New Chapter! Sorry about "Feelings That Shouldn't Exist", but I don't really feel like writing that right now.
I won't abandon it, but it'll take a while! Sorry!
Now, enjoy this chapter!
5 days later…
It was a stormy day. And only 4 days until the ball… Long story short, Max was freaked. She had said yes, but now she realized how stupid that might have been. Dammit, it was Alec McDowell! The stupid jerk who always tried to hit on her, because she was hot. Or pretty. But not because she was Max. That's what she always wanted. Someone to love her for her. Not for her body or face or whatever.
She was so close to just call him up and cancel the whole thing. Then again… it was Alec. She couldn't back down now. And no matter how bad she wanted to crawl into her bed and never come out again… Damn, it was Alec! No matter how much she hated him, there was always a part of her that wanted more.
"Argh!", Max screamed and threw a pillow across the room. She had to get out. Out of her stupid room, her stupid house, somewhere she could think about it… About him.
She made her way through the streets, staring up at the sky, sighing slightly, breathing in the fresh summer breeze. Sitting down at a café, she simply stared at the sky, ordering a hot chocolate, thinking about the way Alec would find a way to make fun of that. She hit her face in her hands, afraid, that her face might blush at the mere thought of him.
"Guevara?", said a familiar voice and Max looked up to meet hazel eyes and now she blushed for sure.
"Mr. Cale", answered Max and stood up, probably embarrassing herself while doing so. "What… What are you doing here?"
He smiled a kind smile and she found herself smiling back. "Please call me Logan outside of school. I'm not that much older, am I, Guevara?"
She shook her head rapidly but kept smiling. "No, of course not. And uh, you can call me Max… So, Logan, what are you doing here?"
When he came closer and pointed at the chair right in front of her, she nodded and he sat down. "Oh, I'm just trying to get my head clear. What about you?"
"Yeah, me too", she smiled at him when the waiter brought her the hot chocolate. He eyed Logan suspiciously and asked if he wanted something, too. He didn't, so the waiter went away, almost looking disappointed.
Logan grinned at Max. "You are really popular, are you?"
She just rolled her eyes. "Seems so." She took a sip from her hot chocolate. It tasted really good.
"Now, who asked you to the ball?"
Max chocked on her drink and coughed. "I…"
"You were asked, were you?", he asked after he made sure, that she was alright.
"Yeah, sure, more than once." She glanced down at her drink.
Logan started to grin and Max blushed even more. "Now, to whom did you say yes?"
"Alec", she said, almost whispered even.
That seemed to surprise Logan, but he kept smiling. "McDowell?" Max nodded and he grinned wider. "He's a smart guy. But he doesn't show it much, does he?"
That made her chuckle. "No, he doesn't. He never really shows who he really is or what he really feels." She stared past him into nothing. "Opening up to someone is hard, for him even more…"
Logan reached out to her and touched her arm, smiling encouragingly. "Hey", he whispered and she looked up to him. "It'll be okay, yeah?"
She smiled. "Yes, I know." Then she looked up again, meeting another pair of familiar eyes. She stood up abruptly and tried to say something, but the person turned away before she could say something. "Excuse me", she said to Logan and started running.
Alec sped up.
It shouldn't hurt him so much to see Max with Cale. Hell, he knew she had a crush on him, but seeing the other man reaching out for her and brushing her arm sent anger through his body. He shoved his hands into his pockets and closed his eyes, leaning on some wall. The look on her face when she saw him…
He then felt something tugging at his wrist. His eyes snapped open and he stared down at Max, who wouldn't meet his eyes. "Hey", she whispered.
"Hey", he said, not moving a bit.
"That back there…"
"You don't owe me an explanation, Maxie. I'm good."
She raised an eyebrow when she finally met his eyes. "Yeah, right. Alec, we were just talking, I wasn't…"
Shaking his head, Alec removed Max's hand from his wrist. "I don't care, Max. Do whatever the fuck you want." With that he turned to leave, but he saw the change in her face. Almost as if she was hurt…
"Fine!", she yelled after him. "Then you can go to the ball alone!"
Alec turned around again, looking at her shocked. "What?"
But Max just shrugged. "If I can do whatever the fuck I want, hell, then I'll just stay home."
He went back to her, his mind raging with thought. No no no no no, don't let her go, not her. He didn't stop once and once he stood in front of her, he pulled her into an embrace.
At first she stiffened, afraid to move a muscle, but once she understood what was going on, she wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his neck, inhaling his scent.
They stood like that for a few minutes, both with their eyes closed. Then Alec kissed her forehead and pulled away. "What now?"
Max blushed furiously and Alec tried not to think about how good that looked on her and how much he'd like to see this blush after they were in bed… He shook his head and stared at her. "Friday, 7 pm, don't be late."
He chuckled, and reached out to grab her hands. "I'll bring you home."
Smiling, she squeezed his hands back. "Fine."
They walked in silence for a while and suddenly he felt her leaning into him. He stared down at her and then wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "What's up with you?"
She glanced up at him, sighing. "Hey, let me be nice once, alright?" With that she wrapped an arm around his waist and they walked like that, keeping the silent between them.
But it wasn't oppressive, it was pleasant and he pitied it, when they reached her house. They stood in front of it for a few minutes and looked at each other but then it became embarrassing for both of them and Alec said goodbye, kissing her cheek before he went away. He watched her closing the door behind her and made his way home, grinning like an idiot.
So, guys, next chapter will be mostly about Biggs! As much as I love to write about Max and Alec, that was not exactly what I intended to get from this fanfic! Stay tuned!
