Part 3
Max walked slowly along the beach, feeling a bit out of mood. He didn't seem to having the perfect day this day; everything felt annoying to him. There was half an hour left until his meeting with Maria at the "Surfers' café". He lay down in the warm sand watching all those bikini – girls on the beach. That was surely something he liked. He could lie there a whole day just watching them.
"Hey Max! What are you doing here?" He looked up and saw Alex standing right next to him, smiling.
"Hi Alex! I'm laying here watching all those babes out! And what brings you here?"
"I'm working…"
"Working? In this heat? Wow, you're the man, aren't ya?" He laughed.
"Yeah, that's the thing! I'm the man! Somebody has to look after the beach and all the swimmers. At least that is a good explanation when you actually are flirting around with those bikini- babes. What would happen if there weren't any Lifeguards around here?"
"Yeah, Alex! You've right, as always!" He made a sarcastic sigh. Max made a quick look at the watch.
"Shit!" He said. "I'm late; Maria's going to kill me!"
"So you' re seeing Maria again? Isn't she hanging out with that Michael guy?"
"No, he's gone! And I'm not seeing Maria. We're just friends, you know. Like you and me"
"Sorry Max, I'm straight" Alex made a sarcastic laugh.
"Ha, ha! Very funny, ha? I'm straight to! But Maria still's my friend! Nothing more, nothing less"
"Yeah, yeah! Whatever you say! Tell me 'bout Cinderella to"
"Got to go now! I'll catch up with you later"
Max ran the yards to the "Surfers' café". Maria sat at one of the tables drinking a coke. She looked up at him and smiled. He walked over to her table and sat down on a chair in front of her. Max ordered a Sprite. They sat there and just talked things through. Maria felt bad about her just going on and on about Michael all the time. After all, Max was her ex and she knew that he surely didn't appreciate her talking about another guy. But, she couldn't stop herself. It was like her mouth talked without her understanding. Max took her hand in his, and said softly:
"Don't hang up all your life at Jordan. You need to move on with your life. He won't come back, and deep inside you know it, don't you?"
"Yeah, I suppose you've right. But, I really have a hard time realizing that. He was the love of my life. The man of my dreams. You just can't forget stuff like that. His memory is stuck deep in my heart and it will always be there" She felt tears coming, and she bit her lip trying to keep them back.
"So, there's no chance that you'll forget him?" Max felt sad by the fact.
"No, yes, I don't know? Maybe, maybe not. It depends on… everything. I need to find a guy as good as he was, maybe then I'll forget" She said with a deep sigh.
"Ok. I'm gonna make you forget. I promise! If that's what you want…?"
"I don't want anything more than that! Why do you think I wanted to meat you today? It was for you to advice me of what to do"
"Oh, so you like my advice?" He felt really flattered, but he didn't show.
Maria felt the comfort Max tried to give her. Though, they just talked she felt better. Maybe she still loved him? No, it was over a long time ago. She didn't have any feelings like that for him, had she? The thought frightened her. Love scared her. All this with Michael had made her afraid to love. Love used to be a wonderful feeling for her. The best, actually. But, her heart was totally broken into thousands and thousands of pieces. If she'd ever be able to put them together again, it would take a whole lot of time.
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"What can I do to make Maria forget about Michael?" Max thought to himself. He was hanging over the rail of the balcony just trying to find a solution. He would never get her back as long as Michael was the only thing she kept thinking about. He felt a strange feeling zippering right through his whole body, he was jealous.
Not weird at all since Maria had left him for Michael last summer. And know he had captured both her heart and mind. They worst feeling was that Max knew that Michael might come back and then Maria would fall straight at his feet pleading to take her back until he did. Max didn't want that to happen.
He had never stopped loving her, though she betrayed him. He just couldn't. Maria's blond hair, green eyes, and smooth, tanned body was the only thing he could think about. It almost drove him crazy.
TBC
