Life is Strange: The Cruel Hand of Fate
Chapter 13 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.
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Chapter 13
A few days had passed; Max smiled, relieved, amazed that things had changed so drastically. She was on her way to the hospital to visit Warren; he was recovering well ever since he had regained consciousness. Reaching the hospital she bit her lip, considering how things had gone all previous times. She knew Liam and Emma would back her up, but she was getting tired of being dragged into these family dramas and hated the thought of how she was the cause of more friction in their family that was clearly already there.
'Poor Warren, I never knew he had such a...difficult family, his parents...' She thought to herself. 'God no wonder all the kids want to escape...At least Warren and Liam managed. I hope Emma does too, poor girl.'
She briefly spotted Emma as she made her way to Warren's room; the girl smiled at her but seemed to be in a rush. It was then Max realized the rest of the family were either dealing with paperwork, or at the cafeteria. Wherever they were it was clear there wasn't going to be any interruptions this time. She smiled and knocked on the door before entering Warren's room.
"Hey Max." He greeted her cheerfully.
Max grinned, Warren was sitting upright in the bed now, looking a lot better, if still a little pale.
Sitting down Max nodded happily.
"Hey Warren, it's good to see you looking better." She replied. "Is everything okay, are you…?"
He nodded happily. "Yeah, I'll be getting out of here soon. They still want me to come back every now and then for checks for a while. But I'm nearly fully recovered."
She grinned, overjoyed by the news. "That's great."
Warren nodded; but then sighed. "Max I...I'm sorry by the way, for my parents."
"It's alright; they weren't much trouble when Liam arrived." She replied.
Warren laughed a little and shook his head at that. "Yeah, that surprised me, I never imagined Liam would show up, I mean, after he left and my parents disowned him..."
"I didn't even know you had a brother." Max said.
Warren sighed. "Uh yeah, that's my fault. Until I saw him, after I woke up and we talked...I never spoke to him, he left when he was my age and...I was still stuck with our parents, Emma too, I..."
She could see his conflict and Max understood.
"You felt he abandoned you both?" She finished for him.
Warren nodded. "Yeah, then I finally understood, when I reached the same age...ended up doing the same thing. But I still tried to stay in touch with Emma at least."
"She mentioned that; she never blamed you, I think she understood too."
Laughing lightly Warren responded. "She understood probably from when Liam left, I'll never understand it...I swear Max, Emma's the smartest of all three of us."
Max also laughed at that.
They sat in comfortable silence for a while.
"Max, what's been happening since I was...you know?"
She sighed but then explained. "They were caught Warren, the guys who attacked me and shot you. They confessed everything and, thanks to them and the evidence the police uncovered, Sean Prescott was arrested and finally taken down. His projects have been abandoned and things actually seem to be improving around Arcadia Bay."
"Whoa, okay, that was unexpected, but...good." He replied, smiling.
Max nodded, sharing the details that had been learned from the trials and everything she could remember. Warren was surprised yet delighted to hear it. Finally however, she knew she couldn't hold it back any longer. Her feelings had been growing slowly stronger and she couldn't deny them any longer. Her fears had almost taken her over regarding them.
"Warren." She said, getting his attention. "I...there's something I need to tell you. I was so afraid when you were in a coma. I...was afraid I'd never get to tell you."
Warren started at that. "What, tell me what?"
She sighed. "Do you remember, what you told me at the movies, before the attack?"
He nodded at that, blushing. "Max, I..."
"Please, hear me out. I…" She took a deep breath. "I remember what you said, you love me, well...I love you too Warren, I love you and I realize it now, more than ever."
Warren's eyes widened and then he smiled. "Max I...I'm sorry I worried you; but, you really..."
She nodded, both of them smiling and then, with only the briefest hesitation, they closed the gap between themselves and kissed. Unaware that, from the door, his family was witnessing this event.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
