Chapter 5 The New guy

Alec was dreaming about some stupid things when it became…dirty. Not that it wasn't normal for him to have this type of dream but this time, the girl was Max which was unusual.

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"Wake up sleepy head !"

Alec woke up from his really pleasant dream with a strong cheerful voice two inches from his ear. He opened his eye widely at the surprise. "What the hell !" When he saw Max, he thought he was still asleep so he closed his eyes and opened them again. She was still there. "Max !?"

Max grinned at his guilty sleepy-boy look, he was so cute when he was sleeping…and also when he was awake. She looked at him from head to toe, he was only wearing boxers…Only 27 hours before the heat goes away, don't give up She said to herself. "Hey sleeping beauty ! Do you know you're supposed to be at work in ten minutes ?"

Suddenly, he looked totally awake. Panicking just enough to ignore the "sleeping beauty" line. "What ? Why didn't you wake me up ?"

"I did one hour ago…after taking my shower by the way…and you groaned something. I only heard "Max" but I thought you were awake." Max was trying to tease him about the shower incident but she let it go because of the thoughts that had crossed her mind an hour earlier at the idea of Alec in a shower…with her.

Alec understood perfectly well why he had said that. "But I was…I mean, I'm sorry, my bad, I remember now."

Max agreed. Alec sighed in relief that she had bought his lie.

"Okay, meet me upstairs in five minutes, Eric is asleep, don't wake him up. He can take one day off before starting working with us."

"Maxie, just admit that you want me all for yourself." He said trying to sweep his dream away by making her angry at him.

"You're right, I don't want anyone else to shut you up, I like to do it myself." She said smiling.

Alec was so surprise to see her like this. I really like "heated-taking-pills" Max, she's so playful, happy and …hot Because, even though Max was taking pills, Alec's hormones were killing him.

"Sugar"

"Are you sure we had to turn right ?" Max asked to Alec. They had to deliver a package in Sector 9 and now, from her point of view, they were obviously lost.

"Yes I'm sure." He answered looking at the street's names. They rode a little more when Max saw two women talking on the sidewalk.

"Let's ask them."

"No, we aren't asking anything to anyone, we're close."

"What is the problem with men asking for directions ?" She said rolling her eyes. But then they spotted the right street and Alec gave her a victorious look.

"I told you so !" He said with his trademark smirk.

"Oh please, we've been looking for this street for half an hour, this is pure luck." She muttered as they headed towards the front door. A cute young woman answered them and Alec started to flirt with her a little.

Max gave him a threatening look with a little blow on the shoulder. The whole situation was pissing her off, she guessed it was because of her hormones. Logan was right, she couldn't stop the heat to affect her in the less damageable ways like being nice to Alec and a little possessive over him. Anyway, the girl seemed to think Max was Alec's girlfriend and she signed really fast. He's so handsome…ok, now I'm bored of it She thought as they were heading back to the road.

"Max, I lost a date because of you there !"

"WHAT….EVER" She said very annoyed by his disappointed tone. "This is it for the day so I'm gonna head home. See ya." She said angrily.

Alec knew he should let her leave but his entire body was telling him to stay close to her.

"Wait Max !" He put his arms around her shoulders and brought her close to him. Max came even closer without really noticing it. "We should celebrate me finding the right address in less than an hour by going to Crash. What do you think ?"

Max smiled widely as she lost control. Being so close to him was making her dizzy. "Anything you want Sugar."

Wait, Sugar ? They both frowned at the same time and Max pushed Alec away.

"You need to go home."

"Yeah I do!" She said completely agreeing. She practically blurred in her haste to leave.

When she had talked about taking those pills, Alec hadn't thought it would still be hard. Damn, I could really get use to her being all nice and everything

"Hey Medium Fella !"

"Hey Josh, did you spend a little time with Eric?" Alec asked as he entered his new "home" about an hour after Max had. He had given both of them time to cool down.

"Yeah, New Fella is great."

Alec laughed, Joshua was really too much into the whole "Fella" thing.

"So…" He started with a last chuckles. " …is "Little Fella" around ?"

Joshua didn't notice the mocking tone and answered happily.

"Yes but her and New Fella are about to leave for their date and I'll be painting Joshua number 577 all evening…"

Alec was about to laughed again when he understood what Joshua had said.

"Hold on there Josh…WHO has a WHAT with WHO? What the hell is wrong with him, he knows she's in heat!" Alec rushed to the basement, leaving Joshua with a big questioning-surprising look on his face.

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Alec was so pissed as he entered Eric's room. "You can't go on a date with her!" He said loudly. Eric immediately frowned and became defensive.

"Are you jealous here 494... I mean Alec."

What…!? "Hell NO!" He calmed down a little. He needed to. "…it's just that Max is in heat and, even with pills, she can't control her behaviour completely and I know for sure that our hormones aren't less worse with the pills so man, you have to deal with it and push her away and..."

"So you think she only like me because she's in HEAT? Deal with YOUR jealousy man."

Alec ran his hand through his hair wondering what the hell he could do to make Eric realise that this wasn't Max's normal behaviour. It was even harder now that she didn't want to talk about Logan. The conversation was starting to get ugly because of their hormones, he knew where this was going and he had to stop it. If he wasn't able to, then they'd only end up fighting for Max.

"Okay, go on a date with her, just don't make any other moves on her until she's out of her heat. Anyway, if you do, I promise you you're a dead man in less than 30 hours."

Eric was surprised by Alec's retreat so he understood that it wasn't jealousy but worries that Max could do something she would later end up regretting.

"Sorry… Alec. I promise. It's just, with all…she's so…"

"I know man, I know." Alec said with a sighed. He couldn't believe Max had agreed to go on a date with Eric. Does she really like him, is she trying to forget Logan or what ?

"I'm ready."

"Never met a girl like you before"

Max said entering the room. She was stunningly beautiful and both men gasped at the sight of her in a dress. Alec couldn't believe it. She was wearing a little sexy black DRESS. The kind of dress you can dance with, it was really tight and they were both thinking about the soft skin that they would find beneath.

Her normally straight hair was now a riot of luscious curls that framed her delicate face and fell like a waterfall around her shoulders.

Alec was literally staring at her, She's so hot, I never…oh my god ! Max walked closer to him.

"Alec, you're staring, if I didn't know better I could think you're attracted to me. Or worse, that you're jealous of him." She whispered in his ear.

This was killing him, she was so close that he could feel the heat of her skin on him. He had to close his eyes and bite his lip not to groan. She could say anything she wanted about pills, but she wasn't herself anymore. The attraction was strong and he swallowed hard, tempted by the idea of just letting his senses and his instincts take over. A sharp lance of desire flooded through him, her scent intoxicating him. Mentally shaking himself he took a step back and forced a smile.

"Have a good time."

"We will." She turned away from him and Eric followed her to the door. He looked at Alec just before closing it.

"You promise." Alec growled and Eric nodded. He realised now that Alec was right, Max wasn't controlling herself as well as she wanted to.

For a few minutes after they left Alec remained silent, as his mind continually replayed the last few moments over and over, before the unnatural quiet was broken.

"Oh god, she was hot!"

He ran a hand once more through his hair just as his cell phone rang.

"Hello."

(("Alec, it's Logan, I really need to talk to Max, where is she ?"))

Great, Loggie. Wait, wait this could be kinda He sat down on his bed and made himself comfortable.

"I'm sorry Logan, Max isn't with me."

(("Listen, I need her to steal some information tonight. It's a job for two and it's very important. I know she don't want to talk to me but…"))

"Max is out on a date with Eric."

(("Max is on a WHAT with WHO ?"))

Alec smirked and nodded. "I know ! Anyway, I'll go with you. I'm coming over." Alec offered. If I don't and Logan gets hurt, she's gonna kill me, whether she's in heat or not.

It was an easy infiltration in the HQ of some medical institution. Alec had to enter by the roof and opened the back door for Logan and his laptop. Then, they would break into the president's office and download the data about some illegal transportation. Alec didn't care a lot about the "rightful" purpose that Logan needed to steal this stuff, he could steal without one. They were now walking in the dark and climbing stairs trying to avoid being seen by the surveillance cameras.

"Is she really going out with him ?"

"Max is on a DATE !? I mean REALLY ?" Logan whispered.

Alec didn't even bother to try and hide his smile, he knew this was bothering him more than he wanted Alec to know. "Yeah, with Eric, the guy we rescued yesterday."

"So…she really likes him or it's because of her…her…"

"Her heat?" Alec finished. Logan always had problems with Max's condition but please, it's just a word.

"Well ?"

"I'm not sure, she seemed to like him a lot. But then again, she is in HEAT." Alec insisted on the last word. It was about time Logan understood and accepted that while Max's human DNA may be dominant, that didn't mean that the kitty in her didn't want to come out play occasionally.

They reached the right door and Alec had it open it in few seconds. Logan turned on the computer and prepared his own.

"Isn't it unusual ? I mean, Max doesn't go on dates all the time does she?"

Alec realised that he didn't really knew if Max was dating guys, he had never asked and hadn't see her but that didn't mean she never dated.

"Don't ask me."

He answered like Logan was crazy. Logan began to download the files while Alec was watching the alley.

"They will dance won't they?"

Alec wondered for a moment what it would be like to dance with Max. It would surely be nice but…What will happen if they dance too close to each other and Eric looses control of himself ? He began to worry about Eric's abilities to hold his promise. It didn't take Logan long before he closed his computer, he was done there. They began to walk back to the exit door.

"Umm… do you think, he'll try and kiss her?"

Alec and Logan both frowned at the idea. Alec hadn't thought of that yet. He was now very worried, he couldn't wait to go back home and wait for the two X5s to come back. Logan was first to come out, followed by Alec. They went to the parking lot and said goodbye, Logan almost forgetting to thank Alec because he was too obsess about Max. Not that it really matter anyway, Alec had to go check on Max.