A/N: Happy Birthday! I hope that this is up to your expectations, and sorry I took so long to put it up, I had writer's block and school stuff and driver's training and I hate driving so…yeah I had some other stuff going on. ; ) Hope ya like it.

Before either of the brothers could ask what Alec was going to find out a cell phone rang. Max reached over to the counter and flipped it open. She listened for a while and then smiled at whatever the person on the other end said. "No, you can not drive into this cabin."

Alec listened in to the other end of the conversation, "But you do it all of the time."

"Yes, but I own this house, you don't." She was grinning and had said it in a teasing voice so both men knew that she wasn't mad.

Alec stopped listening to the other end because he didn't want to give Max another reason to be mad at him. He got the tail end of the conversation when Max said, "Alright I'll see you then." She paused for a minute, looking at Alec, "And Chase. Be civil."

She hung up and said that she'd be back in a minute. It wasn't too long after she left the room that the front door opened and somebody walked in. He was wearing a black leather jacket and worn jeans. His black hair was spiked up and there was a chain around his neck that went down into his shirt.

When he turned around Sam's mouth fell open and Alec just looked shell- shocked. The guys hazel eyes were defiant and there was a screw authority look to him and an automatic devil- may- care smirk. He looked fifteen and there was absolutely no doubt that he was Alec's son.

Sam and Alec were still staring at him so he turned his gaze to them with a scowl, "Can I help you?"

Alec had no doubt that Max had to have had a hard time raising this kid. There was an air about this kid that just screamed that he was rebellious and didn't care about what others thought of him.

The brothers didn't make a move to answer him so he just rolled his eyes and sighed.

Just about then Max came in and Alec thought that he was going to start at his mother. But the kid did something surprising. He straightened up and grinned at Max. It was a genuine smile and there seemed to have a lot of respect for his mom. He moved over to her and hugged her and kissed her check.

"Hey Chase. Are you being civil?"

Chase had moved over to the fridge and was rummaging through it, "They're the ones that are staring. I haven't done anything."

He straightened and grinned at Max, his eyes twinkling with amusement.

Max just rolled her eyes and moved over the fridge. Chase moved out of her way and she grabbed something out of the fridge and handed it to him. "Thanks, I was looking for that. I thought we ran out."

"Yeah, 'cause we always run out of water."

Chase grinned at her again, "You never know, there's a first time for everything."

She just rolled her eyes.

"Hey mom?"

She looked over at him, "Yeah?"

"Can I go to a party? It's at Carter's bar."

"Are there going to be any adults there?"

Alec thought that the kid would automatically say that there were, whether there were or weren't going to be adults there. So Alec was surprised when Chase said, "I doubt it." Then Chase held up his hands and said, "But I promise I'll be good and I won't drink anything, not that it'd do anything but…just to make you happy."

Max rolled her eyes again, "Yeah, go ahead."

Chase chugged the rest of the water and kissed Max on the check, "Thanks mom. I'll be ready to go to work in the morning."

Chase was at the door when he stopped and grinned at her. He took something out of his pocket and waved it back and forth so she could see it and then he slipped it over his neck, "Love ya, mom."

She chuckled, "I love you too Chase. Have fun."

He grinned, "Oh, I will." And then he was out the door and Alec heard the roar of a motorcycle as Chase left.

When he was gone both Sam and Alec turned to Max for an explanation. "Alec, that was Chase, your son."

Alec just nodded. "Why didn't you tell me?"

She sighed, "And what would you do with that information, come back and play house with me? Act like we were a real family?"

Then Sam jumped to her defense, "When exactly was she going to tell you? It's not like you really gave her a chance. You were the one that left, remember?"

"Sam, stop trying to protect me." Then she turned to Alec and sighed, "What would you have done if I would have told you?"

"I would have come here and…"

"And what Alec?" She said it softly so Sam had to strain to hear her.

"Helped you or something! You didn't even give me a chance!"

"Alec, what exactly would have you done with that chance, hmm? Stayed here?" She let out a somewhat bitter laugh, "You and I both know that that wouldn't have worked, hunting was practically your life…that and your family. Your dad needed you to help him with hunting. You would have gone anyways Alec."

"I could have come back after or something. I could have helped with something, sent child support or something… damn it Max you should have told me."

"How exactly was I supposed to tell you? You ignored the messages I left on your cell and then you went and changed the damn number and as far as child support…how exactly would you pay for that? Credit card scams? Stealing? What, Alec?"

"How'd you know about the credit card scams? I know that you knew that I was a thief, but that doesn't explain how you knew about the credit card scams."

"You are answering a question with a question Alec."

"I don't know how I would have gotten you money, but I would have, somehow!"

"And it would have been illegal, I didn't need that kind of attention coming towards me and our child! I already had enough trouble staying away from the people that thought they were so self- righteous and wanted to get rid of the transgenics, I didn't need anything you could cook up coming at us too!"

"You still should have told me." Alec was mumbling now, she was right, he would have sent money because he would have wanted to do right by her, but it more than likely would have been illegal.

He was surprised when Max said, "Maybe, I should have, but I didn't."

Alec looked up shock on his face, "What do you mean maybe? You should have plain and simple he's my son! I should have been told!"

"You would have been too worried and guilt about Chase and I to do your job properly and you could have gotten yourself killed from the distraction!"

"I could have handled it!"

"No, you couldn't have! I know you Alec. You would have felt guilty that you couldn't be around and you couldn't have been, so don't deny it. At least this way I didn't have to worry about you worrying!"

"Again, I could have handled it and even if I couldn't have been here I could have at least helped you out financially!"

"I was fine! I figured it out on my own and Chase was never lacking anything because of my situation either. He had everything he needed and so did I!"

He looked up slightly angry, "Did you go running to Cale? Tell him what a poor excuse of a man I am because I left you behind pregnant?"

Max let out a low growl and slapped him across the face from her place across the counter. Her eyes were blazing with fury. "If you think for one second that I would do that to you then you really are an idiot. I did not go to Logan, I figured it our on my own, I didn't want and I didn't need his help. And to think you say that after I defended you to him and everyone else in this damn city."

"I'm sorry, Max this is just a lot to process."

"You didn't have to find out that you were pregnant after the guy that knocked you up left."

"You still should have told me!"

Sam and Alec both hear her mutter under her breath, "Back to that again."

Then Sam decided to place himself back in the argument, against his better judgment, but somebody had to say it, "When was she going to tell you? She tried to get a hold of you, but you didn't return her calls."

Max sighed, "That was when I first found out, after I though about it a little more I decided to stop trying and that it would be better if he didn't know."

Alec looked up at sort of yelped, "What!?! Why!?!"

"I didn't want you to worry."

"I could have sent you money!"

"I had that figured out already. I stayed with Cindy and worked as long as I could at Jam Poney, when Normal found out that I was pregnant he gave me a job sorting packages until I couldn't work anymore. I saved all of the money I made and by the time I had Chase I had enough to get him everything he needed and then after I had him OC helped me take care of him and I got another job. When I found out Crash was for sale I bought that with the money I saved and then renovated it and like you saw earlier it's a money- maker. When I had enough money I bought this place and quit Jam Poney. Now I work on cars, rebuilding and repairing, out in the garage."

"Oh, I'm sorry I doubted you. But you got enough just from working?"

He saw her grin slyly and he raised an eyebrow. "I did a few out of town heists."

"And you complained about me sending you money illegally?"

"I'm less conspicuous than you two are."

That comment earned a 'Hey!' from both of them.

"What? From what I hear both of you were pretty close to the top of the most wanted until some computer systems failed."

"Max?"

"Hmm?"

"Did you have anything to do with that?"

"Dix did some quick work with the computers." She shrugged, "It wasn't that big of a deal."

"Huh, I'm pretty sure that saved out lives a couple of times, and we though it was pure dumb luck."

She just shrugged, then Alec remembered something. "You didn't tell me how you knew about the credit card scams."

Max sighed, she didn't particularly want to answer this because it would lead to more arguing about whether or not she should have told him about Chase. She sighed one more time and then said, "Fine, I'll tell you but after I do you two have to leave. I have work to do and you're not staying the night."

They both nodded, Alec knew that Max was still mad about him just leaving, but he had a feeling it had more to do with Chase. Sam was thinking along the same lines as Alec.

Max sighed, again and then said, "Your father mentioned the credit card scams when we talked last."

Alec kind of choked and spit out, "What?"

Max nodded, "When I could find you I looked for your father. When I found him I told him about Chase and we talked I told him I didn't want you to know. He was angry at first and said that you should know that you had a son, but when I explained why he agreed with me. He didn't want you getting hurt and neither did I. So, we talked off and on." Max abruptly changed the subject and said, "I kept pictures and movies of Chase over the years for you. Just in case you came back, I'll go get them and meet you out at your car."

Alec nodded numbly and Sam guided him out the door by his shoulders. When Max got out she put the stuff in the backseat. Alec was in the passenger side and Sam was just about to get in the driver's side. "Sam."

He looked over at her. He had mixed feelings about her, but he knew that he respected her. "Yeah?"

"Don't let him confront Chase. I don't think it would end very well."

Sam looked at her for a minute, "Chase is his son." At her look he sighed and said, "But, I'll try."

She smiled sadly and said, "Thanks." He nodded and got in the car and when she backed up he drover away, back to Seattle and the dumpy hotel they had for the nights.