BY: KATHY-LYNN BROWN
Maria stood in front of her mirror looking at her body, hoping to see any changes that might make her look more mature as school was just weeks away from starting. She was a little disappointed that mother nature hadn't blessed her with more curves over the summer, but she was hot just the way she was.
It had been a long summer. Liz had left town after finding out that Max was Destined to be with Tess. Michael had pulled away from Maria because he loved her too much to hurt her. She spent the summer pining over Michael eating double chocolate fudge ice-cream with Max who was pining over Liz.
There was a knock on her bed room door. "Can I come in?" A familiar voice said.
Maria picked up the hoop earrings from the dresser and started to put them on. "Yeah."
Max entered closing the door behind him. "Are you ready?"
"Almost." She turned around. "How do I look?" She asked as she modeled her short white-mini skirt and red tank top.
Max smiled. He had never seen Maria look that good before. She was someone who covered up and not revealed. But he wasn't complaining. "Where do you think we're going? To hooker blvd."
Maria punched his shoulder as she walked by him grabbing her white go-go boots and taking a seat on the edge of the bed to put them on. "You're a jerk." She laughed.
"I was just kidding. You look amazing." He said. "So have you heard from Liz yet?" He threw in quickly.
Maria stood up and adjusted her clothes. "Not since yesterday. She said that she would be back by the end of the week." She paused. "Have you heard from Michael?"
"This morning."
"Is he going to be there?" She asked wishful thinking.
Max shook his head no. "I'm sorry. He just doesn't want to…"
"…see me." Maria said hurt.
Max walked over and placed his hand on Maria's shoulder. "Why don't you and I go to this party at the valley and forget about Liz and Michael for one night. And you and I can enjoy a wonderful summer evening together."
Maria smiled. "That sounds like a plan to me."
"Great." He let his hand slip down taking hers. "It's just the two of us. And as long as we've got each other…"
"…then we can face the world around us." She completed his sentence. It was something that she had begin to do a lot of these days.
Max and Maria had spent every day of the summer together. They had become best friends. They were a lot closer than they knew. He led her out of the bed room. For once they were going to enjoy their summer night with out ice-cream and sad movies. They were going to party like every one-else.