Chapter 11: This years love…had better last

Author's note:

So I've been trying to think of Spinelli and Maxie's theme song and I came up with David Gray's "This years love" and I thought the lyrics fit perfectly for Spinelli and Maxie. If you don't have the song you should look it up on youtube or some place because it really goes with the chapter and you'll be missing out if you're not listening to it while your reading. It's a completly different experience. I hope you enjoy this chapter, I know I did. Don't forget to review! Thanks guys!

He finished drying his hands off from washing the dishes and started taking off his apron left the kitchen, "Okay Max…" He looked up to see her standing at the juke box. Slightly concerned by her laughable happy attitude that seemed no where to be found, he quietly tossed his apron on the counter and walked to middle of the room next to the table she was working at.

She put her quarters in a long time ago; five minutes to her felt like forever as she waited for a song to come up, "Can you do me a favor?"

"Anything," he looked at her sad blue eyes that made his eyes become as wounded as hers, he hated seeing someone so beautiful so miserable.

Turning the lights off in the diner she walked to him, "Dance with me?"

There was no time for him to prepare for what he was about to do, he had no idea how to dance, he had no idea if emotionally he could do this, but he knew if he complained or showed slight hesitation then she'd only take her frustration and hurt on him. So if dancing with her meant he'd be taking the pain away, then he'd dance with her all night long.

This years love had better last

She looked at him as he embraced her with open arms, why was he so good to her? What had she done to deserve such a man who obviously wasn't meant for someone like her? Georgie was the kind of woman he was supposed to be with, not Maxie and yet as she put her hand on his chest while he put his hand around her waist she couldn't help, but feel herself being drawn to him.

Heaven knows it's high time

She didn't know what this was, what exactly these feelings were for him, but she knew in that moment she wanted to fall apart and he wouldn't let it happen. He had become her rock and perhaps something more.

And I've been waiting on my own too long

He'd lost a lot of women in his life, his mother who never wanted him to begin with, his grandmother whom he lost the day he came to her as a member of the mob, Lulu who was never gonna be more than a friend, Jolene who was in coma after saving his life, and Georgie. Aw yes, Georgie who had died trying to solve a mystery, a mystery he had gotten her involved in. In the two years he had lived here he watched the relationships around him. He watched two people fall hopelessly in and out of love, eventually breaking the promises they made to each other, swearing they'd never hate each other, but ended up doing just that. Was it even worth pursuing a relationship nowadays? Was love worth it? He asked himself for it seemed like even the strongest loves couldn't last so why should he think that a winter crush would have a fairy tale ending?

But when you hold me like you do

She felt safe in Jessie's arms, she felt special in Lucky's arms, she felt loved in Cooper's arms, but in Spinelli's arms she felt all those things; safe, special and loved.

It feels so right

She wished the minute he put her arms around her that she didn't want to close her eyes and lean her face against his or want to cry on his shoulder or fall asleep in his arms. She thought she could dance with him and pretend he was one of the three men she lost. She hoped when she looked into his eyes that she hadn't been longing for him that she hadn't been thinking of the possibility of them being more than just friends. She wanted to believe that if she kissed his lips it wouldn't feel right.

I start to forget

For a second he can forget that his actions killed the woman he never got a chance to love. He can forget that Georgie died by the hands of Diego, a man she trusted. He can forget that she died way before it was her time to go. He can forget how violent his world had become how Leticia, Emily, Georgie, Cooper and Michael, how they lost their lives to the dangerous place he calls home.

How my heart gets torn

As he gently turns her body she sees a table in the distance and suddenly her thoughts of Spinelli vanish and she sees Georgie. She sees them talking the night she died; she sees herself putting her sister down and sees her hurt face. The memory reminds herself of the kind of person she is the kind that goes after the man her sister loved and at last her heart gets torn.


When that hurt gets thrown

He feels her hands tightly grip his arm, he knows she's thinking of something painful, of a memory that makes her think she's a bad person, that she's not worthy of a happy life, that maybe what they're doing right now is wrong, "Shh…" He gently pushes her head on his chest letting her know she shouldn't let the past cloud the life she has now.


Feeling like you can't go on

He listened as she tried to prevent the tears from escaping her eyes, "Its okay Maxie…" He stroke her hair letting her know that it was okay for her to express sadness in front of him; she didn't have to be strong in front of him all the time.

"It's me, you don't have to hide…just be yourself." He held onto her tighter as she cried her loud sobs of finally getting over their deaths, Georgie's and Cooper's.

She closed her eyes listening to the rest of the song with the lyrics, "If you love me got to know for sure" replaying in her head over and over again for a reason she wouldn't know until later where she would realize that the night she danced with him was the night she fell in love with Damian Spinelli.

This years love had better last

Next chapter is a continuation! I won't spoil it, anyway don't forget to review! This was such a sweet chapter!