A/U so I deleted chapter 4 because I wasn't happy with it, and added a little more detail in it. Not much but, it's extremely noticeable, and hopefully better written. Let me know what you guys think, feedback helps a lot good and bad especially since this is my first FanFiction.
"Chloe, get up already! My parents are on their way back." Rachel screams from the bottom of the stairs. "You better not still be in bed. I told you before to get up." The floor begins to shake with Rachel running up the stairs. "Where the hell are you?"
Chloe rolls over in the bed. Covering her ears with the pillow to ignore Rachel's stomping. Rachel rushes through the door and sees Chloe under the blankets, her back turned to her. Fire comes from Rachel's eyes at the sight of Chloe still in bed. She breathes in calmly.
"If you don't get your ass out of that bed! Don't pretend like you haven't heard me this whole time!" Rachel screams at the top of her lungs. Chloe scrunches into a ball under the blankets. Rachel eyes the situation and walks to the end of the bed. "Hope you are wearing clothes this time," Rachel thinks to herself. She grabs the covers and pulls. Chloe grabs onto the blanket and pulls back. The two play tug of war with the blanket with neither making much ground on the other. Rachel lets go and sigh.
"Stubborn as always," Rachel says under her breath. Chloe, eyes still closed, smirks as she pulls the blanket back over her. Rachel crosses her arms with a sour look across her face, eyeing Chloe's smug demeanor under the covers.
"Ok, guess time for my trump card." Rachel walks over to the dresser and opens the top drawer. She starts shuffling through the door. Chloe raises her head a little bit to see what Rachel is doing. All she sees is Rachel's back to her and her hands frantically moving. Rachel finds what she is looking for and pulls out a sock. Rachel reaches into it and pulls out a bag of weed. She holds it up close to Chloe's direction. Chloe pretends to stay still. "Uh huh, if that's how it is."
Rachel walks over to the window and opens it. She takes out the papers and rolls a big blunt. Holding it between her fingers she looks back at Chloe's motionless body. She lights the blunt before turning back and looking out the window. The sun shown high in the sky flickered between the leaves of the tree. The breeze that blew through the day felt comforting to Rachel, helping her forget all about the problems she was about to face, such as if Chloe is caught in her house again and explaining the Justin's blood on the floor.
Rachel always liked the outdoors. It was an escape for her to dream about the world beyond the world. Every time always getting lost in her thoughts. Rachel breathe in deep taking a hit of the blunt. She blew out the window looking at the smoke and how it gently flowed in the air before disappearing. Putting the blunt back to her lips, Rachel looks back and Chloe and gently blows out the smoke. Chloe's face is relaxed as she lay face half buried by a pillow.
"Damn," Rachel thinks to herself. Memories from when she and Chloe were younger zip through her head and a smile creeps over. Rachel leans back and lays on the floor. Under her is small piles of clothes that were flung all around. Her hair spread all over the floor as she slides her body closer to the wall. She puts her legs against the wall, going up following the window pane.
In school, Rachel was like a god. She was the person everyone wanted to be like or with. Here she was what she wanted to be. Her life wasn't perfect but its one that she enjoyed living. She had a loving and semi-absent family, a great guy, an expensive car that her dad restored just for her, and a best friend that meant so much to her. A best friend that went easy and forgave her for their past and still wanted her around. She takes another hit and breaths in deeply and closed her eyes.
The sun and the cool breeze reminded her of the time beginning. When everything was simple and easy. Just her and Chloe in the park. When they would skip school just to be away from the conformity that the school imposed on them. The hours that they spent at that park, talking for hours and playing games. Chloe was never good at them but she always tried because it meant spending more time together. They laid on the grass staring up at the sky in that last few moments of that day. The sun beaming down on the two them as the bathed in its rays. The rays soaking into their skin and heating them up but the true heat was from Chloe's touch as she held on to Rachel's hand. That was the moment that the world seemed void of anything but the two of them. All Rachel could think of was the two of them being closer and in that moment Chloe rolled over to her, face to face. Leaning forward Chloe and Rachel link lips, it was as if the two shared a mind or were reading each others.
Rachel touched her lips at the thought of the memory, it was like a movie on repeat in her mind. She lets out a slight sigh knowing that was a long time ago with a person she knew better than anyone. She continues to rewind the scene in her mind until she feels the as the floor vibrates. "Am I that high that the room is vibrating?" Rachel thinks to herself. She rolls her eyes around looking for the source before realizing its coming from the bed. A moan comes out from under the pillow as the pillow and sheets begin to move. Chloe pulls her head from under the pillow and grabs her phone. The scream lights up as Chloe squints just to see the notifications. She moans as she reads the message but loses interest in even trying to think of a reply. She notices Rachel's legs against the wall and crawls to the edge of the bed to see what she is doing.
"Why are you on the floor?" Chloe asks. She is still groggy from waking up. She sniffs the air and immediately realizes what is going on. "You know you are sharing that." Rachel smiles with the blunt still in her mouth. She takes it out and blows the smoke toward Chloe.
"Make the bed first, then I'll think about it." Rachel replies.
"Oh come on. Can I get like one puff first?" Chloe asked putting on a sad puppy face. It usually worked on Rachel when Chloe wanted something.
"Did you hear me stutter?" Rachel claims with a little more base in her voice.
"So bossy, geez." Chloe rolls out of the bed and quickly throws everything in place. Pulling sheets to the edges and then putting the pillows at the head of the bed. Rachel watches as Chloe attempts to clean. When done, Chloe looks down at Rachel who gives a sour expression. Chloe rolls her eyes and makes the bed again but this time properly. After the second attempt, Chloe walks over to Rachel, still on the floor, and takes the blunt from her outstretched arm.
"After your done, I need your help with cleaning before everyone shows up." Rachel says as she watches Chloe take a pull. Chloe sits down next to Rachel and takes another hit.
"Clean? Is that a new thing? Never heard of it." Chloe remarks.
Rachel rolls her eyes as rolling over to get up. She walks out the room and heads downstairs. She looks over the rest of the house and walks into each room to look for the any disturbances. Everything needed to be just as her parents had left it or at least close to. She grabs a rag she left on the table from earlier and begins to wipe down one of the windows. Behind her the sound of a vacuum begins, Chloe is standing there vacuuming the carpet with the blunt still in her mouth. Rachel stops and looks at the window. No streaks or blotching on any of it. Before Chloe got up, Rachel was almost done with cleaning anyway.
"I think its okay. When your done put the vacuum back and figure out where you're gonna go." Rachel screams over the sound of the suction. Chloe nods but barely heard what Rachel said.
Chloe finishes the vacuum and puts it away in the closet by the front door. Walking back into the room, Rachel is sitting on the couch with her feet underneath her. Chloe sits down on the other side and puts her feet on the table.
"So...now what?" Chloe asks leaning her head back onto the couch.
"Time to figure out where you're going to go now. I'm not sure when they will get here yet depends on when the plane lands." Rachel replies. "I do have a plan though. I'm going to give you my dorm key, and you can stay there for a few days until things get settled at your place."
"That's your plan? No offense but that just sounds like a long 3 second plan." Chloe states poking fun at the idea.
"You're really gonna do this?" Rachel doesn't look amused at the negativity.
"That could take weeks though. I'm not 100 on when everything over there dies down." Chloe turns her head to look at Rachel as she stays planted on the couch.
"Well there is the alternative of you staying with your new girlfriend." Rachel states as she smirks. Chloe rolls her eyes and looks toward the television. Rachel giggles, "Awww did I hit a nerve? The impenetrable Chloe is getting emotional?" Chloe ignores Rachel. The thoughts of the party and the lighthouse trip ring through her thoughts. Rachel shrugs off Chloe as she gets up and grabs the keys out of the waistband on her shorts. "Well that's the only plan I could think of and its not like you will be there alone."
Chloe scowls to the tv, staring at Rachel's reflection on the screen. She knew Rachel was right and at some point she would have to talk to Max especially if she is down the hall. Rachel holds the keys toward Chloe and Chloe looks at the them before snatching them from her. The thought of Max stays in Chloe's mind. They only met a week ago and have spoken each day since until she decided to ignore her a few days ago. Chloe was slowly becoming stuck in her thoughts about when she dropped Max off back at school after telling her about that wild night.
"Guess I'm going back to Blackhell then." Chloe says with a sigh.
"Don't make it sound that bad. I'll be over there later after dinner with my parents." Chloe replies.
As close as the two of them where, they were so very different in the way family was for them. Rachel's family was much more different than Chloe's family. When Chloe was home for family dinners, whenever it did happen, it was always just Joyce cooking what they could afford. Then David running his mouth to the point Chloe would get pissed and leave. Rachel's family though always went all out, five star restaurants with elaborate chandeliers hanging above each table and candles on every table giving the restaurant a more intimate ambiance.
"Save me some lobster with the fresh caviar will you?" Chloe pompously remarks.
Rachel rolls her eyes and walks away from the couch, "Dramatic as always."
The drive to Blackwell wasn't a long one and it being early in the day made the drive over even faster. Chloe's truck makes it around the bend and into the parking lot. She parks her car as close to the building as possible in order to avoid any chance of running into anyone, especially Max. She hops out the truck and looks at the building before letting out a sigh and walking in. The building was empty except for a few noises coming from people's rooms. She shuffles through the halls, staying alert for anyone coming. She remembers the last time in these halls, walking with a drunk Max and remembering the thoughts that she had of what was going to happen when making it to the room, Thinking about last time. she turns the counter to see people in the hallway. She immediately recognizes Justin and Trevor, two people she knew she didn't want to talk to at all, with them a girl she briefly remember from a when she attended school at Blackwell, by the name Dana. She slowly walks backwards and turns around before running to Rachel's door and letting it slam behind her. She breaths and throws her bag on the floor before face planting on to the bed.
Spending the entire day in Rachel's room was not her idea of how the day was suppose to go. She knew she had to leave Rachel's house but figured she wouldn't just be in silence for the rest of it but its not as if she had many friends to call up. Most of the contacts in her phone were the many hook ups she had and she barely even knew them or could tell the difference between any of them. They were just her play things when she needed them. She pulls out her phone scrolls through the names on it thinking maybe she could use one of them for a quick little fling. Looking at each one she tries to remember who they even are before eventually placing her phone face down. She didn't want to get Rachel in trouble because having one of them come over would be way too risky based on her not even suppose to be in Rachel's room to begin with. Chloe shoves her hand into her pocket and pulls out a pack of cigarettes. She sits up with her elbows propping her up to light one. "Rachel is going to be pissed I'm smoking in here," she says to herself.
Chloe grabs her phone again after a drag on the cigarette and proceeds go back to scrolling through old messages and even her contacts again. Her stomach begins to rumble and growl as she keeps scrolling, forgetting she hasn't eaten anything all day yet. She scrolls down to Rachel and texts her.
Chloe: Food?
The reply bubble pops up but immediately disappears. Rachel must be with her parents or something now, Chloe thinks. Exiting the message and scrolling down more she sees the thread with Max. She takes the cigarette out her mouth and debates on whether it is a good idea. Maybe she shouldn't because she decided to ignore Max for the last few days. Maybe she should because the time she spent with her was something different. It could have been Max's innocence, something Chloe adored because of not having felt that feeling in a long time or even how she could just talk to her. Chloe tries to think of something to say but the screen changes to an alert saying she has a new message from Rachel. She opens it and thinks how she just got saved.
Rachel: I think there is stuff there but if not I think there is $10 in one of my shoes. I'll bring you something back later.
Chloe reads the message and goes back to the message thread to Max. "What should I even say to her?" Immediately, the phone buzzes and changes the screen back to Rachel's message.
Rachel: What are you doing?
Chloe reads it. Thinking what to do.
Chloe: In room. Dying of soul crushing boredom!
She hits send and the reply bubble pops back up.
Rachel: Really! And here I thought I was the drama major.
Rachel: Did you see your girlfriend yet? She there?
Rachel: Just don't get her all over my sheets, like all of your other little girlfriends.
Chloe gets mad at the messages. Her fingers angrily run along the buttons to reply.
Chloe: No she is not here and not my girlfriend.
Chloe: She has a name
Rachel: I am aware of that. Remember I knew her before you.
Chloe: Then call her by it.
Rachel: Pushy much?
Rachel: Why you getting angry? Just poking fun
Chloe: Idk why are you are? Sounds like you have an issue with her.
Rachel: Issue?
Chloe: Jealous?
Rachel: Lol seriously?
Chloe: Not denying it though.
Rachel: Nothing to deny. If she wants my sloppy seconds she can have it.
Chloe: Wow! Sloppy seconds?
Chloe: I was joking!
Chloe: Thought we were never going to bring up us
Rachel: You said us
Chloe looks at the messages and puts her phone away from her. She didn't want to become more invested into the conversation because of how it might turn out. The comment about sloppy seconds was the only thing she could think about. Besides her saying it out right, the entire situation of the two of them was still a sensitive topic to her. She grabs the phone back and looks down at the message and closes it, then reopens her and Max's conversation. Max didn't deserve this silent treatment and not talking to Max was slightly harder than Chloe thought or wanted to admit.
Chloe: Hey Maximillon!!!
Chloe put her phone down not expecting to get a response back anytime soon, she didn't blame Max if she didn't want to talk. Her phone vibrated before she even let go of it.
Max: Hey :)
Chloe: Emoji though?
Chloe: Are you busy doing whatever nerds do?
Max: If you think sitting in my room with my guitar counts as nerds things then yeah, just nerd stuff.
Chloe: You play?
Chloe: You must be like an uber hippie then.
Max: Sort of I'm not that good honestly.
Chloe cracks a smile to herself before taking another hit form the cigarette. It seemed like Max wasn't upset with her for not talking to her. Guess she not like the others, Chloe thinks. Rachel wasn't going to be back for a while and just staying in the room would be no fun.
Chloe: Let me be the judge of that.
Max: Huh?
Chloe gets back up on her feet and puts her phone in her back pocket. She walks down the hall and stops in-front of Max's door before knocking on it.
On the other side of the door Max is sitting on her bed, playing the same 3 cord over and over. The knock startles her because the idea of a visitor just wasn't her plan for today.
"You're going to let a hot girl wait outside your bedroom door like this," She spoke into the door for Max to hear.
Max's heart stops in her chest and the chill of those words flow over her. She wasn't expecting to see Chloe, let alone have her in her room again. She figured she bored her since she hadn't heard from her for a while. That or she was in trouble with her family again. She gets out of the bed and places the guitar where she was sitting. She silently runs to the door placing her hand on the knob, but not yet turning it.
"Come on! Open the door. I know you are there I can see you shadow under the door", Chloe yells from the other side.
Max places her hand on the door knob and takes one last deep breath to get the feeling of life back inside of her. She shook the thought off slowly turning to open the door and hiding behind it. She takes a quick glance at Chloe before looking down to the floor. Chloe walks in and with a smirk on her face sits on the bed and turns to Max. Max's heart begins to pound harder at the sight of Chloe actually being in her room again.
"What are you doing here?" Is all Max could muster. Actually, surprised how clear it came out.
"What I can't come visit?" Chloe asks. Looking around the room, everything in the same place it was when she was first there. "I wanted to see you is all. Plus wanted to hear you shred a little", Chloe responded. Max, still standing at the door, stopped and stared processing over the words that she believes she heard correctly. Chloe wanted to see her. There is no way she meant that in the way Max was taking in her head or but did she? Max cheeks began to turn red the more she let the words roam around her head.
"Okay then are you just going to stare?" Chloe asks with a confused look on her face. Max realizes that she was stuck staring at the girl she been worrying about. Max turns her gaze to look at her papers on her desk and some clothes on the floor. I should of cleaned up is all that she could think of besides the fact that Chloe is there with her.
"Haven't been in here in a minute. Forgot what it looked like." Chloe states still looking around the room. Her gaze stops on the photo collection on the wall. "Hey you have some new ones up there." A bit of excitement in her voice. Max is still in shock of Chloe being there and the fact that she is complimenting the new photos is startling to her.
"Yeah I took a few more. I usually take them of things I want to remember. Those are actually just some of them." Max replies
"That would have been helpful during the party." Chloe jokes. The two girls giggle with locked eyes. "Well the photos are sick! You have a real talent sista!" Chloe says while smiling. This smile was different from her usual one Max thought, it was so bright and full of life. It was exactly what she wanted her photos to do.
"Thanks" Max replied shyly staring at the floor trying not to be her awkward self.
"You want to get some food?" Chloe asks while leaning back on the bed. "I'm kind of starving, and I'm missing my moms cooking, plus I'm sure she would love to see I'm still hanging out with such a good influence."
"Sure!" Max responds. She realizes that she sounded a little bit to happy in her answer.