A/N: Sorry guys, I just have to post this now before I burst, I've been watching this show all day and the sexual tension is just ajhdflkajdhfkashdflad. Okay, so basically this is set in the episode where Max tries to kiss Johnny and he pulls away, and I think there's a whole other reason behind it;) This fic kicks off from where Caroline is interrogating Max at the hoarder's.
"Why didn't you kiss him?!" Caroline cried. For someone who acted so strong, Max's cowardly side when it came to feelings really baffled her.
"Well, he didn't wanna!" Max cried back. "Besides, I'm not entirely into him anyway, it doesn't matter." Max let her voice trailed off and tried to concentrate on tidying the things around her.
A few seconds went by silently until Max shivered because Caroline placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Aw, Max." Caroline cooed, letting her hand fall down her best friend's back. "He doesn't have a reason not to like you back."
"Just...drop it" Max replied, not turning round "I don't like him...and yes he does actually."
"Why the hell wouldn't he love you?!" Caroline protested, clearing up some random things around her.
"Oh...my...GOD!" Max screamed.
"What?!" Caroline spun round quickly.
Max dug through a pile of filthy clothes and withdrew her hand a few seconds later, cupping them together.
Caroline moved herself closer to Max's hands, pulling her hair out of her face to get a better look.
Max opened her hands to reveal a small, brown rat. She smiled proudly.
Caroline screeched and moved away from Max, trying to climb up a pile of newspapers.
"What are you doing?" Max laughed.
"Get rid of that thing!" Caroline screamed again, trying to stabilise herself on the wobbling pile of newspapers.
"This thing happens to be a living creature! And his name is Callum so-"
Max was interrupted by a crash, she closed her eyes instincively, but knew what had happened. She opened her eyes and burst out laughing.
Caroline had fallen off the pile of newspapers and the shock of her falling had cause the newspapers to fall over too and bury her completely.
"Well, I guess we're alone now Callum." Max smirked.
"Max!" came a voice from in the pile of newspapers. "Help me!"
"Alright, alright" Max mumbled, letting the rat run free out into the street.
Max began to dig through the newspapers, tossing them aside until she caught sight of some blonde hair.
She smiled as she revealed her best friends face in the pile, a smile she let linger for probably too long before wiping it off her face.
Max extended her hand to pull Caroline up, but Caroline just held it.
"I don't like that look in your eye" Max chuckled.
Max swore she could see Caroline's eyes sparkled before she was pulled violently into the pile of newspapers.
"This is your fault so you should suffer it too!"
"How is it my fault you're scared of a rat?" Max could hardly breathe for laughing, Caroline was laughing too, which just made her laugh more.
Caroline swatted a few newspapers away so they were barely up to their waists in scattered pieces of paper.
"You're good Max" Caroline smiled briefly.
"At what?" Max was still giggling.
"Changing the subject, you never told me why Johnny wouldn't love you."
"Oh" Max sighed "That."
"Come on" Caroline moaned.
"I just, don't like Johnny." Max shrugged.
"I know you like someone" Caroline smirked "You've got that look about you sometimes, you know, when a person has found 'the one'" She smiled at the end of her sentence, happy for her friend, but at the same time disappointed.
Caroline had kind of developed feelings for Max. Kind of. She felt like repeating kind of in her head, it made them go away a little bit. It didn't really and now, knowing that Max had found someone, made them flare up more. On one hand, she was glad Max was happy, and it may help her move on a bit. But, on the other hand, jealousy was not something Caroline took very well.
"I...don't know..." Max refrained from giving Caroline any more information, as much as she wanted to blur the lines of their friendship right there and then, she couldn't bring herself to say much when she was faced with awkward moments. "I'm not good with feelings."
Caroline's eyes softened. "Max!" she smiled "I didn't know you were so deep!"
Max rolled her eyes. "So, maybe I do like someone else, what does it matter, let's just clean up and get out of here."
"Okay" Caroline replied "If you don't wanna talk about it, I won't make you."
Max smiled briefly at Caroline, praying somehow that the blonde would catch on.
"Did you just touch my leg?" Caroline asked, her eyes widening, but her stomach doing hoops.
"No..." Max replied, her eyes widening too.
Caroline screamed and jumped out of the pile of newspapers, Max following behind her.
"Let's just...get out of here!" Caroline turned to Max quickly, who nodded in agreement, grabbing her coat and following Caroline as she ran towards the door.
A/N Well that's it for the first chapter, I know it's short. Think of it as a pilot chapter;) let me know what you guys think and I'll carry on!