Logan popped the cork on the bottle of complimentary champagne and poured two glasses. Asha came through from the delux bathroom looking very pink.
"The water is lovely." She said, collapsing on to the elegant sofa and accepting the champagne flute. Logan smiled and sat down beside her.
"Thanks for coming along by the way. Even if you did invite Alec." He said. Asha smiled.
"I didn't think it would turn out this way." She glanced backwards at the bed. "Um . . . there is the small matter of who gets the bed."
"Asha." Logan smiled, he was feeling quite indulgent. "We are both responsible adults, I think we can share a bed." Asha giggled.
Logan rapped on the door of Max and Alec's room the next morning. Asha stood behind him, she looked at her watch nervously.
"Logan we don't have any time. It's breakfast already."
"I'd have thought Max and Alec would be awake." He sighed and tried the handle. To his surprise the metal clicked and they entered.
The room was a bombsite. The CD played was whirring softly, they'd put the music on pause. Asha slowly ventured into the bathroom and squacked.
"How on earth . . . ?" She trailed off. Alec lay in the bath tub, his head lolled out of it and he had one arm dangling over the side clutching an empty bottle of whiskey. The other arm was wrapped around Max who was sleeping on top of him. Logan came up behind her and made a strange half roar- half scream noise low in his throat. Alec jerked awake. He stared at them for a minute. Asha felt the urge to laugh. Her face twitched as recognition spread over Alec's features.
"Oh . . . shit." Alec sat up, Max tumbled from her bed. She stared at Alec in horror.
"Get a little drunk last night?" Logan asked, his face quivering with supressed emotion. Alec met Max's eyes from the opposite side of the bath tub.
"Uh . . . I honestly don't remember." He said. Max clapped a hand to her head then winced.
"Ow! Ooh . . . what time is it?" She made her way out of the bath tub shakily. Alec sunk lower.
"Breakfast time. We'll meet you downstairs." Logan turned away briskly. Asha following, a hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh.
"That's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time." Logan hissed as they came out. Asha cracked up, remembering the perfect expression of terror on Alec's face.
"Oh God. Oh God. Oh God." Max moaned as she hurriedly gathered her clothes. "Oh God. Oh God."
"Max! I think he heard you!" Alec snapped at her, running a hand through his wet hair as he came out the shower. "Shut up now."
"How can you! Logan probably thinks that . . ."
"What? Max - I think we've both made it clear we wouldn't touch either with a bargepole. Now go shower. You stink."
Max had no answer to this so she went for a shower. Alec took a deep breath and started cleaning up. Just because he didn't remember what happened - didn't mean something did. He chuckled as a thought came across him.
"What are you laughing at?" Max snapped as she came out. Alec grinned at her.
"We must have cleared the hotel out if we drank enough to get us drunk."
Max opened her mouth and closed it. Then she burst out laughing.
"C'mon - it's breakfast time." Alec said, clapping a hand on her on the shoulder unconsciously as they walked out.
Breakfast passed uneventfully. Afterwards Gene stood up to say a few things.
"There will be pre-arranged activities during the day. I understand there's also a pool and a spa here and a gymnastics training room." He said. Max glanced at Alec, there might be a few things in there to help with their heists.
"I hear there's trail riding." Logan leaned over to say to Max. Alec raised an eyebrow.
"I always liked horses."
"Me too." Logan said. Max and Asha looked betweent he two as some unspoken masculine ritual seemed to happen.
"I bet you did." Alec said with a dangerous smile, Logan's matched his. "Max - guess which activity we're going on." He said.
"Men." Asha snorted.