A/N: I do not own Life Is Strange
Chapter 10
Max stared at Kate, her mouth opening and closing a few times. She had no idea how to answer that question at all. I can't tell her about my powers. Not now, not yet. Max curled her hands into her thighs, debating on what to tell Kate. She didn't want to lie but she couldn't exactly say the truth. At least for now, she couldn't. With a slow breath, Max composed herself.
"It's a little… complicated."
Kate looked skeptically at Max. "Complicated?"
Just as Max was about to answer a loud commotion resounded through the hallway. Both girls jumped as shouts echoed down the hall. Max nearly flew off the couch, scrambling to get her footing right. She pulled open Kate's door and peered down, only to start running when she saw what was happening. Chloe and Victoria were at each other's throats, Victoria only inches away from Chloe's face. The night in her dorm room came back into play and Max started to shout stop. Dana was telling everyone else to calm down.
"Both of you chill out!" Max yelled pushing Chloe hard into the wall. Chloe looked at Max stunned, her blue eyes landing on Max's hands. "I-I didn't mean to do that. I don't know where that came from." Max whispered staring down at her hands.
"It's good thing you did. I would have hit her." Victoria snarled, eyes red. "It would be good payback, right you asshole?"
"I didn't know!" Chloe cried out angrily. "Frank was strung off and I-I was new here."
"It doesn't fucking matter that you let me anyway, huh? Listened to, Rachel." Victoria retorted shaking her head.
Chloe snapped surging forward. "Don't you dare say her name like it's some piece of shit." Chloe shook her head, a frustrated growl leaving her mouth. "She's the one who helped, she called fucking psychopath-Nathan."
"What?"
Chloe smirked. "Oh, you didn't know? Did your little boyfriend-"
Victoria instantly spun on her heel to face Max, eyes raged. "Max?!"
Max blanched even further, there was nothing she could say in this moment. This fight wasn't about her, this was something that Victoria and Chloe shared. She knew that she was placed in the middle but there were eyes, very many eyes watching. Max sighed, the day's frustrations creeping in like they always did.
"Victoria." Max pleaded out, making sure that the only thing she focused on was Victoria. "I would not do that. I don't care what has happened between us that is not my story to talk about." Max quietly motioned behind her, purposely making her eyes wide. "Not here, okay?"
Chloe peered between the two, her breaths heavy, strained. "What the fuck?"
"Morning run Caulfield? It's canceled. When I text you a place you better be there or you don't want to know the consequences." Victoria murmured, throwing a death glare at Chloe before stomping back to her room.
Max closed her eyes slowly, inhaling all the air that she could. Her body was shaking slightly, the murmurs of the girls within the hallway louder. I could just rewind but I've been using my powers…I can't. When Max opened her eyes once again, Chloe was now standing in front of her, concern written all over her best friends face. Max offered a lopsided smile, trying to reassure Chloe and maybe herself, all at the same time.
"You okay?"
Chloe huffed out. "I don't know, I should be asking you that right now."
"How did this even happen?" Max whined out.
"Uhm, Super Max? Maybe we should tell your fans that they need to go back to bed, yeah?" Chloe murmured, nudging her head forward.
Max nodded, straightening out her back as she turned around to face her dorm mates. Dana and Juliet were standing near each other, worried frowns etched into their faces. Brooke seemed half asleep, glasses off and her hair a mess. Stella was near her but when Max followed Stella's gaze, she met the green worried eyes of Kate. Max felt her heart sink and she motioned for Chloe to go into her room with her hand. It's Kate, Max. Get it together.
Max took tentative steps towards Kate, trying to prepare herself for what she was going to say. As much as she hated the confrontation that happened she was also thankful for it. That very fight saved from trying to lie to Kate. Or better yet, using a rewind on Kate. Something that Max was not okay with at all. She had no idea how to tell Kate of her powers or what Kate would think of her if she knew. That the only reason Max ever made it to that roof was because she managed to freeze time.
"Hey." Max said, keeping her voice steady.
Kate glanced down to the empty hall before staring at Max. "What was all that about?"
"Chloe and Victoria have some history with each other." Max muttered wishing she could see that night for herself. Something about it seemed so off but ever since her powers everything made her paranoid than normal. "I guess they haven't really gotten over it."
"Oh. I hope there able to figure it out." Kate said, smiling softly at Max. "I think you should go check on Chloe and maybe you two should talk." She added.
"I just I wanted to make sure that you're okay?" Max replied, they had been in a serious conversation and it felt a little wrong to just leave Kate flat. But Kate just smiled tenderly at Max.
"I will be fine, Maxine."
"My num-"
"I call you if anything happens, I know." Kate joked, shooing Max away gently. "I promise."
Max sighed heavily, resining to Kate's insistence and walked away. Everyone seemed to be back in their dorms and for that Max was grateful. She was about to open her door when another opened and she heard quick footsteps towards her. Fear crept into Max but she pushed around it and spun on her heel. She almost collided with the other girl who actually happened to be Brooke.
"Sorry, didn't think you would spin around so fast." Brooke stated.
"Fast instincts?" Max stammered out, she didn't talk to Brooke as often as all the other girls.
"Sure, sure. But I finished that thing you wanted me to do." Brooke replied, pulling out a small memory stick from her hoodie. "The messages erased but I did find the number. I honestly don't get why you wanted me to do this." Brooke practically gritted out.
Max took the device but was dumbfounded by what had Brooke so angry. "Thanks. I owe you one, Brooke. Really."
"Right, yeah sure. See you around."
Max blinked a few times because as abruptly as Brooke appeared she disappeared. She messed the memory stick in her hand a few times before going back to opening her door. The first thing she was greeted with was Chloe, curled up on her couch with her boots off. Her hi-fi was playing and Max chuckled to herself. Chloe is actually listening to my sad hipster shit. Never thought that would come true. She walked over to her desk and picked up her laptop, giving herself an internal pat on the back for remembering to charge it.
She slid off her own shoes and wiggled her toes, finally free from the confines. Max walked over to her couch and sat down at the right end. Chloe grumbled but it just made Max smile knowing exactly what that grumble meant. She picked up Chloe's feet, tickling them because she hated that and then placed them on her lap. Max fumbled for a bit before finding a way to balance both her laptop and Chloe's feet.
"I missed this so much, Max."
"What? Sleep?"
Chloe kicked Max softly with her foot. "No, dork. This. No one ever really made me forget the bad shit like you did. Well, Rachel but she was…different you know?"
"Yeah." Max replied, a thick lump forming in her throat.
"Hey, no." Chloe said, shifting so her back was on the couch. "I'm trying to open up, Max. I really like having you back."
Max turned to face Chloe, a smugness in her voice as she replied. "You sure about that?"
"I know I've been a dick but every time I don't see you I'm terrified of losing you." Chloe admitted, closing her eyes tightly. "That's when I realized I was pushing you away because I already let you in. Stupid, right?"
Max shook her head, turning on her computer. "No. Defense mechanism. Were past that Chloe, its okay."
"It's not, not to me yet." Chloe implored, opening her eyes to stare fully at Max. "You've lost me too."
Max's breathed hitched as her hands gripped her computer tightly. Images of the bathroom coming to the front of her mind. Images she had tried so hard to push away, to forget and move on from. Then the day at the railroads, the terror of seeing that train and the one split second of Chloe's scream. Every time I save you Chloe why do I lose you too? Max couldn't reply so she instead logged in to her laptop and inserted the memory stick.
A few windows popped up and Max closed out of them. She searched and found the file that she was looking for. Which also had separate files but Max ignored them and opened the file titled "Contact Numbers." It seemed that when Brooke had done whatever she did, she had tapped all of Max's incoming messages. With careful eyes Max scrolled down, paying attention to the times as that would be the way of identifying the messages that came her way.
"Max? What are you doing?"
Max side glanced at Chloe before returning to her computer screen. "There have been some messages…not nice ones coming to my phone."
Chloe stiffened. "What?"
"It was nothing too serious but I got Brooke to check who they were from." Max murmured her stomach tightening as she got closer to the time of when they first started to come in. "I'm finding the number-What?" Max whispered, her entire body freezing.
"What? Maximillian?" Chloe desperately asked, as she shot up from her spot on the couch. "Talk to me man, please."
"Chloe. No. Nononono." Max chanted as tears gathered in her eyes and her hands began to shake. She let her computer drop to the floor as she sprung up from her sitting position. Max paced around her room for a few moments, not noticing a frenzied looking Chloe dropping to her knees to see what had gotten Max so worked up. Max dashed to her desk and frantically started to look for her phone.
It's not true. It can't be true. That's not…Damn it! Where's my phone! Max knew what she had saw but her brain couldn't accept it or maybe it was her heart. A mix of both. She knew that number, she knew who it belonged to. But maybe she was wrong, maybe she just had it wrong but that couldn't be right. She could hear Chloe calling her name and even a hand on her shoulder but she was focused on her phone. Scrolling through her contacts, the number flashing in her mind like a loop.
762-843-2191. 762-843-2191. 762-843-2191
"Warren Graham. " Max murmured to herself before dropping her phone and collapsing onto the floor tears trailing down her face heavily.
"Max!" Chloe shouted, falling down near her best friend. "Hey, hey. I really need you to catch me up here. I need my first mate."
Max shook her head, whispering no over and over again. She was rocking back and forth her world yet again turned on it's head. Max felt Chloe trying to sooth her, her body being pulled close to Chloe's chest. Max knew that tears were falling down her own face but the wetness against her shirt told her that Chloe was too. Pieces that had been torn days ago were ripping apart, the seams busted open. This is being broken.
Max stilled completely, her tears and sobs stopping completely.
"Chloe. What is all this?" Max whispered, her eyes wide and red. Her body felt numb but oddly cold. "Everything is wrong, this feels like a nightmare."
Chloe swallowed harshly, watching Max with careful eyes. "I really need you to come back to me, Max. Please."
"No, Chloe." Max snapped, inhaling a deep breath. "I have been back…not for a long time. I don't know what's real anymore or-or what's going to happen next." Max rasped out. I don't know what to do next. What do I do? "Warren. Chloe. The messages I have been getting are from Warren."
"The nerd? Isn't he your frien-Max. Fuck, hey maybe it's not what it seems." Chloe replied softly.
"I don't know anything anymore, Chloe!" Max yelled her control slipping away as she pushed herself up off the floor. Tears were tracking down Max's face her breathing heavy. "Do you not understand? There's a world where you don't exist! There's a world were Kate doesn't exist!"
Chloe got up immediately after Max both trying to be near her best friend and give her space. "You've told me this, Max. I-"
"Did I tell you how I saw you fall to the floor? How I saw the life drain out of you? H-how I saw one of the most important people to me die? Chloe I saw you die!" Max gritted out, the pain lacing every word she spoke. "I saw Kate fall from that roof and I heard her Chloe. I heard the moment she left the world. Do you understand now?"
"Please, stop." Chloe murmured.
"The only thing that stopped those events from happening were me, Chloe. I got these powers and I don't know why." Max admitted, running a hand through her hair. Nearly growling when it got caught on a knot. "Who do I trust? Who can I trust, Chloe?"
"Me." Chloe pleaded, walking to Max and pulling her into her arms. "Trust me. I-I'm here for you, I want to be."
Max shuddered more her disbelief at her findings making her more tired than she ever imagined. It was something that she thought she was used to by now with her powers. Everything that she knew changing at any given moment but maybe she had been to naive. She had thought that she would be okay because she had her circle of friends around her. That she had good people around her.
She never really gave it any thought that the people near her could be the bullet to her death.
Max squeezed Chloe tightly the only comfort to her now. If you're my enemy too, I don't know what I'd do. She squeezed even harder actually managing to make Chloe hiss.
"Don't kill me, yeah?" Chloe replied.
"You never got the letters." Max murmured a heavy feeling of sleep overcoming her.
Chloe hitched in her breath pulling Max away from her. "Max? What letters?"
But Max was already out, her head lolling to the side.
When Max woke up it was not out of her own internal alarm clock. Someone was shoving at her shoulder but it felt light. The only thing she could feel was a spilling headache that was throbbing around her head. She reached out blindly with one hand only for it to be caught and tugged sharply. Max tried to inhale through her nose but it was clogged and instead she started coughing, trying to catch her breath.
"Max! God, shit. Don't do this to me. Wake up!"
Chloe. Why are you…oh my god. Yesterday and-and the computer. Max popped her eyes open the sunlight hurting her eyes. When she opened them once more Chloe was in a near breakdown and Max's eyes widened when she caught sight of bloody tissues. She breathed in through her mouth and her hand went to her nose. She cringed but Chloe was already tending to her, plugging her nose for her.
"I-I don't know what's happening Max. You were fucking sleeping and then-then you just started to bleed." Chloe trembled out, her body starting to shake. "You wouldn't wake up and the blood, there's so much. I don't know. I don't know-"
Max reached up to softly grab Chloe's wrist and tangle their fingers together. Worried blue eyes met hers and Max tried her best to smile. Having a tissues stuck in both her nostrils made the task nearly impossible. I wish I had answers for you Chloe but I don't. Max pulled Chloe down to sit next to her as she felt the blood stop. Carefully she pulled the tissues out and took a soft breath in.
"I'm okay."
Chloe scoffed. "Don't bullshit me. That's not okay. You are not okay!"
"Maybe, Maybe not." Max replied truthfully instantly feeling Chloe tense at her words. She felt guilty but she wasn't going to start lying to Chloe. Not when her best friend was the only person who knew everything. "But what can I do, Chlo? Go to the hospital?"
"Fuck yes! You have to. What if I'm not here? Or-or shit I don't know Kate? I can't lose you too, Max. Not again."
Max wanted to laugh she really did. Not at Chloe but at the world. Giving her so much power that apparently she couldn't handle. Or that's what she assumed, Max really didn't know why. "What am I going to tell them Chloe, when they ask when the bleeding started?" Max replied tiredly, a grogginess that has not quite left her for some time. "Can I tell them it's because I can travel back in time? They'll put me in a mental house."
"But you're not okay." Chloe stated, shifting so she could see Max.
"I'm not." Max said, looking at Chloe with nothing but honesty. "I'm not."
"Can we fix it? What do we do?"
Max shrugged her shoulders she had no idea how to fix anything let alone herself. That had been her plan from the start, figure out what was going on. It had seemed so simple but as Max felt another trickle of blood fall down her nose she knew she was way out of her league. Arcadia Bay was not a small quiet town if anything she was sure there was something hidden beneath it all. Why did I get these powers? Why choose me? Max tried to settle herself, tried to find an answer for Chloe but like so many times before she came up empty.
"I don't think there's anything we can." Max murmured, tears burning her eyes but she refused to let them fall. "But I've got you right? I guess that can't be so bad."
"Don't go mushy on me now, Max. I don't have…shit." Chloe pushed up and pulled Max into her holding so tightly, Max was nearly out of breath. "I hate that I can't fucking save you."
"Well, I am supermax after all." Max joked.
"Yeah, yeah you are." Chloe whispered before pulling away and worrying a lip between her teeth. "You'll tell me right?"
"What would I be telling?"
Chloe sighed. "The moment it gets worse. You will tell me right?"
No, Chloe, I won't. You'd just worry way too much…more than you already do. "How much worse can it get?"
"Max." Chloe sternly replied.
"Okay, Chloe. I hear you." Max said a twist forming in her stomach. She didn't want to lie but she needed Chloe to be calm. Telling her best friend she was getting worse? No. That would not go well. "What time is it anyway?"
"Noon o'clock!" Chloe chirped pointing to the clock on Max's wall.
"That's not even…you are such a dork." Max chuckled before her eyes widened. "Shit! Chloe, where's my phone?"
"Uh, coffee table?" Chloe deadpanned.
"Not now, dude! Kate asked me to go to an appointment with her. Oh no." Max mumbled more to herself than to Chloe. She hopped out of bed to retrieve her phone and winced when there were four messages.
Kate: Good morning, Max! My appointment is for today at 1:00. We can leave at 11:45. Is that okay?
Kate: Max? You there? It's almost ten.
Kate: I knocked but I guess you're not there? Please let me know if you're still coming or not?
Kate: I'll be at the parking lot then.
"Shit!" Max yelled, peering up to the clock, it was eleven thirty. "Chloe pick something out for me to wear please. I'm going to take the quickest shower of my life."
"Whoa, you're still going? You need rest!" Chloe rebutted, walking in front of Max. "Or did you forget the falls that happened in your nostrils!"
Max eyed Chloe for a long moment before turning around and gathering her things. "Kate needs me, Chloe. I think part of me needs her too…but if it was you right now, I would still be rushing to get there. So, please, do this for me?"
Chloe was silent for a moment before closing her eyes and opening them. "Fine, go, but don't push yourself anymore. There's only one, Max."
"Thank you, Chloe."
"Go, you have thirteen minutes now."
Max had never ran so quickly in her life, thankful that her run with Victoria seemed to give a little push. She nearly skidded into the girl's bathroom and ran into the first shower she saw. Max had never been one to multitask but she was currently brushing her teeth, washing her hair and body. If using my powers didn't cost me so much I could rewind. But I can't do that, not anymore. She finished off quickly, drying herself and her hair as much as she could.
When Max plummeted for out the shower, she ran head first into Victoria who shrieked bloody murder. Max didn't even wait to apologize as she ran past and she could hear Victoria yelling after her. She opened her door and before she could even say anything Chloe was shoving the clothes into her arms, telling her she had eight minutes left. Max didn't even pay attention to what she was putting on. She nearly yelped when her towel was thrown onto her and Chloe started to rub it on her.
"Chloe, what the hell are you doing!"
"It's cold outside and your hair is worse than a wet dog!" Chloe yelled back, rubbing a little harder for emphasis. "I might have been shitty but I'm taking care of you now. Tie it up too."
Max grumbled. "Yes, Mom."
"Good. Eat something while you're at it." Chloe mocked, taking the towel away. "Your bag is ready. Journal, camera and phone right?"
Max nodded reaching for her bag and slinging it over her shoulder. "Okay. I'm going. Are you going to be here later?"
"Nah, Mom wants me back but I'll probably wake and bake. I can sneak over tonight?" Chloe asked hopefully.
"Che, you never have to ask. Of course I want you here. Text me if anything?"
"Okay stop talking to me and go run to your woman, dude!" Chloe drawled, grabbing Max by her shoulders and shoving her out of her room. "Run! Forest! Run!"
Max would have said something if she want giving it her all as she made it into the sunlight of the girls courtyard. Dana and Juliet were sitting in the middle talking and Max let a quick smile fall on her face as the girls waved to her. She quickly focused back to getting to the parking lot, her breath was coming short and she had only a few minutes left. God, if you're listening, please let Kate be there.
With one last turn Max made it down the steps and stood frozen for a minute. She saw Kate nowhere and her stomach started to turn. She ran both hands through her hair and sighed when she forgot to tie it. Trying to calm herself Max pulled the hair tie off her wrist and pulled her hair into a sloppy pony tail, some of her bangs falling out. Ugh, Damnit! Max truly wanted to cry as she slumped her shoulders and leaned against the railing.
Maybe Chloe had been right…there is only one of her. Max wanted to be there for as many people as she could. Her powers gave her the chance to know more of others but at what cost? Now one of the people who counted on her most had been let down because she couldn't keep up. She'd have to make it up to Kate, majorly, she couldn't even imagine Kate's face. Kate's disappointment. Shit!
"Max?"
She jumped out of her skin and twirled around to find Kate standing calmly with two cups of coffee in her hand. Max felt her hand twitch as she roved all over Kate, wondering if she was maybe hallucinating. Maybe I fainted from running I don't know?
"You're here." Max blurted out.
Kate titled her head to the side. "I am. Are you okay?"
"I just…I'm late and I thought you left already. Then I saw your messages and I was worried and-and you're here."
"Max, calm down." Kate said softly, her arm extending with one of the coffees. "I guess you didn't get my message. The bus is running late, so I got us coffees."
Max was torn between laughing and bursting into tears. She grabbed the cup gently, holding it with both her hands. "I would have never left you hanging like that Kate. I am so sorry. I just get so worked up sometimes."
"Max."
"No. Don't 'Max' me. I mean it when I say I want to be here for you but I just have that same worry." Max whispered, messing with the rim of her coffee.
Kate furrowed her brows. "This again? Why don't you explain it."
"It's hard to explain."
"Well its good thing I'm smart." Kate mused, placing her hand on Max's shoulder.
Max relaxed, reaching up to place her hand over Kate's. "I'm just scared that maybe the one day you need me most I won't be there."
"Hey, I told you that I trusted you right?" Kate asked softly, trying to find Max's gaze. She didn't get it but Max nodded and she continued. "That's my choice, I choose to trust you and I have to accept the fact that you are not perfect, Max. Your human and sometimes that happens."
"But your trust it's special to me." Max said, blushing a bit as she said it.
Kate smiled this time, walking up to hug Max. "I know, Max. Your freak out is more than enough proof."
"Did you just tease me?" Max blurted out, jaw unhinged.
Kate giggled. "Maybe."
"I so did not freak out, Kate Marsh" Max grumbled.
"You did, just a little bit."
"I really am sorry." Max said once more as she squeezed Kate, relishing in the warmth of the hug.
"You're here, Max and that's all that really matters to me." Kate replied pulling away but linking their arms together. Max was definitely okay with that. "So no more of this worrying, okay? Or saying sorry, just be Max."
"So, were taking the bus?" Max asked changing the subject. She got the message, no more worrying about things that were out of her control.
"Hm, yes. It should be here any minute now, want to start walking?"
"Yeah and Kate?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
"For the coffee? You're welcome Max." Kate smiled, turning to look at Max.
"Well, thank you for that too but I meant for trusting me. Thank you for trusting me."
Kate blushed looking away quickly. "You are the closest person I have Max. It was inevitable."
"Still…thank you."
Max waited for a reply but she didn't get one only a gentle squeeze from Kate. They huddled together at the bus stop, the wind picking up more than they thought. Soon enough they heard the engine coming up from the hill and walked a few steps forward. Max smiled as the bus stopped and they got on, taking a seat next to Kate. She seemed to always manage to get to Kate just in time. Pun totally intended.
It wasn't that Max hated doctors' offices, she hated the feeling they gave her. Everything seemed to be sterile, quiet and white. The soft coughs, the light scratches of pens and the stares that everyone seemed to relish in. I can't be nervous right now, I can't. Max tried to stop bouncing her leg but it was only for a few seconds before she started again. Her fingers itching to do something but there was nothing to do except wait.
Kate had gotten called to the doctors and Max had felt her stomach drop. She could tell that her friend was nervous and her green eyes held a quiet fear. Max had no idea how to stop that fear, how to make Kate know that everything would be okay. Sometimes things couldn't be okay or wouldn't be for a long time. But it was Kate and Max just wanted to offer what comfort she could. So she had stood up along with Kate and hugged her closely. She didn't offer empty words but a true promise.
"I will be here when you get out." Max had murmured into Kate's ear and she had gotten a squeeze in return. It had been almost an hour and Max was reaching her limits, her anxiousness becoming greater. It seemed that everything was mushing into one sound, the tick of the clock, the thump of someone's foot, the pens scratching and the papers being pushed. Breathe, Max. It's all going to be okay. She closed her eyes and leaned her head against the wall, humming lowly to one of her favorite songs.
It was only a second later that a door creaked open and she heard a quiet sniffle. Max jerked her head forward, opening her eyes again and met Kate across the room. Her heart sunk because Kate looked so sad and then she was rushing forward, grabbing Max's hand swiftly. Max had barely any time to process what was happening until they were nearly running down the hallway and into the open. Max blinked her eyes, the sunlight being too bright for her to adjust quickly. When she did, Kate was staring at her, tears pooling into her eyes and Max didn't know what she had to prepare for.
"Kate?" Max whispered and Kate shook her head. "Something happen?"
"No."
Max bit her bottom lip, her stomach twisting into knots. "So?"
Kate let out a watery laugh, her tears falling from her eyes as she looked up to face Max. "I'm okay, Max."
"What?"
"I'm okay, nothing happened to me. I'm okay." Kate emphasized, a clear bright smile on her face before she rushed up to Max, catching her off guard.
"You're okay?" Max said, hoarsely, her voice thick with emotion.
"I'm going to be, Max. I'm going to be." Kate said softly, her head tucking near Max's neck.
Max felt her tears drop quietly, as she pulled Kate close to her. She held in her sob as she brought a hand to her nose, wiping the trickle of blood away quietly. This was Kate's moment, a happy moment. I am not going to have her worry, not now. Max breathed in deeply before replying.
"We're going to have to celebrate this, with a cup of tea."
Kate pulled away, just enough to face Max, close enough to count every freckle. The air around them was soft, trusting. It was a bright day with blue skies and white clouds, what some would call perfect. Max watched Kate closely and for the first time she saw something in Kate that she hadn't before, a look she didn't know the meaning behind. Then Kate replied and Max wondered with everything her life had going on, if she would ever get a happy ending.
"I was thinking we could get lunch?"
And Max smiled, praying to every god that she could be okay at least for today. "I'm so ready to eat, Kate."
"Well, I hope so, I need you to be a good date." Kate teased, oblivious to Max's blush, her laugh filling the air around her.
Max thought she was truly beautiful in that moment.
It was one of the most bitter-sweet experiences Max had ever felt.
A/N:
Was that angsty? I think it was.
Hi guys! I know its been so long but seriously college takes away all my writing time. I can't until summer.
So…some things happened here…and more things will happen? I put a random number for Warren. I tried to see if there was a canon one but I couldn't find anything. And Brooke forever being jealous, sigh.
I have temporarily lost my beta so I hope I caught most of the typos and that it flows. Let me know if I missed something!
Ugh, Marshfield. I miss writing them.
I really hope you enjoyed, guys!
Until Next Time!