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Maxie woke up to the ringing of her cell phone. Looking over at her clock, it read noon.
"Hello?" Maxie groggily asked.
"Hey it's me, Diego. Can we talk?" The voice on the other line spoke nervously.
Maxie sighed. She had really hoped it would be Jesse. "Yeah, sure. What's up?"
Diego let out a heavy sigh before speaking. "Can you come to the pizzashack? Your sister and Dylan are here too."
Maxie nodded her head before remembering that he couldn't see her. "Sure. I'll see you in like...half an hour."
They both said their goodbyes and Maxie hung up the phone. She quickly dialed another number.
"Hello?" The masculine voice on the other line spoke.
Maxie couldn't contain her smile. Not that she WANTED to. "Hey. Listen..Wanna come to the pizzashack with a couple of my friends?"
She heard Jesse let out a loud, frustrated sigh. "Look, I want to...Except.. I really don't. None of your friends even like me."
Maxie rolled her eyes at his comment. She couldn't exactly DENY it. "Well I do. That should be all that really matters."
Jesse sighed. "Fine. But I have to be at the station at four."
Maxie let out a little squeel before replying to her boyfriend. "Deal. I'll meet you outside the shack."
Jesse agreed with her before hanging up the phone.
Maxie jumped out of her bed and ran into the shower. Once she was finished, she picked out a white ruffled skirt with a pink halter bathing suit top. It was hot. And so was she. Slipping on a pair of pink flip flops, Maxie put her hair into two tiny pigtails.
Running down the stairs, she was stopped by the voice of her father. "One:where are you going? Two: why aren't you wearing a shirt? Three: You're not GOING anywhere UNTIL you put on a shirt. And four: Who are you going WITH?"
Maxie reluctantly turned herself around to face her dad. "I'm going to the pizzashack, maybe the beach. If I wear a shirt, it
will definately screw up my tan. I can't put a shirt on FOR that reason. And I'm going with Georgie, Dillon, and Diego." Maxie
walked over to her dad and kissed his cheek."See daddy? Jesse wasn't mentioned anywhere in that sentence. Be happy." With that,
she turned and left the house, praying that her father didn't 'check up' on her.
Arriving at the pizzashack, she saw Jesse exiting his car. A smile immediately lit up Maxie's entire face.
Running over to him, she jumped into his muscular arms. He was wearing a wife beater and a pair of jeans, but Good Lord did he look good.
With her legs wrapped around his torso, Maxie placed a passionate kiss on his lips.
Once the kiss ended, Maxie jumped off of him and laced her hand into his. Smiling, she spoke. "Let the chaos begin."
Nodding, Jesse followed her towards her oblivious friends.
The first to notice them was Dillon. "Wow..Maxie.. You brought a...guest." He was shocked to say the least.
Smiling, Maxie nodded her head." I don't know who knows who, so here we go." Turning towards Jesse, she spoke."Jesse, you know my sister Georgie, Her boyfriend Dillon, and this is Diego."
Jesse smiled and sent a small wave towards everyone.
"Georgie,Dillon, Diego. This is my boyfriend Jesse." Maxie finished the introductions, kissing Jesse's hand.
Georgie was the first to speak. "It's good to see you again. You look a lot better without a bullet through your shoulder."
Immediately after she said this, Dillon nudged her. "What Georgie MEANT to say was 'welcome.'" Dillon finished with a fake smile before dragging Georgie over to a corner.
"Need I remind you that he has a GUN? I'd rather not die, thank you very much." Dillon said,as he hissed through his teeth.
Georgie simply rolled her eyes before walking back over to her group of friends.
"So...Jesse, what is it that you do? Are you in college?" Diego asked him, clueless.
Jesse looked over at Maxie uncomfortably before returning his eyes to Diego."Actually, I'm a..uh.. undercover cop."
Diego's eyes grew wide. "How old are you?"
Maxie rolled her eyes. "What is this? Twenty questions? Here's one for you: Where's Brooklyn?"
Diego looked away uncomfortably. This wasn't how he planned to tell Maxie. Not in front of Dillon and Georgie. And CERTAINLY not in front of her new boyfriend.
"We broke up." Diego shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal. Truth was, it wasn't. They broke up because he had feelings for Maxie. More than friendly feelings.
Maxie gave him a look of pure sympathy. "I'm sorry."
Diego shrugged again."So back to the subject of..you. When did you and the cop start dating?"
Before Maxie got a chance to speak, Georgie cut in. "Oh, I don't know. Was it when he snuck into your hospital room in the ICU?
Or how about when you WENT ON THE RUN with him so he could 'clear his name'?" Maxie asked, using her hands to make air quotes
for the last part.
Maxie gave her an evil look before answering. "I felt a connection the minute I saw him. Nothing ACTUALLY happened until we were stuck in some cabin during that hurricane." After she finished, she reconnected her hand with Jesse's.
To show her that he wasn't upset, Jesse sent her a half smile. Maxie smiled back as she leaned in and kissed him.
The kiss was purely innocent. No tongues. Just Jesse and Maxie.
Georgie rolled her eyes. Dillon made a disguisted face. Diego looked as if he was going to throw up, though it was for a much different reason than Dillon.
Breaking the kiss, Jesse spoke. "I gotta head to the station. Your dad is probably gonna fire me if I'm late. He's sitting there WAITING for me to fuck up."
Georgie scoffed. "Well maybe if you weren't robbing the cradle with his daughter, he would be a little bit more understanding,
don't you think?"
Maxie stood up, furious."That's it! He didn't even WANT to come here. I asked him to because I thought I had the best friends,
including the best sister, in the world. I guess I was wrong. I THOUGHT you would give him HALF a chance. He's innocent, for
christ's sake. What more do you want?"
After finishing up her outburst, Maxie grabbed Jesse's arm and dragged his arm into the parking lot.
With tears brewing in her eyes, Maxie stroked his cheek. "I'm soooo sorry. You didn't deserve that."
Jesse laughed a little shaking his head. "I knew this wasn't going to work."
Maxie feverishly shook her head 'no'. "It will work. We can MAKE it WORK,Jesse. All we need is US. We don't need Georgie, or Dillon, or my dad telling us what to do. I WANT to be with you."
Jesse sighed, throwing his hands up in the air. "I wanna be with you to, but.."
He was cut off by Maxie. "No 'but', Jesse. You want to be with me to. That is ALL that matters to me."
Jesse leaned in and kissed her quickly on the lips. "I gotta go."
Maxie smiled before giving him another peck. "Be careful."
Walking towards his car, Maxie heard him say. "Please, your dad's got me doing desk work for the next twenty years."
Maxie laughed as his car sped away.
Walking back towards her "Friends", Maxie's attitude changed.
She sat at the table as she drank her bottle of water. Georgie came and sat down across from her. Dillon soon followed,sitting next to Georgie. Diego finally settled down, sitting next to Maxie.
Dillon was the first to speak. "We're sorry. It was our job, as your friends, to give Jesse another chance. The way we treated him was disrespectful and out of line."
Georgie nodded her head in agreement. "I hope we didn't cause too much damage."
Diego silently prayed that they had. It was an awful thing to hope for, but he couldn't help the way he felt about Maxie.
Maxie shook her head 'no'. "We're fine. Better than fine. We're perfect.Except..." Maxie trailed off.
Diego snapped back to reality. "Except what?"
Maxie smiled slightly. "We're gonna need some help to sneak around. Ya know.. some cover stories. And Mac can NEVER find out.
If he does, he'd flip."
"Mac can never find out what exactly, Maxie? This oughtta be good." Mac said, making his presence known as he sat down at the table next to Georgie.
Oh no! This was NOT good. How much did he hear? Did he hear the whole thing? Has he been here since Maxie got here? Hurry,
think of a lie...FAST!