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Chapter 9- The Ride Back To Seattle

Nearing their room Max turned to that same guy who had really surprised her with his caring attitude over these last 2 days. "Hey, can we check out and head back home?" she softly spoke. "Yeah, sure whatever you want" he agreed upon the request. Searching for the keys, he was fiddling around in the pocket of his jacket. A few seconds later he found the keys then unlocked the door to their apartment. "You know, we could always stay an extra day and have some fun" he raised an eyebrow including that infamous smirk. This brought a small smile to the girl's face, a small one but it's still a smile. "Alec! You're so dirty minded!" she squealed with a bigger grin this time. "Hey, I wasn't thinking of whatever you where hoping I would be thinking of. So if I'm correct, I'd say that you were the dirty minded one!" the heavy atmosphere was slowly lifting by that statement. He walked around the room picking up some stuff that belonged to him. "Besides I was kidding about, the whole staying for an extra day thing" Alec added. He took out a change of dry clothes as did Max. Both with their backs were turned against each other, respecting each other's privacy they didn't really want things to go too far yet. The brunette stripped down to her underclothes then changed into a navy blue singlet and flared jeans. Alec took of his clothes and pulled on a sweat shirt with jeans.

He phones the cyber-journalist but right beforehand asks if Max would like to, in case she'd changed her mind. "No" she mimed, waving her hands in the air. He proceeded.

"Hey, Logan it's Alec"

Hi, um…..so where's Max?"

"She….er……is having kind of a bad day, one of them girl problems,yeah" he made the lamest excuse ever in history.

Ok and that's why she doesn't want to talk?

"She'll talk to you when we get back, ok, gotta go!"

Not wanting to take the conversation any further he just pressed the one simple button to end it.

Hello? Hello? Logan kept repeating then slammed down the phone.

Max stuffed all the things in her bag. "Max I could really use a hand here" he struggled. "How did you manage to fit all that junk in that bag in the first place?" she walked over there to see what things needed to be packed. "Well ya see, I. Um. Don't have a clue" the other x5 stopped to look at Max. She grabbed as much clothing of his as she could and crammed them in her luggage. "That solves the problem" she gave him a smile. "I'm gonna miss this hotel" Alec sighed as they both walked out with their belongings to the lift. "It was pretty wild here" she gradually added. The pair walked in the elevator, Max hit the 'ground floor' button and off the lift went. She stood there whilst clinging onto her man plus the baggage she had brought. He instinctively wrapped an arm around her which she felt like never wanting him to let go.

Just seconds later the elevator was on the bottom floor. The pair had dawdled their way to the reception desk. Arms and all. Well it was a tough day after all, the confessions then being chased by Ames White, who knows maybe they'll get some peace and quite when they return to Seattle………………..Highly doubtful. "We'd like to check out" Alec spoke to the lady in her 30's. "Your names please" she asked them. Max snapped out of her daydreaming state and interrupted "Elizabeth and Matthew Hallow" The woman eyed her weirdly then turned back to the computer. Typing some stuff, tapping the screen with her fingers (as the computer was a touch screen) and finally looked up again. "Ok it's all done, I hoped you enjoyed your stay her at M Summers Hotel" she tried for a smile but Max saw right through her. The x5 thought "Whatever", if that receptionist had a problem she should say it to her face. Alec gave to keys to the lady. Walking towards the door he took out his cell and rang Murray.

"Murray could you pick us up at the hotel".

Who is us?

"It's Mr. Hallow, remember?"

Oh…..yes Sir, sorry about that, right away. Be there in 10mins

"Thanks"

He shut his phone and waited with Max on the outside of the hotel. She gazed into his eyes and asked something unexpected "Hey, this is gonna sound pretty stupid but how come you've changed so much over these past two days or is this the caring Alec that no one ever hardly gets to see?". He scratched his head, finding it hard to answer that question "Maybe if you were a whole lot nicer, like you know……….now, you would've seen more of this 'caring Alec'". She gave him a quick 'whatever' glance, though this time it was joke. He hadn't actually noticed it (well until now) but Max just looks so damn good in everything she wears, even if she were in just a plain shirt and boxer shorts. 'Ok enough of that' he thought and then shook it of. They had been standing there outside the hotel for a while now.

"Finally, the limo comes, just when I thought I'd wait out here and die" he joked as he walked towards it. Murray parked the car right beside them then jogged to get the door opened for the Hallows'. "Thanks, Murray" the Mrs flashed a sexy smile. Max went in the black vehicle first because of the whole ladies first thing after Alec just slid in next to her. "Hey! That smile's reserved for me!" the x5 whinged. "God I was trying to be polite. Can I help it if my smiles turn out sexy even though I don't mean it to?" whoa freaky…….. the loving yourself thing must be rubbing onto her, she's spent to much with Alec but it's all worth it. "I know" he whispered. She heard the last two words spoken from those very soft lips of his.

"Mr Hallow, Sir are we heading to Seattle?"

"Yep"

Max stared outside the window to see all the scenery that was just the tall buildings and the whole typical city thing. She'd seen it all and very well getting damn bored of it. The vehicle was nearing Seattle.

"So Alec, what'd you suggest we do when we get back?"

"Well, Max, remember that deal we made?"

"What deal?" the girl was lost as anyone could ever be.

"C'mon you can't have forgotten already?"

"Seriously, what dealio…………..Oh that one" she couldn't help but giggle. 'How can I forget? Stupid! Stupid!' Max thought to herself.

"Yeah, my apartment for a whole month although I really doubt that any cleaning will get done since this newly discovered relationship that we have developed over the last couple of days" he took a deep breath, he might be superhuman, genetically engineered but even they need breaks from talking. With a fake sigh "I guess, I'll be seeing more of you then" the brunette then sat still for a moment. She hastily but tenderly let her lips come into contact with his. Holding it they moved in even closer, the kiss lasted for a while getting deeper every second.

Looking outside it all seemed too familiar to Max, the scenery, the buildings………..but then her mind just clicked, they arrived in Seattle. "Hey Max we're in Seattle!" her boyfriend exclaimed. 'It's great that he's so excited to get back though what am I gonna say to Logan' she questioned herself.

"Yeah that's great" she said distractedly with her elbow on the side of the window sill and hand beneath her chin. "Hey don't worry 'bout Logan we'll get through it together, I'll be there with you every step of the way" Alec was trying to sound positive as well as supportive. "Thanks" she placed her hand on his.

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