A/N Sorry for the delay in posting. Unfortunately my children had chicken pox, and I of course not at the same time but they are all better now. I decieded to finish the story, i could have made this two chapters but decided I didnt want to break them up. Thank you everyone who read and reviewed hope you enjoyed the story.
Alex walked out of the bedroom looking for Max but only Dr Carr, Logan and Otto were still in Logan's apartment. Dr Carr stayed to double check that Alec was OK. He had taken out the needle transfusing Max when she began to wake up, Alec had probably give alittle too much blood but Dr Carr had also been checking over Alec when he fell asleep to make sure he wasn't in danger as well. Once he was happy Alec was OK, he packed up his things to leave.
"Hey Doc, before you go is Max OK?" Alec asked.
The Dr give Alec a short nod and smile "she's fine thanks to you Alec. Her memory has also return as well. Her friend took her home for some more rest."
Logan and Otto were sitting on Logan's couch with the papers Otto stole laid out infront of were deep in conversion, Alec could have easily just sneaked off to find Max, but T.C and all the transgenics needed to know what White and the FBI where planning and he didn't get all the facts while he was rescueing Max.
"Eyes only would be very interested in this information, Otto. I think this will really help the transgenic cause and help stop White. He can also help protect you as well give you as new identity, relocate you that sort of thing." Alec heard Logan tell Otto as he approached them both. They both looked and him.
"So Logan what have you found out?"
"Well according to this Intel, White has managed to create a virus that attacks the transgenic immune system, which causes your body to attack itself and within in a day or two kills you."
"Wow that sounds horrible" Alec grimiced at the thought "why didn't they infect Max, why did they take hert blood?"
"They did infect her" Otto replied " but her blood and DNA are different to all other transgenics. When she was infected her blood changed the virus. She became the only known cure for the virus. I guess that's why they were taking her blood."
Logan and Alec looked at each other speechless. Alec's mind was racing, what does this mean Max is different from other transgenics. If White knows she different, is she in more danger from him. Has he already released this virus where transgenic at risk and would they new to take some of Max's blood when she's still recovering. He didn't even know if Max knew any of third information. He really needs to get to her.
"Does Max know any of this?" Logan didn't answer, typical he obvious hadn't though about how this effects Max or put her in danger. "Right, I think I should go talk to Max."
OC had never been so happy to be home with Max and she seemed fine. OC was terrified that Max wouldn't wake up, even the doctor wasn't sure if Max would suffer any long-term damage. She was in such a bad way when Alec had save her from White.
Then Oc though about Alec. He'd saved Max, he looked after her and helped her when she lost her memory. He didn't take advance of her ervern when Max threw herself at him. He admitted his feelings for Max, but OC wasn't a fool she already knew Alec loved Max. But Max seemed blind to Alec's affection's. But OC hoped that this experience would open Max's eyes.
Oc took Max a hot cup of tea and sat next to her on there couch."How are yoiu feeling boo? an've had a crazy couple of days"
"Your telling me OC I just glad that my heads straight now.." Max replied "I can't believe I though I was married to Alec. I many can you imagine that. He's way to much of a horn dog to be married." max say almost laughing at the absurdity of it.
"You couldn !do a lot worse than Alec boo" OC told her sternly "Under all that facade of charm and smooth talk, that boy cares about you Max. Maybe a lot more than you could ever imagine," Max Stared hard at her but OC didn't miss a beat she kept going with what she wanted to say.
"I think you gotta whole lot of thinking to do, cause boo those feelings you had as an amnesia girl didn't just come from no where."
OC put her arms around Max giving her a short comforting cuddle, "you boo are like a sister to me. I love you and I know everything is complicated but I want you to be happy. I think you should think about all of this then talk to Alec."
Max knew she was right, Max remembered everything that happened while she had amnesia. Including there shared dream."Your right, you go to bed and get some rest cause not everyone has shark DNA. I'm going to go to the space needle ok."
Alec knew that Max enough to know that she'd be at the space needle to think. He couldn't blame her, she had lots to think about after everything that happened. He really needed to speak to her, about a lot of things. But instead he was hesitating at the bottum of the needle knowing that he was probably going to get an earful, maybe more, about how everything that has happened was his fault not to mention how he took advantage of her memory loss.
But he made his way to the top and watch her sitting gracefully perked on the edge in her usual spot. He watched her, he didn't mean to stand there for so long.
"You going to stand there all day Alec?"
"Sorry," Alec signed "I guess I was working up the nerve to talk to told me why they were taken your blood? As it turns out your the cure for the virus White cooked up to kill transgenics. Logan and Otto are going to expose the info as the virus could end up infecting everyone not just us."
"Oh." Max frown, "great like I needed to be a bigger freak than I am."
"Don't work Max," Alec sat "beside her and smiled at her Your from Manticore we're all freaks anyway he said lightly."
"Is that all you wanted to talk to me about." Max asked raising her eye brow at Alec.
Alec wasn't exactly sure how much Max remember from when she had lost her memory. "Well I guess we should talk about your memory loss... what do you... remember?" Alec mental braced himself for Max to shout at him for how he caused all of this. Or to down play what happen declaring how much she can't stand him or even worst, how much she loved for Logan.
"I remember everything Alec, even our dream." Max replied.
"Woah!" Alec jumped up and paced slightly "what do you mean 'our dream'!?"
"It's happened to me before, when I was giving blood to Logan. We kinda had a dream together. We danced together"
Alec rolled his eyes and muttered "of course you and Logan did."
"Max listen about what happened in my apartment. Look I just wanted to help you I never meant for things to get so out of hand..."
"Alec listen to me," Max stood up going to him. "When we first met, you where everything I hated. You looked like Ben, you where in Manitcore, you seemed to be wreckless, arrogant and uncaring..."
"Wow, thank Max" Alec interrupted dripping with sarcasm.
"You didnt let me finished. My point was I didn't know you, not like I do now and I didn't want to give you a chance. I'm sorry."
Alec's eye brows shoot up "woah, did you just apologised to me again!" He said playfully.
"Very funny Alec but I still wasn't finished. You know, Alec," she asked with a soft smile, "people say that thereis a very thin line between love and hate and when I had amenesa I coukd see how much you care for me and I relised I'm in love with you Alec. I couldn't see it before but your kind, caring, loyal..." Alec was now stunned he was barely breathing and frozen in place. But Max knew how to snap him out of it and let him know this was real. "And when you don't have that dorky look on your face you are incredibly sexy."
I knew had to make to the first move. I am nervous, that 'll reject me again, that maybe I was wrong about his feeling for me.
But every insecurity we have about each other melts away as my hands cup his neck, our mouths meet in a kiss that starts sweetly but builds quickly.
My hands clutch at Alec chest, clumsy and desperate. But he's much more sure of himself now. He caresses my face, my back, my waist while his kiss stoking a fire in my belly… and elsewhere.
When he pulls away I chase his lips hungry for more. But the space needle is hardly the place for this.
"I love you too Max. I think I always have" he breathes, and the deep, lusty sound of his voice makes me throb.
He smiles. "This is all I've ever wanted," he says. "For you to be happy. To be able to make you happy," he clarifies. I think about what OC said earlier, that I could do worse than Alex, and realise that I really couldn't do any better.