Max felt herself beginning to wake up, her senses becoming more aware as she finally let her eyes flicker open, having to blink them a few times to even gain any focus on the room around her. She heard a light snoring noise from her left side and turned her head, letting out a little but quiet giggle when she spotted Chloe still fast asleep, her mouth lying open slightly and drooling ever so slightly as she snored.
Max reached over and lightly wiped away the drool from the corner of her love's mouth. She moved her hand away as Chloe stirred slightly, groaning whiling opening and closing her mouth a few times, swallowing the obvious gather of saliva in her mouth. Max rolled her eyes and smiled, letting herself stretch her full body out before sitting up on the bed. She raised her hands up to her head, running both her hands through her short brown hair before she swung her legs to the side of the bed and stood up from the mattress.
"No…come back…" Chloe whimpered out in a cute and needy tone of voice, which made Max turn her head to look towards the still half asleep blue haired beauty lying in her bed. She laughed a little shaking her head slightly, but feeling her heart beat quicken a little at how adorable Chloe was when she was still half asleep and also loving how needy she was when she was in that state of sleepiness.
Max leaned over the bed and pressed her small soft lips against Chloe's, placing a few small and tender kisses onto her partner's lips before she pulled away and smiled when she saw the grin on Chloe's face.
"I could get used to that, Caulfield…" Chloe mumbled as she started to wake up a little more herself, she stretched as much as she could without causing herself any pain before she let out a soft sigh and managed to sit herself up without any help. She frowned a little and raised her good hand, giving her head a slight scratch before sighing.
"I really need to wash my hair…" Chloe then mumbled as she moved her legs to the edge of the bed, wincing slightly but not showing that she was in pain. She placed her feet firmly on the ground and pushed herself up off the bed with her right hand, standing up straight. She almost fell back down onto the bed but managed to catch herself before Max even seen her do it.
Max turned her attention towards her girlfriend, raising her eyebrows a little shocked that Chloe had managed to get herself out of bed on her own. She moved herself towards the blue haired teen and positioned herself so that she was standing in front of her. "Want me to wash it for you? We'll need to change your dressing anyway, so we'll keep them on in the shower so your wounds don't get wet and then I'll change them once we get out?" Max spoke, basically suggesting that they showered together.
Even though she was sore, Chloe couldn't stop the cheeky sly smirk that appeared on her face at Max's suggestion. Max caught a glimpse of this smirk and raised only one of her eyebrows as she looked towards her girlfriend. "You behave yourself!" Max then exclaimed which gained a laugh from Chloe.
Max grabbed hold of her bathrobe and walked over, helping Chloe to put it on. It was a little short on Chloe due to her being taller than Max but it still covered all the essential parts. Max then pulled on a t-shirt herself, so that she could walk along the corridor to the bathroom at least partly dressed and not only in her underwear.
Chloe followed behind her small brunette girlfriend, closing Max's bedroom door behind her. She could hear her mother speaking with Vanessa and Ryan downstairs, so she knew they hopefully wouldn't be disturbed while Max helped her shower. She closed the bathroom door behind both herself and Max before turning and watching the cute brunette turning on the shower and putting her hand under the water to check the temperature of it.
"Perfect" Max muttered out as she turned and helped Chloe take of the bathrobe and then bit her lip a little realizing she was going to have to take off Chloe's pants without making it look like she was going to ravage the teen in front of her. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she hooked her thumbs around the waist band of Chloe's pants before pushing them down, letting the item of clothing fall to Chloe's ankles.
Chloe raised one of her eyebrows, another smirk on her face when she noticed the blush on Max's face. "Go any redder hippie and you'll blend in with that towel over there…" Chloe stated, nodding her head towards the bright red bath towel that was hanging over the heated towel rack on the wall, the smirk still present on her face.
Max knitted her eyebrows together in a frown, narrowing her eyes as she glared at the blue haired teen in front of her. The blush was still present on her face though, which just made Chloe grin like a maniac. Max rolled her eyes and turned herself, taking off her t-shirt before then taking off her bra and her own pants.
It was now Chloe's turn to blush. She caught a glimpse of Max's rather pale but cute ass in front of her and raised her eyebrows in shock that Max never even hesitated to take her underwear off at all. She cleared her throat a little, noticing that her throat had clogged a little. She managed to drag her gaze away from Max's beautiful body, but with difficulty.
Max turned and guided Chloe over towards the shower, letting her girlfriend step in before she followed her in. Max pulled the shower curtain closed, so they didn't get the floor of the bathroom wet before she turned and looked towards Chloe who had immediately stepped under the warm water stream coming from the shower head.
Chloe let out a satisfied sigh, loving the feeling of the hot water running over her head and her skin. She frowned a little at the fact that some of her skin couldn't feel the water due to the medical dressings over it but she shook the thought from her head and let her gaze fall onto Max. She nudged her head, as if gesturing for Max to come under the water with her.
Max did just this, she stepped forward, hoping she looked graceful enough as she felt the water come into contact with her skin. She let her gaze fall upon Chloe, flashing her girlfriend a loving smile before she reached over and took hold of the shampoo from the little shelf it was on. She opened the bottle and squeezed some of the gel like liquid into her hand before rubbing her hands together a little.
She then reached up and ran her shampoo covered hands through Chloe's hair. Chloe smiled at the feeling of Max's small hands against her scalp, loving how softly the girl was massaging the shampoo into her hair. She left out a soft content sigh, leaning into Max's touch a little more, closing her eyes to show how soothing Max's touch was to her.
Max smiled at Chloe's reaction to her touch as she continued to massage the lather into Chloe's hair. She then gently guided Chloe's head back under the stream of hot water, continuing to run her hands through Chloe's hair as the water rinsed the soapy lather from her girl's hair. Chloe whimpered out a cute sound with a smile on her face, which made Max feel all giddy inside.
Chloe opened her eyes when she felt Max's hands leave her head and flashed an over exaggerated pout towards her partner. Max giggled at the pout as she leaned forward and up onto her tiptoes to press a gentle kiss onto Chloe's lips. At this, Chloe wrapped her right arm around Max's waist, pulling the brunette closer to her so she could fully press her lips to her.
Max let out a surprised whimper at the sudden movement from her lover before she gently pressed her body to Chloe's. God, I could definitely get used to this. Chloe thought to herself as she felt Max's naked wet body close to her own. She had been ignoring the several different pains that were dotted all over her body, just enjoying this intimate moment with her love.
Max melted into the kiss, feeling it build into a more passionately one as Chloe's parted her own lips slightly. Max followed suit and done the same, allowing their lips to lock together in the passionate kiss. It was then that Max felt Chloe's tongue brushing against her lower lip. Max moved her tongue forward slightly before whimpering when she felt Chloe's tongue come into contact with her own.
She had never kissed anyone like this before and she had to admit it was a little weird, but a good weird. Chloe had lost herself in the moment, gently letting her tongue brush against Max's as they kissed, Max kept doing the same, actually getting used to the sensation of their tongue's touching really quickly.
Eventually they both pulled back from the kiss, looking into each other's eyes. Chloe kept her eyes on Max's getting lost in those beautiful dark blue eyes. She smiled not taking her eyes away from her. "I think…uhm…" Chloe started but hesitated slightly, beginning to feel a little nervous at what she was just about to admit, she had never admitted something like this before to anyone and she was about to completely lay her heart on the line.
"I think…I've fallen in love with you…" The blue haired teen finally stammered out, letting her gaze fall slightly due to her nerves. Max raised her eyebrows and let a tender and loving smile spread onto her lips. She reached up and gently lifted Chloe's head so that she would look at her again. Chloe lifted her head as she was guided; letting her eyes lock on to Max's again.
"Chloe…I fell in love with you a long time ago…" Max admitted keeping her eyes locked on Chloe's bright blue ones. "I might not have known it at the time…but now that I full understand my feelings and now that I know why I am feeling them…I realize now that I fell in love with you so long ago…" Max spoke in a tender tone, rubbing her thumb gently against the patch of skin just below Chloe's ear.
Chloe's features changed, showing her change in mood from nervousness to complete happiness. Chloe sighed out a breath of relief, biting the inside of her lip slightly and letting out a small laugh. "Oh thank god…I thought you were going to tell me that I was hella crazy and needed my head checked…" Chloe spoke, laughing a little again.
"You are hella crazy and do need your head checked for falling in love with someone like me, but other than that no, you are perfectly sane…" Max joked with a cheeky smirk on her face which gained a playful slap on her ass from Chloe. Max squealed in surprise at the playful smack on her ass before laughing and flashing Chloe an over exaggerated shocked look.
"Fuckin' hippie…" Chloe muttered while laughing, Max just laughed and moved to wash her own hair quickly so they could both get out of the shower and get on with changing Chloe's dressings on her back.
Both girls finished up in the shower, turning it off before stepping out and sorting themselves out. Chloe let Max help her put on the bathrobe again before Max wrapped herself in the big red bath towel that Chloe had mentioned earlier. They then left the bathroom and headed back towards Max's room, just as they heard Joyce coming up the stairs.
"Shit…" Max mumbled as she quickened her pace and quickly stepped into her room so she wouldn't have to awkwardly stand in the hallway wearing nothing but a towel in front of her girlfriend's mother. Chloe on the other hand couldn't stop the laugh that escaped her mouth as she watched Max practically barrel roll into her room out of sight.
Joyce raised her eyebrow when her laughing daughter came into her line of sight. "And just what do you find so funny?" Joyce queried towards her daughter to which Chloe shook her head and regained her breath after laughing so hard.
"Nothing…" Chloe then spoke, looking towards her Mom. Joyce raised one of her eyebrows before sighing and shrugging her shoulders in defeat. "Okay, I'm going to make everyone breakfast and then we are going to have a chat…" Joyce spoke, to which Chloe's face just dropped all the happy expressions and looked a lot more serious in less than a second.
Chloe felt her heart thudding against her chest, feeling like it was about to beat straight out through her chest any second now. She then just nodded her head before moving towards Max's room door, she pushed down the handle before stepping inside, closing the door behind her as she heard her mother going into the bathroom.
Max turned her head from the mirror, looking towards her girlfriend and frowning at the look Chloe had on her face. She finished brushing her hair and placed the brush back down onto her desk before moving herself as gracefully as possible back over to Chloe, placing her hands gently on Chloe's arms, looking up at her.
"We have to tell our parents what happened with Jefferson in Arcadia Bay…" Chloe then spoke, her eyes filled with worry and dread. Max frowned before looking down at her feet, nodding her head a little in acceptance.
"I know…but how do we tell them without telling them about my power?" Max asked talking about the fact that she was able to rewind time or go back in time through pictures. Max let out a sigh as she wrapped her arms gently around Chloe's waist placed her head softly onto Chloe's chest. Chloe wrapped her arms around Max, making sure her left arm was on top and placed her head softly against Max's.
"We'll figure something out…" Chloe whispered as she placed a kiss onto the top of Max's head, still holding her close to her. They eventually broke away after a couple of minutes, just loving how comfortable they could both be in each other's arms.
Max finished getting herself dressed before she motioned for Chloe to take off the bathrobe and lie down on the bed on her stomach. Chloe did just that and rested her head onto her right arm, preparing herself for the pain she was about to endure. Max sat down on her desk chair by the bed and leaned over, gently beginning to peel the old medical dressings off of Chloe's skin.
Chloe winced and let out a whimper of pain, at the biggest dressing coming off that was over the biggest slash that was situated diagonally across her back. Max winced as well, not liking the fact that she had hurt Chloe, even if it was unintentional. Max then lifted the sterile cleaning stuff that the hospital gave Chloe home and began to gently clean around all of Chloe's wounds.
Chloe hissed and winced a few times but once Max had been doing it for a while she calmed down and didn't move a muscle. When Chloe never moved Max panicked a little thinking that she had made Chloe pass out. "Chloe?" Max asked hurriedly to which Chloe lifted her head and turned it to look at Max.
"Yeah?" Chloe asked, to which Max let out a sigh of relief. Chloe raised her left eyebrow at Max's sudden sound of panic. "What's up?" Chloe asked, keeping her eyes on her now relieved looking girlfriend.
"Sorry…I think I had made you pass out from pain…" Max mumbled in admittance, looking down at her hands. Chloe let out a slight laugh and shook her head before resting it back down on her arm. "Nah…it's not so bad now actually…" Chloe explained to which Max nodded her head and opened up the box of dressing pads so she could cover Chloe's wounds again.
Max carefully placed the sticky dressing pads down onto Chloe's wounds, making sure they were secure and in the correct place before she cleared up all the dirty dressings and cleaning pads. Max then helped Chloe get dressed, Chloe choosing to wear a pair of jeans and a tank top today, saying that her legs didn't feel too bad so it would be fine.
Max was happy to oblige.
Joyce had made every one eggs and bacon, which was one of Max's favorite meals from Joyce. Everyone sat around the table, eating quietly, sipping at their drinks. The only thing that really could be heard was a couple of birds chirping outside and the sound of forks and knifes hitting of the porcelain of the plates.
"Okay…I'm just gonna say it…Did you get a look at who attacked you? Did you know them?" Joyce asked, placing her fork and knife down onto her plate as she looked over towards her blue haired teenage daughter. Max raised her eyebrows at Joyce's sudden question about the attack on Chloe.
"Joyce, here really?" Chloe spat towards her mother, almost slamming her cutlery down onto her plate. Chloe hated when her mother started things in front of other people, because it always made her feel like the bad one.
"Chloe, I just want to bring justice to what has happened to you…" Joyce explained to which Chloe rolled her eyes, her usually rebellious side showing itself. She went to lean back on her chair before realizing that wouldn't be a good idea, so she stayed sitting up straight, her back not touching the chair.
Max sighed and looked down at her plate, deciding this was as good a time as any to finally come clean about what happened in Arcadia Bay, without mentioning her bizarre power. Max placed her cutlery down onto her plate and placed her hand gently into Chloe's right hand, giving it a gentle reassuring squeeze, which made Chloe's features soften slightly.
"Mom, Dad, Joyce?" Max spoke up, looking from each individual person as she addressed them. All three turned their attention towards the small petite brunette, their eyebrows raised. Max swallowed the huge lump that appeared to have gathered in her throat before taking a deep breath.
"While back in Arcadia Bay, just before the storm hit…my photography teacher Mark Jefferson drugged and kidnapped me…" Max started to explain, noticing the shocked and terrified or angry looks that all three adults had on their faces. Her mother held her hand over her mouth in shock, her father went red in the face, clearly from anger and Joyce just looked gobsmacked, she had no idea what to do or say.
"It happened a couple of hours after Chloe and I found Rachel Amber's body buried in the Junkyard…" Max continued looking towards Chloe as she spoke and noticing the look of sadness and hurt on the blue haired teens face at the mention of Rachel. Max squeezed her hand again as if to say; you've got me, forever.
Chloe squeezed Max's hand back before looking towards the three adults at the table. "I had left Max not long after I stopped sobbing to go…uhm…'relax'…and clear my head" Chloe explained, making little speech marks with her index and middle fingers on her right hand when she said 'relax'. Joyce glared at Chloe when she said this, knowing full well she was talking about smoking weed.
"We had been doing an investigation into finding out what happened to Rachel and we found a well-equipped bunker that Jefferson seemed to call 'The Dark Room' in that old Prescott Barn…and everything we found pointed straight to Mark Jefferson and Nathan Prescott…" Max continued to explain, looking towards her mother and father and then to Joyce.
"I went back to the Junkyard to see if there were any clues there, but before I arrived at the Junkyard, I text David Madsen to tell him about 'The Dark Room'…" Max explained, she knew she was lying about how she was saved, completely missing out the fact that Chloe had gotten shot and killed, she rewound time to tell David Madsen about the dark room and also to save Chloe and that she and Chloe told David about the Dark Room themselves before Jefferson actually got the chance to kidnap her, they didn't tell David about Max's power, but they knew he would go and investigate the bunker without much of an explanation.
"And then when I arrived back at the spot where Rachel was buried, I felt a short sharp scratch on my neck before I began to feel dizzy and started to black out…I woke up strapped to a chair in the dark room, with Jefferson taking photos of me…" Max then explained, looking down at her lap, she was starting to find it difficult speaking about The Dark Room. It made her feel dirty and used.
Chloe cleared her throat, to get the adults attention, so she could take the attention away from her clearly upset girlfriend. "Max wouldn't be here if it wasn't for, Step-Dou…David…" Chloe spoke, pausing before she called David one of the usual nicknames that she gave him, as not to upset her mother.
Joyce perked up a little at the mention of her husband. She looked at Chloe as if questioning as to how he exactly saved Max before looking sad again since he hadn't been found yet. Ryan stood up from the table and started to pace up and down the dining room.
"So why are you only just telling us this…?" Ryan asked the anger clear in his voice. He wasn't angry at his daughter or Chloe, he was angry at Mark Jefferson. Vanessa reached out and took a hold of Ryan's arm as he passed her while pacing to try and calm him down because he completely lost his temper.
"Jefferson did that to Chloe…he must have survived the storm and found out somehow where we had gone…" Max then muttered out, which made Chloe look down at her lap, as if caving in on herself with fear, sadness and dread. Joyce looked like she was going to be sick, thinking about that man doing that do her daughter. She sighed and looked down at her hands.
"We need to call the police." Vanessa then spoke, looking up at her husband. "NO!" Chloe then shouted out, fear and anxiety showing in her tone of voice, as she looked between all of that adults, who had snapped their heads around to look at the blue haired teen a little in shock at her outburst.
"Why not?" Joyce asked her daughter curiously, tilting her head as she studied her daughter's face, noticing the look of fear instantly. "He…He…" Chloe started but couldn't stop the tears running down her face beginning to sob as she remembered Jefferson hissing his threat into her ear.
"He threatened to kill both me and Chloe if she went to the police…" Max then finished for her girlfriend, reaching over to comfort her crying love. Ryan flinched at the statement that Max said, his anger growing further as he heard more of the situation.
"I need time to process this…" Ryan muttered as he turned and stormed out of the dining room, slamming the door behind himself. Max and Chloe both flinched at the sound of the banging door. As Ryan went to open the door that lead to the garage, he heard a knock at the front door of the house.
Everyone else in the dining room had heard the knock at the front door, but obviously assumed that Ryan would get the door since he was out there. Ryan growled lowly in his throat as he turned towards the front door, he halted at the door before swinging it open, trying to contain his anger while he greeted the person at the door.
Ryan was a little confused as to why the man in front of him was knocking on their front door. He didn't recognize the tall very short haired man, who had a mustache that looked like a large grey and brown slug on his top lip. "Can I help you?" Ryan asked, not meaning to sound as rude as he did.
"I'm sorry sir, I'm looking for a Joyce and Chloe Price, and I was informed that they would be here?" David Madsen spoke, standing in front of Ryan as if standing to attention for an army general. Ryan raised his eyebrow a little, wondering why this guy was looking for Joyce and Chloe.
"They are here yeah, but who are you?" Ryan then asked in a protective tone of voice, folding his arms over his chest as he looked towards the stranger in front of him. David sighed before looking down at his feet; he then lifted his head and looked towards Ryan once again.
"Sorry Soldier, I'm David Madsen…Joyce's husband…" David then explained to the other male in front of him. Ryan's features softened as David explained who he was. "Oh…I'm sorry, come on in…" Ryan explained, stepping aside and ushering the other tall man into his home.
The day Max and Chloe told David Madsen about the horrible bunker: The Day of the Storm
The police had taken Mark Jefferson off his hands and taken the sick psycho away to the police station but David Madsen had decided to stay down in the bunker to look around for any more clues as to what happened to all of Mark Jefferson's other victims. David couldn't stop himself when it came to snooping around and investigating.
He didn't find much more than he already knew, sighing David made his way towards the stairs that lead out of The Dark Room, but noticed that the metal cover that could be closed over the stairs was in place over the stairs, he frowned hearing a loud whistling noise coming from outside. Surely the storm outside didn't get that bad within the time I've been in here? Who closed the entrance to the stairs too, was it the wind? David thought to himself. He sighed and made his way up the stairs to the metal sheet and tried to give it a shove but it wouldn't budge.
"Just great! Fucking Great!" David shouted, in full realization that he was trapped in this sadistic bunker. He headed back down into The Dark Room and looked around himself; He had spotted the food on the shelf next to the entrance of the bunker and also the stash of batteries for backup power if needed.
"Looks like I'm here for a while…" David conceded as she sat himself down on the couch that was in the middle of The Dark Room.
It had taken exactly a week for anyone in the rescue team to even check the old Prescott Barn for survivors, luckily finding the entrance to the bunker and thus in turn finding David Madsen, still alive and well since he had plenty of food to keep him going for the week in the bunker. He didn't exactly smell very nice since he hadn't showered or washed in a week and had to use a bucket as a toilet but other than that he was fit and healthy.
19th October 2013: Present Day, Seattle
Ryan lead David into the Caulfield home, closing the front door once the other tall man was inside. "They are just in the dining room this way…" Ryan explained as he leaded David towards the dining room. Ryan pushed open the dining room door, gesturing for David to go in.
David took a step into the dining room. Chloe and Max both lifted their heads since they were the one's facing the dining room door. Both their eyes opening wide in surprise at who was standing in the doorway.
"David?!" Max and Chloe both blurted out at the same time, which caused Joyce to quickly stand up from her seat and spin around to face her husband. David looked towards his wife and smiled towards her, nodding his head as if to say. Yes, I'm real.
Joyce sprung forward and wrapped her arms tightly around her husband, happy tears beginning to run down her face, so glad that she hadn't lost another husband; she didn't think she could have gone through that again.
Chloe lifted herself from the chair she was sat in with difficulty and limped over towards David and her mother. She wasn't exactly one for showing affection towards her step dad, but she was glad he was alive. David pulled himself away from the embrace with his wife and looked towards his step-daughter, frowning as he spotted her limping and covered in bruises.
"Alright…" Chloe spoke towards David, as good as her greeting for him was going to be just now, even though she was definitely glad he was alive and well.
A few hours later
The Caulfields and The Prices all sat around the lounge and spoke to one another, everyone filling David in on what he missed and David filling everyone in on how he survived the storm and to how he was found, also explaining that the rescue team had told him about Joyce still being alive and where she had gone, which is why he ended up at the Caulfields door, unannounced.
"We need to find that sick bastard…" David announced, standing in front of the fireplace, as he looked towards both Max and Chloe, who had both made themselves comfortable on the biggest couch. Max sitting up at one end of the couch, with Chloe's head lying in her lap as the blue haired teen rested her body after taking her pain killers. Max was gently stroking her finger tips through Chloe's soft blue hair.
Max nodded her head at David, agreeing with what he was saying about finding Mark Jefferson. Chloe hadn't told David yet about herself and Max, but if he hadn't guessed it by now, with the way they were both lounging on the couch, she was going to leave it to Joyce to tell him later, she didn't think she would do it any justice if she told him herself.
"We will, but once Chloe is fit enough to help…I can't do it without her…" Max explained, looking down at her girlfriend, who had looked up at her and flashed a small loving smile up at her as she bent her arm up at the elbow and gently stroked Max's upper arm in a reassuring and thanking manner.
David watched both the girls with his left eyebrow raised, wondering why they were both acting the way they were towards one another. The fact that they were both a couple never even crossed his mind, he hadn't known Max very long and only knew that Max had been Chloe's best friend before he came into the scene.
David looked towards Joyce with a questioning look on his face about the girls, before Joyce shook her head as if to say; I'll speak to you later. David nodded his head at his wife and dropped his curiosity there for now.
Both families spent the rest of the day catching up, talking about several different things and also gave the Caulfields a chance to get to know David a little better as well, seeing as they had never met him before. They had called for pizza for dinner so that no one had to go cook, so they could just relax after all the recent drama and before any other drama would unfold within the next few weeks or months.
A/N: Well, I decided it was time to bring David back and finally have Max tell her parent's about Mark Jefferson and The Dark Room. I hope you enjoyed this chapter guys, next one is in progress!
