Chapter 22

Overexerted

She dropped Cale off at the nursery, she didn't want to risk Logan going up to her room looking for him. She checked in with everyone, pushing aside the beginnings of heat and tried to focus. Luckily everyone had everything under control. "I'm feeling a little punk" were her words to Alec, "Can you deal with everything today? I'm gonna go up to my room."

"You okay? You're never sick." None of them ever were, hung-over sick yes, illness sick no.

"I didn't sleep well last night." She laughed inside, she'd slept amazing actually, it was just the waking up that sucked.

"You serious? Max, I've never seen you so conked out."

She raised her eyebrows.

"I knocked on your door at like 2, when I opened it you were sound asleep."

She put aside the uneasy feeling she got when knowing she was so defenseless, that was unlike her, that was unlike her even when she wasn't at the top of her game. "What did you want?"

"I was just bored."

She fought a battle inside of herself to not react to those words…She could do plenty to make him un-bored. "I'm gonna go now" she said abruptly and turned.

He was just left staring after her looking confused.

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"Hey Max" he said knocking on the door as he opened it, it was almost 2 and Max hadn't come down again since that morning.

"Alec" she said jumping up from the floor where she'd been doing crunches.

"Guess you're feeling better" he walked into the room.

She swallowed deeply and tried to put out of her mind just how much better she could be feeling, she nodded instead of trying to speak.

"You look a little flushed." he said with concern, "Maybe you shouldn't be working out."

"I'm fine" she said shaking her head, "I just overdid it."

His eyebrows narrowed, she overdid it? "Maxie, you sure you're okay?" He asked walking over to her and put his hand on her forehead. He frowned, she was clammy, he got that much, he then placed his hand over his own forehead to try to gauge a difference in temperatures. "Maybe you feel a little hot?"

Her mouth dropped open, he had no idea how hot she felt. Why was he standing just inches away from her? "You have no idea"

"Maxie, you sure you're okay?"

"I could be a lot better" she said in a sultry voice.

He looked at her puzzled.

A grin tugged at the corners of her lips, "Can you help me feel better Alec?"

Hmm yes that is where the chapter is ending. Oh and Babyangel have you ever experienced a cat in heat? Most fuckin single minded things ever (happened once with my cat, I almost shot her) so no amount of maternal instinct would override that, sorry.

Okay and 599, there's a virtual third season at , (I believe that's the proper site) you might wanna check out (It does have Zack). I don't know if I'll have Zack in my story, if I do he's not a love interest for Max, I'm a firm believer in that Max doesn't see Zack like Zack sees her. As for any training for the kids, I'm not training Cale or any of the other kids, they're gonna be raised like Case, I don't know what other stories have done.

Okay so that's it, thanks for reading.