Hills and Chains
Chapter 1
"No I don't want to go! No! Let me go! I SAID NO!"
Max's voice boomed in the dorm hallway. It had been three weeks since the incident. She hadn't left her dorm or campus for three weeks. She didn't want to see anyone, less speak to anyone. For those three weeks she was in her dorm, she sat on her bed contemplating and replaying what had happened. She couldn't wrap it around her head how any of it happened.
"Max, please let me in. Let me talk to you. It's been three weeks! Everyone is worried! Not just me!"
Chloe banged on Max's dorm door. She hadn't seen the brunette since that fateful day. Chloe wasn't there when it happened, but rumors tend to spread like wildfire. She tried to talk to Max's friends; Kate, Warren, and even Victoria. Chloe didn't know how Victoria and Max became friends, but she knew ever since that day, Victoria and Max were closer than her and Max ever were.
"Max, please. I won't ask you anything. I just want to see you and hang for a bit. Can I at least come in?" Chloe kept pleading.
"Chloe, no. Just leave me alone. I don't want to see or talk to you or anyone." Max said loud enough for only Chloe to hear.
Chloe sighed, "Okay...I'll go. I'm sorry, Max.."
Even though Max said she didn't want to see or talk to anyone, she desperately wanted to meet up with Chloe. Her chest tightened at the thought of her. Max had no one to talk to and wasn't sure if she was ready. For those three weeks she would write in her journal in great detail about what happened to her, but would she be able to talk about it? She didn't know and frankly wasn't willing to try. Max waited to hear Chloe's footsteps to fade as she left. Max wanted to stop Chloe from leaving, but all she could do was curl up against the door and listen to the sound of a door close softly in the distance.
Max sighed into her hands, "Why am I such a fucking idiot?"
Max didn't know how to talk about shit like this. She didn't know how to express her feelings in a manner that made sense to other people. She was scared of rejection and misunderstanding. She knew she had Victoria to go to, but only to a certain extent. Victoria and her had been so close now, it was hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, they hated each other greatly. The two would be there for each other when they had no one else who understood. The two needed each other. Victoria had Taylor, Nathan and even Kate. Max was more reserved, she was scared and was sure people would call her crazy if she told anyone. Max was alone.
The rest of the night, Max had curled up on her floor, up against the door, crying. She wanted Chloe to come back. Her phone in her hand, open to Chloe's messages that Max only read. She wanted to text Chloe back, but didn't. She fell asleep on the floor with her phone in her hand.