Hey guys! I'm sorry this is so late. The first three days of school were hectic, and I had no inspiration for this story until this morning, so I hope you like it!

MAX'S POV

My eyes widen with surprise.

"What!?" I ask, not sure i heard the question right.

I stare at Lulu as she closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and reopens them.

The hurt in her eyes burns into my soul.

"I said. Does this duet. Have ANYTHING to do. With my duet. With Daniel?"

I could feel the shock and hurt transfer to my eyes.

In a low voice, I reply, "Why would I do that to not only our friendship but to you?"

She makes her voice as low as mine.

"I don't know. Now answer my question."

I look intE year eyes, "No. No, I am NOT doing this because of Daniel. I am doing this so that I actually get talk to and spend thine with you and only you, one of my best friends!"

I am a little worked up, so I stand up from the couch.

She stands up and hugs me.

I hesitate, but eventually, I hug back.

When she pulls away, she's smiling.

"What?" I ask looking into her eyes.

She laughs, "I'm sorry I overreacted."

I shake my head.

"My mom said you might feel that way. I should have reacted better to your overreaction."

"Your mom knows me way too well," she smiles. "By the way, I didn't give you permission to to point out my overreaction."

"It's a good thing I don't listen to you then," I raise my eyebrows, sitting back down on the couch.

"Don't I know it!"

I just look at her.

"That was mean," I say in a monotone voice.

"I'm sorry, Darling," Lulu replies bloke she's talking to a baby, pinching my cheeks.

"Now lets think about what song we're going to sing."

"Okay," I say rubbing my hands together.

We sit there for a few minutes racking our brains.

"I got nothing," Lulu says, interrupting my thoughts.

"Well, it's eight, and we haven't eaten all day. Lets order pizza and watch a movie."

"Sure, why not?" Lulu answers as I dial the pizza place.

A half an hour later, we're eating pizza with our eyes glued to the television.

Lulu hits pause as I look at her with a confused expression.

"I never asked you how the tour went. I got Daniel's opinion, but I never got yours," she says looking at me.

"It was amazing," I answer. "It was probably the best experience of my life. You know, aside from How to Rock."

She laughs, "Nice save. Is there anything that would have made it better?"

I look into her eyes and simply say, "You."

Her eyes widen.

I start to lean in because there is nothing that I want more than her. I never realized how much I had missed all those months, until now.

She breaks eye contact and heads for the stairs. I get up and follow her.

"Um, I should probably get going. I'll see you tomorrow morning at the coffee shop," she says as she walks out the door.

It never crossed my mind until after she was gone, that I should have grabbed her and made her stay. I guess my brain has been working a little slowly lately. I can never seem to do anything right when I'm around her.

I wipe my hands across my face as I make my way back up the stairs.

I take to movie out and gather up the pizza box when my ringtone for a text message from Lulu rings out.

Yeah, you guessed right.

The ringtone is "All Your Love."

What can I say. She sings the song, and I love it. Everything works out perfectly.

I picked up my phone looking at the message.

To Max

From Lulu

What about "Islands in the Stream"?

I thought for a little bit. It was old but good.

To Lulu

From Max

I like it. See you in the morning, Baby!

There's Chapter three! Thanks for reading! I know theses chapters aren't as long as the ones from my other stories, but this story takes so much more effort to write than Zevie ones. I also hope to start writing my Kucy story this week! So I might update twice within the next week. (Fingers crossed!)