Max took a sip from his coffee and nervously observed the café. It was a cozy place, it felt a little like Bean scene. The latte colored walls and the calm acoustic music gave it same hipster wibe. Where was Roxanne? They had said three o'clock? He glanced at the clock on the wall, five minutes pass three. Maybe she had regret everything and stood him up? No, that was not Roxanne's way. He was just nervous that was all. Keep it togheter...
He felt the warm heat from outside when the door opened and he got so relieved when he saw that it was Roxanne. Yet again with a stunning light and wavy summerdress with flowers on. Max waved at her and her smile widen when their eyes met. She ordered an ice tea and when she walked towards him he felt how his heart aggressively began to press against his ribcage. He swallowed and a he hoped his nervousness would follow down the throat.
"Hi" He croaked, embarrassed he cleared his throat. "Nice to see you"
"Same Max", she nodded and the ice clanged against the glass when she put it down on the table. "We have so much to talk about"
"Yeah!", he sounded too eager, too much goof, he trailed a hand in his black hair. "I mean, what have you been up to? How was England?"
"London was great, I met lovely people…", she shrugged and began to fiddle a little with her hair. "And learned a lot and I would really want to go back"
"So why did you leave?" Not that I'm complaining
She sighed "Dad got ill a couple of weeks ago, and well, that made me want to stay closer to home"
"Oh I'm sorry"
"It's okay he's much better now but I want to be close if he need anything", she eyed Max and gave him a reassuring smile. "But how about you? I know you have been competing in X-games but what other things have you done?"
Max told her everything that had happened during his two college years. He told her about Bradley, and his stupid Gamma team. And how PJ had get himself a girlfriend and how little Bobby actually had changed. When she asked about Max's love life he felt his cheeks blushing and she giggled when he nervously said that the hadn't have any luck on campus. She returned the favor and told him about her adventures in London. She and Stacey had have a great time, a lot of studying it seemed. But they had have time to do a lot of sightseeing as well. But when Max asked about her love life she just covered it up with another question and Max had no time or didn't want to ask again.

Their talk went on until the sun began to set and the clerk had to ask them to leave. Slowly they began to walk home, still talking about everything and nothing. It felt like old times and Max didn't want this evening to end, he understood now how much he had missed her. The first stars shone on the violet sky when they stood on Roxanne's porch. He recalled their first kiss and smiled. They had been so young…
"Well it's was nice to catch up". Max wanted to say something else but didn't dare to say something like: I have miss you. "I guess we see each other soon?"
"Well", she sighed and looked down at her feet. "Now when my dad feeling better we'll travel and after that me and a friend will see grand canyon"
Max hopes drastically dropped. "Well how long are you gone then?"
"Well four weeks"
"Oh to bad, then I'm back at campus", Max sighed, he couldn't hold himself and looked disappointed.
"Yeah, but I guess we can take a coffee at campus next time?", she laughed when Max's jaw dropped.
"Are you serious?" He could not contain his happiness and his cheeks burned because he smiled too much.
"Yeah, like I said, I want to stay closer, I have sign al the papers and it's done, I'll study at your college this last year, soo… Now I can watch X-games live" She hesitated but gave Max a kiss on the cheek. "Good night, see you soon Max"
Max didn't recall how he got home. Al he could think about was how brilliant it would be to have Roxanne at campus. They could meet up like old times, and what if they even had some classes' together? The more Max thought about it the happier he became. It would be so awesome, maybe, just maybe, the third year on campus would not be too bad at all? Couldn't time go faster? He wanted their break to be over, now. He slowly traced a finger where Roxanne had kissed him. She hadn't change at all. But what did he think about? It was not them anymore, they were friends and nothing would change that. Roxanne had made that perfectly clear before she leaved.

"How was the day with Roxanne?"
Goofy's voice was very joyful and eager. As soon as Max opened the door he saw his dad face peeking out from the living room. Max quite high on joy and Roxanne's perfume just smiled towards him while unzipping his jacket.
"Oh, that good huh?", Goofy chuckled. "Sylvia and I was just about to watch a movie, wanna join us?"
"Thanks dad, but I'm quite tired", Max yawed and hanged his jacket on their coat rack
"Okay son", Max didn't noticed that Goofy's smile faded a little. "But hey what about dinner tomorrow then? Maybe we can go to the cinema and watch Powerlines documentary?"
"Sure, sounds cool", Max said and nodded, he just half listened.
He would show Roxanne al the cool places at campus, and she had to meet Mocha…
"Ohboy alright ahyuck, it's a date, sleep tight Maxie poo", Goofy said and disappeared into the living room again.
Max walked up the stairs and he nearly tripped on their old grey tabby cat Waffels. He laid on a step sleeping heavy rolled up like a cinnamon bun. Max picked him up and immediately the cat began to purr. He was SO old now, the fur was tangled and he had some bald spots. But he was still so gentle and Max loved him. He walked into his bedroom and laid Waffels on the bed. The tabby cat fell into a deep sleep again as soon as Max had put him down. With a smile Max joined the cat and looked up at the celling. He wondered about why Roxanne didn't want to talk so much about her love life. It was private business of course and it wasn't like Max wanted details, oh no. He was just curious why she had wanted to ask him when she hadn't be eager to answer herself. Soon he felt Waffels kneading paws on the ribcage and the purring made Max quite drowsy. He began to slowly caress Waffles little body, head to tail which lead to more purring. Max laughed a little and peeked up at the night sky trough his window. Still over joyed about Roxanne, maybe this time it would work… maybe… just maybe