Guessing Games

The look on Alec's face as they rode up toward the penthouse of Foggle Towers was one of pure amusement. In contrast to her usual pout Max too was smiling. She was actually happy and nothing Logan said or did was going to change that. She tried the handle and finding it unlocked entered Logan's apartment, Alec right behind her. The closer they got towards Logan's computer and therefore Logan the bigger Alec's grin got.

'Hey,' Logan greeted Max when the two X5s made their presence known. He completely ignored Alec but Alec was way too amused to be offended.

'Hey, Logan,' Alec greeted enthusiastically.

Logan turned to face Alec, a flicker of annoyance and then confusion flashing in his eyes.

'Guess what?' Alec asked, bouncing up and down like an overexcited five year old on a sugar rush.

Max shook her head unable to hide a grin at Alec's behavior. Logan looked to Max hoping to share an exasperated look and was astonished to find Max smiling and shaking her head.

'Come on Logan, humor me!'

'Fine! What?'

'I'm gonna be a father!'

Logan's eyes bugged out of his head and he turned to Max for confirmation but Max's expression had suddenly become closed off.

'You got one of your conquests pregnant?' Logan managed to put enough disdain in the question to make an elephant shrink back but not overexcited X5 males.

'Knocked her up real good,' Alec mused.

'And you actually remember this woman's name?' Logan failed to see what Alec was so excited about; he wouldn't want some random one night stand showing up on his doorstep pregnant.

'Couldn't forget her if I tried,' Alec replied cheerily. 'Best damn sex I ever had.'

'Have I met her?' Logan asked, male curiosity getting the best of him. With Alec's rather long track record this woman must have been brilliant in bed.

'Yep.'

'So who is she?' Logan's patience was wearing thin.

'Hey, Logan, guess what?' Max asked suddenly.

'What?' Logan asked, turning to face her, annoyed that she'd interrupted Alec just when he was about to reveal which woman had been stupid enough to sleep with him and get pregnant.

'I'm gonna be a mother.'

Alec's smile had never been as big as when Logan hit the floor in a dead faint.