A/N I do recall mentioning something about longer chapters but unfortunately that hasn't come into effect quite yet. Actually this, Max being drunk was incredibly hard to right…. Which given how often I drink it really shouldn't have been! Lol. But here it is anyway

Any mistakes are mine alone cos i'm useless! :(

Disclaimer: do I have to say that I don't own them it makes me sad!!

Chapter 3

"Don't forget the blush" Alec managed to squeeze out between giggles and received an indignant look from an equally hysterical OC.

"You don't think Original Cindy knows that boy"

"Sorry!"

For the past 5-10 minutes they had been applying makeup to an unconscious Sketchy and where barley able to keep from poking him in the eye with mascara 'cos they just couldn't stop laughing.

"All done" said OC sitting back to fully enjoy her work " Better watch out pretty boy, looks like you got some competition" she stated with a smirk

"OC that hurts" holding up his hand to his heart and putting on his best puppy dog eyes

"That look may work on other girls but you ain't havin no affect on me boo"

"Well maybe if you gimme a ch….." Alec didn't have time to finish his smart ass comeback as Sketchy let out a big groan and sat up, it took all the will power Alec and OC had not to burst out laughing at the sight of a made up Sketchy looking around, disoriented and confused " Hey where's Max with the beer? " slurred as it was, Sketchy's question did bring to light that Max had been gone for like twenty minutes

"Yeah, where the hell is she?" Alec wondered out loud

OC looked around and responded "Is that her slumped at the bar?"

Alec followed OC's line of sight and he did indeed see the petite brunette sat on a stool at the bar with half her body strewn across it , looking like she was sleeping " What the hell is she doing?" was all that he could think to ask

"I don't know but maybe you should go check on her cos Original Cindy's not sure she could stand straight at the moment"

And that was the first time that Alec noticed that OC had drank almost as much as sketchy had

"Yeah I'll go check on her you just… stay, alright, don't move or you know, operate heavy machinery." and with that he turned to go check on max.

"Max, you alright?" she really did look to be sleeping until she lifted her head from her arms and stated, very loudly, "ALEC!!, you're HEEEEERE!!"

'Holy crap she's drunk, I've never seen Max drunk…..interesting'

"Hey Max little drunk are ya" Alec said, trying to hold onto his amusement at the sight of her failing to blow a strand of hair out of her face. "Nooooooooooooo" she drug out the word for about 5 seconds, then she tilted her head to one side as if contemplating something and then shrugged and held up her hand, her fingers indicating a small measurement " Maybe a little" she said whispering the last word as though anyone in the bar could possibly not have known she was wasted.

At that Mike the bartender came up and said " Yeah well with 13 double shots and 4 beers in the last 15 minutes I would think she would be" he gave Alec an appologetic smile and moved back off down the bar.

"yeah…How about I take you home" Alec said, not really making it a question.

She gave him a strange look and then sputtered " I May be a little drunk but not enough to be another notch on your bed post you pig" and with that Alec lost all self control and burst out laughing. " Max I meant your home, ya know to bed to sleep it off ….. Alone!" he could barely get the sentence out because of giggles " I don't wanna" she whined, chuckling he thought ' Drunk Max is funny' but that thought was immediately counteracted by ' yeah but she could also get herself into a lot of trouble too' and with that he lifted her off the stool while she made a tiny squeal of protest at being manhandled

" Sorry Max but you'll thank me in the morning" She began hitting his back weakly from her perch above his shoulder so he put her back on the ground and said " okay but your only staying down if you agree to come with me without a fight okay!"

Max crossed her arms, jutted out a hip, exhaled an angry breath and proceeded to attempt to stare Alec down. However the only response this warranted from him was a barely contained chuckle at her drunken sulking.

"Alright then!" and with that he moved forward as thought to grab her again and but she jumped backwards and screamed " no, no okay I'll come … you ass." he was about to put on a mock hurt face but he saw that she was about to stumble while taking a step forward so he reached out and snaked an arm quickly around her waist and steadied her on her feet before her head had the chance to smack against the bar.

While he was busy trying not to notice the sudden closeness of their bodies she, very unhelpfully , tilted her head upwards so that there noses where practically grazing and said " thanks" The breathy voice she spoke in did nothing to settle his every growing libido and he focused on the fact that this was Max and she was drunk, it was a drunk Max and he couldn't afford to lose focus now. She was his friend and she needed help, he was not the type of guy who took advantage of these kind of situations.

so he lifted her a few inches off the ground and settled her back down on the ground, steadying her firmly on her feet. As he took his arm from around her he felt the sudden loss of the contact but not of the loss of warmth as Max had yet to move away. She simply stared into his eyes with a look he couldn't quite determine. There faces where so close that he could taste her breath and he tried not to notice the effect that had on him. but all thoughts came to a stop when she spoke next " your so pretty! "

He stared at her incredulously, so caught up in the weirdness that was the inebriated Max that he failed to notice the person approaching their position at the bar until they spoke

" hey,….. what's going on?"

Please R&R