Chapter 9

Maxie groaned as she opened her eyes to see what time it said on her digital clock. It read: 7:05 A.M.

"How can you stand to get up this early?" Maxie asked hearing Cooper move around the room.

"I don't know, I'm a light sleeper I guess,"

Maxie nodded and was ready to speak when she heard Georgie's voice outside the door.

"Maxie get up,"

I'm up," Maxie said springing out of bed as if someone had set firecrackers off in her bed.

Just as Maxie thought Georgie was getting ready to head back to her room, she heard her voice again.

"Hey Maxie, are you going to go to your classes tonight at PCU?"

Maxie gave a questioning look.

"Why? Who wants to know?" Maxie asked even though she had an idea who it was.

"Mac," Georgie answered.

Maxie rolled her eyes and mumbled something cooper couldn't quite hear.

"I might but don't press me on it," Maxie said knowing the next thing out of Georgie's mouth would be a long lecture why she should go.

She sighed with relief when she heard Georgie sigh and walk down the hall to her bedroom.

Cooper wanted to ask about her not wanting to go to PCU but decided to wait a little while before he did. After that, he and Maxie proceeded to get ready.

Later that day Cooper looked up to see Maxie heading towards him.

"Hey," Maxie said once she reached him.

"Hey," Cooper replied.

Even though some of the awkwardness from the kiss had gone away, it was still there.

A silence fell between them.

"Earlier when your sister asked you if you were going to your classes at PCU you said you weren't sure. Why don't you want to go?" Cooper asked breaking the silence that had been hanging between them.

Maxie sighed.

"I don't want to go because during the summer when I was doing all the stuff to get Lucky's attention I stopped going to my classes, so it would take forever for me to catch up,"

"Plus, the class I took was geared toward writing about fashion like you would if you were on staff at a magazine," Maxie added.

"I don't see the problem; you said your dream job was to work for a fashion magazine this class could help you do that,"

Maxie sighed.

"Yeah, but like I told you when we were stuck in the vault my writing skills stink so, that pretty much guarantees I'd fail the class,"

"Okay but what did I tell you when we were talking about it?"

"You asked me why I'd just work in retail all my life when I could be so much more," Maxie said remembering the conversation they'd had…

"So what were you doing here tonight?"

"I work at the boutique. It's the only store in town that sells couture."

"Oh, right -- fashion."

"High-end fashion, all of the hottest designers."

"Do you like working retail?"

"Well, it's not as if I have a lot of options. I'm not smart like my sister or driven like my cousin. Pretty much, the only thing I've ever been really good at is lying, which is exactly why this job is perfect for me. I have no problem telling people why they need to buy some extremely expensive outfit that really should only be worn by an anorexic model from Milan. And, who knows? Maybe in a few years, I'll make manager."

"Why would you want to do that when you could be so much more?"

"I meant that you know," Cooper said bringing Maxie out of her thoughts.

Maxie offered a small smile.

"Fine I'll go but the class starts right after I get off work so it'll be late when I get home,"

"That's no problem, I think I've become an expert on how to get in through your bedroom window by now," Cooper said teasingly.

Maxie laughed.

"Okay but Maybe tomorrow morning we could go to Kelly's for breakfast so we don't have to inhale our food because we're afraid one of my family members will catch us,"

"Sure. That sounds good to me," Cooper said.

With that, Maxie left Metro Court and headed to PCU.

Maxie sat at her desk listening to the professor explain the assignment.

"For this assignment you have to act as if you're on the staff of a fashion magazine and write an article that is two pages long. You have to have a rough draft and a final draft. The final draft has to be typed and edited,"

How am I supposed to pull this off? Maxie asked herself as she resisted the urge to groan. Her thoughts were interrupted by the professor speaking again.

"You can also include pictures from fashion websites just make sure you credit the website, you're dismissed,"

With that, everyone got up and left the classroom.

A/N: Next chapter look for more bonding while watching Greys Anatomy. Can you tell I like greys Anatomy? LOL