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"I can't take it man!" Max complains over the phone to Jude.

Jude sighs and Max can see him rubbing his charcoaled hands over his face. "Then kick her out." He suggests.

"Do you know how many times my power got shut off before she came?" Max says

"Six?" Jude guesses.

"Try fourteen!" Jude can't figure out how that's possible if Max has only been living alone for about a year. "And guess how many times it's gone off since she's come?"

"None?" Lucy peeks in the room and looks at Jude curiously, 'Max' he mouths and she nods.

"None!" Max repeats pacing the kitchen, "I mean, how could I get rid of her?"

"So let me just get this straight," Jude says, "You've got this girl paying all of your rent so you don't want to get rid of her, but she won't have sex with you, so you do?"

"Yes!" Max exclaims, "So you see my problem?"

"Yeah," Jude says, "But I don't know if it's the girl."

"Oh shut up." Max scowls, "This is your fault anyway."

"The sign? That was Lucy's idea."

"Of course it was. How do I know you two didn't interview a bunch of girls to pay my rent and keep an eye on me?" Max has been suspicious of the sign since Maggie brought it in.

"Because that is stupid idea." Jude replies, "Luce and I know you can take care of yourself Max."

Max doubts this, but he's run out of arguments, and craving a cigarette. "Okay man," He resigns, "I'll see you later."

"Alright," Jude says "At Sadie and Jojo's concert?"

"Maybe." Max wasn't planning on going, but it might just be the perfect opportunity to show Jude and Lucy how Maggie was.

Or uncover their secret conspiracy.


A/N- Secret conspiracy=my first plot, but I ended up scrapping it for a coincidence.

The reason I put this chapter out today was for one reason only. Paul McCartney was on Stephen Colbert

=] So funny