolution
Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
Joan Jet - Bad Reputation
Bush - Chemicals Between Us
Remember, play the song when you find it! You can stop it when you see this ***** or this______ or when you run into another one.
_________________________ //Aimee Allen – Revolution//
"That was NOT just pot." Alec groaned.
Max sat upside down on the couch, with her head hanging off it and her feet over the back. She could feel the blood rushing to her head but she didn't really care. It bugged her that she didn't seem to care about much right then but not enough to do something about it. Next to her Alec sat on the floor with his back against the couch, his head was next to Max's and he seemed able to get a better grip of himself, if only slightly.
"I don't think we should've taken that last joint." Max pondered out loud.
"I don't think we should've taken the first one." Alec squinted, trying to get the room into focus with little success.
Max's eyes roamed the room from her upside down position. Luke and Ashley were dancing to the loud music just feet away from the two disoriented transgenics. Amanda was sitting on Sean's lap, her smaller than small skirt rode way up when she straddled him. He rubbed his hands up and down her legs, reaching her thong-clad ass and groping her roughly.
Max's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she groaned. She wanted Alec to keep talking to her, it seemed to help. If she could only speak out her request.
With every passing minute the effects of the drugs seemed to get more intense. That scared Alec, his system was trying to fight them off but for some reason it wasn't quite working, although it seemed to be working better for him than it did for Max who was now staring into space and not moving much except for the occasional blink which reassured Alec in some measure.
'At least she's alive' He thought. He had the distinct impression that something like that should bother him more than it did.
He felt his limbs relax and his mind fade. Things were getting less and less clear, and at the same time much less important.
Suddenly Max sat up with such force she nearly knocked the couch over. Alec frowned and wondered where she'd gotten the energy to move.
"I don't feel so good." Max announced to a room full of people who barely seemed to notice her outburst.
"Bathroom's that way." Luke pointed to a door down the narrow corridor.
Max was thankful for the walls as she walked, her balance was way off and she wondered how on earth those kids could dance when she could barely stand.
She reached the bathroom in time but just barely. As she sank down next to the toilet bowl and heaved she could feel her mind turning to mush.
After what seemed like an eternity Max found the strength and will to get up again. She stumbled on her way back to the living room and had to hold on to the door handle of Luke's bedroom to keep herself from falling. The door swung open. Nikki and Dave looked up from the bed, she looked very out of it and he didn't seem very far behind. Max then felt the presence of someone behind her and a hand on her arm. She turned around slowly, her drugged state making it impossible to move faster. It was Dade, Dave's twin.
"Join us MJ, I promise you won't regret it."
Max couldn't think of a reason to say no.
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Max walked into the bedroom, followed by Dade who was taking his shirt off as he went. He pushed her towards the bed and Max went down next to Nikki. Dade removed her Sketchers while Dave pulled up her shirt.
Max just stared at the ceiling and let things happen, she couldn't muster up the energy nor the reasons to stop.
Suddenly she was pulled to her feet by a strong arm wrapped around her midsection. The sudden movement sent her head in a spin.
"Come on guys, leave her alone. She'll regret it tomorrow."
Dave squinted "Alec, my man, I don't think she'll remember... I sure as hell won't."
Dade held his head with both hands. "Take her to the living room Alec, I don't think she's ready for this kind of wildness yet."
Alec took advantage of both his and Dade's moments of clearness and half dragged Max back to the living room. He deposited her on the couch and she groaned.
"Alec?"
"Yeah?"
"Get me out of here."
Alec shook his head "Not unless you want me to get us killed. I can't even stand straight."
Max closed her eyes and groaned again. Alec sat down on the couch and placed her head on his lap.
"Just ride it out Max, it'll be over before you know it. Just ride it out." He whispered in her ear.
She was shaking pretty badly by then and for a moment he was worried about her tryptophan needs but her shakes seemed different... more like shivers. When a few moments later he felt his hands trembling he knew he was right, it was the drugs.
He hoped that was a good sign.
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"Hey man, you up?"
Alec groaned and shook his head "I'm not sure."
Luke laughed and offered him a hand.
Alec blinked a few times and tried to take in his surroundings. Max was asleep next to him, stretch out on the floor. He took Luke's helping hand and pulled himself up. He rolled his head from side to side. He was sore from falling asleep in a sitting position.
"I'd let you crash for a while longer but you two need to go home and change for the carwash." Alec glanced past Luke and saw a rather perky Ashley, escorted by an equally perky Dave, leave the dorm room as if she'd gone to bed at nine the night before.
"Car wash?" A confused Alec asked.
"Yes, carwash. It starts at ten so you better get going. Think you're ok to drive? The first time can leave you a little disoriented for a few hours."
Alec checked himself over quickly and realized he WAS in fact ok. He nodded and reached down to prod Max awake.
"MJ come on get up. We have to go."
Max moaned but opened her eyes just the same.
"Go where?"
"Home... nice pattern by the way."
Alec bit his lip to keep himself from laughing when she rubbed her cheek and discovered the ugly pattern of the carpet imprinted there.
She rolled her eyes and picked herself up from the floor.
"I'll see you in a while then. Don't be late." Luke waved goodbye at them.
They walked in silence until they reached the car. As soon as they were a few miles away from the dorms Max closed her eyes and said.
"What the hell was that all about?"
"No idea. How do you feel?"
"Like I should be hanging with a different crowd."
Alec smiled "Seriously, don't you feel... normal?"
Max frowned "Yeah, so?"
"Shouldn't we at least have a headache?"
"Our bodies can fight off most drugs Alec."
"Yeah well that didn't go so well last night did it?"
Max glanced at him as he drove. "I'm more worried about the fact that the rest of the kids seemed perfectly normal. Almost as if we'd had pizza and coke last night instead of some freakish druggie group."
"We should tell Logan about this right away."
They parked the car in front of their house and rushed into the basement, then up the stairs and into Logan's living room.
"Hey Logan!" Alec howled.
Logan thundered down the stairs and stared at the two transgenics standing in his kitchen wearing wrinkled clothes and looking alert.
"Hey guys, how did it go last night?"
"Oh we've got so much to tell you! Got food?" Max plopped down on a stool.
Alec took a box of cereal out of the cupboard and tossed it at Max, she caught it without even looking up. He then threw two bowls and a couple of spoons her way and she caught those too.
"Pass the milk dude!" Alec smiled as he jumped over the breakfast bar instead of just walking around it.
Logan set the milk down between the eager teenagers and frowned "Are you two high?"
Max laughed "No! At least not anymore! We were... for most of the night but we're ok now."
"You don't look ok. You're hopping around like the Energizer bunny."
"Maybe it's a residual effect from all the shit we pumped into our systems last night." Alec shrugged.
"What shit?" Logan sat down across them and Alec tossed a little transparent bag at him.
"Oh you saved some? Good thinking. Glad you were conscious long enough to think of that one." Max winked in Alec's direction.
"Hum guys? What exactly happened?"
"Well, the 'get together' turned out to be more like a 'let's all get together and drug up' thing. We didn't think it'd affect us..."
"We're immune to most drugs" Max interrupted.
"... plus we didn't have much of a choice if we wanted to remain elite. The effect were pretty strange...."
"And nasty."
"... we passed out at some point... I think I barely stopped Max here from joining a foursome."
Max frowned at him "You did?"
"You don't remember?"
"Not that part."
"Yeah, Dave took you by surprise and pulled you into bed with Dade and... one of the blondes... or maybe it was Dade who did that... Anyway, today we woke up feeling totally normal and apparently so did the rest of the elite."
"I'm feeling much better now than I did when I first woke up." Max pointed out and Alec nodded.
"So do I."
Logan was staring at them "So what? The elite are all junkies?"
Alec frowned "I'm not sure... so far I don't exactly feel the need for another fix."
"They did say this wouldn't generate an addiction." Max pointed out.
"Think they were telling the truth?"
"Maybe."
"Well I'll send this to Sebastian and he'll let us know for sure." Logan pointed at the white powder.
Alec glanced down at his watch and cursed "Shit Max, we need to get going!"
"Going where?"
"Carwash!" Max jumped up from her seat and ran to the basement door. "Take the Aztec around later. We'll fill you in on anything out of the ordinary."
Logan watched the transgenics go and wondered just how more out of the ordinary things could get.
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Max and Alec arrived at the school parking lot an hour later dressed in shorts and t-shirts. Max got instantly pulled away by the other girls and Alec watched in fascination as she followed them giggling like... well like the school girl she was pretending to be, only he wasn't sure she was really pretending.
"Hey Alec! Glad you could make it. Looks like we're gonna have our work cut out for us today." Dave pointed at the row of cars already waiting to get washed. Alec couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive against Dave, after all he HAD almost shagged Max the night before. He knew he couldn't exactly blame him, they were all doped up, but still...
"It's gonna be one long day. Just look at those cars man!" Sean pointed at a particular car that looked like it'd rolled over in a puddle of mud.
Alec groaned "Where did the girls go anyway? They don't think we're gonna do all the..."
******** Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
The group of elite girls were walking towards them. Walking like they would on a catwalk and wearing rather skimpy bikinis. Max walked in the middle of the group, sporting a little black thing that accentuated her curves and showed off her perfection. Her hair was loose and it flew behind her as she walked.
One of the boys opened a hose and splashed the girls with water. Most girls shrieked but Max just laughed and shook her head slowly, ridding her hair of the excess of water. Droplets made her golden skin glisten. Some larger drops of water rolled down the base of her neck and disappeared between the valley of her breasts, down the little black string holding the fabric together, past her navel and into her bikini bottom. She bit her lip as she approached Alec.
He had to remind himself to breathe.
"Alec?"
"Yes Max?"
She leaned in closer and whispered in his ear "You're staring."
He shook his head to clear it "Yes well that American flag bikini Melissa is wearing is rather appealing."
Max gave him a naughty grin and pulled his shirt up. He lifted his arms and tossed the shirt away without even stopping to wonder what was going on.
"You feel like getting down and dirty?" She whispered.
Alec gulped "Oh yeah."
"Good." Max slapped a wet sponge against his bare chest. "You can start with that car over there."
Alec's jaw dropped long enough for Max to walk past him.
"Oh you're one evil woman."
She glanced over her shoulder at him and laughed "Better start scrubbing sugar, the line of cars goes around the block."
Alec mumbled something that sounded like 'heartless bitch', which only made Max laugh harder.
"Men are so easy." Amanda giggled.
Max grinned. Judging by the amount of men willing to pay good bucks to have their car washed by a few teenagers in their bathing suits Amanda had quite a point.
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Max was washing a specially dirty car when it happened. It started out as a mild cramp but escalated quickly.
She leaned her head against the soapy window she'd been washing and clutched her stomach with both hands.
Alec, who'd been helping out with a van that looked like it'd been used for mud wrestling, noticed this and dropped his sponge at once.
"MJ?" He called out to her.
Max just groaned, so he walked over to her.
"What's wrong Max?"
"I have cramps apparently."
Alec frowned "Cramps?"
"Yes Alec, cramps! Have you never heard of those? Next thing I know you'll be asking me to teach you the wonders of a Tampax."
Alec smiled "I wouldn't mind a demonstration."
Max punched his arm as well as she could.
"Is this even normal? I mean... do you get cramps often?"
"Not really. God I feel like my navel is being pulled from the inside."
Alec winced "I wonder how that feels like."
Max moved her hand dangerously close to his privates and said "You'll get a little taste if you don't shut up and do something about this."
"Do something about your cramps?! What the hell could I do about your cramps?"
Max was about to answer when a wave of pain hit her. She doubled over and moaned.
"Ok, that's it. I need to go home NOW!"
Alec raised an eyebrow "Now? But look at all the cars we..."
"NOW!" Max yelled.
"Fine! Relax! Come on." He lead the way to the car.
"Hey! Where are you guys going?" Sean caught up with them.
"Max needs to go home and get some pills or something, she has a stomachache." Alec answered.
"Cool, could I get a ride to the dorms? I forgot my cell phone and I'm expecting a call."
Max considered this for a moment, it would take way too long to talk Sean out of it so she just growled a "Get in," snatched the keys away from Alec and jumped into the drivers seat.
"Hey!" Alec protested.
"Oh just get in!"
He didn't even have time to close the door before she screeched away.
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// Joan Jet - Bad Reputation//
"Oh my God woman look out!" Alec yelled.
Max groaned, lowered her window and screamed "Hey idiot! Would you drive any better if I stuck that phone up your ass?!"
"...Someone is in a hurry." Alec mumbled.
"Someone is in considerable pain!" She spat at him while making a sharp turn.
"You know, this wouldn't happen if you ate right. The way you guys eat I'll be amazed if you don't get a cholesterol problem by the time you hit forty. Healthy food can do wonders to your body! We are what we eat you know." Sean said while fumbling around for his seatbelt.
Alec held on to the dashboard when Max made another sharp turn "If we are what we eat I'm cheap, fast and easy."
"I drive too fast to worry about cholesterol." Max mumbled.
"Cool bumper sticker" Alec pointed out the car ahead of them.
Max stuck her head out the window and yelled "Forget world peace you asshole! Visualize using your turn signal you mother fucking piece of shit!"
Sean raised his eyebrows.
"You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive." Alec commented. Then he started to feel a rumbling in his stomach. The rumbling turned into a painful experience in 2 seconds flat.
"MJ..."
"What?!"
"Pull over."
"I'm not gonna pull over! We're five minutes away from the..."
"PULL OVER!" Alec yanked the steering wheel.
"HEY! What the..."
He didn't even wait to leave the car, just leaned out the window and emptied his stomach into the sidewalk.
"Oh man that's nasty." Sean groaned.
Max, pain and all, leaned over to rub Alec's back while he retched.
"Feeling better?" She asked him after a few moments.
"Yeah."
"Then stick your fucking head back in! I'm dying here!"
Alec rolled his eyes and took his seat again.
Max screeched to a stop in front of their house and she ran like a madwoman to the basement door. She pushed it open with her shoulder and flew straight to the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
Sean turned to Alec "She threw the door open!"
"It was unlocked. I forgot to lock it this morning." He lied.
"Oh well, could you give me a ride to campus? I can grab my own car there."
"Suuuuuoooh no!" Alec ran past Sean and into the basement.
Logan was just walking around the house to see what all the commotion was when he almost crashed into Alec.
"Alec what..."
"Sean needs a ride!" Alec yelled.
"What the hell... SEAN!" Logan turned to the teenager in surprise.
"Hi Mr.. Cale. MJ and Alec aren't feeling to hot today."
"You need a ride to campus?"
"No, that's ok, I can walk."
Logan sighed. He really wanted to go downstairs and check on Max and Alec but he couldn't risk Sean wandering around.
"Hop into my car, I'll take you."
"Oh don't worry about it."
"I don't mind."
Sean smiled "Well if you insist."
"I do." Logan said with one final glance in the transgenics' direction.
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Alec ran past the bedroom and into the bathroom. Max yelped from her place next to the bowl.
"Alec what the hell? I'd like some privacy while I turn inside out thank..."
Alec knelt down next to her and retched. Projectile vomit shot out of his mouth and into the toilet, making quite a splash.
"Oh my God! Could you at least try to keep it in?" Max groaned and clutched a wet towel to her forehead.
Alec fell on his back next to her and grabbed his stomach.
"I'm dying Max! Ugh!"
"What's wrong with us?"
"Must be the aftershock of the drugs."
"Ok think, what could make this go away?" Max closed her eyes in concentration.
A sudden noise filled the tiny room. Max turned to Alec with a face of disgust.
"Did you just fart?"
"No Max, that's the noise my brain makes when I think."
"You are so gross." Max frowned "Oh and the smell!"
"Can't help it! My insides are close to exploding! Besides, I'm IN the bathroom."
Max turned a lovely shade of green and hugged the toilet bowl again.
After a few minutes she laid back down on the cool floor next to a pained Alec.
"You know, in the past two weeks I've been sick to my stomach more times than in... EVER!"
"Max?"
"Yes?"
"If I don't make it would you make sure Sketchy gets my black book? That many phone numbers shouldn't go to waste."
Max somehow managed to gather enough strength to kick him.
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When Logan came back he helped them move to their beds. The ill feeling continued through the day. After sundown the elite went by to check on them. Since no one mentioned anything about the illness being normal after their first taste of the drugs Max came up with the story of some funny looking shrimp.
After the elite left Logan took blood samples of the two transgenics and sent them to Sebastian.
They hadn't been able to hold down any food except for chicken broth so Logan made them stay in bed on Sunday as well.
By monday morning the two teenagers were getting restless.
"I'm sure what I'm about to say goes against some unspoken teenage rule but... I can't wait to go back to school." Max stated at five AM.
"Me neither. All I wanna do is stay away from Super-Nurse-Wannabe."
Max giggled. "He could've at least let us move to the couch."
"He could've at least let me get up to pee yesterday." Alec pouted.
The basement door burst open and the two groaned.
"I heard that!" Logan complained. He was carrying an armful of papers, which he dropped on Max's bed.
"What are those?"
"Sebastian's research. He had to leave his lab last night and couldn't complete his analysis. All the info is right here, he just didn't have time to look through it."
"So?" Alec raised an eyebrow.
"So I thought... since everyone already knows you're sick..."
"Oh no no no no! I'm not staying home again!" Max shook her head.
"Max, this needs to be done! We need to know what went wrong with you two so we can prevent it from happening again! What if it wasn't the drugs? What if you do whatever you did to get like this again today and you end up spending another two days in my care?"
"No!" Max and Alec said together.
"Leave them!"
"We'll look through them!"
Logan smiled "Call me on my cell if you need anything."
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Three hours and a lot of papers later Max growled. She was lying on the bed with her legs straight up. She'd been changing positions constantly for the last hour but it did nothing to make her restlessness go away.
She glanced over at Alec and noticed he had the same problem. He was currently down on all fours. A very convenient position for an ass kicking... literally.
Max stuck her foot out and kicked his butt, not too hard as if not to hurt him but hard enough to knock him over.
"Hey!" Alec protested.
"What?"
"Behave, or I'll give you a real ass kicking."
Max frowned "More real than me kicking you in the ass?"
"Don't test me Max."
"Oh please, I've beaten you before."
"...You did not beat me Max."
"I so did."
"I let you win! Besides, you hit below the belt."
"So you think I can't take you?"
"Oh I know you can't take me"
"Let's go then!"
"I am not going to fight you!"
"Scared of proving me right uh?"
Alec rolled his eyes "Oh you're on."
************* //Bush - Chemicals Between Us//
Max jumped off the bed, took off her shirt leaving on only her sweats and sports bra and cracked her neck.
Alec did the same with his knuckles and took off his shirt before jumping up and down a few times to warm up.
They got into position and circled each other a few times.
"Let's go Max, come on, I'll let you give the first punch."
"Oh you wish."
"What? I can't really hit a girl!"
"Oh right, like you care about that."
"Come on! Why do you think I let you win every time we fight? Girls are weak! I can't hit a girl!"
Max growled and kicked his leg. Alec reacted by punching her in the shoulder, hard, making her stumble backwards.
"... not without being attacked first anyway." He smiled cockily.
Max groaned "Oh now you're really gonna get it!"
Alec wiggled his eyebrows "Bring it on babe."
The next few minutes were a blur of kicks and punches. Alec threw Max over his shoulder and she landed on her feet. She flipped back over him expertly and punched his stomach. He grabbed her arm and pushed it behind her back, effectively trapping her between his body and her own. Max, however, refused to stay still and tried to kick him where it hurt. He lifted his knee to protect himself effectively, however the maneuver made him stumble forward a few steps and he took Max with him.
Their fall was stopped by the wall pressed against Max's back. He now had her caught between his body and the wall... his hard, warm body and the cool wall.
Max couldn't move. He had her pinned. His bare chest was pressed against her barely covered one. They were both panting and sweating profusely. Their faces were mere inches away from each other.
Her smell intoxicated Alec. Being so close to her, alone, in a deserted house was making him dizzy. When he unconsciously rubbed her hips against his all bets were off.
A growl emanated from deep down in his chest as he leaned forward and captured her lips with his. Max closed her eyes and surrendered to the sweet taste of him.
The kiss was a forbidden one, that just fueled their excitement. He let go of her arm and she wrapped them around his neck. The kiss was hard and passionate, his tongue sought entrance to her willing mouth with a roughness that surprised Max but aroused her to no end.
He moved his hands down her waist and cupped her ass. She lifted her legs and wrapped them around his waist. He rubbed himself against her, wanting her to feel him as much as their clothes would let them.
She tossed her head back and groaned. She used her nails to mark Alec's bare back. He sucked her lower lip between his and bit down. It was the coppery taste of blood that snapped him back to reality.
He broke the kiss and let go of Max's legs but didn't move away from her. Max took a deep breath and closed her eyes. He leaned his forehead against hers and she accepted the calming gesture without a word. __________________________
Logan was walking down the hall trying to avoid colliding with a bunch of enthusiastic teenagers giggling about something.
"Mr. Cale!" He heard someone calling.
He turned around and scanned the crowd but couldn't find the source of the yell.
"Mr. Cale?"
He glanced behind him. Sasha was right there.
"Oh hey Sasha! What's up?"
"I've got good news for you."
"You do?"
"Yup!"
"What?"
Sasha smiled "I found a way to cure that virus."
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Yes, you could kill me but then you'd never know what happens next ;)
SONGS FOR NEXT CHAPTERS (remember to get the first four or five first.)
Our Lady Peace - 4 am
No Secrets - That's what Girls Do
Punjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke
Offspring - Original Prankster
Tweet - Oops Oh My
Verve Pipe - Bittersweet Symphony
The Donnas - Take it Off
Robert Miles - Fable
Mushroomhead - Sun doesn't shine
Evanescence - Imaginary
Linkin Park - Crawling
P.O.D - Youth of the Nation
Coolio - Gangster Paradise
Truth Hurts ft Rakim - Addictive LP version
Safari Duo - Played-A-Live
Fatboy Slim - Yo Mama
Goo Goo Dolls - Here is Gone
Sugarcult - Pretty Girl (The Way)
Alex Syntek - Sexo Pudor y Lagrimas (yes, it's in spanish. Expand your musical taste ;))
Blu Cantrell Ft Sean Paul - Breathe
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of my Life
Lamb - Lullabye
Gus Gus - Is Jesus Your Pal
Chantal Kraviazuk - Feels Like Home
Hardknox - Attitude
Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment
Enigma - Modern Crusaders
Vertical Horizon - Everything you Want
Black Lab - Learn to Crawl
Drowning Pool - Bodies
Godsmack - Whatever
Guana Apes - Open your Eyes
Nada Surf - Ice Box
Rammstein - Helleluja
Seether - Out of my Way
Sepultura with Mike Patton - The Waste
DRUG PROBLEMS
SONGS FOR THIS CHAPTER
Aimee Allen - Revolution
Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
Joan Jet - Bad Reputation
Bush - Chemicals Between Us
Remember, play the song when you find it! You can stop it when you see this ***** or this______ or when you run into another one.
_________________________ //Aimee Allen – Revolution//
"That was NOT just pot." Alec groaned.
Max sat upside down on the couch, with her head hanging off it and her feet over the back. She could feel the blood rushing to her head but she didn't really care. It bugged her that she didn't seem to care about much right then but not enough to do something about it. Next to her Alec sat on the floor with his back against the couch, his head was next to Max's and he seemed able to get a better grip of himself, if only slightly.
"I don't think we should've taken that last joint." Max pondered out loud.
"I don't think we should've taken the first one." Alec squinted, trying to get the room into focus with little success.
Max's eyes roamed the room from her upside down position. Luke and Ashley were dancing to the loud music just feet away from the two disoriented transgenics. Amanda was sitting on Sean's lap, her smaller than small skirt rode way up when she straddled him. He rubbed his hands up and down her legs, reaching her thong-clad ass and groping her roughly.
Max's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she groaned. She wanted Alec to keep talking to her, it seemed to help. If she could only speak out her request.
With every passing minute the effects of the drugs seemed to get more intense. That scared Alec, his system was trying to fight them off but for some reason it wasn't quite working, although it seemed to be working better for him than it did for Max who was now staring into space and not moving much except for the occasional blink which reassured Alec in some measure.
'At least she's alive' He thought. He had the distinct impression that something like that should bother him more than it did.
He felt his limbs relax and his mind fade. Things were getting less and less clear, and at the same time much less important.
Suddenly Max sat up with such force she nearly knocked the couch over. Alec frowned and wondered where she'd gotten the energy to move.
"I don't feel so good." Max announced to a room full of people who barely seemed to notice her outburst.
"Bathroom's that way." Luke pointed to a door down the narrow corridor.
Max was thankful for the walls as she walked, her balance was way off and she wondered how on earth those kids could dance when she could barely stand.
She reached the bathroom in time but just barely. As she sank down next to the toilet bowl and heaved she could feel her mind turning to mush.
After what seemed like an eternity Max found the strength and will to get up again. She stumbled on her way back to the living room and had to hold on to the door handle of Luke's bedroom to keep herself from falling. The door swung open. Nikki and Dave looked up from the bed, she looked very out of it and he didn't seem very far behind. Max then felt the presence of someone behind her and a hand on her arm. She turned around slowly, her drugged state making it impossible to move faster. It was Dade, Dave's twin.
"Join us MJ, I promise you won't regret it."
Max couldn't think of a reason to say no.
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Max walked into the bedroom, followed by Dade who was taking his shirt off as he went. He pushed her towards the bed and Max went down next to Nikki. Dade removed her Sketchers while Dave pulled up her shirt.
Max just stared at the ceiling and let things happen, she couldn't muster up the energy nor the reasons to stop.
Suddenly she was pulled to her feet by a strong arm wrapped around her midsection. The sudden movement sent her head in a spin.
"Come on guys, leave her alone. She'll regret it tomorrow."
Dave squinted "Alec, my man, I don't think she'll remember... I sure as hell won't."
Dade held his head with both hands. "Take her to the living room Alec, I don't think she's ready for this kind of wildness yet."
Alec took advantage of both his and Dade's moments of clearness and half dragged Max back to the living room. He deposited her on the couch and she groaned.
"Alec?"
"Yeah?"
"Get me out of here."
Alec shook his head "Not unless you want me to get us killed. I can't even stand straight."
Max closed her eyes and groaned again. Alec sat down on the couch and placed her head on his lap.
"Just ride it out Max, it'll be over before you know it. Just ride it out." He whispered in her ear.
She was shaking pretty badly by then and for a moment he was worried about her tryptophan needs but her shakes seemed different... more like shivers. When a few moments later he felt his hands trembling he knew he was right, it was the drugs.
He hoped that was a good sign.
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"Hey man, you up?"
Alec groaned and shook his head "I'm not sure."
Luke laughed and offered him a hand.
Alec blinked a few times and tried to take in his surroundings. Max was asleep next to him, stretch out on the floor. He took Luke's helping hand and pulled himself up. He rolled his head from side to side. He was sore from falling asleep in a sitting position.
"I'd let you crash for a while longer but you two need to go home and change for the carwash." Alec glanced past Luke and saw a rather perky Ashley, escorted by an equally perky Dave, leave the dorm room as if she'd gone to bed at nine the night before.
"Car wash?" A confused Alec asked.
"Yes, carwash. It starts at ten so you better get going. Think you're ok to drive? The first time can leave you a little disoriented for a few hours."
Alec checked himself over quickly and realized he WAS in fact ok. He nodded and reached down to prod Max awake.
"MJ come on get up. We have to go."
Max moaned but opened her eyes just the same.
"Go where?"
"Home... nice pattern by the way."
Alec bit his lip to keep himself from laughing when she rubbed her cheek and discovered the ugly pattern of the carpet imprinted there.
She rolled her eyes and picked herself up from the floor.
"I'll see you in a while then. Don't be late." Luke waved goodbye at them.
They walked in silence until they reached the car. As soon as they were a few miles away from the dorms Max closed her eyes and said.
"What the hell was that all about?"
"No idea. How do you feel?"
"Like I should be hanging with a different crowd."
Alec smiled "Seriously, don't you feel... normal?"
Max frowned "Yeah, so?"
"Shouldn't we at least have a headache?"
"Our bodies can fight off most drugs Alec."
"Yeah well that didn't go so well last night did it?"
Max glanced at him as he drove. "I'm more worried about the fact that the rest of the kids seemed perfectly normal. Almost as if we'd had pizza and coke last night instead of some freakish druggie group."
"We should tell Logan about this right away."
They parked the car in front of their house and rushed into the basement, then up the stairs and into Logan's living room.
"Hey Logan!" Alec howled.
Logan thundered down the stairs and stared at the two transgenics standing in his kitchen wearing wrinkled clothes and looking alert.
"Hey guys, how did it go last night?"
"Oh we've got so much to tell you! Got food?" Max plopped down on a stool.
Alec took a box of cereal out of the cupboard and tossed it at Max, she caught it without even looking up. He then threw two bowls and a couple of spoons her way and she caught those too.
"Pass the milk dude!" Alec smiled as he jumped over the breakfast bar instead of just walking around it.
Logan set the milk down between the eager teenagers and frowned "Are you two high?"
Max laughed "No! At least not anymore! We were... for most of the night but we're ok now."
"You don't look ok. You're hopping around like the Energizer bunny."
"Maybe it's a residual effect from all the shit we pumped into our systems last night." Alec shrugged.
"What shit?" Logan sat down across them and Alec tossed a little transparent bag at him.
"Oh you saved some? Good thinking. Glad you were conscious long enough to think of that one." Max winked in Alec's direction.
"Hum guys? What exactly happened?"
"Well, the 'get together' turned out to be more like a 'let's all get together and drug up' thing. We didn't think it'd affect us..."
"We're immune to most drugs" Max interrupted.
"... plus we didn't have much of a choice if we wanted to remain elite. The effect were pretty strange...."
"And nasty."
"... we passed out at some point... I think I barely stopped Max here from joining a foursome."
Max frowned at him "You did?"
"You don't remember?"
"Not that part."
"Yeah, Dave took you by surprise and pulled you into bed with Dade and... one of the blondes... or maybe it was Dade who did that... Anyway, today we woke up feeling totally normal and apparently so did the rest of the elite."
"I'm feeling much better now than I did when I first woke up." Max pointed out and Alec nodded.
"So do I."
Logan was staring at them "So what? The elite are all junkies?"
Alec frowned "I'm not sure... so far I don't exactly feel the need for another fix."
"They did say this wouldn't generate an addiction." Max pointed out.
"Think they were telling the truth?"
"Maybe."
"Well I'll send this to Sebastian and he'll let us know for sure." Logan pointed at the white powder.
Alec glanced down at his watch and cursed "Shit Max, we need to get going!"
"Going where?"
"Carwash!" Max jumped up from her seat and ran to the basement door. "Take the Aztec around later. We'll fill you in on anything out of the ordinary."
Logan watched the transgenics go and wondered just how more out of the ordinary things could get.
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Max and Alec arrived at the school parking lot an hour later dressed in shorts and t-shirts. Max got instantly pulled away by the other girls and Alec watched in fascination as she followed them giggling like... well like the school girl she was pretending to be, only he wasn't sure she was really pretending.
"Hey Alec! Glad you could make it. Looks like we're gonna have our work cut out for us today." Dave pointed at the row of cars already waiting to get washed. Alec couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive against Dave, after all he HAD almost shagged Max the night before. He knew he couldn't exactly blame him, they were all doped up, but still...
"It's gonna be one long day. Just look at those cars man!" Sean pointed at a particular car that looked like it'd rolled over in a puddle of mud.
Alec groaned "Where did the girls go anyway? They don't think we're gonna do all the..."
******** Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
The group of elite girls were walking towards them. Walking like they would on a catwalk and wearing rather skimpy bikinis. Max walked in the middle of the group, sporting a little black thing that accentuated her curves and showed off her perfection. Her hair was loose and it flew behind her as she walked.
One of the boys opened a hose and splashed the girls with water. Most girls shrieked but Max just laughed and shook her head slowly, ridding her hair of the excess of water. Droplets made her golden skin glisten. Some larger drops of water rolled down the base of her neck and disappeared between the valley of her breasts, down the little black string holding the fabric together, past her navel and into her bikini bottom. She bit her lip as she approached Alec.
He had to remind himself to breathe.
"Alec?"
"Yes Max?"
She leaned in closer and whispered in his ear "You're staring."
He shook his head to clear it "Yes well that American flag bikini Melissa is wearing is rather appealing."
Max gave him a naughty grin and pulled his shirt up. He lifted his arms and tossed the shirt away without even stopping to wonder what was going on.
"You feel like getting down and dirty?" She whispered.
Alec gulped "Oh yeah."
"Good." Max slapped a wet sponge against his bare chest. "You can start with that car over there."
Alec's jaw dropped long enough for Max to walk past him.
"Oh you're one evil woman."
She glanced over her shoulder at him and laughed "Better start scrubbing sugar, the line of cars goes around the block."
Alec mumbled something that sounded like 'heartless bitch', which only made Max laugh harder.
"Men are so easy." Amanda giggled.
Max grinned. Judging by the amount of men willing to pay good bucks to have their car washed by a few teenagers in their bathing suits Amanda had quite a point.
**********
Max was washing a specially dirty car when it happened. It started out as a mild cramp but escalated quickly.
She leaned her head against the soapy window she'd been washing and clutched her stomach with both hands.
Alec, who'd been helping out with a van that looked like it'd been used for mud wrestling, noticed this and dropped his sponge at once.
"MJ?" He called out to her.
Max just groaned, so he walked over to her.
"What's wrong Max?"
"I have cramps apparently."
Alec frowned "Cramps?"
"Yes Alec, cramps! Have you never heard of those? Next thing I know you'll be asking me to teach you the wonders of a Tampax."
Alec smiled "I wouldn't mind a demonstration."
Max punched his arm as well as she could.
"Is this even normal? I mean... do you get cramps often?"
"Not really. God I feel like my navel is being pulled from the inside."
Alec winced "I wonder how that feels like."
Max moved her hand dangerously close to his privates and said "You'll get a little taste if you don't shut up and do something about this."
"Do something about your cramps?! What the hell could I do about your cramps?"
Max was about to answer when a wave of pain hit her. She doubled over and moaned.
"Ok, that's it. I need to go home NOW!"
Alec raised an eyebrow "Now? But look at all the cars we..."
"NOW!" Max yelled.
"Fine! Relax! Come on." He lead the way to the car.
"Hey! Where are you guys going?" Sean caught up with them.
"Max needs to go home and get some pills or something, she has a stomachache." Alec answered.
"Cool, could I get a ride to the dorms? I forgot my cell phone and I'm expecting a call."
Max considered this for a moment, it would take way too long to talk Sean out of it so she just growled a "Get in," snatched the keys away from Alec and jumped into the drivers seat.
"Hey!" Alec protested.
"Oh just get in!"
He didn't even have time to close the door before she screeched away.
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// Joan Jet - Bad Reputation//
"Oh my God woman look out!" Alec yelled.
Max groaned, lowered her window and screamed "Hey idiot! Would you drive any better if I stuck that phone up your ass?!"
"...Someone is in a hurry." Alec mumbled.
"Someone is in considerable pain!" She spat at him while making a sharp turn.
"You know, this wouldn't happen if you ate right. The way you guys eat I'll be amazed if you don't get a cholesterol problem by the time you hit forty. Healthy food can do wonders to your body! We are what we eat you know." Sean said while fumbling around for his seatbelt.
Alec held on to the dashboard when Max made another sharp turn "If we are what we eat I'm cheap, fast and easy."
"I drive too fast to worry about cholesterol." Max mumbled.
"Cool bumper sticker" Alec pointed out the car ahead of them.
Max stuck her head out the window and yelled "Forget world peace you asshole! Visualize using your turn signal you mother fucking piece of shit!"
Sean raised his eyebrows.
"You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive." Alec commented. Then he started to feel a rumbling in his stomach. The rumbling turned into a painful experience in 2 seconds flat.
"MJ..."
"What?!"
"Pull over."
"I'm not gonna pull over! We're five minutes away from the..."
"PULL OVER!" Alec yanked the steering wheel.
"HEY! What the..."
He didn't even wait to leave the car, just leaned out the window and emptied his stomach into the sidewalk.
"Oh man that's nasty." Sean groaned.
Max, pain and all, leaned over to rub Alec's back while he retched.
"Feeling better?" She asked him after a few moments.
"Yeah."
"Then stick your fucking head back in! I'm dying here!"
Alec rolled his eyes and took his seat again.
Max screeched to a stop in front of their house and she ran like a madwoman to the basement door. She pushed it open with her shoulder and flew straight to the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
Sean turned to Alec "She threw the door open!"
"It was unlocked. I forgot to lock it this morning." He lied.
"Oh well, could you give me a ride to campus? I can grab my own car there."
"Suuuuuoooh no!" Alec ran past Sean and into the basement.
Logan was just walking around the house to see what all the commotion was when he almost crashed into Alec.
"Alec what..."
"Sean needs a ride!" Alec yelled.
"What the hell... SEAN!" Logan turned to the teenager in surprise.
"Hi Mr.. Cale. MJ and Alec aren't feeling to hot today."
"You need a ride to campus?"
"No, that's ok, I can walk."
Logan sighed. He really wanted to go downstairs and check on Max and Alec but he couldn't risk Sean wandering around.
"Hop into my car, I'll take you."
"Oh don't worry about it."
"I don't mind."
Sean smiled "Well if you insist."
"I do." Logan said with one final glance in the transgenics' direction.
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Alec ran past the bedroom and into the bathroom. Max yelped from her place next to the bowl.
"Alec what the hell? I'd like some privacy while I turn inside out thank..."
Alec knelt down next to her and retched. Projectile vomit shot out of his mouth and into the toilet, making quite a splash.
"Oh my God! Could you at least try to keep it in?" Max groaned and clutched a wet towel to her forehead.
Alec fell on his back next to her and grabbed his stomach.
"I'm dying Max! Ugh!"
"What's wrong with us?"
"Must be the aftershock of the drugs."
"Ok think, what could make this go away?" Max closed her eyes in concentration.
A sudden noise filled the tiny room. Max turned to Alec with a face of disgust.
"Did you just fart?"
"No Max, that's the noise my brain makes when I think."
"You are so gross." Max frowned "Oh and the smell!"
"Can't help it! My insides are close to exploding! Besides, I'm IN the bathroom."
Max turned a lovely shade of green and hugged the toilet bowl again.
After a few minutes she laid back down on the cool floor next to a pained Alec.
"You know, in the past two weeks I've been sick to my stomach more times than in... EVER!"
"Max?"
"Yes?"
"If I don't make it would you make sure Sketchy gets my black book? That many phone numbers shouldn't go to waste."
Max somehow managed to gather enough strength to kick him.
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When Logan came back he helped them move to their beds. The ill feeling continued through the day. After sundown the elite went by to check on them. Since no one mentioned anything about the illness being normal after their first taste of the drugs Max came up with the story of some funny looking shrimp.
After the elite left Logan took blood samples of the two transgenics and sent them to Sebastian.
They hadn't been able to hold down any food except for chicken broth so Logan made them stay in bed on Sunday as well.
By monday morning the two teenagers were getting restless.
"I'm sure what I'm about to say goes against some unspoken teenage rule but... I can't wait to go back to school." Max stated at five AM.
"Me neither. All I wanna do is stay away from Super-Nurse-Wannabe."
Max giggled. "He could've at least let us move to the couch."
"He could've at least let me get up to pee yesterday." Alec pouted.
The basement door burst open and the two groaned.
"I heard that!" Logan complained. He was carrying an armful of papers, which he dropped on Max's bed.
"What are those?"
"Sebastian's research. He had to leave his lab last night and couldn't complete his analysis. All the info is right here, he just didn't have time to look through it."
"So?" Alec raised an eyebrow.
"So I thought... since everyone already knows you're sick..."
"Oh no no no no! I'm not staying home again!" Max shook her head.
"Max, this needs to be done! We need to know what went wrong with you two so we can prevent it from happening again! What if it wasn't the drugs? What if you do whatever you did to get like this again today and you end up spending another two days in my care?"
"No!" Max and Alec said together.
"Leave them!"
"We'll look through them!"
Logan smiled "Call me on my cell if you need anything."
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Three hours and a lot of papers later Max growled. She was lying on the bed with her legs straight up. She'd been changing positions constantly for the last hour but it did nothing to make her restlessness go away.
She glanced over at Alec and noticed he had the same problem. He was currently down on all fours. A very convenient position for an ass kicking... literally.
Max stuck her foot out and kicked his butt, not too hard as if not to hurt him but hard enough to knock him over.
"Hey!" Alec protested.
"What?"
"Behave, or I'll give you a real ass kicking."
Max frowned "More real than me kicking you in the ass?"
"Don't test me Max."
"Oh please, I've beaten you before."
"...You did not beat me Max."
"I so did."
"I let you win! Besides, you hit below the belt."
"So you think I can't take you?"
"Oh I know you can't take me"
"Let's go then!"
"I am not going to fight you!"
"Scared of proving me right uh?"
Alec rolled his eyes "Oh you're on."
************* //Bush - Chemicals Between Us//
Max jumped off the bed, took off her shirt leaving on only her sweats and sports bra and cracked her neck.
Alec did the same with his knuckles and took off his shirt before jumping up and down a few times to warm up.
They got into position and circled each other a few times.
"Let's go Max, come on, I'll let you give the first punch."
"Oh you wish."
"What? I can't really hit a girl!"
"Oh right, like you care about that."
"Come on! Why do you think I let you win every time we fight? Girls are weak! I can't hit a girl!"
Max growled and kicked his leg. Alec reacted by punching her in the shoulder, hard, making her stumble backwards.
"... not without being attacked first anyway." He smiled cockily.
Max groaned "Oh now you're really gonna get it!"
Alec wiggled his eyebrows "Bring it on babe."
The next few minutes were a blur of kicks and punches. Alec threw Max over his shoulder and she landed on her feet. She flipped back over him expertly and punched his stomach. He grabbed her arm and pushed it behind her back, effectively trapping her between his body and her own. Max, however, refused to stay still and tried to kick him where it hurt. He lifted his knee to protect himself effectively, however the maneuver made him stumble forward a few steps and he took Max with him.
Their fall was stopped by the wall pressed against Max's back. He now had her caught between his body and the wall... his hard, warm body and the cool wall.
Max couldn't move. He had her pinned. His bare chest was pressed against her barely covered one. They were both panting and sweating profusely. Their faces were mere inches away from each other.
Her smell intoxicated Alec. Being so close to her, alone, in a deserted house was making him dizzy. When he unconsciously rubbed her hips against his all bets were off.
A growl emanated from deep down in his chest as he leaned forward and captured her lips with his. Max closed her eyes and surrendered to the sweet taste of him.
The kiss was a forbidden one, that just fueled their excitement. He let go of her arm and she wrapped them around his neck. The kiss was hard and passionate, his tongue sought entrance to her willing mouth with a roughness that surprised Max but aroused her to no end.
He moved his hands down her waist and cupped her ass. She lifted her legs and wrapped them around his waist. He rubbed himself against her, wanting her to feel him as much as their clothes would let them.
She tossed her head back and groaned. She used her nails to mark Alec's bare back. He sucked her lower lip between his and bit down. It was the coppery taste of blood that snapped him back to reality.
He broke the kiss and let go of Max's legs but didn't move away from her. Max took a deep breath and closed her eyes. He leaned his forehead against hers and she accepted the calming gesture without a word. __________________________
Logan was walking down the hall trying to avoid colliding with a bunch of enthusiastic teenagers giggling about something.
"Mr. Cale!" He heard someone calling.
He turned around and scanned the crowd but couldn't find the source of the yell.
"Mr. Cale?"
He glanced behind him. Sasha was right there.
"Oh hey Sasha! What's up?"
"I've got good news for you."
"You do?"
"Yup!"
"What?"
Sasha smiled "I found a way to cure that virus."
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Yes, you could kill me but then you'd never know what happens next ;)
SONGS FOR NEXT CHAPTERS (remember to get the first four or five first.)
Our Lady Peace - 4 am
No Secrets - That's what Girls Do
Punjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke
Offspring - Original Prankster
Tweet - Oops Oh My
Verve Pipe - Bittersweet Symphony
The Donnas - Take it Off
Robert Miles - Fable
Mushroomhead - Sun doesn't shine
Evanescence - Imaginary
Linkin Park - Crawling
P.O.D - Youth of the Nation
Coolio - Gangster Paradise
Truth Hurts ft Rakim - Addictive LP version
Safari Duo - Played-A-Live
Fatboy Slim - Yo Mama
Goo Goo Dolls - Here is Gone
Sugarcult - Pretty Girl (The Way)
Alex Syntek - Sexo Pudor y Lagrimas (yes, it's in spanish. Expand your musical taste ;))
Blu Cantrell Ft Sean Paul - Breathe
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of my Life
Lamb - Lullabye
Gus Gus - Is Jesus Your Pal
Chantal Kraviazuk - Feels Like Home
Hardknox - Attitude
Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment
Enigma - Modern Crusaders
Vertical Horizon - Everything you Want
Black Lab - Learn to Crawl
Drowning Pool - Bodies
Godsmack - Whatever
Guana Apes - Open your Eyes
Nada Surf - Ice Box
Rammstein - Helleluja
Seether - Out of my Way
Sepultura with Mike Patton - The Waste