Love You, Hate You
Disclaimer - Dark Angel is not mine, nor do i claim to own it
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"Where's Jamie?" Max asked again barely holding it together.
"Mummy!" they could hear a voice call out turning around Max spotted her son sitting in a police car with a police woman.
"Jamie!" Max called out relieved running towards him. The policewoman opened the door for him to get out.
"Mummy I was scared" he said as Max lifted him up "I've got you" she said holding him tight tears started falling from her eyes. She was still shaking Alec at her side; his hand on Jamie's back and was rubbing up and down in a soothing way, more to sooth himself than Jamie.
"He's alright Max" he said to her, she was biting her lip hard, trying to compose herself.
"Come here big guy" Alec lifted Jamie from her arms and pulled her into a hug "It's ok" he reassured her "he's safe" Max nodded into his shoulder but it still wasn't making her feel any better.
Cindy walked towards them "Hey" she said with a small smile
"What happened?" Max asked looking at her building that was still on fire.
Cindy shook her head "No idea, your smoke alarm went off so I walked I checked the house then I opened the door and could see the smoke so I grabbed Jamie and got out of there" she said looking at the little boy.
"Thank you" Max said again fresh tears falling down her face as she pulled Cindy and hugged her. They both held each other tight taking comfort in each other.
"Do they know what started it?" Alec asked interrupting the hugging.
Cindy pulled back and wiped the tears from her eyes, shaking her head "Not yet"
"Are you ok?" Alec checked still holding onto his son, he wasn't about to put him down anything could happen.
Alec spotted Ben's car pull up and Sam got out horror on her face, he noticed her begin to look around and guessed she was looking for Jamie or Max.
"Sam" he called out waving his hand in the air.
As soon as she spotted him he could see the relief on her face "Jamie" Sam pulled him from Alec's arms, she had to check he was ok "are you alright?" she asked her nephew
Jamie laughed at his aunt "I'm fine Sam" he said in an exasperated voice, he'd had enough of people asking him that.
The fire was under control the 6 of them were still watching it. "What we gonna do?" Sam asked shaking her head "all my stuff will be ruined" she complained.
Alec lifted his eyebrow in question "that all you're worried about?"
Sam scoffed "Jamie's fine now I worry about my stuff" she smiled and Alec shook his head.
"You can stay with me" Ben informed and Alec's head whipped around "excuse me?"
"What?" Ben shrugged "nice of you to ask me" Alec stared at his brother "Would you have said no?"
"Maybe" Alec smirked with a glint in his eye.
"What you gonna do Max?" Sam asked her sister.
Max shook her head, sigh she said "I guess I'll stay with Logan until we can get home"
"NO!" Jamie said loudly and all of the adults turned to look at him "I don't want to stay with Logan" he informed them
Max sighed "Jamie don't start, not now" she warned
"I wanna stay with my daddy" he said
Max looked at Alec who shrugged "Your coming with me, not your dad" she informed him, she lifted him from Alec's arms but he didn't like that idea much.
"Max" Alec started but she shut him up with a glare.
"You can stay too" Jamie said to her and Max's eyes widened "I can't Jamie"
"Why not?" Ben asked stepping towards her, "Yeah why not?" Alec asked with a smile on his face.
"Alec don't encourage him" she begged "He doesn't want to stay with Logan I'm not going to let you make him and he wants to stay at mine with you" Alec explained.
"Where would we sleep?" she asked him
"I have 3 bedrooms, come on you know it makes sense" he could see her crumbling mostly because of the look Jamie was given her.
Max looked at Sam and Sam nodded her head "Fine" she said reluctantly.
"Yeah!" Jamie said jumping up and down in his mother's arms.
"If your girlfriend bothers me, I'll knock her out baby or no baby" she warned him.
"Got you"
"Cindy want me to take you home?" Alec asked and Cindy nodded.
Alec placed Jamie in the back of the car "I'll take Cindy home then come back for you" he explained to Max who nodded.
"What the hell am I doing?" Max asked her sister when Alec was gone.
Sam laughed "Moving in with the love of your life"
"I can't be that close to him" Max said
"Why not? You want him; he wants you what's the problem?"
"Rachel's pregnant"
Sam's eyes widened "No one told you?" Max asked sheepishly
"No!" Sam looked deep in thought "are you sure?"
Max looked at her oddly "she told Alec why?"
"Well pregnant women don't tend to drink or need tampons" Sam said with a look.
"How the hell do you know she needed tampons?"
"I heard her ask her friend, come to think of it when she noticed I was standing there she looked shocked, I guess she thought I was you"
"She's lying?" Max asked
"Maybe she thinks she's going to lose him to you"
"I need to call Logan" Max said out of nowhere.
Sam was left wondering what the hell her sister was thinking about.
After a few rings Logan picked up his phone
"Logan can you come pick me up?"
"Be right there" he said and closed his phone.
Alec turned up to pick Max up a few minutes later.
"Ready?" he asked rolling down his window.
"I'll make my own way to yours" she looked into the back and noticed Jamie had fallen asleep.
"Why?"
"Logan's coming to pick me up"
Max ignored the look Alec had and spoke again "So I'll be back later"
"Fine" Alec cut her off putting the car into reverse he drove away.
"He's not happy" Ben said walking up beside her "No" she agreed with him.
"They said you might be able to get in and see the damage tomorrow" Ben said to her, he'd just been speaking with the firemen.
"Good"
Logan pulled up "What happened?" he asked getting out his car
"I'll explain later" Max said getting in the car "see you later" she said to her sister and Ben.
Max and Logan were in his apartment 45 minutes later.
"So do you want to stay here?" Logan asked after she had finished telling him what had happened.
Max shook her head "Jamie wants to stay with Alec and I'm staying with him" she explained.
"You're staying with your ex?" Logan asked getting pissed off
Max nodded, looking down at her hands she slowly pulled the ring off her left hand.
Standing up she walked towards him taking her hand in his she placed the ring into his palm "I can't marry you" she said softly.
"What?" Logan asked standing up.
"Jamie doesn't like you and I can't marry someone my son doesn't like" she explained
"This is because of him" Logan accused.
She shook her head disagreeing "no its not, he's getting married this is about what's best for my son and your not it"
With that she walked away from him, stopping at his door "Goodbye Logan" With that she walked out the house and hailed a cab.
Max stood outside Alec's door knocking on it seconds later he pulled it open "About time" he said sarcastically.
"Can you pay the cab? I gave Sam my purse"
He rolled his eyes and took off down the stairs to pay the driver.
When he came back into his apartment Max was staring out his window at the city.
"Logan ok with you staying here?" Alec was making conversation he really didn't care what Logan thought "Is Rachel?" Max snapped.
"Haven't told her"
"Thought so"
She was being a bitch which wasn't strange but he wanted to know what was wrong "What's wrong?" he demanded to know "and don't say nothing because I know you better than that"
"Look at me" she said waving her hands in the air.
"I'm looking" his eyes started to roam over her body and he couldn't find a single thing wrong with it
"I have nothing to wear all my clothes are gone, all my sons clothes are gone"
"You can get more clothes Max" he said placing his hand on her arm.
"Right now? I'm stuck in this horrid thing and all I want it to be out of it"
Alec couldn't help himself he smirked "Don't"
Alec walked away 2 minutes later he appeared holding something for her "Put these on" he handed her a pair of jogging trousers and a top.
"Thanks" Max said walking into the bathroom to change.
By the time she came out Alec was sitting watching TV. She sat down on the opposite sofa from him so Alec got up and sat down beside her
"What are you doing?"
"Sitting beside you" he said looking at her as if she was stupid.
"Right" Max said trying so hard to focus on the TV but she could smell him on the clothes and the fact her was so close all she wanted was him.
"I'm sleeping with you" Alec announced from nowhere
"WHAT?!" she shrieked
"Your son told me he didn't want to share so the only plan is we share"
"I'll sleep on the sofa" Max said quickly
"No I will I was joking"
"It's your house Alec" she reminded him "I know and I decide where I sleep and I sleep right here" he said patting the sofa.
They heard laughing coming from one of the bedrooms "god do they have to sound so happy?"
"They're in love" he said turning his attention back to the TV "surely you remember what that's like"
"A little" she admitted.
"Maybe you should go to bed" Alec suggested when Max could barely keep her eyes open.
"Yeah" she agreed standing up she made her way to the bedroom.
Pulling off the bottoms, so all she was left in was shorts and Alec's top she climbed into bed.
3 hours later she was woken by the sound of the door opening. Opening one eye she noticed Alec walking around the room, she then felt his weight on her bed.
"What you doing?" she hissed
Alec smirked "that sofa isn't a good bed, so I'm sleeping in this bed" he announced
Max made a move to get out but he placed his hand on her stopping her "we're adults Max we can share a bed"
"Fine" she was too tired to argue
"That's your side" she drew an invisible line between them "And this is mine"
Alec rolled his eyes and settled back into the bed. "Night Maxie" he whispered
She smiled. Before she knew what was happening she was fast asleep.
Max woke up a few hours later when the sun started streaming through the window she could feel a weight around her waist and something pressed again her back.
"I'm not moving" Alec said sleepily, truth was Max didn't want him to move but she wasn't about to let him know that.
She tried to pull away but his arm tightened around her waist "just sleep" he whispered into her ear.
So she did but the next time they were woken up it was by a woman screaming.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!"
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