Author's note at the end. This chapter is more fun and light hearted, but Max is just too sweet! I love him. <3 Oh, the guy on the side is another candidate for Nick. It's Eric Dill. (He's singing in the video.... for a better view.)
Max and I walked into his house hand in hand and started up the stairs.
"Hey, Kye, you hungry?" his mother called. I could see her in the kitchen, stirring something in a large pot.
"Not right now. Thanks though," I said politely and Max pulled on my hand to continue to his room.
I was starting to get a little nervous. I didn't know what to say to Max. We finally reached his door and he opened it, motioning for me to go in first. I did. I didn't know whether to sit or stand or hug him and apologize. I decided to go with stand. Why did I have to make things so awkward?
I heard Max chuckle from behind me. He crossed the room and sat on his bed. I was standing awkwardly in the middle of his room. My eyes were on his wood floor and I was playing with my fingers. "What are you doing?" Max laughed. I looked up at him then. He was sitting on his bed with his back against the wall. His legs were crossed and he was watching me with an amused glint in his eyes.
"I just feel kind of," I was talking really low but my voice somehow got even lower when I said the next work. "Awkward." I am surprised that Max even heard me. The only way I knew he did was because he started laughing.
He was laughing so hard that all the sound disappeared. Tears were rolling down his face and I blushed a little. After a while, he regained composure. "Rufus, I saw you naked, I saw you cut yourself, I saw you in the play in eighth grade, I was there when you had your first real boyfriend, and you've seen me on the crapper. You'd think of all the things we've been through kissing me wouldn't make you feel awkward. I mean we've done it before. In front of people even." He patted the spot beside him on the bed, but I stayed nailed to the floor.
"Those times were different. We kissed those times because we had to. We were 'dating'."
"Are dating," he corrected.
I rolled my eyes. "You know what I mean. We had never kissed alone with no one around. It never should have happened." I buried my face in my hands.
"Kyler, it did happen, and we can't take it back. I don't regret it. I mean, I kissed you back didn't I? Honestly, I've wanted to really kiss you for a long time. I needed to know if I could actually give you what you wanted. I hate that I can't love you like I want to." I walked to the bed and sat on the edge. I wasn't too close to him, but further away than I wanted to be.
"Why can't you, Max? Is there something wrong with me?" I said. I was desperate. I loved Max as a best friend, but I liked him. I really liked him, and I pushed my feelings to the side, but now they were boiling over.
"You know why. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. You are beautiful and strong and smart. Any guy would kill to have a girl like you. I would kill for you, but I can't give you the love another guy could." He smiled playfully. "Well, you know, unless you got a change." He winked.
I looked at him a bit confused. Then it dawned on me. "Max, I will not be surgically transformed into a guy!" I laughed.
He leaned over to me and pulled my arms. He dragged me into his body. He slid his back down the wall until we were lying side by side. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest. "I was just kidding," he said, seriously. "I know you are going to find someone who can love you better than me. I know that sounds completely impossible because I am the best lover in the world, but it's true." His lips fell on my hair. He pulled them off after a second and rested his cheek on my head.
I placed one of my hands on his cheek. He closed his eyes and I rubbed his cheek with my thumb. I moved my hand from his cheek to the back of his neck. I played with the hair that surrounded my hand. "Max, you are the greatest person in the world," I stated. As far as I was concerned, what I just said was true.
He opened his eyes and smiled warmly at me. I could see the teasing in his eyes before he started to talk. "I wish I could have you, but it looks like Nick beat me to the punch."
Oh, Nick. "He's a creep, and he's really cocky," I said, rolling my eyes.
"You like him. I can tell. When you got back, you looked at little too happy for your own good. What happened?" Max was 100% serious now. He loved to gossip about guys with me.
"He, uh, well, we bumped into each other at the park then he gave me a ride home. That's it." For some reason, I didn't want to tell him about the kiss.
"Uh huh, yeah sure. You can stop lying whenever you want."
I grasped his hair a little tighter in my hand. "No, really, he just dropped me off."
"By the death grip you have on my hair, I know you're lying. Just tell me, Rufus. I could never be mad at you." He pulled my hand from his hair and kissed it. "Plus, my lady, you know what the punishment is for treason." His awful British accent made me laugh, but I returned it with my own.
"Oh, but Sir Moore, I don't know what the punishment is." We both laughed a bit.
"I will ask you once more, my lady. Why were you grinning like a bloody fool when you stepped out of that hob knocker's carriage?" He squinted his eyes to look menacing, but neither of us could hold in our giggles.
I pulled my hand from his and pretended to zip my lips.
"Fine, if that is the path you choose. Now for your punishment, Lady Cast." He sent me an evil grin. In seconds he had pushed me off him and onto my back. He straddled my waist and looked down at me. His eyes gleamed with revenge.
My eyes widened immediately. "No, please don't! Ma-"
He cut me off when he started tickling my sides. He knew how ticklish I was and rarely used it against me. His fingers moved from my side to my belly. I was laughing so hard it hurt. Tears were rolling down my face and I couldn't breathe. "Fine!" I wheezed. "I'll," Gasp. "Tell you!"
He stopped and we both regained our breathing. "He kissed me," I said when I could finally breathe normally.
"Oh." At first I thought Max looked a little stunned, but then he turned into the girl he could be. "Well, I want all the details!" he squealed.
"He said that we wouldn't be able to do it for a long time in the future, so we had to do it right then. I tried to refuse, but he was just so cute. He gets this little crease in between his eyes when he begs, and I was like it's just a kiss. It couldn't hurt. He pulled me in, but stopped right in front of my lips so I pressed mine to his. I pulled back after a second and he got a little mad. I got out before he could say anything else." I said. A gleam started to form in Max's eyes and I knew what was coming next. You see, Max was a romantic at heart. He believed in love at first sight and all that stuff. I, on the other hand, was starting to doubt the existence of love outside of friendship and family.
"Aw, that is so sweet. What do you think he meant when he said he wouldn't be able to do it for a long time?" He was almost jumping up and down.
"I don't know," I stated honestly.
"Hey!" Max's face dropped a little and his brows furrowed together. "You just kissed me and then you go and kiss someone else? I thought we had something, Kye."
I just realized that Max was still sitting on my waist and I was lying under him. His hands were on either side of my head and he was leaning in close to my face. "His kiss was different than yours." I closed my eyes and a picture of Nick popped into my mind. Max was warm and familiar. Just like his kiss. Nick was hot and dangerous. Every time we touched, electric shot through my blood and jump started my heart. His kiss seemed like it should be off limits. It felt like I was breaking rules just by looking at him and thinking about it.
"Was it? Well, can you tell me who's a better kisser?" Max asked.
I opened my eyes and Max was so close to my face. A cocky smile fell onto his lips, and I flushed a little. A rueful smile spread across my lips after a moment. "He is."
"Real-"
"Max dinner is-. Holy! Guys what are you doing?" Our eyes shot to the opened door and saw Max's mother standing there wide eyed. Her jaw was on the floor.
I shoved out from under Max's body. I got as far away from him as possible and brought my knees to my chest. I wrapped my arms around them, trying to become invisible.
Max rolled onto his back and laughed. "Aw come on mom. You should be happy you caught me with a girl."
"I am so sorry. It wasn't what you think, Mrs. Moore," I told his mother in a small voice. Her mouth was still open a little, but her eyes returned to normal.
"I don't even want to know. Dinner is on the table." With that she turned and walked down the stairs.
I hit Max in the arm. "What the heck was that about?" I was shocked about what he had said.
"Chill, I was just kidding. Did you see the look on her face?" He was laughing again. "Did you see the look on your face?"
I hit him again. "How am I supposed to see my own face?" I asked. His mom just caught us in a questionable position, and he was laughing. I could have died from embarrassment.
"Here, I'll reenact it for you." He made a face, and in spite of myself, I laughed.
"Shut up," I said, in between fits of laughter. "Let's go eat so we can go to bed and this day can be over," I sighed after we finished laughing. Max always knew how to make me feel better.
"Agreed," Max said. He pulled me off the bed and dragged me out of his room.
"I wonder who our sub is for Mrs. Anderson," I said, walking down the stairs.
"We'll find out soon enough, Rufus," Max said, and we sat down to eat.
Well, this was supposed to be more fun. I hope you guys liked it. I realize that I typed my note's at like 3 last night, so they might not have made sense. Sorry if they didnt. Interesting stuff is coming soon. >:D So, I cant get over Max. I honestly love him. I suppose I fail at getting people to like Nick. Oh well. Just to let you guys know, the steelers will be playing the jets in the play offs. GO STEELERS! :D Any who, VOTE AND COMMENT!!!!!!!! Please. Oh, and I am really surprise at how many times this has been read. I know its not that much, but I didnt even dream of this many fans and reads and comments. You guys are incredible. Anyways, leave me a comment telling me if you liked this chap.
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