Sins 21

"Great a motel six, this is not the way I wanted to end this evening," said Reid. "Ah c'mon its not that bad least we aren't sleeping in Tyler's truck" said Max "yeah, my truck" said Tyler sadly Reid patted the younger boy on the back. Max opened the hotel room door.

"Hey don't worry we'll get them fixed and then send the assholes the bill" said Reid that seemed to cheer Tyler up a little bit. "Yeah whatever" said Tyler, flopping down on one of the beds as he said it.

The door closed behind them as they walked in. "well I don't know about you but I'm taking a shower" said Reid he turned to Max and grinned at her "wanna join me babe?" he said Max rolled her eyes at him. "No thanks go enjoy it to yourself" said Max "bummer!" said Reid with a disappointed look on his face. He headed into the bathroom and started the water. Max slipped off her heels and padded over to the dresser. She leaned towards the mirror behind it to take off her earrings

Tyler was lying on the bed behind her and watching her. She glanced up and caught the boy staring at her backside with his mouth hanging open. "Am I really that fascinating?" she asked. Tyler blushed bright red and turned away from her. "I'm sorry" he said Max set her last earring on the table and walked over to Tyler.

He was staring at the nightstand next to him, trying hard not to look at her. Max chuckled and sat down on the bed next to him. He looked up startled by her move. "Can you help me with this?" said Max she turned away from him and leaned her neck forward. Tyler stared at the back of her neck. "The necklace Tyler" said Max.

She sounded amused by his lack of composure. "Yeah sure no problem" he said. Then gently reached for the slender chain around her neck. He carefully undid the latch brushing the hair away from it so it wouldn't catch in the latch. His hand brushed the back of her neck and she shifted. "Sorry" he said in an embarrassed tone. A second later he had the necklace off of her neck. He held the slender chain out to her. She turned and smiled at him taking the necklace from his hand as she did so.

"Its ok you don't have to be so nervous around me I don't bite," said Max. the boy looked away from her, embarrassed by his shyness. She turned more towards him and reached out a hand to capture his chin. "Hey look at me, were friends remember why so shy all of a sudden?" said Max. Tyler was forced to meet her eyes by the hand on his chin. He thought about pulling away from that gentle grip but honestly he was enjoying her touch. "I just, I'm sorry" said Tyler "will you stop apologizing you did nothing wrong" said Max. She was smiling at him.

He turned crimson and pulled from her grasp to look away again. You wouldn't be saying that if you knew what I was thinking thought Tyler. Max was watching him with a thoughtful look on her face. She smiled a knowing smile when she caught him stealing a glance to see if she was gone. He looked even more nervous than he did before. "Tyler do you like me?" said Max. Startled he looked up "of course I like you you're my best friends girl" he blurted.

His eyes met hers and he swallowed nervously. Could she read his feelings, did they show in his eyes? He hoped not, Reid would kill him. Max chuckled "its ok Tyler I'm not offended" said Max "offended by what?" said Reid he came out of the bathroom with one of the small hotel towels barely covering his waist.

"Nothing" said Tyler self-consciously. "What did you do baby boy?" said Reid. He was glaring at the younger boy menacely. Tyler backed away from Max. "Reid stop he didn't do anything" said Max

Reid had been about to chew baby boy out and stopped for some reason. Her request seemed to make perfect sense to him, had she used on him? "Tyler its ok, neither one of us is mad at you please scoot closer" said Max "I'm fine, right here," said Tyler. His voice sounded shaky to Reid. Reid stared at his best friend and then at Max. What was going on here?

Max moved closer to Tyler, having to partially crawl across the bed to do so. She sat back on her haunches to stare at Tyler. Tyler was pushed up against his headboard. "Tyler look at me," said Max. Her voice was soft and kind. Tyler found himself doing exactly what she asked despite his wishes to do otherwise.

Reid saw the look on his face an instantly understood. Tyler's earlier question suddenly made perfect sense. He had a crush on Max, but didn't want to admit it. Reid sat down on the bed on the opposite side of the bed from Max

"Hey baby boy its ok, I understand" said Reid. Tyler looked sideways at his friend "you do?" he said "yeah and its cool, I mean she is hot I don't blame you" said Reid. Max looked sideways at her boyfriend and grinned. "Thanks," said Max "why it's true," said Reid.

She blushed at the compliment Tyler looked up and watched her "he's right you are beautiful," said Tyler. Reid nodded he had expected that answer from baby boy. Tyler glanced at Reid self-consciously. "Man its cool, don't worry so much" said Reid. Max leaned forward and kissed Tyler's forehead "and stop apologizing its natural" said Max

Tyler reached up and touched the spot she just kissed. Max slid off the bed and walked towards the bathroom. "please tell me that isn't the biggest towel they have?" said Max

"No I left one in there that's bigger," said Reid. "Good I'm going to take a bath, no peeking," said Max.

Tyler looked at Reid the second the door to the bathroom closed "hey man I'm sorry, I just don't know why I did that" said Tyler. Reid patted his friends leg "I do its called loneliness" said Reid. Tyler looked at his lap. "Don't worry there's a cure" said Reid. He pulled back the covers and slid his feet into the other bed in the room.

Then he checked the nightstand for something. "What are you looking for?" said Tyler "the remote, you seen it?" said Reid. "No" said Tyler. He looked around the room and spotted it sitting by the TV. He got up and grabbed it off the table by the TV and tossed it on Reid's bed. Then he stretched and took his shirt and shoes off. The water had stopped in the bathroom and Tyler and Reid both glanced at the door.

"You have got to be kidding me?" said Max. The voice came from the bathroom area. She poked just her head around the corner. "Close your eyes you two," said Max

Tyler obeyed and Reid reluctantly did the same. She waited until she was sure they both had their eyes closed before walking out of the bathroom and scurrying across the room.

The towel barely covered her on one side. Leaving the opposite completely exposed.

Tyler waited until he heard her footsteps and snuck a quick peek. Closing his eyes quickly when she turned towards them. She pulled back the covers and slid in bed next to Reid. "Ok all clear," said Max Reid rolled towards her and said, "Oh, yeah can I have a peek?"

"You already did," said Max. Reid looked embarrassed and so did Tyler. "She caught us, guess we should fess up huh?" said Reid. He was teasing her. He leaned on his side facing her. She was on the inside between them because Reid for some reason didn't want her by the door.

Tyler grinned at his friend "yes I guess were guilty aren't we" said Tyler "so what's our punishment?" Reid teased. Max smiled wickedly "you have to lay there all night and not touch" said Max. "Oh that's mean, torturer" said Tyler "yeah no kidding that's cruel baby" said Reid. "Too bad" said Max and she rolled over and buried her head in the pillow.

Max was trying hard not to burst into laughter. She could almost picture the looks on both boys' faces. She was just pretending to sleep just to see what they would do. Reid moved closer to her and slid a hand onto her hip.

He slid it down and grinned when he encountered no clothing. He was about to slide his hand upward when she smacked his hand.

"Ouch hey!" he protested and Tyler laughed at him. "Guess she means it man" said Tyler. Reid shrugged and leaned in closer to kiss her neck.