Lady in Red [Max Mayfield]

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FIRST OF ALL: i've only been writing this story for a month and it has more than FIVE HUNDRED READS! JESUS THIS IS INSANE!!! i want to thank everyone of you for reading this. i love you all!! also, above i made a sucky picture of the layout of alex's house just to show you what it looks like!

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"Okay, now we should watch 'Weird Science'!" Richie announces to the group as "Pretty in Pink" ends.

"What is 'Weird Science'?" El questions. Richie gives her a shocked and disgusted look.

"You've never watched it? You must be living under a rock of something." He searches through the box of tapes before pulling it out.

"Richie, I don't want to watch Weird Science! We watch it everytime you come over to my house." Eddie says, rolling his eyes.

"E-Eddie is r-right. You probably kn-know all o-of the wor-words." Bill shrugs and Richie throws a pillow at his head.

"Can a guy not have a favorite movie?" Richie puts his hands up.

"Richie, it's an obsession at this point." I join in.

"Hey Alex, you're sitting awfully close to Max right now." Richie says with a wide grin.

"Shut the fuck up! It's not my fault that the couch is small, asshole." I give him a death glare and he smirks. Still, Max doesn't remove her hand from mine.

I doubt anyone has noticed. It's a secretive hand hold. We wouldn't want people getting the wrong idea..right?

"How about we do something. Like play another game? I'm sick of sitting." Will says, turning from the TV to the losers.

"We've already played two games today! What else is there to do?" Dustin replies with a groan.

"I don't know, but I'm craving some sweets. Got anything, Alex?" Mike H asks.

"Hmm. I doubt that I do, but I can check." I get up, hesitantly letting go of Max's hand, and walk into the kitchen.

"I'm gonna get some water" I hear Beverly's voice say from the living room. She walks in and smiles at me. "Sooo, you were holding Max's hand!" she whisper screams.

"Shhh! Be quiet! How did you even know?" I put my hand to her mouth.

"Sorry, sorry! I saw you let go of her hand when you got up. It's just, I'm excited! One step towards dating!" She whispers when I remove my hand.

"Woah! Woah! Dating? She doesn't even know I like her. I think you're living in some sort of fantasy, Marsh!" I roll my eyes.

"Oh, whatever. A girl can dream." She grabs a cup from one of the kitchen cabinet's and fills it up in the sink.  She waves jokingly before returning to the living room.

I open all of the cabinets before coming to the conclusion that we have no candy. I walk back into the living room to break this horrible, horrible news. "I do apologize dearly, but it seems that the Kinney household is fresh out of candy." I say with a dramatic sigh.

"Oh! But how will Mike live?" Richie gasps and pretends to faint.

"Hah, hah! Very funny, guys. It's okay, Alex. I can go pick some up at the store or something" Mike H announces, grabbing his keys. "Wait, shit. I don't know where anything in this town is."

"I know a gas station close by." Max says, raising her hand.

"Do you have your license?" Mike questions.