I realised that I totally forgot to put a disclaimer before the other chapters, so for the record, I don't own anything
Previously in Back in Black (A/N I've always wanted to say that!)
They slept peacefully until they were woken by the front door opening, and a slow "Oh. My. God." from the intruder, Logan.
Max jumped to her feet "what are you doing here Logan" her tone bordering on harsh,
"well, those files I sent you to get are very important for eyes only's work, I would have thought that you would have realised that and brought them over last night" he condescendingly replied.
'why on earth does he refer to eyes only in the 3rd person, everyone here knows who he is, stupid git' Alec thought as he got up and moved into the kitchen.
'He totally just sees me as an in house cat burglar, and recently I have totally been taking his crap, well not anymore' Max grinned inwardly 'I'll show him I'm not a kitten, and what is with his referring toeyes only in 3rd person?'
"Ah yeah Logan we're fine by the way" Max responded, to which Logan had the grace to look down at his feet in embarrassment.
"Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't bring them round" Max stated in a tone that clearly contradicted the sentiment "I meant to drop by, but you know how it is…" Logan stood there dumbfounded at how cavalier she sounded.
"This is everything we got" Max said as she passed the newly liberated records over, hoping that would get rid off him, but Logan failed to move
Max was bored of this whole conversation, "So I gotta get ready for work, I'll catch you later" Max said before turning round and walking towards the bathroom, "Is it all right if I have a shower Alec?" shutting the door behind her effectively cutting off an response that may have been forthcoming from either man.
½ an hour later and she emerged in a cloud of steam dressed a pair of low rider jeans, a blood red tank top and her black biker gloves. 'She looks stunning' Alec thought before handing her a cup of coffee
"You know for a cat you sure do use up a lot of hot water" he teased
"What do you expect, I slept near you, I needed to get clean" she responded grinning
"Well, anytime you wanna up the stakes I'd be more than happy to play, next time I could join you in the shower, you know, to make sure you were really clean" he leered
"In your dreams pretty boy"
"You have no idea" he murmured just below the range of her heightened hearing
"So anyway Alec, why on earth was your door unlocked last night, I mean seriously, we're being hunted by everybody from here to Timbuktu, no need to invite them in" Max scolded followed swiftly by a slap upside his head.
"Well I figured that anyone who wanted to kill or capture us wasn't going to be stopped by a locked door, and lets be honest we're more than a match for anybody who stumbles in without realising who we are, so why bother"
"Well It would have kept Logan out, and I would have been able to sleep for more than 5 hours straight, and you wouldn't believe how long it's been since that happened" she explained wistfully
"Well that explains your constant bitc… bad mood" he swiftly amended seeing her move her coffee mug threateningly near his lap
"Anyway Max if it had been locked I'd have missed the look on his face when he came in and saw us on the sofa together" he laughed
She found herself laughing as well as she replayed the memory
"Oh. My. God." They burst out simultaneously before collapsing in hysterics.
Hours later their shift at Jam Pony was finally over, Original Cindy and Max were standing by the lockers
"So we heading to Crash tonight boo?" OC asked
"Yeah, you know, I feel better than I have for ages, let's go have some fun"
"I'm always cool with that, let's go back home, get ourselves ready and between us we'll knock out the whole bar, you can take the three legged variety of the species and I'll take the chicas" OC sassed, before bumping fists with Max and heading out
Alec and Sketchy were sitting chatting at their usual table in Crash
"Where do you think they are all ready, I wanna get with the drinking time's a wasting, and it is so Max's turn to buy" Sketchy moaned
As he was talking neither of them noticed the girls walk in, OC headed to the bathroom but Max walked up to the table, in time to overhear the last comment
"You can't rush perfection" she smart mouthed
Alec and Sketch turned round and were rendered speechless, Max had chopped off her hair, it was shoulder length and it now had a curl to it. Sketchy of course had seen it like this before but Alec hadn't and couldn't get over how gorgeous she looked
"Wow Max what's with the hair, why on earth would you want to get rid of the beautifully lank hair you had before?" Alec mocked
"Hey" responded indignantly, before punching his shoulder, "I finally feel like I'm getting some of my groove back, why not mark the occasion. You like?" she asked flicking it over her shoulder and batting her eyelashes in a very un Max like way
"Uh huh" he breathed
"Max" Sketch whined who had been squirming through out all of this "I really like the hair but…"
"Say no more sketch" she cut him off "my round right, I'll be right back"
As she walked up to the bar, Alec saw her outfit for the first time, A tight pair of black trousers, with an emerald green halter top, that showed more flesh that he thought he'd ever seen her show before. 'God, when did she get so hot, this is in no way good, if she could read minds I would have been cut up in more pieces that you could count by now' Alec despaired
A/N Thank you so much to: Nica; Chicita; angelofdarkness78; Suenooneus and Suffie. This is my first attempt at fanfiction and I'm still bowled over by the fact that anybody can be bothered to review at all!