Hidden Motives

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First was pleasure, then came regret. The kiss sobered me up and I pulled back.

"That was a mistake" I whispered to him before grabbing my ID and heading out. Max stood there frozen. "That definitely made things more complicated," I thought to myself.

Upon walking out Adyline arrived. "It's dark, you shouldn't be out walking alone and you should've waited for me! Let's go, I can smell the alcohol from here! Stupid fake ID's!" she shouted.

"Adyline...I was mad. He saved me, got close to me, then I found out he's been with Scarlett ever since he broke up with you!" I responded with anger visible.

"He what!" she shouted. "That piece of shit! Where is he!" she screamed.

"Inside." I responded.

My thoughts were very hazy and Adyline and was angry. She walked into the bar and saw Max who was still standing in the same spot I left him. He saw Adyline, but his eyes were locked on me.

"You! How could you! Was this all part of your plan! Leave me for Scarlett! Leave me wondering what I did wrong! Were you with that bitch while we were together? Like the day at the movies when you showed up with her?" she yelled at him.

"Adyline it's...it's not what it looks like. I will explain everything later, we need to get Zara home. She's drunk and I don't want her getting into trouble. She also has a lecture tomorrow." Max replied.

"Don't worry about me! And don't try and use me as a scapegoat either! Answer Adyline's questions and then we can go home" I laughed. My sentence wasn't really that clear though. Max walked towards me and steadied my body with his arm. "Don't touch me!" I exclaimed.

"I'm not letting you get hurt" he whispered. "You're not going anywhere."

"Answer my question Max and stop messing around with my sister!" Adyline voiced obviously annoyed.

Max took a deep breath with his arm still around me and said "I was drunk. The day I saw Zara at your house for the first time she became my only thought. She was driving me crazy and I had to do something. Similar to what Zara did today, I came to the pub. It hurts that I was the cause of this. It really does. Scarlett was at the bar that day and we talked and drank. Things escalated as they do and that led to me panicking. I tried cutting Scarlett off, but it didn't work. Then we showed up to the movies together and everything was just getting worse. The day at the coffee shop I did the same thing. I came to the pub, Scarlett was here and repeat. To be honest I'm surprised she's not here right now. Seeing Zara with anyone else was hurting me so Scarlett came up with a plan. She said she would be my girlfriend to make Zara jealous. It worked. The only issue was that I didn't think Scarlett would hold onto it."

"Oh my god, Max, your crazy when you're in love. My sister is the reason my boyfriend broke up with me. Nice." Adyline said before leaving.

I tried to go after her, but Max's grip tightened around me. "I'm not letting you go. I may not be "in love", but you're my world. Love isn't real, but compassion is." he whispered in my ear.

"Love is real. You'll see." I whispered. "Take me home. I have a sibling to talk to and sleep to gain."

"You know for someone drunk you seem pretty normal right now. That's good news. Quite the opposite of me since I act on impulse." Max laughed.

"I know" I smirked.