Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dark Angel characters. They belong to James Cameron, Charles Eglee, and Fox. But Benjamin, Mackenzie, and any other characters you are not familiar with are mine.
"The two of you work everything out between Joshua, and Serena?" Jondy questioned when her daughter, and Benjamin walked in the apartment door.
"Yup." Mackenzie replied. "So what exactly are we having for supper?"
"Chicken." Jondy smiled. "I took Lucas to South Market, and as we were leaving we spotted someone selling a chicken. So I bought it and decided it will be supper tonight."
"Max is going to be mad she didn't get to it first." Mackenzie stated looking over at Benjamin, "Don't you think?"
"My mom won't be mad that she didn't get to it first. She'd be mad that Jondy didn't invite her to go to South Market with her."
"How do you know I didn't, Benji?" Jondy smiled at him.
"I'm guessing you didn't." Benjamin replied.
"Well you're guessing wrong." Jondy stated. "I invited your mom. She couldn't come because her and my lovely husband are working on plans for a heist they want to do next week, for money for Terminal City. So I invited her and your family to dinner. So Benjamin, now you are stuck eating dinner with us. Isn't it one of your favorite things to do?"
"I think you're scaring him mom." Mackenzie laughed.
"Just a little." Benjamin agreed.
"So who else is gonna be coming for dinner mom?" Mackenzie questioned.
"Do you really have to ask that Kenzie?" Jondy questioned her daughter.
With a smile Mackenzie said, "Not really. So, can we help you with anything mom?"
"Well you could get Mole off my back." Jondy stated, looking at her daughter knowledge of what she'd done clear in her eyes.
"Why are you looking at me like that mom?"
"Whatever you and Benji did, has Mole pretty pissed off. And he keeps calling here, patronizing me about it." Jondy replied. "Now tell me exactly what you did to poor Mole this time."
"Absolutely nothing mom." Mackenzie replied, looking at her mother innocently.
"Kenzie you know full well that look doesn't work with me. You can only get your father with that look, and he's not here right now. So tell me what you did."
Mackenzie sighed, "I took his cigars."
"Do you have a death wish Mackenzie?" Jondy questioned shaking her head.
"Nope." Mackenzie replied. "I just need some ounce of excitement in my life."
Shaking her head Jondy said, "Can you please go and give Mole his cigars back. We don't need him tearing Terminal City apart looking for them."
"I'll go bring them back later." Mackenzie replied with a shrug.
"No. You are going to go bring them back now." Jondy stated, more authority in her voice. "Otherwise I'm going to ground you, and you'll be stuck in your room for the rest of the week, and I know you don't' want that."
"OK. OK. I'll go bring them back right now." Mackenzie turned and looked at Benjamin. "You going to come with me?"
"No, I think I'll stay here and help your mom out." Benjamin replied.
"Smart boy." Jondy smiled. "Don't let her get you into trouble."
"I'll be back in a bit." Mackenzie sighed.
"You better not lolly gag." Jondy stated.
Mackenzie rolled her eyes and left the apartment. Taking her time heading back to HQ, wanting Mole to suffer just a little longer without his cigars. Kicking a stone as she walked down the street, Mackenzie smiled to herself. Living in Terminal City, well Seattle, did prove to be exciting at times. Even though she was the one who had to start the excitement. A part of Mackenzie wished that something would happen, something that would give her something to do.
As she got closer to HQ, Mackenzie could see Mole standing outside, rather impatiently. "You're one cruel kid." He grunted at her, when she stopped in front of him.
"But you love me anyway." Mackenzie grinned.
"Where are my cigars?"
"Right to the point then." Mackenzie sighed, rolling her eyes. Reaching into her coat she pulled out the crushed box of cigars. "Man, I feel like a drug dealer at the moment."
"For all I know you could be a drug dealer." Mole replied, taking his cigars back, and holding them protectively. "It could be your secret life."
"And you'll never know wether or not it truly is." Mackenzie stated.
"You take my cigars again, and you'll never see the light of day again." Mole threatened.
"Aww, Mole. I love you, too." Mackenzie smiled at him. "You said the exact same thing last time I stole your cigars."
"I mean it this time."
"I'm sure you do. But I shall get going. My mom needs help with dinner, or at least I think she does. If Benjamin's helping her I get a brake." Mackenzie stated. "I'll catch you later Mole."
"Yea, and stay away from my cigars." Mole muttered before turning and heading back into HQ.
Mackenzie smiled to herself as she walked back towards her apartment building. She watched others pass her by as she walked. Life was great. Everyone was happy with where the life they were living now. Almost free to do whatever they wanted. As Mackenzie walked up the stairs leading to her family's apartment, she felt s shiver go down her spine, shrugging off the feeling she walked into the apartment.
"Honey, I'm home!" she yelled.
"Good, go clean up the living room." Jondy greeted her daughter.
"But..."
"No buts, I didn't realize how messy it was in there. And if we're going to have people over for dinner I don't want them to be greeted by a mess."
"Mom, their family in a way, I highly doubt they'd care what the living room looked like."
"Go. Clean. Now." Jondy replied.
"Fine," Mackenzie sighed. "But where did Benji go?"
"He's in the bathroom."
"Oh."
"Now go clean."
"I think we're going to need a bigger apartment soon." Jondy mused as everyone settled in the living room once they had finished their dinner.
"Considering you like to throw diner parties Jondy, you really need a bigger place." Max agreed from her seat on the love seat beside Logan.
"I don't agree with you guys." Alec stated. "This place is fine."
"You just grow too attached to thing honey." Jondy replied giving Alec a quick kiss.
"Oh god mom, not in front of me please," Mackenzie muttered, from where she lied on the floor with Benjamin.
"If you don't like it then go in your room." Alec laughed at his daughter.
"It was my idea to watch this movie, so you guys can't quick me out of here." Mackenzie stated looking up and sticking her tongue out at her father.
"But if you complain we can." Jondy replied throwing a kernel of popcorn at her daughter.
Mackenzie glared at her mother before turning back to the tv.
"It's not nice to glare at your mother." Jondy mused.
"It's not nice to throw things at your daughter." Mackenzie replied.
"It's not nice to steal from Mole." Jondy shot back.
"Well... it's not nice to... uh... be mean to your daughter." Mackenzie tried to form something else.
"Nice come back there hun." Jondy laughed.
"Thank you. Now be quiet I want to watch my movie." Mackenzie mumbled turning back to the tv, ignoring everything else around her.
"Mackenzie." Jondy sighed.
Mackenzie ignored Jondy, continuing to watch her movie.
"Oh, so now you're going to ignore me, huh?" Jondy questioned.
Mackenzie didn't say anything.
"Mackenzie..."
Still no reply.
"Beautiful daughter of mine." Jondy tried again.
But once again Jondy didn't get a reply.
"Alec I feel unloved your daughter is ignoring me." Jondy complained looking at Alec.
"Well what do you want me to do about it?" Alec questioned.
"Make your daughter talk to me." Jondy stated.
"Mackenzie talk to your mother." Alec commanded. "There Jondy I tired."
"You guys are so pitiful." Mackenzie laughed from the floor. "But now I'm definitely going to stop talking, 'cause I love this movie and I don't want to miss anything."
"Sure there hun." Jondy mused looking down at her daughter.
Mackenzie listened to the sounds of people leaving the apartment. Had she really fallen asleep during the movie she claimed to love? Mackenzie felt the need to get up and move to her own bed, but she was drained of energy.
After a few minutes, Mackenzie felt someone lifting her up, she mumbled something incoherent and heard her father say, "You're getting to old for me to be putting you to bed."
Seconds later she felt her bed beneath her, and her blanket over top of her. "Goodnight Kenzie, I love you." She heard her father say, before he kissed her on the top of the head.
"Love you, too, daddy." Mackenzie whispered rolling onto her side.
She listened to the sound of her father leaving the room and meeting her mother in the hall. "So Lucas is asleep." she heard her mother say.
"Mackenzie's basically asleep." Her father replied.
"A peaceful night for us tonight."
"Movie?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Goodnight hun, I love you." Mackenzie heard her mother say from the doorway.
"Love you too." Mackenzie replied with yawn, listening as her parents headed towards the living room.
Mackenzie smiled from her bed half asleep. Her parents were as in love as they had been when they first met, and she new they would always be. Mackenzie just wished that she'd find someone that she could love as much as her parents loved each other.
Shifting slightly in bed Mackenzie got a bit more comfortable, the sounds of the movie her parents were watching drifting into her room. She found the sound almost comforting, and soon she drifted back off to sleep.
"Night you guys!" Benjamin yelled down the hall as he walked into his room. In response he got a chorus of goodnights from his family. He quickly changed out of his jeans and t-shirt into a pair of sweats, before crawling into his bed.
Getting comfortable in his bed, Benjamin found himself staring at the ceiling, going over his day. As usual it had been quite eventful. But of course it had all been because of Mackenzie. She always seemed to have a way of bringing excitement into everyone's lives. At times her ideas were some what bizarre, but they always seemed to be fun anyway.
Benjamin didn't know what his life would be like without Mackenzie in it. Whenever he thought about what his life could of been like without her, all he saw was boredom, and nothingness. Something Benjamin definitely didn't want.
Benjamin listened to the sounds of doors opening and closing, the rest of his family was heading off to bed, or at least a few hours of quiet in their rooms. Benjamin closed his eyes, and soon found himself, surprisingly, falling asleep.
Max curled up into Logan's side on their king size bed. "Can you believe how fast they grow up?" Max questioned.
"Way to fast." Logan replied.
"That's for sure. It seems like just yesterday Benjamin was running around in diapers. I miss those days."
"Me too." Logan sighed pulling Max closer to him. "Who would of ever thought we'd get here."
"We went from a quid pro quo to being married with children."
"I don't know where I'd be without you."
"I've saved your life quite a few times." Max mused.
"I've saved your's a fair few times too."
"We're lucky we hooked up when we did."
"That's for sure."
Silence fell between the two, before they both said, "I love you."
Max smiled at Logan, before kissing him.
Jondy snuggled closer to Alec. "I like how we plan to watch a movie, and we turn it on, but we don't necessarily watch it."
"The story of our lives." Alec smiled at her.
"To think of all the times I could of lost you. How we made it threw all that has got me."
"Our love has helped us get threw it."
"Ok, that was kinda corny Alec. You've been watching way to much of your precious boob tube."
"Nothing's as precious to me as you."
"Aww, that was even cornier." Jondy laughed.
"I can't help it." Alec stated.
"I noticed. But that's why I love you."
"And I love you." Alec replied, as Jondy turned to face him. "I will never stop loving you."
"Good, 'cause you're stuck with me for so much longer." Jondy stated, wrapping her arms around Alec's neck and kissing him.
Alec deepened the kiss, neither of them wanting to move each other's embrace.
AN: Short chapter, I know, I just wanted to get something posted, 'cause I really don't know when I'll get to update again. Don't forget to leave a review! Thanks for reading!
calistra: Thanks for the review! I'm hoping to get he dreams to continue, just depends on how everything works out. See that's the problem with computers, their reliable, but then again, sometimes their not.
steph: Don't worry more Jondy/Alec, and Max/Logan to come in future chapters