Life is Strange: The Cruel Hand of Fate

Chapter 14 of my Life is Strange story, a bit short but still good hopefully, meant to simply set us up for the next chapter basically.

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Chapter 14

Warren was tense, this was supposed to be a good day, he was due to be released from hospital. But he was finding himself having to deal with an unwanted difficulty, his parents.

"Just what have you come to start now?" He asked defensively.

His father shook his head. "Warren, we...Look, we want to talk to you, about this girl."

Warren reacted instantly. "We've been through this; I love Max, she loves me and there's nothing you can do about it."

His mother sighed. "Warren we...we were wrong."

He froze, startled by that; he couldn't have heard that right.

"We know who she is now...properly know who she is." His mother continued. "We heard about her friend."

His father agreed. "Yes, we, we didn't realize the whole story."

Warren raised an eyebrow. "How can I trust you about this?"

"We're not asking you too." His father said at last. "We just want you to know, we are truly sorry and...and that we were wrong."

Warren bowed his head, he wanted to believe this, he truly did. But he wasn't sure.

Finally he sighed.

"I want to believe you, I hope this is true." He said at last. "It has to be true, for all our sakes...for Emma especially."

His mother nodded. "I know Warren, I know, we just wanted what was best for her...for all of you. But we were blind to what truly was best."

"We will make up for this Warren, somehow." His father said.

Warren made up his mind there and then to give his parents one last chance, but this truly was the last one.

He had hopes however, especially when Max came by to see him just before he left. When she entered his hospital room, she tensed, but his parents remained calm.

"Maxine?" His mother began softly.

Biting her lip, Max nodded. "Uh...yeah..."

Warren knew how much Max hated that name, but he decided this wasn't the best time to bring that up.

"We just wanted to say..." His mother continued. "We are sorry, for everything."

His father added. "We just learned your history; we never realized how...bad things were for you. We are so very sorry."

"We also saw just how much you cared about Warren." His mother added.

Max was startled and looked over at Warren, he nodded, letting her know they had already spoken to him and said the same thing to him.

She smiled softly. "I...I understand, thank you."

With great relief, things seemed to be getting better, although Warren knew his family would all be leaving soon; he was glad to finally be getting out of hospital.

As they left the hospital, Warren could see Max was smiling, somewhat mysteriously.

"Max?"

She shook her head. "Sorry Warren, I can't say anything...Just, we've got a surprise for you."

Warren quirked an eyebrow at that. "Surprise?"

"You'll see."

Grinning he decided to play along and together with Max they began to make their way back to Blackwell. Upon returning to the campus, Warren was surprised to see that there didn't seem to be anybody about. Max was also leading him towards the main building itself.

"Max..."

She shook her head again. "C'mon Warren, we're nearly there. Trust me."

He sighed softly. "I do, more than anything."

Laughing at that, Max led him inside the building and towards the school's main hall. Nodding to him, Max indicated for him to go ahead. Wary, yet full of anticipation, Warren stepped forwards, opened the door and stepped into the hall.


End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.