Max raised an eyebrow as Sage got up, clearly thinking he was more awake than he was. On a few occasions Max's arms shot out to try to prevent Sage from hurting himself in his sleepy state. He patted him on the shoulder comfortingly as Sage's head leaned into his shoulder. All he could think to himself was how Sage was definitely not cooking tonight. The tattooed lump of sleepiness would probably not be able to tell salt from sugar right now. As he was waved off, Max only took a step back, following a few paces behind the sleepy bear to make sure he actually made it to his room.<br/><br/>Now that Sage was out, and this time at least on his bed, Max let out a sigh. The poor boy was working himself ragged and it seemed like there was nothing Max could do to make it better. 'Well', he thought to himself, 'I can at least make dinner...'<br/><br/>Max set up with his laptop in the living room, getting some homework slowly done, whilst also chatting on Facebook. Homework had been long forgotten by the time Nikki came home. He had missed her entrance and heard the shower start. Leaving his school work he went up to the bathroom and knocked gently on the door. "I'm starting dinner!" he called through the door, hoping she could hear him, "You better get some before crashing for the night or Sage will have my head!"<br/><br/>Off he went to the kitchen, pulling together spaghetti that couldn't be classified as anything other than slightly above standard tasting college fare.  At least the pasta wasn't hard and the sauce was pre-made so he couldn't mess it up. Making three bowls of it he held one in either hand and clamped down with his teeth on the lip of the third bowl as he went to deliver the food. Everyone was exhausted. There was no need to bother everyone to come to the dining room area tonight.<br/><br/>First stop: Sage. Max tapped the door with his foot, as close to a knock as he could get with his hand full, before barging in, precariously carrying three bowls. He made some sort of grunt sound to rouse Sage, still limited by the bowl in mouth.