A Storm Is Coming
Max and Kate are driving back to Blackwell Academy. Both of them and the rest of Blackwell students received text image on Max and Warren being naked in bed together. Max is driving Warren's car and she sees Kate's expression of disappointment of her.
"Whatever you maybe thinking, we did not have sex, I just slept with him with no clothes on," awkwardly excused Max.
"That photo shows you naked in bed together… what else what I am suppose to think," firmly explained Kate. "Even it is true that you did not have sex with Warren, what about everyone else? I got texts from Alyssa, Stella, and a few others saying they all got the same texts too. It won't be too long for the school and your parents find out about this too and I can guess they are going to frown upon this too."
"I know," answers Max as she takes a deep breath of regret.
Max and Kate arrive back to Blackwell Academy where Warren is waiting for them at the parking lot. Max and Kate get out of the car and Warren approaches them.
"I see you two got the text of us," Warren guessed.
"Yes, we did. I take the rest of the school got it too," answers Max. Warren gives a yes nod to Max.
Then David comes to the parking lot.
"Mr. Madsen?" yelped Kate.
"Kate… I want you to go back to the dorm room. I need to talk to Miss. Caulfield and Mr. Graham," David ordered Kate and Kate does so. "As for you two, I was ordered by Principal Wells two keep you two separate until your hearing on Monday at 8 o'clock."
"Yes Mr. Madsen," said Max and Warren in unison.
"Look, since I take neither of you sent those pictures… I will try to find out who sent that text. Do you have any ideas?" asked David.
"Well there's Nathan, you know I'm the one that saw him shoot Chloe," suggested Max.
"Would there by anyone else you could think of?" David questions.
Max shook her head no, but he does have another person in mind… Brooke.
"Well I will try to find who did this. You know to call me if anything else comes up. For the mean time, you two have to stay away from each other or even I may not prevent what happens to you two," warned David. "Joyce already knows about this and she told me to go easy on you two."
Max and Warren say goodnight to each other and returned to their dorm rooms since they figured it not a good night to spend the night together in either dorm rooms.
When Warren return to the hallway of the boys' dormitory, he got some howling from the other guys as he walked pass them. Even Logan smiles and thumbs up at him and then comments "welcome to the club". Warren fake smiles back at him, not knowing how he should react to that.
Max made to her dorm room. It wasn't long for her cellphone to ring from her mother. "Oh boy… here we go".
Max answers it in distress. "Max! Did I hear right from your principal that there is a picture of you and Warren naked in bed together?" loudly asked Vanessa who is on speaker mode with Ryan.
"Yes… but it is not what you think. We didn't have sex and the pictures was just us with our heads and shoulders… nothing more," she explains.
"Max! We were very forgiving when you and Warren were in that motel room together on my discount. However, you and that boy slept together without any clothes on? Who's idea was this?" Ryan angrily shouted through his cellphone.
"It was mine. It was my idea. I love him and I trust him," Max answered and explained.
"I know you do… but you are still too young to do something like that," said Ryan.
Then Vanessa cuts in… "Your father is right… and what about your school? What are they going to think about this? If you get yourself expelled over this… you are grounded until you are twenty years old and not allowed to see that boy or any other boys again until you graduated from college… you hear?" says Vanessa in a firm tone.
Then the next thing Max hears is a hang up tone.
On Monday at eight o'clock in the morning, Warren and Max meet with Principle Wells. Both of them are nervous and they could feel if their hearts could burst out of their chests.
"Let's get down to the point. I think you two know why you were called here," implied Principal Wells.
"Yes, Mr. Wells, " Max answered in a timid tone.
"Then you know it is against the school rules for a boy and a girl spending the dorm room together overnight," implied Principal Wells. "Also there is the issue that you two slept naked together too."
"…But we did not have sex and this happened off campus," Warren excused.
"Still we frown upon on what you two did… especially you Miss Caulfield are eighteen years old while Mr. Graham is still a minor… in this scenario this could be seen as statutory rape," Principal Wells implied.
Both Max and Warren's eyes widen to hear that Max could face statutory rape charges.
"Does statutory rape require me to be younger or Max to be older as 21?" cried Warren.
"That is out of my hands," said Principal Wells. "However what is not out my hands what kind of action I must take on you two. Mr. Graham… I have no choice but to suspend you for a week."
Warren felt his heart and stomach just sank a thousand feet down.
"As for you Miss. Caulfield, I got no choice but to expel you from Blackwell Academy," affirmed Principal Wells.
"WHAT?!" yelled Max and Warren in shock.
"…And I must call the police on you Miss. Caulfield since you slept with Warren, who is 16 years old and you are 18 years old. The police will be here in ten minutes to take you to the police station. Your parents will be here tomorrow to clean out your dorm room," Principal Wells continued.
The meeting is now over. Max is so sad and upset on what just happen and Warren couldn't feel more sorry.
"I'm so sorry Max… this is my fault," Warren admitted. "I'm the one that should get expelled… not you".
"No… it's mine… I'm the one who pushed us to be in that bed naked," Max noted.
Alyssa, Juliet, and Dana are waiting for them outside the hallway. "What happened?" asked Dana.
"I got expelled and I am going to be arrested," Max explained.
Then Dana and Juliet give Warren an evil look. "I think you should leave" Dana barked at Warren.
"Ok… I could take a hint," sobbed Warren. Then he leaves them alone.
"I don't know what to do now," cried Max.
"Don't worry, I will try to find out who got a hold of those photos and leaked them. Is there anyone you could think of?" asks Juliet.
"Brooke," Max quietly exclaimed. "I think it might have been Brooke. She has been more hostile and cold towards me ever since Warren and me started dating."
"Well Brooke does like Warren too, but you won over him and it sounds like Brooke is not willing to let it go," Alyssa implied.
Dana shook her head in disbelief and disgust when quietly saying, "that bitch".
Then they see the cops, one of them is Offer Barry come walking in. "Miss Caulfield… put your hands behind your back. You are under arrested for statutory rape," said Officer Barry.
In front of the whole school, Max is handcuffed, arrested, and then being escorted into a cop car waiting out in front. Everyone is in shocked and surprised to see Max getting arrested… except for Brooke who could not be happier to see Max getting expelled from school and getting arrested. "That is what you get for stealing my Warren away from me," she said in her head.
David also looks on and promises… "I promise Max… on the behalf of Chloe, I swear I am going to find out who is responsible for those leaks".
Warren gets on the phone. "Mom… are you still a defense attorney or know a fellow defense attorney right? If so then need a huge favor," request Warren.
End of chapter... how will Max get out of trouble?