Max pushed open the door that led to the front of Blackwell and Chloe followed close behind her. "This is hella crazy, It's really Monday." The punk said under her breath surveying the school yard in astonishment. Max followed her eyes seeing the familiar faces of students. Something felt off. The answer immediately came to mind, seeing as she was standing beside it. In this timeline she had never had to activate the fire alarm to save Chloe so the students were never herded out of the school.

Brooke was still here flying her drone and Stella seemed to be talking with another girl like she had before. The only group that she didn't remember was a group of boys sitting loosely around one of the picnic tables. Nothing seemed reality tearing though, so Max tugged on Chloe's hand breaking her trance. She didn't remember when she happen to take the taller girl's hand but she didn't want to let go. It felt like a sensitive chord holding her securely to this timeline. If she let Chloe go she was afraid she would float off like a lost balloon.

"Sorry Mad Max. I'm kinda new to the whole time traveling thing. We can go." Chloe said punctuating it with a squeeze of Max's hand. The brunette led them down the steps and they walked past the fountain on their way to the quiet sanctuary of Max's room. As they passed Stella, Max noticed the girl's eyes find their way down to the couple's intertwined hands. Her eyes rose to meet Max's. There was a hesitant question in them that Max neither had the time nor the inclination to answer but Chloe did shooting Stella a sly wink.

The pair headed toward the girls dorm. To Max everything seemed normal. It was strange being back at blackwell after everything. Mr. Jefferson hadn't been caught and Rachel was still missing. She would have to put everything right but first they had to see to the town. Max always enjoyed a good brainstorm session with Chloe. She knew that as kids they would have never guessed that their adventures would be like this.

They had almost made it to the steps that led to the walkway for the girl's dorms when they both heard a shout directed at them.

"Hey! Dykes! Stop!" Nathan was marching over to them with his shoulders up and fists clenched tightly. Chloe spun around to face him letting go of Max's hand and, the shorter girl reluctantly joined her. She instinctively placed the hand that Chloe had let go onto her other arm holding herself tightly.

Of course Nathan was still looking for Chloe

Chloe stepped forward before Nathan could get any closer to them or, more importantly, to Max.

"What do you want? I don't want to talk anymore." Chloe said through clenched teeth trying to play it cool. Max smiled inwardly. She knew that Chloe was trying not to get into a fight for her sake even though she really wanted to hit Nathan. Max began to wonder if she really wanted Chloe to handle it peacefully. There was something oddly alluring about seeing Chloe stand there. She was so fearless in front of a psycho she knew had once killed her in another timeline.

"Oh, so you did pussy out like I thought. You better keep your mouth shut next time bitch talking about things you don't understand." He said sneering at her. The boys at the picnic table stopped talking amongst themselves watching for Chloe's next reaction. The punk stood her ground unwilling to be provoked but Nathan stepped closer. He jabbed a finger in the air behind her that was aimed at Max. Leering over Chloe's shoulder he continued menacingly.

"And this little cunt better watch out, she was trying to cover for oomff!" Chloe had hauled back a right hook that everyone but Nathan had spotted. He reeled back in shock holding the side of his face that began to redden.

"You're so de-" Nathan tried to sputter out but Chloe hit him again this time even harder in the nose and he only managed a "Fuck!" as he doubled over. He held his nose as blood started to trickle between his fingers. He started to back away clearly in a lot of pain. Chloe's eyes narrowed and she moved into the gap left by the would-be bully raising her arm again. She was done taking his bullshit. He had drugged her, he killed Rachel, and he just threatened Max. Nathan held his hand up in a feeble attempt to deflect the hit he knew was coming. Her bruised fist shot out but it stopped in mid air.

Chloe was confused. The air around her felt like it had turned to syrup and her fist had hit an invisible barrier. Something was in her peripheral. She slowly turned her head down to look at it. Max's hand was placed on her arm and the expression on her face was of complete focus and concentration. Then Chloe saw it. Everything seemed to be shifting in reverse. Chloe's jaw dropped and her mouth hung open as she looked around in wonderment. The boys at the picnic table sat back down, Brooke's drone retraced its path and a bird began to fly backwards. Chloe could see a hazy image of herself and Nathan regress until even he began to walk in reverse turning his early display of stomping over to them into a ridiculous looking moonwalk.

Then, in an instant everything returned to normal. The garbled sound of the world turning in reverse started to play forward making it comprehensible once again. "Whoa…" Chloe uttered in awe as her clenched fist flopped back down to her side. Max took her hand and hurriedly led her toward the girl's dorm.

"Hurry before he sees us this time." Max insisted as she guided Chloe down the walkway. They turned the corner now standing in the entrance to the courtyard of the girls dorm. Both of them stopped and Chloe looked back at where they came from and then back at Max in amazement.

"That was...so hardcore Max. You're a freakin time lord! It was like whoosh and" Chloe began to make rewind sounds with her mouth, "Then I went...? Or it was like a ghost of me? It went all kung fu on Nathan in reverse." Chloe smiled her mouth open in wonder at the smaller girl as she continued excitingly "I always believed you but i mean actually seeing it? So...totally...Amazeballs." Chloe's eyes grew comically wider after each word. Max blushed and looked away idly swinging her arms by her sides. Finally, she smiled back at Chloe and let out a small chuckle.

"It was hella cool huh? I mean I just thought I would try it. I put my hand on you and pictured you coming back with me." Max's tone became softer, "...I didn't want to rewind without you." There was a tender look on Chloe's face as Max said that. Only Chloe could look at her like that and she felt her heart melt into a puddle. There were these rare moments when the punk dropped her guard and revealed the vulnerable girl underneath. The one that just wanted someone to truly care about her. The Chloe of five years ago hadn't disappeared when Max left she thought, but just hid away unable to deal with everything that had happened to her.

The taller girl came in closer and reflexively Max moved to meet her. There was something inside Max that made her gravitate toward her. Even as kids she found Chloe's energy intoxicating. She had always considered herself a wallflower, but she had liked it that way. All she wanted to do sometimes was to simply watch her blue fury without influencing anything, as if making a move would interrupt a delicate spell.

Hers. That was new. Was Chloe...hers?

"Why do you have to be so sweet?" Chloe said warmly interrupting her thoughts and cupping Max's cheek with her hand.

Max stammered. "I dunno…" She pressed her cheek against the hand reveling in the touch and placed her own on Chloe's hip. She wanted more of this hidden girl. An ache that she had never felt before emerged as her breathing became shallow. She wanted Chloe to her touch her more. But like this. Only her. Suddenly, Chloe saw the brunette gasp. "Chloe! Your hand!"

"Huh?" The punk hadn't realized it until now but her hand was throbbing. The knuckles were red and there were a few patches of broken skin that were bleeding. "Oh shit. I guess not everything rewinds?"

"No, everything about your body and anything in your possession still stays with you when you go back. As far as I can tell I can't rewind injuries, but I don't know for sure I've never tried to rewind specific things before. That's why you have to be careful." Max explained as she turned Chloe's hand over in hers inspecting it gingerly.

"I'm sorry Super Max. It's my first rewind and I'm already screwing things up… I always do." Chloe lamented looking down at the ground as the brunette continued to examine her hand.

Max's eyes shot up for a moment giving Chloe a stern look. "Hey, hey don't talk like that."

She gave her a reassuring smile. "You were so badass back there." The punk returned her smile.

"I did make him my bitch right? I got a battle wound now. Like a punk street fighter. Owww! Hey easy on the goods Caulfield."

Max chuckled. "Top heavyweight champion for sure. But for real it doesn't look broken, you just need to get some ice on it. We have some inside off of the common room."

Chloe cocked her head to the side. "Did you just call me fat?"

Max leaned forward planting a quick peck on her cheek and whispered. "No, I called you the best."

Chloe looked as if her comment had caught her off guard her cheeks flushing pink. Max saw a devious thought drift through the taller girl's eyes for a moment. She bit her lip subconsciously and spoke low, "Oh, well in that case-"

"Chloe?"

The blue haired girl spun around wresting her battered hand away from the brunette and quickly hid it behind her back. Max's eyes darted up quickly to see that David had caught sight of them and was headed their way. How much had he seen? The kiss?

"Uh hey David." Chloe was trying her best to look innocent but David wasn't buying it.

"What are you doing over here at Blackwell?" He said crossing his arms. Max could see Kate walking by behind him. She was relieved, at least in this timeline she didn't have to endure David hassling her. Chloe squinted at him and raised her good hand in a shrug.

"I can be here. It isn't curfew yet."

"Oh yeah? Who's this?" David replied studying the hipster at the taller girl's side. This was sometimes the hardest part of time travel mused Max. No one remembered anything after rewinds so she ended up having to relive moments or repeat herself, sometimes over and over. She could only imagine how impatient Chloe might be getting.

To Max's surprise she played it cool. "This is Max. She's my best friend. She moved away, but now she's back to attend Blackhell."

David ignored the creative use of the school's name as he pressed on. "I thought Rachel was…" He stopped as soon as he saw a pained expression on Chloe's face. "Ah, I'm sorry Chloe. I just want to keep up with you, ya know? I don't want to see you in trouble."

The taller girl met his eyes and for the first time they exhibited understanding. "I know David, but I'm telling you the truth. I came to see Max at her dorm so we could hang out for a couple hours, okay? We haven't see each other in forever."

David looked stunned for a second at Chloe's new attitude and then nodded curtly before looking around. He seemed satisfied with her explanation, especially since he tended not to receive them often. "Well, I better get back to it then." He turned to Max, "Good to meet you Max." then back to Chloe, "I'll see you back at home. Carry on." And with that he left heading back to the main campus building.

Chloe and Max began walking towards the entrance to the girls dorm side by side. The shorter girl bumped her hip against the taller one flashing her a grin.

"Okay what have you done with the real Chloe Price? Did you come out of some kind of alternate dimension back there when I rewound?"

Chloe feigned a look of shock the corner of her mouth tilting up into a smile. "Whatever do you mean my dearest friend?" She fluttered her lashes at Max. "I am" she mimicked a robotic tone, "insert obligatory hella here, Chloe Price."

Max rolled her eyes. "You are so obvious. I had you at friend. I am so much more than that."

Chloe raised her hands in surrender. "You caught me Sheriff Max. But maybe we could take some time later to explore exactly what we are." She said waggling her eyebrows coyly at Max giving her a goofy smile.

The brunette felt her cheeks warm. She had been wondering what exactly Chloe and her were. She hadn't thought she needed a label. She stopped walking and tried to sound smooth and confident as she shot a devious smile back at the punk.

"I know you're mine."

It seemed to work because the blue haired girl came to a stop and turned to her. She appeared to struggle with what to say back her face becoming serious. When she finally spoke her words sounded thoughtful and tender. "And you're mine Caulfield." She tilted her head down as she said it with her eyes looking up at the shorter girl. Max felt mesmerized by that gaze as if someone had finally noticed the flower on the wall and to Chloe it looked like the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She felt the longing ache return but it was interrupted by an obnoxious, but familiar voice.

"Oh my god, you two need to get a room or something." Victoria called out wearing her signature smug smirk. Victoria and her entourage were sitting on the steps of the dorm as they had been once before. The couple had stopped in the middle of the yard in ear shot of the chatting girls.

"I think that's what they were trying to do." Courtney added with a snicker.

Max groaned in embarrassment and spoke aside to Chloe so that only she could hear her.

"Last time I had to use my power to get them out of the way, they won't move."

Chloe's eyebrows knitted together in thought as she scanned the yard. An impish smile slowly began to spread on her face as her eyes finally laid to rest on something in the bushes. The three girls looked at the punk inquisitively.

Chloe whispered back to Max. "Go stand over there by the spigot and wait for my signal."

Max did as Chloe asked awkwardly making her way to the valve that was connected to a garden hose. The punk sauntered over to the unattended hose.

"We're not letting you two freaks in so you can diddle each other." Victoria watched Chloe pick up the water hose nonchalantly. "So...so you should find somewhere else." she continued this time her words losing their sting.

Max watched in quiet amazement as Chloe twirled the end of the hose around in her hand as she positioned herself in front of the steps.

"What the hell are you doing with that?" Asked Taylor now clearly sounding alarmed.

"I just thought since we got you all hot and bothered I'd cool you all off." The punk aimed the hose at Victoria. The snobby girl had a look of disbelief then horror as Chloe bellowed.

"Fire!"

"Aye Aye Captn' " Max replied, her hand already on the valve, she began to quickly turn it. Max heard the girls start to scream and felt herself grin wide as she watched Chloe make a sweeping motion with the nozzle. The gushing water drenched the fleeing girls as they tried to dodge but the punk placed her thumb against the opening making the blast fan out and shoot farther.

The brunette was laughing uncontrollably now, her arms wrapped around her stomach, as she watched in amusement. Chloe's aim chased the preppy girls as the blue fury made them dance.

As Max watched, she thought to herself how much she really enjoyed being able to rewind with Chloe. She had shared everything with her as kids and going back in time with her seemed like the next logical step.

Finally, Max turned the spigot off and the tall girl dropped the hose to the ground. The soaked students, who were now off of the steps, were huddled together trembling. Chloe couldn't hear their whining as she laughed maniacally.

"You can't do this!" Sputtered Victoria as a puddle began to form around her feet. Her hair was matted against her forehead and her clothes were dripping. She gestured wildly towards Samuel who had shuffled over to them. "He saw everything, and I'm going to let Principal Wells know what you did. I hope you get suspended Max!"

"Oh no. Students don't need watering. No...no" mumbled Samuel quietly to himself.

"Can't you get us a towel or something? Jesus!" Courtney Wailed.

Max wasn't listening either as she took Chloe by the hand and led her up the stairs. "Cmon' Buffalo Bill, we have to go."

"You can't leave!" Victoria said stamping her foot in her own personal puddle. Chloe allowed Max to carry her away. She turned back to wave goodbye with a wiggle of her fingers. "Ugh!"

Once inside the two pranksters stopped, and Chloe turned to Max who was still giggling. She raised her hand in the air in an arm wrestling position and tipped her head to the side with a playful smirk.

"Shall we?"

"We shall." Max said with a sharp nod grinning the entire time. The brunette clasped the punk's hand and concentrated. The world around them began to shift bending to the girls' will. They both watched through the small window pane of the door as a ghostly image of the duo reenacted their display in reverse. Max ended the rewind to just after they finished the conversation with David. She definitely wanted him to remember having at least one good conversation with his step daughter.

As soon as time began it's natural course again, Chloe pulled Max into a tight squeeze swaying the smaller girl side to side. "Max, we are unstoppable! The world is going to bow!"

The brunette wrapped her arms around the taller girl and giggled. "Dude, you are so out of control."

"You know you like it hippie."

"Maybe."

"Saaaaay it."

"Ok...maybe a little."

Max was smiling contentedly with her body melded into Chloe's, as if they were made to fit together like two human puzzle pieces. She had her cheek resting against the punk's chest. The slow rise and fall was comforting and for a moment Max didn't feel anxious about the future. Chloe planted a soft kiss in the smaller girl's hair and whispered.

"Nurse Max?"

"Hmmm?"

"Ice please."

"Oh right."