Hey everyone, gamexpert0105 here, back with the next chapter of Falling For You! :D I can't believe that this story already has 35 views since I released Chapter 2 of this story just yesterday! Thank you guys so much for reading the previous chapter of this story and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it, because in this chapter, things are really going to get more serious starting right now, so if you thought last chapter was really serious and tense, then you're definitely in for some more serious and tense moments in this chapter than there was in the last chapter, so be prepared for that. Also Happy New Year to those who will be reading this later tonight, and I hope that this story will turn out to be a huge success in the near future of 2018 as I continue to write more chapters for this amazing and awesome fanfiction! Thank you guys so much for all the support on this story, I really appreciate it! And now without further ado, let's get back to the story and do a long recap of what happened in the previous chapter, because a lot was starting happen as it was getting pretty tense and serious than we'd actually thought it was going to right? So in the last chapter Max, Chloe, and Brooke were all still in the truck driving to Chloe's "Secret Hideout" and Brooke had found out that Chloe had been hanging out in the "Secret Hideout" for the past 5 years after Max had moved, and when Brooke had questioned what had happened between her and Max 5 years ago, Chloe told her to ask Max what had happened, which in return when Brooke had asked Max to tell her what happened between the two of them, Max disagreed with Chloe and told her that she would tell Brooke later on when they got to the "Secret Hideout" in which Chloe demanded that Max told Brooke what had happened between the two of the 5 years ago right away while they were still driving in the truck, and then Max and Chloe got into an argument in the truck, and Chloe was almost at the verge of tears in her eyes when she had told Max how it was a big deal to about moving away from Arcadia Bay and how she felt broken and hopeless inside that Max didn't tell her that she was moving until the last day when she moved away and talked about how Max had promised her that she would never leave her side 5 years ago before Max had moved away from Arcadia Bay and she ended up blaming her dad and his death for all of it. Brooke apologized for bringing the whole topic up and Chloe told her that it wasn't her fault. Later on Max, Chloe, and Brooke had all arrived at Chloe's "Secret Hideout" in which she was telling Max about all day, and Max and Brooke had found out that the "Secret Hideout" that Chloe was talking about was actually a junkyard. Though Chloe said that this wasn't the real "Secret Hideout" that she'd been talking about all along, she told Max and Brooke to follow her, so that way they could see the real "Secret Hideout" she was talking about. So Max and Brooke followed behind Chloe, and when Max had asked how much longer until they got to the real "Secret Hideout," Chloe had gotten angry at Max and told her to quit asking so many questions and just to follow her to the "Secret Hideout," then she went ahead, leaving Max and Brooke standing as she walked ahead of them. Max looked down sadly, while Brooke had comforted, telling her that Chloe would eventually get over their argument back in the truck and how all of this wasn't her fault and Brooke blamed herself for all of it, but instead Max suddenly put both of her hands on Brooke's shoulders, making eye contact with Brooke, and looking at Brooke with a serious look on her face and told Brooke not to blame herself and how this wasn't any of her fault at all and instead had blamed herself that all of this was her fault and how she made Brooke tag along with her and Chloe, which mad Brooke speechless, because no one had ever put their hands on her shoulders ever like that ever before and Brooke had explained to Max that she had tagged along with Max not just to tag along with her, but because Max had told her that she cared about Brooke, just as much as Brooke had cared for Max, and then suddenly hugged Max, slightly blushing, in which Max didn't expect at all, not seeing Brooke slightly blushing, and accepted the hug and hugged Brooke back, suddenly feeling strange and warm inside of her when Brooke had suddenly hugged her like that. Brooke had also began to feel suddenly strange and warm inside just like Max did and thought about how she had felt like this only to her crush, Warren Graham, but never towards Max ever before, wondering why she was now feeling this way towards Max now, and questioned if this feeling was love that she was feeling towards Max at that moment. Max had told Brooke that she enjoyed that hug and told her that they needed to follow Chloe before she noticed that her and Max weren't following her and would end up getting mad at them and wondered where they were as she was walking ahead of them all that time. Brooke ended up breaking the hug and told Max she was glad that Max had enjoyed that hug and thanked her and told her how she appreciated Max caring about her, like Max had always cared about her, and also told Max that she had her back. Max thanked her for having her back and also told Brooke that she also had her back. Max and Brooke both smiled at each other and had a cute moment with each other, then ran to catch up to Chloe, who had not walked far ahead of them and didn't even notice that Max and Brooke hadn't been following her all that time when she was walking to her real "Secret Hideout." Max and Brooke had followed behind Chloe until she had suddenly stopped walking at a little shack to the left of her, and when Max asked why she'd stopped walking at the little shack to the left of her, Chloe ignored her and went inside of the little shack without answering her, Max turned to Brooke, who shrugged at Max, then Max and Brooke both followed Chloe and went inside of the little shack, Brooke following behind Max. Inside of the little shack, they saw Chloe arranging stuff around the small room and putting things in places where they belonged, so they decided to wait until Chloe was done arranging stuff around and waited for her to say something. When Chloe was done arranging stuff around inside of the small room, she turned to Max and Brooke, who she asked if they were going to sit down on the couch, and Max had explained to her that they were waiting for her to say when they could sit down, then they both sat down on the couch. Brooke talked to Chloe about her real "Secret Hideout" being a little shack and how she liked it, in which Chloe had replied to her that she was glad Brooke had liked her "Secret Hideout" and told her that she'd been hanging out in it for the past 5 years since Max had left her, which made Max tell Chloe that they needed to talk about the whole argument that they had gotten into back when they were in the truck, but Chloe had said to Max that she didn't want to talk about it anymore and that she'd moved on from that little argument and told Max that she should also just move on from it, in which Max asked Chloe if she could at least forgive for what happened, and Chloe ended up forgiving Max and they both hugged each other. Brooke was glad that both Max and Chloe had finally made up with each other, then Max and Chloe began to mess around with each other, laughing. Brooke also laughed at the two of them, asking if she could join the two of them in what they were doing, in which Chloe replied "Hella Yeah," and got up from the floor and to tell Brooke that she was their newest addition to the group and was apart of the group now with Max and her, and since Max had always told her that Brooke was special to her, she told Brooke that they should finish their greetings now that they were going to finish in the truck, so they fist bumped each other, then Chloe said that it was a pleasure having Brooke apart of the group now, and Brooke had also told her that it was a pleasure to be apart of the group now and she was glad to be apart of the group now. Then Chloe had joked how special Brooke was to Max, in which Max got up from the floor to playfully shout at Chloe, and Chloe ended up joking around with Max again, and began to run around the from Max, being chased by Max, both laughing again, Brooke also laughing again, joined the two of them chasing each other around, with her chasing Max in front of her, and Chloe chasing Brooke behind her. After a while, all of them eventually settled down on the couch to catch their breath, and Max had said how chasing Chloe around and Brooke chasing her around the small room was fun, and Chloe said that was the most fun that she'd ever had in a long time, and Brooke had asked her why and had asked her if she ever had fun every once in a while, then Chloe had turned to both Max and Brooke, explaining to them, that there was something else she hadn't told them about how she hung out in her little shack for the past 5 years after Max had moved away, and then she got up from the couch,telling Max and Brooke to follow her, walking to a doorway, in which Max and Brooke both looked at each other, then back at Chloe who was walking to the doorway, both of them getting up from the couch and following behind Chloe. Chloe had told Max and Brooke that she wasn't the only one who hung out with her in her little shack for the past 5 years and she grabbed a small photo and gave the small photo to Max, who then showed the small photo to Brooke, it was a photo of Chloe and a girl laughing with each other and enjoying each other's company, the photo had been taken 5 years ago, Max told Chloe that it was a beautiful photo and asked her who the girl was, Brooke had also asked her who the girl was, because Brooke had said that she thought she'd recognize the girl from somewhere, but she couldn't remember where, and Chloe explained that knowing that Brooke had been at Blackwell Academy longer than Max had, she'd thought that Brooke would recognize her, and explained to both Max and Brooke that the girl was Rachel Amber, the girl who'd been missing for a while now.
"That girl." Chloe said looking down, then back up at Max and Brooke again. "That girl. Her name is Rachel Amber. The girl who's been missing for a while now."
Max and Brooke were both shocked at what Chloe had just told them.
"Wait." Max began to say. "This is Rachel Amber?! The missing girl that everyone's been talking about at Blackwell Academy?!"
"Yeah." Chloe answered. "The one and only that you've heard of who's been missing for a while now."
"Oh my god." Brooke replied "Chloe, I'm so sorry."
"It's alright Brooke." Chloe replied getting angry. "Really. It's fine! I'm alright! I just can't believe that she disappeared without telling me where she was going! I wish she would've told me where she was going! So that way I can know that she's okay and not missing! We hung out and did everything together for the past 5 years, and she decided to wound up missing for the past few months now out of nowhere without telling me where she went!"
"Wait." Brooke began to say. "You hung out with the most popular girl in Blackwell Academy? How did you guys end up hanging out? Because she doesn't just hang out with anyone, she chooses who she wants to hang out with."
"Yeah I know." Chloe answered. "I was just about to tell you guys how we ended up hanging out before I ended up get angry over her."
Max and Brooke listened to her as she to was telling them the story of how her and Rachel Amber ended up hanging out together.
"Max. Brooke." Chloe began to say. "You see. Rachel and I, we weren't always close friends at first. When I had first met her one night as I was going to see a punk band at a bar that I wasn't even allowed to go to, Rachel ended up saving me from a gang of thugs, or should I say assholes, who wanted to bother me, while I was just standing there minding my own business, she stood up to them as if she wasn't afraid of anything, and I loved her for it. After a while we ended up getting along great and began to hang out. Our relationship at that time. I would say. Was. Complicated. Because Rachel and I were really close with each other. And. We. Were. More. Than. Friends."
Max and Brooke both gasped.
"So your relationship with her was a love-?" Brooke asked.
"Yes. Brooke." Chloe answered. "We were together and were closer than we'd ever been when I first met her."
"But." Brooke began to say. "Did you know that she was also apart of the Vortex Club?"
"Yes. I know." Chloe answered. "She told me she was apart of the Vortex Club. I used to be apart of the Vortex Club. Along with her, Victoria Chase, and Nathan Prescott. But I'm no longer apart of the Vortex Club anymore. Because of Rachel's disappearance."
"Thank god." Max began to say. "I've heard that the Vortex Club is nothing but trouble. And Nathan Prescott is nothing but a selfish asshole if anything for almost killing you today in the girl's restroom."
"Wait Max?! What?!" Brooke shouted turning to Max. "Chloe was almost killed by Nathan Prescott in the girl's restroom today?!"
"Yeah." Max answered. "He had a gun pointed towards her head and was about to shoot her. Because he was angry at Chloe for telling him what to do, but luckily I saved her just before he was about to shoot her. By pulling the fire alarm and alerting the whole school."
"So it was you who had pulled the fire alarm this morning?!" Brooke asked.
"Yeah that was her." Chloe answered. "I didn't notice that she'd saved my life until I pulled up on the parking lot road about to leave the school before I got into trouble by David Madsen. And I saw her. She was being confronted by Nathan Prescott. When suddenly her friend Warren had saved her by getting beat up by Nathan Prescott. She's my hero."
"Oh my god!" Brooke replied putting both of her hands on Max's shoulders. "Is Warren okay now?!"
"Yeah he's alright now." Max answered. "I talked to him earlier this afternoon as I was coming out of the Girl's Dormitory to meet up with Chloe at her truck to her "Secret Hideout" that she'd been talking to me about all day and he seemed to be doing alright now."
"Well. That's great to hear." Chloe replied. "But I'm still not too sure about him Max. I just don't trust him."
"How could you not trust him?!" Max shouted. "He saved me from Nathan Prescott after all! And if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be hanging out with you and Brooke like I am right now! I trust him! And I think he's a great friend!"
"Well you're right!" Chloe shouted. "I believe you and I do think he's a great friend to you and all, but I just don't trust him! Why would he save you from Nathan Prescott just to get beat up by him?! Something tells me that it was just all an act!"
"So what are you saying then?!" Max shouted and walked toward Chloe. "That you don't think I should trust him?!"
"No. Max." Chloe answered. "That's not at all what I'm saying! I'm just saying that him and Nathan Prescott could be working together! And they can somehow be involved with Rachel's disappearance!"
"How could you even think that?!" Max shouted. "After everything that we've been through Chloe?! How could you not trust a great friend like Warren?! It's no wonder you wanted to scare him off earlier! Now I see why you really wanted to scare him off like that! Now he probably doesn't want to hang out and see me anymore knowing that you're always around me when I'm talking to him!"
"Max!" Chloe began to say. "That's not at all what I meant!"
"No Chloe!" Max shouted uncontrollably. "Now I know how you really are towards all of my friends! Including Brooke!"
"Max! Calm down!" Brooke shouted and got in between her and Chloe. "Please! Chloe's just looking out for you! As am I!"
Max looked at her with tears in her eyes.
"Max!" Chloe began to say. "Brooke's right! I'm only looking out for you and telling you to be careful for him!"
"Oh!" Max shouted looking towards Brooke then back to Chloe. "So now you got her siding with you now?! Alright! You know what?! Chloe! Brooke! Fuck the both of you! I'm leaving!"
Max began to walk out of the doorway, but Brooke pulled her shoulder back before she could walk away.
"Max!" Brooke shouting, almost about to cry. "Please don't go! Don't you fucking dare walk out of here without me!"
"No! Brooke!" Max turned back with tears in her eyes and shouted violently at her. "Just fucking let me go! I thought you said you fucking cared about me! Like the way I cared about you! But you fucking decide to side with my best friend over me and then fucking betray me just like that! I can't believe I fucking trusted you!"
Max violently brushed her arm away from her and ran out from the little shack.
"Max! Wait!" Chloe shouted after her. "I'm sorry!"
But by the time Chloe had said that, Max was already gone and out of the little shack. Chloe looked down at ground and sighed. She turned to Brooke who was in the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry I got you involved in all of this Brooke." Chloe replied. "It's my fault. Anyways. And I blame myself.
"No." Brooke said silently, wiping the tears from her eyes, her face all red from crying. "It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself. She'll eventually get over it. I know she will."
"Yeah. You're right." Chloe answered. "It isn't my fault, but it'll take her a while to get over what just happened. I know it."
"Yeah." Brooke said sadly.
Chloe sighed, arms crossed looking down at the ground.
"You know." Chloe began to say. "This reminds me of exactly how I felt that day, when my dad had died and he'd gone to pick up my mom from the grocery store in his truck."
"Chloe?" Brooke asked. "How exactly did your dad die? If you don't mind me asking."
"Oh. Hella no." Chloe answered. "I don't mind at all you asking. It's fine. Because I've gotten over his death a long time ago."
"Oh. I see." Brooke replied.
"But if you really want to know." Chloe answered. "My dad died in a car wreck while he was driving to pick up my mom from the grocery store. And then a truck driver ended up driving a red light. And that was that for my dad. Eventually my mom had to take a bus to get home. Instead she told me how it all happened."
"Oh Chloe." Brooke began to say. "I'm so sorry. That must've been really hard for you to go through. I'm sorry that happened to you."
"It's alright." Chloe answered. "It's fine. Really. Knowing that my dad was gone and I wasn't ever going to see him from that day on until now. I've gotten used to living with just my mom and my stepdad."
"Who's your stepdad?" Brooke asked. "My stepdad is the security guard. As you know him at Blackwell Academy.
"David Madsen?" Brooke asked curiously. "That's your stepdad?"
"Yeah." Chloe answered. "That's him."
"Oh wow." Brooke replied surprised. "I didn't know that."
"Well." Chloe began to say. "Now you know."
Chloe unfolded her crossed arms.
"I really hope Max will be alright." Chloe began to say. "I can't believe how much pain I must've caused her. And you. Especially."
"You don't have to worry about me Chloe." Brooke answered. "I'm fine. Really. I'm actually more worried about Max than myself right now."
"You know." Chloe began to say. " I can tell that you really do care about her. I hope I didn't ruin your friendship. I could tell that you really liked her and saw her in a way. Just like I always saw Rachel that way."
"Huh?" Brooke asked confused. "What are you talking about Chloe?"
"What do you mean Brooke?" Chloe asked. "Isn't it obvious? Don't you like Max?"
"Yeah. Of course." Brooke replied. "Of course I like Max. But why would you say that I like her in a way. That you saw Rachel in?"
"Because." Chloe answered. "That's not the type of "like" I was talking about. I was talking about the "like like" type of like."
"Like like?" Brooke asked. "What do you mean by that?"
"You know." Chloe answered. "The "like like" type of like. Like you're in love with her?"
"What?!" Brooke was freaking out, blushing hard. "That's crazy! I couldn't possibly like her that way! Could I?!"
"Well." Chloe answered, while she was grinning. "From the looks of your blushing red face. I would say so."
"Oh my god!" Brooke put her hands on her red cheeks. "Am I really blushing that hard?! This is so embarrassing!"
"It's alright." Chloe laughed. "I was like that with Rachel when I'd found out that I was in love with her, too."
"Really?!" Brooke asked, with both of her hands still on her red cheeks, blushing madly. "You were just like me when you found out you were in love with her?!"
"Yeah." Chloe laughed. "Although I was embarrassed by the fact that Rachel saw me blushing hard. She thought it was cute."
"Awww." Brooke replied. "You and Rachel must've been really close then. Huh. Chloe."
"Yeah." Chloe began to say. "We were. I knew her a lot ever since we met. She told me everything. I was her closest best friend that she ever met. And now she's gone."
"Don't say that. Chloe." Brooke replied. "I didn't know her much when I'd first arrived at Blackwell Academy. But I would've loved to get to know her a lot better. And I know that wherever she is right now. She's thinking about you. Right now. Missing you. Missing or not. Hoping to see you again. And when she does see you again. You can introduce her to Max and I. And she can be apart of the group. With the three of us."
"Yeah." Chloe began to say. "You're right. Thanks Brooke. That really means a lot coming from you. I appreciate it. Really."
"Hey." Brooke answered. "It's like I told Max before. That's what I'm here for. And if I'm apart of the group now. I got your back."
"And I got yours too." Chloe replied. "But anyways, let's get back to that whole "like like" type of feeling towards Max. When are you going to confess your feelings to her?"
"I don't know. Chloe." Brooke answered. "I'm not sure whether I really "like like" her that way or not. These feelings could just be not real. Fake. I don't know whether I actually like her that way or not. I'm just so confused on what to make of these feelings. Because I've never actually felt like this towards her before."
"Well." Chloe replied. "Maybe I could help you out with your feelings towards her? After all Max does tell me a lot that you're really special to her. And I mean like REALLY special to her."
"Oh!" Brooke answered. "Chloe. I was going to ask you earlier. But I had forgotten to ask you. You keep on saying to me that I'm really special to Max. Well I'm trying to figure out. What is it exactly about me that makes me SO special to her?"
"Well." Chloe replied. "Max tells me that You're .Outgoing. Always so kind. And generous towards her. Cute. Funny. And just so sweet. She's always telling about you. All the time."
"Wait. Really?" Brooke replied. "She said all that about me?"
"That's why I told you." Chloe began to say. That you must be SO special to her. Because I think she shares the same feelings that you share towards her."
"You really think so?" Brooke replied.
"I know so Brooke." Chloe answered. "And if anything I think Max deserves you just as much as you deserve her."
"Chloe." Brooke replied happily. "Thank you."
"What?" Chloe asked. "I was only just telling you the hard truth."
"No. It's not that." Brooke answered. "Thank you for making me realize my true feelings towards Max. Really. I really do appreciate it. Thank you so much."
"Alright. Alright." Chloe replied. "No problem. Don't start making me blush inside now."
Brooke and Chloe laughed.
"Listen." Chloe began to say. "I want you to take care of Max for me. Even if she hates me forever. I want you to at least do me a favor."
"Oh." Brooke replied. "And what would that be? Chloe?"
"Just." Chloe answered. "Watch over her for me. Okay? Can you do that? I may be her best friend. And she may still hate me for what I say. But I at least want you to take care of and watch over her for me if I ever disappear. And then the only person she'll be looking to. Is you. Brooke."
"Chloe." Brooke replied. "I will watch over her for you. But you're right. You're still her best friend. And. Yeah. She might hate you for you say. But you still need to be there for her while you're still here. Because she won't want to be looking to just me. She'll also want to be looking. To. You. Too. Don't ever forget that."
"I guess." Chloe began to say. "I guess you're right. Thanks Brooke."
"Hey." Brooke answered. "Like I said. That's what I'm here for."
"Don't push it." Chloe joked. "Please don't push it."
"I'm not." Brooke joked. "I'm just telling you the hard truth."
Brooke and Chloe laughed.
"Should we go see if Max is alright?" Brooke asked worried. "She's been gone for quite some time now. Since we started talking. And I'm really worried about her."
"Yeah. We should." Chloe answered. "Let's go. See where she went off to."
"Okay." Brooke replied. "Right behind you."
Chloe walked towards the doorway of the room that her and Brooke were talking in and went out of it heading towards the doorway that lead outside to the junkyard again, Brooke following behind.
"Max?" Chloe asked as she walked out of the doorway of the little shack, looking around the junkyard. "Are you out here?"
"Max?" Brooke asked worriedly following behind Chloe out of the doorway, looking around the junkyard, seeing no traces of Max. "Where could she be? Chloe?"
"I'm not sure. Brooke." Chloe began to say. "Should we check the truck?"
"Yeah." Brooke answered. "Let's go check the truck."
Chloe and Brooke walked to the truck, seeing no signs of Max anywhere inside the truck.
"Hmmm." Chloe replied. "No sign of her here either."
"Yeah. You're right." Brooke answered. "I wonder where she could've went off to."
"Yeah I know." Chloe replied. "I think-"
Chloe paused as she heard someone shouting just to the right of where her truck was. It was a familiar voice that she recognized. She turned towards the right of her.
"What is it-" Brooke asked her.
"Shhh." Chloe answered quietly. "Get down. Slowly."
Brooke did as she was told and got down to the front of the truck, crouching. Chloe got down and crouched next to her, listening to what the voice was saying.
"I want to know where my fucking money is!" The voice had shouted angrily. "And you're going to tell me where it is! Starting now!"
"Chloe?!" Brooke asked quietly, getting worried. "Chloe?! Who is that?!"
"Hold on. Brooke." Chloe answered quietly. "Give me a minute. I think I know who that voice belongs to."
"So?!" The voice shouted angrily. "You're not going to tell where it is?! Because if you don't tell me where it is! Starting now! Then you're going to be in a hell of a fucking lot of trouble of who you are fucking with here! And believe me! You do not want to fucking fuck with me!"
"Oh my god!" Chloe replied quietly. "I know who that voice belongs to."
"Who?!" Brooke replied quietly, still worried. "Who does that voice belong to?"
"It belongs to one of my drug dealers." Chloe replied. "His name is Frank."
"Frank?!" Brooke answered quietly. "One of your drug dealers?!"
"Yeah. That's right." Chloe began to say quietly. "He's one of my drug dealers. And I forgot that. Today he was here for his money of how much I owe him. For all of the drugs that I'd paid for this week. But I'm not sure who's he talking to. I'll need to take a peek of who he's talk to. Right. Now."
"Alright." Brooke answered quietly. "Be careful. Chloe."
"I will. Brooke." Chloe replied quietly. "I'll be right back."
Chloe quietly crouch walked toward a dumpster near the truck and got behind it so she wouldn't get caught by Frank. Chloe looked over to the right of the dumpster to see who Frank was talking to. Frank looked around him to scout the junkyard and then Chloe quickly backed away from where she was looking as he was about to look towards her way. Chloe couldn't get a close look of who he was talking to, because his whole figure was covering who he was talking to it seemed. Chloe decided to wait for him to turn back around to who he was talking to and head back towards Brooke who was still crouched down near the front of her truck. Frank turned back around to who he was talking to and Chloe quickly crouch walked back to the front of the truck next to Brooke again.
"Well?" Brooke asked quietly. "Did you see who he was talking to?"
"No. No such luck." Chloe replied quietly. "I couldn't see who his was talking to. He was covering who he was talking to. And I can't see who he's talk to. Without getting caught."
"Damn." Brooke answered quietly. "Well what are we going to do? We can't just stay here. He'll eventually look over here towards the truck."
"Yeah. You're right." Chloe replied quietly. "What if one of us-"
"Look I don't know who you are or what you want from me." Another voice called out. "But I don't have your money. Chloe does."
This time Chloe recognized that voice instantly. She knew exactly who it was.
"Oh my god!" Chloe replied quietly. "That's-"
"Max!" Brooke and Chloe answered quietly.
Chloe and Brooke immediately got up from where they where they were hiding and ran towards Frank and saw Max in view of them as they were running towards Frank with a gun in his hand and what Chloe and Brooke had saw where it was pointing shocked her and Brooke the most. Frank had a gun pointed to Max's head ready to fire. Chloe suddenly said something to stop him from shooting it.
"Frank!" Chloe began to shout. "Drop the gun! Now!"
"No!" Frank shouted back angrily, turning to Chloe. "I want my fucking money! Right here! Right now!"
"You'll get your money!" Chloe shouted. "Just please! Please! Let Max go!"
"First show me my fucking money!" Frank shouted back angrily.
"Chloe. Please!" Max shouted at her. "You don't have to do this!"
"Shut up Max!" Brooke shouted at her. "Chloe's trying to save you! Just let her do what she needs to do!"
"Well?!" Frank shouted at Chloe. "Where's my fucking money?! I'm waiting for you to hand it over to me! Then I'll let your friend go! All I want is my fucking money!"
"Hold on! You'll get your fucking money!" Chloe shouted. "Just give me a second!"
Chloe dropped her hand into her brown leather jacket pocket and showed Frank the cash money that she'd owed him.
"Here. Here's the money I owe you." Chloe began to say holding her hand with the cash out. "Right here."
"Well what are you fucking waiting for then?!" Frank shouted with one hand out for receiving the cash while the other hand was still pointing the gun towards Max's head. "Hand it fucking over to me! That's all I fucking want! Then I'll drop the fucking gun on your friend!"
"No. Frank." Chloe began to say. "First you drop the gun off of Max. Right. Now."
"Is this some kind of fucking joke?!" Frank shouted at Chloe tempting his aim of the gun more closer to Max's head. "Price hand over the fucking cash now!"
"Chloe! Hand him the cash now!" Brooke shouted worriedly. " Hurry! He's going to kill Max!"
"Brooke! Shut up!" Chloe shouted at her. "I know what I'm doing! Just trust me!"
"Chloe! Please!" Max shouted at her. "You don't have to do this! Really! You don't!"
"Shut up Max!" Chloe shouted at her. "Just wait for my cue."
Chloe looked at Max making sure she understood what she was saying. Max nodded and reached her hand to the back of her purse. Chloe turned to Brooke and nudged her head towards Frank's gun. Brooke nodded and understood what Chloe was planning towards. Chloe then looked back at Frank and continued talking to him.
"Frank." Chloe began to say. "If you want your fucking money. Then we're going to do this. My way."
"What the fucking hell are you talking about-" Frank shouted and turned to Chloe, not pointing the gun at Max's head anymore.
"Now Max!" Chloe shouted at Max.
Max charged at Frank with a knife in her hand and stabbed him in his right shoulder grunting knocking Frank down on the ground unable to get up to react right away to what was happening. The gun in Frank's hand had went sliding towards Max.
"You son of a bitch!" Frank shouted to Max. "You fucking bitch! You fucking stabbed in my fucking shoulder!"
"Brooke! Now!" Chloe shouted at Brooke.
Brooke ran towards where Frank's gun had slided and picked it up. She then ran back to Chloe to give her the gun and stood beside Chloe. Max took the bloody knife out of Frank's shoulder, which was bleeding pretty badly now. She ran towards Brooke and Chloe. She hugged Brooke instantly with the bloody knife still in her hand who began to cry with tears in her eyes as she accepted the hug and hugged Max back.
"Now. Frank." Chloe began to say, as she pointed the gun towards Frank's head. "If you ever mess with me or any of my friends ever again! I swear to fucking God! I will fucking kill you! So just take your fucking money and get the hell out of here! Now!"
Chloe kicked the cash towards Frank, who had his left hand on his right shoulder, covering up the cut where he had been stabbed by Max with the bloody knife. Frank got up slowly still badly injured to grab the cash that was lying on the ground. Frank then nodded groaning and walked away slowly from Chloe, Max, and Brooke. Chloe looked at him with a serious glare on her face as he was no longer in view of the junkyard. After a while she turned to Max and Brooke, who were both hugging and crying into each other's faces. Chloe looked down sadly at the ground then turned to them.
"Max. Brooke." Chloe began to say. "I'm so sorry that this happened. I didn't expect him to be here. This soon."
Max and Brooke broke the hug and both turned to Chloe their faces red from crying.
"It's okay. Chloe." Max replied smiling at her and Brooke. "Really. It's okay. I forgive you. Thank you two for saving me."
"We're glad." Brooke began to say smiling at Max and Chloe. "We're glad. You're okay. Max. We were so worried about you! Don't you ever run away from us like that! Especially me! Ever again!"
"Yeah. Max." Chloe answered smiling at Max and Brooke. "Don't ever run away like that! And I mean ever! Again! From now on. We all have to stick together. If we're a group now."
"Yeah you're right." Max replied. "I shouldn't of ran away like that. Back there. And now. I immediately regret that decision. I'm really sorry. Chloe. Brooke."
"Don't apologize." Brooke answered. "What matters is. You're here. Now. Safe and Sound. And. You didn't. Get hurt."
"She's right. Max." Chloe replied. "You didn't know this was going to happen. Neither. Did we. It was just. Random. So don't go blaming yourself. Okay? If anything. I'm the one who should be. Apologizing. To you."
"No. Chloe." Max answered. "Please don't. You don't have to apologize. Really. It's okay. I forgive you. I'm fine. Honest."
"Okay then." Chloe replied. "If you're sure then. I won't bother you with me. Apologizing. Then."
"Thank you. Chloe." Max answered smiling at her, hugging her. "It means a lot."
"Sure. No problem." Chloe replied hugging her back, smiling at Brooke. "That's what I'm here for."
Brooke joined in the hug and hugged both Max and Chloe.
"That's what we're here for. Max." Brooke answered Max. "That's what we're here for."
Max, Chloe, and Brooke headed towards the little shack again and went inside of it. The three of them then sat back on the couch. Max then started to say something to Chloe.
"So Chloe." Max began to say. "Do you mind telling Brooke and I who that was back there?"
"Yeah. Chloe." Brooke began to say. "Who was that Frank guy? You said he was one. Of your drug dealers?"
"Well. Max. Brooke." Chloe began to say. "Frank has been a good friend of mine. Up until. Today. That Is. When he was aiming his gun towards Max. I always owed him money whenever. We had a deal going on. And when I needed to get the money. For the drugs. That I owed him. I always stole the money. From my stepdad. Just to get the money. That I needed the drugs for. And he was always. Friendly. But. He's changed. After 5 years had gone."
"Oh. That explains it." Brooke replied. "Now I understand. Why you did what you did. Back there."
"Yeah. About that." Chloe laughed nervously. "You see. That was the last of the cash. That I had gotten. For the deal. From my stepdad."
"Oh." Brooke replied. "Why's that?"
"Because." Chloe answered nervously. "I knew. Eventually. He would turn up. Just like that. Pointing the gun. Not at. Max. But. Me."
"Really?!" Brooke asked. "That's actually. Pretty. Smart. Thinking. Right. There. Price."
"Yeah. Chloe." Max replied. "Really. Smart. Thinking."
"Yeah. I know." Chloe answered nervously. "That's exactly. What I was thinking."
"So Chloe." Max began to say. "Since you've known Frank. For the past 5 years. Would he. In any way be. Connected to Rachel Amber?"
"You know. Max." Chloe replied. "He has met Rachel before. But Rachel never liked him. Not one bit. So she never got to. Know him. As well as I know him. So. No. I don't think he would be. In any way connected to her."
"Oh I see." Max answered. "So. Where do we start by looking for Rachel then?"
"Well." Chloe began to say. "I've still got some dirt to pay off on that asshole. Nathan Prescott. So you and Brooke could go back to. Blackwell Academy. To question him. If he knows anything. About Rachel's disappearance."
"So." Brooke began to say. "You want Max and I. To go back to. Blackwell Academy. And question Nathan Prescott. On her disappearance."
"Exactly Brooke!" Chloe answered. "But if we're going to go back. To Blackwell Academy. Then. We better go there soon. To see what he's up to now."
"Yeah alright." Brooke replied. "That sounds like a good start. So far."
"Alright." Max answered. "So. We're doing this. Right. Now. I'm so in!"
"Alright." Chloe began to say. "Then let's get going. To Blackwell Academy. Now. Then."
"So. Chloe." Max answered, turning to Chloe and Brooke. "I have to ask. But. Did you and Brooke talk about anything important. That I missed. While I was gone?"
"Oh no." Chloe replied nervously, turning to Brooke, then to Max. "Not at all-"
"Not at all. Max." Brooke replied smiling, turning to Max.. "We just talked and talked. Nothing important. That you missed. Honest."
"Alright." Max answered smiling at Brooke and Chloe. "I believe you guys. But. Chloe. You're. Still. A. Dork."
"Yeah. You're right. Max." Chloe joked. "I'm still. Your dork."
"Awww." Brooke replied smiling, putting both of her arms in the middle of the couch over Max and Chloe's shoulders. "It's great to see. That you two made up. And became. Best friends. Again."
"Oh please." Chloe answered. "Max and I have made up. On far worse things. Than her getting. Mad. At. Me."
"Yeah. Right." Max joked. "That's why. You're. Still. A. Dork."
"Right. Sure." Chloe joked. "Whatever you say. Max."
"Well." Max replied. "I'm only telling you. Because. It's true. Dork."
"Now you both are starting to sound like dorks." Brooke answered.
"Are not!" Max and Chloe shouted playfully at Brooke.
Brooke laughed. Max and Chloe looked at each other. Then back at Brooke. Then Max and Chloe laughed. Along with Brooke. The three of them laughed as they joked around with each other again.
Max and Brooke were talking near Chloe's truck as Chloe was getting the truck started.
"So what are we going to do now?" Max asked.
"There's only one thing we can do Max." Brooke replied.
"And what is that Brooke?" Max asked.
"Well knowing that we're going to be searching for Rachel Amber, we might need to find out who's been hanging with her before she's went missing for the past few months now.
"Alright. So where would we have to begin?" Max asked.
"Max I think you might know where." Brooke replied. "If anything it's Blackwell Academy."
"Okay." Max replied. "But who would we need to start questioning at Blackwell Academy then?"
"Hmmm." Brooke said as she began to think about what Max had said. "Didn't Chloe mention that she's got some dirt on that asshole Nathan Prescott still?"
"You're right." Max replied. "But who will make him talk?"
"Well Max." Brooke began to say. "Between you and I. I would say that there's nothing stopping us when we're with each other right?"
"Yeah. You're right Brooke." Max smiled at her.
"Of course I'm right Max." Brooke smiled back at her. "When have I ever been wrong?"
"Hey!" Chloe shouted. "Are you guys coming? Or are you guys going to just stand there having a moment. While I wait for you guys. To come. Into the truck?"
Max and Brooke both laughed.
"We're coming Chloe!" Max and Brooke shouted.
Max and Brooke then entered the truck through the right door. Max allowed Brooke to enter first, so she would sit in the middle next to Chloe again. The two seemed to be getting along great ever since they met. And Max was glad for that. Max smiled at Brooke and Chloe. While Brooke and Chloe smiled back at Max. Max was glad that Brooke was apart of the group with her and Chloe now. And Max knew that Brooke and Chloe had her and each other's backs. And they would always be sticking together. From now on. As Chloe had said. Looking out for one another. Max then entered the truck and shut the truck door behind her. Sitting next to Brooke. Max, Chloe, and Brooke drove back to Blackwell Academy.
Max, Chloe, and Brooke arrived at Blackwell Academy. They were ready to confront Nathan Prescott. All of them got out of the truck. Headed to the front of Blackwell Academy. Then walked to the Boy's Dormitory. As soon as they entered the Boy's Dormitory. They headed to Nathan Prescott's door. Chloe said something to Max and Brooke before they went any further with what they were doing.
" is it." Chloe began to say quietly, turning to Max and Brooke. "Everyone remember the plan? Max? Brooke?"
"Yeah." Max replied quietly, turning to Chloe. "I remember everything. Chloe."
"Yeah." Brooked answered quietly. "I've got this all figured out. Chloe."
"Alright. Good." Chloe replied quietly. "Are you guys ready?"
"We're ready Chloe." Max and Brooke answered her quietly, turning to each other both smiling, then turning back to Chloe.
Chloe nodded.
"Alright." Chloe replied quietly with a serious look on her face, turning back to the door. "Here it goes then."
Chloe knocked hard on Nathan Prescott's door.
"Nathan!" Chloe shouted. "Open up! We've got some shit to discuss!"
Preview of Chapter 4 - The Secret Of Rachel Amber
"So." Max began to say. "Did you find any more information on Rachel Amber's disappearance?"
"Not yet." Chloe replied. "I didn't think it was going to be this hard to find out. How she went missing."
"We'll find her. Chloe." Brooke answered. "Whatever it takes. Just know that Max and I. We're always here for you."
"Yeah. Chloe." Max replied. "Brooke and I got your back. And most importantly. We have each other."
"Thanks. Max. Brooke." Chloe answered, smiling at Max and Brooke, pulling them both into a hug. "I really appreciate it. You guys are the best. You know? I'm lucky to have you guys always by my side."
"We would never abandon. Chloe." Max replied smiling, hugging Chloe back. "Not like Rachel did."
"And." Brooke answered smiling, hugging Chloe back. "We're not going anywhere. Anytime soon. Either. So. I guess. That means. You're stuck with us!"
"Yeah." Chloe replied smiling. "I guess you're both right. Max. Brook."
"But." Max answered smiling. "If. And. When. We do find Rachel Amber. We'll invite her to join. Our group. Just for you. How does that sound?"
"Yeah." Brooke replied smiling. "We'll invite her to join. Our group. As soon as we find her. And that's a promise. From Max and I!"
"Yeah." Chloe answered smiling. "That sounds great!"
"Alright." Max replied smiling. "Then it's settled."
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