Chapter 13

When they arrived at the Garwin Manor Tyler pulled into a spot right beside Reid's mom's car. "Dude I friggin' love your mom's car!" Max exclaimed as she jumped out of the car to examine the BMW more closely. "What is up with people and that car it isn't that amazing!" Reid said as he went towards the house. "Come on Max before Reid yells" Tyler stated as he grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the car towards the house. "Hi honey why are you here?" Mrs. Garwin asked in a worried voice. "Nothing mom the guys and I are just here to watch some movies" Reid stated plainly as his mother walked towards him. "Well okay do you want to stay for dinner?" she asked as they hugged and Max and Tyler walked in the house. "Hello Mrs. Garwin!" Max said happily. "Hello Maxie!" Mrs. Garwin said as she hugged Max closely. "How is he doing?" she whispered in her ear. "Better he's trying" Max said back as they pulled away. No one knew about the arrangement made between Mrs. Garwin and Max. You see it was made right after Mr. Garwin's funeral; Mrs. Garwin was so worried about Reid becoming addicted like his dad so she asked Max to keep a close eye on him. Max kept the deal from everyone since that day back when she was 12. "Good, Tyler have you grown even more?" Mrs. Garwin asked as she turned her attention to him and pulled him into a tight hug. "Maybe, it's good to see you too!" Tyler said as he returned the hug. Tyler was always like Mrs. Garwin's second child since he was always at her house with Reid since they were little. "Well are any of you hungry?" Mrs. Garwin asked sweetly. "No mom it's okay we ate at the dorms" Reid said as he looked at Max as she was looking around the house. "Oh alright then" Mrs. G said with a knowing look to her son.

"Why Max have you talked to your mother in a while?" Mrs. G asked as they all sat down in the massive dining room waiting for Pouge and Caleb to arrive. "No actually I haven't. I haven't talked to her since I moved back into the dorms 2 weeks before school started." Max finished looking at the boys to help her out of the issue. You see what happened with Max and her mom was that they were never really that close. Mrs. Simms always wanted a little girly- girl that was the complete debutant package girly, polite and always wearing dresses and skirts. Max was always more close with her dad then he died when she was 13 so all ties with her mother were basically severed. "Well here comes the boys" Mrs. Garwin said as she stood up and walked to the door and gave the others hugs too. "Sorry" Reid whispered to Max ass she got up. "No problem she didn't know" she said back gently squeezing his hand then letting it go. She then walked up to Tyler who was joining the others as they walked towards the entertainment room. "Hey Reidy boy, you coming?" Max asked with a smile. "Let me get some popcorn, you guys can start the movie" he said as she walked away. When Reid walked into the kitchen he saw his mother looking at him with "the look". "What did I do now?!" Reid asked with a look of utter confusion. "You love her" Mrs. Garwin said quietly. "Who?" Reid asked trying to hide his worry. "Max, don't lie to me. I see the way you look at her. It's the same way me and you father used to look at each other" she said dreamily. "Do you know if she loves me back? I don't wanna like 'wow Max you sure are pretty and I love you' and her be like 'fuck off Reid!'" Reid said as he sat down beside his mom. "How do I know that I won't make an ass out of myself?" Reid asked confused by this love shit. "Honey that's the thing about love, it's all about taking chances on it. I f you don't ask and she doesn't ask you you'll never know!" she said as the popcorn went off. "Thanks Mom" Reid said as he hopped off the counter and put the popcorn in a bowl. "Anytime you need help just ask me" she said as he walked in the other room while he waved.

When they all left the Garwin Manor it was about 7:30 they had been there since 9:00 that morning. "So what do you guys want to do now?" Max asked as they walked out of the house after saying goodbye to Mrs. Garwin. "I don't know you wanna hang at Nicky's?" Caleb asked as he got to his car and leaned on it. "Sure, why not?" Max said as she leaned beside him. "Cool" they all said as they headed to their respective vehicles. When they met back up at Nicky's they saw Kate, Sarah and Chase sitting at a table near the back. "Hey babe" Kate said as Pouge walked over to the table. "Hey, what's going on?" Pouge asked glaring at Chase. "Nothing we were just about to leave but since you guys are here we can stay for a little longer" she replied with a smile. "We weren't planning on staying that long anyways, since we all have to go back to the hell hole tomorrow." Max said as she went and sat down on Kate's lap. "Don't you guys have a swim practice tomorrow?" Sarah asked as she took a sip of her soda. "You guys are swimmers?" Chase asked as he, Caleb and Pouge walked over to the foosball table. "Spencer's best. State finals 3 years in a row" Pouge said as he watched as Caleb made a goal on Chase. "I swam for Hastings" Chase said trying to add more to the conversation. "What stroke?" Caleb asked as Pouge sent daggers at Chase. "Freestyle" he answered. "You won't be here, that Caleb's swing." Pouge said viscously. "Really, wow, that's weird" he replied.

Reid and Tyler were over at the pool tables with Aaron and the boys. "Hey guys you were kicking his ass!" Max said happily as she walked over to them as Aaron walked off at seeing her. "Yeah I think he's slightly afraid of you now." Tyler said with a smirk. "He should be. I may be tiny but I'm viscous!" Max said with a sarcastic tone. "Damn straight!" Reid said. "Thank you" she said back as someone put on "Time After Time" done by Quiet Drive. "Oh I love this song!" Max and some girl from the bar exclaimed at the same time. "Hey you like this song too?" Max asked the mystery girl. "Yes! Hi" she said shyly as she laid eyes on Tyler. "Hi" he said back blushing. "Well Reid you're coming to dance with me." Max said as she pulled Reid out to the dance floor. "Max I hat dancing" Reid whined. "Yes, I know I just don't care." She said as he spun her around in his arms. "Wonder how they're doing?" Max asked Reid indicating to Tyler and the girl they just met. "Hopefully good" Reid said. "Me too!" she exclaimed and swung around. "Hey Max I have a question to ask you…