Learning to Trust Again

Chapter 13

It's Friday and the last show is two days away. Since they were now back in L.A, there were more things to do when Meryl was at practice. Some of the cast of Dancing with the Stars were getting ready for their upcoming tour. Maks decided to go to the studio to watch and help out if needed.

"Hey Princess, I'm going to go to the Dancing with the Stars studio today while you are at the rink." They were eating breakfast with Charlie and Tanith at her table.

"Oh sounds fun. Have a good time."

"Thanks babe, I will. I'll have my phone on me so if you need me, call me."

"Alright. Are they getting ready for the tour?"

"Yes."

"That's awesome. We should go to one of the shows."

"Really? You want to?"

"Of course I do! I want to see Jenna and Val dance."

"Well then I'll make sure we go. They even do a dance together."

"A love dance?"

"Yea, something like that." Maks leans over and kisses her.

"You two ready to go? We should head to the rink."

"Ready when you are."

The three gathered their things and left. Maks followed soon after. He drove to the DWTS studio and got in with no problems. He knew he had pictures take of him but he didn't mind.

"Maks! Welcome back. We've missed you." Peta was the first person he saw when he got inside.

"Hey Peta. Thanks."

Maks walked into the studio room that Val was practicing in. He took a seat in the corner against the wall. The dancers were taking a break so first he greeted Val and the other dancers and then he took his phone out. He got on Twitter and had lots of notifications. He opened them and saw a picture collage of him and Meryl. They were pictures from the meet and greet from the last show. One was of one of the times that Meryl had turned around to talk to Maks. Another was when Meryl was leaning back on his legs and he had his hand on her back. The last was from when they were leaving the rink and someone had taken a picture of them walking out hand in hand. As he went further down the notifications, he saw that picture collage a bunch more times and some random other pictures of them from that night. He wasn't sure what to think. They weren't really trying to hide but they were trying to be careful. He texted Meryl and asked her to call him when she could. 20 minutes later she called. Maks quickly stepped out of room.

"Hi Princess."

"Hi Maks. What's up? Is something wrong? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I was just on Twitter earlier and I saw..."

"I saw them too."

"How do you feel about it?"

"Well we weren't exactly hiding this last week but we were trying to be careful. I'm ok that they are out there."

"How should I address them if questions come up?"

"Let's not admit anything yet. I'm not quite ready for the whole world to know."

"Ok. I agree."

"Great. Now I have to go. We are heading back to practice now. I love you."

"I love you too. See you later Princess."

"See you later Maks."

Maks hung up and went back into the room. He sat back down for a little while but then Val came over to him.