Sins 37
"Reid!" Max yelled and ran towards him. He met her half way and scooped her up into his arms. Hugging her fiercely to him, he buried his face in her hair. "What are you doing here?" said Max "we let out for break so I thought I'd surprise you and ride back with you" said Reid. "Wow you did, I'm so glad to see you," said Max. Jesus cleared his throat behind her.
Max suddenly remembered him and turned towards him. "Reid this is Jesus, a close friend of mine, Jesus this is the guy I was telling you about" said Max "ah so she was talking about me, nothing bad I hope" said Reid he extended his hand to Jesus. Jesus brushed the grease off his hand before taking Reids out stretched one. "Jesus" said the guy in introduction.
"While I'd love to meet all your friends we've got kind of an emergency, can we talk in private?" said reid."Yeah sure, Jesus I'll catch you later ok" said Max "yeah sure chica, I understand," said Jesus. He had a sad smile on his face and Reid wondered if he had a thing for Max. He shook off such musings as Max headed for her front door. "What about your mom?" said Reid. "I've got her under something, you'll see" said Max
"Under something? What did you do?" said Reid. Max looked guilty for a second and finished unlocking the door. She walked in followed by Reid. He closed the door behind and walked into the small living room.
An older version of Max was sitting on the sofa. Staring blankly at a blank TV screen. "See what I mean?" said Max. She pointed at the woman sitting on the couch, the woman didn't move. Reid ran his hands through his hair. This was something Caleb would be good at dealing with not him. "We'll have to fix it later, right now something more important is happening" said Reid. He pointed to the woman "can we talk in front of her?" said Reid "ah I'm not sure, lets go in my room just to be safe" said Max.
She led him down the short hall and into a room that was smaller than his closet. Max climbed onto the bed and so did Reid. There was really nowhere else to sit. "Wow, I thought you were joking," said Reid "no unfortunately not" said Max "so out with it what's wrong" said Max
"Chase is back," said Reid "Chase?" said Max. Slightly in confusion. "The guy that tried to kill Caleb before you arrived" said Reid her eyes went wide"oh shit, but I thought he was dead" said Max.
Reid was about to say something else when his phone rang. It turned out to be Tyler; his plane had just landed at LA X. Reid gave him Max's address and Tyler relayed it to the cab driver. "Be there in a few minutes," said Tyler and he hung up. "Tyler's on his way, his plane just landed" said Reid "wait what about Caleb and Pogue?" said Max. Reid looked at the floor and bit his lip. He was plainly worried about his brothers.
"I don't know" Reid admitted. Max bit her lips a lump of fear was forming in the pit of her stomach. She pulled her suitcase out of her closet and started emptying her drawers. Trying to keep busy so she wouldn't have time to worry. Reid started to help her until someone knocked on the door. Reid went and answered it. Tyler was at the door so Reid ushered him inside and shut the door.
"Does she know?" said Tyler "yeah and she's hella worried" said Reid "she's also standing right here" said Max they both jumped they hadn't heard her approach."Hey baby boy," said Max she hugged the youngest boy. He was scared she could feel it. "I'm almost done packing, see if you two can figure out what to do about my mom" said Max. She headed back to her room to finish her packing. "Why what's wrong with her mom?" said Tyler
"Jenny type accident" said Reid "oh great, how are we going to fix that?" said Tyler "we aren't she just said figure out how and I'm assuming she will" said Reid. Tyler was looking around the small trailer. "Man when was this place built?" said Tyler "probably when our parents were young" said Reid. He was looking around at his surroundings a little closer.
When Max told him she lived in a mobile home he had thought she was joking. Now he knew she had been serious. "Talk about opposites attracting" said Tyler "say what?" said Reid "your back grounds, your rich she's well not" said Tyler "the word is poor, Tyler you can say it" said Max. She set a bag outside her door and grabbed one more.
"Do you got everything?" said Reid. Max suddenly remembered her paperwork"oh shit hold on" said Max she dug the papers out of their hiding place and shoved them into her purse. She set everything by the door and walked into the living room.
"Well?" said Max"we're ready when you are" said Tyler. "Now about my mom" said Max "you did a barrier spell, you just have to drop it" said Tyler "Say what how did you know that?" said Reid "easy I read the book" said Tyler "hey I read the book" said Reid.
"Yeah right" said Tyler. He rolled his eyes and Reid socked his arm "hey knock it off you two, so how do I drop it?" said Max they looked at each other and then back at her. "You shouldn't have been able to do it at all," said Tyler "why not?" said Max.
"Because its ascension level magic," said Tyler. Reid looked at his friend in disbelief then back at his girlfriend. "Well all right babe" said Reid. Tyler looked worried and instead just stood there "so how do I drop it" said Max."I don't know," said Tyler "oh great, ok how does it work maybe we could just reverse it" said Max.
"Well its like hypnotic suggestion only stronger" said Tyler "so all we have to do is wake her then?" said Reid."Ok no problem," said Max she kneeled in front of her mom. "Mom, I'm going to count to three and I want you to start acting like yourself again," said Max."One, two. Three" said Max.
She waited for a few seconds and her mother blinked "Max why are you on the floor?" said her mom. Max sighed in relief. "I don't have time for that now, we've got to go, love you mom" said Max "go, go where?" said her mom. "Back to Ipswich mom" said Max
"Ipswich? And who are you two?" said her mom "mom this is Tyler Sims and Reid Garwin, now we have to scram, I'll call as soon as we land, love you bye" said Max. She was inching towards the door. The boys took her hint and did the same. "Not so fast young lady you're not eighteen yet" said her mom. "Yes I know that's why I had you sign this" said Max. She held up a consent paper she had gotten from the school.
"Maxine Elaine Rhyde if you walk out that door you better never come back," said her mom. The boys were standing on her porch. Max handed Tyler her suitcase. She put her other one on her shoulder then taking one last look around she said "I wasn't planning to" then she closed the door and walked out.
"That was harsh" said Tyler "yes but at lest it's normal," said Max. They walked over to Jesus' and Max asked him for a ride to the airport. He said yes and a few minutes later they were in the car heading for the airport.
"So your leaving us again hey chica" said Jesus "yeah Jesus and it's permanent this time mom kicked me to the curb" said Max "well just come back and visit us then" said Jesus "thanks man" said Max
Jesus pulled up his low rider into the loading and unloading zone. Max climbed out of the front seat while the boys piled out of the back. Jesus hit the button in the glove compartment and the trunk swung open. Reid and Tyler grabbed her bags and closed the trunk. "Thanks Jesus, you have no idea how much I appreciate this" said Max."Hey you know I got your back girl, take care," said Jesus. She waved at him as he pulled away from the curb.
"Come on, we need to get to those ticket counters" said Tyler they headed for the counters at almost a run. Getting in the first line they came to. "Maybe we should split up and check the other airlines," said Reid."Yeah good plan, but keep in sight and wave if you find something" said Max
Max watched them separate from her and head into lines for other airlines. She looked at her watch and frowned. Her birthday was nine hours and twenty minutes away. She swallowed. From here to Boston was almost an eight-hour flight. She got to the counter and asked for the first flight leaving for Boston with three seats on it.
The woman didn't have any until the next day. So Max thanked her and was about to move to the line next to her when Tyler began to wave frantically. Reid excused himself from the line he was in and headed in his direction. So did Max making apologies the whole way.
"She said it leaves in ten minutes" said Tyler "book it," said Max. The woman drew up their tickets and swiped Tyler's card for the fares. Max checked her bigger bag and medium one. Choosing to get on the plane with just her purse.
Reid had never unpacked his bag so he chose to carry it on. The lady handed Tyler the tickets and they raced towards the security lines. Stripping their valuables as they went. Max stuffed them in her purse and put it on the conveyer belt. Before stepping through the metal detector. The boys walked through as Max grabbed her bags. Just as they were about to walk away the guard asked her why she put their stuff in her bag. "We're traveling together and I wanted to save time" said Max "I need to check their id's" said the guard.
Max pulled out the wallets and handed them to the guard who took his sweet time typing their names and drivers license numbers into the computer. After they came back clear he handed them back and told them they were free to go. Max sighed in relief until he asked for her id."Oh why don't you just go eat some doughnuts" Max said in irritation.
The guard walked away from her in a daze and through a door that said security. Since he was the only one questioning her she walked towards her friends."Max!" hissed Reid under his breath. "What he was being a dick, he saw we were in a hurry and wanted to slow us down, what do you expect me to do?" said Max.
They glanced at the other guards and watched them for a second. They must have assumed she passed inspection and were busy checking other people in. they headed for the gate area and waited for their plane to board.
Max sat down and set her purse on her lap. She was trying to calculate how much time she had until they were at Boston. "Tyler how long did she say this flight was?" said Max