Previously
"Michael you moron, it's not pewter either, it's white gold. Believe me, I know my jewellery. What your wearing on you wrist Liz is worth quite literary a fortune." Isabel mutters, with a tinge of envy in her voice. "No way my brother could afford that."
My mouth forms an "Oh" in shock and I slip out from Max's arms and go to stand besides the booth next to Maria. All the while trying not to look at his unhappy expression and what seems to grow into jealously upon opening the box and reading the note.
"I. urh. well if Max didn't leave this in my locker for me, then who did?" I ask receiving silence as my only reply.
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Part 2
"Tell Me Liz!" Max practically shouts as I try to finish the last 5 minutes of my shift.
"Max, I've already told you like five times already, I'm not seeing anyone, I'm as clueless as you about where the bracelet came from, someone most probably put it in the wrong locker." I shout at him.
I watch as Max goes back over to the booth and sits down with a huff. Michael and Isabel exchange glances at this interaction as if was the most amusing thing they had seen in ages.
"Hey Chica, you ok?" Maria asks with concern in her voice at seeing me watching Max.
"Yeah fine." I say turning away from him back to face the counter. "It's just, for a moment there, I got all my hopes up, it was as if my dreams had life pumped back in them once more. I can't believe I made such a fool of myself to believe in dreams again like Max. God! I actually jumped into his lap."
"Chica, whether he got you the bracelet or not doesn't change what you felt. You love him and you know it, but then again, if the bottom falls out on this relationship, think of it this way, you still got a rich sugerdaddy somewhere." She says with a smile.
"Maria!" I say swatting her arm. "First, I don't have a sugerdaddy! Like I said before, someone most probably has mixed up my locker with someone else's, I'll turn in the bracelet tomorrow at school so its real owner can claim it. As for Max, well, I just let myself get caught up in the moment, I love him with every inch of my soul and I might be his dream girl, but even if he bought me a thousand beautiful things it wouldn't change the fact he belongs to Tess. I forgot that." I drift off looking back at Max to see him watching my every movement like a hawk from across the room.
Sighing I turn back to Maria. "Liz." Maria begins.
"Don't start again Maria, I don't want to hear it." I say.
"Chica, if you let me finish my sentence I was gonna ask you if I could borrow your red sweater tomorrow, it will match my new shoes perfectly." She says with a pout.
"Oh. sorry Ria, I guess I'm getting a bit cranky huh? Sure, go ahead and take it, it's up in my wardrobe." I say softly with a tinge of guilt at my outburst.
"That's alright Liz. To make up for it can I also borrow your red lipstick? Mines gone all gooey." Maria says sounding like a car salesman trying to make a good deal.
"Sure" I say as she turns to run out into the back and up to my room. "And make sure you don't spill anything on my sweater like you did Last Time!" I shout after her.
Gritting my teeth I turn to Max's table trying to gain the courage on the walk over to simply ask if there is anything more I can get them, but before I get a chance to say anything, a piercing scream washes down from above us upstairs.
Everyone goes silent in the Crashdown wondering where the sound came from, but knowing that scream anywhere only one word enters my mind.
"Maria" I say in one breath and start running to get up stairs as fast as possible only vaguely aware of the fact Michael is hot on my trail as well recognizing the scream.
I spot Maria standing down at the bottom of the hallway staring through my bedroom doorway at something inside the room. Her jaw just hangs open and her body is completely motionless as I jog down the hall, overflowing with worry.
"Maria! Maria what is it?" I ask desperately, turning to see what she's staring at in my room. It's then I go completely still myself in utter shock. Only distantly registering that Michael, Max and Isabel are also running down the hall towards us. A panic runs through me at the thought of them seeing what's in the room, but I realise there's nothing I can do to stop them, my muscles tense up at the impending argument I'm gonna have with Max.
"Michael you moron, it's not pewter either, it's white gold. Believe me, I know my jewellery. What your wearing on you wrist Liz is worth quite literary a fortune." Isabel mutters, with a tinge of envy in her voice. "No way my brother could afford that."
My mouth forms an "Oh" in shock and I slip out from Max's arms and go to stand besides the booth next to Maria. All the while trying not to look at his unhappy expression and what seems to grow into jealously upon opening the box and reading the note.
"I. urh. well if Max didn't leave this in my locker for me, then who did?" I ask receiving silence as my only reply.
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Part 2
"Tell Me Liz!" Max practically shouts as I try to finish the last 5 minutes of my shift.
"Max, I've already told you like five times already, I'm not seeing anyone, I'm as clueless as you about where the bracelet came from, someone most probably put it in the wrong locker." I shout at him.
I watch as Max goes back over to the booth and sits down with a huff. Michael and Isabel exchange glances at this interaction as if was the most amusing thing they had seen in ages.
"Hey Chica, you ok?" Maria asks with concern in her voice at seeing me watching Max.
"Yeah fine." I say turning away from him back to face the counter. "It's just, for a moment there, I got all my hopes up, it was as if my dreams had life pumped back in them once more. I can't believe I made such a fool of myself to believe in dreams again like Max. God! I actually jumped into his lap."
"Chica, whether he got you the bracelet or not doesn't change what you felt. You love him and you know it, but then again, if the bottom falls out on this relationship, think of it this way, you still got a rich sugerdaddy somewhere." She says with a smile.
"Maria!" I say swatting her arm. "First, I don't have a sugerdaddy! Like I said before, someone most probably has mixed up my locker with someone else's, I'll turn in the bracelet tomorrow at school so its real owner can claim it. As for Max, well, I just let myself get caught up in the moment, I love him with every inch of my soul and I might be his dream girl, but even if he bought me a thousand beautiful things it wouldn't change the fact he belongs to Tess. I forgot that." I drift off looking back at Max to see him watching my every movement like a hawk from across the room.
Sighing I turn back to Maria. "Liz." Maria begins.
"Don't start again Maria, I don't want to hear it." I say.
"Chica, if you let me finish my sentence I was gonna ask you if I could borrow your red sweater tomorrow, it will match my new shoes perfectly." She says with a pout.
"Oh. sorry Ria, I guess I'm getting a bit cranky huh? Sure, go ahead and take it, it's up in my wardrobe." I say softly with a tinge of guilt at my outburst.
"That's alright Liz. To make up for it can I also borrow your red lipstick? Mines gone all gooey." Maria says sounding like a car salesman trying to make a good deal.
"Sure" I say as she turns to run out into the back and up to my room. "And make sure you don't spill anything on my sweater like you did Last Time!" I shout after her.
Gritting my teeth I turn to Max's table trying to gain the courage on the walk over to simply ask if there is anything more I can get them, but before I get a chance to say anything, a piercing scream washes down from above us upstairs.
Everyone goes silent in the Crashdown wondering where the sound came from, but knowing that scream anywhere only one word enters my mind.
"Maria" I say in one breath and start running to get up stairs as fast as possible only vaguely aware of the fact Michael is hot on my trail as well recognizing the scream.
I spot Maria standing down at the bottom of the hallway staring through my bedroom doorway at something inside the room. Her jaw just hangs open and her body is completely motionless as I jog down the hall, overflowing with worry.
"Maria! Maria what is it?" I ask desperately, turning to see what she's staring at in my room. It's then I go completely still myself in utter shock. Only distantly registering that Michael, Max and Isabel are also running down the hall towards us. A panic runs through me at the thought of them seeing what's in the room, but I realise there's nothing I can do to stop them, my muscles tense up at the impending argument I'm gonna have with Max.
