It was evening at Arcadia Bay and Max was heading back to her dorm. When she wanted to enter her room, she heard someone calling her name. She turned around and saw Victoria, waving at her.
"What do you want?", Max asked, feeling suspicious. Victoria shrugged and walked towards her.
"I just wanted to chat with you.", said Victoria. When she saw the look on Max's face, she sighed and put her hand on Max's shoulder. "I'm not up to anything, I swear."
"You swear?", Max asked and raised her eyebrow. She tilted her head to the right and stroked her chin. "…swear on what?"
Victoria rolled her eyes and shrugged. "Uhm… I don't know. My grandmother's grave." Max laughed and shook her head.
"It has to be something you actually care about.", Max said. "Otherwise I am not doing anything with you. You put me through enough shit already."
Victoria sighed. "Fine… I swear on… my dog's grave." She got annoyed when Max shot her a pitiful look. "Now, can we please go to my room?"
Max nodded. She still was a little concerned about Victoria's reason to chat. When they went into Victoria's room, Max noticed how clean the place was. And of course it was full of the most recent high-tech technology.
Victoria sat down on her bed. Max awkwardly stood by the door, not sure what to do. After a while the blonde girl said: "You're gonna sit or what?"
Max quickly sat down next to Victoria, then moved away from her a little, not sure how close Victoria wanted her to be.
"Okay, so... you and that blue-haired chick… you used to be close right?", Victoria asked. Jesus, this town does know everything, Max thought. She didn't feel like telling Victoria the whole story, so she just gave her a small nod. "We are still close though.", Max added.
"Like… close-close?", Victoria asked. Max gave her a confused look. Victoria rolled her eyes. "Were you…ya know… gay for each other?"
Max' heart started beating faster. Yeah, but it was one-sided… I think. No, she couldn't tell Victoria that. No way. She just could not take that risk. Too dangerous.
"Are you kidding.", Max laughed nervously. "We were… are close but just as friends. And Chloe likes the dudes, man." Okay, that was half a lie. Chloe and guys were not a good match. At all. She had dated boys in the past of course but they always ended up being total assholes. Which is why Chloe started to like the company of girls more.
"Chloe likes dudes, okay. But you don't?", Victoria asked. Shit. This whole situation made her so nervous she kept saying stupid shit. And she was probably blushing already, so she couldn't say that she did like boys. Ugh, why was Victoria bothering her with this?
"Hey it's okay!", Victoria said and put a hand on her shoulder. Max looked at her suspiciously. Victoria let out a sigh. "Listen Max, you're not alone. I…I think I might also be gay or something."
Max's mouth fell open. "You?! But… but… I thought you had a thing for Mr. Jefferson!"
Victoria sighed deeply.. "Yeah, I guess I'm bi or something. And yeah, I tried to get him to like me, but he wasn't interested."
Max giggled. "You think?" When Victoria glared at her, she quickly stopped grinning.
"But why do you think you're gay?", Max asked. Victoria looked down at her shoes and scratched her neck. Max had never seen her this nervous before. It was kinda cute actually.
"I like someone, okay.", Victoria said. She couldn't even look Max in the eyes anymore. Max tried not giggle. If she goes into bitch-mode again, I will soooo tease her with this, Max thought.
"Who is the lucky- I mean- unlucky one?.", Max asked Victoria while elbowing her. When Victoria didn't respond immediately, Max raised her eyebrow and asked: "Is it Chloe?"
Victoria sighed and shook her head. "No, goddamnit." She put her face in her hands. "It's you."