Authors Nore: Aaaaand the second/last chapter. Hope you liked it so far and enjoy the rest :) I also apologize for my lack of different words, but my vocabulary is not THAT big.
"Chloe, you don't have to tell me everything if you don't want to."
"No! No.. it's just... I want to tell you, but... Oh fuck it, we kissed Max. On that night we finally talked about us, our future and our plans. We realized, that we both couldn't live without the other anymore, we wanted for the other to be around all the time and just... be together. I fell for her. I don't know when, but I did. And it was a hard fall."
Chloe looked me in the eyes. My face showed no sign of... anything. What was she expected to find? Disgust, hate or fear? It was her choice for doing what she did and I had no right to judge her.
"Hey..." I took her in an embrace. "What you did is your thing and don't believe that I would hate you for it. Chloe you were... you are my best friend. I could never hate you for something like this and you should know that. Whatever floats you boat I guess." I backed up and gave her a warm smile. She smiled back and hugged me again. "Thanks Max."
After a while she eventually spoke up again.
"Well our little "make-out-session" didn't even last long. My mom busted us and got angry fast... She throw her out and grounded me for weeks."
"Joyce did this? Wow..."
"Yeah, but she apologized for it later on. After a few days she said, that she just was surprised and it didn't matter to her. She just thought it would mean, that I got in trouble again and wanted to avoid that. After I told her, what Rachel did for me she apologized again."
"That doesn't sound like her either."
"You're right"
We laughed.
Chloe picked up the bottle again and took a gulp.
"Right, so... Everything seemed perfect at that time. My mom found David and finally smiled again after all the time since dad had passed away. My life seemed to be getting back to normal and I was finally ready to trust someone again. With Rachel I had my guardian Angel and someone, I could actually leave Arcadia with. Our plans were to begin right after we finished school. But..."
Chloe fell silent. A single tear rolled down her cheek and landed on the bottle.
"She left. No... she... vanished, without a word, without... me. It fucking hurt Max. To be left alone again and again, it fucking hurts.", she said while grabbing her beer with steel like hands. "After she was gone I got back to a lot of shit, did drugs again, got into trouble... I dropped out of school and dedicated my whole time to finding Rachel. I set up these posters, looked everywhere for her, but I couldn't find her, no one could. Many told me, that she eventually just left Arcadia, but she couldn't have, not without me. I am sure of it Max, something happened to her and I won't rest until I know everything."
She chugged the rest of the beer down and set the bottle on the table.
"So here we are!", Chloe said with open arms and a fake smile on her face. She stood up and spun around the room. "That's the story. You liked it?"
I suddenly jump up, rushed towards her and took her in a deep hug. A few seconds passed until Chloe returned it and began to cry. She dug her head in my shoulders and sobbed.
"I'm sorry."
"You don't have to be. I'm here for you Chloe. I won't leave you again, I promise."
We stayed like that for a while. After she let all this out, she needed someone to just hold her and assure that everything would be alright. I told her, that I would help her find out, what happened to Rachel and what was going on at Blackwell Academy. I would protect her, be her guardian angel until Rachel was back in her arms again.
We let go from each other. Chloe wiped away the last tears on her cheeks and sniffed before she spoke again.
"Thanks Max. Now-", she gave me another smile. This time, it was with hopeful eyes and I liked it. Finally a smiling face that suited her.
"Let's set up this shooting range!"
