Lucky 13, here's the ending. Hope you enjoyed reading!

Max moved around her apartment stealthily and without a sound to wake up her roommate. She peeled off her jacket and draped it on a chair before going to sleep. She decided she should at least try even if her shark DNA made it difficult.

Staring at the ceiling had been her past time when she'd first moved in… unfortunately, she now had every divet and speck memorized. She turned and glanced at the clock on the side table.

The tapping at her door confused her for a moment… but she was bored, might as well investigate.

She creaked it open, hoping her roommate would sleep through it, and was surprised at who was there.

"Hey, um…" After everything that had happened that night, this was probably the strangest to her. Alec was at her door… and apparently at a loss for words.

"Is there a problem?" Max asked hesitantly.

"Not really, I just wanted to... " he trailed off and looked at her slightly confused and Max became instantly aware that she was in what she qualified as pajamas. "Sorry, were you asleep?" he asked.

"Not really. Alec, what are you doing here?"

Alec stared at the floor for a moment and then looked up at her. "I never thanked you for the whole… you know... thing…"

A small smile made an appearance on Max's face and Alec gave a sort of shrug. "You came over to my apartment to say 'thank you'?"

"...Well… It came to my attention that I sorta died so… yeah." He scratched the back of his head.

Max stepped back from the door and motioned for him to come in. He did, reluctantly and studied the room slowly.

"What's the real reason you're here? Just tell me, I won't be mad unless you put it off until you're in trouble and I have to bail you out." Max said, dropping onto the couch.

Alec shook his head slowly. "I'm not sure you can make good on that promise."

"Try me."

"I'm already in trouble." He started.

Max's eyes widened. "Please tell me you didn't lead a bunch of guys with guns to my apartment. Alec, it's one in the morning!" She whispered, trying to keep the volume down for Original Cindy's sake since the walls were paper thin.

"No, no, no. Not like that… exactly. I don't think it's life threatening."

"Why the trouble then?"

Alec bit his lip slightly. "Well… My problem is I don't know what her reaction will be."

Max blinked. "Who exactly?"

Alec sat down on the other side of the couch and took a deep breath. "There's this girl and unfortunately I'm kinda hooked on her despite my best attempts to remain otherwise. She's bossy, she gets annoyed with me, and she's only ever been interested in someone else as long as I've known her…"

Max felt her face turning more and more red as she tried to process this. Is this actually...happening?

"...But for the life of me, I can't think about anyone else… and I was wondering how she'd react if I told her."

Max gaped for another minute or two and Alec didn't meet her eyes. He glanced around the room, stared at the floor, and turned to look out the window as though considering jumping. Finally, he looked at the door and Max followed his train of thought.

"Don't…"

"Huh?"

"Don't go. Just, uh, give me a minute." She answered simply, trying to process.

Alec looked anxious. "Actually, if you're planning to hit me or something I'd like a head start before you start throwing punches."

"I won't."

"Okay." He stood there awkwardly waiting, stuffing his hands into his pockets and rocking slightly from his heels to his toes.

Max glanced around for a chair and sat down, feeling more shaky than she wanted to be right then.

About five minutes passed and Max could tell Alec was getting more and more anxious. She stood up and walked over to him.

"-Listen, Max, if you don't feel the same just tell me, okay? But don't avoid me or anything, alright? I still want to be friends and I promise I'll try to move on if you really want me to and-"

"-Alec." He snapped his mouth shut and Max's serious expression suddenly broke into a smile. "Shut up." She shook her head, slid one hand around the back of his neck and kissed him.

Alec's eyes shot open in shock and he panicked with not knowing what to do with his hands before hesitantly kissing her back and sliding one hand around her waist to pull her closer and moving one up to trace her jaw with his thumb. He realized he was drowning again, but this time he was drowning in her and that was much much more doable.

Fin.

Hope you liked it! What happens next is kinda up to you. Fluff? Moving into an M -rating? Jump ahead several months to a wedding day? You decide...

Thanks for reading!

E. Nigma