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Chapter 5: Flashbacks

Tyson turned up the music he was listening to; trying to drown out his thoughts of what was happening a few seats away from him. His heart was beating fast and he felt almost like he was going to die. The G-Revolutions (and Alan) were currently on the airplane which would take them to their resort in Disney World and so far, an hour into the flight, Tyson was absolutely miserable. There were three people to a seat with Tyson, Kai, and Ray on the left and Max, Alan, and Kenny on the right. After they had taken off a movie had came on in the screen above each aisle. The movie just happened to be one of Max's favorites so when it came on he turned to him to see if he was watching. That was when he felt his heart drop. The smile on his face quickly dropped and he looked away quickly so that his eyes found themselves looking into the clouds. For some reason, just the thought of Max and Alan kissing was enough to bring the teen's mood to low, but to see them making out just a few feet away simply hurt him harder than ever. He kept asking himself why he cared even though he clearly knew the answer. He put his earphones in his ears and turned some music on to try to calm himself. He knew he shouldn't have been getting worked up over something as silly as this but he couldn't help it. Kenny and Ray had fallen asleep during the flight and Kai had gone to the bathroom leaving him all alone on his side.

Max finally stopped kissing Alan when he noticed Finding Nemo was on the screen. "Hey Alan this is one of my favorite movies of all time!" he said to the other blonde.

"That's nice. Lets kiss some more." He said trying to kiss the boy again.

"No not right now. I like this movie." Max replied playfully pushing the boy away.

"Whatever wake me when we get there." Alan said closing his eyes.

Max shrugged his shoulders. 'Maybe Tyson will watch it with me.' He thought getting out of his seat and walking over to where Tyson was sitting. He sat down next to him and smiled. "Finding Nemo's on." He said shaking the boy's shoulder. Tyson didn't budge; he only turned up his music and continued to stare outside. "Tyson you ok?"

The bluenette turned his head. "Can you leave me alone for a little?" Tyson said not looking directly at him. He didn't say it with force; he just sort of mumbled it.

"But we love this movie. We used to stay up wat-"

"Maxie I just want to be alone right now." Tyson said interrupting him.

"Oh. Ok. Sorry I bothered you." He said looking down. He hugged his knees wondering why the boy was suddenly depressed. He'd hoped he had done nothing to upset him. He was happy just before they got here so he didn't understand what could have upset him.

"Max?" the boy said suddenly.

"Yeah?" Max replied still looking down.

"Get some sleep kay? I'm just tired is all." Tyson said not wanting to hurt the blonde's feelings.

"Ok." Max said feeling better now that he knew he wasn't being ignored. He snuck a look at the blue haired blader to see he had fallen asleep that quick.

(Max's POV)

I couldn't help but watch him sleep for some reason. It's like when I saw his face just totally relaxed, I wondered why I couldn't be in that state. It was just something about him. I mean I really like Alan too but when I kissed him, something was missing. But when I kissed Tyson I-. I felt something. Ok we didn't really kiss, and it was probably just a mistake that our faces were even that close. Plus I don't have a crush on my best friend. I'm going out with Alan. But how come there's this feeling I get every time I see that blue haired boy smile? Its more than friendship I can feel it, but I'm afraid of what that feeling might be. Gah! This is not helping me get to sleep at all! I need to think of something relaxing, like when Alan and I first met. That should be interesting enough to put me to sleep.

(Flashback Normal POV)

Max launched Draciel into the arena at a high speed. He kept the beyblade spinning in the middle trying to work on its balance with the new ring he added. The blade started to wobble and Max retracted it before it fell, sighing before preparing to launch again. "Hey Max?" his father suddenly yelled from upstairs. He was downstairs practicing in the basement of his father's shop when he heard him. He put his blade away and walked upstairs.

"Yeah dad?" he said looking up at him.

"I'd like you to meet our sponsors. They're the ones who got you that rare defense ring you've been practicing with." He said gesturing to the people standing before him. There was a woman with an all black suit with blonde hair. She had on a great smile and looked nice as it is.

"It's nice to meet you young man." She said in a very polite voice.

"Um likewise." Max said shaking her outstretched hand.

"This is Claudia and her son Alan. They've moved into our town recently from America. Claudia and I used to take turns watching you too when you were little. You probably don't remember." His father said still smiling.

"Hey nice to meet you." Max said politely.

"You too." Alan said returning the smile. He had straight blonde hair, blue eyes, and a red shirt. His pants were a bright blue. Over the shirt he had a blue jacket that resembled Tyson's except the sleeves were rolled down.

"I figured since you were about to go to practice you could take Alan along and introduce him to the gang." Mr. Tate said.

"Yeah that sounds ok. Let's go Alan." Max said walking to the door. They made it to the grassy area where they practiced quickly and they saw that the gang was already there. "Hey guys! Sorry I'm late." Max said walking over to them. "This is Alan. His mom sponsors the bey gear my dad gets at the shop."

"Oh awesome! Nice to meet you!" Tyson said smiling at the boy.

Alan looked at the boy and made a face. "Who are you weirdo's?" the boy said stubbornly.

"What?" Tyson said suddenly looking dumbfounded.

"Um these are my friends." Max said excusing the comment. "Tyson, Ray, Kai, Kenny, Daichi, and Dizzy." Max said pointing to each as he said their name.

"Oh whatever, lets go back to the shop." Alan said walking away.

Tyson watched Alan and the excused from practice Max walk away. "I don't like him." The blader said crossing his arms.

"Ok Tyson back to work."

(Back to Max's POV)

From that day on Alan and I started to hang out more often. I guess that's when Tyson and I kinda drifted apart. But it's ok now. I mean were best friends again. It's going to stay that way too. At least I hope it will. I almost lost him once; I don't want it to happen again. But Alan is my boyfriend; I have to spend time with him. Then at the same time, Tyson is… Ok this isn't helping me sleep. I really need to talk to him once we land. He looked upset just a moment ago. The only other time he said he wanted to be alone was when I asked him to come over for game night. Boy did that give me a scare when he said no. I felt so bad about blowing him off. The real shocker was when Alan asked me out though. Maybe that will put me to sleep. Not in a bad way though mind you.

(Flashback (Again) Max's POV)

"Bye Tyson!" I yelled at the boy as he walked off to his house. Its to bad Alan came over though, I really was looking forward to playing more with him to today. It was fun. I looked at Alan and brought the smile back to my face that had disappeared when Tyson left. Yes the smile was fake but I wouldn't be the Max you all knew if I didn't throw one out there from time to time. "So what game did you get?" I asked Alan.

He shook his head. "I didn't get a game. I wanted to ask you something." He held my hand and I blushed. "Will you go out with me Maxie?" (Somewhere a few blocks away a certain blue haired boy twitched uncontrollably.) I blushed a deep red. He had just asked me out! Out of nowhere! I didn't respond, I mean how could I? It was too sudden. "I'll take that as a yes." He said before kissing me fully on the lips. I panicked but didn't pull away and let him kiss me. Besides what was the harm? No one was getting hurt right?

"Alan, I"

"Shhh. Come on, lets go on a date." He said pulling me along with him. My head was still spinning and I didn't really know what to do. How was I going to break this to the guys? That after three months of knowing him I'm finally going out with him? What about Tyson? Man this is going to be rough. We walked back to the shop just as Dad was closing it; hand in hand. He looked up from his desk and saw us walk in. I was blushing pretty hard and Alan was smiling. "Hey Mr. Tate! Can I borrow Max for a few more hours?" he asked.

"Sorry Alan, I need Max to help me count stock." Dad said putting the pencil in his hand in the crook of his ear.

"Oh well bummer. I'll come by tomorrow night Maxie." He said before kissing me on the cheek. He walked out and the door clinged behind him.

"So you two are going out I take it?" Dad said continuing to count stock.

I sat on the counter. "Yeah." I answered him.

"You don't sound too happy about it."

"Well, I am really; I guess it just feels sort of sudden. And I feel bad for Tyson as well." I said swinging my legs on the counter looking at the floor.

"When are you going to tell him?"

"Huh?" I said suddenly turning around.

"You're going to have to tell him some time Max. He's your best friend right? He deserves to know.

I sighed. "I know. I don't know if I can face him though. We were having so much fun today then Alan comes, he leaves when it was supposed to be our day, and then I show up saying were going out the next day? There's no way."

"I guess your right. Why did you say yes then?" he said turning around to look at me. I was silent for a moment, I couldn't think of an answer. "Go on home Max. It's been a long day anyways." He suddenly said smiling.

"But don't you need help with the stock?" I asked getting off the counter.

"No, its only minor stuff. I just wanted to talk with you as all. I was kind of expecting Tyson to be with you so when I saw Alan I guessed what had happened."

I gave him a big hug. "Thanks Dad." I then walked out of the store and to our house a few minutes away. We had recently moved once the whole world in crisis thing was over. We were now living about a minute from Tyson by the riverbank where we first met in a house newly built. I walked to the house and kept my head down. To get to our block we had to take a right from Tyson's house, go across the street to the left and you couldn't miss the all white house looking at the river. I didn't want to look at the dojo as I walked past it. I felt too bad so I kept walking. I planned that I would tell Tyson tomorrow before practice.

(Back to Max's POV)

As you can see, that didn't work out at all. I wanted Tyson to be the first I told. Instead everyone got the shock of their life when I announced it when the power went out. I took a deep breath before letting it go and closing my eyes. I leaned my head over to the right and it fell on something strong but cozy. I snuggled up closer to it before suddenly falling asleep. I wonder what that object was.

(Normal POV 2 hours later…)

"Hey Max! MAX! Wake up." The blonde opened his eyes and saw an all navy blue airport seat in front of him. He looked around to see where the voice came from before he finally realized it was Tyson. He closed his eyes wanting a few more minutes of sleep.

"Come on Maxie, I'm ok with you sleeping on me and all but I can't feel my right arm." He heard the boy say right next to him.

Max opened his eyes and realized that in his sleep he had wrapped his arms around Tyson's arm and was currently snuggled into him. He blushed and quickly let go. "Sorry." The blonde said blushing.

Tyson moved his arm around before stretching and standing up. "It's ok. You must have been sleeping pretty well huh?"

"Yeah. Are we here?" he answered him standing up seeing that all the other passengers were getting there bags down.

"Yup, look outside." Tyson said gesturing towards the window.

The blonde looked outside to see that they had indeed arrived. "I can't believe were going to Disney world!!" he said suddenly getting hyped up again.

The process to get off the plane, to the bus, and to the hotel was a long and tiring one. The line to get off the plane was super slow and everyone was bunched up trying to get off. Once in the actual airport they had to wait for their bags to come through, sign in, and wait an hour for the bus. Once the shuttle had finally gotten there they climbed in and enjoyed the privacy of the two hour ride. There were no people except for the bladers and Alan and the shuttle was nicely air conditioned. But the ride was still pretty boring as there were no real sites to see on the way to their destination. Max and Alan however managed to pass the time by making out during most of the trip. Tyson was aware and tried to occupy himself by looking outside. There were 4 two person seats and you can guess who sat where. Tyson was alone in the back seat across from Kai and Ray, and behind Kenny. He didn't feel like talking however. After he had woken up from his nap on the plane he felt fresh and like nothing had happened. Like his old self. But seeing this simply brought the pain back and he decided on ignoring the two whenever they were together. Hopefully this would help cope. When the shuttle finally got to the 5 star hotel they were staying in they all felt excited. It was about 6 o' clock so they still had time to do at least one thing before dinner which was served at 9.

(Tyson's POV)

Damn I'm happy to be off of that plane and in the actual park. It took us half an hour to unpack in the giant hotel suite that we had which I'll describe to you later. It took forever! But anyways after we were done we headed to the actual thing we came to see. Disney World. We walked into the giant plaza marveling at its gigantic-oscity. Ok that's not a word but this place was gigantic! I wonder who I get to enjoy it with.

"Hey Max come on! Let me show you my favorite part of this place!" Alan said dragging the blonde into the crowd.

"Be at 'The Ball' at nine!" Ray said to Max before he was dragged off.

"I want to check out something of my own." Kenny said straightening his glasses and walking off.

"Well that just leaves us then." Ray said looking at me and Kai. "What do you want to do Tyson?" Ray asked me.

"I-I don't know. You guys can go ahead. I'll meet you at 'The Call' at nine ok?" I said wanting to explore.

"It's 'The Ball', Cinderella section. Are you sure?" Ray said looking at me like only he could.

"Yeah. I'm not sad, I just want to explore." I said smiling.

"I guess you knew what I was thinking huh?" he said laughing.

"Yup. Later." I said before walking into the giant crowd. I wasn't really thinking about Max and Alan anymore. My curiosity got the better of me. I kept walking through the crowds, looking in stores, being hounded by fans and getting on a few rides to boot. All this took up most of my time and at about 8:30 I planned to head back. As you can tell nothing really happened. Time passed quickly and I soon found myself heading to 'The Ball' for dinner. Oh yeah, my birthday is coming up too! In two days, I will be 16. I think they might be planning a party so I didn't say anything. I just hope no one forgets. Especially Max.

Sorry for the rushed ending but I need to get started on the next chappy! Its going to be… interesting. Let's just say Tyson's b-day is coming up and he is going to make an unusual friend. How will Max react? Trust me stay tuned, you don't want to miss the next one!

But on other matters; Plz review! Any ideas or suggestions are surely welcomed.