Ch 6

Max woke up and left her room in her pajamas to see her sister, Derek, her parents, and their spouses in the living room. Turning back before they could see her, she shut her door quietly, sighing in relief until she heard something slam onto the wall of her room.

"Max!" yelled Alyssa from outside her door.

"I—I'm ok, it must of been a bird or—she went to her window to see a bat—"something," she said as she opened her window as Batman fell into her room and on the floor with a groan.

"Are you sure? I thought I heard something," said Alyssa as she began to open the door.

"Oh crap," said Max as she helped Batman up and into her bathroom. Closing the door behind her, she could see Batman was not in good shape as he shivered on her floor. Turning on the hot water, she looked to Batman. "You need to get into the water Terry. Do—do you need any help undressing?" she asked as she blushed and he shook his head. 'Oh thank God I don't think i could handle it,' she thought as a knock came to the door.

A knock came to the door. "Are you sure you're ok?" asked Alyssa.

Facing away from the tub to give Terry some privacy, she responded to her sister. "Yeah. I'm just taking a bath."

"Ok well mom and dad are downstairs with their spouses. They came over early in the morning."

"Ok, I'll be down when I can," said Max as she heard retreating footsteps. Max sighed. "Well that was close," she said.

"S—sorry Max," Terry said. "You can tu—turn around now and don't worry I'm wearing underwear."

Max turned to see Terry was still shivering but less than he was when he came into her room. She smiled. "Don't worry about it McGinnis but you're still shivering. I need to get you under the covers," she said as Terry's eyebrow rose. "Uh—uh you know what I mean," she blushed.

Terry stood up carefully as he got out of the tub while Max unplugged the drain and the water went down. Wrapping a towel around his shoulders, he held it tightly against his body and followed Max into her bedroom. She pulled the covers back on her bed as Terry lied down. He watched as she pulled them over his body. "Ok, so here's the part where it gets awkward. I'm going to need your underwear. It's wet, and you won't get warm wearing them."

"That makes sense," said Terry as he blushed while removing his underwear under the covers.

Max took them and put them in her hamper before coming back over to him and wrapping him tightly in the blankets on her bed from head to toe. "I'm going to put the heat up, and I'll try to bring up something warm to drink without causing suspicion from my family.

"Go—good luck Max," he smiled, "and thanks for doing this. I know it wasn't easy."

"Well you'd do the same for me Terry. See you later and get some rest. I'll let Bruce and your mom know you're here."

"Give them a chance Max," she heard Terry say before she closed the door.

"Why are you still in your pajamas girl? Did you even take a bath?" asked Alyssa as Max came out of her room.

"I just didn't feel like it after all. With everything that's happened I—

"So you heard about uncle George getting arrested again?"

"Yeah."

"I can't believe he wanted to take you with him. Who know what he would have done to you?"

Max hugged her sister. "It's ok Alyssa. I'm still here."

"I'm glad," said Alyssa as she smiled at her. "Come on, it's time to meet our new parents."

"I should really eat something first," said Max.

"I've cooked for everyone, so we're at the table."

"Just perfect," said Max as she followed her sister into the dinning room.

"Maxine, are you feeling ok? You're still in your pajamas," said Macy.

"I'm all right mom really. I'm just feeling lazy today," said Max as she took a seat at the table.

"Well I'm just glad that no good uncle of yours gets what he deserves in jail," said Allen.

"Allen! That's my brother you're talking about," said Macy.

"He's a murderer who traumatized our child," said Allen.

"Dad, I'm fine really. So aren't you and mom going to introduce us to your spouses," said Max.

"Oh sorry sweetie this is my wife Angela," said Allen. "She's a professional photographer."

"It's nice to meet you Angela," said Max.

"And this is my husband Albert," said Macy. "He's an professor of Archaeology."

"It's nice to meet you to Albert," said Max.

"I'm happy to meet you all to," said Albert to Max, Alyssa, and Derek.

"Me to," said Angela. "I look forward to getting to know you all better," she smiled and then noticed the rock on Alyssa's finger. "Oh wow Alyssa, are you engaged?"

"What!" exclaimed Allen and Macy.

"Derek and I actually are married," said Alyssa.

"And you didn't tells us?" asked Macy.

"Young lady," said Allen and that was Max's queue to take some food and some warm coffee and sneak off to her room.

Max opened her door and closed it quietly behind her just in case Terry was still sleeping, which he was. Setting the food and drink down, she went into the bathroom to make a few calls. Once she was done, she walked out to see Terry struggling to get out of his blankets and Max laughed.

"Hey, it's not funny Gibson. You're the one who wrapped me up so tight. One might think you want me to stay," he smiled.

"Don't flatter yourself McGinnis I was just trying to keep you warm. So, how are you feeling?" she asked as she helped Terry get out of the blankets, keeping them around his waist.

"Better," said Terry as he chugged down the coffee and gobbled down the food.

"I can see that," she said and then she touched his chest. "You're still kind of cold."

"Well you did pull the blankets off me," he smiled as she felt his head.

"You're warm."

Terry could see the concern in her eyes. "Max, I'm—

"Lie down and pull the covers over your body. I think I know what to do to get you warm. Body heat."

"Max, are you—

"Close your eyes."

"What?"

"You're body needs direct body heat which means I'll be naked."

Terry blushed but closed his eyes. He could hear the rustling of clothes, and he felt his heart racing. When he felt her warm, naked body pressed up against his, his body felt warm again but it was more than that. He felt a spark, a completeness that he had never felt with Dana. It was amazing.

She pulled the covers over their naked bodies as she lied on top of Terry. She couldn't believe how good this felt. When she felt his strong arms wrap around her, she almost let out a sigh of contentment as she lied on his chest. There was a spark.

"Max."

"Terry."

"Why does this feel so right?"

Max could hear her own heart racing at his question as she felt his hold tighten. "It's just a physical reaction Terry."

"That's not what I mean Max," said Terry as she raised her head to face his piercing blue eyes. "There's something between us."

"You need to focus on getting better Terry. We'll talk about this later."