CHAPTER 17: RUNNING AWAY

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I rolled on my side and he let me be the little spoon. That thirty minutes was paradise. I woke up and stretched

Max: Good Afternoon

Ace: Good afternoon.

Max: You got some quality sleep

Ace: I did, thank you

Max: Let's get some food

Ace: Okay

I got out of bed and followed him to the kitchen.

Max: What do you want?

Ace: Can I pick anything?

Max: Yes

Ace: French toast, cinnamon french toast, with bacon and eggs.

Max: I like a girl who can eat

Ace: Right idea wrong person, I like the idea of food and making it, but I eat about as much as a six year old.

He laughed

Ace: I'm serious, I've weighed about one twenty five since I was twelve. And that's on a good day.

Max: That's okay.

I smiled and leaned against the island.

Max: Coffee?

Ace: Tea, I'm gonna lay off coffee for a little while

Max: Okay

Ace: Sorry I ruined the rest of the day

Max: You didn't, we both needed the rest

Ace: You're not wrong, but I've got to go to the gym and fix my life.

Max: What's wrong with it?

Ace: I have to write three new songs for the band and I have no idea what to write them about.

Max: Well there's always love

Ace: Yeah, I guess, it's just that's not really our style. It- it would have to be a not so typical love story.

Max: What?

Ace: Wait, that's it, that's it, a untypical love story. Paper, I need paper

He pulled a piece of paper and a pen from one the drawers

I started writing and humming.

Ace: This is not the ty-pi-cal love sto-ry that you know, I'm sor-ry in advance. Just walk away I'm done, you're off the hook just run, da da da da da. Chorus

Max: That was great

Ace: Once I figure out the rest of it, it's going to be fantastic.

Max: How did you do that?

Ace: What do you mean?

Max: That took you five minutes

Ace: When I have an idea it bounces around really fast and then I just work from there. Rhyming and stuff

Max: It's really interesting to see.

Ace: It is, until you don't know what the next step is.

Max: You'll figure it out lovebug

Ace: That's the goal. So we've fixed one of my problems, I still need to go to the gym.

Max: I might be able to help with that one too. My family owns a bit of property I want you to get familiar with so we could take a hike

Ace: Okay

We ate lunch and I changed into a pair of shorts tucking the front of his shirt under my bra. And put on my shoes. We got in his car and drove towards the school, only five miles or so.

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