AN: Here is chapter 4, I hope you like it. There is a lot of mistake in here but I hope that won't deter you from reading it. Enjoy

Max was walking down the dark empty tunnel leading up to Joshua's old place, now vacant to Logan and his Eyes Only work. She really didn't want to do this but in order for her people to get what they needed, she would have to put aside her personal feelings and keep this strictly business. Nearing the door to the building, Max put on her emotionless mask but her thoughts wouldn't evade her on-coming questions. What if he won't help us? What if he asks about us? What if he is not home? Max pauses once she was at the door and went over the last question. I'll feel a whole lot better if he isn't home but I need him to be home right now. I wish Alec or someone was with me. Suck it up solider, you can handle this. With that said she turns the knob and went inside. The place was nice compared to it when Joshua was living in it. It was tidy. Walking in further, her enhance hearing picked up on clicking noise behind the door of the living room. For what she can make out, it sounds like typing. Logan was obviously home. With a deep breath she opens the door and went inside. Immediately she spots Logan on his computer typing away.

"Hey," she greeted with her hands crossed over her chest.

Logan turns around in his chair and smiles up at her.

"Hey yourself, it's been a long time since I seen or even heard from you. How are you?"

"Good, you?"

"I'm good." A pause. "I've missed you."

Max advert her eyes to the side to his computer. "What are you working on," she asks keeping her eyes off him. Logan knows what she was doing but he answers anyway.

"I'm helping Asha with a S1W project. Some money issue with this bank. I'm looking into it."

Max nod, "So she is here a lot, that good. You don't have to worry about being alone that much."

"I wouldn't have to worry about being alone too much if…"

"Logan, I didn't come here to talk about us, I came here to talk business."

"Oh so now you want to talk to me."

"Logan please."

"It's okay; we'll keep it strictly business. What is it that you want?"

Max could read the anger in his voice and who's to blame him. She left him to say she's with another man, Alec of all people, and he can't understand why. She really didn't give him the full version of why she had to leave him and he's mad over it. What is there that is stopping her from telling him the truth. She can stop this charade right here and now and they can be together. She can see that it is hurting him too much and Alec is tired of being in the middle of it. But what does she care about what Alec thinks about it anyway. Personally he owe her, for this is his fault that she can't be with Logan and he could at least help her out in keeping Logan safe. At least until they can find a cure for the virus bitch.

"Max are you alright," Logan asks with concern.

She let her thoughts take over and forgot that she was with Logan that quick.

"Yeah I'm good just got a lot on my mind."

"Oh, what is that you want from me," getting back to the point earlier.

"Well we need your help in a little situation we're having. We're running low on supplies since we're getting new arrival every month. We were hoping that you can help us with medical and food supplies, along with some money for buyers."

"That a lot you're asking for Max."

"I know but it doesn't have to be much. The food supply can be a box or two and the money is just a couple of hundreds to get what we need from street thugs. Anything right now will help."

"I can see what I do."

"Thanks, I'll stop by some other time to check in on what you can give us."

"Yeah okay."

"Okay."

Max walk back to the door but stop shortly when Logan spoke.

"How is he?"

"Who…"

"Alec," he said almost struggling to say Alec name.

"He's doing well, hanging in there like the rest of us."

"Is he treating you right," now facing the computer.

"Yeah, he is," I should just tell him. "Listen Logan…"

"I should get back to work. I have a lot of work to do since I'm just the hired help."

Max watch on as he type on his computer. She hates seeing him this way but she only doing this because she cares about him. With one last glance, she left Logan the way she came.

……

Max was walking down Oak Street to one of apartments there. Once inside, she knocks at a designate door upstairs. When no one answered she knocks again. Again no one answered the door. Turning the knob, since no one locks their doors, she let herself in.

"Alec…Alec are you here?"

She cross the living room and went to his room. Opening the door she finds that he isn't in his room. A door closing behind her cause her to leave his room and to see a half dressed Biggs by his door.

"Biggs hey, have you seen Alec? Dix said that he came here but he isn't in his room."

Pulling his shirt over his head, he walks away from his room and went inside the kitchen.

"Ah he stopped by but he left afterward," he pulled out a bottle of water and drunk some. "You might want to check with Mole or Joshua about his whereabouts."

"Okay, thanks."

A noise coming from Biggs room stops Max in her track. She looks back at Biggs, who was scratching the back of his head nervously.

"Let me guess, CeCe," Max smiles.

"Yeah."

"I think I might know where Alec is, thanks Biggs. Bye," she said leaving out the door but stopping before she was fully out the door. "Bye CeCe."

Biggs door open just a little bit and CeCe's head peek out. "Bye Max."

Leaving out the door and out of the apartment, Max heads over to the opposite side of Oak Street to Joshua's apartment. She went inside to find the big dog boy painting.

"Hey Joshua, how are you doing?"

"Hey little fella, Joshua good, been painting."

"What are you working on this time," she studies the painting.

"Joshua number 86, people in Terminal City."

"It's good. Have you seen Alec around?"

"In back room sleeping. Tired, working hard all day."

"Okay well I'm just going to talk to him for a minute okay. Then let him sleep some more."

"Little fella tired too, should sleep also like Alec."

"I'm fine big guy, shark's DNA in cocktail remember. I don't need that much sleep like Alec."

"You need sleep with or without shark in cocktail."

"To make you feel better, I'll sleep a couple of hours once I get home."

"Extra room here if home noisy."

"Thanks but my apartment fine," she said making her way to the back room.

She quietly makes it inside the room to find Alec shirtless under the thin covers on the bed. He was lying on his stomach with his arms under the pillow and head turn away from the door. Max walks over to the other side of the bed to see his face and she can tell he was sleeping peacefully. She starts to rethink about her decision to wake him up but it's important. Looking over his lying form on the bed again, she couldn't help but follow the contour of his tone back as it move up and down. She had to admit Alec was a sight to see. She keeps following his moving back until she reach his waist, and to that point she find out that he was shirtless and only wearing his boxers. They were picking out from the fallen covers over him lying on the floor. If he look this good from the waist up, I wonder how he look from the waist down, Max thought her self with a smile. Snapping out of her thoughts, she grabs the fallen covers and covers him up with it until it reaches his shoulders. I don't know what I was thinking but maybe covering him up would stop me from staring at him. Maybe I'm just tired; the sleep is getting to me. Maybe I should sleep over. I'm tipping to lay right here with Alec he makes the bed look so good and comfy right now. Focus Max, you're here to talk to him. Do that and you can leave. Hating herself for what she was about to do, Max rock Alec on the shoulder to get him to wake up. Man he's nice and warm…focus Max, focus. About to rock him again but a firm hand stops her.

"Alec, it's me Max," Max said trying to pull her hand out of his hold.

Alec eyes adjust to his surrounding and he let go of Max's hand and sat up in the bed.

"Sorry Max but you out of all people should know never sneak over a transgenic," he smiles

"Yeah whatever but I wouldn't expect you to be all jumpy knowing we're safe from any danger. Unless you were dreaming about…," Max said a little concern by his action.

"No I wasn't dreaming about Rachel."

"Oh…" with one swift move, Max punch Alex on the shoulder. "That hurt by the way. It must have been some dream if you reacted like that when I tried to wake you."

"I'm fine Max what do you want?"

"Well I went over to see Logan to ask him for his help and he said he'll see what he can do. He's still mad about our so call relationship but I know he'll help."

"That's all good Max but why came all the way over here to tell me that? Why couldn't you tell me when I woke up?"

"Well I had to wake you up to tell you that we're having a meeting today. I received your paper work on the warehouse on sector five and I think we should go over the plan for the heist. It would be better to do the heist tonight since we're running low on food and this would be good to restock."

"Fine dooly noted, Max."

"Okay well I should let you get some rest. Dix told me you were up all night trying to find a good place or two to raid and I want you to get as much sleep as possible before tonight."

"Yes ma'ma," he saluted.

Max punches him on the shoulder again before walking to the door.

"Hey Max," he said turning around to look at her.

"Yeah."

"Did you tell him, about us?"

"No, I couldn't, not yet. I don't even know when I'm going tell him. I'm scared to tell him. Scare to hurt him and lose him at the same time. I'm not sure if I ever going to tell him," she said sitting on the bed. She frowns a little. Confuse about what she just told Alec. But she couldn't help it, it's easy talking to Alec.

"I could tell him for you. Tell him that it was my fault that you told him that lie because I install in your head that our kinds don't mix with his kind. I mean I always get blame for things right," he said the last part in a whisper so Max wouldn't hear.

"No Alec I couldn't let you do that. I got you in this mess and I can't let you take the blame for it. He just has to understand that I did this to protect him because I care about him. And that I had to do it. So if one of us has to tell him and take the blame for it, it would be me. I just need time to think this through that's all."

"Just don't take too long alright because I can't stay in this any longer then it is."

Max turn to look at him. He was looking down and wearing him mask to hide what he truly hiding. Why isn't he telling me what wrong with him? And why is he in a rush to get out of our pretend relationship? His words from yesterday played in her head. In do time. Relying on his words, Max stood up from the bed and walk to the door.

"Get some sleep, you need it."

He laid back down in the bed once Max was gone and let sleep take over again. He just hopes his nightmare doesn't come to haunt him again or he truly won't get any sleep.

AN: So what do you think?