Love You, Hate You
Disclaimer - Dark Angel is not mine, nor do i claim to own it
Summary - One more chapter left then its the end. Sad i know.
Max stood up from the sofa, shock evident on her face.
She walked around the sofa motioning for Alec to follow her she didn't want to disturb Jamie.
As soon as they entered the kitchen however she turned on him "are you insane!?" she demanded to know in a loud voice.
Alec winced at the sound of her voice "for wanting to marry you?"
She nodded her head "yeah we've only been with each other for 3 weeks" she said her hands crossing over her chest.
"Oh really?" he asked in a sarcastic tone "well how is Jamie 5 then?" he raised his eyebrows.
She sighed and shook her head "don't get smart" she warned.
He smiled and walked casually towards her but she started backing off walking away from him until she hit the counter of the kitchen.
"I want to marry you" he said in a serious tone. His hand reaching for hers, she slid her hand into his and looked into his eyes.
"Alec you were engaged to Rachel less than a month ago"
"So?" he asked with a shrug of his shoulders not seeing the big deal.
"How will people react to you and me so soon after you and her?"
He got angry at that "what the hell has it got to do with other people!?" he pulled his hand from hers and took a couple steps away.
"Alec" she tried but it was too late he was too angry and continued to rant "wanna know what I think?" he asked her
She raised her eyebrows signalling for him to go on "that you don't want to marry me but you wanted to marry Logan, what's he got that I haven't?"
Max was taken aback by his words and stood silent for a few minutes "what?"
"You heard me"
"You think I want Logan more than I want you?" she asked walking towards him but he walked away from her.
"No" he said lifting his hand to stop her "stay away from me"
"Fine" she said storming away from him.
She walked back into the sitting room and noticed that Jamie had fallen asleep, picking him up she carried him to the bedroom.
She sat with him for about half an hour, watching him sleep she couldn't hear Alec and it was worrying her. Deciding it was time to face him she kissed her son on the head then went to find his father.
He was sitting on the sofa with his head in his hands "we can't get married" Max said from the other side of the room. He lifted his head and looked at her "right"
Max walked further into the sitting room "not right now"
"Well I wasn't asking you to marry me today only to get encaged which means one day we would" he replied sarcastically.
"How about this" she stared as she sat down on the table opposite him "I don't go back to mine when it's ready" she said with a smile on her face.
He looked up his eyes meeting hers and a smile appeared on his face "really?"
Her smile turned into a grin "really" she confirmed "we can live together be a proper family and maybe one day after we've been together for a little longer you might ask me to marry you again"
He tilted his head to look at her "what about Sam and Ben?"
Max's eyes widened and she laughed a little "Well that's where you come in"
He gave her a strange look "how so?"
She stood up and lowered herself down onto his lap so she was facing him and hooked her arms around his neck "well you have to tell them to move out" she placed her forehead against his.
"Why me?" he complained
"Because you're the man" she teased "you're manlier than me"
She slapped him on the shoulder "So you don't want to marry me then?"
"Not today ask me again in about…" she trailed off thinking about it "6 months"
"That's a date" he promised "and I'll do something about our sibling problem" he promised.
He kissed her and the kiss turned into something more when Alec fell back onto the sofa bringing Max down with him.
He stopped kissing her for a minute to ask "Jamie is asleep right?" he checked
Max nodded her head "Bed?" she asked with a slight smirk.
"Bed" he agreed picking her up and running off in the direction of the bedroom.
Two weeks later Max had received the phone call telling her that her apartment was ready for her to move back in to and she still hadn't told Sam that she wasn't moving back with her.
Alec was out with Jamie and it was just her and Sam in the apartment so now was as good a time as any to tell her.
"Sammy" Max started walking towards her.
Sam looked at her and tilted her head she knew Max was going to give her bad news it was the only time she ever called her 'Sammy'
"Yes?" she asked eyeing her carefully.
"We need to talk" she said sitting on the arm of the sofa and placing her feet against the cushions.
"About?" Sam asked playing along although she had a feeling she knew what Max was going to say.
"Well that was the builders on the phone and they said the house is ready for us to move back" Max explained. Sam's face lit up "finally living with those 2 has been killing me" she admitted clapping her hands in a childish manner.
"Right" Max said becoming nervous; Sam had always been there for her through her pregnancy and everything she really didn't know how she was going to take it.
"So when are we moving back?"
"That's the thing I'm not" Max said avoiding eye contact with her sister.
Max couldn't read the look Sam currently had on her face and then she started to laugh "I know"
Max was shocked at those 2 little words "You know? How?" she asked flabbergasted.
"I knew you weren't going to leave your boy again and your little boy won't want to leave daddy either"
Max agreed with that trying to move Jamie from Alec was hard enough when she was trying to get him to school but to tell him he wasn't going to live with him anymore would have caused world war 3.
Sam laughed at the expression on her sister's face and pulled her into a hug "I just want you to be happy"
"I am happy" Max said hugging her as tight as possible "good" Sam pulled away determined not to cry.
"Guess I'll be going home alone then"
Max had a suggestion about that "what about Ben?"
Sam sighed "I don't know I guess he could have your room" then thought about it for a minute "I guess you want rid of him too?"
Max nodded her head slightly
"I'll take him then"
As if on cue the 3 boys came through the door. "Ladies" Alec greeted them giving Max a quick kiss on the lips.
"I hear you want rid of me?" Sam said to Alec with a frown on her face, he looked at Max "you told her?" he said not knowing that she was going to tell her today or he would have told Ben, now Ben was going to be pissed.
"Yeah"
"Tell her what?" Ben asked he hated being the only one not knowing what was going on.
Sam decided to give them a break and said to her boyfriend "we're moving out baby" with that she got up off the sofa and walked towards the bedroom.
"We are?" he asked looking at his brother and Max "better go ask her" Max suggested.
Ben agreed and took off in the direction of Sam.
"Finally" Alec smiled and was about to kiss her but before he could Max pulled away, she realised Jamie hadn't spoken to her since he came home and she fixed Alec with a look a look he was beginning to hate.
"What did you buy him?" her hands moving to her hips.
Alec put on his innocent face and shrugged his shoulders, Max moved away from him and found their son in his room playing with a new computer game "ALEC!" she scorned him.
"You have to stop buying him these things" she informed him
"He likes them!" he fought back "I don't"
"Good thing your not the one playing them then" he added with a grin that quickly faded with the look Max had on her face.
"Stop spending so much money on him"
Alec glared at her "I can spend my money on whatever I want and I will be spending it on my son…and you if you're good"
"I don't need your money" Max reminded him
Alec rolled his and grabbed her around the waist pulling her towards him "maybe" He kissed her and for a few seconds the house was in silence until they heard Sam throwing something in the other room.
"You son of a bitch!" they heard Sam call out after the crash, they looked at each other then both ran towards the room both eager to know what was happening.
A/N - Tell me what you think!