Love You, Hate You

Disclaimer - Dark Angel is not mine, nor do i claim to own it

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Alec woke up the next morning and was a little disorientated and he couldn't remember much about the previous night 'how much did I drink?' he thought to himself. That's when he felt it a leg draped over his and a body pressed up against his back. He froze afraid to look around for what he might find swallowing hard 'please don't let me have done something stupid' he prayed to himself.

Slowly so he wasn't going to wake the sleeping person behind him he turned around, he was so scared of who he was going to find that it took him a few seconds to realise it was Max. His body immediately relaxed and his head fell back down onto the pillow letting go of the breath he had been holding.

Seeing the familiar hair and face made him feel so much better and relieved that he hadn't got so drunk and done something completely stupid. Although he still didn't know how she ended up in bed with him or how she was even in LA lifting up the duvet a little he could see that they were both naked. 'How did that happen?' he asked himself not that it bothered him, a naked Max in bed with him was fine by Alec.

He lay in bed watching her, glancing at the alarm clock it was nearly 10 am and he could hear Ben rattling around but he wasn't about to get up and leave her in bed alone.

After 5 minutes Alec became very bored and decided it was time for Max to wake up. He started kissing her neck and within seconds she was awake, while he was kissing her she wrapped her arms around him one hand moved into his hair while the other stayed on his back.

The hand that was in his hair helped her move his lips from her neck so she could cover them with her own.

"Mmm" she moaned as the kiss ended Alec leant his forehead against her and smiled "Morning"

She smiled back stretching her body out she replied "it is" he was now laying over her but Max didn't mind.

She could see the questions running through his head her hand went to the side of his face cupping it softly while her thumb brushed over his bottom lip.

After a few seconds she said "ask me then" giving him a knowing look.

"How do you know me so well?" he shook his head then asked "why are you here?" his green eyes searching her brown ones for an answer.

She kept her eyes on his "I missed you" she said honestly and his smile turned into a grin "missed you too" before she had a chance to reply he was once again capturing her lips in a searing hot kiss.

That only ended when someone knocked on the room door.

"Get up!" Ben called knocking repeatedly at the door.

"Ben I swear to god if you don't stop I'm gonna kick your ass" Alec warned his brother in a very pissed off tone.

The banging stopped but it was replaced by Ben's laughter "Yeah right" he said but they could tell he was walking away from the door.

"I hate my brother" he admitted with a grin

"I love him" Max said with a smirk "more than me?" he asked feigning hurt

With a shrug she added "maybe"

"Good cause I prefer Sam anyway" Alec replied wiggling his eyebrows as he slipped out of bed. Max watched as he got out of bed, naked and walked towards his chest of drawers opening them he pulled out a pair of black boxers and put them on.

"Better go see what he wants" he walked out of the bedroom in search of his brother.

Max waited on him leaving the room before getting up from the bed sheet wrapped tightly around her body until she found something to wear.

Alec found Ben fully dressed and sitting on the sofa "where you going?" Alec asked with a confused look on his face.

Ben shook his head "can't remember what Max said last night?" he asked but he already knew the answer.

Alec shook his head like a little boy.

"I'm going back to Seattle and Max is staying here with you for a few days" Ben reminded him.

Alec nodded his head taking it in then his eyes widened "I was meant to…" he trailed off looking at his brother.

Ben nodded "I know but now you can't, just forget about her you don't owe her anything and spend time with Max who's more important to you?" Ben asked but again he already knew the answer.

Alec just looked at him.

"Well there you have it" Ben smiled then called out to Max "going to come say goodbye to me Maxie!?"

"I told you…" Alec started, he was about to tell him off for calling Max Maxie but Ben waved his hand "Whatever" clearly telling him he wasn't listening.

Just then Max came out of the bedroom dressed in Alec's slacks and one of his tops.

"Nice" Alec said with a smile on his face "Save it till I'm gone" Ben said with a pleading voice.

Max walked up to Ben and hugged him "bye bye" she said with a smile.

"See you when you get back to Seattle" he said and walked out the apartment.

"So what are we going to do today?" Max asked in a cheery voice.

Alec looked at her and grinned she shook her head, Alec started walking towards her "No, no no, we're going out we're not having sex for the next 5 days" she informed him.

"Why not?" he complained and pouted at the same time

Max ignored him "because I haven't been in LA for a long time I wanna see some of it"

With that she grabbed hold of his hand and dragged him in the direction of the bedroom "Let's get dressed"

Alec knew there was no point in arguing she was going to win so he went along with it.

Max and Alec were walking around LA; mostly enjoying being together but also Max wanted to see some of the places they used hang around when they lived there.

"Oh sorry" Max apologised as she bumped into someone "not a problem" they woman replied with a smile.

"Max hurry up" Alec complained he was a little in front of her and had just noticed she wasn't there "I'm coming!" she said smiling at the woman "sorry again"

Alec walked the few steps back to her when he noticed she was stopped with a woman "are you…" his voice trailed off when he noticed who she was standing with, recovering quickly he looked away from her and to Max "ok" he finished his hand moving onto the small of her back to pull her away.

She nodded her head and let him guide her away "Alec" the woman said not sure if she could believe her eyes, Max looked at the woman and then to Alec he had a weird look on his face and ignored her and pulled Max away.

"Who was that?" Max asked pulling her arm from his grasp, he shrugged it off casually "old friend" he said trying to brush it off.

Max wasn't about to let it go however "old girlfriend?" she suggested.

He ran his hand through his hair nervously "something like that"

"Right" Alec pulled her towards him and kissed her "forget about her lets go home" he suggested.

"To Seattle?"

"Ok let's go back to mine" he tried again and this time he got a better response "deal" she placed her hand in his and walked back to his apartment.

Max and Alec were curled up on the sofa watching some film on TV that Alec kept telling Max was great, Max disagreed but Alec insisted on watching it.

There was a knock at the door and they both looked at each other "expecting anyone?" Max asked he shook his head and stood up to answer it. Silently praying it wasn't who he thought it was.

Bracing himself he pulled open the door and in walked 4 of his 2 of his friends, he breathed a sigh of relief "hey guys" he said happily.

Max who was sitting on the sofa not wearing a lot remembered them from his engagement party.

They stopped when they noticed her "that's not Rachel" one of them said and Alec slapped him on the back of the head "What are you doing here?" he asked walking back towards Max.

"Think I'm going to go put some more clothes on" Max said awkwardly and stood up from the sofa Alec turned to face and shook his head "please don't" he whispered with a grin "I'll get rid of them" he promised.

She looked at him and gave in he was just too cute to say no to right now.

Alec turned back to his friends "Guys it's really good to see you but you gotta go" he said pushing them towards the door.

They started to complain but Alec didn't listen and continued to push them out the door once they were gone he turned back to Max.

"Gone" he stated proudly

"That wasn't very nice" Max said as she walked towards him meeting him in the middle of the door and the sofa. He shrugged his shoulders "they'll get over it" he promised and kissed her.

She tried to deepen the kiss but he pulled away and she looked at him oddly "what's wrong?" she asked noticing the serious look he now had on his face.

"We need to talk"

Max didn't like the sound of that "about what?" she asked her voice wavering slightly.

"Sit down" he asked pointing at the sofa and she shook her head "I'll stand"

He knew she would say that so he sat down "I want to tell you something"

Max crossed her arms over her chest and became defensive "Tell me then"

"I was cheating on Rachel" he didn't know how else to say it so he just came out and said it.

"What?"

"You heard me"

"Why?" she demanded to know

"She was forced on me by my mother, I didn't love her never did but she was convenient and all I wanted was you but I couldn't have you so I slept with every other woman that came my way but while I was with Rachel I was cheating on her with 1 other woman" he explained not daring to look at her because he didn't want to see the look he knew she would be giving him.

Max found herself sliding down and sitting on the edge of the table Alec had in the middle of his sitting room.

"Did you love her" she asked him

He looked at her this time "I just told you I didn't"

Max shook her head "the one you were cheating on her with"

"NO!" he said quickly "I've only ever loved you" he promised her reaching for her hands but she moved them out his way.

"You could cheat on me" she accused him.

He shook his head and got down on his knees in front of her "never" he said instantly "your it for me you always have been" he reached for her hands and this time she let him take them.

"Was it her on the street today?" she asked remembering how he reacted when he saw her; he slowly nodded his head "blonde" she scoffed.

He laughed Max had a thing about blondes.

"I came here to sort things out and so she'd know it was over" he assured her.

She pulled her hands away from him and stood up pushing him away "You came here to see her?"

Alec looked around nervously but he was on his own "yeah" he said in a low voice.

Max's jaw tightened as she spoke "so you left me and your son in Seattle so you could come here and see your mistress?" she accused.

"Not like that" he said knowing what she was thinking "right" Max said turning her back on him and clearly not believing him.

"I love you and Jamie and I only came here so nothing would interfere in our life" he was trying to hard to explain himself but he knew she was too angry to really listen to him.

"Can't believe I had sex with you" she said with a disgusted voice that made Alec take a couple steps back

"What?" he asked

"You heard me" she started off in the direction of the bedroom. And he began to follow "don't you dare think about coming in here" she informed him and slammed the door in his face.

Alec stood staring at the door his heart was telling him to kick open the door and talk it through but his head was telling him to leave it until morning. So he walked back to his sofa sitting down he held his head in his hands and wondered how he had ended up in such a mess, he had everything he wanted and more and he had just screwed it up. He screwed it up by coming back to LA.

Max sat on the bed and wasn't sure how she was feeling grabbing her cell phone she called her sister.

"Sam" she said barely controlling the sob that escaped from her throat.

"What's wrong?" Sam asked in a worried voice. So Max proceeded to tell her about what Alec had just admitted to.

"He loves you and even I know he would never cheat on you and Rachel was a moron anyway can you really blame him?" Sam asked after Max explained it all.

"No" Max admitted feeling bad.

"Well then don't let this come between you"

"Think I already did" Max admitted.

"What do you mean?" she asked her sister "I told him I wished I hadn't had sex with him" Sam started to laugh "I'm sure he'll get over it once he knows he hasn't lost you"

Max didn't say anything

"He hasn't right?" Sam prodded

"He hasn't" Max confirmed

"Now go tell him that then come back here and be with your son" with that Sam ended the conversation.

Max sat on the bed for a few minutes thinking about all that her sister said to her and deciding that she had forgiven him and that she knew he would never cheat on her, she was going to tell him he hadn't lost her she knew he would be thinking it.

But deciding she would leave him until the morning just because he shouldn't have been cheating anyway even if it was on Rachel.

So she got into bed and left him alone in the sitting room.

It was around 3 in the morning and Max had woken up again for the 10th time that night. She realised her body was missing Alec, so quietly she opened the door to the room and walked as silently as she could towards the sitting room.

She assumed he was asleep as he was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed. She noticed the duvet lying on the floor. She lowered herself onto the sofa beside him and pulled the duvet around them.

Alec smiled and opened his eyes, he wasn't asleep he couldn't sleep.

"Thank you" he whispered and Max smiled and curled into him and fell asleep.

A/N - Tell me what you think!