Max & Alec + elevator + another locked room = ?

By Sinful Starlet

Disclaimer: given the way the second season ended, I seriously doubt that anybody connected to the show would have written this, but just for the record - not mine, never will be, blah blah woof woof!

Rating: Not too sure - probably PG-13, but maybe R in places

Summary: Sequel to "Max & Alec + locked room = ?" So Alec kissed Max - what now? And what do an elevator and another locked room have to do with it all?

Author's note: Right, here it is - for those people who requested the sequel (and thank you to you all for making me write again!) I'm not sure if it's as funny as the last one but I'm giving it a go, and *standing on her soapbox* this is M/A all the way!! No way you can get the wrong idea now.

Right - so hopefully you've read the other parts of this I've put up, I'm now trying to write this thing properly so this is going to be chapter one (it's a little rough and ready but at least it's written right?). The scene I've already posted will fit into the story later somehow - not sure how yet but I'm working on it! *SS*

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One

Max groaned when she woke up that morning, then again when the night before came flooding back to her. And then one image firmly planted itself in her consciousness. Over the top of the whole tableau of very bad things her brain was forcing her to relive - complete with the all-singing, all-dancing accompaniment of 'what the hell was I thinking?!' - someone came out with an overproduced hair-rock solo to the tune of 'Alec kissed me last night'!

She groaned again and rolled over, trying to shut out the entire show-stopping nightmare running through her mind. She reached for the glass of water beside her bed and without hesitation, threw it straight at her face. Okay, so she was all wet, but at least she could think clearly for a few seconds. The rational part of her brain quickly decided that wasn't a great idea.

What was she supposed to do now? Well, she figured work would have to happen at some point that day. But of course, with the thought of work, Alec's face came thudding back to the forefront of her thoughts. Actually, now it was more like Normal tap-dancing across her eyes, carrying Alec's face on a balloon. Definitely time for coffee.

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Twenty minutes later, she had actually managed to get herself together enough to leave her bedroom and get showered and dressed. Original Cindy had already gone to work, leaving a note for Max saying she would meet her for lunch later. She sat sipping her coffee, trying to think of what, if anything she was gonna say to him, when she saw him. So far the jury was undecided - either screaming at him or punching him in the face seemed to be very attractive possibilities, but there was a still a determined little guy with a violin at the back of her mind trying to get the Disney version.

Was she actually mad at him? A large part of her rebelliously screamed 'yes' at this point, but not as loudly as she would have liked. So this meant what? She was attracted to Alec now? She repeated this last part out loud, and decided it sounded even more ridiculous that way. She could just imagine OC's face if she dropped that particular bombshell. Actually, she could just imagine OC collapsing in hysterical laughter and falling off her chair at the thought.

Right - not helping. It would be so much easier, Max thought, if it could all just be some stupid dream or drunken mistake, or even a heat-fuelled thing - but she was nowhere near a cycle and as far as she knew heat didn't affect X5 males at all. Which meant that Alec actually wanted to kiss her……..what?! Where the hell did that come from? She quickly sat on that thought, knowing it would immediately precede 'so did you wanna kiss him too?'

And she was so not ready to go down that road. She didn't get much of a chance to dwell on it though, as her cell phone interrupted her thoughts. She got up very gingerly to read the message that popped up on the screen. Really wanting it not to be Alec. Well she got her wish - it was Logan. 'Max - something's come up - come over to my place now if you can - it's important'.

Oh God, Logan, she thought, smacking her forehead as she absorbed his message. Because she so needed to see him right now when she was having difficulty remembering which way was up! But it wasn't as if she had done anything wrong right? Alec kissed her……….God, she needed to stop thinking about that right now! No, it was Alec's twisted brain that'd gotten them into this mess - she would go and see Logan like nothing had happened. It's not like it meant anything right?

Erm…………….damn it!

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Elsewhere, someone was having an equally confused morning. Alec woke up slowly, stretching like a cat as he sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes open to try and get some idea of what time it was. Well, it was morning, he guessed, he probably should get up for work. Then it hit him. Probably not as spectacularly as it hit Max, but the realisation was still there in full eye-boggling Technicolor. He had kissed Max.

Erm………okay, possibly not his smartest move, but he fairly quickly sat on that part of his conscience. He was still having fun with the memory! All in all, it'd been a pretty great evening. Ernie was a scream and that much time in a room with a hot and bothered Max had been…interesting to say the least! And that kiss………well! He absent-mindedly ran a thumb over his bottom lip, remembering with a smile, the look on Max's face as he had presented her with his 'third time lucky' option!

Okay, so in all probability he was a dead man today, but there had to be worse reasons to go. That said, it would probably be a good idea to avoid her that morning - the wrath of Max was a terrible thing, as certain parts of his anatomy would never forget! He reached for his cell phone to call Normal and say that he wouldn't be in till later, but didn't get the chance, as the phone started to ring in his hand. He answered it gingerly, thinking it might have been Max ready to bite his head off, but then he figured she was more likely to do that in person so he was probably ok.

"Hello?", he asked eventually. "Oh hey", he said, trying to mask his slight sigh of relief, "no I was already up……well you know that wasn't exactly my fault……yeah, yeah ok, whatever you say man!" He rolled his eyes as he listened to the other guy drone on for a minute, "What, right now?………….Yeah, ok, just gimme twenty minutes". He hung up then before the other guy had a chance to respond - oh well, looks like he wouldn't get the chance to avoid Max after all, but she couldn't be that mad.

Right?………………

Well, that was chapter one - love it? Hate it? Oh well, at least it's written (like I said before) I'll try and write something better next time - this was kind of a one-hour rush job! Hope ya like it anyway! *SS*