Max woke up with a start after having a pillow thrown at her face.

She opened her eyes, and saw Caroline, kneeling on the bed, already in her uniform, with a pillow in her hand.

"Get up." She warned.

"Aw, jeez. Is it morning already?" Max squinted, leaning up off the bed.

"That's usually what happens after night time Max. I told you we'd end up being late, we need to be in the subway in 15 minutes. GO GO GO!" Caroline screamed, leaving the room.

Max rubbed her head "I need to get you a muzzle." she groaned at Caroline as she left.

Max got dressed quickly and stumbled into the living room, pulling her shoes on.

"I should be a professional motivator" Caroline smiled as her roommate appeared.

"Go away" Max moaned, picking up her cupcake boxes.

"Come on, morning's great!" Caroline chirped.

"Go. Away." Max stated louder.

"Someone hates morning people." Caroline feigned hurt.

"Yep, and afternoon people and evening people and night-time people. I hate people." Max laughed.

"But you don't hate me" Caroline said quietly.

"Don't bet on it blondie." Max smirked, opening the door.

"Well that's rude." came the reply.


Max and Caroline arrived at the diner, Max carrying all the cupcake boxes and not happy about it.

"You know you could help?" Max sighed.

"I could, but then I'd be the one struggling and not you." Caroline smiled.

Max put the boxes down on the counter and shot Caroline a look.

"Okay, I'll unpack them." She gave in and helped her friend open the boxes and place the cupcakes on display.

"Caroline..." Max began, placing down the empty box she was holding.

"Yeah?" Caroline replied, not turning to look at Max.

"You know, I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone what...I told you last night." Max dropped her gaze, pretending to be occupied with the empty boxes, picking them up and putting them back down randomly.

Caroline turned to look at Max and felt her heart melt, it was so rare for Max to be so open with anyone.

"Of course I won't tell anyone" Caroline stepped towards Max "But I feel like I wanna hug you now." she smiled.

"Do you have to?" Max sighed.

"Yes!" Caroline cried and wrapped her arms around Max, who laid her hands gently on Caroline's back.

"This is what I like to see first thing in the morning" Came a voice from inside the kitchen.

"Mornin' Oleg" Max smirked, pulling away from Caroline.

"Good morning beautiful ladies" Oleg smiled, he could be quite sweet, when he wasn't talking about sex.

"Can we clean my bed today so I don't have to sleep in yours again?" Caroline asked, as Han entered, turning the closed sign to 'open'.

Oleg's eyes widened and he gulped heavily.

"Not what it sounds like, sorry to disappoint you" Max laughed.

"One of these days, you two will have sex and then Oleg will be correct, and happy, and...other things" he trailed off, turning back into the kitchen.

"Pfft, he doesn't know what he's talking about" Max smiled at Caroline who looked worried.

"I know, as if we're ever gonna have sex" Caroline scoffed.

"I wouldn't write it off, I'm persuasive when I'm lonely" Max smirked.

A tiny, but loud squeak could be heard from Oleg's direction.

"That was just for Oleg right?" Caroline asked.

Max nodded and laughed.

"You two" Han approached the counter, "Serve customers!" he gestured to the diner, which was starting to fill up.


Max took a quick break from serving, the diner was busy, she'd barely had a chance to talk to Caroline.

She stood next to Earl, who was reading a newspaper.

"What's up Earl?" Max smiled, giving the man a high five.

"Not much, how about you?" He smiled back.

"The usual, tied up in liking someone I can't have." Max sighed, still smiling though.

"That Johnny kid? He's not right for you girl." Earl shook his head.

"No, it's not him" Max laughed, glad Earl had noticed that.

"Then who's on your mind?"

"Well...it's kinda...Caroline..." Max whispered, earning her a wide eyed look of shock from her friend.

"That's...modern." Earl laughed quietly. "I didn't know you were into...that."

"I don't know if I am, you know me." Max smiled. "I've never had a best friend, I don't know if this is just a friendship or if I actually feel that way towards her."

Max began to fiddle with her uniform, dropping her gaze.

A few seconds passed in awkward silence, Max wondered if her Earl would treat her the same again, as he was being unusually quiet after hearing her news.

"Well I'll tell you one thing" Earl finally piped up.

Max breathed a sigh of relief and turned to him.

"Caroline could treat you a hell of a lot better than that Johnny." He smirked, shaking his head. "At least she's got a proper job."

"Yeah, I heard she works in this crappy little diner, downtown." Max laughed.

"But, you know what else I heard about that diner?" Earl carried on.

"What's that?" Max smiled.

"The boss is a dork, the chef is a creep, but the other two that work there are just cool as hell." Earl winked.

"Yeah, I heard about them too, pretty damn cool." Max laughed, but was cut off by the sound of plates smashing.

Caroline had dropped the three orders she was carrying and had fallen over.

"Go help your girl" Earl smirked, waving Max away.


Max rushed over to Caroline and pulled her up.

"What happened? Are you okay?" She asked, trying not to sound too worried.

"I don't know." Caroline sounded slightly confused. "I think I tripped."

"Just, go and ask Oleg to remake the orders." Max replied, kneeling on the floor to pick up the plates and the scattered food.

Max noticed a lot of laughing coming from the table in front of her, along with a bag which was swiftly pulled out of the aisle.

She glanced up to see a pair of rich boys, one with brown hair, the other with blonde, they were obviously old 'friends' of Caroline's.

"Oh, you find this funny?" Max stood up, placing the plates on their table.

"Oh look Chad, it talks." The blonde boy laughed.

"Of course, your name would be Chad." Max scoffed.

"Let me guess, your name is something that could easily fit both genders as your parents weren't initially sure." The brunette boy, Chad, pointed out.

"I see they solved that problem" the blonde boy laughed again, gesturing towards Max.

"Max, are you okay?" Caroline brought two more plates over to the table.

Upon hearing Max's named, the boys burst out laughing and Caroline looked confused.

"What's so funny?" Caroline asked, before noticing the boys.

"Chad and Kevin..." she sighed, sliding the plates towards the boys.

"Well, well...if it isn't Caroline." Kevin laughed.

"How's your father?" Chad smirked.

"You know how he is Chad, leave it. Come on Max." Caroline tugged on her friend's arm.

"But Caroline, you haven't begged for me back yet" Chad cocked his head.

"Why the hell would I do that?" Caroline spun round to face him.

"Well, I could save you from this horrid diner, and the rude company" he gestured to Max before carrying on "and plus, you never got over this, let's face it."

"I am over you Chad." Caroline sighed.

She was over him, meeting Max had definitley helped her with that.

"Well, I don't see any other offers" Chad smirked.

"Well" Caroline began before being cut off.

"She's in a relationship" Max joined in, not wanting to see Caroline grilled by the pompous pair.

"She is?" Chad asked.

"I am?" Caroline whispered.

"Go with it" Max whispered back to Caroline.

"She's over you." Max began "Because she's in a relationship. With me." she breathed out.

The boys just laughed.

"Nice save" Kevin laughed.

"Caroline couldn't even hold up a straight relationship" Chad smirked.

"Oh really?" Max smirked, looking at Caroline and back again. She was about to selfishly get something she wanted and help Caroline, everybody won.

"Yeah...prove it, prove the relationship, right here, right now." Kevin challenged.

"Max, you don't have to-" Caroline began.

Max cut her off by kissing her deeply, wrapping her hands around Caroline's waist. She could feel Caroline put her hands on her shoulders and eventually pulled away from the kiss, staying in the embrace.

She turned her head to face the boys, whose jaws were open wide.

"Well..." Chad began, being cut off by someone clapping behind them.

Caroline turned her head to see Oleg leaning through the kitchen window, she sighed and shook her head slightly to him, earning her a pout from the chef, who returned to the kitchen.

"Well I apologise." Chad continued, looking down sheepishly at his meal.

Max placed a hand on his head and shoved his face down into his meal, making sure Han wasn't looking.

"If anyone asks, you slipped." Max whispered.


"You didn't have to do that" Caroline began, as the diner began to empty.

"He was being ignorant" Max smirked.

"Well, thank you" Caroline smiled, leading the way out of the diner.

Max followed behind her, waving to Oleg, she had to explain the whole kissing thing to him and now he was convinced more than ever that her and Caroline would end up together.

She waited until Caroline had opened the door and was halfway out, before dashing over to Earl and smiling at him.

"I see someone solved their dilemma" Earl winked.

"You got it. Now I've gotta find a way to talk about it." Max smiled.

"Take it slow girl, you don't wanna lose this."

Max nodded, knowing that Earl's words would be spinning in her head all night.

A/N: I just want to apologise so much for the late release of this chapter, I started writing it on Friday and I wanted to have it out before I went on my birthday weekend but I ran out of time, I promise the next chapter will be out quicker. Thank you so much for all your reviews and views, it means a lot aw :')