"So, this is your room?" Max asked while looking around.

"Yep. Sorry about the mess. Never really had time to clean the place up." Chloe said as she hopped on her bed. Max was still poking around until Chloe said "You can sit down if you want. Rachel isn't gonna be here for another few minutes."

"Rachels coming?" Max asked

"Yea, I texted her to come when I was downstairs. That alright with you?"

"I guess yea."

"Perfect." Chloe said as she flopped back into her bed.

Max walked over to the edge of her bed and sat on it, waiting for time to pass. 'I had a gut feeling Chloes room would kind of look like this.' She thought. Another thought instantly popped up in Maxes head as she came to a quick realization.

"Crap, my camera!" She said while taking her bag off. This interested Chloe as she sat up and watched Max scramble to take it out. When Max finally did take it out, the camera was busted.

"Are you cereal right now?" She asked. She tried fiddling with it, hoping to fix it somehow but ended up making it worse. "This can't be happening." She said with her head down.

"I got some tools downstairs in my garage. Maybe you can fix it with those." Chloe suggested.

"I need a specific set of tiny tools, Chloe. They cost like a fortune too so its pretty much impossible for me to fix this." Max said feeling bummed out.

"Oh c'mon. Let me go check for you anyways." Chloe said as she hopped up. "Give me a quick sec. Ok?" She told Max as she walked away.

Max sighed and tossed her camera to the side. She sat there on the bed again bored out of her mind until she saw a picture on the floor. She picked it up and saw it was a set of pictures of Rachel and Chloe. 'This is so cool.' Max thought. She started giggling at the pictures as she kept looking down at them picture by picture.

"I see you're pretty nosy." She heard Chloe call out. Max dropped the picture and turned red as she her head snapped towards Chloe.

"I u-uhh" Max stuttered which made Chloe laugh.

"Chill out Max, was just playing. But those pictures are from a long time ago." Chloe said. "Got the tools by the way." She waved them in the air.

"Feel free to use my desk to work on your camera."

"Wow...thanks Chloe."

"No problem Max." Chloe said as she handed Max the tools. Max gradually took the tools and went over and sat at Chloes desk.

"Max, do you mind if I?" Chloe pointed at one of her joints.

"It is your room so..."

"Sweet." Chloe said as she laid back. Max turned back and started to work on her camera. She kept working on it for what seemed like an eternity but gave up on it after a few minutes. "This is hopeless." Max said

"Thats not what I expected to hear." Chloe said.

"Now im screwed." Max said while putting her head down. Chloe frowned seeing this and came up with a bright idea. She squatted in search for her dads camera under her bed and eventually found it. 'Suprised I still have this thing.' She thought

"Hey Max, got something for ya."

"Is it a new camera?" She asked sounding muffled

"Yea actually."

"Wait what?" Max asked as she twisted around.

"Mhmm right here." Chloe said as she stuck her hands out. "Its my real dads old camera, he gave it to me when I was kid. Never used it much though."

"Thank you so much Chloe but...I can't take this. Its your dads."

"Of course you can. He'd probably be pissed if I never used it. But since im giving it to you, I know it'll be used awesomely." Chloe said as she placed it in Maxes hands.

Max took full grip of the camera and examined it in disbelief. She then looked back up at Chloe and threw her arms around her, giving her a heart felt hug. Chloe didn't expect this show of affection but hugged the other girl back. The girls separated and Chloe noticed some loose tears falling from Maxes eyes.

"You ok?"

"Im fine. Its...Its just no one has done something this nice for me before." Max said while sniffling.

"Well as for a celebration. We shall commemorate this moment by taking a picture." Chloe said in a triumphant tone. Max giggled a bit before grabbing the camera again and aiming it up. She wiped some tears off before adjusting the camera up with both her hands. Chloe threw her other arm around Max and smiled as Max finally took the picture. As soon as the camera snapped, Chloes phone started to ring.

"It's probably Rachel." She said as she took her phone out.

"Yea?"

"Open the door for me. Im about to be there in a minute or two." She said

"Got it." Chloe said as she hung up. "Lets go get the door for Rachel." She said. Just before they walked out the room, they heard David come in downstairs.

"Shit, you gotta hide." Chloe whispered.

"What? Why?"

"Asshole doesn't like it when I have people over. Now hurry and find somewhere to hide." She urged.

"Chloe? You home?" They heard David call.

"Shit Max hurry up!" She whispered

"Im trying." Max said as she started panicking. She quickly went to Chloes closet and shoved herself in there before David opened the door.

"Chloe?" David asked

"Damn dude haven't you heard of knocking?" She asked

"I was calling for you and you didn't answer so I came to check up on you."

"Yea, well im here so now you can go."

"I don't like your attitude missy."

"And I don't like you so what?"

David was about to scold her again but started to smell something funny. "Whats that sm-? Jesus Chloe, have you been smoking pot again? Whose is it?"

"Pot? Nobody's smoking pot here dude. You're tripping major balls right now."

"Im not stupid, Chloe."

"Sure you aren't."

"I've had enough of this blatant disrespect. I am an adult Chloe so t-"

"Its mine!" Max called out as she got out the closet.

"Who? Wait a minute. I remember your face. You're that girl from earlier. First you interrupt me when im doing school business and now you bring drugs into my home." David said as he got up close to her.

"How would you feel if I told the cops about this? That'll ruin that spotless Blackwell record of yours wouldn't it? You do seem to get around Max. Im getting sick and tired of you stoner junkies being a bad influence on Chloe." He said as he shoved his finger at her. Max was starting to tear up at Davids harsh tone until Chloe came in for the rescue.

"Get the hell away from her dude. She's been through some shit today and now she doesn't need some stupid security guard hassling her too!" Chloe said.

"You don't have friends, Chloe."

"Like you'd fucking know. Just get the hell out of my room!" Chloe demanded

"I was a soldier, Chloe. As for you Max, i'd watch out next time or you'll soon find out what real trouble is." He remarked before he exited. Chloe flicked him off silently as he watched him leave.

"Thanks for taking the blame Max. Think we knocked his punk ass down a notch or two. Guess he isn't a match for me and you, huh?" Chloe asked as she faced her.

Max didn't answer

"Woah dude. You ok?" Chloe asked in concern.

"Yea...im just a little tripped out thats all. Can we just umm...get out of here?"

"Your wish is my command. C'mon lets go sneak through the window. We'll snag Rachel up from the bus stop and head over to the lighthouse near the edge of town."

"Lead the way I guess." Max said

Chloe nodded and opened her window before moving to the side. "Ladies first." She said with a sly wink at the end. Max turned a bit red as she stepped out onto the roof with Chloe following soon after. "Let me text Rachel first." Chloe said.

"Ok."

Chloe: Change of plans.

Rachel: What?

Chloe: Wait at the bus stop. Me and Max are coming to get you. David came home early and some more shit happened.

Rachel: Like?

Chloe: I'll explain in the truck.

Rachel: Fine whatever. See you in a bit

Chloe: See ya

A/N: lol so haven't updated this story in awhile. The original goal here was to get this finished before LiS 2 comes out but it looks like its not gonna happen sadly. Also sorry for the short chapter, I only had a day to work on this since I was focusing on other stuff. Again I apologize since I promised another chapter of "You're Not Broken" to be released this week but I have to do some rewriting on the secknd chapter. Hope you enjoyed tho and have a great day.