Chapter 11
When Max finally fell back asleep it was about 3:30. "God Tyler I don't know what I can do!" Reid said with a state of resolve. "Me neither, Caleb said he was on his way back here to help." Tyler said trying to make Reid feel better. "What the hell does he think he can do?! Max doesn't even like him!" Reid said standing up and walking out of the dorm. "I know but he's the oldest and…" Reid cut him off "So why the hell does that make a fuckin' difference?!" Reid said as he slid down the wall and held his head in his hands. "Hey guys what's wrong?" Max said quietly as she walked out into the hallway. "Nothing are you feeling better?" Tyler said as he rushed over and gave her a big hug. Max just nodded against his chest. "Good, now let's go get ready." Tyler said as he and Max walked back into the room. "Hey Reid are you coming?" Max said walking back over to him. "Yeah let's go!" Reid said as he wiped his eyes and tried to jump up but Max caught his arm first. "Were you crying?" Max said instantly worrying. "NO! I was just…" Reid stalled. "Don't lie to me, tell me what's wrong!" Max said as she wrapped her arms around him. "I can't just tell me you're alright." Reid said hugging Max back. "Yeah I'm fine now get your ass up!" Max said jumping up and running behind Tyler before Reid could get her. "Ty grab her!" Reid said as Tyler lifted Max up and threw her on the bed and started tickling her and Reid blew raspberries on her tummy. "Stop… Please… Don't… NO!!!" Max said between fits of laughter. "Hey guys what are you doing to poor Maxie?!" Kate said as she ran over to help Max. They both grabbed pillows and started hitting Reid and Tyler while laughing. "What time are we going to Nicky's?" Max asked as she, Kate, Reid and Tyler were all lying on the floor after a rough pillow fight. "Around 5:30." Tyler said out of breath. "Crap it's already 5:00!" Kate said rushing to get up form under Max. "It is? Wow how time flies when you're beating up your brother!" Max said as she got up too. "Hey I was going easy on you!" Tyler said defensively. "Whatever, Max we got to go get ready!" Kate said rushing around to get her other shoe. "Hey you can borrow my clothes and we can get ready in my room." Max said picking up Kate's shoe. "Thank you Maxie! Your clothes are frickin' awesome!" Kate said as she ran over and jumped on Max knocking her over. "Come on let's go!" Kate said as she dragged Max out of the room. "Help me!" Max mouthed to Reid and Tyler as she was dragged away. They just busted out laughing as she flipped them off.
About 20 minutes later Reid and Tyler walked in trough Max's door just as she was pulling her shirt down. It showed off her belly button ring. "Max you can't wear that!" Tyler yelled as he crossed the room and tried pulling it down over her stomach. "Ty… Fine I'll change my god damn shirt!" Max yelled as she pulled the shirt off in front of everybody and found a black t-shirt that said "The Beatles". "Better?" Max said as she walked out the door holding her cell phone. When they got to Nicky's they were about 5 minutes late. "Where the hell were you guys?" Pouge asked with a smile as he went over and did their handshake thingy. "How are you Max?" Caleb said as he went over and hugged her. "Fine… Why are you hugging me?!" Max asked with a smile. "Oh shut up!" Caleb said as he walked toward Sarah. "Hey Sarah!" Max said as she walked over and sat with her. "Pouge you wanna play some foosball?" Caleb asked as he and Chase headed over to the foosball table. Pouge didn't answer, just walked with them. "Hey Ty there's Aaron, let's go get us some money." Reid said as he and Tyler walked over to the pool tables. "This is stupid, we were all sitting here having fun, now it's the three of us watching them have fun!" Max said. "I got an idea. Give me a quarter!" Sarah said to Kate. "Why?" Kaye asked. "Just give me a damn quarter!" Sarah said as she got up and made her way to the jukebox. "Yes! Come on Kate!" Max said as she yanked Kate over to the jukebox. "What song?" Max asked catching on to Sarah's idea. "What are you guys doing?" Kate asked still not getting it. "We're going to get the guys attention!" Max said. "Oh, bet you Sarah only wants to get one guys attention." Kate finished. "Caleb." Max and Kate said in unison. "Shut up!" Sarah said blushing. "How about this one" Max said typing in I7. "I Love Rock and Roll" came blaring over the speakers. Instantly everyone in the bar looked to the jukebox where Max stood up and cheered. "Come on" Max said pulling the other two out to the dance floor. The three of them started to dance around with a crowd of guys swarming around them. One guy got a little too close to Max and tried to touch but Max just slapped his hand away and started dancing away. Sarah ran off and pulled Caleb to the floor with them. Max ran off and pulled Pouge with her back to Kate. "Your welcome" Max said as she walked over to where Reid and Tyler were over at the pool tables. "Hey girly, what's going on?" Aaron said as Max came over. "How about nothing" Max said with an edge in her voice. "Oh baby don't be like that" Aaron said in a low voice as he went over to her and started rubbing circles on her hip. "Get off jack ass!" Max said as she slapped his hands off her. "That's it!" he said as he grabbed her arms and started dragging her towards the exit. "GET OFF!" Max screamed as Reid and Tyler looked over from the bar and rushed over. Max was now kicking and screaming while pushing Aaron with all of her strength, he didn't even budge. "Tyler!" Max was now sobbing as Aaron pulled her to a dark corner in the bar. "Max! I'm here." Tyler said as he punched Aaron and pulled Max out of his grasp. "What the hell's wrong with you?!" Reid said as he pushed him hard back into the pool tables. "Nothing that slut had it coming!" Aaron said as he pushed Reid. "Let's take this outside." Aaron said as he walked out the back way. "Let's go" Tyler said as he and Reid walked outside with Max close behind them. Caleb who heard the shouting rushed over to Pouge. "It's Reid, Tyler and Max." Caleb said and instantly Pouge was in protective mode. "Sorry babe" Pouge kissed Kate on the cheek and walked out after Caleb. "Do you guys need any help?" Chase asked as he walked after them. "No just stay with the girls" Pouge said without looking at him. Chase didn't respond just stopped. When they got outside Reid and Aaron were glaring at each other as Max tried to hold both Reid and Tyler back. "He's not worth it!" Max said trying to pull them away. "Yeah that's right just listen to your bitch!" Aaron spat. "Max let me go, I'm gonna kill him!" Tyler said as he pushed even harder. Max saw Caleb and Pouge come out. "Caleb, Pouge help me please!" Max said as more tears were streaming down her cheeks as more insults rolled off Aaron's tongue. "Take it somewhere else fellas!" Nicky said as he came out with a baseball bat. "Whatever you say Nicky" Aaron said scared of what might happen. "Bye slut maybe we can finish our little event later." Aaron whispered to Max as he walked off. "Guys look at yourselves! Look at what you're doing to Max!" Caleb yelled as Nicky went back inside. "What?" Reid asked as he looked down where Max's small hands were wrapped around him trying to stop him. "God Aaron was just pissed that I made a combo shot that he bet I couldn't!" Reid said frustrated. "When will you get it? It's addictive you moron!" Caleb said frustrated that Reid used to win a pool game. Reid's eyes went black tempting Caleb to do something. "My power's greater than yours" Caleb said clenching his jaw. "Not until you ascend." Reid said levitating an empty keg. Caleb's eyes went black as Reid threw the piece of steel at him. He easily reflected it. He sent an energy ball at Reid who went fling back into the steel fence. Pouge tried to hold back Caleb as Tyler went to help Reid. Max still had tears streaming down her cheeks. She just stood there as she watched Tyler help Reid limp back. "It's not right to use on each other Caleb" Tyler stated as Reid walked off to the Hummer. "Tell it to Reid" Caleb said disgusted. Tyler walked back to the Hummer to join Reid. "Caleb, he's just using his powers to make you mad" Max said quietly still not moving. "I know Max are you okay?" Caleb asked in a caring voice. "Yeah my wrist just hurts a little" Max said holding up her wrist with a purple bruise in the shape of a hand was standing out. "Max are you coming?!" Tyler yelled in a harsh voice. "Be right there" Max said quietly while walking slowly to the car. "Come on I don't want to be here anymore!" Reid shouted as he slammed the car door behind him as he got in. Max just rested her head against the cold window as they sped out of the parking lot. She had silent tears streaming down her cheeks.
When they got back to the dorms Max was extremely pale and the bruises on her wrist were now black and swollen. "Shit" Max said as she saw how cold it was out. "Max are you coming!?" Reid snapped as he jumped out of the car and slammed the door. "Yeah I'll be right out Reid thank you for asking" Max said sarcastically to herself as she carefully got out of the car. Tyler came around the car and grabbed Max and put his jacket around her as he saw how cold she was. "Hey I'm sorry for getting out of control are you okay?" Tyler asked as he and Max walked slowly into the school behind Reid. "No I'm not really feeling that well now, and my arms really hurt." Max said with a hoarse voice. "Okay come on we'll go in and you can sleep in my dorm tonight okay?" Tyler said quietly as he and Max stopped outside Tyler's room to give Reid some time to cool down. "Hey Ty are you sure cause I'll be fine" Max said as she heard Reid throwing something and screaming loudly. "Yeah it'll be fine because if Reid doesn't like it oh well I'm worried about my baby sister." Tyler said as he hugged Max to him tightly as he walked into his dorm. "Hey Max I'm sorry about before with Aaron. It wasn't your fault he was just upset because I won and made the shot and he lost all of his money." Reid said as Max let go of Tyler. "I got really mad when Caleb starts to act all high and mighty." Reid said as he collapsed on his bed. "I know but Caleb just worries about us when we start to use a lot. He knows what will happen and me and you have seen what will happen. I don't think you use too much. I think you should be a bit more cautions when it comes to how often and how much you use." Max said as she sat down beside him and hugged him. "Okay I'll try, for you okay?" Reid said quietly so only Max could hear. "Okay" she said with a smile. "Now Ty can we go rent some movies and we'll all sleep in here?" Max said as if she chose to sleep in their dorm. "That sounds great Maxie" Tyler replied with a smile. "Okay, let's go before I fall asleep right here" Reid said as he snuggled in on Max. "Get up Romeo I don't want drool all over me!" Max said as she jumped up knocking Reid off the bed.