Alec didn't leave as he promised. After drinking the whole bottle of vodka Max had asked him to stay. The alcohol didn't seem to have much effect on Max, her eyes were clear and held their usual glare, but she told Alec he could stay and eat her biscuits until Cindy got back. Alec had been all too happy to oblige, being in no hurry to go back to his empty apartment. After two packets of biscuits Alec had begun to notice two things. The first was that he had started to feel sick after his first packet of biscuits and was a glutton for starting the another, the second thing he noticed was that in the hour since Max had finished the bottle of vodka she had began to show symptoms of drunkenness. Alec thought this was strange, because she had been fine earlier, but he took a slight advantage of Max's newly acquired sociability.

'He didn't even care' Max stated bluntly 'He just said 'I think you're right' and that was it. It almost felt as if he was breaking up with me.'

Alec shook his head, what kind of idiot would break up with Max. He didn't say this though.

'Do you regret breaking things off with him?' He asked. Normal, 'sober' Max would be yelling and threatening him by now. An actual conversation between the two was a rare appearance since she usually cut him off before he got his first sentence out.

Max threw herself down onto the couch next to Alec. 'No, It had to be done, I couldn't continue to live in fear. Knowing a single touch could kill your honey isn't exactly a great feeling in any relationship'

Alec handed Max the third packet of biscuits he had begun to eat deciding painfully that he'd had enough. 'So what you're saying is that you still love him, but you don't want to hurt him'

Max just shrugged while her mouth was full of biscuits.

'Well just think about it' Alec persisted 'If this virus thing disappeared tomorrow would you be back in Logan's arms?' Alec didn't know why it was so important to him to find out whether Max had broken up with Logan because her feelings had died for him or just because she didn't want to hurt him, but it was mattered to him for some reason.

Max rubbed her eyes, which were rapidly becoming blurry. She reached for the empty bottle of vodka and turned it upside down hoping for a final drop. No luck.

'Is it just me or is it as hot as hell in here?' She asked, wiping her forehead and taking off her jacket. She looked at Alec and realised he was still waiting for an answer. 'I don't know if I would get back with Logan, or if he would want me anyway. Things are different now. God, It's an oven in here'

Max reached across Alec to get to the window. Alec made a muffled protest as her hair pushed up against his mouth. Plah! He spat out strands of dark hair.  'Not exactly what I had in mind for dinner.'

'Max?' He asked, when she didn't reply. 'Max?' She still hadn't opened the window yet, what was she doing?

Alec pushed her to the side a bit and stood up. Her body fell slightly onto the couch where he had been sitting, completely limp. Alec turned her over so that she was on her back and felt for a pulse, it was faint, but there.

'Maaaax, Hello' He called half an inch from her ear, somehow hoping she would just wake up and laugh. She didn't.

He froze for a second. What should he do? He couldn't take her to a normal doctor. He groaned and realised that his only choice was to call Logan. He took out his cell phone and dialled Logan's number, which he sadly knew by heart.  Asha answered.

When Alec got Logan on the phone he was ordered to bring Max downstairs where Logan would pick her up and take her to a specialised clinic, where he had connections who owed 'eyes only' a favour.  Alec put one arm under her legs and the other just under her arms and carried her effortlessly down the stairs. He didn't have to wait long before Logan pulled up. Alec wasn't surprised to see Logan's love slave Asha along for the ride. After Alec had rested Max on the backseat he made a move to get in the car.

'I'm coming too'

'No room' Logan said frankly. Alec figured he was probably wondering why Alec was alone with Max at her place so late at night. Alec didn't offer him any explanations.

'Well, I'll make room' He said, sliding onto the backseat and gently lifting up Max's head to rest it on his lap.  Logan turned around to glare at him before speeding off.