Chapter II: All Things Gone Wrong
"What did I do?"
The first thing Max did when he got home was take a shower. He tried to wash away the memories of the night but he couldn't. He sat on his bed clutching his knees to his chest, rocking back and forth.
"What did I do? What did I do?" I'm bad."
There was a knock on the door but Max didn't bother to open it or say anything. There was another knock on the door, but Max ignored it too. Isabel came in with a slightly worried look.
"I was knocking, why didn't you answer?"
Max didn't look up. He just kept rocking, pinching his hands and mumbling words that Isabel couldn't quite understand.
"Are you okay?"
"I. I hurt Liz."
Isabel sat down on the bed beside him.
"What did you do?"
Max just buried his face in his hands and shook his head.
"Max, talk to me. You'll feel better."
She put his hand on his shoulder.
"I."
"What did you do Max?"
"I. I. I don't know what to tell you."
"Try the truth, Max. How can I help you if I don't know what to help you with me?"
"I slept with her."
Isabel raised her eyebrows. She didn't understand how he could hurt Liz doing that. Unless.
"But she didn't want to."
He said the last part unsurely.
"Max, you didn't."
Max grimaced. Isabel couldn't understand how. She was disgusted but she couldn't say much.
"I couldn't control myself. I. I was driven by my emotions. But. on some level, I knew what I was doing."
His voice cracked slightly. He didn't know why he did it. He did, but the reasons didn't justify what he did.
"Max, I don't know what to say. What you did. You could get arrested for. Is Liz going to say anything?"
"I dunno. I dunno."
His voice started to crack even more as he started to sob and he went back to the rocking and blaming himself through mumbling.
"It's okay, we'll figure something out. Don't worry."
"What did I do?"
The first thing Max did when he got home was take a shower. He tried to wash away the memories of the night but he couldn't. He sat on his bed clutching his knees to his chest, rocking back and forth.
"What did I do? What did I do?" I'm bad."
There was a knock on the door but Max didn't bother to open it or say anything. There was another knock on the door, but Max ignored it too. Isabel came in with a slightly worried look.
"I was knocking, why didn't you answer?"
Max didn't look up. He just kept rocking, pinching his hands and mumbling words that Isabel couldn't quite understand.
"Are you okay?"
"I. I hurt Liz."
Isabel sat down on the bed beside him.
"What did you do?"
Max just buried his face in his hands and shook his head.
"Max, talk to me. You'll feel better."
She put his hand on his shoulder.
"I."
"What did you do Max?"
"I. I. I don't know what to tell you."
"Try the truth, Max. How can I help you if I don't know what to help you with me?"
"I slept with her."
Isabel raised her eyebrows. She didn't understand how he could hurt Liz doing that. Unless.
"But she didn't want to."
He said the last part unsurely.
"Max, you didn't."
Max grimaced. Isabel couldn't understand how. She was disgusted but she couldn't say much.
"I couldn't control myself. I. I was driven by my emotions. But. on some level, I knew what I was doing."
His voice cracked slightly. He didn't know why he did it. He did, but the reasons didn't justify what he did.
"Max, I don't know what to say. What you did. You could get arrested for. Is Liz going to say anything?"
"I dunno. I dunno."
His voice started to crack even more as he started to sob and he went back to the rocking and blaming himself through mumbling.
"It's okay, we'll figure something out. Don't worry."