I am really sorry about the massive delay in posting this but my stupid broadband provider cut me off becouse of one single little unpaid bill! oh well at least it gave me time to finish this chapter and get most of the way throught the next one too, so I should be quicker next time. : )

this was very hard to write but i got through it!

Disclaimer: i don't own anything, how could I, I couldn't even afford the internet!!

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?"

Alec moved away from Max so fast that for a moment he thought he might fall but luckily his feline DNA saved him at the last moment and he was spared embarrassment.

Spinning around he came face to face with the owner of the voice that had interrupted them and realised that he should probably speak

"Logan buddy hey how are ya?" he was trying to act casual and like he hadn't just been caught compromisingly close to the guys 'girlfriend'.

"Alec" to say the guys response was terse would be an understatement, infact the all mighty Eyes Only was giving him a look that could freeze lava.

Behind him he heard max grunt with frustration, as he looked around to see what was bothering her she answered his question with her own

"Logan what are you doing here I broke up with you remember!" she said with no small amount of vehemence in her voice. This shocked Alec but at the same time it made everything else a little clearer, the change in attitude, the drinking. 'So it's over again huh?'

Logan was looking at Max with something akin to shock and said incredulously "Max, are you … drunk?" the only response he got was a very unlady-like snort and a clumsy flipping of her hair over her shoulder. Taking this as a confirmation he turned and gave Alec the dirtiest look he had ever seen.

" How could you get her in this state, don't you care about her at all I thought you where her friend?"

Alec stared at Logan for a good 6 seconds before finally finding his voice " Excuse me? GET her? Okay first of all I didn't get her like anything I found her this way, secondly she is a big girl and if she wants to get wasted well then that really is her choice.." Logan opened his mouth to speak again probably to find some way to make this all his fault so Alec interrupted with what he considered to be the most important point of all ".. AND third of all if anyone got her this way, it's you!"

Looking at him, Alec had to make a great effort not to laugh as he witnessed what was probably the only time in his life that Logan was speechless.

Max's voice interrupted the awkward silence when she said "I don't feel good" her body swaying to even further convey her point "Alec can you take me home?" ignoring the fact that he had already offered to take her home he held out his hand to offer support to her and replied "Sure Maxie, come on" but Alec was stopped short by Logan's raised hand blocking their exit " Whoa, you really think I'm gonna let you take her home like this? I'll do it."

Logan was starting to raise Alec's hackles 'who does this guy think he's kidding?' so even though he knew it was cruel he decided to play a little with the guy who was constantly making the woman he loved….. No cared about…. No considered his friend (there ya go!) feel like crap " oh okay, sure buddy here ya are" he said offering max's hand to Logan knowing full well that he couldn't take it., and he noticed Logan's obvious hesitation

" Oh that's right the virus well seeing as how Max can't walk on her own right now" he said, ignoring Max's indignant growl he continued " And you can't touch her without dropping dead how about I just take care of her huh?" Alec knew that he was pushing it with Logan and if Max remembered any of this tomorrow she was likely to kick his ass but he just couldn't care. As far as he was concerned Logan was the one responsible for Max's little emotional breakdown.

"Max?" Logan's voice came out in a desperate plea which was followed by max's voice, surprisingly, in the same tone "Alec!?"

He recognised the fact that she was begging him to take her away and be damned if he could refuse Max.

"Sure" he whispered gently and proceeded to walk out of the bar with her leaving a very stunned looking Logan at the bar alone, cursing the day Max ever met Alec.

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Outside crash Max and Alec where a scene indeed, with him trying to keep her upright and her constant insistence that she could do it herself.

"Max if I let you go you are gonna fall flat on your ass, is that what you want?"

" I can walk by my damn self Alec!"

He just chuckled at her spirit, even when she was loaded she was feisty! And she was sexy when she was pissed. 'whoa back up Alec you know that that train of thought will only end badly'

"Whatever you say" he said cockily, he would admit only to himself that he was slightly enjoying having the upper hand for a change when dealing with Max. She snorted for about the 10th time that night and simply said "shut up"

Chuckling he made his way over to Max's Ninja holding her the entire time.

After he had finally managed to convince Max that she couldn't drive and co-ersed her onto the back of her bike Alec hopped on himself and tried but ultimately failed to suppress the excited smile from creeping onto his face, he was finally going to get a go on Max's 'Baby'. He craned his head around and made sure that Max was still sat securely on the back, driving her home through two sectors was going to be difficult to say the least, not to mention dangerous

"Max you have to be careful not to let go of me when we're driving okay!"

He heard her chortle behind his back and say "Well duh!"

Smiling he gunned the engine and took off the entire time keeping a conscious check on max's arms around him, her falling off and cracking her skull open was hardly a desirable ending to this evening, chaotic as it has already been.

I realise that I made Logan a bit off an as in this chapter but he is still a bit sore from the brake up and just reacted badly. I have no intention of making this a Logan bashing fic so please don't flame me.