Deception

•Chapter 3•

Eliana's POV~
The rest of the day went by painfully slow. All I wanted to do was find Max and talk to him. Of course I was super embarrassed that he had been listening and watching me for months and I never noticed, but I didn't care about that so much.
I have never really had feelings for someone like this and it was exciting. I just wanted to tell everyone and talk about him forever, but I knew that if I did, my friends would ensure that I would never hear the end of it.
So for the time being I decided to keep it my secret, and if things ever went any farther that I would tell my friends then. Wait what am I talking about? Nothing will ever happen, and I can't trust anyone like this after the Lacy thing.
But it's so hard not to think about him...
As I began my short walk home from school, I noticed Max walking out of the building and fought the urge to go and catch up with him. But I quickly realized how crazy I was being and stopped thinking about him. I mean, I'm supposed to be mad at him. So once I got him completely out of my head, I was much happier. And the I heard footsteps behind me.
I figured it was just some pedestrian, and didn't look behind me. Then he spoke. "Ummm... hi," Max said, and I turned around to face him. "Hi," I said nervously, forgetting to forget him and ignoring everything I had told myself to do. My cheeks burned and I looked at my shoes.
"So where do you live?" I asked suddenly hearing how creepy I sounded. I started to explain that I didn't mean it that way but Max put up his hand a kind of chuckled quietly. " I just moved, actually," he said. " I used to live a couple blocks down, but now I live in WestOak Villages." I couldn't help but smile and I felt my cheeks burn. "That's where I live. You just moved into 7417. I live in 7416. We're neighbors." He looked at the ground and tried to conceal a smile. I barely knew this kid for a few hours and I was already starting to like him. A lot.