Authors Note; Sorry again about the delay, but my computer is one minute to flying out the window, it won't work as I want it.. But today it seems to be allowing me to use multiple programs at the same time, I feel blessed, lol :P

Anyway.. This chapter started out as something, but... became something else and I really hope that this "something else" part is something you'll enjoy. It was a bit tricky to write sometimes, but fun nonetheless!

On with the story, shall we? Don't forget to review, thanks! :)

Giving Up & Giving in

Upon entering Alec's apartment, Max went straight for the couch and sat down. She really wanted to stretch out and rest, but felt tense after all the teasing Alec had made on the way over, she watched as he went to his fridge and took out a beer and gave her a look over his shoulder. She nodded and he took out another one for her.

Unlike her, he seemed relaxed as he casually went to the couch and gave her the beer, she nodded her thanks, not really finding anymore strength or reason to talk. He sat down as far away as possible and she wondered if he was only pretending being relaxed, but quickly changed her mind when she noticed that he was in the process of lying down. A shake of her head and she pulled up her legs, taking as little space as she could.

Of course this wasn't something Alec liked and really, he wanted to stretch out his legs, so just to piss Max off, he placed his feet on top of her knees, resulting in Max having them directly in her face. Her sensitive nose picked up all the stuff Alec had walked on during the day and not a lot of it had a pleasant scent. She snorted very unladylike to get rid of it.

"Get your feet off of me!"

"Alright."

But Alec, being Alec, only removed his feet from her lap to kick off his shoes, once that had been taken care off, he put them back on her lap.

"Better?"

"As if."

He sighed heavily, showing her that he didn't care and took a large sip from his beer, she on the other hand barely touched it. She wasn't really in the mood, a bottle of milk would've been better. That always made her relax. Realizing that Alec wanted to finish his beer before anymore talk would be done, Max laid her head back and thought back to the closet, sighing softly.

Flashback to their time in the closet.

Max had never felt so sensitive before, they had untangled themselves from each other and were now lying shoulder to shoulder, doing more had been impossible. After a while the bubble had burst and it was as if they had realized who they were with and didn't know what to do.

They were barely friends, at least if you asked Max. But then again, they were more friendly with each other today than before the coma. The coma had changed everything and she knew this, she just wasn't ready to face the truth, not that she knew what the truth was.

So here she was, locked in a closet with Alec, whom she nearly had done... something with, she wasn't sure. Well, she was pretty sure that if they'd continued exploring each other, they would've ended up having sex. Was that bad? She wasn't so sure. Taking a calming breath, Max turned her head and found green eyes watching her.

"We okay?"

"I don't know, is there a reason why we shouldn't be?"

"We've never.. I mean, we're not like that."

"Ouch, Max."

"What?"

"You always use that line for Logan, but on me? That hurts."

"Shut up and you know what I mean."

Alec looked over her shoulder and then back at her, you didn't need to be a transgenic to know he was thinking about what the right thing to say was. He sighed and turned his head to his other side, clearly uncomfortable.

Max saw half of his bar code when he was lying like that and a part of her wanted to run her tongue over it, to see if it tasted different, if he would react differently. She had heard rumors about the bar code, that the skin was a lot more sensitive there. She licked her lips.

"Max?"

For a moment, she almost thought she had licked his bar code, but it had all been in her head. The way Alec had said her name though, made her throat go dry, hands sweaty and fingers twitch. Alec turned his head towards her again and she couldn't help but hold her breath. His eyes looked more intense, they weren't as green as before, but tiny flecks of gold and something else were mingling together with the green. It definitely felt more intense.

"Yeah?"

"I just thought of something."

"What?"

"We haven't.. uhm.. you know?"

"Had sex?"

"I was actually gonna say 'kiss' but yeah, that too."

Her head snapped back, staring at the ceiling, cheeks blushing, feeling stupid. She was sure Alec was going to give her a hard time about the fact that it had been she, who had brought up 'sex' into the conversation and not the kiss. She hadn't even thought about that, how could she miss that?

She closed her eyes and waited for the teasing to begin, it was only a matter of time. But when she instead felt a hand running through her hair, she opened her eyes and saw Alec smirking down at her.

"I always figured you had a dirtier mind than you wanted the rest to believe, being a stuck-up bitch was always an act, huh? Just admit it."

It felt nice, his fingers running through her hair. Something inside of her told her this was special, something carnal about what he was doing, almost like he was testing her. A purr was then heard from her and Alec's eyes changed colors again, the green was almost gone completely. She briefly wondered if her eyes remained brown or if they had gotten brighter, like his.

"Cat got your tongue?"

She didn't answer, only kept her eyes trained on his. He changed his position a bit, lying half on top of her, this allowed him to use both of his hands to massage her scalp. It felt natural to change the angle of her head, to give him better access to her neck and he buried his face there, inhaling deep.

"God, Max."

He almost groaned out her name and that's when she knew what was happening, their cats in them were accepting each other and even though Max was the leader of T.C, Alec was an alpha and that held more power than a stupid title. But even though Max was a tough girl, she wasn't a real alpha and now that her inner-cat had realized this, a part of her had lost to him. She could no longer control him as easily as before, not that it had ever been easy.

From now on, Alec would always have an edge over her and there was nothing she could do about it. What surprised her was that she didn't mind, this was for her, proof that Alec would always have her back, as she would always protect his. She, unlike him, had no choice in the matter.

A warmth spread from the neck to her toes, as she felt him openly kiss her neck. The purring intensified.

"Alec?"

He changed position again, lying completely on top of her, she moved her legs aside and pulled them up, trying to convince herself that she was only steading herself and not trying to make it more comfortable for him. His hands were still playing with her hair.

"What are we doing, Alec?"

"I honestly don't know."

Her hands were still lying on either side of her, but she couldn't let that be the case anymore, she raised them, one stopping by his waist, the other going to his face, carefully trailing her fingers over his lips, but then going to his neck and his bar code. Suddenly she wasn't the only one purring as he rested his head on her forehead.

She tilted her head a little to the side and on instinct, he followed her. She almost cursed loudly when their lips were about to meet but felt his tongue first. Not one to take things slow when it came to kissing, Max pulled Alec closer and devoured his mouth, trying to show him that she wasn't below him by the fact of not being a real alpha.

But of course, Alec was one hell of a kisser and knew just how to win over her. A part of her, the part that was always trying to prove herself worthy, the same part that kept her alive all those years ago on the run, were screaming at her to stop it, to show Alec that she was better, smarter and stronger.

But another part of her, a part that had awaken at the same time as she had woken up from the coma, felt relived, safe and protected. This part of her wanted Alec and that part of her also won, as she continued to kiss Alec, hands roaming over his back, trying to find something to hold on to.

End of flashback.

She had told the truth to Asha, because they never had had sex in the closet. But had they been naked and doing the same kind of movements as they had done dressed? Then yes, they would've had the hottest sex ever. But kissing Alec had almost been enough to satisfy her needs, she felt stupid for admitting it, but he really was a damn good kisser. I'm such a girly-girl!

A hand on her shoulder and she looked down on Alec, he only gave her a look and pulled again, she rolled her eyes and let him pull her closer. Skip that, I'm such a whipped girly-girl!

"Wipe that smirk of your face, you got free beer."

"Wow, Alec. That's sweet.. Really."

"You wanna tell me what's on your mind?"

Max had her head lying on top of his chest, directly above his heart and she mentally shook her head. Alec knew that she was practically a living lie detector now, when she was lying like that and his question had made his heart go just a little bit faster.

Feeling a sense of power over the situation, Max smiled and deiced to test a theory.

"I was thinking about our time in the closet."

His heart-beat picked up a different beat; little faster and not so much controlled. Yup, he's been thinking the same thing as me.

"What part of our time in there did you think about?"

She felt his chest rise and fall and she knew he was trying to control his breathing. What's making him so nervous? The cat inside of her felt predatory as she stretched out body, moving herself and placing herself on top of him, so that she could look him in the eye as she spoke.

"We were there for three days, there's a lot of stuff to think about."

"Yeah and I just asked what part of our time there did you think about?"

"What's it to you? You were there, don't you remember?"

Alec's arms found its way around her waist, pulling her body closer, he raised his head closer to hers and she noticed that the tiny flecks of gold were back. She forced herself not to gulp, but seriously, what was going on?

"I remember everything, exactly everything."

Kissing Alec in the closet had been amazing, forbidden even. But this time? There was a desperation in it, she wanted to enjoy the moment but Alec would have nothing of it, obviously he had been thinking about her more than she first had thought.

"Bed."

"No."

"Bed."

"Alec, no."

He seriously would have nothing of it, as Max suddenly felt movements, but his kisses were to distracting for her to complain. When she felt herself being lifted, she locked her legs around his waist and continued to kiss him. Who needs breathing anyway?

Alec's hands went inside the sweatpants and seeing as she wore nothing underneath, he was greeted by her soft, warm skin. Even though he had earlier figured out her lack of underwear, he still got surprised by it and almost fell when his knees went weak. Luckily he hit the wall instead, or more like Max hit the wall and Alec hit Max in the process.

He knew the hit would leave a bruise, but at the moment he couldn't care less, not when she was moaning and grinding against him, using the wall as support. He kissed a path from her lips, to her jawline and instead of going to her neck, he went for the ear instead.

"Take the T-shirt off."

Max didn't need to be told twice, as she tried her best to remove the annoying fabric, but seeing as there weren't enough space between them to do it, she failed.

"I can't"

Alec kissed her ear and then moved away, she moaned her complaints.

"Look at me, Maxie."

Her legs were still locked around his waist, she was still pressed up against his wall, her hands on his shoulders to keep herself steady. She tried her best to keep eyes locked on his, but his hand were fascinating her, they were moving over her stomach, but to her annoyance, they weren't underneath the annoying T-shirt, but above it.

As his hands found her neck, he grasped the collar tightly with both hands.

"Look at me, Maxie."

She swallowed and looked him in the eye. Just as they made eye contact, he ripped the T-shirt apart at her front, revealing her naked breast. She gasped as the cool air hit her skin, but didn't have to worry for long about being cold as Alec pushed her back again by kissing her feverishly.

Max did her best to get rid of what little that was left of the T-shirt and Alec did all he could to kiss any part of her skin that was now showing, doing it against a wall proved to be a bit difficult.

"Bed?"

"Finally she says something smart!"

"Hey!"

She forgot what more she had planned to say when Alec kissed her, either she hadn't been kissed in a really long while, or he was too good of a kisser. Definitely both. She also knew this was very unlike her, but the only way she could explain it was she wanted and needed Alec and that was enough for her.

The soft mattress hit her back and she watched as Alec pulled her sweatpants off. When he climbed on top of her, still fully clothed, she raised an eyebrow in question, he smirked in reply.

"Don't worry about me, lets take care of you first."

And that's exactly what he did and she really did not complain.

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Authors Note #2; As always, my thanks goes out for all of you who added me to your story alert/author alert, favorite story/favorite author and a special thanks for all of you who took time to review; "PyroDeScorpio2", "cappsy", "MelodicMisery", "Crazy About Survivor", "Mrs Max McDowell", "Mia Kyra Callwel", "Nehasupnfan", "maron771121", "angel494", "X5EgSparks"

Authors Note #3; So.. Was it too soon? I'm really not sure how this happened, it just did, so I hope you enjoyed it, please?