A/N: I meant to thank mmcandygoodness for reviewing. First reviewer!! Yay!! And the story was liked!! Yay!! Thank you so much - xxx

Chapter 6.

Max looked at his watch.
"Where the hell are they?"
The others looked up wordlessly and then all looked back at their feet again. Liz walked over to Max and took his hands.
"I'm sure they're fine."
Max looked deeply into his wife's eyes. 'His wife', it still thrilled to think of Liz as his wife.
"I mean, both of them, slightly irresponsible ....okay yes. But deadly, life threatening, no ....well...no, definitely not."
Max smiled at her, the warmth he felt from her eyes was amazing; he could just stand there for hours basking in the heat of her. The background noise of Isabelle and Alex playfully teasing each other had escalated. Alex had asked Isabelle to marry him a couple of months ago, and they planned to wed soon after they defeated the skins. Max looked up as he heard the swerving of a car outside.
"Uhm, I think that's them."
The banging of car doors and laughter and singing could be heard on the street. Max looked at his watch again. 3.34 am. They had been gone since early hours the night before. He was worried sick. The door swung open and Maria walked in carrying a bottle of gin in her hand. Michael's arm was around her shoulders. She was singing 'New York, New York' at the top of her lungs and Michael was bent double in hysterics. It was obvious they had been drinking, and the smell of spirits was intoxicating. When they saw everyone standing there, their laughter faded away.
"Where THE HELL were YOU?"
Maria turned to Michael, she was grinning at him.
"Everyone, this is Michael Guerin....heehee, Michael, heehee, I'd like you to meet my father, Max."
Michael snorted and laughed uncontrollably yet again. He went very serious suddenly, and stood up straight.
"Now, Maria, this is serious, not a laughing matter."
She looked at him as if he were nuts. And they both burst into hysterics again. Liz walked towards them, her eyes were searching.
"Maria, is this where you've been, in a bar for 24 hours? We were so worried, we thought the skins had........."
"No, No Lizzie, we went to this little gas station store right, to get some cash."
Michael squeezed his ass between Alex and Isabelle and opened the t.v guide. They both looked over his shoulders, intrigued. He looked immensely proud.
"And Michael spotted this safe, and Liz, oh my god; it had $3,000 in it!"
Everyone looked up, Michael pulled out the safe from the bag he'd been carrying and took out the money. They gazed at it in awe. Michael handed the money to Max.
"What you wanna do with it Maxwell?"
Max walked towards the little kitchen, which was behind a counter. He took a cookie jar out of the back of the cupboard and put the money inside. He turned and looked at everyone; they looked back at him expectantly.
"I think we should all get some sleep."
They took his word as Gospel, even if they didn't like it. Alex looked glum as they all set off towards their prospective rooms. Michael put his hand on his shoulder.
"C'mon Al, you didn't expect him to throw a party did you?"
He turned and followed Maria in to their room. Alex turned to Isabelle; she was standing behind him and she rested her chin on his shoulder. He watched as Liz and Max smiled at each other and closed their bedroom door.
"Whatcha thinking baby?"
"Nothing, I'm just tired......"
"Me too, c'mon lets get some rest."
As Alex closed the door behind them his thoughts returned to the subject that was troubling him. He was sure Michael and Maria wouldn't mind. He was pretty sure Michael would tell him to go ahead anyway. But he couldn't help feeling that Max would say no, to the suggestion of buying Isabelle an engagement ring with the money. She was his world; he'd do anything for her. His thoughts were broken by Maria's giggling from the room next door. Alex sighed; he'd ask Michael in the morning, even with a hangover, he'd probably still make sense.

A/N: Aww, Alex and Issy, so sweet. I decided i had to include them somewhere because i think that there aren't enough A/I fanfics out there and there definately wasn't enough of them in the show.