Just Wondering
Chapter Two: Fun and Games.
A/N: Big thanks to everyone who reviewed it was much appreciated but I hate you guys as well!!! Doesn't the phrase stand-alone mean anything to you people? I wrote 'Just Wondering' just so I could write something fun and never have to think about it again but between people, expecting more and asking for more and Jumoke's threat to hunt me down guess what I ended up doing? So before I start I want to get something straight, this will not be too long, another few chapters at the most, I cannot start another serious story so enjoy this while it lasts!
When Alec went back, into the bar he still couldn't think of anything to do, well he knew what he wanted to do but he couldn't use the same thing twice, no matter how effective it had turned out to be if there was something his time in Manticore had taught him it was that using the same battle plan twice in a row was never a good plan, especially when there were other options.
Ever since their 'encounter' in the alley, Max had been looking very smug and had kept giving him superior looks, knowing that she had got one over on him. Since his mind was blank for an idea that would wipe that look of her face, he did what he would normally do on a Sunday night, talked to some fine looking girls. Little did he know that this would have the desired effect.
Max sat at the table talking to OC, "What's up with you boo, you're looking awfully happy now, ever since you went to talk with Alec. What happened?"
"What? Oh that, nothing we just sorted out a few problems and I feel better that everything is out in the open. You know I think that he might not even annoy me so much now," she said but suddenly out of the corner of her eye she saw Alec talking to the pretty blonde girl he was chatting to before she had dragged him away and her face dropped.
After he had showed up in her apartment she had been pretty messed up, unable to think straight and here he was back to normal. Had she not affected him at all? Did she desire him more than he wanted her? 'Not that I do want him or anything' she tried to convince herself.
She sat staring at them for ages, the way she kept touching his arm at little moments and how every now an again he leaned closer to her and brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes. She glared at them feeling a strange sensation building up inside of her. 'Oh my god! I'm jealous! Jealous of Alec and some floozy? No not me. Oh no, I called that slut a floozy, I am jealous! Shit! This is so not good!'
She kept fretting about it until she caught Alec looking over at her, as if to see if she was watching and she realised that her getting jealous was exactly what he wanted. 'Well two can play at that game pretty boy' she thought as she spotted a dark haired guy standing at the corner of the bar. 'He'll do." She got up and headed over to him, putting a sway in her walk that only made her seem more attractive.
"Hey, there," she said softly to him, watching his eyes widen as he looked her up and down. "Hey," he said, "Can I buy you a drink?"
"Sure, a beer would be great." As he ordered her a beer she discreetly looked over at Alec, who was talking to that blonde girl, to see if he had noticed yet, he had and was now watching her. Max smiled and took the beer off the guy. "Name's Max."
"James."
"Nice to meet you James," she said in such a way that gave a double meaning to her seemingly innocent comment. "I can definitely say the same."
They carried on talking, with Max laughing at all his jokes and flirting with him like there was no tomorrow. Alec who was watching them from across the room was not happy, she had turned the tables around once again and instead of her being jealous of him, he now found himself hating this guy just because Max was talking to him. Something had to be done, Max was going to regret trying to get one over on him again.
"Excuse me," he said before walking over in the direction of Max. "I thought you said you were working late tonight," he said to Max, faking pain in his voice. "I can't believe you are doing this to me again, you promised you would not have anymore affairs!"
He waited for an answer but Max just stared at him in shock, then anger when she realised what he was doing. "Alec . . ." she began, a warning tone in her voice.
"No Max, I understand if you don't love me anymore, even if you never did but what about Jason? Are you just going to walk out on our son? What will I say to him when he asks where 'mommy is'?"
"Uh, who are you?" asked James who was looking very uncomfortable. "Ah, she probably didn't tell you she had a husband did she? Well I'm him."
"Look, I'm sorry buddy, I didn't know," he said before walking off and leaving Alec to face a very pissed off Max. "You jerk!" she yelled making a move to hit him around the back of the head but he ducked a grin obvious on his face. "See you're getting too predictable Maxie, and besides I was only having a little fun. What can I say the rest of my night has been pretty damn boring," he said faking a yawn.
"I can't believe you did that, I was just talking to that guy and you scared him off."
"I was doing you a favour, Logan is sitting right over there and how do you think he would have felt if he saw you chatting up some sleazy ex-car salesman?"
Logan; between making out with Alec and hitting on the random guy Max had completely forgotten about the supposed love of her life. As they sat down at the table Max grinned, Alec had called James a sleazy ex-car salesman, she had gotten to him, he had did it because he was jealous! Obviously more jealous than her because he had done something about it, so as far as Max was concerned she was clearly winning. 'Wait a second you did do something about it,' her annoying sub-conscious reminded her. 'That was the only reason you talked to James to make Alec jealous then you succeeded so he intervened!' it said spelling things out for her.
'Well I guess that makes it my turn,' the other half of her mind told her. 'Time for a little torture.'
Alec was talking to OC and Logan was boring Sketchy to death talking about computers so Max took the opportunity to slip of one of her boots without anyone noticing. Gently her socked foot slid across the floor to Alec's leg where her foot began massaging the bottom of it.
Alec stopped talking mid-sentence and looked across to Max who was smiling innocently, pretending to be listening intently to what they were saying. He couldn't say anything without telling the others and he couldn't do that because no-one would believe him and after this he wanted a little revenge of his own.
So he tried carrying on as if nothing was happing, something which he was successfully achieving until Max decided to move her foot northwards. 'Oh, god,' thought Alec, trying to concentrate on what OC was saying but all he could think of was Max's foot and what it was doing to him. He looked across at Max once again only to see that she was having way too much fun with this.
"Alec are you even listening to me?" asked OC. "Sorry but I've got to go," he said quickly, standing up before he reacted a little too much and running out of Crash. Max's look of superiority was back on her face as she slid her foot back into her boot. "What was all of that about?" asked OC. "Who knows?" said Max taking another sip of her beer.
The next day at work, Alec joined Max at her locker. "Oh Alec, nice to see you, you ran off so quickly last night, anything the matter? Where you feeling sick?" she asked with fake concern.
"Very funny," he said, "just thought I'd let you know that you're going to regret it."
"Oh look at me I'm shaking in my little black boots," she said mockingly.
"Oh so you can put them on, I wonder why I thought you couldn't? Well I have to go apologise to OC for running of last night and tell her why." He smirked and walked off as her face dropped as she watched him talk to OC who in the middle of the conversation looked over at Max with a surprised look on her face.
'He wouldn't would he?' Max started to panic as Alec winked over at her and OC headed her way. 'Oh no, he would!'
"Uh, hey OC," she said.
"So Max a little birdie told me about your behaviour last night and I must say Max I think it was a little inappropriate with all of us, including Logan your so-called boyfriend, sitting right there."
"Ok OC what you don't understand was that before, when I was talking to him in the alley we were making out and . . ."
"Are you telling OC that you kissed this car salesman as well? Alec told me that you were putting the moves on him but he said nothing about kissing." Max felt relief wash over her as she realised that Alec hadn't told her what she had been doing.
"Yes," she said not being able to think of anything else and not wanting to tell OC the truth about her and Alec. "But only the once, I feel so ashamed I just feel that my relationship with Logan is going nowhere."
"I understand boo, but we'll talk about this later, Normal is looking pissed off so you better go."
"There you are missy miss," he said handing her a pile of packages. "All of these are for sector seven, you are doing your runs with Alec today who is waiting outside so bip, bip, bip and don't keep him waiting!"
Of all the people of all the days, she had to do her runs with Alec. 'Well if nothing else it should be interesting,' she thought as she went outside to meet Alec. "Alec."
"Maxie."
"How many times have I told you not to call me that?" she said as they started to ride towards sector seven. "Not enough for me to stop calling you Maxie, Maxie."
"Oh, shut up!"
For a change he did and there was silence for about ten minutes until they reached the sector checkpoint where they had to show their Jam Pony badges and Alec began talking again.
"So Max, what did OC say?"
"None of your business."
"Fine, just making conversation Max."
"So, what did you tell her this morning, well apart from the obvious, I mean about why you left in such hurry last night?"
"Just told her that 'The Simpsons' was on."
"And it worked?"
"Like a charm, you know how I am about tv,why? Would you rather I had told her the truth?"
"No, I actually thought you had this morning, for a minute and I almost told her myself."
"Well I just hope you enjoyed your little moment of torture because I meant what I said earlier, you will regret it and I will have revenge. You're going to rue the day you tried to mess with me," he said as they turned the corner for Max to deliver her first package.
"Did you actually just say 'rue the day?' I didn't know it was possible to be that overdramatic and pompous at the same time," she said moving in front of him to ring the doorbell.
"It may be pompous and overdramatic but trust me you will," said Alec trying to work out the perfect plan.
Chapter Two: Fun and Games.
A/N: Big thanks to everyone who reviewed it was much appreciated but I hate you guys as well!!! Doesn't the phrase stand-alone mean anything to you people? I wrote 'Just Wondering' just so I could write something fun and never have to think about it again but between people, expecting more and asking for more and Jumoke's threat to hunt me down guess what I ended up doing? So before I start I want to get something straight, this will not be too long, another few chapters at the most, I cannot start another serious story so enjoy this while it lasts!
When Alec went back, into the bar he still couldn't think of anything to do, well he knew what he wanted to do but he couldn't use the same thing twice, no matter how effective it had turned out to be if there was something his time in Manticore had taught him it was that using the same battle plan twice in a row was never a good plan, especially when there were other options.
Ever since their 'encounter' in the alley, Max had been looking very smug and had kept giving him superior looks, knowing that she had got one over on him. Since his mind was blank for an idea that would wipe that look of her face, he did what he would normally do on a Sunday night, talked to some fine looking girls. Little did he know that this would have the desired effect.
Max sat at the table talking to OC, "What's up with you boo, you're looking awfully happy now, ever since you went to talk with Alec. What happened?"
"What? Oh that, nothing we just sorted out a few problems and I feel better that everything is out in the open. You know I think that he might not even annoy me so much now," she said but suddenly out of the corner of her eye she saw Alec talking to the pretty blonde girl he was chatting to before she had dragged him away and her face dropped.
After he had showed up in her apartment she had been pretty messed up, unable to think straight and here he was back to normal. Had she not affected him at all? Did she desire him more than he wanted her? 'Not that I do want him or anything' she tried to convince herself.
She sat staring at them for ages, the way she kept touching his arm at little moments and how every now an again he leaned closer to her and brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes. She glared at them feeling a strange sensation building up inside of her. 'Oh my god! I'm jealous! Jealous of Alec and some floozy? No not me. Oh no, I called that slut a floozy, I am jealous! Shit! This is so not good!'
She kept fretting about it until she caught Alec looking over at her, as if to see if she was watching and she realised that her getting jealous was exactly what he wanted. 'Well two can play at that game pretty boy' she thought as she spotted a dark haired guy standing at the corner of the bar. 'He'll do." She got up and headed over to him, putting a sway in her walk that only made her seem more attractive.
"Hey, there," she said softly to him, watching his eyes widen as he looked her up and down. "Hey," he said, "Can I buy you a drink?"
"Sure, a beer would be great." As he ordered her a beer she discreetly looked over at Alec, who was talking to that blonde girl, to see if he had noticed yet, he had and was now watching her. Max smiled and took the beer off the guy. "Name's Max."
"James."
"Nice to meet you James," she said in such a way that gave a double meaning to her seemingly innocent comment. "I can definitely say the same."
They carried on talking, with Max laughing at all his jokes and flirting with him like there was no tomorrow. Alec who was watching them from across the room was not happy, she had turned the tables around once again and instead of her being jealous of him, he now found himself hating this guy just because Max was talking to him. Something had to be done, Max was going to regret trying to get one over on him again.
"Excuse me," he said before walking over in the direction of Max. "I thought you said you were working late tonight," he said to Max, faking pain in his voice. "I can't believe you are doing this to me again, you promised you would not have anymore affairs!"
He waited for an answer but Max just stared at him in shock, then anger when she realised what he was doing. "Alec . . ." she began, a warning tone in her voice.
"No Max, I understand if you don't love me anymore, even if you never did but what about Jason? Are you just going to walk out on our son? What will I say to him when he asks where 'mommy is'?"
"Uh, who are you?" asked James who was looking very uncomfortable. "Ah, she probably didn't tell you she had a husband did she? Well I'm him."
"Look, I'm sorry buddy, I didn't know," he said before walking off and leaving Alec to face a very pissed off Max. "You jerk!" she yelled making a move to hit him around the back of the head but he ducked a grin obvious on his face. "See you're getting too predictable Maxie, and besides I was only having a little fun. What can I say the rest of my night has been pretty damn boring," he said faking a yawn.
"I can't believe you did that, I was just talking to that guy and you scared him off."
"I was doing you a favour, Logan is sitting right over there and how do you think he would have felt if he saw you chatting up some sleazy ex-car salesman?"
Logan; between making out with Alec and hitting on the random guy Max had completely forgotten about the supposed love of her life. As they sat down at the table Max grinned, Alec had called James a sleazy ex-car salesman, she had gotten to him, he had did it because he was jealous! Obviously more jealous than her because he had done something about it, so as far as Max was concerned she was clearly winning. 'Wait a second you did do something about it,' her annoying sub-conscious reminded her. 'That was the only reason you talked to James to make Alec jealous then you succeeded so he intervened!' it said spelling things out for her.
'Well I guess that makes it my turn,' the other half of her mind told her. 'Time for a little torture.'
Alec was talking to OC and Logan was boring Sketchy to death talking about computers so Max took the opportunity to slip of one of her boots without anyone noticing. Gently her socked foot slid across the floor to Alec's leg where her foot began massaging the bottom of it.
Alec stopped talking mid-sentence and looked across to Max who was smiling innocently, pretending to be listening intently to what they were saying. He couldn't say anything without telling the others and he couldn't do that because no-one would believe him and after this he wanted a little revenge of his own.
So he tried carrying on as if nothing was happing, something which he was successfully achieving until Max decided to move her foot northwards. 'Oh, god,' thought Alec, trying to concentrate on what OC was saying but all he could think of was Max's foot and what it was doing to him. He looked across at Max once again only to see that she was having way too much fun with this.
"Alec are you even listening to me?" asked OC. "Sorry but I've got to go," he said quickly, standing up before he reacted a little too much and running out of Crash. Max's look of superiority was back on her face as she slid her foot back into her boot. "What was all of that about?" asked OC. "Who knows?" said Max taking another sip of her beer.
The next day at work, Alec joined Max at her locker. "Oh Alec, nice to see you, you ran off so quickly last night, anything the matter? Where you feeling sick?" she asked with fake concern.
"Very funny," he said, "just thought I'd let you know that you're going to regret it."
"Oh look at me I'm shaking in my little black boots," she said mockingly.
"Oh so you can put them on, I wonder why I thought you couldn't? Well I have to go apologise to OC for running of last night and tell her why." He smirked and walked off as her face dropped as she watched him talk to OC who in the middle of the conversation looked over at Max with a surprised look on her face.
'He wouldn't would he?' Max started to panic as Alec winked over at her and OC headed her way. 'Oh no, he would!'
"Uh, hey OC," she said.
"So Max a little birdie told me about your behaviour last night and I must say Max I think it was a little inappropriate with all of us, including Logan your so-called boyfriend, sitting right there."
"Ok OC what you don't understand was that before, when I was talking to him in the alley we were making out and . . ."
"Are you telling OC that you kissed this car salesman as well? Alec told me that you were putting the moves on him but he said nothing about kissing." Max felt relief wash over her as she realised that Alec hadn't told her what she had been doing.
"Yes," she said not being able to think of anything else and not wanting to tell OC the truth about her and Alec. "But only the once, I feel so ashamed I just feel that my relationship with Logan is going nowhere."
"I understand boo, but we'll talk about this later, Normal is looking pissed off so you better go."
"There you are missy miss," he said handing her a pile of packages. "All of these are for sector seven, you are doing your runs with Alec today who is waiting outside so bip, bip, bip and don't keep him waiting!"
Of all the people of all the days, she had to do her runs with Alec. 'Well if nothing else it should be interesting,' she thought as she went outside to meet Alec. "Alec."
"Maxie."
"How many times have I told you not to call me that?" she said as they started to ride towards sector seven. "Not enough for me to stop calling you Maxie, Maxie."
"Oh, shut up!"
For a change he did and there was silence for about ten minutes until they reached the sector checkpoint where they had to show their Jam Pony badges and Alec began talking again.
"So Max, what did OC say?"
"None of your business."
"Fine, just making conversation Max."
"So, what did you tell her this morning, well apart from the obvious, I mean about why you left in such hurry last night?"
"Just told her that 'The Simpsons' was on."
"And it worked?"
"Like a charm, you know how I am about tv,why? Would you rather I had told her the truth?"
"No, I actually thought you had this morning, for a minute and I almost told her myself."
"Well I just hope you enjoyed your little moment of torture because I meant what I said earlier, you will regret it and I will have revenge. You're going to rue the day you tried to mess with me," he said as they turned the corner for Max to deliver her first package.
"Did you actually just say 'rue the day?' I didn't know it was possible to be that overdramatic and pompous at the same time," she said moving in front of him to ring the doorbell.
"It may be pompous and overdramatic but trust me you will," said Alec trying to work out the perfect plan.