The kiss sent warmth spreading throughout my body. I closed my eyes and kissed him back, loving the feel of Maxx’s lips on my own.
Maxx brought his hand up to my face. He wrapped an arm around me and pulled me closer. He licked my bottom lip and I went to open my mouth.
The basement door opened and we jumped apart in surprise before I got the chance to. We looked up as Chandler made his way down the stairs with Benji in his arms.
He glanced at us and raised an eyebrow. A smirk grew on his face and he coughed in his arm to hide it.
“Having fun?” he asked, shooting Maxx a knowing look.
“Well, we were until you came down here,” Maxx grumbled and threw a pillow at Chandler. Chandler laughed and sat down next to Maxx after setting the dog down.
My heart was slamming as I realized that I had been about to make out with Maxx. But…aw man! I was so stupid and pathetic! I had never kissed anyone before and I had sure never made out with anyone before! I had never seen the appeal in people licking each other’s tongues, and here I sat, about to do that with Maxx.
Oh man. First kiss, and with the guy I liked. Feeling like a complete girl, I had to bite my lip to keep in my excitement. Was I a bad kisser? Had I turned him off? Or did this mean he really liked me and maybe wanted to date me?
“Mark, you’re doing it again!” Maxx said, shaking me and laughing.
I blushed as I snapped out of my daze. He rolled his eyes at me and grinned. “What were you thinking about?” he asked, but his look told me he knew.
“Just, ah, zoning out,” I said lamely.
Maxx’s grin got wider and he stood up and pulled me with him. “Be right back Chandler. I have to talk to Mark about something,” he said and dragged me upstairs.
He pulled me through the kitchen and into a living room. He pulled me down a hallway and into a bedroom. We sat down on the bed together and I looked around the room.
There was a dog in a cage in the corner. It growled viciously and began to bark, slamming against the cage.
“Kojak?” I guessed nervously.
Maxx laughed and nodded. He stood up and went over to the cage. “Shut up Kojak!” he snapped and kicked the cage. The dog growled once more before falling silent, watching us carefully as Maxx came back over to me.
“Sorry. Kojak’s a little…uh…well, he’ll rip you limb from limb if I let him out of the cage,” he said with a shrug.
“Wonderful,” I mumbled and Maxx smiled and put his arm around my waist. I blushed and he pulled me closer to himself.
“I shouldn’t feel this strongly about you when I’ve just met you Mark,” he whispered. My breathing sped up a little as he got closer to my face.
“But I do, and I like it. Hell, I like you. A lot,” he breathed before bringing his lips back to mine gently.
He pulled away and pressed our forehead together, staring into my eyes. I slowly brought my hand up and brushed his hair out of his eyes, not taking my gaze off of his.
“I’ve liked you for a while Maxx. I know we never talked, but I always saw you around school and liked you,” I admitted quietly. I didn’t care how creepy I sounded. Something about his eyes had me admitting that I had liked him for so long.
“I wish we had talked. I’m sad I didn’t know you before. You’re so adorable and there’s just something about you that draws me to you Mark,” he said with a slight smile.
He brought our lips back together for a deeper kiss. He didn’t try to go in for a make out this time, which set me at ease, but it was still a nice kiss.
He pulled away as we heard the front door open. He rolled his eyes and smiled lightly at me, brushing his fingers on my cheek.
“I want us to hang out a little more before I officially ask you out,” he said with a wink, kissing me again before standing up and holding his hand out to me.
I took it and he pulled me to my feet. I blushed and he chuckled and kissed my cheek before leading me out of his bedroom as Kojak began to growl and bark wildly again.
“Maxx Falcone, you shut that damn dog up right now!” a woman snapped as we entered the kitchen. She glared at Maxx as she dug through some cupboards. “Oh! Maxx, where is the Advil?”
“Mom, it’s in the bathroom. Just kick Kojak’s cage,” Maxx said, rolling his eyes.
“Kojak isn’t my dog!” his mom said angrily. “I shouldn’t have to kick his cage. If he doesn’t stop barking I’m going to kick him out of this house though! So help me god Maxx; you shut that dog up or we’re getting rid of him!”
He rolled his eyes again and dragged me back to his bedroom. “Sorry about my mom. She’s really pissy lately,” he said with an annoyed sigh. He kicked Kojak’s cage several times roughly. “Shut up!” he cried as the dog whimpered and fell silent.
He pulled me out of the room again and stopped in a bathroom before leading me back to the kitchen. “Here’s your damn Advil. Now stop threatening my dog,” he whined and chucked the Advil at his mom who caught it.
“Mom, this is my friend Mark. Mark, this is my mom,” Maxx introduced.
“Hi ma’am,” I said shyly.
“Hello Mark. Is Chandler here?” Maxx nodded at his mom before trying to pull me into the basement.
“Maxx! Do not make a mess in that basement again. I am so sick of cleaning up after you! I am your mother, not your maid,” his mom said in annoyance.
“Yea, yea, yea,” Maxx said dismissively before the two of us escaped into the basement, shutting the door and heading down to the couch.
Chandler was sitting upside down, his feet on the couch and his head on the floor as he texted on his phone, looking bored out of his mind. He glanced at us and raised an eyebrow.
“Finally! I thought I was going to die of boredom down here Maxx! I’ve been waiting for you to come back for YEARS! Years, Maxx! Years!” he cried and pouted.
“So you thought that sitting upside down would kill your boredom?” Maxx asked and Chandler nodded. Maxx rolled his eyes and shoved Chandler so that he thumped onto the floor sideways and pouted again.
“You’re such a jerk,” he whined and righted himself.
Maxx pulled me so that I was sitting next to him on the couch. He and Chandler shared that knowing look again.
It was making me uncomfortable. What did they know? Did Chandler know that Maxx apparently liked me? Or was it something else that they knew?
I tried to wipe it from my mind as Maxx turned on speakers and blasted Audacity Of Dope by Let’s Get it. “Had a crush, got dumped, and the friend picked up, refund, r-r-rather have the cash back,” the speakers screamed.
I shifted uncomfortably. Something about this wasn’t sitting right with me. Yes, I absolutely loved the feeling of Maxx’s lips on mine. I loved his touch. But there was just something that I couldn’t quite put my finger on that was seriously bothering me about this whole thing.
I tried to shake it off as Maxx’s snapping brought my back to my senses. I blushed lightly and he rolled his eyes and slung a causal arm around my shoulders, winking when Chandler wasn’t looking at us.
“Mark, you and I should hang out tomorrow. Just us. No lame ass Chandler to bring us down,” he said, smirking at Chandler.
Chandler pouted and flipped us off. “You guys are so mean to me! I have to babysit tomorrow anyways,” he grumbled.
“Well good. Because Mark and I have some things to talk about without your dumbass here,” Maxx said. And there it was again. That knowing look that made me so uneasy.
Still, I tried to focus on the fact that tomorrow I would be hanging out with Maxx Falcone and there was now a strong possibility that he would ask me out. The thought made me smile to myself and washed away the unease.
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A.N.- I know the story seems like it's moving fast, but it's suppose to be that way :p Don't worry! I got this all under control bitches! >:/