Previously on The New Addition
"No, then it would have gotten to your head." He let out a sigh as he reached out and gently grabbed onto her arm. "That wouldn't be fair to you. Logan isn't thinking clearly. He's angry and confused right now. Not a good combination. It might be a while before you guys can really have a decent talk."
"I know." She then looked up at him. "I'm going to go crash. I'll talk to you in the morning." She then slid away from his grip and headed for the bedroom. Alec just watched her go, knowing that she didn't want to talk about Logan anymore than he did right now. She would talk to him when she was ready. All he could do was give her time. "Night."
"Night." Alec then headed for the couch and soon was sound asleep.
"No! Stop," a voice cried out, snapping Alec out of a restless sleep and he slammed hard onto the floor in a defensive position, his eyes searching for what had woken him up.
"Okay, ow," Alec muttered, as he slowly got to his feet and looked around to get his bearings. "Okay, I've done this before." The noise had come from the bedroom hadn't it? He had just started to head towards the bedroom, when it busted open and a figure blurred out heading towards the front door.
"Alec, stop her," Max ordered, from the bedroom, her voice etched with extreme pain.
"On, it," he replied, as he quickly followed the blur and snagged the back of Dakota's sweatshirt and yanked her to the floor. "Stop, Pip." She began to fight him, by kicking, bitting, clawing, scratching at him. "That's enough!" He roughly pulled her sleeves behind her back and tied them so that couldn't move her arms. He then shot a glance towards the bedroom door. "Max, you okay?"
"452 is down," Dakota replied in a flat down, causing Alec to look over at her. "She's injured."
"What!" Alec grabbed a tight hold of her arm and dragged her with him into the bedroom. "What did you do?" He held her close to his side as he glance around the bedroom and quickly spotted Max on the floor, with her hand to her side. "Max?"
"I stabbed her," Dakota answered, as she yanked herself out of his hold, and sat down on the bed.
"Why did you stab her?" Alec moved over to Max's side and bent down next to her, removing her hand so that he could see her wound. He let out a small gasp as he quickly looked up into her eyes before shooting a glance over at Dakota. "Why?"
"I had a nightmare and thought that she was trying to attack me so I defended myself."
"So you stabbed her!" Alec grabbed onto a T-shirt and pressed it up against the wound. "That makes a lot of sense."
"Alec, she's in shock, let her be," Max whispered, causing him to look up looking his hazel eyes with her brown ones. "I scared her when she woke up from her night mare. I didn't see the knife in her hand. I shouldn't have react as fast as I did. The fault is mine, not hers." She placed a hand on his and felt him shaking. "Relax, Alec. She didn't mean to do this."
"I know," he replied after a few seconds before turning his attention back to Dakota, who was looking at them both with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry if I hurt you, Pip, when I yanked you to the floor. Come on here and sit by Max, while I go get the first aid kit and keep her company."
"Okay," Dakota said, as she came up to their sides. Alec reached out and untied her sleeves, keeping a careful eye on her. "Thanks." He then left them and went to get the box. "I'm sorry, Max, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"I'll be okay," she said to her, as she looked over at the young girl. "I know you didn't mean to hurt me. You just responded in the way you were taught." She reached out with her free hand and traced the side of Dakota's face. "Alec and I would have acted the same way."
A touch of relief wash over Dakota's face and she moved closer to Max's side. Alec soon was back with the first aid box. "Okay, let's do this." He then began to work on Max's wound, making extra sure that he was careful with her. "You okay, Max?"
"Just get it over with." He quickly looked up to see the tears in the corners of her eyes. He bit down on his bottom lip as he went back to work on her wound. He shot a glance up to see that Dakota had taken up Max's free hand and was holding it, trying to keep Max calm. He smiled, knowing that Max was calm she just was in somewhat pain from the knife wound and the pain he was causing her.
"Okay, Maxie, all done." He then shot her a smile, as he looked up at her, to see a touch of relief in her eyes. "Just no more knife fights for a while." That got a small smile out of her. "So, Pip, you okay?" He moved over so that he was sitting next to Max with his back to the wall and his arms on his knees.
"I'll be okay," she replied, as she looked over at them. "I didn't mean to scare you guys."
"Oh, we're X5s, we'll be okay." Alec then let out a yawn, as he laid his head back on the wall. "We have got to stop waking up in the middle."
"Alec, you're a baby," Max teased, as she leaned against him and felt his arm slid around her waist, but he was careful not to touch her wound. "But sleep does sound good right now."
"We got a few hours before we have to go to work. Just sleep, Maxie. We'll be okay." Dakota shot him a smile, as she curled up into Max's other side and she soon was asleep. "There are a few things we gotta talk about in the morning, other than that, we're fine."
"I know," Max whispered, causing him to glance over at her. "I know. Just try to sleep. We'll talk later." She put her hand over his and laced her fingers with his. "Thanks for fixing me up. It's kinda good having another X5 around to watch my back."
"Well, I'm glad for that. I think I would be bored if I didn't have to watch your back." She then elbowed him. "Ow. That's what I get for fixing you up. I should have just left you."
"Alec, please don't start arguing, it's too early in the morning." Max curled more into his side. "Can't we just sleep?"
"Yeah, Max, we can sleep." He then laid his head back and closed his eyes. He felt her body relax as she slipped into a restless sleep and he soon followed her.
TBC
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