This chapter didn't end up being NSFW but the next chapter will DEFINITELY be nsfw, warning for blood, alcohol, etc. Sorry if there's any errors, I'm already working on the next juicy chapter, so stay tuned!
Chloe fell asleep waiting for me to finish, it was close to 4 now. I saved my essay and sent a copy to my email to print out later. I stretched my arms out and let out a very unattractive groan. I turned my attention to the previously stoned and passed out Chloe. The sun was just starting to set, the golden glow was still very bright and coming through the window, resting on the edge of Chloe's porcelain face. I smiled and quietly got out of the chair, making my way towards the bed. Chloe was curled up on her side, holding her phone in one hand. I sat down close to her and admired her sleeping face, her eyelashes caught my attention like earlier today in the diner. They were so long and dark, which was unusual because she's naturally Blonde, like William. William… I remembered Chloe gave me her father's camera.
I got up quickly making sure not to wake Chloe In the process, rummaged through my bag for the camera, and snapped a photo. She was going to kill me over this, but I felt like having a piece of Chloe taken with this camera was somehow like a sign of respect towards William. Chloe was right, I'm sure her dad would appreciate me using this to document our life.
I wiggled the photo in my hands a bit and snuck it back into my bag alongside the camera. I galloped towards the bed in one stride and sat down very hard near Chloe, shaking her awake.
"Mmmn. You're so heavy." Chloe buried her face into her sheets, muffling an insult, falling back asleep.
"I'm certain I weigh less than you." I punched Chloe's shoulder and I saw a smile rise to the edges of her mouth, her face half buried in her sheets looking up at me.
"5 More minutes mom, please." Chloe put a pillow over her head and sighed.
I put a devious look on my face and poked Chloe's side. She scrunched up into a ball and began to laugh.
"Don't you fucking dare! You know I'm hella ticklish." Chloe used the pillow to shield herself against my hands, but I persisted and poked her sides again and again.
"I swear to god Maxine Caulfield if you don't stop I'm going to pee." Chloe pushed me away with her legs, practically crying from laughter. I wasn't intending on stopping.
Chloe threw the pillow away in one swift motion.
"That's it. You're dead."
I smiled and let out a playful scream. Chloe overpowered me in a split second. Before I could blink, she had picked me up princess-style off the bed and began spinning me around. My stomach wasn't fond of the sensation.
"Okay okay were even! If you don't stop I'm definitely going to puke on you." I wrapped my arms tightly around Chloe's neck for fear of falling. A little embarrassed, I loosened my arms away from her neck, letting her hold practically all of my weight.
"Still heavy?" I smiled and saw Chloe's face light up into a small grin, I knew that meant something sarcastic coming my way.
"Of course, my legs are practically broken." Chloe held me lower, pretending I weighed more than I actually do. I laughed and she set me down gently on the floor, making sure I wasn't going to suddenly lose balance.
"So, you done your essay on whoever and whatnot?" Chloe stretched the nap out of her system and let out a quick yawn.
"Yeah, I mean I just have to print it back at the dorm."
I scratched the back of my head, not knowing what to do now that I was done, but the sun was barely coming down. Chloe started to make her way towards me when we heard the sound of the door click again. Joyce was home, and it sounded like she brought home groceries. Chloe stopped midway, mouth open as if she was going to say something, but turned her attention to the commotion below us.
"My mom might need help, since Step-douche isn't a big one around here. Did you want to come?" Chloe looked down at the floor and played with her bullet necklace.
"Sure, I'd love to help Joyce, she's practically like my second mom." I folded my arms and turned my attention to the downstairs noise. Chloe smiled and guided me towards the door, her hand made its way down to my lower back. The sensation of her touching me again sent shockwaves down my body, and as always, made the butterflies conjure up again.
As we made our way downstairs, we both saw Joyce struggling to bring all of the grocery bags into the house. The moment she saw me, her face lit up. It was a nice feeling being so loved and welcomed; they always felt like my second family, minus David.
"Oh thank God you two are here to help, these old bones aren't keeping up with me." Joyce dropped some bags before holding the door open for us. Chloe stepped in front of me and made her way to the car in the driveway without saying a word. I laughed at Joyce's statement.
"Joyce, you don't look a day over 20. I mean it." I picked up a few bags and brought them to the kitchen. Joyce followed after me.
"You flatter me too much Max." Joyce took a breather while Chloe closed the door and brought the rest of the grocery bags to the kitchen with us.
"That's everything. Did you need any more help?" Chloe stretched her arms and leaned against the wall. Joyce straightened up and leaned against the counter.
"I could use four more hands to help me with dinner. Unless you girls have somewhere to be then don't let me stop you." Joyce folded her arms and looked towards Chloe, who rolled her eyes. I answered for the both of us.
"Were never too busy to help with dinner. What are we making? " I focused my attention to Joyce and she told me instructions, Chloe sighed and joined in.
Dinner took a long time, the sun was finally almost set, and the smells of food were hard to ignore. Me and Chloe helped Joyce make steamed vegetables, potatoes, and chicken. It was a very typical Price family home dinner, but as plain as it sounded, Joyce made it taste amazing. Me and Chloe were digging in, while Joyce cleaned up after our 'help'. She soon joined us and called for David. Joyce sat down and began to eat too.
"So, what have you two been up to? Not any trouble I hope." Joyce gave Chloe a look from across the table. I let out a small laugh and continued to eat.
"Not that we know of, Chloe invited me for a movie night. I'm actually glad we got to help out, it's finally getting late enough that we can watch something without it being too early." I played with my vegetables before eating them. So adult, Max.
Chloe was fixated on her food, seeming kind of off ever since she wanted to tell me something upstairs. I left it to her that she'd tell me later.
"Well that's nice, I hope your homework is done, procrastination is a real pain. If you guys watch soon, you could be in bed by 9." Joyce looked at Chloe and knew she'd get a response. Chloe looked up and let out a small smile.
"What are we, 12?" Chloe finished her food and slouched into her chair playfully.
"I'm just kidding. But Max does need to wake up early to get back to her dorm, are you going to wake up early enough to drive her?" Joyce was in total mom-mode. I decided to cut Chloe some stress.
"It's okay Joyce, I'll just wake up early and take the bus, I wouldn't want this one to miss her beauty sleep." I winked at Chloe. She smiled like an idiot and crossed her arms tightly.
"I see you're both here to pick on me, so original." Chloe puffed her chest up, me and Joyce laughed. David came from out of the shadows and turned the whole atmosphere down a notch. He sat down beside Chloe with a full, now cold plate of food and started eating. Joyce gave David a frown.
"Did you say hello to our guest, David?" David looked up from his plate and death-stared me.
"We acquainted ourselves earlier today. It was nice of her to introduce herself." David looked down at his food again and started eating. I went silent and Chloe got up out of her seat, putting her plate in the sink. Joyce lightened up a bit and continued.
"Max is a long-time friend of ours. She knew Chloe when they were kids, she knew William too. She's practically like a daughter to me, so you treat her with respect." Joyce held David's hand that was perched on the table, and he let up a little bit.
"Any friend of Joyce is a friend of mine. Sorry for being so harsh Max, it's hard to trust anybody around here, especially with who Chloe always hangs out with." David paused in his dinner to tell me directly. I nodded and let out a faint smile.
"That's alright. And Chloe isn't as bad of a kid as you think she is, I may be helping that though." I looked at David and back to Chloe. She was angrily standing in the kitchen, but smiled when she looked at me.
"I'm right here you know. Come on Max, let's go." Chloe grabbed my forearm and dragged me out of my seat. I waved at Joyce to thank her for the meal before being pushed up the stairs and back into Chloe's room. Chloe turned on her Christmas lights, her desk lamp, and a few other lamps, letting a warm ambient light illuminate her room. I sat down by her bed while she got a Movie set up.
"You really want to watch now?" I took my socks off, trying to get as comfortable as I could in jeans.
"I mean yeah, you really do need to wake up to take the bus right?" Chloe was clicking away looking through her movies. I tried sitting comfortably, but my jeans were making every position I was in uncomfortable.
"I guess. I wanted to watch Blade Runner, which is like almost two hours long, plus you wanted to watch something horror right?" I laid back and still wasn't comfortable, starting to get frustrated. Chloe noticed and quickly grabbed a t-shirt and boxers from her drawers.
"We'll definitely watch Blade Runner, here. " Chloe threw the two pieces of clothing at me.
"You look hella uncomfortable, sorry I didn't tell you to bring PJ's. And yes, I'm totally going to spook you with my horror crap." Chloe turned around with red on her cheeks, scrolling through her movies again.
"You can change wherever you feel comfortable." Chloe waved behind her, her gaze fixated on her laptop screen.
I sat up and smiled. Chloe noticed so many small things, she was always attentive to my needs. A sudden realization hit me, I had to change quick. I swallowed my embarrassment and pulled my shirt over my shoulders. The room wasn't cold, but the sudden breeze on my exposed skin made me shiver. I looked over my shoulder just in case to see if Chloe was still turned around, I sighed in relief. I made haste and took my pants off, all of my undergarments and slid into Chloe's shirt and boxers. I turned around and sat back on the bed, very content with my comfort level.
"Hey, you're good now." I laid back into position on one side of bed and patted the space beside me. Chloe turned slowly with red cheeks. She unplugged the laptop and made her way beside me. She threw the laptop on the bed, but diverted her attention to her drawers. Chloe leapt across the bed and pulled out a similar pair of boxers and another shirt.
"I still gotta change, I'll go to the bathroom, I'll be right back." Chloe turned around and left the room. I had the thought of Chloe changing in front of me hit me like a train. I felt my whole body heat up and my face felt flushed to hell. I guess I really didn't have to change in here and could have saved myself some embarrassment, but what's done is done. I patted my face down and took the laptop to take my mind off of my desires. A few minutes of my brain exploding passed and Chloe came in with a grey t-shirt and blue plaid boxers. Chloe ruffled her hair and threw her old clothes on the floor, smiling at me.
"You okay Maximus?" Chloe bounced on the bed at impact and made her place beside me, both of us leaning against a few pillows.
"I'm fine. Just … Excited about Blade Runner." I straight out lied. There was no way I was going to tell Chloe about my lesbian fantasies of watching her change. Chloe saw through me but decided not to prod.
"Blade Runner gets you this excited? I wish I could get you that excited." Chloe put the laptop half on my leg and half on hers. I laughed and shoved her with my elbow.
"Har har, lets watch before I get the urge to suffocate you with pillows and tickles. " I looked at Chloe, who had a smug look on her face.
"Fine fine, Blade Runner first, then I'll show you some real creepy shit." Chloe clicked play and the movie left a silence between us for a moment. My heart was racing at our slight contact. It felt like too much, but not enough at the same time, like I wanted to be closer, but if I touched her I would melt. My breathing was very short and sporadic, I was trying to calm myself down but nothing was working. I concentrated on the movie until Chloe moved her arm over my shoulders. I felt my body slide down a bit and my head was rested slightly on her shoulder. My breathing spiked up again and my face was hot, we had movie nights all the time as kids, but obviously not while we were officially together. I felt Chloe's body heat rise alongside mine before she spoke.
"…Is this okay?" Chloe kept her gaze on the movie while lightly stroking my arm with the hand that was draped near my shoulder.
Her reassurance made my heart flutter like a teenage girl in love. I guess I'm not too far off, but it still made me happy.
"Yeah this is fine.." I realized I had a small smile plastered on my face and leaned into Chloe a bit more. Her arm held me a bit tighter and we both sat in silence.