When a boy is crushing on his bff and they date <3

chapter 1

Max's P.O.V

The sky was pitch black. Rain droplets harshly crashed onto my face as I sprinted towards my house. I knew my mom would be furious if I didn't get home before my curfew, which sounds pretty cliche. Curfews are useless I mean I'm a teenager for goodness sake, I can take care of myself. All of a sudden I started to plummet towards the ground. I braced my arms in front of me to delay the impact. Splash! I landed in a huge puddle, disgusting, right? Instantly I jumped back up and jetted towards my house again. Come on feet move faster! A faint light shone from the distance. It kind of looked like the Christmas lights that were still hanging around my house. Wait, no, the light is from the Christmas lights surrounding my house, I'm going to make it! I pushed open the door to my house and crashed on the ground. I made it!

"Max, is that you?" my mom shouted from the kitchen.

"Yeah mom, it's me!" I yelled back to her.

I removed my jacket and put it on the coat hanger by the door. My mom started to walk towards me as I took my phone out of the jacket's pocket. I opened the phone and started to text my friend, who is also my crush, Jalen. He wanted me to text him once I got home to indicate that I was safe. I sent him a simple "I'm home" and waited for his reply. Jalen responded with a thumbs up emoji, which caused me giggle like a school girl. Even if Jalen does something as simple as wave, my heart starts beating crazy fast. He's always caring for me, and it makes me happy.

"Max, why are you mindlessly staring at your phone?" My mom questioned, startling me.

"It's nothing mom, is the food ready?" I responded.

"Yes, come on."

I followed my mom into the kitchen. To my surprise, everyone's food was left untouched. I raised my eyebrow at the sight. First I saw, my sister, Lily, playing family with her utensils. Then I noticed, Ben, my brother, was just glaring at his food. Lastly, Colette, my baby sister, was crying as my dad shielded her food.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Look who finally arrived," Lily said annoyed.

"Can we pray now mom?" Ben begged. "If I don't eat I'll starve to death."

"Yes, we can pray now," My mom responded. "Max, go sit down."

"Alright," I blandly replied.

My mom led us in pray, she went with the Our Father this time. We quickly finished our prayer then sat down to eat. Ben was devouring his chicken wings, which disgusted Lily. Lily put down her chicken wing just to stare at Ben with disgust. Ben disregarded Lily's judgmental glare and continued to feast. This probably irritated Lily because she looked furious now. Lily stood up and slammed her hands on the table.

"Could you be any louder, you pig?" she yelled.

"Actually, I can be louder, wanna see?" Ben retorted.

"No! Why would I want to see that?"

"I don't know you seem rather enthralled by the way I eat."

"I'm not fascinated by the way you eat, in fact, seeing you eat makes me lose my appetite."

"Stop lying to yourself Lily."

"I'm not lying to myself!"

"Be quiet!" my mom yelled, cutting off their brawl.

"Sorry mom," Lily replied.

"Yeah, sorry mom," Ben also responded.

I snickered at them, but suddenly my phone started to vibrate. Who was calling me at this time, was it Jalen? I quickly finished the remainders of my food as I took my phone out of my pocket. To my disappointment, I saw that Levi was calling me. I'm so going to yell at him for bringing my hopes up. I answered the phone as Levi's face came into view. Levi flashed me a grin as he held his phone directly over his head.

"Dude, guess what?" Levi said in an enthusiastic tone.

"Do I have really have to guess?" I asked.

"No, I'll just tell you."

"Okay, so tell me."

"I just finished watching porn."

"What did he just say?" my mom asked shocked.

"He said he just finished wolfing popcorn," I murmured.

"That's pretty odd wording."

"I mean, it is Levi."

"You're right."

"Also, I'm finished so I'm going upstairs."

"Fine by me."

I rushed up the stairs as I congratulated myself for my awesome save. This time I am actually going to yell at Levi. I looked at my phone to see Levi nervously rubbing the back of his neck. He was probably just as nervous as I was in the situation. To be honest, I don't really care if he looks vulnerable, I won't pity him. He deserves all of my fury for bringing up my hopes and for mentioning porn in front of my christian family. I finally arrived at my room as I let out a sigh of relief.

"Sorry about that Max, nice save though," Levi spoke up.

"I'm so going to kill you tomorrow," I scoffed.

"You didn't even get in trouble though."

"That doesn't matter, and besides I also thought that you were Jalen."

"Damn, you're still crushing on Jalen?"

"Of course I am, I don't care that he has a girlfriend."

"That's kind of harsh dude."

"Does it look like I care?"

"You should respect their relationship man."

"I do respect their relationship, I just don't support it."

"Yeah, I guess that's alright."

"Well, I'm going to hit the hay."

"It's only 8:00 though."

"The earlier I sleep the faster I'll see Jalen."

"You're down tremendously bad for him dude."

"I already know that man."

"I know you know, anyways adios."

"Adios, see you tomorrow."

I hung up the phone and sighed. Soon I began dragging my feet towards my bed. I then flopped on my bed and started to close my eyes. Wait, I just remembered that I needed to take a shower. I swung my legs off of the bed and trotted towards the bathroom. I'll be sure to make the shower quick so I can go to sleep. I yawned as I turned on the shower, getting some water on my sleeve in the process. After the water warmed up I got in the showered and quickly washed myself.

To go to sleep I just put on a normal red shirt and black trousers. I plugged my phone into the plug and plopped myself on the bed. This time I am finally going to sleep, no false alarms. I could faintly hear Colette's cries from my parents room in the background, but it didn't really bother me. My eyes began to droop as I drifted away into a deep slumber.