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Zack woke up a few hours later, and by the clock he found out it was 3am. He felt a light breath on his neck and looked down. He smiled when he saw Max curled up beside him, face snuggled into his neck. He studied her for a moment. 'God she's beautiful,' he thought. 'I wish I could wake up every time like this.' He watched her chest rise and fall steadily, no traces of the seizure left. 'She looks like an angel,' he thought. Slowly and tentatively, praying to the Blue Lady and everything holy that she wouldn't wake up, he bent down and placed a gentle kiss on her bee-stung lips. 'They're so soft and luscious,' he thought. He only wished she was kissing him back.
Max stirred from her sleep, her head killing so much she felt like it was going to explode. "Uhhh," she moaned. She finally opened her eyes and saw Zack propped up on his elbow, smiling at her. She smiled back, for some reason unable to stop herself. 'He has such a beautiful smile, he should do it more often,' she thought. She shook her head to wake up a little more, but only succeeded in making it hurt even more.
"How do you feel?" Zack asked.
"Like I was run over by a Mack truck," she replied groggily. "How long have I been sleeping?"
"'Bout 5 hours or so," he told her. "It's good for you, you'll have more energy." He stopped to think. "Actually, that would probably be a bad thing because if you're high on energy then that means you're going to be hyper which means you're going to drive me nuts which means… hey!"
His voice came out muffled because Max had taken a pillow and covered his mouth. "You know, for the strong, silent type, you talk waaaayyyy too much," she said grinning.
A muffled "Oh yeah?" was all she got before she found herself lying on the bed laughing hysterically.
"If I remember correctly, someone has a ticklish spot right… here," he said, and continued to tickle her.
She shrieked with childish delight but stopped when she heard the door open and Zack stopped tickling her.
"Damn, it's 3am and you two still aren't done your kinky games," Original Cindy said, peeking her head through the door. "Do I need to give you guys a time out?"
Max looked away and felt her cheeks grow hot and even Zack had a slight red tint on his cheeks.
O.C. laughed. "Aiight, aiight, I can take a hint. Just keep your naughty stuff down, k?"
"O.C.! We were just-" Max started.
"Just playing around. Yeah, yeah I got it, please don't start that whole 'we're not like that' thing again. It's giving this girl a headache," O.C. said then left the room.
After that, Max couldn't look at Zack without blushing so she found it easier to stare at a hole in the wall.
"Uhh, I'll just go watch T.V. or something," Zack said.
She finally got over the last incident and looked at him. "Nah, that'll be boring." A smile tugged at her lips. "If I remember correctly, you owe me a race.
Zack raised his eyebrows. "You think you can take me on?"
She grinned mischievously and put her lips close to his ear. "Don't underestimate your opponent, soldier. You just might be surprised." And with that, she picked up some clothes to change into and sauntered into the bathroom, leaving Zack with a shocked look on his face and his mouth hanging open.
"How 'bout this," Max said, once they were outside and sitting on their bikes. "We go up Maple Street, pass the docks, through sector 5, around the Space Needle, then we get back here any way we want."
"Sounds good," Zack said.
"Three," Max said, and they started their engines.
"Two," Zack said, and they adjusted themselves on their bikes.
"One," Max said, and they prepared to take off.
"Go!" they both shouted and they were off.
When they reached the Space Needle, they were dead even. Sometimes Max pulled ahead, sometimes Zack, but after they rounded it they went off in separate directions. Zack went straight on the road they were on but Max forked a left.
'What is she doing,' Zack thought. 'That way takes longer.
Unbeknownst to Zack, Max knew a short cut. She went down the street she was on, loving the wind running through her hair. She zoomed up and off a ramp and when she touched ground, she ended up being a bit ahead of Zack.
'What the hell?' Zack thought, as he saw Max fly out of nowhere and end up ahead of him. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips and he urged his bike to go faster. Try as he may, he couldn't catch up to her; she had too much of a head start.
When he finally reached the finish line, he found her sitting cockily on her bike. "Get lost?" she asked innocently.
He smirked and walked his bike up to her. He leaned in close. "No, but someone happened to fly in."
"Like I said soldier, some things may surprise you." She was silent a moment. Then her eyes lit up and he knew immediately that she was up to something.
"What is it Maxie?" he asked uneasily.
Her eyes held a playful edge to them, and Playful Max meant Trouble Max.
"Want to… um… decorate Logan's apartment?" she asked.
"What do you mean by decorate?" he said.
"Oh, nothing really, just put streamers everywhere, or toilet paper, whatever works."
Zack's look was priceless. "Max, you're kidding me. This is Logan's apartment. You want to trash it?"
Max looked affronted. "Of course not." 'Why the hell do I want to do this?' she thought. 'He's my boyfriend for God's sakes, and I want to trash his apartment. But Zack…' Max didn't know what she felt for Zack. Or maybe she did know but didn't want to admit it. 'He's so tender sometimes. And the way he looks at me… could he feel the same way? But Logan, don't I love Logan? He's so annoying sometimes and he treats Zack like shit. His EO work always comes first too, where with Zack it's his family. Zack though, sure he's annoying as hell and an asshole sometimes but he's always given me unconditional love. Could that love be more?'
While Max was spaced out, Zack was trying to bring her back down to earth. "Max? Maxie? Hello? Anybody home?" he asked, finally snapping his fingers and she broke out of her thoughts.
"Yeah, sorry 'bout that," she said. 'Oh what the hell, it'll only be a joke, what harm can it do?' "Let's go."
"You actually want to do this?" Zack asked, surprised.
"Yup," she answered. "It'll be fun. Logan'll understand that it's only a joke. Let's get the stuff."
Zack finally grinned. "Let's do this."
After 'shopping' at an art store close by, Max and Zack slipped into Logan's penthouse via windows. They disarmed the security cameras and almost had a heart attack when someone snuck up on them.
"What are you guys doing," Alec whispered.
"Having fun," Max replied. "We're going to 'decorate' Logan's apartment. "You in?"
"Hell ya," he said. He took a few tubes of paint (washable of course) and started squirting everywhere. He made sure to get some on Logan's computer. Zack then started throwing toilet paper everywhere, and Max stuck streamers to Logan's wheelchair that he now rarely used. The 'decorating' went on for about 3 hours, then they hooked the cameras back up and hid a video camera of their own to tape his reaction. Then they all hid in Alec's room and waited for the fun to really start.
Half an hour later Logan walked out of his bedroom, yawned, and started to make coffee, oblivious to the mess.
"Logan definitely isn't a morning person," Alec said.
"Either that or he's blind," Zack said, barely able to stifle a chuckle.
"Be nice," Max scolded.
Zack looked at her unbelieving. "Be nice? This was your idea!"
She grinned. "I know."
They suddenly heard a scream and all their attention was focused on the living room.
"Oh my god!" he yelled. He rushed over to his car keys. "God, poor Bessie's keys are ruined!" He screamed again. "No! My computer!" He turned around. "Who did this?" he yelled, outraged.
"That would be our cue to go," Max said, and both she and Zack left through the window in Alec's room. Alec laid down on his bed and pretended to sleep.
Logan burst into his room. "Alec, did you…? Oh, I'm sorry, you're still asleep. Someone broke in last night and trashed the place!"
"Really? Whoa Logan, that's horrible! Who would do such a thing?" Alec asked, trying to keep his voice straight.
"That's what I was trying to figure out! Who could be so childish to do this?" 'Maybe Max or Zack,' he thought. 'No, Max wouldn't do that, she loves me and Zack isn't that childish.'
He sighed. He opened his mouth to continue his rant but Alec blurred out of the room and discretely took the camera, hiding it behind his back. "Sorry Logan, I gotta go. First day at work, you know."
"Right sorry. Bye."
"Bye," Alec said, and he rushed out the door.
At Jam Pony, Max, Zack and Alec were laughing hysterically, watching the tape on the T.V. set. Alec kept rewinding the part where Logan screamed. The rest of the messengers were sitting about, watching the tape as good entertainment when…
In walked Logan.
With his mouth open wide. He looked accusatorily at the three culprits. "Um, hi?" Max tried.
"How could you do this to me, Max?" Logan yelled, trying to keep his temper under control. He softened as another thought occurred to him. "Zack and Alec forced you into it, didn't they?" He turned to them. "Didn't you?"
Max stood up wearily, after listening to Logan rant and rave and scold them like children. "Look, Logan, we're incredibly sorry. It was just a joke. We never did it to hurt you. It was all my fault. We really are sorry Logan, we know we acted stupidly." Inside, Max felt ashamed but also angry at what he was saying. 'Wait, angry? I love him don't I? Oh God, I'm going insane.'
Logan nodded, realizing that this was the best thing he would get out of them. "Ok. Just don't do it again." He leaned forward and kissed her, his arms wrapping around her. Zack felt repulsed and wanted to rip him off her but Max beat him to it. For some reason, she didn't know why, but she pushed him off her.
"Wha?" Logan sputtered. "Max?"
"I-I'm sorry," was all she got out before she ran off.
Zack glared at him. "Now look at what you've done." With that he left to go after her, and all the other messengers went off, leavingLogan alone.
"Maxie?" Zack said. He had known she would go to the Space Needle.
"Everything's changed, Zack," she said. "I don't know if I even love Logan anymore, he's changed or maybe I've changed, I don't know. I'm so confused."
"What's there to be confused about?" he asked. "Do you or don't you love him?"
"I don't know," she said. "I just wish everything would go away, if only for a moment."
She leaned against him. "I don't know anything anymore."
He kissed the top of her head. "You'll find out when you do. Until then, just go with the flow."
'Maybe there is hope for me and Max after all,' he thought.
A/N: I think that chapter was a little cheesy after a while. I don't know. Tell me what you think. I just had to do that random 'Let's mess up Logan's place' because I wanted to diss him. Tell me if that was funny or just plain stupid. (Truth Plz LOL) I have a feeling my chapters aren't as good as they used to be, because I have to write them secretly, but the next ones will be a lot better, promise. It's just that I'm writing this in secret. (My parents don't even know I'm doing this. They think it's homework.) And I'm falling behind on my hmwk 'cause I'm doing this. Oh well, it's fun. LOL REVIEW since I'm doing this for you guys. Give me some feedback and ideas. Hope this chappie didn't suck. Love ya guys!
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