Max and Alec

"Season 2"

Disclaimer: I don't own it!

AN: This is a little on the weird side but I had this idea in my head and I decided to run with it, I hope it turned out okay.

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Chapter 12: Borrowed Time

Max and Alec room

Alec was the first one up, thanks to the early morning sun that just happened to be shinning through the window. Why is it that it always seemed to hit him in the face and always wake him up? It never woke Max up; he just chalked that up to the fact that she could sleep through anything, which could be considered both bad and good. The bad part would be that when they do finally have a baby he will always be the one to get up and see what the kid wants because Max will never hear the crying. The good part about the whole her not hearing anything is that he will never wake her up when he gets up first in the morning, like today. Because Max is not the happiest person in the morning when she is up before she wants to be.

Alec rubbed his eyes and the slowly got out of bed making sure not to move too much to wake Max, even though that was a nearly impossible task. He walked out of their bedroom and went downstairs to get some coffee, which he desperately needed at the moment. When he walked into the kitchen he saw Zane sitting at the table…alone, which was usual.

"Hey man what's up?" Alec asked as he got a cup of coffee and took a seat at the table. When Zane didn't say anything Alec looked up from where he had started to read the paper. "Zane…are you alright?" he asked yet still Zane said nothing. Alec got up from the seat and walked over to where Zane was sitting. He felt Zane skin and noticed that he was cold but then he felt the plus point on Zane neck and he still had one so he wasn't dead. "Okay that weird," he said but then he remembered Max.

Alec blurred upstairs and opened their bedroom door to find Max lying in the spot and position she was in when he left the room. He walked over to her and found out that she was in the same condition as Zane. "What the hell is going on?" Alec asked himself. Alec left his bedroom and checked on Asha, OC and Joshua and found out that they where also in the same condition.

Alec walked back downstairs and instead of going into the kitchen he walked out the front door. He looked before with utter disbelief. This place he was looking at was not the Seattle he knew, it was very, very different. Everything was clean and bright. There was no garbage on the ground, not homeless people sleeping on his steps, he was almost like pre-plus Seattle.

Just then an old couple walked in front of his house. "Morning Mr. Lehane," they said as the walked by. That caught him off guard, Lehane as in Simon Lehane, but that was impossible. "Are you alright, sir?" the old man asked when he saw the look on Alec's face.

"Um, yeah, I'm fine," he said as he walked back into the house and closed the door behind him. "What the hell is happening to me?" he asked himself. He looked down at himself and saw that he was indeed the same old Alec, nothing was different yet at the same time everything was different, if that makes any sense. He walked over to where his jacket was hanging up, he pulled out the wallet inside the pocket and looked at his ID and saw that they name printed on the plastic card was Simon Lehane.

"Tell me this isn't happening," he said and then he heard his cell phone ring he walked over and picked it up. "Hello?" he asked with caution.

"Simon!" came the voice on the other end on the phone.

"Rachael?" Alec asked almost not believing it, or maybe not wanting to believe it.

"Simon are you okay you sound a little scared," she said concerned.

"I'm fine," he said still all little wigged.

"Okay…daddy was wondering if you wanted to come for dinner tonight, I told you would so please come," she said with happiness.

"I'll be there," he said as he continued to try and figure out what the hell was happing to him.

"Okay baby see you around six," she said and the hung up the phone.

It took Alec a little while but he to hung up his phone. He walked over and looked in the mirror and sure enough he saw his same old self, so why does everyone think he is Simon Lehane? Alec went back upstairs and still Max was lying on the bed, he walked over and grabbed a shirt and threw it on along with some jeans. He leaned down and gave Max a kiss on the forehead. "Don't worry I'll figure all this out and get back to you, if your even gone that is, because I have no idea what the hell is going on," he finished and then walked out of the bedroom. And on his way out of the house he made sure to grab his favorite leather jacket.

Jam Pony

Alec decided to go to the only place where he actually knew people, so he decided to head over to good old Jam Pony. When he walked in it didn't look any different, and Normal was still the one running the show. Alec walked over to where Normal was standing and stood in front of him.

"Sorry there are no job openings," he said without even looking up.

"Do you know how I am?" Alec asked and he had never felt so weird asking a question in his life. "I mean have you ever seen me before?" he asked.

Normal looked and his face went from annoyed to utter shock. "Oh my, oh my…your Simon Lehane," Normal said as he came out from behind the counter. "Of course I know you, who doesn't." he said as he walked up and stood in front of Alec or Simon whichever one it was.

All the employees came walking over to where they has heard the commotion and that is when Alec saw her, walking up with OC and Sketchy. She looked even more beautiful now than she did in his reality. But the problem was that she didn't know how he was and that made him hurt more that he cared to share. She had her hair short with curls and he decided that he liked it long and straight better, easer for him to run his hands through it, or so he guessed.

"Man what are you doing here…shouldn't you be with your rich girlfriend?" OC asked. "My rich and famous yourself, we really don't need you pity," she finished as she walked away from him.

"I'm sorry for her rudeness." Normal said, as he looked the way OC had gone but Alec couldn't seem to take his eyes off Max. She looked so different yet he knew it was her, banter and all. Because there was no way he could miss it. "This is…"

"Max," Alec said cutting him off. "Yeah I know," he said.

Max gave him a confused look, like how the hell does he know who I am. "That's funny because I don't know you," she said as she crossed her arms across her chest. "The only time I ever see you is on TV," she said with a smirk that he happily matched. He only matched it to hide the pain that he felt inside that the women he loved didn't even know who he was. "If you don't mind I have to go, some of us have to work for a living," she said as she walked past him and out into the morning sun.

Alec looked around his place of employment, or lack there of. He couldn't believe that Max had no idea who the hell he was, well she did but only what she heard on the news. He was famous, which was what he always wanted to be, but now he just wants Max more. Alec fought back the tears that were swelling up in his eyes. He didn't know what he was going to without Max, the women he had fell head over heels in live with.

"If you want I could call a taxi for you to go where ever you need to be," Normal said.

"Thank but I think I'll walk," Alec said as he turned and walked away.

"It was nice to meet you," Normal shouted and Alec just waved his hand. He didn't want this life, he wanted Max, he wanted the life where Max knew who he was and what she meant to him. He wanted the life where he was in love and loved in return because in the end that's all that matters. As he walked down the streets of a very nice Seattle, a very different Seattle that the one he knows, he couldn't help but wonder if Max was better off without him. If he would be better suited with Rachael instead if Max, but then he remembered how much he loved Max and all his thoughts about not going back to her vanished in thin air.

Alec figured that the only way to figure out what the hell is happening to him he is going to have to go see Rachael and her father at dinner. Than he could figure out exactly hoe much of this world had changed on him, and he will soon figure out if Max is the right one for him. Because if he sees Rachael and all his old feelings come back to him and he wants to stay with her that he will stay because it will prove the fact that Max is not the woman for him, which would just suck.

Berrisford Mansion

Alec walked to the front gate of the mansion and all his memories of what happened in this house came rushing back to him. There was no way that none of this could be true because he had watched Rachael die, or so he thought. He watched the car explode. If she happened to survive that she would have one way or another tried to contact him…wouldn't she?

But that would also mean that all the time that he spent with Max was a lie. That everything they experienced together never really happened, he didn't know if he could deal with him knowing and not her. In that case why did he remember everything and she didn't know who he was? Shouldn't he not know anyone too, or maybe this is something that he brought upon himself and that she way he remembers everything.

"You coming in Simon?" A voice said on the speaker to his right. "Everything is ready we are just waiting on you," she said in a nice sweet voice that he remember as if it were yesterday.

"Don't I need to be buzzed in?" he asked a little confused.

"You know the number silly, now type it in and get up her so I can kiss my boyfriend," she said.

"Can you remind me because it slipped my mind sweetheart," Alec said with a smirk. She buzzed him in and he walked up the long driveway to a house were he caused so much pain that it was even unbearable to think about. He knocked on the door and the next thing he saw was Rachel's beautiful face. "Thanks," he said as he hung his head and walked past her. He couldn't bare to look at her…he had caused her so much pain.

"What's wrong with you today Simon?" she asked. "You have been acting different ever since I called you this morning," she commented on as she brought her hands around his neck. "Didn't you miss me while I was away in Italy?" she asked sweetly as she kissed him on the cheek. "I know I missed you," she added with a kiss on the lips.

"Okay," Alec said pulling away from the kiss. "I think we need to talk about some things," he said as he looked at her. "Is there somewhere that we can be alone?" he asked and she took his hand and lead him out onto the back porch. She had a worried look in her eyes that he wished to god he could take away from her but the truth was that he couldn't because he didn't know how. As much as he wanted Rachel to continue being his there was someone in his life that already held this title and it wasn't her.

"Simon what's wrong?" she asked in an innocent voice that he looked so much.

"There is something that I need to tell you, something that even I am not sure of," he paused. "But first there is something I need to ask you and I know it is going to sound a little weird." She finished and she nodded telling him that he could continue. "What year is it?" he asked.

She jerked her head back a little in surprise to the question. "It's 2019," she said. "You wouldn't know that it is that long after the plus but this part of the city wasn't hit that badly…actually Seattle wasn't hit that badly period." She said. It is where I come from, in the world that I am used to. Is it bad of me to not want to go back to that world, a world full filth and derogation? "Simon why are you asking these type of questions? Are you sure nothing is the matter?" she asked concerned.

"You know what, I think I'm okay," he said. "I must have had a bit of a mind lapse and forgotten," Alec said with a smile. "So what's for dinner?" he asked. He didn't understand what was happening at the moment but all he could seem to think about was spending another day with Rachael, the women that first held his heart, and he time was cut way too short and it was all his fault. "I can't wait, I have been waiting all day for this," he said with a smirk as she grabbed his hand and walked him into the kitchen.

"Daddy had been so excited that you were coming over tonight, he has so much that he wants to discuss with you," she said with a smile. "I mean we have been together for a long time, a year to be exact and he wants to talk about what our plans are." She said.

"What our plans are? Do we have to have plans right now?" he asked confused. "Can't we just live and see were our life takes us?" he asked.

"You funny Simon but you know that's not how it works," she said as she led him into the kitchen were he saw three cooks working on tonight's dinner. "It's almost done so we better go and take our seats before daddy wonders where it is we ran off to this time," she said with a evil, sly, grin which made him wonder what kind of relationship they had exactly.

They walked into the dinning room hand in hand and Robert Berrisford was sitting at the table waiting for his dinner to be served. "Well hello Simon," he said when Alec walked in and sat down. When he said that though Alec had the images of Berrisford holding a gun to his head and telling him that he had killed Rachael. "How was your day today? If I understand right you went to visit a place called…Jam Pony?" Alec looked at him confused. "Don't look at me like that you know that I keep a close eye on you, just to make sure that your safe." He said with a smile.

Alec didn't know why but this scene right here is what closed the deal with him. "You're the one that did this to me," he said. "You're the one that took away my life so you could watch me squirm in yours," he said angrily. "Am I squirming enough for you?" Alec asked.

"I don't understand what you're talking about," he said and Alec could see that he was lying.

"You took away my LIFE!" Alec shouted.

"Simon…" Rachael started.

"MY name is not Simon…it's Alec," he said. "And I am not your boyfriend as a matter of fact I haven't been for quite some time. You see there is this other women, and she is amazing. She is everything that I ever wanted and she understands me more than anyone could ever understand me," he said. "So how did you do it?" Alec asked.

"Alec," he heard a voice call out to him but it wasn't anyone for current scene. "Come back to me," the voice said.

"Max," Alec said.

"You have to choice," Robert said. "It was something that I wasn't ready for. I saw you crying over her bed after Max left and then I saw you again at her grave and I just thought you would like one more day with her…Rachael that is. Because your time together was cut too short." He paused. "But know you have to choice. Between the woman you love know and the woman that first took your heart. And I know that you'll make the right choice." He said and then walked out of the room.

Alec just sat there, not sure what he should do. He had been given a choice, and unforgettable choice. To pick between the women he looked now and the one who was his first love. He kept remembering the saying that OC used to always tell Max when Logan would come around after they first started their relationship. It was when OC didn't think he was right for her. And she would always tell Max that no matter what you never forget your first love, which one person sticks with you for the rest of your lives.

He loved Max he really did but this is Rachael, the women that broke him out of his Manticore shell, the women that would always have a piece of his heart. "How long do I have to decided?" he asked.

"You have one day," Robert Berrisford said. "And then no matter what you decided you stay in this world…with Rachael," she said.

Alec hung his head and walked from the table and out the front door. Into the streets of Seattle that once felt so familiar but now fell like ghost roads. This was not his world, what was he doing giving it some thought, he needed to get back to Max and the rest of his family…he didn't belong here.

Alec walked along the street with many people saying hello, it was almost like no one knew who he was, like they didn't know he was a transgenic. Which wouldn't be too hard to understand when no one really knew that he was different now anyways.

Alec looked up and saw that he was outside Max's apartment, the one she lived in before they moved to Joshua's. He took a deep breathe and decided to go on up and see if he could get her to realize who he was. As he made his way up the stair pictures of him and Max together in this apartment flashed through his mind. His first night her after they first escaped from Manticore, this was the first place she brought him and showed him that he would have a better life than what Manticore gave them.

Before he knew he stood outside her door looking at it, not sure he should knock or not. Then he raised his hand and knock, deciding to take the plunge. It wasn't Max who answered like he suspected instead it was some blonde women.

"Oh my God your Simon Lehane," she said as she opened the door wider. "You're the one who is going with Rachael Berrisford," she said. "I think your really hot." She finished.

"Thanks," he said with a smile and as he said that Max came walking up behind them. "Max…can I talk to you?" he asked.

"Why would I want to talk to you, I don't even know you," she said.

"Please just talk to me, there are some things I really have to ask you," he said with pleading eyes.

"Come on Max…just talk to him. What's the worst that could happen?" she asked and Max looked at her and she just smiled. Max walked out of the apartment and Kendra closed the door.

"What do you wanna ask me?" she asked cutting right to the chase and that's what he loved about her. He turned around and showed her the back of his neck. "What am I supposed to be looking at?" she asked. "Is there supposed to be something to see?" she asked again.

"A barcode…don't you see it. I'm just like you," he said as he turned around to look at her and she had a panicked look on her face. "What?"

"I don't know who the hell you are but you are not tricking me into doing anything and by the way there is no barcode on your neck," she said with a smile. "Lucky you." She added.

Before he could say anything Max was back in her apartment. Alec had his hand on the back of his neck and if it should hurt or something. What the hell is going on? I'm not a transgenic anymore…but that's all I know how to be. Alec turned and left Max's apartment with a confused look in his eyes.

What was he supposed to do? He couldn't go back to the Berrisford place without a decision and the truth was that he didn't know what he wanted to do. Why is this sp hard for me to decide? I mean I know I love Max and that she loves me so you think it would be the simplest thing in the world. But now everything changed, he wasn't a transgenic which meant he could live his life how me wanted without them hunting him down, or constantly being worried about whether or not he was going to be found out or something.

He looked up at a billboard that he was passing and saw a picture of him and Rachael, he seemed to have everything he ever wanted, that it all but the girl. That made him smile because the fact is that Max is his girl and he wouldn't change it for the world.

Alec turned and walked in the direction of the Berrisford mansion because he had finally come to his decision and he could believe that it took him so long to decide. It was a simple question and he has a simple answer.

Beresford's mansion

Alec walked right through the gate remembering the password and right through the front door, where he saw Rachael sitting on the steps. When she saw him she came running over to him. "Thank God," she said. "I was wondering where you have been all day." She added.

"I need to talk to your father," he said as he pushed her away ever so gently. "It's important," she said with a soft smile.

"You've made your decision?" she asked and he nodded. "How come I have this feeling that it isn't me?" she asked.

"Because it's not," he said truthfully. "I'm sorry but my life with you is over and that's not who I am, and you and I already had our shot and if it was meant to be than we would still be together." He paused. "The truth is that I have this amazing women back home, or at least in the real world. She is wonderful, there isn't anything that I can't tell her and there isn't anything that she can't tell me. I love her very much and it wouldn't be fair to her to stay her when she is waiting for me back home," he said. "I love you Rachael and there is a part of me that always will, but I've moved on and I've found someone that loves me…for who I am." He said. "And this," he said looking around. "Is not who I am," he answered.

"But you can change…people change Simon," she said.

"My name is not Simon," he said. She looked at him but said nothing. "My name is Alec," he said. "And I need to talk to your father," he said. Rachael turned and ran upstairs and the next thing Alec knew was that her father was standing in front of him. "I never wanted to hurt hurt her," he said.

"No one ever does," he said. "So your decision?"

"I want to go back, go back to Max," he said.

"Alright…" he said and the walked away.

Joshua's house

Alec woke up that morning with Max's arms around him and she was snuggled up close to him. "What's the matter?" she asked when she noticed he was awake.

"I just had the weirdest dream ever," he said as he wrapped both arms around her and looked into her eyes. "You know I love you right?" he asked.

"Yup…and I love you…you big goff ball," she said as she kissed him on the nose. "We better get to work or we're going to be late," she said with a smile as she got out of bed. When she looked back he was staring at her. "What?" she asked.

"Nothing," he said as he to got out of bed to begin the day with the women that had his heart. How could he have ever thought about life without Max because according to this moment, he never wanted to experience life without her.

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AN: I am getting back to my stories now so I will have them all posted in the next two weeks. I have a lot of ideas and I hope they turned out okay. Like this idea, I know it sounds a little weird but I thought it was a good idea, let me now what you think.