A/N: Today's song is Bel Air by Lana Del Rey, not the fresh prince of bel air. I know that's what you're thinking.

"Chloe, it's almost midnight. And I have class in the morning." Max whined, watching Chloe wriggle through her barely open window and fall gracefully onto the carpet below.
"Yeah, but I wanted to see you." Chloe said, brushing herself off. Max glanced out of the window, marvelling at Chloe's ability to scale buildings as she traced Chloe's path to her room with her eyes. It involved some drain pipes and a few good leaps. This is some Lara Croft shit. Max laughed to herself. "And I had a really good idea that we totally have to do right now." She said, walking towards Max.
"Chloe." Max groaned again, shaking her head. "Now? Really?" she sighed. Chloe grabbed both of Max's hands, forcing Max to look at her. There was a glint of rebellion in her eyes that terrified Max slightly. What has she done? Chloe reached into her pocket and pulled out what appeared to be a bunch of keys, twirling them around her index finger with a triumphant grin. Oh no.
"Chloe, what are those?" She asked, having a very good idea what those keys were for.
"I stole them from step-ass. We have the whole of Blackwell at our fingertips tonight!" She laughed, tucking them back into her pocket. Max brought her hand up to her head, conflicted.
"I knew it! Chloe you know we can't do that." Max said, trying to be responsible.
"Aw, come on, Maxi-pad. Live a little. Before you know it, you'll be twenty, and you will have wasted your teen years on studying and being good. What stories will you tell at parties?"
"I don't go to parties, Chloe." Max muttered, torn between making Chloe happy and making her teachers happy.
"Well that's just sad." Chloe teased, smiling. "All the more reason to have some fun tonight!" Chloe insisted, not giving Max time to respond as she grabbed her hand and dragged her out of Max's door. Max didn't even try to protest.


"Chloe, we can't take that money." Max said sternly, watching Chloe counted the bundle of cash in her hand.
"Like fuck we can't. What has this school ever done for you?" She said, not taking her eyes off of the money clasped in her palm. They were standing in Principal Well's office, and had been searching through the drawers when Chloe found it. "Look, you know I have to pay off Frank soon. Or have you already forgotten how that fucker tried to stab me?" Chloe said incredulously, a hint of anger in her voice. Max wasn't sure if it was directed at her or at Frank.
"Fine." She relented, throwing her hands up in the air. "Take the money. But if we get caught, I'm not taking the blame this time." Chloe shrugged, tucking it into her jacket pocket.
"Fine." She closed the drawer, and turned to Max. "Now: Let's get down to the real fun. Fancy a swim?" She said, grinning, leaving Max amazed at how quickly she was able to move past conflict.
"Sure," Max said, letting Chloe take control of the situation entirely now, "Why not break a couple more rules tonight?" She frowned, but she let Chloe drag her into the locker rooms anyway.

"Boys or girls?" Chloe asked, smirking. Max flushed, her cheeks turning pink as she realised what Chloe really meant. "Girls, of course." She said, ignoring Chloe's mischievous grin as she answered. She didn't want to break all the Blackwell rules. Plus, Max really didn't want to see the boys' locker room. It was probably gross. She shuddered, thinking of all the disgustingly sweaty gym socks that were inevitably lying all over the floor.
"Girls it is." Chloe said with a wink, following her into the changing rooms. Max sighed, tucking her hair behind her ears and ducking her head slightly.
"Oh Chloe you really do know how to make a girl feel special." She said sarcastically, but she was still embarrassed by Chloe's forwardness.


"What's the matter, hippie? Can't swim?" Chloe asked, splashing Max slightly from the pool. Max shrieked, jumping back from the water as her scream echoed around the gym.
"Wow, any louder, Maxwell?" Chloe frowned, but she broke into a grin when Max jumped in beside her.
"Cowabunga!" She shouted, sending water flying everywhere.
Chloe closed her eyes, shielding her face as the water hit her. Max popped up to the surface, grinning. She smoothed her wet hair back, away from her face as she spoke.
"Maximum splash! Yes!" She laughed. Her and Chloe began to splash at each other, shrieking and yelling with pure, unadulterated joy. After a few minutes of playful water fighting, Max held up in surrender.
"Truce?" She said, eyes close and head turned away in case Chloe was to refuse her offer.
"Truce." Chloe said, warily putting her hands back under the surface of the pool.
"Oh man, that was fun." Max said, still smiling. The lights at the bottom of the pool were the only things illuminating the dark gym, and they made Chloe's skin look almost translucent.
"Chlo, you're so pale." Max pointed out, holding up a freckled arm against Chloe's own as if to say 'look, even I'm more tan than you'.
"It's part of my vampire aesthetic, Max. You should know this." She grinned, and then lay so that she was floating on the surface of the water on her back. Max joined her, liking pinkies with her so that they wouldn't drift apart.
"Yes. Because vampires have blue hair." Max teased, staring up at the ceiling.
"Hey!" Chloe said, in mock offence as they drifted away from the edge of the pool. "You know you love it." Max didn't reply, instead she ducked under the water and swam back to the edge, putting her arms up on the side and resting her chin on them. Chloe noticed her absence and swam over to her slowly. She joined Max, resting her chin on the cold tile of the floor and holding onto the edge of the pool with her fingertips. The blue polish was chipping off and floating away, drifting further out into the water on the little ripples Chloe was making.
"Hey Max?" Chloe said, turning her head slightly to look at her friend. Max hummed in response, staring straight ahead. She appeared lost in thought. "Can I ask you something?" Chloe seemed a little anxious, and it was this that pulled Max out of her reverie.
"What's up, Chlo?" She asked.
"You know when you're done with school? And you have no reason to stay in Arcadia Bay?" Chloe glanced away before forcing herself to make eye contact again. "Are- are you gonna leave me like before? And just... stop talking to me?" Max's eyes searched her face, darting down to her lips for a split second before she dragged them back up.
"Don't look so sad, Chloe. I'm never leaving you." She said with a smile. The anxiety disappeared from Chloe's face, and she met Max's smile with a broader one of her own.
"Good. I don't know what I'd do without you." She said. Max let her eyes dart down to Chloe's lips again, but only when Chloe was barely paying attention- and then back to her eyes. She turned her head away and pushed herself out of the pool.
"I'm getting cold. I think it's time to get out." Max said, offering Chloe a hand getting out.
"Yeah," Chloe agreed, "The chlorine really does a number on my hair dye." She said. Max reached her hand up to her own hair, raking her fingers through it in an attempt to rid it of a few tangles. "You look cute with your hair soaked in chemicals." She said. Max reached up self-consciously, twisting a lock between her fingers.
"Hey, can I crash at yours tonight?" Chloe asked, grabbing her shirt from the floor and pulling it over her head. Max blushed, looking away.
"Sure." She muttered, pulling her own clothes back on.


When they reached Max's dorm room, it was almost 2am. Max groaned when she saw this, her alarm clock illuminating her room with a reddish glow, a painful reminder that she had to wake up in a little over four hours.
"Goddammit, Chloe. Why do I let you lead me astray?" Max whined, flopping onto her bed. Chloe laughed, sitting down beside her. She peeled her blazer off, her skin still wet from swimming, and threw it onto the floor. Then, she kicked her boots off and scooted over beside Max, so they were lying face to face. It was a small bed, meant only for once person, and Chloe was so close to her that she could count each individual freckle. Max felt the air beside her shift, and she opened her eyes slowly. She looked upwards for Chloe's face, breaking into a grin when she met her gaze.
"Go to sleep. You have class, remember?" Chloe teased, so close that her voice was barely a whisper. Max mumbled something incoherent, closing her eyes again. Chloe watched as her breathing grew slower and deeper with each intake of breath, and how her eyelids fluttered as she dreamed. She was just about to fall asleep too when Max sat up.
"Chloe?" She said, her hands reaching out and blindly searching in the dark for her best friend. She was still half asleep, barely conscious when her hand finally found the soft fabric of Chloe's T-shirt.
"What's up, Max?" Chloe said, siting up beside her. It was easy to tell that she was still half dreaming, and Chloe was used to this kind of behaviour from Max. When they were kids, Max used to say all sorts of random shit in the night, ranging from 'Bongo ate my hamster' to 'The chef says we need twenty-four. Pronto.'. Chloe wasn't surprised when Max's hand clutched her shirt tighter, nor was she surprised when she shuffled closer so they were mere centimetres apart. Her eyes did widen a little when she felt Max press her lips against her own. It was sleepy and slow and sweet, if a little chaste, and Max made a little hum of satisfaction when they pulled apart. Afterwards, she lay back down, burrowing her head into her pillow and mumbling something again, leaving Chloe frozen in place, hand moving slowly up to her lips.
"Max?" She whispered, but she had already fallen back asleep.

The next morning, when Max's alarm beeped and woke her up, Chloe was gone.

A/N: So I promised my friend that I would make them kiss in this chapter in exchange for letting me sit on her and for letting me choose a song to play at a party. I'm sorry I sold out but there's only so much eminem I can take. Leah that was for u but if the rest of the readers hate it I'm leaving your tumblr so that they can take it up with you personally. I hope you all had a fantastic Halloween!
Until next time ;)
-Vulpixels x