Life is Strange: The Dark Side of a Passion
Chapter 11 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.
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Chapter 11
It was another day, another day of taunts, of the pictures now pretty much being passed around, to ensure nobody missed them. Max walked through Blackwell's campus, depressed, head down, trying to ignore it all. Despite her efforts, it was no use, nobody was going to let her forget, they taunted her practically every day.
'This just keeps getting worse, but, I don't see how it can possibly get any better...' She thought to herself, recalling Mr. Jefferson's words.
Remarkably, some cruel twist of fate had seen him spared, despite the initial controversy of the first picture; he was now seen as an innocent victim, whom Max attempted to ensnare. She had no idea where that thought came from, but now it spread like wild fire.
'Urgh, this is just...'
She couldn't think of any way for things to get worse, at least until she bumped into someone, who promptly shoved her back. She stumbled and fell on her butt.
She scrambled to her feet, hearing the familiar mocking laughter. She looked up, desperation and anger mixing up inside her as she came face to face with Victoria again.
"Well, well, look what we have here." Victoria drawled.
Max shuddered. "You!"
The word was spat out, a combination of fear, disgust and anger, yet despite everything she still felt fear more than anything else. She recalled the shower incident all too clearly.
Victoria was far from intimidated however.
"What a shame, the once great Max Caulfield, look at you now, reduced to a pathetic nothing how fitting." She taunted. "You thought you were all that, but now you've been seen for what you truly are..."
Max glared, her anger briefly winning out in her internal turmoil. "You did this to me!"
"I'm sorry, did you just think you could accuse me?" Victoria snarked, her tone dangerous.
Max however was too angry. "I know you took those pictures of me, you tried to humiliate in the shower, then you doctored those other ones!"
"Oh please. As if, even if that were true, how would you even prove it?" Victoria replied confidently.
Just like that, Max's confidence deflated and she froze. Victoria was right.
"You can't do a thing about it." Victoria remarked triumphantly before walking off, smirking.
Max slumped; defeated.
"Max!"
She flinched as she heard that voice and turned, Brooke was approaching her.
Brooke had an unusual expression on her face however and her words proved why. "I wanna apologize..."
"Wh-what?" Max stammered, that was the last thing she expected from Brooke.
Brooke sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, I...I've been unfair to you. I know by the way, that the picture of you on drugs is fake. I was able to check it out, found some pretty obvious signs of it being tampered with and...spread the news."
Max gasped. "Wha, really, that means...thanks..."
Brooke nodded. "It won't stop things Max, but it should put doubt in their minds, one less thing to worry about."
Max let out a sigh of relief, Brooke was right about that, thanking Brooke she began to make her way back to her dorm. Things were still hard, but she finally felt hope again.
Meanwhile, Taylor sighed as she lay on her bed, she was still lost in thought, thinking about her visit to her mother recently. It was still playing on her mind, gnawing at her. Just then there was a knock at her door, she quickly up.
"Yes?"
"Taylor."
She was surprised at the girl's tone, but recognized the voice. "Come in Courtney."
Courtney entered, biting her lip.
"You busy?"
Taylor shook her head. "No, is something wrong?"
Courtney bowed her head. "I...I went into Max's room to, you know, find something to use against her...Like Victoria asked me too, but the stuff I saw, God Taylor. Her room is, neglected, it's like she doesn't even care about her surroundings or herself anymore, you've seen her..."
"Well, yeah, I saw her, but..." Taylor began.
Courtney shook her head vehemently. "Her camera is lying there Taylor, on the desk, she simply left it, that is not Max."
Taylor froze, suddenly struck by the depth of how Max seemed to be affected.
Inhaling shakily, she then revealed. "Courtney, my mom has heard about what's happening, no names but...She told me when I went to see her. I can't...I can't do this anymore Courtney. I feel horrible."
"Me too..."
Embracing the two girls shared in their guilt, wishing they could think of some way to right the wrongs they had committed.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.