"You're not talking" Alec commented after a few minutes.
"You know, I think I'm gonna take the other option, go lie down. I'm kinda
tired"
he went to stand up, and Max shoved him back down onto the couch.
"We are going to have this conversation." She told him.
Alec looked at her, trying to figure the easiest way out of this mess. "I'm sorry" he repeated, the words catching in his throat.
Max saw him hesitate. She stepped back, and turned away from him, staring at a wall. "I started telling you this, and I'm going to finish it. Whether I have to hold you down to do it" she turned back to face him, her expression determined.
Alec watched her with interest.
"When I got sick at Manticore, it was in front of a guard. Zach, he went for the gun, to protect me. He grabbed it, and levelled it at the guy, and he gave us a choice. Leave, or stay? I didn't know what to do, it was the hardest decision I had ever had to make. Stay with what was safe, or go with something new and exciting. I chose to leave."
"I noticed" Alec commented, grinning widely.
She held his gaze, her eyes boring into his, until the grin dropped from his face.
"When we jumped the fence, escaped, it was the most incredible feeling. Nothing has ever felt like that since. Taking a chance, having everything uncertain, but full of potential, I knew that I had made the correct decision."
Alec leaned forward slightly, listening intently to what she had to say. His breath quickened, as he felt the excitement in her voice.
"Since then, I've always chosen to be safe. Stayed in a bad foster home because it was easier than escaping, staying in Seattle when the correct thing to do would be to keep moving."
Staying with Logan. The words darted into his mind, and he bit his lip to prevent himself from saying them out loud.
Max laughed.
"Huh?" he asked her.
"Your face is so easy to read sometimes" she told him. Alec grinned, and looked away.
"So, you were being boring? Uhh, safe." He corrected himself.
"Alec, in the woods" He stood, the smile dropping from his face.
"What was that for you?" she asked.
Alec looked at the ground, then slowly met her gaze again. Finally, he shrugged.
Max stepped towards him, touching his arm.
"What do you want from me?" he asked.
Max closed the gap between them. Reaching her hand behind his neck, she pulled his head down towards hers. Slowly, her lips touched his. Alec gasped, and moved to pull away, but Max pressed lightly on his neck, holding him in place. She moved her head back slightly, and waited. Alec's eyes met hers, a flood of emotions running through them. Fear, hesitation, shock, excitement. She kissed him again, and this time he didn't pull back. Max ran her tongue against his mouth, requesting entrance, and he deepened the kiss, moaning softly as he felt her tongue enter his mouth. Max pressed her body against his, moving slowly, giving him every chance to back off.
Alec had no intention of doing that. His arms moved around Max, pulling her hard against him, his mouth pressing harder against hers. He heard her groan, and felt her slip her other hand to the small of his back, pressing him against her. Alec pulled back and looked down at her.
"You okay?" she asked him.
Alec bit his lip, then kissed her again. Passion seared between them, and the kiss became more frantic, more intense, like it had been in the woods. Max pushed him backwards, and he fell onto the couch, taking her with him. Alec moaned, moving into a comfortable position, and wrapping his arms around Max's waist, he shifted her so that she was lying completely on top of him. Her hand moved to his chest, roughly moving over him, feeling the firm muscles. She felt his breath quicken, his kiss become more urgent. Max grinned, moving her hand away from him. Alec groaned, and moved his hand up to her arm, wanting to hold her hand in place. She laughed at him, and brushed his hand away. "Max" he protested, frustrated. She grinned against his mouth, slipping her hand under his shirt, and touching his bare stomach. Alec lifted his hips, his hands moving over her back, pulling her harder against him.
Her hand moved higher up his chest, running over his bunched muscles, feeling the firmness of his chest.
"Max" she heard his voice go serious, and she pulled back. "We shouldn't be doing this." he told her, even as his hands held her to him.
"What?"
"Logan." He commented. Max stiffened, and sat up. "Yeah" she said, moving off him.
"Max, wait" Alec followed her, grabbing her around the waist and turning her back around to look at him. "I cant do that to him, or to you"
"I was fine with it" she told him
Alec shook his head. "Until you saw him again, and then you'd regret everything."
"No" she told him, but her voice didn't sound sincere.
"I'm not sure I'm ready either." He told her, kissing her again lightly.
"We are going to have this conversation." She told him.
Alec looked at her, trying to figure the easiest way out of this mess. "I'm sorry" he repeated, the words catching in his throat.
Max saw him hesitate. She stepped back, and turned away from him, staring at a wall. "I started telling you this, and I'm going to finish it. Whether I have to hold you down to do it" she turned back to face him, her expression determined.
Alec watched her with interest.
"When I got sick at Manticore, it was in front of a guard. Zach, he went for the gun, to protect me. He grabbed it, and levelled it at the guy, and he gave us a choice. Leave, or stay? I didn't know what to do, it was the hardest decision I had ever had to make. Stay with what was safe, or go with something new and exciting. I chose to leave."
"I noticed" Alec commented, grinning widely.
She held his gaze, her eyes boring into his, until the grin dropped from his face.
"When we jumped the fence, escaped, it was the most incredible feeling. Nothing has ever felt like that since. Taking a chance, having everything uncertain, but full of potential, I knew that I had made the correct decision."
Alec leaned forward slightly, listening intently to what she had to say. His breath quickened, as he felt the excitement in her voice.
"Since then, I've always chosen to be safe. Stayed in a bad foster home because it was easier than escaping, staying in Seattle when the correct thing to do would be to keep moving."
Staying with Logan. The words darted into his mind, and he bit his lip to prevent himself from saying them out loud.
Max laughed.
"Huh?" he asked her.
"Your face is so easy to read sometimes" she told him. Alec grinned, and looked away.
"So, you were being boring? Uhh, safe." He corrected himself.
"Alec, in the woods" He stood, the smile dropping from his face.
"What was that for you?" she asked.
Alec looked at the ground, then slowly met her gaze again. Finally, he shrugged.
Max stepped towards him, touching his arm.
"What do you want from me?" he asked.
Max closed the gap between them. Reaching her hand behind his neck, she pulled his head down towards hers. Slowly, her lips touched his. Alec gasped, and moved to pull away, but Max pressed lightly on his neck, holding him in place. She moved her head back slightly, and waited. Alec's eyes met hers, a flood of emotions running through them. Fear, hesitation, shock, excitement. She kissed him again, and this time he didn't pull back. Max ran her tongue against his mouth, requesting entrance, and he deepened the kiss, moaning softly as he felt her tongue enter his mouth. Max pressed her body against his, moving slowly, giving him every chance to back off.
Alec had no intention of doing that. His arms moved around Max, pulling her hard against him, his mouth pressing harder against hers. He heard her groan, and felt her slip her other hand to the small of his back, pressing him against her. Alec pulled back and looked down at her.
"You okay?" she asked him.
Alec bit his lip, then kissed her again. Passion seared between them, and the kiss became more frantic, more intense, like it had been in the woods. Max pushed him backwards, and he fell onto the couch, taking her with him. Alec moaned, moving into a comfortable position, and wrapping his arms around Max's waist, he shifted her so that she was lying completely on top of him. Her hand moved to his chest, roughly moving over him, feeling the firm muscles. She felt his breath quicken, his kiss become more urgent. Max grinned, moving her hand away from him. Alec groaned, and moved his hand up to her arm, wanting to hold her hand in place. She laughed at him, and brushed his hand away. "Max" he protested, frustrated. She grinned against his mouth, slipping her hand under his shirt, and touching his bare stomach. Alec lifted his hips, his hands moving over her back, pulling her harder against him.
Her hand moved higher up his chest, running over his bunched muscles, feeling the firmness of his chest.
"Max" she heard his voice go serious, and she pulled back. "We shouldn't be doing this." he told her, even as his hands held her to him.
"What?"
"Logan." He commented. Max stiffened, and sat up. "Yeah" she said, moving off him.
"Max, wait" Alec followed her, grabbing her around the waist and turning her back around to look at him. "I cant do that to him, or to you"
"I was fine with it" she told him
Alec shook his head. "Until you saw him again, and then you'd regret everything."
"No" she told him, but her voice didn't sound sincere.
"I'm not sure I'm ready either." He told her, kissing her again lightly.