Opposite's Attract - Chapter 12 / Old Habits Part Two

Millie's POV
Since last Friday when me and Max went out with some of my old university friends he has been acting so strange and he's only spend one night with me since, I've been asking him what's going on but he keeps telling me that there's nothing going on and he's fine but I know different I just want him to tell me what the hell is going on. Sally and Mel have noticed that there's something going on with him because they keep asking me if he's OK and Sally told me that yesterday when she went to CID Terry and Mickey were arguing with him about something and instantly stopped talking when she came in. I wanted to go and speak to them because I knew that they know what was going on and I wanted to know, I had the right to know what the hell was going on especially if it is going to effect me and my relationship with Max.

OK that was it I've made my wind up I was going to go and speak to Mickey and Terry and ask them what they knew about Max and what's going on with him so I got up from my seat in the canteen and Roger asked me where I was going but I didn't answer I just went straight up to CID, Max stood up to greet me but I walked straight over to Mickey and asked to speak to him on his own and we went in to the incident room which was empty "Before you even try and come up with a lie I want you to tell me straight, what the hell is going on with Max? I know you and Terry know and you better tell me Mickey" I told him.

Mickey sighed "Oh man… Millie I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but, well Max…" He started but before he could finish Max came barging into the room.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"I'm asking Mickey what's the matter with you as you won't tell me" I told him.

"There's nothing to tell Millie how many times do I have to tell you?" He asked.

"C'mon Max she knows something is wrong just tell her" Mickey said.

"Oh my God! There is nothing to tell" Max shouted.

"Max is doing cocaine" Mickey told me.

What? Max is taking cocaine? Since when? I've encountered so many cocaine addicts since becoming a police officer how the hell did I not see the signs? "Why didn't you tell me about this? When did all of this start?" I questioned, I was so in shock at what Mickey had said.

Max took a step towards me and I took one back "I'm not a coke addict" He said.

"Let me tell you something Max, if you want to be a coke addict and live the life of junkie then you go ahead I'm not going to stop you but I will not be by your side in this. I mean this Max chose either me or the drugs and there's no thinking time about it the answer you need to answer right now" I told him.

Mickey walked out of the room knowing that this was a conversation that me and Max needed to have on our own without an audience "There's no choice Millie because I'm not a coke addict! I promise you that I'm not a coke addict, I'll be honest when me and Mickey went undercover last year I had to snort a line of coke to stop them sussing out who we were and that was it" He explained to him but I didn't believe him.

"I don't believe you" I said and he looked down at the floor "I'm sorry Max but I just don't believe you" I told him and he walked out of the room and I went to follow him but he walked out of CID, Mickey grabbed my arm "What proof is there?" I asked him.

He went into his drawer and got out a small packet of white powder "I found this in his pocket" He said and I felt tears stinging at my eyes and I knew that I couldn't stay here in the same building right now "I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this Millie" He told him.

"Well thanks for telling me, if Max comes back and wants to know where I am tell him I've gone home and if he wants to come and tell me the truth then to come and talk to me but until he wants to tell me the truth tell him to leave me alone" I told him and he nodded at me before I left CID.

I spoke to Smithy and told him I had some personal issues that I had to deal with and he said that I could take the next couple of days off and deal with them issues and said if I needed anything then he is offering but I told him that I would be fine after a couple of days. I went to the locker room and changed back into my other clothes and was about to go home when Max came and stood in front of my car "Millie just speak to me" He said.

"I'll be at my place, when you want to tell me the truth then come and speak to me" I told him and I drove off.

When I got home I went upstairs and seen some of Max's clothes folded on my bed and tears started falling from my eyes thinking about all of the lies he's probably told in the last week to go and score again, I picked up the clothes and threw them across the room and fell down to the floor leaning my back against my bed and cuddled my knees crying into them. I hated him for doing this it was crazy! I cannot believe that Max was on drugs and I didn't even know about it then when I ask him about it he lies to me.

I heard my front door open and close and moments later Max came into the bedroom and sat down next to me "Don't even speak to me unless it's the truth" I told him.

"I don't know what you want me to say Millie, do you want me to say that I'm a junkie? Do you want me to go to rehab for snorting cocaine once? What is it you want from me?" He questioned.

"I want you to stop lying to me! I know you've done cocaine more then once I'm not stupid Max and if you feel that you need to go to rehab then you go and do that but I mean it Max if you want to stay on drugs then walk out of my house right now and leave me alone" I told him sternly.

Max needed to understand what he was doing to me… us "OK you're right I've used cocaine more then once but I am not an addict I swear it to you" He said but I still didn't believe him "You have got to believe me Millie please" He pleaded.

"Let me search your pockets" I said to him.

"You won't find anything" He said.

"Then let me see" I said.

We both stood up and I searched all of his pockets and then I went downstairs to search his jacket and he jumped in front of me grabbing his jacket so that I couldn't search it and that gave me all the conformation that he was indeed a drug addict. I pushed him away from me and went to run upstairs "Millie please" He said.

"Leave me alone Max!" I shouted and ran upstairs.

Max's POV
I decided to let Millie cool down so I left her house and went back to my place and when I got there I got the three packets I had out of my pocket and put them on my coffee table and stared at them for a few moments then opened one packet and used my card to separate them into lines and got a not out of my wallet and rolled it up before snorting the line, I put the other lines back in the packet and took them to my bedroom and hid them in my sock drawer but kept the one I had already opened and put it in my pocket in case I needed it.

See if I was an addict then I would have done the whole lot there and then. I wasn't an addict and I wasn't going to let anyone especially Mickey Webb tell me that I was and now he's drilled it into Millie's head that I was an addict and she doesn't believe a word I say!

When I was on my way out to catch Millie I walked past Smithy's office and he grabbed and asked me if Millie was OK because she had asked to take a couple of days off for personal reasons and I told him that I was going to speak to her because I couldn't think of anything to tell him.

It was going to be around work that Millie has taken a couple of days off after having an argument with me in CID so I knew that the blame was going to come onto me and it wouldn't take long for Sally and Mel to start digging and find out what was going on and they couldn't know because them two could never keep their big mouths shut! I bet Mickey and Terry couldn't wait for all of this to come out to embarrass me and ruin my career and relationship with Millie.

I couldn't just sit here and think about this I needed to get out of here so I grabbed my coat and started driving and ended up outside Millie's house. I got out of the car and knocked on her door and a couple of moments later she answered the door and she let me in and I kissed her as the door closed but she pulled away "You're high aren't you?" She questioned, she stepped away from me and slapped me around the face "Get out!" She shouted.

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