The amour of love- elmax story

Chapter 17

"Hey Common casey win me the giant bear," Lalia giggled watching casey focus as she tried desperately to hook one of the lifeless ducked bobbing around in the shallow pool of water,

Eleven wiped some stray tears from her cheek as she reached the two girls, she didn't dare look behind her to see if max was following, but she couldn't tell weather she was furious with max or just really upset. But el didn't understand, she never felt this way before, she didn't feel this way with mike-

"YAYY!" Lalia screamed disrupting elevens trail of thought she looked over as Casey was handed a giant blue stuffed bear, witch she then gave to Lalia, who's smile was beaming from ear to ear.

"Thank babe, " she said before Eleven caught her eye standing behind them. "Hey El, where's max?"

"Oh i-i," Eleven stuttered,

"El what wrong, why have you been crying," casey said seeing elevens red eyes and rosie cheeks,

"I- ," eleven sigh composing herself, " Max is over there, " she said defeated pointing behind her towards the gap between the candy floss stall and the balloon popping wall booth.

"Why what happened is max okay," Casey asked her concern growing,

"Can you take me home, " Eleven asked staring down at her shoes, "Please," she said feeling her through sting as she tried desperately to hold back her tears,

"Yeah, yeah um ill take you home," Casey said she wrapped her arm around eleven and then turned to Lalia and whispered, "Go get max bring her to the apartment, ill meet you there,"

"Okay," Lalia whispered back, walking towards the booths but not before pecking Casey's lip, Which brought a small smile to Casey's face.

Eleven and Casey began to walk back to Sam's apartment,

"Hey so um can you maybe tell me what happened?" casey asked softly,

Eleven shrugged before speaking, "To be honest i don't even know, it feels like it didn't really happen, max got angry, she shouted at me because i told her i wanted to go home, eventually, i mean i didn't know she thought this whole thing was long term, my dad is probably sending police searches out looking for me,"

"WAIT!" Casey yelled, "You two ran away,"

"Shit, I-i mean," Eleven muttered under her breath,

"El you realise this is serious shit, like you and max are probably being hunted by the police or something like you said,"

"No my dad, he is a sheriff, he know that im her, i tried to ask him to come with max but he said no so i snuck away,"

"Wait why did max wanna run away in the first place,"

"Oh um her mom abandoned her and her stepdad abused her, didn't she tell you,"

"No, holy shit,"

"Yeah," Eleven said solemnly,

The two walked the rest of the way to the apartment in silence, once they got there casey let el into her room whilst she went to make some tea, Eleven sat trying to keep out of her own head.

Meanwhile back at the pier -

Lalia watched Casey and Eleven walk away towards sam's bar and apartment, she then hastily walked over to fined max sitting on the floor with her head in her hands, as she looked up to see Lalia standing over her she dragged her hands through her tangled her hair and let out a sigh,

"Can i sit," Lalia asked gesturing towards the floor opposite to max,

"Sure, if you want,"

Lalia shuffled herself onto the ground, opposite max leaning her back against the candy floss booth,

"So um, what the fuck happened?" she asked,

"What do you mean, nothing happened im good," Max said her voice growing in aggression,

"Mmmhh sure, nothing happened you say, so then tell me why your girlfriend was just taken home by case crying," Lalia said stubbornly,

"Sh- she's not my girlfriend," Max mumbled just loud enough for Lalia to hear over the background noise,

"Bitch. you know max i know you've been through hell and back, probably more that once, but that doesn't ever give you the right to be a dick, You're acting just like Nate uno," Lalia said knowing her word would cut deep,

"Fuck you Lalia!" Max said aggressively, Standing up and storming off , whilst lalia yelled,

"Yeah well fuck you to Maxine!"

Max flipped Lalia off as she stormed off towards the beach, whilst Lalia let out a huff, and got up walking back to Sam's apartment.

Max sped up walking towards the steps that lead off the pier to the beach, she started to walk along the edge of the shore line being careful to not let the waved hit her shoes, as she carried on walking, trying to stop her anger from rising, she felt handfuls of sand waving around in her shoes. She didn't know why but that tipped her over the edge, she pulled her shoe off and flung it into the ocean in a fit of rage, she felt tears start to stream down her face, and she wiped them away with the back of her hand trying desperately to stop herself from feeling anything at all.

She collapsed onto her knees on the sand feeling the tide wash over her splashing cold salty water onto her face. After lying on her backing staring into the cloudy dark abyss of the sky she sat up wiping her face and wading slowly into the ocean to look for her shoe, but after three minutes of squinting at the dark sea she couldn't see anything.

The redhead started to feel the cold seep into her bones, her body started to shiver, and her teeth started to chatter, So she gave up and walked slowly towards the warm glow coming from the balcony glass door in her dads apartment.

After reaching the bar she discreetly maneuvererd her way through the crowds of tipsy people, making sure her auntie Tina and cousins Debbie and Liam who were behind the bar didn't see her.

She tried to quietly walk up the stairs towards the door, however the old stairs creaked loudly ever time she stepped. She turned the door knob and open the door walking in.

"Max fucking finally, casey and your dad though you'd run away again," Lalia said relived sitting at the kitchen island having a drink,

"Yeah, well i didn't, " Max said shivering,

"Wears your other shoe, and why are you dripping wet?" Lalia asked,

However max didn't have the energy nor the patience to continue her conversation with Lalia, she walked towards her room, but before she could reach the door, casey came out of her room, slowly closing the door so it would make as much noise,

"What the fuck max," She whispered but in a yelling angry tone,

"Leave me alone," Max replied, in a normal volume,

"No, max your girlfriend is in my room, she has been cry ever since we left the pier, i only juts got her to fall asleep, Lalia has been blaming herself for you disappearing for 2 and a half hours, and your dad is mortified, he think that Neil found you or something has happened to you,"

"How does he know about Neil, wait how do you know about Neil?" max asked her concern growing quickly,

"It doesn't mate-,"

"How the fuck do you know?" She said this time yelling, loud enough for the whole apartment to hear,

"Max shut up, your gonna wake up eleve-," Casey was interrupted by her door latch clicking and Eleven walked out rubbing her eyes waring one of Casey's oversized shirts,

"Sorry el, go back to bed," Casey smiled,

"Max." Eleven said softly,

Max smiled softly at el felling her eyes start to well up, She barrelled into el wrapping her arm around her tight felling elevens hand wrap around her. she nuzzled her face into els neck, and felt one of elevens hand reach up and stroke her hair,

"I love you," Max heard eleven whisper into her ear,

"I love you too," Max whispered back . . .

thanks for the read love u guys,

izzie