"Hi Michael!" Liz called, from the booth she was sitting in alone at the
ice cream parlour.
"Oh, hey Liz," he said. "What are you doing here alone?"
"Oh I'm not alone, I came with Max, he's getting our order."
"Oh right. Well, I'll be going then."
"No, it's okay Michael, you can stay."
Michael smiled. "You don't need to worry about me and I don't want to impose or anything."
"But you wouldn't be...really."
Just then Max walked back to the booth with a full tray in his hands. "Oh, hey Michael."
"Hi, Max. I'll see you guys tomorrow in school."
Both Max and Liz said bye and then Michael left. "What's wrong?" Max asked Liz as he sat down after seeing the frown on her face.
"Nothing. I as just wondering about Michael."
"Well, you do know it is his fault that Maria broke up with him. Plus they had that awful fight this morning in front of everyone."
"It's just he looked kinda upset. Maybe he was regretting what happened," Liz wondered.
"Well, if he is he better go talk to Maria about it."
"Yeah."
*
"You did the right thing, Maria," Tess told her friend, nodding her head while she sipped her soda.
Maria shifted her legs on the couch in her house's sitting room. "I guess..."
"Maria, you said that he desn't appreciate you properly. I mean, come on, Maria, we are close to our graduation and if he can't see the two of you as a long-term thing and can't commit himself then you are better off without him. Your true guy must be someone you just haven't met yet."
"I know all that...it's just I never did ask him directly whether or not he would..."
"Maria if ou didn't feel it there then it wasn't gonna happen. Pure and simple," Tess said, nodding her heda again as if she were two people and the other was nodding in agreeance with what she just said.
"Plain and simple," Maria corrected. "Pure and simple is that song."
"Oh. Right." The girls stayed like that for a few more moents; Tess drinking her soda noisily, Maria sitting glumly and still. Both were sitting in front of the television on the sofa but neither was watching it. Finally Tess put her soda on the small glass table in front of her and stood up before saying, "I have to go."
"What?" Maria said suddenly. "I thought we were going to do the whole sleepover watching movies all night and eating ice cream instead of sleeping like we did at your place that time you and JB broke up."
"Well, yeah, I have to go out. Do something for my mum," she added.
"Oh, um, okay," Maria said trying not to sound as bummed out as she really was.
"See ya," Tess said as she left.
Maria would have said bye to Tess, but she had already gone out and slammed the door closed without waiting for Maria to reply.
*
Max draped his arm over Liz's shoulder as they walked out through the front of the mall. They walked into the car park and Liz put her shopping bag in the backseat of Max's car before they both got inside. As Max reversed out of the car park and they began to leave Liz suddenly shouted, "Oh my God!" causing Max to immediately stop and almost bump into the car parked next to it.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Tess!" Liz pointed out of the front window.
Max sighed. "Liz, I thought you didn't hate her *that* much. I mean, she and Maria are like best friends now and even though now you and Maria don't hang much anymore, you did say you were glad for them."
"I *was*! It's just it would be most liekly after the breakup that she should be with Maria now, right?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess," Max shrugged.
"Then what is she doing at the mall with Harmony and Victoria of all people?" Liz demanded.
"Harmony and Victoria? She doesn't hang wiht them," Max said and turned the car out, but saw that Liz was right. Tess, Harmony, Victoria and all of Harmony's & Victoria's followers (or wannabe-popular people) were going to the mall together. Max tried to shrug it off, but it seemed an extremly strange thing.
"Oh, hey Liz," he said. "What are you doing here alone?"
"Oh I'm not alone, I came with Max, he's getting our order."
"Oh right. Well, I'll be going then."
"No, it's okay Michael, you can stay."
Michael smiled. "You don't need to worry about me and I don't want to impose or anything."
"But you wouldn't be...really."
Just then Max walked back to the booth with a full tray in his hands. "Oh, hey Michael."
"Hi, Max. I'll see you guys tomorrow in school."
Both Max and Liz said bye and then Michael left. "What's wrong?" Max asked Liz as he sat down after seeing the frown on her face.
"Nothing. I as just wondering about Michael."
"Well, you do know it is his fault that Maria broke up with him. Plus they had that awful fight this morning in front of everyone."
"It's just he looked kinda upset. Maybe he was regretting what happened," Liz wondered.
"Well, if he is he better go talk to Maria about it."
"Yeah."
*
"You did the right thing, Maria," Tess told her friend, nodding her head while she sipped her soda.
Maria shifted her legs on the couch in her house's sitting room. "I guess..."
"Maria, you said that he desn't appreciate you properly. I mean, come on, Maria, we are close to our graduation and if he can't see the two of you as a long-term thing and can't commit himself then you are better off without him. Your true guy must be someone you just haven't met yet."
"I know all that...it's just I never did ask him directly whether or not he would..."
"Maria if ou didn't feel it there then it wasn't gonna happen. Pure and simple," Tess said, nodding her heda again as if she were two people and the other was nodding in agreeance with what she just said.
"Plain and simple," Maria corrected. "Pure and simple is that song."
"Oh. Right." The girls stayed like that for a few more moents; Tess drinking her soda noisily, Maria sitting glumly and still. Both were sitting in front of the television on the sofa but neither was watching it. Finally Tess put her soda on the small glass table in front of her and stood up before saying, "I have to go."
"What?" Maria said suddenly. "I thought we were going to do the whole sleepover watching movies all night and eating ice cream instead of sleeping like we did at your place that time you and JB broke up."
"Well, yeah, I have to go out. Do something for my mum," she added.
"Oh, um, okay," Maria said trying not to sound as bummed out as she really was.
"See ya," Tess said as she left.
Maria would have said bye to Tess, but she had already gone out and slammed the door closed without waiting for Maria to reply.
*
Max draped his arm over Liz's shoulder as they walked out through the front of the mall. They walked into the car park and Liz put her shopping bag in the backseat of Max's car before they both got inside. As Max reversed out of the car park and they began to leave Liz suddenly shouted, "Oh my God!" causing Max to immediately stop and almost bump into the car parked next to it.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Tess!" Liz pointed out of the front window.
Max sighed. "Liz, I thought you didn't hate her *that* much. I mean, she and Maria are like best friends now and even though now you and Maria don't hang much anymore, you did say you were glad for them."
"I *was*! It's just it would be most liekly after the breakup that she should be with Maria now, right?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess," Max shrugged.
"Then what is she doing at the mall with Harmony and Victoria of all people?" Liz demanded.
"Harmony and Victoria? She doesn't hang wiht them," Max said and turned the car out, but saw that Liz was right. Tess, Harmony, Victoria and all of Harmony's & Victoria's followers (or wannabe-popular people) were going to the mall together. Max tried to shrug it off, but it seemed an extremly strange thing.