Forever

I'm going to do something a little different today. Instead of Scarlett's point of view, this chapter is going to be told in Max's point of view. In order to get insight to the little wierdo's state of mind and changing of emotions, I'm going to have random chapters with him telling the story.

So here you go, the first chapter of Max's twisted psychie! (Did I spell that right?)

Chapter 6 - My Emotions Part 2

"This ain't a song for the broken hearted! No silent prayer for the faith departed!" - "It's My Life" Bon Jovi

This Happy Flappy was not going to get anything out of me. I had already decided that. He hurt my sidekick, so I was determined not to let him get to me. And I am happy to announce that he did not get a single thing from me the entire therapy session. I was too clever for him. I won't go into great detail now (or ever), but I left Flappy's office with him shaking his fist at me from my "lack of progress."

I was quite surprised when I left the office and found Scarlett waiting for me. She looked annoyed about something, like she really didn't want to be here. This confused me, (I mean, who wouldn't want to be around me?)

"Scarlett?" I questioned, "What are you doing here? Waiting for your master to return?"

She cringed, as if a sudden pain got to her or something. I had no idea what that was about. "I just thought we could have lunch together," she said slowly, "It is a reasonabley decent day outside, weather wise. We should eat outside."

I frowned at her. "I don't want to eat outside," I remarked, "It's sunny and nice out. I'll burn up!"

"Max, you need sunshine," Scarlett said, smartly, "The sun's rays are a good source of vitamin D. And you won't burn up."

I scoffed. "I don't need any of this 'vitamin D'" I replied, putting air quotes around the word vitamin D, "I'm perfectly fine without it."

"If you were any paler, you'd be translucent," she pointed out.

I did not know what "translucent" meant, but I could sense she was making fun of me. "I'm not going outside," I concluded.

Scarlett frowned at me, grabbed my arm, and started dragging me towards the exit. "No!" I cried, "I don't wanna go! You can't make me!" Despite my struggling, she managed to get me outside to the court yard with relative ease. Like I hadn't slown her down at all. Even when I clawed at the floor and door frame and she had to pull me by my leg. How annoying.

There were quite a few students outside already. I spotted one who was trying to climb over the large stone wall that surrounded the place, only to get electrecuted at the top and fall back down to the ground. I snickered at the fool.

We quickly chose a place to sit, after we got our food, and sat down. While I started eating, Scarlett merely stared off at the wall, as if deep in thought. I didn't really care though. I was too focused on my meal. Eventually, though, she sighed.

"Max," she said, "There are over twenty million people out there."

Startled, I looked at the wall, then back at her. "Really?" I asked, "What do they want?"

She gave me a funny look for some reason, but didn't answer me. "Why is it that these horrible things happen to us?" she wondered.

Somehow, I got the feeling she wasn't really talking to me. But I answered anyway. "I don't know what you're talking about," I said, "Nothing bad happens to me. You on the other hand..."

She threw me a particularly nasty look, so I decided to close my mouth. There was a rather awkward pause between us, the silence only being broken by some other kids getting electrecuted on the gate.

"So, um, how was your therapy session?" I asked her.

"I don't really want to talk about it," she growled at me.

Man, it's hard to talk to her sometimes. I looked around, trying to find something to say to break the awkwardness. Thankfully, the silence was broken when Stephanie and Tom came over to us.

"Like, hey guys!" Steph greeted us, "We were like, lookin' all over for ya! Decided ta eat outside today, huh?"

"Scarlett thought I needed sunlight," I told them, as Tom sat down next to Scarlett, leaving Steph to sit next to me. I saw Scarlett slide slightly away from him.

"Well, not to be like, rude, but if you were any paler, you'd be translucent," Steph said to me.

"That's what I told him," Scarlett informed her, "He didn't want to go outside. I had to drag him."

"I think that was a little exsessive, by the way," I said.

"No, it wasn't," she replied.

I was going to reply, but I was distracted by Tom. I didn't like how he had practically cut across Stephanie so he could sit next to Scarlett. And even now, he reached across her to grab the salt, and I saw her try to lean back to avoid him, but he still brushed against her. I don't know why I was upset about this, but I did my best not to glare at him.

We had just finished lunch when the bell wrang. I sighed with relief, happy to get out of the horrible sunlight. I walked beside Scarlett as we headed back inside. Much like the day before, we didn't have a lot going on for the rest of the day. So Scarlett and I headed back to the room while Stephanie and Tom went somewhere to, I don't know, make out or something.

"Did you notice anything strange about all of that?" Scarlett asked me as we walked.

"Yes," I replied, relieved that she had seen it as well. I thought I was going crazy. "So, you saw it too?"

"Indeed," Scarlett agreed, "It was way out of line."

"Yeah, why grab the salt if you're not going to use it?" I wondered, "Complete waste of time, if you ask me."

Scarlett sighed with annoyance at me. I didn't understand why. I mean, she was sitting right next to Tom when he reached across her to grab at the salt. Hmph, girls are wierd.

When we got back to the room, Scarlett immediately retreated into her room and told me not to bother her. I had half a mind to bug her (how dare she order me around?), but I decided not to. Instead, I went to my room and lay down on my bed. I must've been exhausted from being so awesome, because I fell asleep almost instantly.

I had quite an odd dream. Usually my dreams are filled with sweet visions of world conquest. But this dream was not like that all. Instead, I found myself dreaming of Scarlett. I dreamt back to all the time we spent together, and how much she meant to me. When I woke, it was like I had just had an epiphany.

Why was I always hanging onto Scarlett? Why did I still hang out with her, when she betrayed me? Why was I so close to her, despite our deifferences, our annoyances with each other, despite everything? Well, I now knew the answer. These questions had been swirling around my head for quite some time, and I'll admit: it was nice to finally have an answer.

It was quite possible that I had very strong feelings for Scarlett.

Now, I wouldn't say I was in love with her, or anything, but I had to realize that I did have feelings for the girl. She wasn't my sidekick. She was my dear companion, and, reflecting back, I would be lost without her. I knew this now. That dream had opened my eyes.

But now came my real problem. How was I to treat her, armed with this new knowledge? Should I treat her the same? Nicer? Meaner? Should I tell her how I felt? Or keep this to myself? I had no idea how I was supposed to act.

I decided that I would not tell her how I felt. Not yet, at least, and I should keep acting the same, lest she suspect something. I snickered to myself as I lay back down, feeling quite clever and pleased with myself. Life would go on as normal if I had anything to say about it.

Max is fun to write for. It's much more different than writing for Scarlett. If any of you are writing Total Drama fanfictions, write as Max at least once. It's tons of fun.

Anyway, hope you like this chapter! I'll be back to writing as Scarlett next chapter, so yay! Also, sorry I didn't post this chapter so soon, I've been a bit busy *cough*I mean lazy*cough*

As alsways, be sure to leave a comment and don't forget to feed Eddie, the not-dead gerbil that you're supposed to feed while Timmy's at Summer camp! (Camp, camp...)