Chapter Twelve

Savior of the Free World or Idiot?

Max sighed as she walked away from the tv with Cale on her hip. She was proud of Logan honestly, she admired him…she also thought he was the biggest idiot on the face of the Earth. Why was it Logan felt it was his duty to save the world?

"Why so glum Max? Thought you would have enjoyed that." Alec followed after her.

"He's going to get himself killed" she whispered under her breath.

Alec looked around there were too many people around to talk about this, "Let's go up to your room."

She nodded and led the way.

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He shut the door as Max put Cale down on the already spread out blanket. Several toys were already in the room, if Logan had ever even noticed them missing from the nursery he had never said so.

"You're really worried about him aren't you?"

Max leaned up against a table and Alec, being male paused for a moment to admire her beauty, her form, so very noticeable in a light blue tank and darker blue fitted sweats. "He just keeps putting himself on the line. You would think after he got himself paralyzed he'd stop doing these things. You know the reason he isn't a normal journalist anymore? He got the heads up that there was a hit on his head, less than a week before it was supposed to go down."

Alec looked pretty impressed with that, "How the hell did he get out of that?"

She shook her head, "I don't know, the point is he went underground. You know he got himself throw off a building for me."

Alec laughed, "You're serious?"

"Yea I had to do a swan dive after him."

Alec laughed some more

"You know it's only funny now. Just like Logan taking out that sniper and fighting alongside us. This isn't his war Alec, I'm afraid he's going to get himself killed for us. I mean two weeks ago he jumped out of window. He does the supply runs, he finds the people to get us this stuff."

"He's got the experience Max, trust me; I know Logan has no desire to do this for any longer than he has to."

"Ugh" she groaned and sat on the floor, "I don't understand why Logan always feels it's up to him to save the world."

"Lo' " the baby cheerfully smiled

"Yea Cale, you're namesake not the smartest guy ever." she sighed as she pulled the baby into her arms

Alec laughed and sat down on the floor with them, picking up a stuffed cat Logan had brought for Cale.

Max sighed looking at it; You ever notice how cats always seem to turn up around dinnertime? "So why is it you only hang with the kid when Logan isn't around? You guys were all cozy a few weeks ago."

She glared, "Logan and I can't be cozy, did you forget that?"

"Certainly didn't stop you once we moved into this joint."

"Don't start Alec."

"Don't yell at me. I didn't start this lie between you two."

She snatched the toy from his hand and started to ignore him as she made it dance for Cale.

"So what is this some weird custodial agreement? Logan gets Cale in daytime hours and you at night?" He asked

"I just feel bad forcing Cale on the girls; they barely know what they're doing with their own kids."

"So it has nothing to do with the fact that Cale is as close to Logan as you can get?"

She glared at him in anger, partly because it was true, but she liked Cale for being Cale too, "Look it's just easier for Logan and I to not be bonded by anything else. We've got to start letting go of each other."

"So how are you accomplishing that by becoming Mommy to a kid that Logan basically thinks of as his own? You know he'd stay here at night if it weren't for the fact that this is a toxic waste dump he already shouldn't be in during the day and it's not safe to take Cale in and out of here every day."

She sighed, "I'm not that attached to Cale, I'm just doing this to help out." She pulled him in closer and hoped that was really true. She hoped that she really hadn't managed to fall in love with this little boy as she wasn't paying attention as she had done with Logan.