Mad Max

Part 1

Max's POV 

I arrive home from El's house, 

"You are late, where were you?" Neil stares at me but keep walking and I don't say anything,

"ANSWER ME"  Neil stands up and pushes me up against the wall.

"You can't hurt me" his face screws up and removes his belt from his waist, he whips my thighs until they bleed. I scream and tears roll down my face, I look up at his face and he's grinning.

"get up" I try to get up but he pushes me back down to the floor, he puts his foot on my back slowly applying more of his body weight. I can hardly breathe, he laughs and spits on my face.

"you are disgusting, get out of my sight" he takes his foot off my back and I scramble to get up. I run into my room and shut the door behind me, sinking to my knees I sob into my grazed knees. Why me? I mean I deserve it all, It's my fault Billy died. I can't help but think that, I just stood there as he died, I could've helped him but I just stood there like a coward. I flick my head back into the wall smacking it hard.

"SHUT UP" I hear Neil yell, his TV show blasts from outside my room all night so I hardly sleep. The next morning I call El,

"Hello?"

"Hey El it's Max"

"Max!" I laugh,

"What should we do today?"

"I'm actually hanging out with Hopper and Joyce today"

"Oh"

"we could have a sleepover?"

"yea sure El"

"Can we stay at your house though because Hop is out tonight?" 

"Oh um yea I guess" I don't want Neil to hurt El,

"Ok yay I'll come over at 5!"

"Bye El! See you at 5"

"Bye Max!" I hang up the phone, shit, hopefully Neil isn't home tonight. I go back to my room and manage to somewhat clean it, it's hard when you have a shitty stepdad who trashes it all the time. My Mom walks into my room,

"Oh um hi Mom" we have kind of drifted,

"Goodmorning Maxine" she looks around my room,

"Do you think I could have a friend over tonight?"

"Yea whatever, I'm out at the bar tonight so just don't cause trouble" 

"We won't" She sighs and walks out of the room, it's not that I don't love my Mom. I just don't think she loves me, I mean she doesn't even care about what Neil does to me.

Els POV

It's 4:38pm, I hop into Nancys car,

"Hi El!" she smiles at me,

"Hey El" Robins here too,

"Hi guys!" 

"So what are you and your GIRLFRIEND got planned for tonight" Robin chuckles,

"I think we are just staying at Max's nothing special."

"Umm Max's house" Robins face drops,

"Yea Hop isn't here tonight and he doesn't trust us home alone"

"I mean you guys could stay at mine if you wanted my parents aren't home and you two are annoying. I don't want to disturb Max's parents"

"I think we will just stay at Max's"

"oh I just feel like Max's house isn't very safe"

"safe?" what is Robin talking about,

"you know what never mind I'm sure it's fine" Robin turns around and doesn't talk for the rest of the ride, soon enough we pull up outside Max's house. I get out of the car but I can't stop thinking about what Robin said. I knock on the door and Max answers,

"EL!" I lean into kiss her but she hugs me instead. She grabs my hand and pulls ms into her room and kisses me,

"Sorry I didn't kiss you El, just my parents are home" she blushes,

"It's okay Max!" I hug her tight, We stare into each others eyes, I burst into laughter and so does she, Max's stepdad comes in the room,

"What is all this racket" He looks at me,

"Maxine you didn't tell me you had a friend over" Max starts to play with her jeans,

"Do you want something?" Max replies, He shoots a look at her and walks up to where we are sitting. He gets right in Max's face, he smells like cigarettes. He grabs Max by the hair and yanks her to the floor.

"Watch it" He slams the door. Mouthbreather. I crouch down next to Max and put my hand on her back,

"Are you okay Max" she looks at me, her eyes are moist,

"oh yea im fine just playful banter you know?" She forces a smile, I don't think that was playful, I touch her face, its smooth.

"It's okay Max, you can talk to me" Her leg starts to shake, I pull her in and hug her. I could tell she was crying but I don't know what to do, I stroked her head trying my best to comfort her. 

"Let's read some comics!" she smiles and pulls me up on to the bed again. I cuddle into her and she rests her head on mine, she starts to read the comic but I don't really listen, I'm too busy staring at her beautiful face. 

"El? are you even listening"

"what yea" she raises an eyebrow,

"friends don't lie" we both laugh,

"it's your fault I'm not listening anyways, you're so attractive I just want to kiss you" I get up and start to kiss her. The door clicks and Max pushes me off her,

"Hey Max, I'm going now, there's shit in the fridge if you want food, I think Neil's going to come with me too" 

"Oh yea thanks Mom, bye" She says in a quiet voice, her Mom leaves and I hear the car start outside. We walk out to the kitchen and Max looks through the fridge, she pulls out a microwavable meal and screws up her nose,

"we don't have to eat this we could go out and get food or something?" 

"I can't really be bothered, I just want to lay with you forever" She laughs,

"Let me see what I can do" she smirks and grabs me, she basically slings me over her shoulder and dumps me onto the couch,

"Wanna watch a scary movie?" I smile, she runs to her room and comes back with a VHS, Max puts it in the TV and grabs a blanket,

"Dustin gave me this movie, It's called Nightmare on Elm Street" she sits down next to me and cuddles into me, I try to watch the movie but it's really scary,

"Max I'm scared" She looks down at me,

"It's okay El, we can stop watching if you want" She tilts her head,

"it's fine, I know you want to watch it"

"Don't worry El we can watch the rest another time!" Max gets up and turns the movie off, I pick up the blanket and we go to her room. We get into bed and Max yawns, she turns the lights off,

"I can't sleep Max" She turns the lights back on,

"I- I'm scared from the movie" she smiles,

"it's okay El, its not real!" she strokes my cheek,

"It felt real" she hugs me until I start to drift off,

"Goodnight El" she kisses my fore head and turns the light off,

"goodnight Max" I pull her in and hug her from behind.