No Idea 💵 MAX WOLFE

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Honey and River didn't stay too long after they left the dining room. They said their goodbyes and practically ran out of Ally's house. Max didn't stay to long after either. He didn't tell Ally where he was going but she assumed he wasn't going home quite yet. Claire was upstairs eating or taking a shower, honestly Ally had no idea what her aunt was doing.

Ally felt lonely. She admitted that to herself not long after Max left. Ally needed to be around people or else she would feel herself falling down a dark hole of depression. Ally also didn't feel like going out. It was very contradicting. It was frustrating. Ally decided to plop down on the couch and watch TV. She picked a random movie and just sat there. She looked like a zombie (almost).

Ally didn't cry; which probably would've been expected considering how sad she was. Ally hadn't cried in almost two years. Nothing really made her cry anymore. Not even Gossip Girls brutal posts could ever make her cry. Ally had to admit to herself that just sitting on the couch and wallowing in her sadness was probably not the best route to go concerning her mental health but she really didn't care.

Eventually Claire came downstairs again. The wide grin on her face fell immediately when she saw her niece laying on the couch, covered in a blanket and surrounded by darkness. The curtains were closed and all the lights were off. "Hey why are you just laying here." Claire laughed.

The laugh was too lighten the mood, and it didn't seem to work at all. Claire was always bad at handling people emotions, that's how she differentiated from her brother among other things. Claire hated that about herself. She couldn't even comfort her niece and it frustrated her.

"I'm depressed obviously." Ally mumbled into the pillow, but it was coherent enough that Claire was able to hear her. "You were fine this morning." Claire stated in response. This seemed like the wrong thing to say because Ally turned around and scowled at her aunt. Claire wasn't hurt by this or offended. Ally and Claire's relationship was more of a friendship. They were very similar and could talk about practically anything together, and they wouldn't judge each other.

Claire took a seat at the edge of the couch and thought of what to say next. Ally was still scowling at her aunt which made it even harder for Claire to think. "I was thinking of visiting your brother." Claire paused, waiting for a response from Ally. She didn't receive one. "I was thinking you could go with me." Ally's expression softened but her body tensed up. "I haven't visited him since we moved." She simply stated. Claire pursed her lips, as she struggled to think of what to say next. "Then it could be a good thing. To see him again. To talk to him."

Ally shook her head repeatedly. She didn't want to visit her brother, she didn't want to talk to someone who couldn't even respond, it would break her heart even more and she would just fall down a deeper hole of depression. She would probably just close herself off and not really talk to anyone, and that would be pretty bad considering her and Max we're getting even closer which was something that she was quite happy about.

Before Ally could stop herself she had opened her mouth and voiced a response to her aunt "I don't want to talk to someone that can't even form a response. I have no desire to see my fuck up of a brother." Ally stated harshly, so harshly in fact that even her aunt seemed taken aback.

"You know he's not a fuck up. You know the situation wasn't his fault." Claire calmly replied. "Oh really? It's not his fault? He's the one that snuck out. He's the one who became friends with Carson. He's the one who made the decision to steal dads alcohol. He's the one who made the decision to go to that hotel. It really is his fault. It's his fuck up and I'm not gonna pity him for it." Ally laughed. Claire shook her head. "You know that's not how you actually feel." Claire replied coldly and she quickly sat up from the couch and went upstairs to grab her purse. Ally flopped back down on the couch with a heavy sigh.

She didn't mean the words that she said, she was angry, she still is. She was angry with her brother, Carson, Aki, her aunt, literally everyone, and she didn't know how to make that anger go away, and neither did her aunt it seemed, because her aunt stomped down the stairs like a child and slammed the front door on her way out.

"I should probably apologize" Ally thought, though she knew it probably wouldn't fix the cold things she had said.

Authors Note: yeah this was another filler chapter. I haven't really been feeling motivated to write lately. So this chapter took longer than I intended. To be honest, part of me wants to abandon this fic because it's not really receiving lots of love and my motivation has gone pretty downhill but I'm not going to because I really want to complete this story. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I'm working on the next one right now.