A/N: IMPORTANT!!!Hey Guys, what up? For some reason I've been getting less reviews than usual and I was wondering why. Is the story getting boring? Because if it is maybe I could do something about it, could you tell me what's up with it...please? BTW: Do you all remember chapter 5 – when Mr. Carter (physics teacher) picked up Ellie from practice to take her to her surprise party. He's in this chapter so if you don't remember, maybe you should go back.

10. Love Simply Sucks

Ellie smiled and she and Max lay in each other's arms. What happened last night had been simply magical, right now she felt like she was floating on a cloud. She signed as she saw what time it was and she moved out of Max's grip, he moaned slightly.

"Come back here," he said as he grabbed her arm playfully, he hadn't even opened his eyes.

"Come on, Max, what if our parents think we can be here and they come and find us...like this?" she asked him.

"Well, I guess you've got a point," he agreed as he stood up hesitantly and grabbed his jeans. Ellie was looking into space, lost in thought; she wasn't really sure how all of this had happened, a month ago Max was like her brother, her best friend and now the two of them had shared something that she had had never shared with anyone else. She felt two strong arms around her and she smiled.

"You're not regretting it, are you?" Max asked thoughtfully, quite scared of the possible answer. Ellie turned around and kissed him softly, letting all her love for him slip into that gesture.

"It's kind of weird," she said as she leaned against his shirtless torso. "I mean, I never guess it'd happen with you but yet I'd never want it to happen with anyone else...I think I'm in love with you," she confessed as she hugged him tightly. He kissed the top of her head and smiled at the wonderful strawberry scent of her black hair.

"I know for a fact that you are," he told her cheekily. She pulled away from him and punched him playfully on the chest.

"Well," she said seductively. "I know for a fact that you love me too."

Max kissed her hardly and smiled against her lips, stopping the kiss.

"If we don't stop we're gonna end up spending another night up here and we'll have our parent call the police."

"If it wasn't for Gabriela's intelligent thinking we probably would have already," said a voice from behind the two of them followed by the sound of the door closing.

"Shit," murmured Max as he recognised his dad's voice. He had his back to him and Ellie could see her 'uncle' looking at her with a mixture of shock and disapproving. Max looked straight at Ellie. "My dad's standing right behind me, isn't he?" he asked her, knowing that his dad was listening. Ellie bit her lip and nodded. "And I'm standing with my arms around you, shirtless, right?" She responded with the same gesture as before. Max turned around and smiled at Ryan Evans as he grabbed his t-shirt and put it on.

"Which one of you is going to explain?" Ryan Evans asked calmly. He'd never been a strict dad, he'd always been the smiling one who didn't spoil or scare his kid. He liked being a father at all times, all times except for when you find your son and your 'niece' as good as sleeping together.

"Uncle Ryan, it's my fault I talked Max into coming here, he didn't want too," Ellie explained.

Max looked at the tense atmosphere and decided to give a shot at lightening it. "What she said," he spoke in a half-laugh.

"For god's sake, can't you take anything seriously, Max!" shouted Ryan. The two teenagers looked at him, almost scared at seeing him react like this.

"I'm sorry, dad," muttered Max. "It wasn't Ellie's fault. Yes, she gave the idea but I brought her here."

"What you did was irresponsible! Couldn't you even call us before getting here, you know there's no coverage up here and your mothers a worried sick. Not to mention that we've suddenly discovered that you two have 'a thing going on', like to explain?"

"Dad, we're teenagers, we spend night off and get you all worried. It's not like it's a big deal and stop looking at me like that just because it's Ellie I'm with, when you caught me with the other you didn't..."

"What?" asked Ellie incredulously. She turned around to look straight at Max; she could feel tears threatening to fall. "What do you mean 'with the others'?"

Max suddenly looked guilty, he put a hand on Ellie shoulder but she shook it off violently.

"How could I be so naive?" she asked herself with a laugh that wasn't caused at all by funny thoughts.

"Ellie...I..." tried Max.

"Just leave it, it's my own fault. After all, you are East High's Golden Boy," she spoke, trying hard not to break down there and then.

"Ellie, why don't you get into the car?" asked Ryan, trying to not make a big situation out of this.

"Yes, sure," she said as she walked out, but not without shooting a dirty look at Max. Max sat down on the bed and put his head in his hands.

"You just had to come here and ruin this, didn't you?" Max asked angrily, without looking at his father.

"Don't you dare blame this on me. Ellie isn't any of those cheerleaders! I love Ellie as a daughter and what you did is unforgivable. Why do you kids have to rush everything? Ellie's special Max and I can't believe you used her like..."

"I didn't use her! She wanted to come here, I didn't. Yes, I'm no saint, we all know that but I love, Ellie!" Max screamed. "I always have, maybe not always like this but one way or another she's always been my everything! I love her, dad."

Ryan was slightly taken back but believed every word that his son was saying. It's not like he'd never thought that Ellie and Max might someday get together but...after all these years it was just strange.

"Then why didn't you wait to do things properly?" Ryan asked but he wasn't waiting for an answer. He shook his head at his son in disappointment and walked to the car, where Ellie was already sitting in the back seat.

"Can you get him to sit at the front seat?" Ellie asked with a quiet voice and her arms folded tightly around her chest.

"Hun, I could try but...I really don't think we'd get anywhere for hours," he said as Max came into the back of the car and started pestering Ellie with excuses and apologies. Ryan took off as he listened to his son try and explain useless explanation.

"Look Ellie does times weren't in the least..."

"Max," she finally shouted, making the two Evans in the car flinch. "Stop it, now. I was stupid to think that that was your first time. It's not your fault, I'm not really angry at you. But I don't wanna talk to you or be near you or hear those pathetic excuses. So if you really care and love me so much...just leave me alone."

The journey was quite after that.

"I'm pregnant," said Kelsi and her and Gabriela sat on the sofa. Gabriella looked at her, stunned.

"You're pregnant?" she asked, an unbelieving look decorating her tanned face.

"Yes, three months," she answered with a smile. Gabriella hugged her friend hardly as the door opened to reveal Ryan, a sad-looking Ellie and a guilty-looking Max.

The two woman ran to hug their children tightly. Gabriela was the first to pull back and look at her daughter sternly.

"The whole night! What the hell where you thinking? And you," she said pointing an accusing finger at Max. "You're meant to control her and you take her to the cabin at god-knows-where the whole night? Without telling anyone? The two of you alone? You might be my godson but I swear I could kill you."

"Mum, can you kill him later, I want to go home," Ellie said with a quiet voice.

"What's going on?" asked Gabriela as she saw Ellie send an unforgiving glare at Max and the boy look down to the ground after this.

"Can we just go home?" begged Ellie, close to tears.

Gabriela wanted to have this conversation with Max and Ellie together but she saw that that was obviously not a good idea.

"Yes, go downstairs and get into the car, I'll go down in a second," she told Ellie. The teenager looked at Max for a second and left, when Gabriela stopped hearing her steps she turned to Max.

"Obviously something happened up there but I'd rather not know. It's also obvious that she's not very happy with you so I don't want you to come looking for her before you start school again on Monday, understood?"

Max nodded, Gabriela then did something she hadn't planned, she hugged the boy and he hugged her back.

"Give her time, time fixes almost everything," she whispered in his ear. He smiled and let go of her.

"Thanks, Aunt Gabby," he thanked her,

"You're welcome, little Evans."

"I banned Evans from seeing you until Monday, and the exact same goes for you," spoke Gabriela as she came into the house, but Ellie didn't hear her, she was metres away, still getting out of the car. Gabriela signed at the sight and jumped as she saw her husband standing in the middle of her living room. She closed the door behind her, getting a confused shout from Ellie.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I shouted at the man.

"Well, I was around the neighbourhood when I saw a man coming into the house," Troy said with a fake smile on his face. "I thought he was a thief but it turns out he's a really good friend of the families."

"A man? What do you...Roger?" asked Gabriela as she saw Roger Carter, the physics teacher at the High school she taught at, standing there, near Troy.

"Hey, Gabs, I met your ex-husband," he then moved a little closer to Gabriela. "I tried to get him to go but he wouldn't move," he whispered in her ear.

"In fact," said Troy in a slightly angry tone. "I'm still her husband, no 'ex-' in front."

Gabriela phone started ringing and she saw that it was a text from Ellie.

LET ME IN – Ellie

Gabriella quickly could her.

"I'm sorry, El..." she then looked at Troy who was looking at her strangely. "Kelsi."

"What are you talking about, mum? I'm not Kelsi!!!" shouted Ellie.

"I know, sorry, I'm trying to open the door but it's locked, maybe you could go around Tina's for a while, and I'll try to get this sorted."

"Fine but call me if there's any problems," Ellie said with a confused tone.

"See you in a few, darling."

"Did you need anything, Roger?" asked Gabriela kindly. She liked the guy; he was smart, handsome, caring. He'd asked her out and she'd confessed everything about Troy and how she was still madly in love with him.

"Yes, I was wondering if we could go out and het something to eat while we got some school stuff done. We need to sort out a few thing..." he told her. "But then I met, Troy here and we've been talking for a while."

"You never told me you knew Ellie so well," Troy said, making her heart skip a beat.

"What do you mean?" she asked quickly and nervously.

"Well I saw her picture around here a lot and asked Roger about it and he told me she's your goddaughter. That you and Susi Margaret got very close when you moved here," Troy explained. "You look very close with Roger, too." Said Troy, feeling Jealousy and betrayal running through his veins.

"We're good friends," said Roger, smiling at Gabriela; she returned the smile. "Well you two obviously need to talk so...I'm leaving." He kissed Gabriela on the cheek softly and left the house.

"Troy you need to stop doing this, you can't keep appearing at my house," she told him seriously.

Troy looked at her for a second, "I know, but I wasn't lying. I was around the neighbourhood and I saw him come into the house with his own key and everything and I just thought that maybe he was...you know...you're..." he muttered.

"My boyfriend?" she finished for him. He did a kind of nod that she took as a yes. "That still gives you no right to come into my house and talk to my friends like they're your own. This is my life, Troy, get away from it! Please, I'm begging you! I don't need this, I was happy, believe it or not. I miss you everyday but I deal with it and I'm happy."

Troy looked at her again, slightly hurt. "Sorry, I won't bother you anymore. But I'm gonna find out sooner or later the reason why you left, even if we don't talk I know that my life won't end until I know why the person who was my WHOLE world left me, when I know that I was her whole world too.

"Troy, leave now!" Gabriela ordered. She didn't want to hear this, she couldn't hear it.

Troy abided and walked out of the house. Gabriela tooked the phone and as she heard Troy's car leave she called Kelsi. 20 minutes later she was still speakign about Troy.

"I mean, how am I meant to keep this lie up, if he just walks around this house like nothing. Ellie's gonna discover that her dad's not dead easily if this..."

Gabriela stopped as she saw her daughter standing in front of her, soacked from the rain outside and looking at her with hurt.

"I hate you!" she shouted as she ran outside. Ellie couldn't believe what she had jsut heard. She couln't believe her mum would be so evil, so cruel...

"Ellie wait!" but it was too late, she had dissapeared from view.

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