Confide In Me

A/N: Sorry for the delayed update! I was on vacation :D Here's chapter 3, I know this chapter's short and isn't that awesome. I was in a hurry to update! :D Sorry again!

Chapter 3: The Deal

Alec returned to the table, taking his seat beside Max. He wondered if she had been affected by what they had just done and if it affected her the way it did him. Like he had anticipated, her face was placid and showed no emotion, virtually unreadable. He frowned at that. How could she be so calm while he was like a fidgeting dog waiting for some answers?

Beside him, Max closed her eyes and put her hand on her forehead.

"You okay, Sweetheart?" Mrs. Montgomery asked with a hint of concern in her voice.

Max gave her mom a soft smile, "I'm fine, Mom. I just feel a little dizzy right now. May I be excused?"

"Of course, Honey. Get some rest, okay? Alec, if you don't mind, can you accompany Max to her room?"

"Mom, I can walk up the stairs myself," Max said quietly, lacking the usual power she held in her voice.

Looking up at her daughter with a gentle face, their eyes connected, and as if they were having a silent battle, Max was somehow convinced.

"Alec, if you would please take her to her room. It would be greatly appreciated," repeated the kind voice of Mrs. Montgomery.

Alec nodded politely.

The thought of Max faking this whole thing just to get away from him crossed his mind. He saddened at the thought and knew the only reason why he would even care was simple. He cared about her.

The walk up the stairs was silent due to Alec still contemplating why Max had kissed him. Does she like leading men on? Is this her satisfying hobby? Or does she feel something for me? Questions kept popping up into his head like how Pop Rocks popped on someone's tongue. Alec noticed Max had stopped walking and assumed that they were at the door to her room.

"So," Alec said, bringing his hands together, "do you usually kiss guys you don't like or am I just special?" He flashed a grin and she rolled her eyes. "Or do you have conflicting emotions and you just can't decide if you like me or hate me."

She glared at him but Alec could see the playfulness in her eyes. So, his next move was completely based off of adrenaline as he pinned her to the wall, making sure she had no way of escaping. His hands were around her wrists against the nearest wall, making him in complete control of the situation.

"Let me go," she said, clenching her teeth and squirming to get free.

"Just answer my question, Max." He lowered his head and sighed. "Please."

When she refused to answer, he brought his face closer to hers, so close that they could feel each other's warm breath. She expected him to kiss her for revenge.

Her heart raced and was beating so hard she thought it would rip through her chest. Alec was tempted to kiss her, two opposite voices speaking in his head, but then saw her eyes flutter close, anticipating his kiss. Now he would do the same to her as she did to him and make her suffer. Who said karma doesn't kick you back in the ass?

Pulling away, he let her wrists go and smirked at her. She opened her eyes and found him watching her.

"You ass," she hissed. But before she turned around, Alec could have sworn he saw a trace of sadness in her eyes.

She huffed and opened the door to her room, slamming it shut as soon as she was fully through.

"Night Max," he said. She almost didn't hear him. Almost. Smiling to herself, she whispered, "Night Alec."

Max scrunched her nose, smiling to herself as a sweet smell tickled her nose. Alec smirked as we waved a hot cup of coffee in front of her.

"Wakey wakey, Max," he said, poking her lightly on the shoulder.

She groaned as she recognized the man to whom the voice belonged to. "Go away," she murmured in her pillow, "I'm sleeping." She was tired enough to not even wonder what he was doing in her room.

Before she knew it, the covers were torn off of her body, and she immediately felt cold. A smirk formed on Alec's face as he realized what she was wearing. The white tank top that contrasted her honey colored skin wasn't that bad but the pink bunny shorts made it impossible for him to suppress his laughter. Max, the girl who he thought was everything but girlie, was in pink bunny jammies.

"Nice pajamas, Max." He said, gritting his teeth, trying to keep his tone even. He couldn't help it and he burst out into laughter. Max turned so that her back faced Alec.

"What did you expect? Some power ranger pajamas? You do know that I'm a girl right?" she murmured.

God, more than you know. His mouth felt dry making the lump in his throat impossible to swallow down. This made him feel like the typical awkward teenage boy even though he had never been one. So what was it about Max that made him lose his usual cocky confidence?

"What are you doing here anyways?" she asked, starting to get curious.

"Your dad thought I should come over today, 'cause you went to bed early last night. See there's no escaping me."

She groaned.

"Sides don't ya wanna spend time with your favorite Smart-Aleck?" he asked innocently.

She scoffed, "Ya, sure. If I had one."

He put a hand to his heart playfully. "Ouch, Max. That hurt."

"That's okay you have your giant ego to help you heal."

"What'd you say?" Alec asked, his eyes narrowing like a predator advancing toward its prey. He placed a knee on the bed and was now towering above her.

Max rolled on her stomach. "I said you have a gigantic ego and it's taking up too much space in the room," her words muffled by the pillow.

"Look I'll make a deal with you. If you don't like me, even just a teeny tiny bit, by the end of the day, than I'll leave you alone. But, you have to be one hundred percent honest. Deal?"

Alec waited the longest 10 seconds of his life, as her reply seemed to never come. The wait was worth it when she said, "Deal". He couldn't help the smile on his face, a smile that would have never come if he had known she wasn't planning on keeping her word.

An amusement park. A freaking amusement park is this guy's way to woo a girl, Max thought angrily as she leaned against a cotton candy stand. She and Alec had been here for about an hour and she was ready to rip the head off of anything that got too close to her. She tore off a piece of the pure sugar she held in one hand and placed it roughly in her mouth as she awaited the return of Alec who had gone off to win some prizes.

Near the "hi-striker" game where you could test your strength, Alec was in line waiting for his turn. He checked his watch every now and then, his subconscious worrying about his impatient "date". He decided to watch yet another person attempt to sound the "winner, winner, winner" sirens and win an oversized stuffed animal in hopes of taking his mind off of a certain brunette.

The person turned out to be a boy. He looked like he was about 12 and had brown hair and eyes. As he raised the hammer, Alec heard a girl yelling "you can do it Noah!" The boy smiled in the direction of the girl. The hammer descended but no bell or sirens were rung.

"Sorry kid," a man said, giving him a look of sympathy and a pat on the shoulder.

Alec watched the boy walk over to the girl, with his head slightly hanging down in disappointment. The girl, on the other hand, smiled and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. "Its okay, Noah," she said softly. The boy's face lit up when he knew that she wasn't ashamed of him.

When it was Alec's turn, he lifted the hammer, and hit it down as hard as he could. The sirens and bells rang and people turned to look at him, some even with smiles on their faces.

"Nice job kid," said the same man that comforted the little boy, "here's your prize". He handed Alec an oversized bear and smiled.

"Thanks," Alec replied, although his focus was on the boy, still standing in front of the crowd around the game. When he saw that Alec won, he held his friend a little closer to him, as if to say 'I'm sorry' for not winning for you. The boy and the girl were just about to leave when the boy felt someone tap his shoulder. It was Alec. "Here," he said with a smile, "I think you need this more than I do." The boy concluded that he was a good guy by the way he dressed, so he smiled. "Thanks, sir." He took the bear into his hands in an abashed way, giving Alec a hunch that this kid usually didn't take stuff from other people this easily, but he was with his girl, willing to do anything to make her happy.

"No problem. Just a guy helping out another guy," Alec said looking into the boy's green eyes that resembled his so closely. Alec was referring to the girl in what he was in need of help with. The boy nodded with a grin on his face, understanding what he meant, then turned his attention to the girl. "See Jade, this bear was meant for you." The girl smiled widely and then nodded to Alec saying a silent 'thanks'.

"Now I've got my own girl waiting for me," Alec said, bringing his hands together and saying his goodbyes.

"If you ever need help with your girl, I'd be glad to help!" Alec heard the boy call from a distance. He turned to look at the boy and smiled.

As Alec was walking away something hit him. 'My own girl', he thought from his previous statement,

where did that come from?

Alec knew that now he didn't have an excuse for being gone so long considering he was now coming back empty-handed. He took out his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed his friend's number. Now he was in the one in need of help.

"You got Theo," said the voice from the phone.

"Hey, man its Alec. I'm out with Max, my boss' daughter. I took her to an amusement park and even before we got here I could hear her blood boiling."

He heard his friend snort, "You took her to an amusement park?"

Alec made a disgusted look on his face, it sounded worse when someone else said it out loud. "I don't know. I thought it would 'amuse' her, ya know?"

"Alec what happened to you? You went from Romeo to… I don't even know what!" his friend lectured. "Do you like her?"

He narrowed his eyes, knowing that his friend was digging. "I mean being with her isn't exactly a walk in the park, but I kinda like the abuse she takes out on me." Nice choice of words.

His friend chuckled. "Why don't you take her somewhere that actually means something to you, so that maybe she'll realize she means something to you too."

Alec smirked, "Since when did you become a romantic?"

"I guess some of your skill rubbed off on me."

"Thanks man, I owe you a beer."

"No problemo."

Alec hung up and looked around for Max. He found her sitting on the curb, her elbows resting on her legs, and her face in her hands. She looked up at him, squinting due to the sunlight in her eyes, but Alec could still tell that she was having even less fun than he was. He walked over to her and held out his hand. She looked up at him, her eyes scanning his for sincerity. He smiled, and not just another smirk, an actual smile when she took his hand. He didn't know if it was because she had found trust in him or if she just needed help standing up, either way he was just plain glad.

"Where are we going?" she asked as he helped her to her feet.

"Do you trust me?" Alec said, deciding to ignore her question and instead ask his own.

She didn't answer.

Silence.

Silence is what filled the car.

Alec decided to break the silence and gave out an exasperated sigh. He looked at Max, only the side of her face showing.

She could feel him watching her.

She didn't know if she should acknowledge or ignore it.

They were still in the car, still in the parking lot of the amusement park, and still unwilling to talk.

Alec sighed again, then reached for the gear, and at the same time Max reached out for his hand.

He looked at her, waiting for her to speak.

"I trust you. I mean…I think I do anyways," she stuttered, tripping over her own words.

A smirk found its way to Alec's lips.

"Now it's your turn. Where are we going?" she questioned, crossing her arms, but not feeling the same tension she had before.

Alec's face was skeptical now and his eyes scrutinizing. "I thought you said you trusted me."

"I said I think," she retorted, clearly losing her patience.

Before she had a chance to get angrier, Alec took her hand and placed it on his face. Her eyes were on her lap, trying to avoid his gaze, but she knew that he was waiting. Waiting for her to look at him. She pursed her lips, squeezed her eyes tight and opened them again to meet his bright hazel eyes. He then took his free hand and placed it on her face, rubbing her smooth skin gently with his thumb, making her bite her lip nervously. For a brief moment, they were lost in each other's eyes until Alec spoke. "Do you think that I'd ever hurt you?" he said softly, not quite finding his usual strong voice.

Max searched his eyes once more, then said, in an equally quiet voice, "I never said that you would hurt me. I just don't like surprises."

His eyes seemed to twinkle at her last statement. "Trust me. You'll like this one."

"Okay."

"Okay? Okay what?"

"Okay, I'll try to like it."

"I thought you trusted me?" he said, letting go of her hand that was on his face and his hand that was on her face.

She stayed quiet.

After a while she whispered, "I know I can count on you to protect me or whatever. I just don't think I can trust you with my heart."

I wasn't asking you to trust me with your heart.

He took her face in his hands and smiled softly. "I promise," he said, choosing his words carefully, "you can trust me in more ways than one."

A/N: Okay there! I'm a bit disappointed with this chapter, too. I know. But good news is I have Chapter 4 done! :D yay! And due to school, that's starts hmmm...i really don't wanna talk about that now D: it saddens me, I won't be able to update a lot. But if I get at least 7 reviews I'll update before Monday :D then you can find out where Alec takes Max :D Okay well have a good day ;]