A couple of days passed as the boiling rain ended after the night it had started. During those two days, Maxwell avoided talking about any subjects that involved girls and relationships involving it as if he felt like he nearly blabbed about his feelings about a girl he likes. It was morning and Maxwell was pacing in the living room back and forth.
"Hey Maxie, something on your mind? Hoot hoot?" asked Hooty.
"Thinking." answered Maxwell.
"Why pace?" asked Luz.
"It helps me think better when I'm thinking very hard." Maxwell told them.
King walked in and saw this going on while he was scratching his head.
"Something on his mind?" asked King.
"A little bit." answered Maxwell.
"Thinking about hot girls, are you?" teased King.
Maxwell stopped pacing as he just stood there, blushing and letting out a hiccup, a very loud hiccup. King was giggling.
"Uhhhhh no I'm not?" said Maxwell as if in denial.
"Hahaha, Maxie waxie is thinking about hot girls." joked King laughing.
"I am not." said Maxwell annoyed.
"So tell me, Maxie. Whose the lucky girl? Is she a sweet innocent school girl or is she a rebellious bad girl?" joked King. "Relax, big guy. I'm only kidding."
"Oh. You guys talking about bad girls?" said a smiling Eda.
Eda walked in and she giggled at what she just said as she looked like she was screwing her left hand back on like twisting a jar's lid back on. Maxwell managed to regain his composure but he saw that Eda had her hand off and saw the bone, the fingers were still moving.
"Did you just screw your hand back on like a lid to a jar?" said Maxwell surprised. "Oh my God, the fingers are still moving."
"Not worry, champ. This happens at times but I'm in control of it." Eda reassured.
Eda let out a chuckle while Maxwell gulped. He had no idea that Eda had limb anatomy like magic. She had a big bag on her as she pulled it over to them.
"You guys are going to be going around town to sell some potions to some of my clients around the town. I should say it's one of them days." Eda informed. "King will accompany Luz and you."
"We're doing what now?" asked Maxwell looking confused as he scratched his head.
Eda and King had looked surprised as they forgot that they didn't inform Maxwell about this sort of part of their lives. Luz was catching onto this too.
"Oh, he doesn't know." said Eda, King and Luz in unison.
Maxwell was clueless as at first till his mind was exploring the minds of King ad Luz for a bit, flashes of images came to his head as he started to see what they meant.
"Selling potions around the town and you got competitors?" said Maxwell.
"Read Eda's mind?" asked King.
"Just Luz and King. So much going on in there." said Maxwell.
Luz and King looked at each other and giggled.
"I half expected you to explore my mind." Eda giggled.
"I can't do that." Maxwell said looking at his feet. "I may have read your mind to find out your name but I wouldn't dare do it again, that would be an invasion of a woman's privacy."
Eda and Luz were surprised to hear this. It was like they heard the words of a gentlemen speaking. Eda stood in front of Maxwell.
"Your telling me the truth, Maxie?" asked Eda looking serious. "Look at me."
Maxwell slowly looked up at Eda and his heart raced, causing him to blush once more.
"Your telling me the truth?" asked Eda again.
"Yes ma'am, I am." said Maxwell quickly as he let out a breath.
A smile appeared on Eda's face as she gave Maxwell an affectionate head pat.
"I may have informed Luz about this before but Maxie, I should also tell you this too. One, never trust a man in causal drapery, never befriend a man in sandals and always measure twice, not once." instructed Eda. "Understood?"
Maxwell nodded as he was showing he was listening to her. Eda placed a hand on Maxwell's left cheek and lifted his head up to have him look at her.
"If you don't know what to do, just let Luz and King take care of things since they've done this before." instructed Eda once more.
"I'll do my best." said Maxwell understanding her advise.
Eda let go of Maxwell's cheek and the young boy walked off as him, King and Luz walked out the door.
"He's so thinking of a hot, bad girl." said Eda to herself with a grin.
While out and about, Luz, King and Maxwell were going around selling potions in the town of Bonesborough, Maxwell volunteered to carry the bag as he proved to be very strong. The people they were going around to were a mix of normal or odd. One was a plump woman who was a cheek pincher when she found Maxwell adorable, another was a four foot tall male elf mistaken Luz and Maxwell for being a couple, another was a large lady who kept offering them sweets while Maxwell got tempted into trying but he went crazy with hyperactive energy. They had all of this done in a matter of two hours.
"Looks like that was the last of them." said King.
"I can't believe Maxie jumped thirty feet into the air when he had the sugar rush." Luz said in surprise.
"I'm glad that our last stop had given me something for my headache. What was in that huge doughnut?" said Maxwell shaking a bit. "No more sugar, please."
"Lets give him another doughnut and watch him go nuts again." giggled King.
Maxwell let out a groan and shook his head as a response.
"Oh come on, it'll be funny." King joked. "I'm kidding."
They stopped and took a minute to examine Maxwell in case if he felt sick from the amount of sugar he had in his system which he assured them he was alright and just waiting for the headache to go down. The walked off but were stopped by two people who waved at them. One being a girl and the other a boy, both teenagers with green hair, the boy's hair was short, the girl's was long and in a braided ponytail. Both appeared to look like identical twins.
"Hey Luz?" called one of them.
The two walked over to them and they were stopped. Looking right at them had Maxwell feeling a bit nervous as he went completely silent.
"How's it going for you guys?" asked the female.
"Just got done taking care of an errand, or more." answered Luz.
The twins looked right at Maxwell and Maxwell looked down at his feet, his shyness taking over him. The twins smiled.
"Whose your human friend? We heard mittens talking about him." asked the male.
"This is Maxwell, he's staying with us but be nice to him. He's had it a bit rough." Luz informed them.
"Emira and Edric Blight, older siblings of Amity Blight, age difference between the twins would two minutes apart, engaging in a bit of mischief at times, breaking rules and skipping school." said Maxwell. "I don't like that."
Emira and Edric both were surprised as if they never expected him to know who they are.
"I take it Luz told you about us." said Edric.
"Nope, your minds are not a closed book." answered Maxwell.
"Cool, he can read minds." said Emira looking thrilled. "And a southerner's accent."
Emira walked over to Maxwell to face him and tried to get him to look at her as she giggled from seeing how Maxwell was trying not to look at her.
"Awww, he's shy around girls." Emira said as if finding this to be cute.
Emira reached out to pinch Maxwell's cheeks for a bit.
"Southerners are so cute." giggled Emira. "He's cute when he's nervous."
"Uhhh Luz, help." Maxwell said nervously.
Luz quickly folded her arms and gave Emira the look that told her to cease and desist. Emira stopped as she took her hands off his face.
"I think Emira likes you." said Edric giggling.
Emira reached out to place her hand on Maxwell's cheek which left his heart racing from nervousness.
"Maxwell, are you afraid of pretty girls?" asked Emira looking sympathetic towards him.
Maxwell was silent and tried his hardest not to blush, even if his heart was beating faster than a motorcycle at full speed limit.
"I have a headache." said Maxwell.
"Sorry to hear that. Would a bit of something sweet to eat help?" suggested Edric.
Just hearing about someone offering Maxwell more sweets got his stomach to gurgle and his face nearly went green. They all saw this didn't look good.
"I'll take that as a no?" guessed Edric.
"No more sweets or I'm gonna hurl." Maxwell groaned.
"Too much sugar?" asked Emira.
"You have no idea." said King.
The feeling Maxwell had passed faster than the subject being dropped. The color in his face came back. Emira pulled Maxwell in her arms for a hug as if to help him feel better. Maxwell blushed and was sensing vibes from these twins he didn't like. Maxwell felt his body having a bit of pressure in his lower body building as he knew what that meant.
"Where's the bathroom?" asked Maxwell nervously.
Emira quickly pulled her arms off him and saw Maxwell clenched his legs together.
"Got to go use it?" asked Luz.
"I really got to go or I'll go in my pants." grunted Maxwell.
"Luz, could we escort your friend to the bathroom? We'll bring him right back." Edric offered. "We know where the closest bathroom is."
"Oh my word, please hurry." Maxwell pleaded as he looked strained.
"Okay, but don't let him get lost, don't let anyone hurt him and no funny business." Luz warned.
Emira and Edric nodded and Emira lead Maxwell by the hand as those twins were taking him towards the bathroom. Luz and King both saw them walk off till they were out of sight.
"Your gonna follow them, are you?" King guessed.
"After what happened when I first met them, you bet we are." said Luz.
Luz and King followed Maxwell, Emira and Edric to make sure that the twins were not up to any funny business. Luz's mother bear instincts were kicking in as she wasn't trusting Emira and Edric's instincts.
As Luz and King followed, both Emira and Edric lead Maxwell to a part of Bonesborough that looked like a place where people hang out on a day off. Maxwell groaned as he really felt the urge to use the bathroom got stronger.
"Oh please hurry guys. I feel like I'm gonna die this way." Maxwell begged.
"Calm down, little man. We're almost there." said Edric trying to keep calm.
They lead him to a public bathroom that had the boy's bathroom on the left and the girls on the right. Maxwell raced into the boy's bathroom and finally went to use one of the stalls. Emira and Edric waited for him outside as it took a minute or more for Maxwell to get his business done. The sound of a toilet flushing was heard as he came out of there with a relieved grin.
"Sweet Jesus, that was a close call." said Maxwell.
"Feel better?" asked Emira.
"Like when the football team, Georgian Bulldogs won the championship in the eighties." said Maxwell with a grin.
"What now?" asked Emira looking dumbfounded.
"Sports team in the human world." explained Maxwell.
"Oh." said Emira and Edric.
Maxwell stretched his back and let out a relieved grunt. He was about to walk off but Emira stopped him.
"Wait, wanna have some fun before you go back?" asked Emira.
"But I wanna go back with Luz and King." said Maxwell as if he didn't understand.
Emira giggled and pulled Maxwell in for another hug, leaving him a bit surprised as if he had no idea what was next. She looked up at him.
"It won't be long, sweetie." suggested Emira.
Emira reached her hand out to gently scratch underneath Maxwell's chin which left him blushing and feeling relaxed. Was Emira flirting with him?
"I guess I could have a little fun." said Maxwell shaking in a relaxed tone.
Emira grinned and blew Maxwell a kiss with her lips. Maxwell blushed as they lead him to a nearby part of the area they were in.
"Max, watch this." said Edric.
Maxwell watched Edric snapped his fingers and green light formed from his hands as he formed his hands to make it look like he's pulling something down which some group of male wizard teenagers suddenly had their pants fall down and their underwear was seen.
"What the fuck, that shit is not funny." said one of them male teenagers.
They quickly pulled their pants up and ran while Edric and Emira giggled and grinned at this prank they pulled. Maxwell snapped back to reality and looked at them with disbelief.
"What was that for? They didn't do anything." Maxwell said disappointed.
"Oh come on, they needed to lighten up a bit when they rat people out for skipping school." said Emira looking unfazed.
Maxwell couldn't believe this and this wasn't his idea of fun.
"Awww, we know something that'll help you feel better, cutie." said Emira cutely.
Both Emira and Edric winked at each other as they walked over to Maxwell and began to place their hands on Maxwell's chest and belly as they began to tickle him, causing him to laugh and squirm.
"Hahahaha, No! Stop it!" laughed Maxwell.
"We see that smile on your face." teased Edric.
They laughed eagerly as they kept tickling Maxwell while he laughed loudly as if tickling was his weakness or weak spot.
"He's so cute when he laughs." teased Emira.
"Stop it! Please!" laughed Maxwell. "Luz, King, someone, help! Hahahahaha. Make it stop."
"You guys don't know when to stop, do you?" came a female's voice.
They stopped tickling Maxwell as they looked to see that Amity was nearby. As Maxwell caught his breath, he tried to look serious as he felt a slight contempt and fear towards Amity a bit.
"Amity." said Maxwell with a hiccup.
"Human." said Amity with no emotion.
Amity looked towards Maxwell with her stoic expression which she suddenly gave him a hostile and angry look, making a loud stomp with her foot which caused Maxwell to flinch. She apparently was still holding hostility towards him from last time.
"Emira, Edric, I saw what you just did." Amity snapped.
"Oh come on, Mittens. That was funny." teased Emira.
Amity let out a growl and glared at them which Maxwell's expression changed a bit. He remembered when he read their minds, he remembered some of the pranks they pulled and their mischievous acts.
"Oh Mittens, you need to learn to have some fun." said Edric.
"You guys don't get along?" said Maxwell looking surprised.
Emira looked at Maxwell and placed her right hand on Maxwell's chest, causing him to blush and go silent.
"Mittens is a kill joy to fun, besides, she teased you so you should at least try to pull a joke on her for her to know how it feels." said Emira. "Like if she had a love letter about someone and post it all over the school."
Maxwell was stunned to be hearing them. He was thinking that Amity and her siblings would get along with how they are but he also didn't like what he's hearing.
"I can't do that." Maxwell said with a hiccup. "That's overdoing it like a burnt steak at a steakhouse."
Amity cracked her knuckles and kept looking hostile towards Maxwell as that had him afraid to even speak to her or even look at her, which he looked away towards Emira and Edric.
"Most southerners are good, friendly people, we do our utmost best to welcome new neighbors, we have strong traditions, we try to treat people with common decency, even if someone doesn't deserve it. If no one can respect that, we'll still be polite people. We call it southern hospitality." said Maxwell as if trying to convince them to stop. "We're good people, we're a little stubborn at times about some things here and there, but we're good people, it's the way mother's raised them."
"Liar! You may look like a show off that gets the girls for you but your just a wimp who can't defend himself. Your just a phony." Amity snapped at him. "Why don't you get out of here, you don't belong here."
"B-b-b-b-but." stuttered Maxwell.
"GET OUT, NOW!" shouted Amity.
The way Amity snapped at Maxwell nearly caused him to break down in tears as he looked down. He fought hard not to cry. Amity smiled maliciously.
"Cry baby." Amity smugly insulted.
"Hey you assholes!" called a loud male's voice.
They all froze and saw a muscular male teenaged wizard walking towards them and he looked very irate from the look on his face. Maxwell tried to regain his composure.
"You pantsed me and my friends. What's the hell is the matter with you." he said sharply.
"But it wasn't my idea." said Maxwell starting to panic.
"Yeah right, it was you and her!" said the muscular male teen pointing at Amity and Maxwell.
Amity's face had a look of surprise and shock. She shook her head as if to convince him she didn't do it.
"Whoa there, she didn't do it." Maxwell said backing up. "We don't hit women."
"It wasn't me ether." Amity said getting into a stance.
He first went for Maxwell and grabbed him by the front of his shirt, lifting him up into the air as he formed a fist in his other hand, ready to punch him out as Maxwell dangled.
"No, I swear we didn't do it." Maxwell said in a panic.
"Kiss your face good bye, asshole." threatened the male teenager.
Emira and Edric didn't like this at all but were not sure what to do. Something kicked into Amity as she was about to get into a stance to fight back, only one idea came to mind for Maxwell.
"MAMA LUZ!" shouted Maxwell loudly.
Amity quickly snapped her fingers and a purple light formed from her hands as she drew what looked like a symbol into the ground and she slapped her hand on it which what looked like a rope formed and it lashed out to trip the bully and the bully fell to his sides, making Maxwell land on his feet and he ran towards Amity to hide behind her, shaking in fear.
"Amity, do something! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Maxwell begged her desperately.
This surprised Amity but also annoyed her a bit as the male bully got up and she placed her hands out in the air to create a huge purple shield that covered her and Maxwell as the male bully came over to them and tried to punch through the force field but to no avail.
"Come on out!" shouted the male wizard.
"We didn't do it! It was Emira and Edric over there." Amity told him.
"Liar, liar, pants on fire!" growled the male bully.
Luz and King heard this as they ran towards him and where there in a flash. They saw Amity use her force field to push the bully away and it pushed him several feet or more away.
"You, leave my baby alone!" called Luz.
"Yeah, leave our buddy alone." called King.
The muscular male teenager stopped and Luz had a serious look on her face as she folded her arms in discontent. She stood by Amity as both Amity and Luz pulled Maxwell up to his feet while Luz was burning mad about how the male bully made Maxwell cry.
"I caught him and this girl pantsing me and my friends as a joke. Stay out of this." he snapped.
"We didn't do nothing, it was all Emira and Edric's idea. They did it, they did it, they did it." Maxwell pleaded as tears ran down his face. "Luz, make it stop."
The muscular teenaged male looked at the twins and the twins were smiling nervously which caused him to now believe it was Emira and Edric and his rage was about to turn towards them but Luz walked up to him as she looked ready to go into mama bear mode.
"Young man, leave him alone. Beating people up for pranking you is wrong, sure, Emira and Edric deserve to be taught a lesson but beating people up isn't one of them. I'll handle them two, so leave my baby alone and leave my friend alone or you got two choices. One, I tell your mother." warned Luz.
The muscular male teenager's rage rapidly faded as if fear was invading his mind.
"What's the other choice?" he asked.
"Second choice is I kick your ass till you can't walk." threatened Amity as she cracked her knuckles. "Leave him alone, now!"
The fear and intimidation that the muscular male teenaged wizard felt was leaving him sweating a bit and he finally backed down.
"Okay, but please don't tell me mom." said the male wizard letting out a sigh.
"We'll handle these two?" said Luz pointing to Emira and Edric.
The male wizard nodded and walked off while Maxwell felt so relieved as Luz hugged the terrified Maxwell. Luz and King were rocking him back and forth a bit as it helped to comfort him and he calmed down, wiping the tears from his face. Luz looked at Emira and Edric with a stern look.
"You said you would take Maxwell to the bathroom and now I see Amity trying to keep someone from hurting Maxwell and Amity." said Luz walking towards them and stopped. "What, did, you, two, do!"
"It was just a joke." said Emira.
"Mentirosos!" cried Maxwell.
Maxwell explained to them what was going on from start to finish and this left Luz and King looking to be worried for Maxwell and Amity but looking unamused towards Emira and Edric.
"You two lied, both to me and Maxwell. You put both Maxwell and Amity in danger because of your prank. What do you two have to say for yourselves?" Luz told him giving them a look of disapproval.
"We didn't mean for that to happen, sorry." said Edric.
"You should apologize to Maxwell and Amity." instructed Luz.
"Your serious?" said Emira nervously.
"SAY IT!" shouted Amity.
Emira and Edric shook from Amity's tone of voice, they looked towards Maxwell and Amity, knowing this is probably inevitable.
"Sorry." said Emira and Edric. "We're sorry for what we did."
"Just so you two know, if you two keep bullying Amity, or end up causing anyone else any trouble, than I have no choice." said Maxwell regaining his composure.
Emira and Edric's smiles faded a bit, not knowing what he was talking about.
"What would you do?" asked Edric looking worried.
"I'd tell your folks." answered Maxwell. "I know about the incident you caused at the library and more."
"You know that?" said Emira looking shocked.
"Your minds are an open book and I know everything you did." said Maxwell warningly.
Emira and Edric now saw this was like getting into trouble with their teachers but a bit different since Maxwell, Luz, King and Amity were younger.
"But you don't really know our folks." said Emira as if unfazed.
"I'd be telling our parents along with them." Amity chimed in.
Now Emira and Edric were starting to look convinced. They never saw Amity threatening to tell on them to their parents before, especially with others backing her up.
"Oh come on, you wouldn't really tell our parents, would you?" asked Emira.
"I would." said Luz, King, Maxwell and Amity in unison.
The twins looked at each other and back at them, letting out a sigh, looking defeated.
"Okay." said Emira and Edric.
"Also, you two need to start being nice Amity. You guys are siblings, you got to stop fighting. What ever reasons there are that cause you guys to be at war with each other, it has to stop. Siblings are suppose to love each other, not make each other miserable." Luz told them as if trying to inject compassion in them. "And you shouldn't have pulled that prank, Amity and Maxie almost got hurt."
Luz didn't yell at them but she was being tough but fair while Edric and Emira were starting to see that if they disobey, their parents will know of their actions while at the same time were feeling relieved that Luz didn't yell at them. Amity was starting to feel like a weight was lifted off her back from hearing this.
"As long as you two at least try to be nice to each other and be nice Amity, than we won't tell on you, but if you two so much as continue your mischief or treat Amity horribly or if you put any of my friends in danger, regardless if it was by accident or not, than your parents will hear about this." said Luz warning them.
"Okay." said Emira and Edric.
Emira suddenly walked over to Maxwell as she was about to go in for a kiss to his cheek but he raised his hand and stopped her.
"Emira, I'm flattered and all but I'm not really interested in a relationship with you like that." Maxwell told her politely. "You got to get to know a guy first and I kind of have my eyes on another girl already. I'm sorry."
Emira blushed briefly but she smiled as she nodded, showing she understood.
"Alright cutie, I'll keep that in mind." said Emira. "Your sweet, and I'm really sorry."
As Emira and Edric walked off, they felt as though they were relieved to have been shown some mercy. Amity, King and Luz looked back at Maxwell.
"You already have an eye on a girl already, huh?" said King blushing.
"I apologize but that was a lie. I told Emira that because I wasn't really interested in being her boyfriend or anything, so I told a little lie because I didn't want to hurt feelings." lied Maxwell. "Like I said, I don't like hurting people."
After everything Amity had just seen and heard, she looked towards Maxwell and he looked back at her. Maxwell was seeing something in her mind and it was looking like an image of Amity hugging Maxwell, causing him to feel compassion wash over him.
"Just so you know, this never happened." said Amity about to talk off.
"Amity wait, please." asked Maxwell going towards her.
Maxwell felt a sense of compassion coming over him that he felt towards Amity as he now felt there was something that he had to say to her. He let out a breath. Amity stopped and looked right at him, giving her full attention to him. Maxwell suddenly pulled Amity in his arms to hug her, leaving her wide eyed with surprise.
"Uhhhh Luz, he's hugging me?" said Amity feeling confused.
"I think he's warmed up to you." Luz told her.
"Thank you." Maxwell with a sigh.
"Wait, what?" said Amity surprised.
"Amity, I have to apologize for something. I'm sorry for blurting out your middle name, for threatening to shave your head, how I dissed you at the school and for calling you princess when you obviously didn't like that. For one, I was never going to shave your head or tell anyone about your middle name, I just said that because I didn't want you to blab about me and Luz being in there, Principal Bump and I had an unpleasant encounter before, that, and I don't really know how to shave anyone's head, I don't even know how to cut hair which is why I let a barber do it." apologized Maxwell with a sigh. "I'm sorry that we got on the wrong foot and I'm sorry for what I did and for what I said, just please don't hate me."
Amity was stunned, hearing a heart felt apology from someone she didn't like at first and showing that he meant it? She was feeling surprised but than she wrapped her arms around him, hugging him back. Now Maxwell was surprised as he didn't expect a hug from Amity, since she was so stoic.
"I'm sorry too." Amity said in his ear.
Amity and Maxwell eventually pulled their arms off each other and she had a look of compassion showing.
"I know I haven't been the nicest witch at first, especially towards you or any of your friends. Luz had once shown me that she really is a true friend to someone like me, and it looks like you are too." said Amity kindly. "I'm still working on being nicer."
"I know you can do it, Amity." said Luz having faith in her.
Amity let out a sigh and she confessed how she treated Maxwell earlier, she told her everything from what she said and done and she even told her that she yelled at Maxwell and it nearly lead him to cry. Luz understood why Amity told her this.
"Amity, I'm glad you told me, and I'm glad you defended Maxie in his time of need." Luz told her kindly. "But lets try to avoid yelling at Maxie, his dad yelled at him a lot and it looks like it really hurt him."
Amity looked at Maxwell for a bit as if she reached an understanding about how Maxwell is the way he is. She was in disbelief for a moment but looked back at Luz.
"Maybe your right about what you said about southerners." said Amity sounding kind.
Amity placed her hand on Maxwell's shoulder as proof she really meant her words. Maxwell felt like her compassion seeped through his heart.
"Thank you for telling me what you told me, even though I don't deserve it after what I said and did." said Amity. "Maxwell, Luz, did you have any siblings? You sound like you knew what your talking about when you told my siblings what you said."
"I'm an only child, my mom is happy to at least have one kid." Luz admitted.
They looked towards Maxwell and he let out a sigh as he knew what he was about to tell them was going to sound saddening.
"I don't have any siblings either." Maxwell said finally.
"I see. But I'm glad you told me this." said Amity.
Amity looked at King and she remembered how she treated King when they first interacted with one another. She reached into what looked like a bag she had on her and pulled out a large cupcake. King's eyes looked towards her.
"Would this make up for what I did before?" Amity asked.
"Are you trying to apologize to me from how you treated me when we first crossed paths by buttering me up with a sugary sweet?" said King starting look serious but than looked right at her and the cupcake as if feeling like it was an apology. "If so, than it's working."
Amity handed King the cupcake and he devoured it whole, tasting it as he chewed it up and swallowed it all down. Letting out a burp.
"Strawberry flavored, so good." King said dreamily. "Thanks for, you know."
Amity nodded as she understood and as Luz carried King in her arms, both Luz, King, Maxwell and Amity walked off as Amity headed in a separate direction.
"Amity, you have my back, we have yours." Maxwell told her.
Amity heard this and she came back to Maxwell once more as she pulled him in for a kiss to his cheeks. This left Maxwell to blush deeply. Amity gave him a wink and smile.
"Understood." Amity told him.
She placed her hand on his cheek and walked off. Maxwell smiled and almost fainted but Luz managed to catch him to prevent it. One Amity was out of earshot and out of sight, both Luz, King and Maxwell walked off and headed towards the owl house.
"Maxie's a ladies man." giggled King.
"Oh King, you lovable goofball." said Luz cutely.
Maxwell seemed to ignore King's little joke as Luz gave King a gentle belly scratch to distract him from his joke which relaxed him. They made it to the owl house and walked inside. Eda as coming out from the hallway and into the living room.
"Your all back. How did it go?" asked Eda curiously.
Maxwell fell silent and Luz grinned a bit along with King.
"Good news is we got everything done." Luz informed.
"That's cool to hear." said Eda. "How was it, Maxie?"
Maxwell looked down and let out a loud hiccup.
"I think I made friend." Maxwell admitted. "I need to lay down for a bit."
Maxwell suddenly fainted to the floor on his back, looking tired out. King giggled.
"Wow, almost made it." King joked.
Eda walked over to Maxwell and picked him up as she laid him down on the couch, grinning and giggling. She stood up.
"We should let him take a nap. I know I would be tired out if it was a tiring trip." advised Eda.
Eda planted her soft lips to Maxwell's cheeks in a kiss which left him to smile and blush as deep as possible. Eda, King and Luz let him sleep as they walked off, probably to wash up. Eda stopped to look back at Maxwell.
"I'll never let anything happen to you, Luz or King." said Eda to herself.
She looked right at him for a minute and she walked off. Maxwell felt his heart was racing from the kisses but he seemed to have a sense of compassion and understanding towards Amity now.
