A/N: Glad that everyone who has read this fic so far has enjoyed it. I think this one is a bit longer than the other chappies but neverhoo. I'll try and post the second part to this chappie mid day and get started on the next later. Enjoy!
Fever: Aftermath (Part One)
OC woke up lazily on Kendra's sofa and suppressed a yawn. "Rise and shine OC." Her eyes snapped open to see Kendra sitting on the chair opposite the sofa sipping from a steaming mug.
"Oh, hey boo. You aight?" Kendra nodded and smiled at her friend as she set the mug on the coffee table.
"Uh huh, you sleep okay?" OC pulled herself from the blanket and sat up to face the blonde haired girl with a smile and a grateful nod before she reached down and grabbed her sneakers from the floor next to the sofa slipping them on with a tired sigh.
"Yeah, boo. Thanks for lettin' me crash. You comin' out with us tonight, I owe you a few drinks for the bed." She smiled pointing to the make shift bed she was sitting on. Kendra laughed and rose from her seat to head for the kitchen, and pour out Original Cindy coffee.
"Sure. Reckon Max will be home?" OC looked at Kendra and smirked before she got up and sauntered over to follow the other woman to the kitchen. Kendra didn't know about Max and Manticore, or the whole heat deal, so OC had settled to tell Kendra that Max was out partying and that she had left her keys in the apartment thinking that Max would be home when she finished work. It hurt to lie to one of her best friends, but it was all in order to protect another.
"Uhmm, she should be, an if she aint, she got Original Cindy to beat on her ass for worrying me so much." Thanking Kendra for the hot drink, the two girls moved back into the living room and sat. OC and Kendra had sat up most of the night talking and watching movies to pass the time. Kendra's sector cop boyfriend Walter had left at around seven pm on a night shift, leaving the girls to get drunk as they laughed around. They'd had a good night and both felt it was a shame that Max wasn't there, but non-the less they had a good laugh.
They sat talking for half an hour when OC's pager went off, alerting her to head for work. "Sorry, sugar, but Normal will fire my ass if I turn up late again on account of Max." Kendra laughed and took their empty mugs to the kitchen, slipping them into the sink to wash later.
"I'll meet you at Crash, say about nine?" OC checked she had everything and pulled her friend into a hug.
"Nines fine boo, we be getting our groove on, see if Original Cindy can't pull herself some sweetness out on the prowl, y'know what I mean girl?" Kendra let out a soft laugh and drew back from the hug as OC grabbed a hold of her bike and made for the door. Pulling it open she smiled back at the blonde woman and winked. "Ya'll take care of yourself boo, I'll see you tonight, aight?" Kendra nodded and gave a small wave as OC made her way down the hall.
"You too Cindy, laters." As the girls separated and OC heard Kendra's door close, she breathed a sigh and readied herself for Max's report on how badly she and Alec had bashed the apartment yesterday.
'Boo better not even think about beatin' on my ass, after goin all primal on me like that.' She huffed rolling her eyes as she made for the exit.
The sound of close muffled beeping made Max shoot bolt upright in bed. "Oh, crap!" Slipping out of the stirring Alec's arms, she grabbed the nearest piece of clothing and wrapped herself in it hunting for the annoying pager that had woken her from the best sleep she'd had in years.
She found it on the kitchen counter and turned it off as she headed back into the bedroom biting her lip at the naked form of Alec sprawled on his front on the bed. 'Cute…' She thought as she allowed her eyes to roam over his muscled back pursing her lips at the half moons that decorated it, down to his waist where the duvet blocked her view and then down to his toned calves that came into view at the end of the bed where the blanket had been tugged away. In the depths of her mind a voice told her to wake him up or they'd be late for work, pulling her from her adoring analysis of his physique.
Looking down at the pager a pang of guilt struck her. 'Logan…' She frowned and tried to push the thought of him away. 'Virus is still intact, Manticore made sure of that.' She looked back up to Alec and her heart leapt when he moaned in his sleep, about something being cold. A smile swept over her features and she set the pager on the table next to her bed before she sat crossed legged on the mattress facing the sleeping X5, fiddling with her nails in her lap. 'Maybe my chance with Logan is lost. Maybe…. maybe this could work…' Staring intently at Alec's face she pondered the possibilities of being with him. '…Do I love him? Damn, I don't know. I mean he ruined my chances of a cure and being with Logan, he's done a lot of dumb things. But…after last night, even if I was in heat, I don't want him out of my life...knowing him he'll put up the smart aleck Manticore front and say he isn't bothered.' She looked to her hands in her lap and frowned worried. 'Worse yet, he might steer clear of me and build up a wall. Hell it's a Manticore flaw in out emotions since we weren't taught how to deal with them…' Biting her lip she looked back up at him and decided she'd probably be better talking about this with Original Cindy, because right now, if they didn't get to work they'd be deep in it.
Leaning forward Max grabbed him by the shoulder and softly shook him, knowing full well that his reflex might be to attack. But he just moaned and moved his head the other way sleepily. She scowled and straddled him from behind and leant into his ear. "Alec…." An evil grin swept over her face and she stifled a giggle. "Alec…I'm pregnant." Almost instantaneously Alec's eyes shot open and he tried to wriggle from her grip.
"W-what?" Came his sleepy but shocked reply. Slapping him on the back she moved from the bed and rooted in her wardrobe for some clothing.
"Get up soldier, we gotta work or Normal'll beat down on Original Cindy's ass and think some ones kidnapped his Golden Boy." She peered over her shoulder to see Alec rubbing the sleep from his eyes as he rolled onto his back. Turning back to her wardrobe, she grabbed a pair of black leather hipsters and a khaki green cotton halter-top. Pulling a pair of white lacey French knickers on under her robe while keeping an eye on Alec in the mirror, she grabbed a matching bra and stalked off to the bathroom to for a quick shower.
Fifteen minutes later, she came back into the bedroom to find Alec still on the bed facing the ceiling with his eyes closed. Hand on hip she frowned and barked at him in her best commanding voice to get up. "Now lazy ass, or don't you wanna keep your job?" She couldn't help but smile though when he moaned and pulled a pillow over his head moaning for her shut up. Quickly pulling on a pair of socks and her dark grey and black sneakers, slipping on a three quarter length sleeved shoulder-cut top over her head, she dove onto the bed pushing him off onto the floor with a loud thud and a yelp from the sore male X5.
"Max!" He whined, different to his usual tone. Max lay on her stomach stretched across the bed and grinned down at him.
"Hey, I told you to get up, you ignored me and I was bored. Totally your fault." He glared up at her with his now wide-awake hazel eyes and rubbed the back of his head as he moved from the floor to stand up, forgetting he was stark naked. She lifted herself onto her right elbow, resting her chin in her hand and bit her lip as she took in his whole body with a giggle dying to be freed from within. She felt giddy like a little girl and gave in at his confused stare as he stared down at her.
"What?" Following her gaze he mock scowled her and made his way around the bed looking for his boxers as he told her off. "Now Maxie, you're just being plain mean, you're dressed!" He spun on her and jumped onto the bed flipping and pinning her. She drew in a sharp breath surprised at his reaction and stared longingly at his full lips unaware he was watching her.
He saw the look in her eyes and gently leaned in with a soft kiss, a shiver at the base of his spine when she moaned into his mouth, so he took the kiss deeper. Pulling away abruptly she slapped him across the face with a stern glare. But it broke when she saw his surprise, and pushed him away. "Stop distracting me and get a shower, we need to go to work, we're late already." He rolled his eyes at her and slipped from the bed after her wrapping the duvet around his waist, trailing it over the floor while he searched for his boxers.
As he searched the bedroom, Max headed into the living room and winced at the broken stool lying behind the door, and at the clothes strewn everywhere. Picking up pieces of clothing as she cleared the mess they made the previous night, her eyes went wide when she found a pair of badly torn navy boxers and covered her mouth from laughing out loud. Scampering back to the bedroom she held them at arms length and bit her lip hard as she spoke. "Alec." He carried on rummaging through the things on the floor half listening to her in his search. "Alec, look." He turned to look at her from the floor and his jaw dropped.
"Oh. Great! I gotta go commando. Nice one Maxie!" She pursed her lips and the sparkle in her eyes broke his stern face into a smile. "You didn't by any chance find my pants did you?" She looked over her shoulder and moved back into the other room, Alec following. She picked up a pair of dark blue jeans and sighed as she handed them to him with a shy smile. "Hell don't be too relieved just yet, are they torn any where?" She rolled her eyes and pulled them back, checking them over thoroughly before she threw back at him with the torn boxers.
"No, see!" She stuck her tongue out and picked up a shredded shirt. "Oops…Alec?" He looked up as he pulled the zip up on his jeans and sunk his hands into his pockets.
"Oh c'mon! That was a good shirt, what did it ever do to you?" He wailed inspecting the far from salvageable grey wife beater.
'Kept me from that body.' She begged to argue but settled with a mischievous smirk. "Hey at least your turtlenecks safe!" She handed over the black garment with triumph.
"Yeah well…thanks." He smiled with a sparkle in his glittering hazel orbs as he pulled the top over his head. "Where's the jacket? I swear I will kick your ass if that's damaged." He smirked and she looked over at the sofa and pointed with another triumphant grin. "Okay…your just having a lucky streak now."
"Oh…Alec." She whined as she lifted the remains of her tank top. He looked at her wide eyed then shrugged and searched for his timberlands. "What you make me feel guilty and then shrug off your own destruction?" She held what was left of the top on the end of her fingers while the other rested on her hip and she glared at him in mock disbelief.
"What can I say, it got in the way of my fun." Her eyes drifted to the floor in a shy smile and he looked over his shoulder at her with a cheeky grin. "But I'm sorry." He added softly. "C'mon we better hurry, Normal's gonna fry our ass's." He slipped on his boots and slung his jacket on, pulling up the collar and glanced back at her as she stared at him with a grossed out look on her face. "Now what?" She wrinkled her nose and crossed her arms over her chest.
"You didn't even get a shower Alec…you're gonna reek." He rolled his eyes and stepped over to her surprising her by wrapping his arms about her waist.
"I still smell good." She took in his scent and couldn't disagree. "I'll swing by my place during work and get a shower then. Will that make Queen of Hygiene happy?" She lightly punched him in the arm and smiled, when he leaned into her and drew her into another deep kiss. He broke it and stared down into her eyes for a moment before he smirked wickedly and pulled away checking he had his cell, keys, cash and whatever else that had been in his pockets.
Max grabbed her bag stuffed her keys, cash and pager into it before she slung it over her shoulder and followed Alec to the front door, who had shifted the rubble of the broken stool, near to the trash.
When they were outside she slammed it shut and pushed against the wood, checking it was locked securely. Satisfied she walked with Alec and linked arms with him, to his surprise, as they headed for the lift.
A/N: 'grins widely' Hope that was readable. If there are any mistakes ( i checked but i might have missed some things) i'm sorry, but it's almost one am and i'm knackered lol. Update later today, AnGeL