"Her lips..." was all Max could think of for seconds.
Seconds, which felt like an eternity.
Then it flashed through her head, what was gonig on.
And that she responded to it.
She broke the kiss and crawled away from the bed.
Fast and with wide open eyes.
The wall hold her, hard.
But she did not feel it.
All she could feel was Caroline´s eyes on her.
Still red from her tears.
Her blond hair, all messed up and shining like gold in the afternoon sunlight, surrounding it.
Nobody said anything.
You could not even hear any breathing.
But they could hear each others thoughts.
Could see the angst, the shock and the light signs of joy in the face and eyes of each other.
Then it was Caroline, who seemed driven by something strong.
She pushed herself up and sat straight now.
Her hands were pressed together.
The first words were very silent, near inaudibly.
"Max, I know I should not have kissed you.
But it is all I can think about during the last weeks."
She stopped, as if she waited for a reaction.
But it did not last long.
She became faster, louder in her speach.
"You have to believe me, I did not want this kiss to happen. At least not under this circumstances."
Again a pause, again no reaction from a stunned Max.
Caroline´s voice began to broke down, the tears started again.
"Max, please!"
She took a step forward.
"Please forgive me. It was stronger than me, I did not want it. I am not such a girl!"
Her voice peaked with the words "I don´t want to lose you!".
Then it broke completely down, with her body.
She sank to her knees, right in front of Max.
Caroline did not dare to see Max in her face.
The thought of losing her best friend with this action drove her almost crazy.
Then she heard the voice she wanted to hear any remaining morning in her life.
It was silent and pressed.
"Girl, can you ever stop talking too much?"
Then Caroline felt Max´s lips on hers.