High School Musical - Next Gen (Complete)

Chapter 18

-MAXS POV-

I turn up at Pancakes on the Rocks at 6:33 where I see Danielle waiting for me.

"Well look who turned up after the girl" she says cockily and crosses her arms.

"I didn't know you had bipolar" I smirk and tilt my head, gosh one minute she's nice and the next she's Regina George!

"No it's just called acting" She nods and I internally laugh. I feel like saying 'well sweetly everyone sees through your little show'! But I have to keep calm and play along, act like she's Summer.

I smile at her but imagine Summer, she's looking behind her shoulder in Math and I wink at her and he blushes a little. This is what I'm imagining.

"What?" She asks like 'wtf'.

"You're so gorgeous" I whisper, but not her, Summer. "I mean" I clears my throat "lets go inside" wow, I'm really good at this whole acting thing.

"Alright" She looks over my shoulder but I just ignore it and eventually she looks back at me.

"Come on" I whisper and intwine our fingers, GROSS GROSS GROSS! Her hands are all sweaty and I think one of her nails just scratched my wrist.

"Stop Max" she sighs and pulls her hand away from mine and I feel like a whole weight was lifted off of my heart.

"What's wrong?" I ask worried, well worried for Summer because she walked past me one time and she seemed really upset. I wanted to ask her what was wrong but I chicken out!

"What changed?" She asks confused and my heart beat gets faster. "I was such a dick, why do you decide to forgive me now?" Well that's half true.

"I saw, when Summer fainted, you were so worried about her, and you were just trying to protect her. It was really hot" I say, that's what Summer and Kat told me to say if she asks why I like her again.

"Oh" is all she said and the butterflies died down a little in my stomach.

"Follow me" I grin and she takes my hand and walks behind me "Reservations for Danforth" I smile at the cashier girl.

"Right this way" the girl walks and I follow.

The nights now dark and the tables are lit up by candles and heat lamps.

The warmth being let off by the heat lamps is really nice on a cold breezy night like this. I wish I was here with Summer so once the heat lamps are away I can cuddle close to her and we can keep each other warm.

We keep walking, past all the tables with candles on them.

We end up walking out onto the jetty and I groan internally for Summer to be the one holding my hand.

"Wow" she whispers and she's right. the view is amazing with the sunset and mountains, but it's just not the same without Summer.

"I wanted to say sorry in the prettiest place I could find." I finally find words to say but I feel like crying and running away.

The girl placed the menus on our table before walking away.

I walk over to a seat and pull it out for Summer but Danielle decides to sit in it instead. "for the beautiful lady" I smile, but it wasn't meant for Danielle.

"Thank you" she chirps like a spoilt brat that just got what she cried and threw a tantrum for.

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I gave her a whole speech about how I apparently overreacted and how sorry I was. But I really wasn't sorry for anything I did because she deserved it all. She accepted my apology but she's still a twat.

"This chair is uncomfortable, want to sit on the edge or the jetty?" I suggest and she shrugs. I want to push her into that lake!

"Sure, why not?" We both get up and sit on the edge of the old wooden jetty.

I lean back and put both my hands behind me and stretch out. Nows my time to push her!

"So have I told you that I'm sorry enough times?" I ask and I look at her lips thinking about how painful this is going to be but I have to do it, for Summer.

"It depends, what do you want me to do after forgiving you?" She looks at me. OH MY GOSH WHORE WHORE WHORE WHORE WHOREEEEEEEE!

"It depends how far you feel comfortable with us going" I look at her lips more thinking about how whore lips taste and how gross this is going to be.

"I'm cool with whatever" she leans in a little bit and I feel no connection between us. All I feel is the singing in my head singing WHOREEEEE WHOREEEEE!

"Not as cool as I am" I imagine that it's Summer, well practise for Summer anyways. I need the practise. I lean in so that we're feeling each other's breath.

I close my eyes and imagine her as Summer. I lean in only a tiny bit more and kiss her tasteless lips.

I cannot feel a thing. I push her head in more but all I can feel is this gross mushy feeling in my mouth area.

If I could give this kiss a label 'worse kiss ever'.

"Well that was nice" she says dazed after we...more like I...finish the kiss.

"Better than last time" I breath heavily but all I want to cry out is 'give me my drink so I can wash this disgusting taste out of my mouth.

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Eventually it reaches 8 o'clock and conversations start to get boring.

She yawns and a victory song starts playing in my head.

"You look tired, I'll pay for the check and I'll drop you home" in my mind mine and Summers date would have gone on till morning. but just sleeping, don't get any ideas!

"Alright" she nods.

I go inside and pay for the dinner leaving a few dollars tip.

"Let's go princess" I pick her up bride style and carry her out to my car.

Even though she ruined two years of my school life she's still a girl and deserves to be treated right. So I grab the blanket sitting in my back seat and drape it over her as she starts to fall asleep.

Funny thing is that it's only 8 o'clock.

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I drop her home and drive as fast as I can home, of course chewing gum on the way because I swear her breath does not leave!

"Worst experience ever! I'm not doing that often" I roll my eyes as I barge into Kats room where the lights are all off and the TVs on.

I hear the sound of tissues being pulled from boxes.

"Are you guys alright?" I ask walking around the corner to see them crying to the TV.

"He's going to die, and there in love" Kat cries.

"And shes saying the funeral speech, but he's going to die" Summer cries and I can't help but smile about how stupid this is but I have to admit that the Fault in our Stars in a pretty good movie.

"Would you like me to tell you about the date?" I say bluntly sitting on the chair and immediately they say up turned the lights on and turned off the TV.

"Yes" They say in unison sitting in front of me.

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Hello my lovelies!!!

So I'm doing two chapters in one day because these were two sorta connected in a way and also I couldn't stop writing because I was excited to know what happened... that doesn't sound right.

But anyways I hope you have had an awesome holidays so far and God bless you all.

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-holly xx