SOUR CANDY KISSES ➭ MAX M.

ii: PRETTY LITTLE HEART

↳˳;; ❝ y/n ᵕ̈ ೫˚∗:

I'D BE LYING if i said my hands weren't sweaty and my heart wasn't racing. i told my friends that i was doing "something else" which really just made willy and bev all the more curious. but here i am, trotting down the hallways to the schoolyard so i can learn to skate and embarrass myself in front of the prettiest girl i know.

"hey, y/n!" i heard max call as soon as i open the door. was she watching for me? was she as excited as i am?

i walk down the steps slowly, i didn't want to get so anxious that i'll fall. i'm not sure how this newfound feeling came along, but i have a love-hate relationship with it.

"hey, max," i smile as she hands me the skateboard.

i knew nothing about skateboarding.

"okay, you look frightened. but trust me it's not that bad," max grabs my hand and helps me get on the board with ease.

she's still holding my hand.

"okay, just one foot," she starts laughing a bit, her laugh was adorable.

i sound like a stalker, or a creeper.

"oh, right," i let out a few laughs, just so she would know i got the joke. i looked around for a bit since max was putting my feet in "the right position".

and i saw my friends. they were spying on us.

'why is she hanging out with the traitor', dustin thought.

i don't know, cause she's hot.

wait, did i really just think that? that's not right, i'm a girl too-

"okay so you keep this foot here," she points to my foot on the skateboard.

"and with this one, you push off."

"now?" i ask as she laughs a bit.

"yeah sure, now's fine," she nods, looking me directly in the eyes which almost sure as hell made my knees weak.

"uh, o-okay."

great going billiam.

i do exactly as she told me, and i'm not sure whether or not i had supernatural balance, i got lucky, or max is like a good luck charm, but i didn't fall over.

"hell yeah, get it marsh!" max yelled and i laughed, using movie knowledge to stop the skateboard so i wouldn't look like an idiot.

"and you stopped it right, good job," she told me, jogging my way and high-fiving me.

"movies," i shrug, my cheeks going hot.

"okay, i have some extra lunch from earlier. wanna share it?"

"unless you have like a nut allergy," she rushes out, her eyes going wide.

"thanks for the concern, but no. let's go," i grab her hand and i could've sworn she blushed. normally i would check her thoughts to make sure. but for some reason i wanted to learn everything the long way with max.

-

"SO, THAT MAX girl, huh?" bev asks me, wiggling her eyebrows.

"max, what?" i was folding my new clothes. speaking of which, i was quite a bit taller than max. which i kind of liked.

"you like her!" she cheers, grabbing a pillow and squishing it to death in a hug.

"i do not," i shake my head as she looks at me unamused.

"so your heart didn't race when she talked to you?"

"i-yeah, maybe. but that doesn't mean anything!" i plunge my fists into my bed as bev smirks.

"did your palms sweat?"

i didn't want to say anything, but she took that as a yes.

"you're right," i flop onto the bed, huffing and puffing my cheeks out.

"i'm disgusting."

"just because you like max? i call bull," bev gets up and hugs me. we stayed that way for a bit. until i panicked from realizing i was about to stand up max.

"whoa, okay the flash," bev jokes as i grab a new outfit and run into the closet to change.

"no time for jokes," i come out wearing a hawaiian shirt, i'd be lying if i said it wasn't to piss her off.

"what the actual-"

"gotta go, max's waiting!" i run out the door and hop on my bike, riding so fast to the arcade that i was surprised my hair didn't fly off somehow.

"i'm here! i'm here," i huff, bending over to catch my breath.

"hey marsh," max comes up to me, smiling when i stand up.

"new clothes?"

"yeah," i breathe out, a permanent smile etched onto my face.

"let's play dig dug!" we run towards the game and i see a "game over" screen. she had left the game to come see me when i could've gone to her?

"okay, sorry to let your pretty little heart down, but i rock at this," max tells me.

pretty little heart.