Max's P.O.V
After our little swim we laid out on a flat rock letting the sun dry out our skin. I enjoyed every little sound around me, letting my thoughts go.
"Max, what's wrong?" I turn my face towards Nick and he happens to be closer than I thought he was, he was close enough to kiss, I blushed again.
"Nothing." I say.
"Max, you and I both know it's not nothing."
We both get up and head back to our clothes then I take him back to the well house that Dylan Iggy and I had made our own. The walls had pictures spray painted on it, kind of like a modern day cave painting, including our initials. We still had our couch and other stuff here before…
I sat down and Nick followed. I sat up straight turning towards him. If I was going to tell him I was going to tell him while looking at him.
"Sophomore year, Dylan Iggy, and I… well…we… I got Dylan in trouble. I was bored one day, like, really bored. I begged Iggy to come up with some fun. It was a prank, Iggy and I didn't think it'd get out of hand. Dylan wanted to come along and of course I couldn't say no. we ended up catching an abandoned house on fire and a whole field that was nearby. No one got hurt but the Mayor didn't appreciate it. He didn't wasn't to press charges because we were too young but he gave us an alternative, either Dylan or me move away for a while. Mom and Jeb argued for a bit, I volunteered to go to Kansas to see my oldest sister Kelsey but Jeb argued. Jeb never let me go anywhere for… well… reasons… anyway… mom decided to take Dylan to Kansas, the last day he was home, Iggy, Nudge, Ella, and a bunch of other people were there. We got a lot of pictures that I still haven't printed. The day after, they left early in the morning. Jeb and I fought, I was already upset that Dylan was going for a year. We text back and forth for a bit and then mom said they were staying for a couple of days, maybe a week. I was hoping she'd come back that night because being home alone with Jeb meant… again that's a story for another time… The next day I woke up to Jeb banging on my door, I was scared it was just the usual but then he said mom and Dylan was in an accident and we had to go now. Ari was still in Boarding school at the time. Kelsey said that they had life-flighted them to Joplin Missouri where they were stuck in a coma, eventually they… they just… they never woke up…"
Nick's P.O.V
She started crying and I scooted closer to hold her. I didn't say anything, I just held her. I knew she blamed herself, I also knew she tried to show everyone she was okay. After about ten minutes of my shirt being soaked in tears her alarm went off and then she was back to being tough-as-nails-max again.
"We gotta get ready for work."
So we headed back to school and got my car and I dropped her off to get ready and picked her up shortly after, I put on some music and talked to her about random things to keep her mind off the past. When we got there they stuck her in back drive and me in grill. Apparently back drive isn't the greatest place to put max because every time she closed the window she started cursing up a storm and talking to herself but her smile never once wavered. I laughed a little to myself wondering when we'd be hanging out again soon. Before we knew it it was time to clock out and I was taking her home again but when we got there, there were way too many cars in the driveway to pull in. I heard Max swear under her breath and ask if she could stay at my place. I said of course and she asked me to wait while she grabbed some stuff. She was out quicker than I thought she'd be and we started our short drive to my house.
All the while, me thinking… Max will be sleeping in the next room!
