Hey again guys! Sorry the update took so long. School started up again and I've been busy with homework. So anyways here's the 3rd chapter, and things are starting to pick up. Enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own the Thundermans

Chapter 3: Making The Best Out Of A Bad Situation

The rest of the day was a blur, after we had gotten the assignment Max had invited me over to his house after school to work on our project. Honestly, I was excited about it. I really liked Max, he was a real sweetheart, despite what I've heard.

After the final bell rang, I made my way to my locker. Dialing in the combination and pulling out the books that I needed. As I closed my locker I got a weird sense of déjà vu, and image of brightly decorated lockers flashed through my mind. I gripped my head as a wave of pain rolled over me, like the memory physically hurt me. As the pain subsided I felt a hand on my arm.

"Juliet, are you alright?", came a concerned voice that belonged to Max.

I nodded, "Yeah, it's just a headache. I'm fine. We should go, I have to stop off at my house to grab my laptop"

"Alright", he didn't sound totally convinced.

"Really Max, I'm fine", I grabbed his wrist and pulled him out of the school, while still rubbing my temple with my free hand.

We walked down the sidewalk in silence, until he blurted, "Where did you go?"

"Huh?"

"With your dad? In class you said that you use to travel with him when he did his wildlife studies"

"Oh!", I dropped my gaze to my hands and realized I was still holding onto Max's wrist. "We would go all over the world but, mostly Europe"

"That's awesome, I haven't left the state and here you are traveling around the world"

"Yeah, it was", I let go of his wrist, "But I don't do that anymore"

"Why not?"

"My dad…..", suddenly I was trying not to cry, "..H-he died".

Max pulled me into a hug, "Hey, it's alright", he cooed rubbing my back to calm me down. I buried my face in his shoulder and let out a sob. He continued rubbing soothing circles on my back. Gradually my sobs died down and I stopped crying all together, and we just stood there, my face, still buried in he shoulder and his arms were wrapped around my waist. "Sorry, I kind of ruined your shirt", I said gesturing to the dark spot on his shirt.

"It's fine", he smiled, using his thumb to wipe some tears off my cheek, "I never really liked this shirt anyway"

I laughed for the first time ever since I moved here. Then he grabbed my hand and began walking again, I tried to ignore the butterflies in my stomach ever time he touched me. He'll never like me anymore than a friend, "Come on, we still have a project to do", Max said pulling me along.

"This is your house? It's huge!", Max gawked

"Yeah, I know. But it's always empty, mum's never home.", I said unlocking the front door.

I led Max into the den, "Wait here I'll go and get my laptop", I began to walk away but, then I thought of something, "Oh, and don't break anything".

Chuckling as I walked into my room, I noticed a box sitting in the corner that hadn't been unpacked. Which I thought was odd because I was pretty sure I unpacked all of my things. The laptop completely forgotten, I opened the box and realized, it was my dad's research. The box was full of old videos and field journals.

"Juliet, what are you looking at?"

I jumped, dropping the journal that was in my hand, Max had walked upstairs and found his way to my room. "Um.. Just some of my dad's things.", I said holding the journal out to him.

"Wow, there's a lot of stuff in here"

"Yeah there is, years of research about wolves. Their behaviors, eating habits and hunting patterns. We could use these videos and journals in our presentation, if you want".

"That would be great, grab your laptop and I'll bring the box"

Nodding, I got up and walked over to my desk to grab my laptop. Then back downstairs with Max following me with the box. "Ready to go?", I asked

"Yeah, lets head over to my house, so we can get started"

"Hey, I'm home!", Max yelled as he opened his front door. As soon as I stepped through the front door my nose wrinkled, that odd scent hit my nose again. An older woman, who I assumed was Max's mother walked out of the kitchen, "There you are Max! What took you so long?", She turned her attention from him and finally caught sight of me. "And who is this?"

"I'm Juliet. I just moved here, and Max rocking-up late is my fault. We stopped at my house to get some things for a school project". She gave me a confused look, then smiled, "Oh, it's quite alright dear. And it's nice to meet you. My names Barb Thunderman, but you can call me Barb".

"Nice to meet you, Barb", I smiled

"Hey! I don't mean to butt into the conversation, well actually I do, but we've got a project to do, and this box is getting heavy", Max cut in.

I sighed, "Okay fine where do you want to work on it?"

"Down in my room", he started to walk away and I had no choice, but to follow him.

His room was incredible, more of a lair than a room. Max walked to his large desk and set the box down. Then opened it and began taking old journals out, I just stood there smiling slightly, "He looked so adorable. No! Stop it Juliet, he doesn't like you like that". I walked up behind him, "So, what do you want to start with?", I said breaking the silence causing him to jump and knock some of the books off the table, I guess he forgot I was here. "Oops", he said bending down to pick the books up. I crouched down to help, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you"

"No, it's fine. I just hope I didn't damage any of these", he said reaching for a book. I stopped when I felt his hand on top of mine as I was about to pick up a book. I looked up and locked my golden eyes with his chocolate brown ones, and felt a flutter in my chest. He swallowed, but didn't move his hand away, in fact he started to lean in. My eyes flicked down to his lips then back up to his eyes, and I began to lean in too. His nose brushed against mine and I could feel his breath ghosting over my lips.

"MAX!", came a yell from upstairs. We both jumped and snapped apart blushing. The girl from biology, the one that was partnered up with Cherry came thundering down the stairs, and she did not look happy.

"Phoebe! What do you want I'm busy!", Max yell right back at her

She stopped finally realizing that I was standing there, "Oh…. Hey Juliet", she waved at me, then turned back to him.

"Why did you ditch me? I waited at school for you for half an hour!"

"Sorry sis", he shrugged, "Something more important came up"

"Like what?", she said putting her hands on her hips

"Oh. Nothing", he said rising his eye brow and smiling at me, causing me to turn an even darker shade of red.

Phoebe seemed to get it, "Okay, whatever", she turned and stalked up the stairs.

"You ditched your sister to walk home with me? Seriously?"

"Hey, your cute. I wasn't going to pass up an opportunity to walk a cute girl home", he shrugged like it wasn't a big deal, but he was defiantly blushing.

"Y.. You think I'm cute?", My mind was spinning, "Did he seriously like me? I mean I like him, hell I might even love him. Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!". Max's warm hand grabbing mine snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Juliet, I think your beautiful, sweet and caring, and you deserve way more than what I can give you, but will you go out with me?"

I just stood there at a loss for words, "He feels the same way?". When I didn't answer his face fell and he backed up, letting go of my hand, "Okay, if you don't want to that's fine".

I unfroze, still unable to formulate a response, but I couldn't let him think that I didn't like him, I panicked and grabbed his wrist stopping his retreat. He looked confused, "Juliet, seriously if you...", I cut him off by crushing my lips against his. I felt him stiffen for a second, then his lips responded to mine. His hands gripped my waist and my arms went around his neck.

We only broke apart when we needed oxygen, standing there panting, Max asked, "So, is that a yes?"

I laughed and gave him a quick peck, "Of course it's a yes"

Maybe living here wasn't going to be so bad after all.

A/N: Hope you liked it. Next chapter should be up soon. Review please!