Chapter 3: The REAL Reunion

When the party had died down, everyone decided to head home. They all said their goodbyes and went to their separate houses. "Max, ya comin'?". Goofy asked as he and Silvia walked up the steps to his house. "I'll be in later dad, I'm gonna go... Take a walk..."

"Alright Maxie, we'll be waiting for ya!" Goofy and Silvia closed the door behind them as they walked in.

Max walked down the street to an old park that he and PJ used to play on. Max sat on a bench, and gazed at the stars. He remembered his freshman year of high school, and how he had stood out for the rest of his high school years. He sat and thought about his road trip with his dad and how that had ended with him getting onstage with the biggest rockstar on the planet, Powerline. All of that had happened because he wanted to impress the girl of his dreams, Roxanne. He laughed at himself for not realizing she liked him long before he tried to impress her.

Max thought for what seemed like hours, when something broke the silence... A familiar voice called his name quietly. "Max?"

He look to his right to see a tall, Light redheaded girl, dressed in a teal shirt, black choker, and short jean shorts, with the same beautiful hair, eyes, and nose he remembered.

"Roxanne?"

"Max!"

"ROXANNE!"

The two jumped on each other as soon as they recognized each other. They hugged for nearly half an hour before Max had spoken up. "I thought you wouldn't come back!"

"Of course I came back!" Roxanne smiled with her beautiful, flawless teeth.

Max was speechless, he gazed into her eyes for what felt like hours. He had forgotten how he felt when he was around her.

"I.. Duh, the- uh... Heh..." Max tried to speak, but it came out a jumbled mess. Roxanne giggled at this, it was always one of the things she thought was cutest about him. "A-Hyuk!" Max laughed with her for a moment, but then covered his mouth, out of pure impulse. Roxanne sighed, "Max, when are you going to get it through your head?" She said, leaning up and kissing him, right on the lips. "I love your laugh!"

The two of them sat on the park bench through the night, they fell asleep in each other's arms.

"A-Hyuk! Gawrsh Maxie, are we interruptin' anythin'?" Max awoke to see his dad and Silvia in front of them. "Dad! Uh, I can explain!"

"You don't need to explain nothin' to me Maxie! It's nice to see Roxanne again."

At this point, Max realized that Roxanne was awake as well, and was talking to Silvia, he could have sworn he heard them mimic his laugh.

"A-Hyuk, looks like our girls are gettin' along great!"

"Yeah..." Max said, somberly.

"You alright Max?" Goofy said, sitting down next to his boy.

"Not really..."

"Well, what's wrong? Ya know ya can tell me anything!"

"Well... It's about you getting married... I know it's stupid for someone my age to not want his dad to re-marry... But after-" Max stopped as Goofy put his hand on Max's shoulder. "I know it'll be hard Maxie, especially after what happened to-" Goofy stopped and sniffed. Max sympathetically stopping his father from his tears said, "I like Silvia, she's great... But I haven't had a mom in so long... I don't even really remember what it was like to have a mom. And now I'm too old to..."

Back at the house, Max, Roxanne, Goofy, and Silvia caught up on what had happened since they'd seen each other last. "I got myself a job over at Pete's car lot! A-Hyuk! When he saw that degree he was speechless!" A knock at the door was heard, "I'll get it! Max said, Roxanne followed closely behind him. Max opened the door to find PJ, Bobby, Beret Girl, and Stacy there. "Heey Maximum! We were all like, gonna head down to the pool buddy, whadaya say eh?"

Bobby said to Max. "Yeah, buddy! Maybe you'll meet somebod-" PJ started, then he looked behind Max. "Hi guys!" Roxanne said as she stepped out onto the porch.

"Whooahohoaa, it's like, Roxanne!"

"Roxanne! What are you doin' here?" PJ asked excitedly.

"Oh-my-gosh! Roxanne! You came!" Said Stacy as she hugged her best friend.

"Haha, what can I say? I just couldn't stay away!"

"Hehe... Sure, we'd love to come, gives us something to do..." Max Said as he went upstairs to get his swim trunks.