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4.

Josie blinked as if in shock, but quickly had herself in check again, before saying in her sweet voice: "I'd love to, but I gotta rush back to school. I just bought myself lunch."

She lifted the bag in her hand for Max and Luke to see, but Max was not ready to let her go yet without knowing when he would get the chance to see Josie again.

"What about this afternoon?", Max asked and he really did not care if he sounded eager.

Josie's beautiful eyes dropped to the floor and a beautiful blush made its way onto her cheeks once again. Max smiled to himself. Josie still had the same reactions to him and by God he just loved her blush.

"That would work.", Josie answered and now looked Max straight into his eyes again.

Max let a smile spread on his lips and immediately Josie's eyes were on his lips.

"Let's say 6 pm here at Drake's?", he asked very well aware of how husky his own voice sounded.

As if only now realizing her staring Josie lifted her eyes to Max again and answered shyly: "I'll be here."

"Great see you then!", Luke answered for Max, but Max was too occupied to keep himself in control of his body. Otherwise he would have pinned Josie to the nearest wall and kissed her senseless.

Josie smiled and this innocent gesture almost made Max drop to his knees.

She nodded at Luke and then continued walking towards the elementary school.

Max looked at her smaller getting figure until she disappeared around a corner.

"Wow, I really need to get laid!", Luke told Max smirkingly.

Max gifted him with one of his rare smiles and that made Luke burst out laughing.

"You should've seen your face, when you realized Josie was behind you!", Luke wheezed out during laughing.

Max rolled his eyes and when Luke had stopped laughing Max said: "Thanks for arranging this!"

Luke smiled at Max and brought on of his hands on his friend's big shoulder.

"I'm your wing man any time, but don't expect me to come tonight, because I can't stand the sexual tension between you too!", Luke responded with laughter still present in his eyes.

Max nodded his head thankfully.

Until 6 o'clock Max tried to keep himself busy with checking up on the gym and his employees there. He got to know his staff and even managed to check on his finances. They were doing pretty good and Max made a mental note to talk with Chris, his second hand,  about more staff. They had a lot of regulars coming in and these days even more people came to their gym wanting a membership.

When 5 o'clock rolled around Max finished up and returned to his apartement to get a shower and to eat dinner. He knew that he was definitely not a good cook and would have much rather eaten at Drake's, but honestly Max was too nervous to eat in front of Josie. It may sounded silly and even though he knew Josie like the back of his hand, maybe even better than himself, Max had to make a new first impression. And him eating while he was nervous was definitely not a good sight.

Max could not even remember the last time he was this nervous. Probably his first time talking to Josie could rival this sensation.

Max arrived at Drake's ten minutes before 6 and took a seat in a corner booth. Nobody would bother them here and Max liked the fact that this booth gave them privacy.

He really needed to buy a car, not so much for himself, but for Josie. Max wanted to be able to pick her up and drop her off safely again. He wanted to take her on vacations or just outside of town.