Chapter 4

(Airport)

"So let's go over it one more time. Michael and me knew each other for ages. And we met Podesta on the plane. Got it?" Both Alec and OC nodded their heads.

"Good. Oh and Al..Michael did you find the place where we can remove the barcodes?"

"Maxie why do you keep calling me Michael, we're not at school yet." Alec said.

"Well it's really hard to get used to the name, and besides what if there's some one on the plane that will go to our school?" Max finished, and all that Alec could say was.

"Fair enough, but I don't like the name Michael!"

"Well I don't like Ashley-Jade either, but we have to deal with it."

"Fine"

By the time they stopped arguing they reached the ticket register.

"Your tickets and your passports please." Said a lady behind the register.

All three of them handed their tickets and passports to the lady, who put some stamps and ripped something out of the ticket.

"Thank you, have a nice flight", the lady said with a smile, as she returned the tickets and the passports.

Three of them walked forward to the luggage check, and left three big bags, for them to be taken to the plane.

Cindy was the first one who entered to plane.

"Oh my Gosh, I didn't know that we're flying first class. This is soo exiting!" Cindy said with a huge smile.

There were only double sits in three rows. And while Max was looking around Cindy took a sit next to a beautiful young woman. Alec just grinned at Cindy.

Max was sitting opposite of Cindy, and Alec was still standing up.

"Well looks like I'll have to sit next to you and keep you company, coz Cindy is busy"

"Alec there're plenty more empty sits other than this one." Max said, looking at Alec. But the truth was, she wanted him to sit there, she wanted someone to be close to her, she wanted some one to touch and love her.

"Yeah, but on my ticket it says sit 17b, and guess what this is the sit 17b, and besides I know that you want me to sit next to you" Alec said with his trademark smirk.

Am I really that easy to read? Max panicked a little bit.

"Not that I was reading you or anything, I guess I just assumed" Alec said as soon as he saw Max's panicked expression.

Oh God I am! Max panicked even more.

"Max relax a little bit, will ya" Alec said with a smile. Max was right Alec could read her like a book.

The rest of the trip Max was really enjoying. Her and Alec laughed most of the time. Max never thought of Alec as a good friend, but as the time passed she started seeing more than just a cocky jerk, who only cared for himself. Now she saw a different person in him, the one who was nice, funny and also cared for her.

As for Cindy, well she never had any social problems, so her and the girl next to her were chatting.

When the plane landed Alec and Max didn't want to leave, because they were having such a good time.

"C'mon you love birds time to go" OC said it as a joke, but Max took it seriously.

"Cindy we're..." Max started but was cut off by Cindy.

"Sugah, I'm only joking" she said with a little smile.

(The apartment 2:30p.m)

"Oh My Damn! This place is huge! And is soo much better than Logan's" OC said as she ran through the lounge.

The place was really big and sparkly clean. It was almost identical to Logan's but bigger. It had an office, lounge room, kitchen, dinning room and two bed rooms. The kitchen bench tops were new, all the appliances were new too. It looked like the apartment was just build or renovated. In the lounge room there was a coffee table, two leather sofas and a huge plasma screen TV. The office had a computer table, two computers, and one laptop. Two digital cameras the size of an index finger. Also on the table there were tree mobile phones.

"This place is tops!" Max exclaimed.

Alec ran to a room. And yelled out from there: "Ok this is my room, looks like you and Cindy will have to share a room, and maybe you'll get some action at night" Alec smirked at the thought of Max and Cindy.

Max gave him a death glare.

"Sugah you're welcome to sleep in my room, but um... I was hoping that maybe I'll find some fine shorty to keep me warm" Cindy said with a grin.

Just now Max realized that she didn't have a room.

She let out a small sigh and managed to say something: "Fine Alec I'll stay in your room, but you better behave!"

"Don't worry Maxie, I'll behave... until your heat cycle" Alec grinned at her, but it faded as soon as he saw that Max was grinning at him as well.

"So we're set. Max is sleeping in my room, we'll have to get up at eight in the morning tomorrow, so we wont miss our first day of school."

"Another question is how we're gonna get to school" Cindy said cocking her eyebrow.

"I have an idea" Alec said, a hint of a smile appearing in his face. "I'll be back in a couple of hours" He exited the apartment very fast, so it felt like he was never there.

(5 hours later)

"Where the hell is he???" Max asking the same question for the fifth time.

"Boo, I'm sure that he's fine" Cindy tried to convince Max, but she wasn't buying it.

"What if he's in som..." Max was interrupted by the knock on the door.

"Maxie I got us three bikes, the guys will deliver them in an hour" Alec was hoping that Max will be happy, but instead he could see Max's narrowed eyes.

Oh-oh, better run he thought.

"Alec where th hell have you been in the last four hours, I've been worried sick! I mean you don't even know the city, so who knows what could've happened."

"Well, I went to get us the bikes as I've already said, and you're wrong I know the city really well. I've done a lot of solo missions here, it's nice of you to worry about me, but I can take care of myself Maxie"

"Next time you go out somewhere take your phone with you, so I can call you."

"Ok, now chill out!" Alec said and flashed a smile at Max.

"Ok I'm gonna go to bed, I'm tired. G'nite Cindy. Night Alec" Max said.

Max walked out of the lounge room and entered the bedroom. She could only think about her and Logan and where that relationship was going. She recalled the last time she had been with Logan. That was when her and Alec got the money for the 24-hour cure for the virus. She shook her head at the thought. There was no love in Logan's kiss, no desire for her. His eyes didn't have that spark that was there on the night that they've first met. After all what is love? Just lust and some hormones thrown in, that is love, or maybe she didn't know anything other than this kind of love. Maybe it's just because transgenics and ordinaries just didn't work out, but wait Alec was in love with an ordinary, but where'd she end up-dead. Just like Logan could've many times when the little 'accidents' happened and when they 'got lucky'. Maybe Lydocker was right maybe we are toxic all of us.

But she pushed all the thoughts away, before her brain was overloaded. And tried to concentrate on sleep instead.

When Alec came to bed Max was asleep.

"Shark DNA, my ass" Alec mumbled. Just as he said that Max tossed in her sleep and started shaking.

"Ben..." Max whispered softly.

"Don't do this, please" Max was till asleep. Alec was beside the bed, he wanted to shake her awake, but decided to wait a little bit.

"Ben NO please, don't leave me.... I love you" Her last words were almost impossible to hear even with Alec's supper hearing, but he did. Alec was shocked at what he's heard.

"BEN!" Max screamed as she gasped and set up on the bed, covered with cold sweat. Her eyes were full of fear and hurt. Alec had no idea what to do. Suddenly Max realized that she wasn't alone in the room.

"Alec what are you doing here?" Max asked. By the look on her face Alec could tell that she was afraid that she said too much.

"Maxie this is my room too." Alec said.

"Sorry, did I wake you up?" Max asked as she tossed the blanket aside and headed over to the kitchen and Alec followed her. She was wearing her black silk PJs and pink fluffy slippers. And Alec was wearing red 'playboy' boxers.

"No, I was just about to go to sleep." Alec said, breaking the silence.

"So you heard everything, huh?" Max mumbled the words.

"Yeah, kinda. So you're ok?" Alec asked Max as he poured water into Max's glass.

"Yeah I'm fine, thanks. Can we just don't talk about it." Max said.

"Sure, lets go back to bed then" Alec said. That was what Max did like in him, whenever she didn't want to talk about something, he didn't force her to tell him what happened, he'd wait until it was the right time to ask.

(7:30 am.)

"Crap" Cindy yelled as she jumped fro her bed and ran to Alec's and Max's bedroom.

"Rise and shine" Cindy said as she opened the blinds.

"C'mon we have only an hour to get ready, get up!"

"Cindy I'm up, just give me 10 minutes" Alec mumbled, with his eyes closed.

"How bout no?" Cindy said as she pulled the quilt of him and Max.

"Cindy" Max screamed. "I'm soo gonna get you for that!" Max said as she got out of the bed.

(15 minutes later)

"Cindy what are you wearing to school?" Max asked, her eyes were half closed.

"Uniform top and a denim skirt and I haven't decided about shoes, how bout you boo?" Cindy asked Max, who fell asleep on the chair.

Alec walked in the room, in blue, baggy denim jeans and a white school top, which was propably, a size bigger than his.

"Damn you look good sugah" Cindy said as she looked at Alec. Alec walked over to the sleeping Max.

"Hey, shark DNA girl get up" Alec said in a loud voice and shook Max's shoulder.

"Maxie" Alec said in a very sweet voice.

Max stretched her arms out, and then slightly opened her eyes.

"Be..Alec what are you doing?" Max asked in a very confused voice.

"Waking you up for school, unless you wanted to wag the first day"

"Did I just fall asleep again?" Max asked.

"Yeah, you did. How bout you stop asking questions and go and get ready. Coz we're leaving in half an hour." Alec said as he walked out of the room.

(20 minutes later)

"Maxie, that's alright, just take your bloody time" Alec was really frustrated.

Just as he finished. He saw Cindy and Max walking out of the bathroom.

Cindy was wearing a tight, white school shirt and a short denim skirt with a wide belt. On her feel she had flashy trainers. She straightened her hair, which now looked smooth and shiny and was resting on her shoulders.

Behind her was walking Max. She also had a tight school shirt, but instead of a skirt she was wearing tight hipster-bootleg jeans, which hugged her body curves. And she had high-heeled black boots on.

As soon as Alec saw Max, he forgot his need to go to the toilet. He kept looking and not taking his eyes off her. She looked stunning, and she knew that.

"Alec, I know I'm beautiful and all, but can you please not stare at me, coz that scares me" She joked. And flashed him a smile.

"Yeah, you do look beautiful" Alec complemented Max.

"Thanks" She said, and slightly blushed.

"So ready to go?" He asked looking at both Max and Cindy.

"Uh-huh" Max smiled at him again.

(Parking Lot, in front of the school)

"Couldn't you remind me that we were traveling by a motorcycle?" Asked a very annoyed Cindy.

"Yeah, sorry slipped my mind" Alec said as he got of his bike, and walked towards Max's bike.

"Hmmm, I'm sure..." Cindy said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

They left the bikes in the parking lot, and walked toward a big three store building.

"So... You guys ready?" Max asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be" Alec replied.

A/N hey guys sorry it took me sooo long to update, the logging in system was stuffed up or somrthing, ne ways the next chapter is on the way. And hopefully the next update will be in couple of days. Thank you every one for your reviews, they've inspired me. So pliz dont forget to review!!!