Prologue: Quantum Mechanics states that there are an infinite number of worlds. This is boring, and you have likely heard it before. Something more interesting that you might have not heard is that on one of those worlds, Max Caulfield never met Chloe Price before leaving Arcadia Bay. Let me tell you the story of what happened when she came back.

Chapter 10: Blush

Saturday, September 21rst, 2013 (9:00 AM)

I came to consciousness slowly, in the same way you fell asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I had a periphery awareness of my surroundings for quite a while, and then I was awake. Looking around, moving my head slightly, I found that I was lying in my bed in my dorm, but Chloe was there too. We were both in our underwear, and I let the events of last night slowly come back to me. Chloe had taken me on an amazing date, and I had asked her to sleep here.

I carefully extricated myself from her grasp, shivering as I moved away from the source of heat that was her body. I saw her shift as I got up, but she stayed asleep. God, just sleeping there, she looked so peaceful. I bent down, and placed a kiss on her cheek, before getting off the bed, and taking stock of what I should do now.

A cursory examination of my phone revealed that it was 9:00 AM, and that I had a few new messages from Kate, Rachel, and even 1 from Victoria. Huh. Unlocking it, I opened up the messages app, tapping on my chat with Kate:

Kate Marsh: So how was your date with Chloe? ;)

(8:09 AM 09/21/13)

Kate Marsh: No but seriously you guys came in really late last night, was it okay?

(8:15 AM 09/21/13)

Me: Of course it went well, she's right here :)

(9:10 AM 09/21/13)

I snapped a quick photo of Chloe, looking as peaceful as she did sleeping, and sent it to Kate. A few minutes later I got a response, and I smiled at her words.

Kate Marsh: Awww that's adorbs! Did you…

The text trailed off, and I could imagine Kate blushing, awkwardly tapping the keys of her board.

Me: No, no, no. Cute of you to ask though. We just came back to my dorm and crashed.

(9:14 AM 09/21/13)

Kate: Sorry gotta go :( Me and Victoria are going out to breakfast. Cya!

(9:18 AM 09/21/13)

I closed my phone, smiling at the thought of Kate and Victoria getting breakfast together. Or considering how early Kate got up, would it be brunch? I shrugged, deciding it didn't matter, and wrote a quick note, tearing off a page from the notepad on my desk.

Chloe,

If you just woke up and I'm not back, I'm in the shower freshening up. Be back soon.

Leaving that on my bedside table, I headed to the showers, grabbing a towel.

Saturday, September 21rst, 2013 (9:45 AM)

Chloe came to slowly, rubbing her eyes. Slowly recalling the events of last night, and why she was currently lying in a bed in a Blackwell dorm (a very well decorated Blackwell dorm mind you), she smiled. Her and Max had gone on a date, and it had been awesome, and she'd scored. (well kinda. Like an emotional score. Which still counted.)

Getting up and running her fingers through her hair, Chloe noticed a small scrap of paper on the bedside table. She read it. Well if Max was in the showers, what was she to do? She couldn't leave, Max was going to be back soon, like she said… Chloe smiled.

Saturday, September 21rst, 2013 (10:00 AM)

I came back into my room from the shower, smiling. Everyone had either already taken a shower at least an hour ago or wasn't up yet, so I had had plenty of hot water and plenty of time. Walking into my room, I saw Chloe stretched out on my bed, clearly bored. The second I stepped into the room, her head perked up, and all of a sudden she was standing right in front of me.

"Hey babe." She whispered, and I blushed.

"I just got back. Speaking of which, you should take a shower. I doubt anyone will mind, there's no one in there." I saw a cheshire cat grin spread across her face, and she whispered in my ear.

"Maybe you should join me…" She trailed off, and my blush deepened to a point where I felt like I had been in a sauna instead of a shower.

She laughed and pulled away a little bit, her grin getting even wider. Then she did something which I should have expected, but didn't. She started stripping off her underwear. I averted my eyes and blushed some more.

"What? Dude we slept together last night." She paused, and winked at me. "I'm pretty sure you're allowed to see me naked."

Still looking away, I asked;

"Are you going to walk down the hallway like that?" She walked back closer to me, almost inches from me, and it was hard not to look.

"Well if you're not gonna take a peek at the goods, then maybe someone else will." I let out a little whimper, and she laughed, stepping away again. "Nah, I'll grab a towel." She promptly grabbed one from the closet and sashayed out of the room, tying the towel around herself as she did. I'll admit I watched her ass as she left. Damn, that ass.

I dropped the towel and stepped over to the bed, plopping down. The towel had dried me off, but Chloe had gotten me wet.

AN: Chloe is the greatest tease. And god that last line was bad. Debated changing it, but I decided it was so bad it wrapped around again and was better than anything I could come up with. Anyways, I know there was not chapter on Sunday. I've been a little overworked lately. Schedule is going to go back to normal now, don't worry. Besides, I've been updating twice a week, which is WAY better than some authors on this site.

Uploaded Thursday, April 21rst, 2016.