AngelKougaeri corrected me on Max's motorcycle. And I would like to thank this person very much for correcting me.

I put Max's bike as a Yamasaki, but it turns out that I was just dreaming that it was a Yamasaki. :P

So, the correction is made: Max's bike is a Kawasaki Ninja.

Chapter 2

Max stomped her way into Jam Pony grumbling, "Damn woman…who the hell does she think she is…I mean, she barely knows anything about me and what I do so what-"

"Hi, Max."

"-right does she have to go about talkin' crap about me?" Max went on. "She's just a stupid bimbo airhead who thinks she knows everything about Logan and Manticore. I mean, come on. What does she-"

"Hi, Max."

"-have that I don't? It's not, like, she's prettier than me. Skinnier than me."

"Yo, Max!"

"I mean, it's, like-"

"Max!"

"What?!?" she snapped as she whirled around. "Alec, I am so not in the mood right now." She shoved him out of her way. "You had your food this morning, so beat it."

"I was just saying hi." He followed her, munching on an apple. "Man, what bitch went up your alley?"

"The stupid, lanky, miss-I'm-so-better-than-Max-so-that-makes-me-worthy-of-Logan's-love bitch,"

Alec perked up. "Asha?"

She swapped the apple from his mouth. "No." She took a ruthless bite. "The prostitute who slept with three men and five dogs. Of course it's Asha!" She got her bike and led it out.

"She was supposed to call me last night."

"Yeah well, she was busy." Max said sarcastically.

Alec lifted an eyebrow and said nonchalantly, "You mean, she slept over…?"

"Yes," she growled.

They passed Original Cindy.

"Don't let her ramble!" she called after Alec, already knowing what her best friend was grumbling about.

Alec nodded as he scrambled after Max on his bike. He caught the packages they were supposed to deliver as Normal tossed it to him. Normal gave him the thumbs up. Alec returned it with a fake smile. What a frickin' loser…

"-and then she starts saying that I'm dangerous to be around."

"Because you are."

Max glared at him, taking her package. "And then she made the stupid comment that Logan and I weren't meant to be together."

Alec caught her handle, stopping her, as a car whizzed by.

Max only slapped his hand away. "Don't touch my bike!"

"It's not your black Yamasaki, stupid." Alec shot back as they started riding again. "Anyway, what you're going through is almost the same as my past problem."

Max rolled her eyes. "I'm not Logan's assassin, stupid."

"W-well…okay, you got a point there, but our situations are similar."

"The last time I looked, Logan wasn't a girl."

"Max,"

"And I don't think I was Logan's tutor."

Alec glared. "Be serious, Max."

She scoffed, but shut her mouth.

"People like us-" He gestured to her and himself. "Don't mingle with normal people like them." He motioned to the "normal" humans walking around, unwary of the dangers that lurk among them.

"But we can try to live a normal life like them."

Alec reached out again to stop her when the cross light was red. She slapped him. He glared. "But if we do mingle with them, they are the first targets the Manticore agents are going to attack. If they want us, they hit our soft spot. Simple as that."

Max pushed forward. "But we can hide them. We can protect them."

"Not for long, we can't. Manticore may not know how we think, but they do what we want: a normal life."

Max pursed her lips. "So you agree with Asha."

Alec stuttered over his words, just realizing what his words meant. "N-n-no!"

She gave him a look.

"No. No, I do not mean it."

She looked away. "You're a horrible liar."

"Maxie, I am the prince of lying."

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah. The prince of lying on his ass the whole day while others do his work."

"Ouch." Alec hissed playfully.

Max cracked a smile.

Alec chuckled. "See? Better already."

"You are such a pain."

"Ah but I am your pain."

"Oh hell," she muttered as she turned sharply to the right.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Alec called. "We're heading in the same direction! Hey, Max!" He growled. "Come back here, you old hag!"

Max screeched to a halt.

"Oh shit,"

MLML

Logan paced in his living room.

"Don't worry. She's coming." Bling grumbled for the umpteenth time. "So stop wearing a hole in the carpet."

Logan scratched his head, irritated. "Bling, she hasn't called."

"Since when does she use a phone to ask permission to come here?" Bling reasoned. "She practically lives here."

Eyes Only sat down with a huff. "Arg. It's just that…" He sighed. "It's just that she gives up so easily on us."

Bling's brown eyes softened. "Logan, Max has reason to doubt your and her relationship. Look at what she's been through. She doesn't have parents. She's lost all her brothers and sisters at Manticore when she was…what…nine years old. As she got older, she tried to find them by joining Jam Pony. She found Zack, but lost him to a life without her in it. She found…what's his name…Ben, but lost him to death. She tried to save Brin, but lost her to Manticore. She found Tinga, but lost her to that Manticore leader lady. And now, she has the chance to lose you if she touches you or vice versa, but she has lost you…twice…and you were only saved by miracles. And God only knows if the third time's gonna be a charm or a ticket to death."

Logan just stared at the coffee table. "We have a chance, Bling," he said firmly. "No matter what anyone says. I. Love. Her. No one is going to take her place."

Bling leaned back into his chair. "You're really that dedicated to her?"

"Dedicated, loved, committed, whatever you want to say," he said. "No one is going to come between us."

The black man chuckled. "You mean Asha?"

"Yes."

"Well," he started. "She might not. But…"

"But…?"

"Mr. Smart Alec will."

Logan glared at his friend. "He. Wouldn't."

"Yes. He will."

"Why? He and Max hardly get along." Logan said. "Every time I try to get in touch with Max, Alec's there and they bicker away."

"Like in a real relationship,"

"No." Logan scratched his head. "It…It seems more like brother-sister arguing, you know?"

Bling only shook his head and leaned forward. "Logan," he said. "Have you ever watched Alec as he looks at Max when she's not looking?"

"No."

"If you see them together, watch him."

Logan's eyes squinted behind his frameless glasses. "You mean-"

"Hey! Anyone here?" Max's voice called. "Logan!"

Bling chuckled. "The woman practically lives here if she can just walk in like that,"

Logan's eyes rolled. "Tell me about it. It's hard to answer her when she's in the apartment and I'm in the shower." He stood up and called, "In here, Max."

Max walked into the living room…with Alec.

"Hi." Logan tried to look as nonchalant as possible. "What's he doing here?"

"Well, Max said that after her delivery that she's stopping by here to grab some grub." Alec said with a sarcastic smile. "I merely came along because this was in the direction of my next package."

"Ye-ah." Logan turned his attention back to Max. "There's food on the counter. Heat it up, if you want."

Max gave a nod and a small smile.

He returned it.

Alec lifted a brow.

Bling tried to hide a knowing grin.

When Max left the room, Logan did as Bling told him to do earlier: he watched Alec.

Alec stared after Max with a dreamy look and a goofy smile on his face. As if she were a goddess. A woman.

And then, it dawned.

He swallowed hard and glanced at Bling, who gave a little shrug. Shit, he thought.

MLML

"Get your stinkin' hands off my food!" Max yelled.

"Well you weren't eating it, so I figured-" Alec protested.

"Shut up. It's my food. Don't touch it. Don't look at it. Don't even smell it."

"How can I not smell it?"

Max cracked her knuckles. "Unless you'd like to smell blood, you want another repeat of the alley…old hag?"

Alec swallowed, covering his nose. "N-no. That's o-okay."

Max picked up her fork. "Thought so,"

Logan looked at Bling, who motioned him to calm down. Ha. "As. I. Was. Saying,"

Max slapped Alec's hand as he made another attempt to sneak a bacon, but both stopped and looked at Logan.

"Detective Sung thinks that the video tapes were stolen."

"No kidding," Alec said with an exaggerated shocked face. "Do you think it's worth a hundred grand?"

Logan glared, but looked at Max. "Can you go get them?"

"Where and when,"

He gave the address. "Can you get them by midnight?"

"You'll still be up?"

He nodded.

Max shrugged. "All right."

Alec raised his hand. "Can I go?"

"No," Max, Logan, and Bling said.

Alec jerked. "And why not?"

Bling stepped up, knowing that it was time to step in before Logan snapped, and clapped him on the shoulder, leading him to the kitchen. "You're just going to be a distraction."

"Well," Alec gave a cheeky smile. "I am a bit of distraction, aren't I?" He winked at Max.

Max rolled her eyes muttering, "Oh god,"

As soon as they were out of sight, Logan said, "He's been hanging around you a lot lately."

Max swallowed the eggs. "Yeah."

"Doesn't he have other things to do?"

"No." She took a bite of rice.

"Doesn't he want to stay home with Joshua?"

"Joshua's with Alec's former squad for today."

"The kids? The ones who we helped escape to Canada?"

"Yeah."

"Max!" Logan snapped.

Startled, Max said, "What?"

"If they're back in the States, Manticore will know and they'll target them."

"Don't worry. If Alec's words are true, the kids will stay with Joshua in the house."

Logan narrowed his eyes. "Since when do you trust Alec?"

"Okay. That's it." Max slapped down her plate on the coffee table. "What is your problem with Alec? What's with all these questions about him anyway? If you're mad, he's just playing with you."

"Being sarcastic, you mean."

"It's Alec! Hel-lo! What else are we to expect from him?"

"And you're fine with that?"

Max blinked, then gave an exasperated sigh. "Logan, you're being an ass right now."

"I thought Alec was the ass."

"Logan!"

"What? You ask me things about Asha. Do I not have the right to ask about Alec to you?" Logan stood.

"For one thing, I hardly ask anything about Asha." Max stepped forward. "And as far as I know, he's not the one who's trying to get in my pants."

Logan jerked.

"And he doesn't judge me just because I'm a genetically enhanced human with all types of brothers and sisters."

"Max-"

"And he at least tries to get to know me instead of pushing me aside, only thanking me just because I saved his life."

Logan stayed silent. He started slow and soft, "Asha just finds it hard to believe that there are people out there experimenting on fetuses just to make the perfect soldier so we humans don't have to go and serve in the war."

That did it. "And so what?" Max asked, suddenly furious. "Does it make you humans better than us? Just because you people deem yourselves the 'normal' race?"

"Max, you're overreacting."

But Max ignored him. "Or is it just because you people created us makes you superior to us?"

"No!"

"You people think that we don't have feelings or desires…or…or needs or-"

"Max, stop this."

"-we don't have a brain to think for ourselves?"

"Max!"

Max reluctantly stopped, but the tears were already welling and threatening to fall.

Logan took a deep breath. "Max," he said. "I apologize what I said earlier. I didn't mean for you to take it the wrong way."

Max looked away. "Then why are you bringing Alec into this?"

The computer genius bit his lip. "I-" – am jealous of him – "don't know."

She let out a bitter laugh. "So it's all right that you ask unnecessary questions about Alec being around me while I can't ask about Asha being near you?"

He swallowed.

"Asha is always near you, Logan." Max said. "She's there. If she's not here, she talks to you over the phone. If she's here, she sleeps in your apartment. But Alec is hardly around me. The only real times I ever get to see him is at work and sometimes at Crash if he's not in his apartment or dealing on the streets. The rest of the time I'm with you or I'm doing your missions or I'm at home with Original Cindy."

Logan said nothing, suddenly ashamed of himself.

Then, a tear fell.

His heart broke. He hated when she cried. It made her look so helpless, like a little girl. It took away the familiar strong, independent young lady he always saw her as.

"Sure, I…I get angry whenever she's around you or even when she's talking to you over the phone, but I don't question you because I trust you." Max looked up at him. "Is all these…questions about Alec is because you…you don't trust me?"

"No," Logan slowly shook his head, his eyes pleading. "No. Of course not."

"If you can't trust me, then…what reason do I have trusting you?" Max asked. "How do I know that Asha kissed you? How do I know you flirt with her? How do I know that you laugh with her the same way you laugh with me? How do I know she doesn't sleep beside you? How do I know you two had sex? How do I know that your feelings for me are still the same as before?"

Max continued, not allowing Logan to interrupt, "I know she has feelings for you the same way I do. I know she wants you as much as I do. I know that she tried, with or without her knowing, to use the virus as an excuse to break us apart so she can have you. But…can you tell me this, Logan?" She paused. "Does…Does her touch make you burn and shiver? Does your…heart throb when she's near?"

Logan grimaced. It had been a long while since Max had touched him. Asha was the only female who'd gotten close him. Her touch was similar to Max's. Her hands were small and elegant like Max's. Once held a gun or weapon like Max's. How could he not react to Asha's touch?

And it had been a long while since Max had also stood near him. And just knowing that a female – other than Max – is around, standing near him so that he could smell her perfume, made his heart beat. Max had stood away from him for so long that he had almost forgotten her scent: what shampoo she used, what soap she used, what toothpaste she used. He had never been near another woman except for women who are mysteriously tied to Manticore or whatnot since Max's "death". How could he not react to Asha's presence?

At Logan's silence, Max shook her head, several tears cascading down her cheeks like waterfalls. "I guess we're back to square one again, Logan. As colleagues, partners in crime." She paused. "I guess Asha's right. We weren't meant to be after all." She whirled around and ran out of the room.

"Max, no! Wait!"

Suddenly, Alec was there in front of him. His face was impassive, but his voice was stern and serious. "Don't. You might kill yourself" With that, he turned and ran after Max.

Bling came into the room with a questioning face. Once he saw Logan's defeated and guilty expression, he asked, "What did you do now?"

MLML

"Max!" Alec yelled. "Max, stop!"

Max stopped. She didn't realize that she was standing by her black Kawasaki Ninja. She only realized that she was crying over some man who had long forgotten her, but said he still wanted her. The tears came fast and furious. She was so stupid! Hoping that an older man would still have feelings for her after all they've been through. Hoping that he loved her the same way she loved him. Hoping that he would be committed to her, loyal to her as she was to him. Hoping that –

She heard Alec come up behind her, but he did nothing, letting her cry it out.

Then, it rained.

"Oh just great," she mumbled. "Just. My. Frickin'. Luck." She started to collapse against her bike until she felt two strong arms hold her weakening body up against a warm, muscular body. Then, with some movement, a jacket covered her, blocking out the rain and coldness. She didn't care. She was trained to withstand any element, but she knew that it wasn't the element the jacket was trying to protect her from.

"Shh…it's all right…shh…" Alec's voice soothed as he rubbed her back.

"Y-you…w-were right, Alec," she murmured. "Logan and…and I weren't…meant t-to be."

Alec only held her closer. He lifted the hood of the jacket over her head and nuzzled her forehead. They stayed like that for the next five minutes, standing in the rain. Her crying, him holding.

When the pouring rain slowed to a drizzle, Alec took out some Kleenex and wiped Max's face. He held it to her nose and said, "Blow." She obeyed. He threw away the dirty Kleenex and said, "I'll take you to my place."

She shook her head. "I…" She sniffed. "I want t-t-to g-go home."

Alec paused. "Do you…Do you want me to stay with you?"

She thought about it for a few seconds and nodded.

"You sure? You'll have Original Cindy with you."

Her reply was her tightening her hold on him. That was all he needed. He gently pried himself away and mounted her bike after wiping it. "C'mon. I'll drive you." He was suddenly uncomfortable when she mounted up behind him without a word. There was usually a "No one drives my baby but me!" or a "You'll kill us both if you drive!" or other insults. For now, he let it slide. The woman had a rough day.

The drive to her apartment was silent, but understandable. The woman didn't want to talk. She obviously didn't want to talk to him about her problems like most women do.

But oh for cripes' sake! Alec thought. She's a genetically enhanced human. She can't dwell on these emotions throughout the whole day!

He glanced over his shoulder at her and sighed. She's been hanging around humans too much. He grimaced. Come to think of it, I've been too. He glanced at her again. Wonder what will cheer her up…AHA! Chocolate! Women adore chocolate!

"Max,"

She grunted.

"You want to go get some chocolate? Maybe a chocolate latte. Chocolate truffles. Chocolate cake. Chocolate-covered nuts. Chocolate ice cream."

No answer.

"I'm buying."

Still no answer.

At that, he just had look at her. "You better not be refusing, Maxie. Since when does the ol' Smart Alec ever pay for something, eh?"

Again, no answer.

"Oh come on woman. Every female loves chocolate."

"Unless they're allergic to it."

"Well then, that must really suck for them."

A faint chuckle was heard.

Alec smiled. "If you're not going to choose, then I'm just going to have to go on a chocolate spree."

"It's your money."

Alec swerved into the right lane. "You asked for it."

MLML

Logan's hands turned white as he watched Alec bring Max into an embrace. His jaw tightened when Alec covered her with his jacket. His body shook with anger and jealousy and guilt as he watched them stand in the rain in each other's arms for the next five minutes.

"So what?" Bling asked softly, watching Alec and Max. "You're just going to leave it like that?"

"No."

"What you did before she left…it was a pretty hard blow to her heart and pride, you know."

"I know." His hands rested against the floor-to-ceiling window. "That should be me down there, comforting her, wiping her tears away."

"But you would die trying to do so,"

Logan grimaced. "You don't need to remind me."

Bling laid a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Just let the girl go-"

Logan gave him a fierce look. "No!"

"Hold on, hold on a minute," Bling said. "Hear me out. Just let her go and have her space, all right? She's obviously not dealing with this too well."

"She's genetically enhanced. She can handle anything."

"Because her genes are…more advanced than ours, her emotions probably hit her the hardest. She may withstand an iron punch, but no one can withstand the iron punch of emotions." Bling said. "She was raised in Manticore to not depend on emotions. Perhaps the lack of experiencing emotions led her to overreact sometimes not because she's angry at a person but because she is confused of the emotion and what it can cause or lead up to."

"She's had ten years to attain and discover those emotions."

"My friend, no one can attain and discover emotions. Emotions are what make us human. It's what makes them human. Though they may have grown up without emotions, it will probably take them a lifetime to fully understand why they feel what they feel. We just have to be patient with them."

"And your point is?"

Bling rolled his eyes. "Max is in love with you."

"Was,"

He ignored him. "Max is in love with you and it scares her. She loved her brothers and sisters and she lost most of them to Manticore. Like I said before, there may be a chance where she can loose you permanently. I don't think she'll ever recover fully if you die loving her and vice versa."

"I will never leave her alone in this world."

"Max is a very special woman, Logan. She may be the perfect soldier, but she has a heart. The helpless who are weak tug at her heartstrings and the strong who are arrogant spark her temper. She can't get any more perfect than that. But, like in all relationships, the girl needs time." He paused. "Hell, she's been away from you for about two years, yes? Sure, that should have been ample time to think over her relationship with you, but she did not have time to do so."

"So overall, you want me to leave her alone."

"Yes."

"For how long exactly?"

Bling shrugged. "Until she's not angry at you,"

Logan rolled his eyes. "Thanks for being such a great help."

"Hey. Women are complicated. They're smart, but they're complicated. I mean, what is the deal with leaving the toilet seat up, anyway?"

Logan lifted a brow as he looked at him.

MLML

Original Cindy walked in with a tray of three cups full of hot cocoa. "Here we go," She laid it on the center of Max's bed where Max and Alec sat. "Double Chocolate hot coca,"

Original Cindy was sympathetic when Alec brought Max into the apartment an hour earlier. She grabbed towels and new clothes for Max. Alec had to make do with a long towel wrapped around his waist while his clothes were hung up to dry. His half nakedness didn't bother Max; she'd been with enough men to know the male body. And it didn't matter to Original Cindy, whose attraction was toward the same sex, excluding Max.

Max and Alec grabbed their cups and took a sip.

Alec had set up their little "choco-picnic" on Max's bed, decorating it with two boxes of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts, one Devil's Chocolate Cake, six large Hershey's candy bars (three were milk chocolate & the other three were dark chocolate), a box of six large chocolate-covered strawberries, two boxes of assorted chocolate truffles, and a box of chocolate chip cookies. He also bought a gallon of milk as a "just-because".

"You may have a slight brain malfunction, but you sure do know what kind of chocolate can warm a woman's heart." Original Cindy said.

Alec stared at her. "A slight brain malfunction?"

"Oh excuse me," Original Cindy cleared her throat. "A total brain malfunction,"

"You know, Maxie, I don't know how you can stand being friends with her." Alec grumbled. "Brain malfunction my ass,"

"Well, you do have a brain malfunction," Max answered.

Alec glared at her.

"Sometimes," she added.

He scoffed, but hid his smile by sipping from his cup.

Original Cindy scooted closer to her friend and draped a comforting arm around her shoulders. "Things'll get better, Max. You'll see."

Max shrugged, dipping her chocolate chip cookie into her milk.

"I'm sure Logan didn't mean what he said," her friend continued. "Men can be such bastards, you know?

"Hey!" Alec exclaimed through a mouthful of chocolate cake.

But Original Cindy pointedly ignored him. "Sometimes they can be scumbags, too. Well, actually, more than sometimes."

Alec deliberately coughed.

"They think they know the female race, but guess what? They don't." Original Cindy continued. "Just because some girl smiles at them make them think that she's into him while she's not."

"I resent that." Alec said. "Some girls do just to make a guy crazy. Believe me, I know."

"Yeah well, you were probably too brain dead to realize that she was smiling at the hot, ripped guy behind you."

Max had to chuckle at her friends' bickering.

Alec noticed it and winked at Original Cindy, who winked back. "You know," he said, switching the subject. "I may be a guy, but I do have great taste in chocolates."

Original Cindy shrugged. "Well, at least that's one good thing about you."

"Excuse me? I'm always good."

"Yeah, good for nothing." Max said.

Original Cindy burst out laughing. "That's my girl!"

Alec just rolled his eyes, fighting back a grin. He took a chocolate-covered strawberry and placed it in front of her lips. "Open."

"I can eat it myself." Max tried to take the delicious-looking strawberry from his fingers. Her heart may be hurting, but her mouth was watering.

Alec pulled his hand away. "Nah-ah," he said. "Let me. Open." He placed it in front of her lips and withdrew his hand as she made another attempt. Then, he moved the strawberry in figure eights, heading toward her mouth, cooing like an adult to a baby who refused to eat.

Original Cindy laughed hard as Max tried to fend off his hand, desperately trying to stop a growing grin on her lips.

"Fine, fine!" Max surrendered. "You freakin' nut case," She took hold of his wrist, making sure that he wouldn't just shove the strawberry into her face, and opened her mouth saying, "Ahh!"

Alec placed the strawberry into her mouth and cooed, "Aww. Look at the baby!"

Max tried to whack him with her free hand.

Alec was about to burst out laughing until he saw a trail of juice roll down her chin and down her elegant throat. He swallowed hard and glanced away. He withdrew his hand and gave her napkin. "Guess the baby's a messy eater, huh?"

This time, Max landed a successful hit to his head.

All the while, Original Cindy watched him closely. She slightly tilted her head and popped a random truffle into her mouth. The sweet orange crème filling filled her mouth, but she paid no attention to it as she watched Alec trying to bring Max out of her depression. She may not have a chance with Logan, but she can at least try to be happy with Alec, she thought.

"Hey, hey!" she said. "Don't you dare touch my Hershey bars!"

"I bought them to share." Alec said.

"Well that's just too damn bad."

"Oh no, woman. I bought this chocolate with my money and in my belly it will go." He made a grab for it only to be attacked by Max and Original Cindy's flailing hands.

Laughter and shouts continued throughout the afternoon and into the dark evening. The three friends lay on Max's bed, their stomachs filled with chocolate and milk and water.

"I don't know how women can eat so much chocolate." Alec whined.

"That is the beauty of the mystery of women," Max said.

Original Cindy groaned as she sat up. "Well, I'm done with chocolate for the rest of the week." Max and Alec chuckled at her remark. "I'm gonna fix a warm bath for you, honey." She brushed back a few strands of Max's hair. "And then it's off to bed with you."

Max started to sit up. "No, it's okay. I'll fix my own bath."

Original Cindy laid a firm hand on her shoulder and pushed her back down. "No, girl. You need it. Besides," She jerked her head at Alec. "Someone needs to keep an eye on Mr. Smart Ass before he throws up a mountain of chocolate."

"Ha. Ha." Alec said bitterly. "I'm just laughing my head off."

"Could you do it any faster and save us the trouble?"

"Either you fix Max that bath of hers or I'm really going to throw up on you," he threatened.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Original Cindy picked up some of the rubbish and walked out of the room.

Max turned her head so that she could stare at the side of Alec's face. Because he lying facing the other direction, he looked as if he was upside down to her. She continued to stare at him until he turned his head and asked, "What?"

Max just smiled. She reached up and played with a few strands of his short brown hair. "Thank you, Alec."

He smiled back. "No prob, Maxie." He reached up and wound his fingers with hers. "Always know that if you need anything, I'm there for you."

Her smile widened.

"Even if I'm annoying and arrogant,"

"You're the best."

Alec lifted a brow. "You were supposed to say, 'Oh no, Alec! You're not annoying and arro-'"

Max withdrew her hand and slapped him. "You never stop don't you?"

He flashed her his best charming smile. "Then life would be bore if I stop,"

"No, it'd be heaven."

Alec reached up and started to tickle her.

Original Cindy came in a few minutes later and stopped short at the sight. Max and Alec were laughing loud and hard as they attacked each other with tickles. She didn't want to ruin the funny picture, but Max needed a soothing bath. She walked up to them and said, "Max, the bath is ready."

They continued.

"Max, the bath is ready," she repeated.

They laughed.

"Yo, Max, you better get into the bath right now or I'm taking it."

That got Max's attention. "All right, all right."

"Or you could take one with her," Alec gave a sly wink and smile.

Original Cindy and Max pushed him off the bed. "You pervert,"

That was quite a long chapter, but hopefully a well-worth-it one.

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