Okay so this was supposed to be chapter 17 (part has also been pre-written for awhile and that always bothers me when it's just sitting there), the story has kinda gotten away from me. So I was going to put more stuff in but seriously…Hopefully I'm not missing anything too major. So here's the chapter.

Chapter 30

Just About Free

Max Voiceover-

We're safe to walk the city streets again. Okay well duck face down kinda safe for me, but totally safe for everyone else. The talks are progressing nicely as well, they wanted a sit down, but so far I've talked them out of that claiming we could be set up. That's not my main concern though, I just don't want them to know my face any further, the last thing I want is for my face to end up in the history books or worse the evening news. Logan has the right idea with Eyes Only, anonymity matters. The hoverdrones are gone though, after 5 runs instead of the 3 they expected, but still nothing tragic happened, there wasn't even a guard dog to chase Alec or anything fun like that.

Logan's coming by today, we're going out into the city to celebrate, taking Cale on his first real tour of this place we call home. Finally enjoy a little bit of summer that isn't on concrete. Not that the small pool Original Cindy and I brought a few weeks ago wasn't good for some summer fun…Hell the sight alone of Logan and Alec stripped down to their boxer brief's, their legs dangling out of the pool because they didn't fit and Cale wandering around the small space in-between them was more than enough summer fun…Ronnie's lucky her mom has so much control because we both almost fell to the floor when we walked up to the roof to see that. Of course, we'd had the same idea, just kinda different to see Logan and Alec doing it.

-o-o-o-o-

"It's open" Max called out as she slipped on her gloves.

She frowned as she took in Logan's outfit, it easily pushed aside the joy of seeing him. He was wearing lightweight khaki cargo shorts, a white long sleeve crewneck shirt, sneakers and a white cap, no gloves.

He frowned looking at hers. Jeans, white long sleeved shirt and gloves.

"Why are you wearing shorts/Did you not notice it's 90 degrees out?" they asked each other at the same time.

Logan sighed, "Max, we're supposed to blend in."

She focused her eyes on his with a deadly intensity, "We're not going to blend in if you're lying on the street dying."

"These may be my very last days walking and wearing shorts. Let me enjoy them."

She laughed, "You're not guilt-ing me over your legs. Anyway, we're going out into the city, you should be wearing the exo."

"I wear that thing all the time, let me enjoy the sunshine on my legs."

She looked down at his golden legs and then back up at him, "Your legs are the same color as the rest of you. They get sun."

He looked down and grimaced, "Okay but still, this time next year, I won't be able to feel the sun beating down on them. Anyway, we'll be late if I go home for pants."

"I'm sure someone here has pants you can borrow."

"Max" he looked at her

"Logan" she looked back

"Go change"

"I'm not changing."

He laughed, "Max, I swear we'll be fine. Where's Cale?"

"Josh took him as I got dressed. You're really not going to change?"

He shook his head, "Leave the jeans just change the shirt Max and lose the gloves."

She sighed, "The bare skin Logan."

"One layer is fine Max as long as we're careful." He hoped he wasn't lying, he was just getting sick of being fully covered in 90+ degree weather.

-o-o-o-o-

"I really think you should change." She said walking into Joshua's room.

Logan just looked up from the floor and she knew it was pointless. She smiled taking in the sight before her, Cale playing in front of Logan was wearing almost a similar outfit to his, only his shorts were a dark orange and his shirt was a tee shirt. "We'll see you later Joshua" Logan said standing holding the little boy. "Say bye"

"Bye" the little boy imitated.

Max bit back telling Josh not to wander too far otherwise Logan wouldn't be seeing him later and simply said "Bye"

-o-o-o-o-

Logan absent mindedly pushed the stroller back and forth as he waited for Max to return, he was just looking at the goods on the table and not really paying attention to them.

"Hey Logan"

His cousin's voice shocked him out of being lost in his thoughts, he looked up to see Bennett approaching. For a moment, while Logan was still dazed he wondered why his cousin looked so confused to see him. Then he took in the situation, he not only was pushing a stroller, he was pushing a stroller with a toddler in it. "Hi" Logan said rather awkwardly.

"You have a kid in a stroller and you're walking." Bennett's eyes kept glancing between Logan's bare legs and Cale as he stated the obvious.

"Uh" Logan opened his mouth to try to speak.

"Cale look what I found for you" Max said sweetly walking over, totally ignoring everyone but the baby as she displayed a new toy.

"Cale?"

Max looked up to see Bennett, her mouth fell open.

"Max?" his eyes squinted from behind the glasses, unsure despite the face that this was the same girl he had met over a year and a half ago.

"Hi Bennett, nice to see you."

He looked down at the baby again and was trying to figure everything out in is head, he just looked pretty damn confused.

"We really need to be going Bennett, we're running late as it is. Right Max?" Logan said abruptly

"Uh yea, it was really good seeing you Bennett, tell Marianne we say hi."

-o-o-o-o-

"Well that was weird." Logan said as he pushed the stroller, Max walking along side of it.

"Slight understatement."

"How he…." Logan shook his head thinking about his cousin's rapid glances between him, Max and Cale.

"Yea" Max said nodding her head in agreement and they continued to walk on.

-o-o-o-o-

"This is nice, why haven't we ever done this before?" Logan said lying back on the blanket spread out on the grass, Cale resting on his chest.

She sighed as she leaned back too, remnants of their lunch lay between them. "We never had a summer before. It was always cold, wet and you were antisocial." She added the last knowing the first two weren't really a reason, not for them.

"Hmm" he said as his head dropped to the side to look at her, "Sorry about that."

A small smile touched her lips as she wondered if he'd grieved as much for her as he had his legs, she rolled her head to face him, "No biggie. Glad you got over it."