A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update. I haven't been feeling well recently. I hope you like this chapter! Please give me some feedback! And if you have the time, please check out my other stories. I have lots of MAs.

Max and Alec walked along the aisles of a department store, pulling things from shelves and putting them in a cart. Unfortunately, every time they turned their heads, Jack would reach down and try to open everything, or throw it on the floor.

Max sighed as she leaned down to pick baby powder off the floor. Jack giggled and threw a blanket on top of her as she rose.

"Alright kiddo, that's enough," Alec said, immobilizing his hands. Max huffed and put everything back in the cart.

"He gets all that bad behaviour from you, you know," she pointed out. Both Alec and Jack put on twin grins and Alec said, "The better to drive you nuts my dear."

Max rolled her eyes as they came to a diaper section. Alec practically lunged at the shelves and started throwing dozens of different types into the cart. He caught Max's raised eyebrow and shrugged.

"We need as many of these as we can get, considering the number of times he goes to the bathroom."

Max rolled her eyes once more and looked at Jack.

"Your daddy's an idiot," she told him. Jack just smiled adorably, and he looked so much like Alec that Max's heart warmed again.

Maybe Alec's an idiot, but he sure is a cute one, she thought as they continued down the aisle. She stopped as soon as she registered her own thought and Alec, who was behind her, bumped into her.

"What's up Max?" he asked quizzically.

"N-nothing," she stuttered, refusing to look at him.

I'm going nuts, she thought to herself. That's it. I'm going nuts. There's no other way I could have thought that.

She risked a glance at Alec and found him playing with Jack. His face was lit up and he looked so… happy. She found that she liked watching him and Jack together. It made her feel warm inside, and on some level, she was happy that Lydecker had brought Jack to them. Now she felt that at last she had a place somewhere that she belonged to. And she liked the fact that Jack was dependant on her and Alec. She had someone who needed her to be there, and she liked feeling needed.

"Max?" Alec asked with a frown on his face. She was staring at them with a soft smile on her face, but her eyes were slightly unfocused.

She's been acting really odd today, Alec thought.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah," she answered, shaking her head. "I'm fine. Let's get the rest of the stuff."

They spent about another hour and a half in the department store, picking out things and putting them back. It took Max all of 15 minutes to get Alec and Jack out of the toy area, and it took Alec 20 minutes to get Max to agree on the colour of Jack's clothes.

"Why do we have to get blue? It's so stereotypical. Girls get pink and guys get blue," she argued.

"Max, does it really matter?" Alec said exasperatedly.

"Let's get green then," she concluded. "This dark green one will go great with your eyes." She froze. "I mean, Jack's eyes."

Alec just grinned at her and said nothing.

She shrugged awkwardly and pushed the overloaded cart to the cashier.

"Hi," the girl said pleasantly. She looked first at Max, then at Alec, and then finally her eyes landed on Jack who was chewing on one of the toys.

"Oh, your son's so cute!" she said.

Max smiled. It was a little strange for someone to refer to Jack as "their" son, but it was true. Though it never really hit home until that moment that Jack was theirs. Hers and Alec's.

I just got to get used to it, that's all.

The girl rang up their purchases and Max paid with cash that she had acquired from a heist the week before. Then she and Alec took the bags and walked out the door, Jack sitting on top of one of the bags Alec was holding. They stopped outside and Max unfolded a stroller they had bought and put Jack in it. To their surprise, he promptly fell asleep.

"Freedom," Alec said. "No pooping or crying."

"Oh come on, Alec," Max said. "I bet you were the same way when you were a baby. Like father like son."

"Whatever," Alec said. "Who's he going to stay with? We can't keep bringing him from my place to yours every other day, so what are we going to do?"

"I guess he could stay at your place since it's bigger," Max said slowly.

"You can stay over if you want," Alec suggested. "I have a guest room. That way you could be with him too."

"That sounds good," she said, agreeing. "Let's just stop over at my place to get some of my stuff."

"Who knows Maxie?" Alec said. "Maybe you'll keep me warm at night." He wiggled his eyebrows at her and her cheeks flushed.

"As if," she said, and she punched his shoulder, but not with as much force as she intended.

"Well, don't parents traditionally sleep together?" he asked.

"Don't parents usually have to jump in the sack to have a baby in the first place?" she countered.

He grinned slowly. "Point taken."

Jack opened one of his eyes slightly to peek at his parents. He watched them flirt for a moment, then with a quiet giggle to himself, he shut his eye again.

They stopped off at Max's apartment and she quickly threw some clothes and necessities into a bag, wrote a note to Cindy, and then they were off again. By the time they reached Alec's apartment, Max was exhausted from the day's events. Alec, it seemed, was even worse off than her.

"I'm pooped," he said as he closed the door. He smirked. "No pun intended."

"Very funny," Max said. She stretched, her shirt lifting a little as she did so. "Mind if I take a shower?"

"Go ahead," Alec said. "I'll watch Jack."

She walked into the bathroom and shut it. A moment later Alec heard water being run.

"You hungry?" he asked Jack. Jack nodded.

"Well, let's see what kind of food your mommy bought," Alec said, digging into a few of the bags. He pulled out some baby food and crackers.

"What the hell is this?" Alec said. "This looks worse than the crap they fed us at Manticore." He looked at the closed bathroom door then to the kitchen.

"If you don't tell your mommy, I'll give you some real food," Alec said. "So how about that pizza and beer?"

Jack gurgled and Alec shook his head. "Better not. Max will kill me. And what the hell is wrong with me? I'm talking to a baby." He looked back at the baby food in his hand. "Oh well. Here."

He opened it then passed it to Jack. He went into the kitchen and then came back with a spoon in his hand. Jack took it then put it in the jar.

"Don't make a mess. I don't need goopy stuff on my ceiling," Alec said. "Just eat; I'm going to make myself a sandwich." He went back into the kitchen and Jack put the food down. Checking to see that his dad was still in the kitchen, he crawled to the bathroom as fast as he could. He sat down in front of the door and reached up, but the door knob was still too far for him. He crouched on his unstable feet then jumped up, managing to turn the door knob. The door opened slightly and Jack smiled to himself and sat down, waiting for his father to come.

He only had to wait a minute before Alec appeared.

"I told you to stay put, Jack," he said. He picked him up and then noticed the open door. Unable to help himself, he peeked in. Jack gurgled and Alec, after a moment of looking, shut the door.

"Don't tell mommy about that or you're never going to see me again," he said to Jack as they went back to the living room.

Max stepped out from the bathroom fully dressed then went to the living room where she spotted Alec lying on the ground with Jack, playing with the toys. Or more correctly, Alec was fiddling with the toys and Jack was burping a lot, his stomach bigger than usual. Next to him was an empty jar of food and Max groaned.

"Alec, how much did you feed him?" she asked as she walked over.

Alec looked up and the Cheshire grin on his face made her uneasy. "Hey Max. Have a nice shower?"

She narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "What did you do?"

He put on an innocent look. "Nothing."

"Right," she said skeptically. As she neared them Jack got an idea, and as she got closer he threw out a stuffed animal. She yelped as she tripped over it and landed hard on Alec. He groaned at the hard impact.

"Well, this is interesting, isn't it Maxie?" he said from under her.

She tried to roll off but her hair had gotten caught in the buttons of Alec's shirt. She grunted in frustration.

"Take your shirt off," she ordered. She saw the corners of his lips start to turn up and put her hand out to stop him.

"Don't even think about saying anything, just do it," she said. He complied and she quickly untangled the strands of hair that had gotten caught. She rubbed her head and stared at him.

"You can get off me now," he said cheekily. He tilted his head to the side. "On second thought, I don't mind if you stay."

Her face was right above his and her mind flashed back to the time in the bathroom at Jam Pony. Her cheeks started to redden at the memory. Alec moved his head up as if to kiss her when they heard a strange sound.

Max quickly got off and saw Jack who was a little green in the face. He had tried to hold it in as long as he could, but there was only so much a baby could take.

Alec saw the mess on the floor and groaned loudly.

"Great. Just great. He got puke all over the carpet."

A/N: LOL Evil baby. I hope you guys liked this! Please review and give me feedback! Check out my other stories too!

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