Sins 26
"Yes you certainately are" agreed Reid. Max smiled at him. He held the door for her and waited for her to get in Tyler's truck she did and he shut the door for her. Max thought it was adorable how he was acting. She wondered if he acted this way with the other girls. She would have asked Jenny but there was the whole memory wipe thing. She guiltily wondered if she should just release her spell and let the girl remember.
She would eventually remember on her own but Max would rather be farther into the relationship when she did. She sighed and Reid glanced sideways at her. "What's wrong?" said Reid. Max frowned she didn't really want to discuss his ex with him.
"Just wondering something?" said Max "what?" said Reid Max looked sideways at him. Silently debating what to tell him. "What I should do about the Jenny problem," said Max.
"She still hasn't regained her memories?" said Reid "no, I guess I did a worse job on her than I thought," said Max. She sounded genuinely miserable.
"Have you consulted the book?" said Reid. "No not on this, I didn't know where to look?" said Max. "Have you tried simply willing her memories to come back, perhaps you only blocked them" said Reid.
"I hope so, I would feel awful if the damage was permanent." Said Max. "Try fixing it, but be gentle some ones mind can be fragile" said Reid. "Ok," said Max. "Max do you want her to remember me?" said Reid. "No not really" said Max. Reid smiled "why not?" he said. Max squirmed and looked away from him.
Why didn't she want her to have those memories back? "Because I'm afraid you'll take her back," said Max. They had stopped at a stoplight and Reid turned towards her. "I won't, don't worry we're through, she's my past you're my future" said Reid
Max looked genuinely relieved by his answer. He turned into the school parking lot. Found a spot and parked. He shut off the car and turned towards her. "Max, I just want you to know the only other girl I took to that restaurant wasn't Jenny, it was my mom" said Reid.
Max looked at the floorboard. "You mean something to me, I'm not sure what yet, but Jenny never had that, do you understand" said Reid "but you said you thought she was the one?" said Max "only cause I had nothing better to compare her to" said Reid. Max blushed and looked at the floor again
"Thanks" she said softly. He scooted closer to her and put his arms around her. "Max I don't know what this is right now but I do know that I never want to lose it" said reid."Ah that's so sweet," said Max."Its how I feel" he said and kissed her. "Walk me up?" said Max. "Of course" he said. She climbed out of the truck.
As her feet hit the pavement she wished again that Tyler had chosen a shorter vehicle. She closed her eyes and rested her head on the side of the truck. She heard Reid close the door and the locks clicked. She waited for him to come around the car.
She waited for a few more seconds and then felt something slam up against the truck. Max went around to his side and found. Reid and Aaron engaged in a fistfight.
One of Aaron's friends tried to help him with Reid and Max kicked him in the back of the knee. He went down swearing. "Bitch, you want some too" he said and climbed to his feet. He balled his fists and rushed Max. She sidestepped and kicked him in the butt as he passed. That launched him into the side of Tyler's truck.
She could vaguely hear the sounds of someone being punched in Reid's direction. She hoped it was Reid doing the punching. The boy got back up and tried to tackle her legs. Max slid sideways and half rolled out of his way. By his letterman's jacket she realized he must be some sort of football player. Great just great, big and dumb. He grabbed her wrist and she twisted it out of his grasp and propelled him into a light pole. He sank to the ground.
Dazed by the impact and Max turned towards Aaron and Reid. In time to see Reid get punched in the eye. One of Aaron's jock friends was holding Reid while Aaron punched him. Max looked around her and spotted the fallen boy she had faced. She bent down and undid the boy's belt. Sliding it free of its belt loops. She wrapped the buckled end around her hand and used the length of it like a whip.
She caught Aaron on the cheek and he turned in shock. So she hit him again. He made a grab for the belt and missed. She flicked it again quickly in rapid succession. "Hey quit it," said Aaron. He backed away from the girl wielding the belt like a whip. Welts were covering his arms where he attempted to fend her off.
Distracting Aaron gave Reid a chance to shake the grip his friend had him in. Reid slid free of the headlock the boy had him in and punched the other boy square in the face. He crumbled to the ground, out cold from the blow.
Reid then turned towards Max and Aaron. Max had him backed against a light pole and was viciously swinging the belt like it was a whip. Aaron was sinking down and pleading for her to stop. She was pissed off and he could feel her anger through the power. "Max its ok, you can stop now" said Reid. She didn't stop and she was swearing at Aaron the whole time. Punctuating each swear word with a vicious strike. "Max!" yelled Reid. He finally had to grab her and pull her away from Aaron.
She was acting like she had gone nuts. "Its ok, its over I'm fine, calm down' he said softly. He held her until she stilled. Security had spotted the commotion and came rushing over. He took one look at Reid's face and asked him what happened. After explaining to two different guards that Aaron and his friends instigated the attack. They finally were allowed to leave. Reid was holding an ice pack on his jaw.
"Are you ok?" said Max "yeah, I'm fine, you?" he asked "fine, just worried about you" said Max "I'll be ok, this isn't the first time I've gotten into a fight" said Reid. He tried to smile and her but ended up wincing instead. "Do you want me to walk you to your room?" said Max "naw thanks I got it" said Reid
"I'm sorry, they were probably there for me" said Max "doubt it Aaron's always hated us" said Reid "probably jealous" said Max "jealous?" said Reid. Confused once again. "Your so much better looking, even with a split lip" said Max. Reid started to laugh then winced and said "Ouch"
Max leaned over and kissed his cheek "oh my poor baby" said Max
"Poor me, did you see what you did to Aaron?" said Reid. He laughed "no not really I was too pissed, why was it bad?" said Max "yeah but surveillance caught them attacking us so I doubt they'll do anything to you for it" said Reid. Max looked relived and touched her chest.
They slowly climbed the stairs and Max waited on her landing until Reid disappeared down his hall to his dorm. Then she turned and walked down to her room. Unlocked her door and walked in. jenny was sitting on her bed crying. Max sat down across from her.
"What's wrong?" said Max "why can't I remember anything?" said Jenny. She turned to Max with tear filled eyes. Max crossed the distance between them and hugged Jenny. "Don't worry I'm sure it will start coming back to you, just give it time and get some sleep" said Max.
She used to push her own tiredness off on Jenny. The other girl wavered and yawned. Pulling down her bed sheets and climbed in bed. Max waited until jenny was asleep and concentrated. Gently reaching into jenny's mind and releasing the blocks she had put there. Then just as gently withdrew. Before climbing into her own bed and going to sleep.