I do not own Life is Strange or any of the characters in it.

WARNING: Contains themes that could be triggering such as character death, depression, mention of suicide and drugs.

AND LOTS OF FEELS.

Awkwardness was no stranger to Max but this situation was beyond just awkward, it was almost unsettling, she hadn't seen Victoria since the night at the Vortex Club party where she had warned her about Nathan and the Dark Room, so much had happened since then and Victoria seemed different… broken. No one had heard from Nathan since the police took him for the investigation, it was unknown if he was a big part of the crime or just a pawn being used by someone else, whatever it was they made sure it stayed all confidential. The girls just stared at each other for a while, Victoria's expression staying very serious, the silence became so thick you could almost touch it, after a moment Max attempted to do a little smile which failed miserably and ended up looking like a weird contortion on her face; though Victoria didn't seem to notice, she was just staring blankly at her. When the silence became incredibly loud Max just headed to the bathroom to leave the awkward situation, and lastly heard Victoria's voice behind her.

"Thank you" A quiet whisper said, Max didn't look back but heard Victoria's door closing.

Max walked into the bathroom and went to splash water on her face staring at her reflection in the mirror, deep in thought about Victoria, she hadn't thought about her since everything happened, she never thought about how this whole situation would affect her, last time she had seen her Victoria had opened up to her on how she feels about what happened to Kate and for the first time she seemed emotional, even vulnerable… but this was different, she looked vulnerable but also something else, something Max couldn't wrap her head around what it was. Before she could get lost in her own mind another voice broke her thoughts.

"Hi Max" She turned around and saw Taylor behind her, she looked a little distraught and approached her like almost everyone else did, as if they were afraid she was going to break if they touched her "I-I'm sorry to bother you, well first of all are you okay?" Max found herself rolling her eyes in annoyance at the question she was tired of hearing, but quickly came to her senses again "What are you doing Max? She's just trying to be nice!" she thought to herself and tried to give her a little smile while nodding, trying to cover her annoyance from before.

"I just wanted to ask you about Victoria… I- we, Courtney and I, haven't seen her since the whole Prescott shit went down, she isn't answering our calls or anything, I don't even think she has left her room, and we know she has some heavy shit Nathan had bought from that dude Frank in there…" Taylor shifted uncomfortable in her feet "Anyways, people saw you talking to her in the Vortex Club party that day, and you two seemed to get along there… have you talked to her since then? Has she told you anything?"

Max was silent for a moment, trying to wrap her head around everything she had just heard, "Victoria is locked up in a room full of drugs? What is she doing? Was that why she seemed so… weird?" Realization hit Max like a rock, as she tried to find the words to say, to tell Taylor that her friend could be in horrible danger, the least thing she wanted was another death, she just couldn't handle it anymore, a person could see so much death before going mental and Max was reaching her point, first Kate attempting to kill herself, then finding Rachel's dead body, and… Chloe. A sudden familiar pain came to her heart as those images came to her head to haunt her again, she took a deep breath to calm herself before speaking "Taylor listen to me, Victoria could be in great danger, you need to help her, you need to get her out of there before something horrible happens and…" Max stopped, feeling something run down her cheek, a tear. "Why the fuck does this happen to me? Am I really the kind of person who cries at the mere mention of death now?" Max tried to fight the tears but eventually and like always they won, she walked out of the bathroom leaving Taylor alone and even more worried than before.

Max walked out in the cold, forcing herself to stop the tears from coming down, "Not feeling so 'super Max' now huh?" she thought and could almost hear it in Chloe's voice, she continued walking and crying not really minding where she was going, holding her hands on both her arms to shelter herself from the cold wind, the girl cried until she felt like she had no tears left to spill and finally looked around to see where she was, she had walked all the way to Arcadia Bay's Hospital alone from Blackwell at 11 pm, Max found that both alarming and impressing.

The hospital seemed even more morbid in the dark, especially from the outside, Max remembered why she had turned down the option of staying there, she went inside and talked to the girl on the counter, she didn't recognize her at first but when she did she called out to the doctor who had seen Max that day.

"Are you okay Max?" The doctor asked, to which Max had to stop herself from rolling her eyes again like she did with Taylor before

"I'm feeling better, thank you" she bluntly lied "I just need to see Kate, she's been helping me a lot and tonight's been kinda rough so I was hoping I could stay with her"

The doctor hesitated, he eyed her for a moment examining her, Max could see how he noticed her redden eyes and nose and the bags under her eyes, her figure that went from an already slim complexion to being able to see most of her bones, she thought of rewinding "maybe this wasn't the best idea" she was just about to rewind when the doctor spoke

"You know visitors at this hour are not a common thing, in fact there aren't any visits at this hour… but since I think talking with Kate might be best for you right now, we can keep this one between us" He said, smiling at her.

Max made a little smile and walked towards the elevator when she felt his hand on her shoulder "Max, take care, eat something, I don't want you to end up here again okay?" he said in a soft voice, and Max couldn't think of anything to say as she was both surprised and embarrassed "I- thank you" she said before going up the elevator.

"I need to see Kate, I just need to see her" Max thought trying to block out the memories of when she had come here with Chloe the day everything happened; Chloe had been so good, she had apologized for freaking out when Max answered Kate's call, she was genuinely sorry and it was so nice for Max to see that she cared… it was just a few days ago and yet it seemed like a million years.

She knocked on Kate's door with a little hurry, she just wanted to get out of that corridor, of the memories of Chloe. The door opened and Max was greeted by a sleepy Kate in her pajamas.

"Hi Max… I thought you weren't coming since you took so long" Max looked to the ground anxiously and shifted on her feet, Kate noticed her anxiety "Come here" she said before taking Max in for a hug and that was it… Max just broke in Kate's arms, everything was just a blur from there, she cried and screamed at the top of her lungs not caring if other patients were sleeping, they tried talking but Max just couldn't stop crying so finally Kate gave up talking and just comforted her friend. Finally Max fell asleep on Kate's shoulder on the bed, she wanted to move but Max looked so peaceful while sleeping like nothing had happened, it made Kate's heart warm to see her troubled friend finally find some peace, so she stayed there and finally fell asleep as well.

Max woke up and felt like she had slept for a year but she felt so much better, like she had finally rested in what seemed like an eternity, she looked to her side and saw Kate sleeping next to her, she looked so funny in her bunny pajamas but it was typical Kate after all.

Max reached to her phone to see the hour, 3 am it read, she tried to stay and sleep more but being in the hospital made her nervous, looking at the white walls and ceiling, smelling the scent of chlorine and medicines she found so intoxicating, the whole ambiance made her nervous and she didn't want to wake up Kate so she grabbed her stuff and left, leaving a message for Kate beside her bed

"I'm sorry I had to leave, thank you Kate, for everything. I'll come back soon XOMAXO"

Rewinding a few times to not get caught by the people working there she managed to get out of the hospital, once out Max immediately regretted it, she had never been alone on the streets that late, but she looked back at the hospital and felt a shiver run down her spine, staying was not an option so she walked anyways.

When she got to Blackwell Max had to rewind again to avoid getting caught by the school's security, finally getting to her dorm she walked towards her room and opened the door, right before entering she heard a voice behind her

"Max"

She looked back at Victoria who stared at her, same look as before, Max could feel herself worry for the girl after what Taylor had told her

"Victoria-" Max was cut off by the other girl

"Don't overthink this." Victoria said walking towards her

Before Max could say anything Victoria ran up to her and kissed her roughly, pushing both of them inside Max's room and against the wall, they continued kissing and Victoria's tongue forcibly parted Max's lips apart to deepen the kiss, they kissed deeply and roughly until Victoria broke the kiss to breathe, she looked at the other girl hungrily and intensely, a hand running from Max's lips to her cheeks to her collarbones, caressing her lightly, after a moment she looked up to meet her eyes again, asking for a look of approval from Max, and she did.

Well here it is, the second chapter. I received good reviews on the last one so I just kept the style pretty much the same, only difference that this one is a little longer, I hope you liked it and look forward to reading more from this story! Again, all reviews are welcomed and I would really appreciate it if you guys told me what you think, what you liked, what you didn't like.

Thank you for reading! XOMAXO (okay I'll stop)