The Surprise
A/N: This chapter was redone on 31/03/06
Chapter 3: Gay Boy Logan
"What the hell was that?" asked Logan for the third time.
Max briefly considered explaining it to him but rationalised that if he was not smart enough to figure it out on his own then that was not her problem, besides she had other things to do. Walking past a gaping Logan, Max headed for the bedroom to hush the baby and tell Alec to roll over and go back to sleep, an offer which she was sure he would gladly accept.
Logan stood there and listen to the crying. His ears knew what he was hearing but his tiny little brain simply refused to accept it and so tried to come up with a logical explaination for what could only be described as an infant's crying that did not involve his beloved Max jumping into bed with Alec. Needless to say, Logan and his tiny brain failed in this task.
Original Cindy could not help but sit back and enjoy the show. Not that she was in on the loop she could afford to find great amusement in Logan's shocked expression. 'I hope my mouth didn't hang that far open,' she thought to herself as Max came out of the bedroom a few minutes later, quitely closing the door behind her. Max took in Logan's stance and general appearance, silently willing him to say anything other than 'What the hell was that?'
"What the hell was that?" asked Logan, with perfect comedic timing before slipping back into a daze as he tried to figure out what was going on. Max, who was now very frustrated with him stomped towards him and clicked her fingers in front of his face. "Sanp out of it!" she demanded. "And learn a new phrase! I really don't appreciate you just standing there in whatever crazy person's trance you are currently in, repeatedly asking 'what the hell was that?' 'That' as you so degradingly put it is my daughter!"
Hearing the actual words seemed to do the trick as Logan looked at her, straight in the eye. "Your...your...daughter?" he asked in a stutter.
"Yes my daughter, Alec's too."
"Alec's!" fumed Logan. "You hate Alec, you can't have a child with Alec!"
"Try telling that to our baby," said Max, "I think she would have a slightly different perspective on the entire matter. Though of course she won't be able to tell you herself for another couple of years."
"Max, I love you," said Logan. "So I think that after some time I can come to terms with the fact that you betrayed me and had a child with another man. I'm still willing to make this work between us."
"How kind of you," said Max, sarcastically. "Unfortunately, I'm not. And as for 'betrayl' I told you well over a year ago that we were over. Just because you didn't want to accept it doesn't change that it is true and not that it is any of your business but Alec and I are together now so there really is no hope of us giving things another shot."
"What about everything I have done for you?"
"Excuse me? Everything you have done for me?" asked Max, incredulous to what she was hearing. "You promised me that you were going to find my brothers and sisters and in return I would go on some missions for you. I more than kept up my end of the bargin and you most certainly did not. I risked my life for you and your stupid missions and you did not do the one thing you had said you would, I was nothing more than your personal cat burglar."
"How can you say that Max? It's Alec, he's poisoned you mind, you love me really, I know it! He has turned you into an ungrateful wench."
Fuelled by anger Max slapped him across the face. Logan was horrified and OC had a huge smirk on her face. Logan put his hand up to his face and started shrieking. "Max, Max! The virus! Your killing me!"
He flung himself up against the wall then slid down onto the floor where he curled himself up into a ball and began to rock back and forth, tears pouring down his face. "This is it; there will be no more Eyes Only! Who will look out for the common people now? I can feel the poison seeping into my blood stream, your killing me! You killed the only free voice left in this city. I hope your happy with yourself."
Max and OC watched on, their expressions a mixture of horror and amusement as Logan whispered the words, "Peace out," as he closed his eyes and stopped screaming.
"Get up you fool!" said Max lifting him of the floor. She hurried him out the door. "I cured the virus, so cut the hysterics you drama queen!" With that, she closed the door in his startled face. Hearing a chuckle, she turned around to see a sleepy looking Alec standing with his arms crossed, "I always though he was gay, now I see my suspicions were correct and I can finally say, 'what the hell were you thinking?'"
Max frowned sternly at him but it could not resist the adorable pout that had now appeared on his lips. "Did we wake you?" she asked breaking into a smile.
"Yeah but it was totally worth it to see that," said Alec.
Walking over to him Max wrapped her arms around him and leaned in for a kiss. "Woah!" yelled OC. "Still not used to that yet so can you cut it out for just a min. OC promises to adjust eventually don't worry but you have to let the rest of this stuff sink in first before throwing new things at me." OC got up and grabbed her coat. "Look, I've gotta blaze, all the excitement has tired me out ya know, so I'll catch ya tomorrow Boo." She gave Max a hug. "Its good to have ya back. We can finish that little discussion then and please no more shocks, for a while anyway. Original Cindy's system couldn't handle another one. Oh and Alec, be good to my girl cause I like you and don't want to have to put the smack down on your ass."
Alec smiled, knowing that even with her army training OC would be not match for him. She had reached the door when she turned back around. "One more thing, what's Baby Boo's name?"
"Jen," smiled Max.
"'Jen,'" said OC, letting the name roll off her tounge. "I like that. Later." Original Cidy opened the door to reveal Logan still whimpering in the hallway who upon seeing Max yelled, "What about the pasta!" OC closed the door behind her, shaking her head at his pathetic figure and mumbling "Damn fool."
"So what are we going to do tomorrow? We can't both go to work," said Max knowing that as much as she didn't want to they had to start being practical.
"I'll go in and you can stay here and mind Jen," stated Alec simply.
Max became very pissed off very fast. It didn't matter that was her preferred scenario but he fact that Alec had just assumed that that was how it was going to be annoyed her. Alec obviously had some sexist idea in his head that men went out to work while the women stayed at home washing, cleaning and raising the children. She had to put a stop to that now.
"Excuse me? The last time I checked we were living in the year 2024 and women had equal rights and did not just sit about the house all day waiting for their . . ." An amused Alec cut her off. "Maxie, no need for the women's lib speech, seriously, I didn't mean it that way. I mean think about it. We left for over a year without saying a word to Normal. Who is more likely to get our jobs back?" Max broke into an embarrassed smile, slightly ashamed that she had assumed the worst from Alec, a particularly nasty habit she had seemed to pick up when she first met him and was having a hard time stopping. "I mean if I go in well he will be ecstatic. His Golden Boy has returned, Hallelujah, praise the Lord! However if you go why it's just 'missy miss' approximately 11,763 hours late for work!"
"Sorry, I get carried away sometimes," Max said feeling a little embarrased.
"I guessed that."
He pulled her into a big bear hug and rested his head on top of her, smelling her freshly washed hair. They stayed like that for a while, content in each other's embrace only pulling away when Alec started laughing. "What?"
"I'm just thinking about Logan."
"Well whatever does it for you," teased Max.
"Oh come on Maxie his reaction was classic! 'You've killed the voice of the people, peace out,'" Alec imitated, before giving another chuckle.
"It was pretty funny," she admitted.
"Funny? It was hysterical!"
"OK you're right, what was I thinking," said Max.
"Glad you are coming around to my way of thinking Maxie."
