A/N: Hey again! Thanks for the reviews, glad you're all enjoying this fic (blushes) not often that i share my stories but i guess if you guys like it then i must be doin okay so far! Glad i'm keeping y'all interested! So, here be the next chappie-enjoy and please review! I love feedback, it spurs me on lol! D
Fever: Decisions
Max lay stretched out across her bed tracing a lazy pattern over the duvet she rested upon. With a soft sigh she rolled over onto her back and let her head dangle over the end of the mattress. 'Stupid Logan…. uh...no, he's not. I'm just…. cranky.' Pulling herself up into a cross-legged sitting position the troubled X5's brow furrowed in deep contemplation. 'He needs to know about Alec and me. If there still is an Alec and me…hell why am I worrying so much, he's pretty much shown me he cares! Why am I worryin' so damn much?' Pursing her lips she stared down at her hands. 'I love Alec…hard to swallow, but obvious….' A smile crept to her face as she thought of her lovers charming smirk and how adorable he'd looked the following morning after her heat. 'Oh he's my boy alright.' She silently giggled and bit her lower lip at the butterflies that seemed to surface every time she began thinking of the male X5 in question.
A sudden high pitch beeping tore her from her daydream and grabbing her pager from the bedside table Max groaned at the number, tossing the gadget across the room agitatedly. 'Damnit why can't he just leave me the hell alone!' She reeled. 'That's gotta be the eleventh time in twenty minutes for craps sake!' Rising from the bed and striding towards the door she froze as the pager went off again. Her jaw tightened, eyes blazing with fury she slowly turned and stalked to where the device lay on the floor, cautiously bending down to pick it up. Sure enough Logan's number was illuminated across the small screen. "What the fuck is his problem?" She half wailed aloud. 'It's like he's stalking me, it's creepy for sure!' Glaring at the gadget in the palm of her hand, she let out a low growl as the pager went off again and in her rage slammed her hand into the near wall, thus eliminating the immensely irritating noise. A satisfied smile crept over her and striding into the kitchen she dropped the remains of her pager into the kitchen wastebasket. "Sucker." She laughed out softly shaking her head.
'I can't allow myself to feel bad about what's happened. Me and Logan died out a long time ago.' She nodded to herself reassuringly, grabbing her keys and jacket as she headed for the front door. 'I guess it just took my heat with Alec to realise that. Shame he's still clinging onto it like a lifeline…. I've gotta set him straight. Even if it means hurting his feelins in the process.' Swinging the door open she heard giggles and silent footfalls not too far away down the hall in the direction of the stairs. 'OC.' She smiled, remembering the looks her roommate had been sharing with an attractive red head earlier that night at Crash.
Checking her watch Max drew in a deep breath and prayed that Alec would be home, alone. 'Or at least awake.' She smirked to herself as she closed the door behind her making her way down the hallway just as Original Cindy and her new licketyboo came into view.
"Boo? I thought you headed out with Alec?" Cindy's face snapped from smiling and giggling to frowning and worried with concern within a millisecond as she quickly rushed over to her homegirl. "What happened sugar?" She queried curiously but her frown softened when she saw the smile teasing on Max's lips.
"OC it's all good, I'm headed back over to his place now. We just had a…minor setback." She shrugged and flashed a smile at the red head who stood listening just as curiously as OC.
"Whutchu mean boo, did somethin go sideways?" Max shook her head and waved a hand dismissively.
"Logan was there." OC raised a brow. "Alec told me to get out of there, said he'd handle it. That was about half an hour ago so I'm gonna go back and…ya know…" Max blushed involuntarily. "Logan's been paging me ever since, but I'm not ready to deal with him yet. I'll see you in work?" OC rolled her eyes and pulled her boo into a hug.
"I doubt it." She pulled back smirking. "You an your boy be up all night an I doubt either of you will wanna come to work." The redhead let out a soft chuckle and OC turned to beam at her before she turned back to Max. "Normal will can yo ass if you don't turn up, at least do half the day and I'll cover yo ass understood?" Max nodded and mock saluted.
"Ma'am yes ma'am." The redhead's eye's diverted to her feet momentarily glazing at a not so fond memory before she caught a hold of herself and looked back up. Max smiled and held out a hand. "Max." She supplied. "You look after my boo." She winked and the redhead shook her hand in a friendly gesture.
"Dannii. I will and you take care with this 'hot boy' of yours too." The girl grinned. OC tugged at Dannii's arm and pursed her lips impatiently. Max couldn't help but laugh at her friend's pout and saying their goodbyes the trio split.
Alec's Apartment…
Something jumped to life in his mind and all of a sudden Alec's instincts told him to be on alert. Snapping his eyes to the digital clock on his bedside table he rolled his eyes and groaned. 23:42. 'Damnit, what is it now?' He moaned as he swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stretched in true feline fashion.
He'd only been in bed fifteen minutes and was just dozing when something deep down told him someone or something was up. Rising from the bed he silently grabbed a pair of black denims from the floor, pulled them on over his boxers, cautiously making his way over to door peering out of the gap between the wood and the doorframe with his hand gripping the handle. 'Huh…maybe my mind's just playin tricks on me…' He raised his brow in thought and stifled a yawn when a click at the front door made him snap back to attention and silently he crept from his bedroom, scowering the open apartment as he hid behind where the door would fall upon opening.
Tightening his jaw and narrowing his eyes as the door slowly opened, the transgenic male stood in position and rolled his eyes disbelievingly as his sensitive hearing picked up on the whirring of a not so discrete cyber journalists exo-skeleton. As Logan tentatively stepped a foot through the front door to his apartment, Alec slammed his own down on the intruders and sent a powerful punch to the head that poked around the entrance. "Ah! Shit! You"- Alec side stepped to face Logan and sent a lethal kick to his head knocking him out cold as he slumped back onto the floor of the hallway.
"Moron." The annoyed X5 sighed as he fully opened the door and dragged Logan by theankle into his main living space, leaving him at the foot of the sofa. Making his way back to the front door he was about to close it when he heard faint footfalls and a familiar scent caught his attention.
Walking quietly up the hall towards Alec's place Max breathed a sigh and pursed her lips as she approached the doorway. 'It's open…? Oh god, Alec!' Quickening her pace, she went to enter when Alec appeared before her with a confused and bewildered look. "Alec? What's going on?" She reached towards him as he stifled another yawn.
"You're asking me?" He retorted half sleepily. Noticing the metal lock-picking device in his lock she pushed forward into his apartment, her eyes widening at the unconscious form in the middle of the room. Sensing her approaching anger Alec rolled his eyes dramatically and flicked the light on. "It's not what it look's like, I caught him breakin' in Max. I wouldn't have done that otherwise. He scared the shit outta me. I only just caught him I swear, then I heard someone else an I thought he had back up or somethi"- Before he could finish Max's lips were on his silencing him and pushing him up against the door, firmly closing it with their bodies.
Allowing her tongue to devour his, he became wide-awake now with the realisation that Max was kissing him passionately in the presence of an unconscious Logan. But before he could whoop for joy she pulled away and put a finger to his tingling lips smirking. "Shh…" She ushered in a whispered tone.
"You're not…not angry with me?" He asked disbelievingly curious and wide-eyed. Max let a soft sweet chuckle escape her mouth and pushed up harder against his body brushing her lips against his.
"No…" He swallowed hard and gripped her waist pulling her into a passionate kiss that sent a shiver of ecstasy up her spine, her stomach in knots. Wrapping her arms around his neck she moaned into his mouth painfully aware of his building arousal against her hip, and despite what her body craved she pulled away biting her lower lip as hazel eyes met brown. "Logan…floor…" She croaked and giggled when he shrugged. Pushing away and stalking over to the man that had almost ruined her night, Max sighed and stared down at Logan angrily.
"Idiot must have forgotten about transgenic instinct and hearing sensitivity or somethin. I say we wake him. I wanna know what the hell he's playin at…. Maxie?" Max looked over at Alec and nodded to let him know she was listening. He scratched the back of his head and walked over to the sofa falling back into the soft cushions with a sigh. "Dickhead must have camped out side my building…I told him to stay the fuck away…" Max looked at him, hand on hip and went to speak when Alec caught her unbelieving look, continuing. "Uh…after you left he came over to me. Started firing off questions about why you wouldn't speak to him. I basically told him I had no idea because his problemsinvolving you were non of my business and I wasn't about to intrude…" She looked at him sceptically and he smirked shrugging. "Then I told him if he confronted me again I'd beat the shit out of him…in a matter of speaking." Max frowned and sank down into the sofa beside him.
"And yet he turns up trying to break into your apartment after you've threatened him? What's his deal?" She asked stupefied whilst glaring at the ordinary.
"He must have thought he'd find you back in here with me if he waited long enough or that he could get one over me one way or another…whatever…I say we wake him, then later maybe…" He pulled her onto his lap and trailed his fingers over her mouth. Smiling seductively Max leant forward and crushed her hungry lips to his sucking on his bottom lip and allowing her shoulders to rock in silent laughter when he moaned longingly into her.
His eyes lolling into the back of his head and just the mere touch of her fingers tracing the muscles of his bare torso was sending him wild, Alec pulled away from her intoxicating embrace and drew in a deep ragged breath. "I'll get the water." She grinned and rose from her seat on his lap in the direction of the kitchen, swaying her hips as she did so.
A deafening pounding throb resounded in his ears and a pain of shooting light tore through his head as he slowly came back into the conscious world. 'Lock…Alec…black…?' His thoughts, muddled, slowly began to piece back together what had happened before he had fallen victim to a vicious kick in the face from Alec. 'Alec…' His inner voice growled.
The feel of freezing cold water biting at his skin with a crisp chill, viciously pulled Logan awake and gasping his eyes snapped open to see the dark blurry outline of a figure staring down at him. His mouth became suddenly dry, his throat constricting making it hard to breathe and blinking hard to refocus his sight, the deafening silence around him boomed causing him to flinch with confused fear for his life…
A/N: Teehee...working on my cliffhangers lmao. So, please review and i'll think about updating before i go back to hell-sorry, school...(shakes fists at the sky) damn evil education! But heck i'll get paid for attending so yaay! Anyway, i'm babbling like the alcoholic fool that i am. Beside evil rules, i feel thanks isn't really needed because i love ya all for reviewing and y'all knows it! But thankyou anyway and please keep posting! - AnGeL -x-x-x-