Leaning back in her couch, Max took a deep breath and stared at the phone sitting on the table, glad that she was done using it. Not to mention that they were alone, finally, the mothers were on their ways wherever they needed to be."So that's round one?"
Flopping down next to her, Alec sighed loudly and put his feet up on the table that not even an hour ago had still been covered in paperwork. All that fucking paperwork, thank God that's done with. Nodding in agreement he said, "Yeah…"
Her mind abruptly shifted gears and Max began to wonder about the other transgenics that they had called in. Mostly Alec's group but some of her siblings as well, all having been briefed and sent on their way. "They're really going to go rescue everyone else and we get stuck here?"
He considered this for a moment or two. It will be sad that someone else gets to blow up the next place. However, Alec quickly found the main reason he was glad it wasn't them doing this again. "Aww, Maxie, lighten up, at least they're the ones who will have to hide the next group."
A light grin came unbidden on Max's face, and her eyes sparkled, as she recalled that very idea. "I suppose, we did give them all Logan's important forgery contacts."
Unable to resist teasing her, Alec smirked and announced, "The Log-man finally came in useful for something, huh."
Her expression darkening slightly, Max glowered at him. Asshole, her brain helpfully supplied, but she couldn't quite bring herself to really be pissed off. Only minorly pissed off then. "Alec, you're pushing it."
Sighing, Alec put his hands up in a calming gesture and tried to keep the teasing tone to her voice as compared to the 'I'm going to kill you slowly and painfully' one. "I know, whatcha going to do about it? Sic Roller-Boy on me?"
For some reason, his playful and slightly irritating mood didn't anger her like it had only a month ago. Instead of finding him insufferable, Max was finding him almost funny. This idea scared her significantly. "I was thinking I'd sic me on you."
Without missing a beat, Alec replied dutifully, "Always knew you'd want to be on top."
Refusing to retreat back into her shell as she so often did anymore, Max quickly replied. "Always knew you'd want to be dominated. What with the abuse you practically ask for from me," she knew it was a little harsh but she felt it, and she also felt that she was being good by not just smacking him for the comment.
Huffing slightly, his grin slipping from his face even though his eyes were still smiling, Alec muttered irritably, "Just because you're volatile and bitchy, does not mean I did anything wrong."
Forcing a less bitchy tone of voice, while he was looking down and away from her so that he couldn't see the murder in her eyes, Max tried sweetly, "Alec?"
Looking up almost hopefully and quite ready with comebacks for whatever she might say in an attempt to turn their bantering into a fight. He'd finally figured out that so long as he didn't let her and didn't piss her off too much, he got to see her cute scrunched up angry face and not be hit at the same time. "Yes?"
Eyes flashing dangerously, Max reminded him, "You lied and told Logan you'd accidentally erased the formula for the cure." He is so damn lucky that I'm not going to kill him for making me put up with a whining Logan alone!
Leaning closer to his companion, Alec couldn't help but continue to tease her. "So?"
Jumping back and practically off the couch, Max exclaimed, "SO!?" She was definitely getting angry now, no playing around this time.
Scrambling over to her but refusing to get off of the comfy couch, Alec instead laid down, effectively taking up the whole couch but being close enough to talk to her. "C'mon, you can't tell me the look on his face wasn't priceless."
"Actually, I can." Because I didn't get to see it! "Because you weren't the one who had to listen to him sobbing over the phone for half an hour before someone could get a hold of you to find out that you were lying." Max crossed her arms over her chest and glared, angry at both his actions and the fact that there was now no room for her on the couch.
With a cheeky grin, Alec stared up at her. "Would you feel better if you spanked me?" And going… going… gone, still too good to resist bugging her about that!
Letting her arms slip from across her chest, Max licked her lips and enjoyed that startled look that earned her. Leaning closer to him, she whispered, "You'd enjoy that too much…"
Securely and sneakily wrapping his arms around Max's waist, he yanked, and she came falling on top of him. After taking a moment to make sure he was breathing again, damn, she's heavier than I thought, Alec replied. "Well, yeah."
From her position now most certainly on top of Alec, Max sat up and ran her hands up his chest, smiling sweetly. Once she reached his neck, she placed her hands around it and tightened, eyes flashing wickedly. "I was thinking of strangling you."
Letting her go in order to bat her hands away from his throat, Alec let out a partially strangled, "Hey!" before finally getting free from the other transgenic's grasp.
Crawling off of him and standing up, Max chuckled slightly, unable to resist due to the look he was now giving her. "Alec, I'm joking. Kinda."
Shaking his head slightly to clear it, Alec moved up on the couch until he was sitting then stood up, having remembered the people in the other room. Straightening his shirt out where it was ruffled, Alec groaned, "Yeah, yeah, c'mon, coffee break's over, and the mom patrol will start to wonder where we've gotten too. Hacking makes people so very irritable."
Letting Alec go ahead of her, Max followed him towards the door, trying not to think how insane she had just been acting. Have I really lost my mind, or is this just a side-effect from dealing with Logan when he was so emotionally traumatized? "Hmph, that's just because I beat you and found Joanne's daughter first."
Throwing his hands up in defeat, Alec inquired without looking back at her, "Is it my fault the X-8's all look the same?"
Pushing him a little to get him out the open door and into the other room, Max stuck out her tongue at the back of his head, knowing that he wouldn't see her and teased, "Sore loser."