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"Woah, you're gay?"
She just noticed Dustin and Steve sitting on the couch. "Shit!" She yelled, throwing her board.
"Max! Viens ici, ça va. Ils ne jugeront pas." //Max! Come here, it's okay. They won't judge.//
The ginger nodded, sitting on one of the arm chairs in the Buckley house.
"Que s'est-il passé?" //What happened?//
"Nous étions assis à ou sur ce qui restait de starcourt et elle a découvert... quelque chose et elle m'a juste aidé pendant que je pleurais et je l'ai juste senti dans ma poitrine et mon ventre et c'est tellement faux! C'est mes frères Ex!" //We were sitting at or on what was left of starcourt and she found out about... something and she just heled me while I cried and I just felt it in my chest and stomach and this is is so wrong! She's my brothers Ex!//
"What the hell are you two saying?!"
The two girls looked at Dustin. "None of your business!" They said in unison. Steve held his hands up in surrender. Robin took Max's hands in hers.
"C'est bien! Maintenant, nous pouvons vous réunir tous les deux!" //This is great! Now we can get you two together!//
"Quelle? NON! Robin, elle est hétéro! Honnêtement, à quel point ce serait étrange si votre ami venait vers vous et vous disait simplement '' hé! Je suis amoureux de vous!' C'est un plan stupide. Plan stupide et stupide qui va faire chier! Dieu, tu es pire que Dustin!" //What? NO! Robin, she's straight! Honestly, how weird would it be if your friend came up to you and just said 'hey! I'm in love with you!' It's a stupid plan. Stupid, stupid plan thats gonna go to shit! God, you're worse than Dustin!//
"Uh, I heard my name!"
"Steve l'a fait. Qu'est-ce qui pourrait mal se passer?" //Steve did it. What could go wrong?//
"Oh je ne sais pas, peut-être qu'elle est hétéro ET homophobe? Je perdrais mon meilleur ami puis Mike serait en colère contre moi et le dirait à ses parents et je serais viré!" //Oh I don't know, maybe shes straight AND homophobic? I'd lose my best friend then Mike would be mad at me and tell his parents and I'd get kicked out!//
"Ce sont aussi tes parents, Max. Et même s'ils vous ont expulsé, vous nous aurez toujours. Allez-y, quel est le pire qui puisse arriver?" //They're your parents too, Max. And even if they did kick you out, you'll always have us. Just go for it, whats the worst that could happen?//
"Tout pourrait exploser dans mon visage et je pourrais perdre la seule bonne chose que j'ai dans ma vie. J'ai déjà perdu Billy, je ne peux pas perdre El aussi." //Everything could blow up in my face and I could lose the only good thing I have in my life. I already lost Billy, I can't lose El too. //
"Et vous ne le ferez pas, je vous le promets! Allez-y un peu de rouge." //And you won't, I promise! Just go for it little red.//
"Je dois y aller, maman veut m'aider à planifier les funérailles de Billy." //I gotta go, Mom wants to help me plan Billy's funeral.//
"D'accord, et Max parle d'abord à Mike." //Okay, and Max talk to Mike first.//
Max nodded, grabbing her board and running home. Robin turned to face the boys.
"What the fuck just happened?!"
"Was that Russian?"
"Oh my God shut up!"
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Max pushed open the door and ran inside. She tackled someone that was in the way and ended up on top of them on the floor. The mystery person put their arms around her waist, holding her tight.
"Max?!"
"Mike? Shit I didn't mean to bump into you."
"More like tackle me!"
He set her on the floor next to him as he stood up brushing himself off. Max stood up, grabbing his hand, and forcefully dragging him to their room.
"What the- what are you doing?!"
"We need to talk." She pushed open the bedroom door and pointed to his bed. He sat down, looking up at her. "Oh god you're so tall now."
"Well first of all I'm gay."
"Congra-"
"I like El."
Mike stood up at this. Max walked backwards into a wall, thinking he was going to hit her. "El? My ex El?"
"Yeah... I'm sorry I didn't me."
Mike sighed, rubbing the side of his face. Max flinched, closing her eyes tightly. Her breathing got faster. She turned her head to the side, preparing to get smacked.
The tall boy sat back down on the bed holding his head in his hands. Max slowly opened her eyes and let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. She walked over to him, taking small baby steps. "You okay?"
"Yeah yeah, you know she broke up with me?"
Max sat next to her brother, rubbing his shoulder soothingly. "Really? Why?"
"She likes a girl."
Her heart stopped, she was too late. El likes someone else. "Oh," she whispered looking down.
"Yeah, oh. Max..."
"No it was stupid anyway! I mean how could she like me? Right? I mean, look at me!" She chuckled through her tears. Mike turned to look at her, but she quickly turned her head so he couldn't see her crying. She sniffled, taking her hand away from his shoulder. The ginger got up, holding onto her board tightly. "Well, I should uh probably go clean out Billy's house so we could sell it." She said wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Max-"
She was out of the house by the time he could say another word. Max sobbed the whole time she was at Billy's.
