Warmth.
That's all Max could think when she stepped into the automatic sliding doors of the shop. Max had just gotten out of Blackwell for the day and has to pick up some supplies for her and Kate's little sleepover. It would've been a bit easier though if it wasn't snowing like crazy in the middle of December.
Finally. Now I just need the popcorn and candy.
Max searched through about five aisles until she finally stumbled upon different types of candy. Okay, Only a few chocolates then popcorn. Right on schedule. Max saw the time and hurried up a bit, trying to find the popcorn aisle.
Aisle 7, Max read. She hurried down and finally went down the seventh row.
Come on, come on where is it?
Then Max noticed at the end of the aisle there was a girl standing on her tiptoes trying to reach the top shelf for one of the last boxes of popcorn. She stood behind the girl for a minute, just looking at her. The girl had a punk outfit with blue hair and a beanie to top it off. Now Max didn't really mind waiting for this girl reaching for popcorn.
Or that is until she saw all of the boxes come crashing down on her.
"Fucking shitballs.." Max heard the girl say with a slightly muffled voice
Max giggled for a second then decided the best thing to do was to help her up, then get going.
Max crouched down and picked some boxes off of the girl, while the punk gave a stunned look. She looked like she wanted to say something but she just opened and closed her mouth a few times and accepted her help. Max finally got all the boxes off and lifted the girl up.
Max also kept one of the boxes under her arm so she could buy it.
Max was just about to turn around to go to the register but heard the stranger behind her shout "Wait!" and ran up beside her.
"Hey, um… Thanks for helping me…"
"Max"
"Right. Max. I'm Chloe"
Chloe put out her hand for Max to shake, and of course she did. The two talked while they waited in line and found out that they both went to Blackwell.
Chloe was about to get into her truck but then she saw Max starting to shake and wait for the next bus to Blackwell, which would take 15 minutes. Chloe decided to be even with her and offer her a ride.
Chloe ran up to the bus stop and saw Max shivering like crazy. She called Max over and she looked like a deer in the headlights with red from her ears to her nose. She asked Max if she would like to join her and she thankfully tagged along for the ride in her truck.
After Max getting a ride from Chloe to Blackwell, the two walked up to the girls dormitories while exchanging phone numbers and room numbers, promising each other to talk again soon.
When Max returned to Kate's room nearly two hours later, she saw Kate sleeping peacefully and read the note that she left right by her violin reading "Max, I'm really tired today. Maybe have a sleepover with someone else?"
Maybe Chloe is still awake...
