"What do you mean?" Max asked raising his eyebrow at her.
"Why is he so like he is?"
"Michael's had a hard life." Max stated simply.
"Oh." Maria said looking down at her plate like it was the most interesting thing she'd ever seen..
"You like him don't you?" Max said knowingly.
"Me??" Maria exclaimed. "NO of course NOT!" She finished a little too quickly.
"You do too I can tell." Max said smirking.
"No!"
"Yes."
"Did you hit your head?" Maria asked giving him a serious look.
"Maria."
"Max! I think you need to have you temperature taken! Cause you've obviously gotten a fever which is causing you to be delusional." Maria told him nodding her head in thought.
Max give her a whatever look "Right Maria. come on just admit it."
"I don't like him." she said batting her eyelashes.
"Come on now."
"Don't you know the only man I could ever love is you." She says dramatically with a serious look on her face before bursting into a fit of giggles.
"Hey!" Max said trying to fake hurt.
"It's just funny." She choked out. "Me liking you." she couldn't finish she was laughing so hard the rude waitress was giving her funny looks.
"That is not THAT FUNNY MARIA!" He said crossing his arms.
"Oh. Did I hurt the big bad baby's feelings?" She asks sticking out her bottom lip in an attempt to make a puppy dog face.
"Maria get serious."
"I'm always serious." She said making a funny face at it.
"Maria!"
"FINE FINE FINE." She huffed "So I like Michael. just a tiny tiny bit though." She said nodding her head.
"Ha I was right." He said smiling a victory smile.
"See this knife?" she said holding it up.
"Yeah?"
"Tell anyone and it'll be the last thing you feel got it?"
"I wouldn't tell." He said laughing. he couldn't quite believe how easily they could joke around.. it was weird even. "Trust me you could tell me anything and I wouldn't."
"Is that so?"
"Yep."
"Well then I am telling you that YOU like Liz." She said in a matter of fact tone.
"Well."
"Go on." She told him. "I told you."
"Okay. I do."
"I think she likes you back." Maria offered knowingly. if they weren't going to get together well then she'd have to give it a little push. It'd take awhile but it would eventually be accomplished.
"It wouldn't work."
"Why not?" She inquired.
"It's complicated."
"Complicated how?" Maria questioned noticing his frustration.
"I can't really explain."
"Its ok I know how that goes." Maria whispered more to herself then anything.
"We should do this again." Max stated noticing the bright smile on Maria's face.
"What skip school?" Maria said sarcastically.
"No hang out." Max said grinning. He just couldn't figure out what it was about Maria that made him just want to loosen up and joke around.
"I'd like that." Maria said practically glowing from head to toe.
"So are you going to the homecoming dance?" Max questioned crossing his fingers.
"No well maybe I don't know." Maria said blushing she could read Max so easily.
"Wanna go with me?"
"Won't that hurt your reputation?" Maria asked with fake concern.
"So who cares."
"Well sure I'd love to."
"You know you'll have to wear a dress right?"
"Do I have to?" Maria pouted cutely.
"Yes Maria please for me." He said with a puppy dog pout.
"Ok fine but if I have to dress normal and look all girly I get to dress you as I like one of these days." Maria said fighting the sudden urge to giggle.
"Fine ok it's a deal now we should probably get back to school." Max said grabbing her hand and throwing some money on the table to pay for the food.
"Here I got it." Maria said giving him the money back and tossing her own on.
"Ok fine but I'm paying for the tickets to the dance." Max said shaking his head at the stubborn Pixie.
"It's a deal."
"Race you to the jeep?" Max said with a mischievous look.
"Sure." Maria said taking off running.
"Ha I beat you." Max said trying to catch his breath from laughing and running so much.
"You cheated." Maria pouted.
"Did not."
"Did so."
"Did not." ~*~*~*~
"Isn't that your brother and Maria getting out of his jeep?" Courtney spat her voice filled with disgust. It was lunchtime and they were by the parking lot where the quad was.
"Oh my god it is." Isabel said storming off in their direction.
"Hey Iz." Max greeted her pleasantly.
"What are you doing with her?" Isabel questioned her voice held an anger that could melt ice.
"We're hanging out." Max offered not catching what the big deal was.
"Why?"
"Because we're friends." Maria hissed giving her a look that said shut up.
"Whatever if you ruin your life don't come crawling back." Isabel spat out angrily as she stormed off leaving them in her dust.
"She is such a brat sometimes." Max complained in a whiny voice.
"Oh such big words for such a little boy." Maria teased.
"Maria?" Liz asked surprised her cheeks burning as she sneaked a peek at Max.
"Yeah what's up Lizzy?" Maria asked turning towards her friend.
"Alex is going just crazy looking for you. Where have you been?" Liz rambled on nervously.
"Well I went with Max and grabbed a bite to eat."
"You did?" Liz said her eyes practically bulging out of her head.
"Yeah." She replied shrugging her shoulders to show it was no big deal.
"During school?".
"Yup."
"Why?"
"Cause we're friends."
"You guys are friends?" Liz asked unbelievingly. She didn't know how Maria had suddenly gotten friends when Maria had only ever hung out with Alex or Liz.
"Yup."
"Oh."
"We need to go shopping soon."
"Why?" She questioned feeling completely lost.
"Well I have to get something to wear to the dance silly."
"The dance?"
"Yeah." Maria told her. "I'm going!"
"You're going to the dance?" Liz said almost having a heart attack on the spot.
"Yes."
"With who?" Liz asked shock written all over her features.
"Max."
"Oh." She replied surprised.
"Yep don't act so surprised. So I was thinking we could go shopping this weekend. that's soon enough right?"
"Yeah. whatever." Liz said feeling sick to her stomach.
"We're going to have a great time!" Maria offered. "Friends hanging out is always fun right?" she offered the last bit for Liz's sake.
Liz smiled remembering why she'd come over there "Oh you should go talk to Alex."
"Like hell I will." Maria hissed rolling her eyes.
"And why not?"
"Let's see other then the fact that he's stupid and isn't my friend anymore I have no reason not to talk to him." Maria said taking a deep calming breath.
"Don't be like that he's your best friend."
"So what if he doesn't want to listen then that's his problem not mine." Maria said grabbing a hold of Max's arm she tugged him towards a table in the quad. ~*~*~*~
"Maria." Alex stated as he swiftly approached the table only to be surprised to find max and Maria giggling.
"What?" Maria asked glaring at him her face cooling down.
"Can we talk?"
"About?"
"You know."
"Lemme think." She said putting a finger to her chin in fake concentration "Uh no."
"Why not?"
"Cause I don't want to."
"Well please."
"No leave me alone go run along to Isabel."
"Whatever." ~*~*~*~
"Maxwell why are you sitting over here?" Michael asked ignoring Maria's presence.
"Sitting with Maria." Max said nodding his head in Maria's direction.
"Why?"
"Cause she's my friend."
"Since when is she your friend?" Michael questioned glaring at Maria.
"Since now." Max told him taking a note of how Maria kept staring at Michael.
"Oh." He said a feeling of abandonment washing through him.
"Wanna join us?" Maria asked her eyes questioning him.
"I guess." He said sounding like he didn't care but Max knew better.
"Well I gotta get to class." Max announced standing up.
"Ok see you later and I can't wait for Saturday." Maria called after him.
"What's Saturday?" Michael question curiously.
"The school dance." She said in a tone that told him he must be stupid for asking.
"And why does it matter to Max?"
"We're going together." Maria answered looking around the quad.
"You are?" Michael practically yelled.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"We're friends."
"So Max and I are friends but I don't see us going to some stupid dance to hang out.""
"It's different."
"Whatever I gotta go." He told her.
"Yeah me to."
"Later."
"Why is he so like he is?"
"Michael's had a hard life." Max stated simply.
"Oh." Maria said looking down at her plate like it was the most interesting thing she'd ever seen..
"You like him don't you?" Max said knowingly.
"Me??" Maria exclaimed. "NO of course NOT!" She finished a little too quickly.
"You do too I can tell." Max said smirking.
"No!"
"Yes."
"Did you hit your head?" Maria asked giving him a serious look.
"Maria."
"Max! I think you need to have you temperature taken! Cause you've obviously gotten a fever which is causing you to be delusional." Maria told him nodding her head in thought.
Max give her a whatever look "Right Maria. come on just admit it."
"I don't like him." she said batting her eyelashes.
"Come on now."
"Don't you know the only man I could ever love is you." She says dramatically with a serious look on her face before bursting into a fit of giggles.
"Hey!" Max said trying to fake hurt.
"It's just funny." She choked out. "Me liking you." she couldn't finish she was laughing so hard the rude waitress was giving her funny looks.
"That is not THAT FUNNY MARIA!" He said crossing his arms.
"Oh. Did I hurt the big bad baby's feelings?" She asks sticking out her bottom lip in an attempt to make a puppy dog face.
"Maria get serious."
"I'm always serious." She said making a funny face at it.
"Maria!"
"FINE FINE FINE." She huffed "So I like Michael. just a tiny tiny bit though." She said nodding her head.
"Ha I was right." He said smiling a victory smile.
"See this knife?" she said holding it up.
"Yeah?"
"Tell anyone and it'll be the last thing you feel got it?"
"I wouldn't tell." He said laughing. he couldn't quite believe how easily they could joke around.. it was weird even. "Trust me you could tell me anything and I wouldn't."
"Is that so?"
"Yep."
"Well then I am telling you that YOU like Liz." She said in a matter of fact tone.
"Well."
"Go on." She told him. "I told you."
"Okay. I do."
"I think she likes you back." Maria offered knowingly. if they weren't going to get together well then she'd have to give it a little push. It'd take awhile but it would eventually be accomplished.
"It wouldn't work."
"Why not?" She inquired.
"It's complicated."
"Complicated how?" Maria questioned noticing his frustration.
"I can't really explain."
"Its ok I know how that goes." Maria whispered more to herself then anything.
"We should do this again." Max stated noticing the bright smile on Maria's face.
"What skip school?" Maria said sarcastically.
"No hang out." Max said grinning. He just couldn't figure out what it was about Maria that made him just want to loosen up and joke around.
"I'd like that." Maria said practically glowing from head to toe.
"So are you going to the homecoming dance?" Max questioned crossing his fingers.
"No well maybe I don't know." Maria said blushing she could read Max so easily.
"Wanna go with me?"
"Won't that hurt your reputation?" Maria asked with fake concern.
"So who cares."
"Well sure I'd love to."
"You know you'll have to wear a dress right?"
"Do I have to?" Maria pouted cutely.
"Yes Maria please for me." He said with a puppy dog pout.
"Ok fine but if I have to dress normal and look all girly I get to dress you as I like one of these days." Maria said fighting the sudden urge to giggle.
"Fine ok it's a deal now we should probably get back to school." Max said grabbing her hand and throwing some money on the table to pay for the food.
"Here I got it." Maria said giving him the money back and tossing her own on.
"Ok fine but I'm paying for the tickets to the dance." Max said shaking his head at the stubborn Pixie.
"It's a deal."
"Race you to the jeep?" Max said with a mischievous look.
"Sure." Maria said taking off running.
"Ha I beat you." Max said trying to catch his breath from laughing and running so much.
"You cheated." Maria pouted.
"Did not."
"Did so."
"Did not." ~*~*~*~
"Isn't that your brother and Maria getting out of his jeep?" Courtney spat her voice filled with disgust. It was lunchtime and they were by the parking lot where the quad was.
"Oh my god it is." Isabel said storming off in their direction.
"Hey Iz." Max greeted her pleasantly.
"What are you doing with her?" Isabel questioned her voice held an anger that could melt ice.
"We're hanging out." Max offered not catching what the big deal was.
"Why?"
"Because we're friends." Maria hissed giving her a look that said shut up.
"Whatever if you ruin your life don't come crawling back." Isabel spat out angrily as she stormed off leaving them in her dust.
"She is such a brat sometimes." Max complained in a whiny voice.
"Oh such big words for such a little boy." Maria teased.
"Maria?" Liz asked surprised her cheeks burning as she sneaked a peek at Max.
"Yeah what's up Lizzy?" Maria asked turning towards her friend.
"Alex is going just crazy looking for you. Where have you been?" Liz rambled on nervously.
"Well I went with Max and grabbed a bite to eat."
"You did?" Liz said her eyes practically bulging out of her head.
"Yeah." She replied shrugging her shoulders to show it was no big deal.
"During school?".
"Yup."
"Why?"
"Cause we're friends."
"You guys are friends?" Liz asked unbelievingly. She didn't know how Maria had suddenly gotten friends when Maria had only ever hung out with Alex or Liz.
"Yup."
"Oh."
"We need to go shopping soon."
"Why?" She questioned feeling completely lost.
"Well I have to get something to wear to the dance silly."
"The dance?"
"Yeah." Maria told her. "I'm going!"
"You're going to the dance?" Liz said almost having a heart attack on the spot.
"Yes."
"With who?" Liz asked shock written all over her features.
"Max."
"Oh." She replied surprised.
"Yep don't act so surprised. So I was thinking we could go shopping this weekend. that's soon enough right?"
"Yeah. whatever." Liz said feeling sick to her stomach.
"We're going to have a great time!" Maria offered. "Friends hanging out is always fun right?" she offered the last bit for Liz's sake.
Liz smiled remembering why she'd come over there "Oh you should go talk to Alex."
"Like hell I will." Maria hissed rolling her eyes.
"And why not?"
"Let's see other then the fact that he's stupid and isn't my friend anymore I have no reason not to talk to him." Maria said taking a deep calming breath.
"Don't be like that he's your best friend."
"So what if he doesn't want to listen then that's his problem not mine." Maria said grabbing a hold of Max's arm she tugged him towards a table in the quad. ~*~*~*~
"Maria." Alex stated as he swiftly approached the table only to be surprised to find max and Maria giggling.
"What?" Maria asked glaring at him her face cooling down.
"Can we talk?"
"About?"
"You know."
"Lemme think." She said putting a finger to her chin in fake concentration "Uh no."
"Why not?"
"Cause I don't want to."
"Well please."
"No leave me alone go run along to Isabel."
"Whatever." ~*~*~*~
"Maxwell why are you sitting over here?" Michael asked ignoring Maria's presence.
"Sitting with Maria." Max said nodding his head in Maria's direction.
"Why?"
"Cause she's my friend."
"Since when is she your friend?" Michael questioned glaring at Maria.
"Since now." Max told him taking a note of how Maria kept staring at Michael.
"Oh." He said a feeling of abandonment washing through him.
"Wanna join us?" Maria asked her eyes questioning him.
"I guess." He said sounding like he didn't care but Max knew better.
"Well I gotta get to class." Max announced standing up.
"Ok see you later and I can't wait for Saturday." Maria called after him.
"What's Saturday?" Michael question curiously.
"The school dance." She said in a tone that told him he must be stupid for asking.
"And why does it matter to Max?"
"We're going together." Maria answered looking around the quad.
"You are?" Michael practically yelled.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"We're friends."
"So Max and I are friends but I don't see us going to some stupid dance to hang out.""
"It's different."
"Whatever I gotta go." He told her.
"Yeah me to."
"Later."