A/N: So this chapter turned out to be longer then I thought it would be, but I really just needed a scene where Max would find out about Ari and the plan could begin.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything. All I have is my love for Jensen and you can't have that. So please don't sue me.

Rating: Most likely M

Don't Know What You Got

Alec felt his heartbeat increase and his mouth go dry as she slowly brought the hem of her shirt up and revealed more of her beautiful caramel skin to his gaze. When she finally removed the shirt and revealed herself to him he felt his breath leave him in a sudden rush. "Beautiful." Was all he could get out in a whisper that could only be described as awed reverence. Alec slowly lowered his body over hers and pressed his lips against hers. Soon he found his tongue demanding entry into her mouth so that he could finally taste her. After a few moments of exploring her mouth he pulled away and smiled as he heard Max's slight groan of disappointment. It was replaced almost immediately with a gasp of pleasure as he began his exploration of her body by trailing a string of kisses down her neck to her breast bone and finally she moaned out his name as his mouth found a taunt peak. Alec felt Max's hands thread through his hair holding him to her.

"Oh god Maxie..." The sound of a door suddenly slamming shut caused Alec to sit up behind his desk.

Ari walked over to the chair that was positioned in front of his desk and gracefully dropped into it. "Sorry to wake you but your dream was getting a little too X- rated for my virgin ears."

Alec scoffed.

Ari looked at him with a look of mock offence. "Guess I don't have to ask who you were dreaming about. By the way you got a little drool, right here." Ari said as she crossed over to Alec's side of the desk and proceeded to wipe at corner of his mouth.

Alec smacked Ari's hand away from him. "What do you want Ari?" Alec ground out not bothering to hide the annoyance in his voice at having his dream interrupted.

Ari let out a dramatic sigh as she took a seat on top of his desk. "Man you try and help a guy out and he just bites your head off. It's enough to make a girl feel unwanted Alec."

"ARI!" Alec yelled and levelled her with a stare that meant business.

Ari rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine man you really need to get laid, you're so uptight." Ari caught the murderous look in Alec's eyes and continued on before he could say anything. "Since you forgot. We have a date remember."

Alec gave her a curious look.

"We need to plan that heist remember?" Ari made a rolling motion with her hand trying to prompt Alec into remembering their plans.

"Agh. I totally forgot about that. Do we really have to do this tonight?" Alec whined.

Ari shrugged. "Sure. But when we have thousands of hungry transgenics and transhumans ready to bang down HQ's doors, I'll send them to you for an explanation."

Alec ran a hand through his hair. "Do you have to be such a smart ass?"

Ari gave Alec a smirk. "Sorry. Hung around a real bad bunch of guys growing up. Especially my CO."

Alec smiled back at her. "Just grab the maps so we can plan this thing."

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Mole looked up from the shotgun he was cleaning to the entry way of HQ. "Well what do we have here? Could it be our fearless leader that's been missing for the better part of a month?" He ground out around his ever present cigar.

Max rolled her eyes. "Good to see you too Mole. Miss me?"

Mole let out a laugh. "Yeah, I've been beside myself with grief since the day you left us for the ordinary. Speaking of which how'd you get him to let you off that leash he keeps you on?"

Max gave Mole an assessing look she wasn't sure but she thought she heard a hint of anger and disappointment directed at her. Max decided to ignore the dig at her and Logan's relationship it wasn't the first time Mole had made a comment and she knew it wouldn't be the last. "So, where is ...everyone?" Max asked trying to be nonchalant as she surveyed headquarters looking for Alec. Max sighed slightly noting that his office door was closed which most likely meant he wasn't there. Again. Max thought sadly. It seems like it was always that way when she came into TC. He'd always conveniently be away from HQ when she came by or would find a way to leave when she entered the room. In fact Max could probably count on one hand the amount of times she had seen him since the night she and Logan had gotten the cure and those few times he hadn't said more than five words to her.

Mole smirked, as he saw through what Max was doing. "Well dog boy is probably in the mess hall getting dinner ready for the masses. Since you know the rest of us don't have our own ordinary slaving over a hot stove for us. Dix and Luke are upgrading the security system, Biggs is in the armoury and CeCe is in med bay."

"Oh." Max said quietly not being able to hide the disappointment that Mole had left out the only person she really wanted to know about.

"Oh Yeah and princess is up in his office prepping for a job."

Max looked up at Alec's office door. "Really? Um maybe I should see if he needs help."

Mole smirked at Max. He knew Alec wasn't alone, he had seen Ari head up there a short time before. And even though Mole knew there was nothing going on between the two friends, it didn't mean he couldn't let Max think there was. After all Alec was a friend and even though Alec hadn't mentioned anything, Mole knew he was hurting over Max choosing the human. What Mole didn't understand was why Max was acting like she was in love with Alec when she had chosen to be with the human. Mole shook his head. "Go ahead, but I would make sure to knock if I was you. Wouldn't want to interrupt anything."

Max gave Mole a questing look. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Mole just smiled at her around his cigar. "You'll see." He answered cryptically.

Max was still stewing over what Mole could have been talking about as she walked up the stairs towards Alec's office door. Max put aside any thoughts about what the lizard man could have meant as she opened the door to the office. What she saw caused her heart to constrict in her chest. There was Alec, her Alec ,sitting behind his desk with some tramp sitting on his lap looking at maps. Max's knuckles went white as she gripped the door knob.

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Alec had sensed her the moment she had entered the building and from his reaction Ari had guessed who it was that was stomping their way up the stairs towards them. Ari took a deep breath, it was now or never. She pushed Alec down into his chair and positioned herself on his lap.

A very shocked Alec looked up as his door opened. "Max?"

Max looked from the tramp to Alec. She tried to wipe off the look of shock she was sure was written all over face and give them some sort of reason for her intruding.

Ari mentally rolled her eyes, god these two were pathetic. Mercifully Ari decided to break the uncomfortable silence. "So, Alec aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?"

"Um...Yeah. Max this is Ari. Ari this is Max." Alec shifted uncomfortably under Ari. "Ari and I were in the same unit back at Manticore."

Max relaxed a little. "Oh. So you guys are like siblings?"

Ari snorted at that. "I can honestly say none of the members of our unit had any familial type feelings for each other. You do realize Biggs and CeCe were a part of our unit and they definitely don't do anything a brother and sister should do."

Max felt her heart sink and decided to change the subject before she could learn any more of the pairings between Alec's unit. "So what were you two up to?"

Before Alec could answer her Ari interrupted. "We were just planning a heist for tonight at the museum."

"Oh. Well maybe I could help you guys. I don't have anything to do tonight and it's been a while since I've pulled a job." Max gave Alec a shy smile.

Ari saw the way Alec's eyes brightened at the idea and knew his resolve was weakling. For this plan to work Ari knew Max had to feel like she had lost Alec, and right now Alec was acting like a puppy ready for any scrap Max was going to throw at him.

"Thanks, but the two of us have this more than covered." Ari answered.

"Really?" Max narrowed her eyes at Ari.

Ari ignored the look Max was giving her. "Alec and I are used to working together after all the missions we were paired up on back at Manticore. We've always been close." Ari let her voice trail off suggestively as she gave Alec a flirtatious look. "Not to mention this is really a two man job."Ari got up and walked towards Max. "Besides from everything Alec's told me your boyfriend probably has a nice pasta dinner ready for you. And we wouldn't want to cause any friction between the two of you, since you know the people we are stealing from aren't bad guys. Right Alec?"

Alec's attention came back to the conversation at the sound of his name. "Uh. Yeah. Ari's right we got this covered Max. Besides I wouldn't want you to keep Logan waiting on our account." Alec bit out bitterly.

Ari threw him a warning look over her shoulder before she turned her attention back to Max. "Thanks for your offer but we should really be getting back to work." With that Ari closed the door on a seething Max.

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A/N: So this was more of a set up chapter. In the next chapter I'll get into Max's reaction to Ari as well as how Alec is feeling.