Liz and Max got out of the car and walked over to the big building where the play was showing. Liz had been waiting to see it ever since she saw the flyers at school two months ago. It was kind of a Romeo and Juliet-story so she was glad to see it with Max. Although she felt really bad about dumping Maria like that, but she had forgot that they'd planned one of their girls-nights.
"I'm sorry, but the play isn't showing tonight," the middle aged woman by the entering said when Max gave her the tickets.
"Why not?" Max asked.
"It's been a fire in the staff-kitchen and the firemen wanted us to close down the whole place until they've determined the cause of the fire," she explained with a flat voice that told Liz that this wasn't the first time she'd had to tell this story and that she was getting tired of it.
"You can use your tickets another night," she continued.
"Nobody got hurt though?" Liz asked, remembering that a friend from school had a summer job at the theatre.
"No, everyone's fine," the woman reassured her.
"Well, then I guess we will have to find something else to do," Max said and grabbed Liz's hand and that amazing feeling filled her.
They turned around and stepped out of the line.
Some of the people behind them must have heard the story cause they followed Max and Liz's example.
"So, what do you wanna do now?" Max asked when they reached the jeep.
"Actually, if it's okay with you, maybe we could call Maria?" Liz said. "I feel really bad about leaving her when we were supposed to hang out tonight."
"Of course it's okay with me," Max said. "I tell you what. I'll drop you off at Maria's and then I'll just head home."
"Are you sure?" Liz asked.
"Absolutely," Max said.
"Well, I have to call first and make sure she's still up for it," Liz said and picked up her cell phone from her purse.
She dialed Maria's number which she'd just learnt cause she and her mom had moved in with Kyle and the sheriff. And for some reason Liz hadn't called as much as she used to.
After three rings Kyle answered.
"Hi it's Liz."
"Oh, hi Liz. Maria isn't here," Kyle said.
"Oh, do you know where I can find her?"
"Actually, she was still locking up when I left the Crashdown," Kyle explained. "But afterwards she was going to see Michael."
He said Michael in a tone that made it clear he didn't approve of Maria seeing him. He was already protective of her, Liz thought to herself.
"Okay, could you just tell her I called?" Liz said.
"Sure thing," Kyle said.
"Thanks. Goodbye Kyle."
"Bye."
Liz pressed the off-button on her phone and put it back in her purse.
"She wasn't there?" Max asked and started the engine.
"No, she was heading over to Michael's after she'd locked up," Liz explained while adjusting her seatbelt.
"Do you wanna head over there?"
"No, they probably wanna be alone," Liz answered…
"So you realized that you can't fight the urge that is me," Michael said with a smirk when he opened the door and let Maria in.
"Actually, Liz decided to dump me for Max," Maria said. "And then I decided that anything is better than hanging out with mom and the sheriff."
Michael did not have a good response to that one so he just grabbed Maria and carried her to the bed and put her down there.
"You just wait here while I go and fix up some dinner," he said and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Don't tell me what to do," Maria said in her best protest-voice.
"Would you prefer that you make dinner while I do nothing at all?" Michael asked skeptically.
"When you put it that way," Maria started. "Consider me to be your slave tonight."
"That's my girl," Michael said and got on the bed and started tickling her.
"No, Michael stop!" Maria protested and fought wildly with both arms and legs. But Michael was too strong for her and soon she gave up.
Michael stopped too and instead he started kissing her. Maria did not fight that. But after a while she gently pushed him to a distance.
"What about my dinner?" she asked.
"Oh, forget dinner," Michael said and leaned in and kissed her again. He put his hand in her silky hair and the other sneaked its way up her back under her pink T-shirt. "Slaves don't get dinner served."
Maria pulled off his shirt and kissed his neck. "Oh right, I forgot," she said. "I'm just supposed to let you do whatever you want to me, right?"
"Exactly…"
TBC… Let me know what you think!!!