It feels like we are in another world. Her lips are on mine, and it is just us here, no one else. I know it.
The kiss lasts a few seconds before she breaks away. I look up at her expectantly, only to see her looking at me, worried.
"El, I- I have to go."
With that she runs out of my room, down the hallway and slams the front door on her way out. Tears begin to roll down my cheeks.
I've ruined everything, haven't I?
I stay like that for about an hour, on my bed, sobbing. Suddenly an idea comes to me. I grab my walkie-talkie.
"Max, please, I'm sorry, it was a mistake and I didn't mean it. I was just confused about Mike, and everything-"
Static. She must have her walkie-talkie off.
I roll back over on my bed and continue to cry.
The next day
Max POV
I lie on my bed, eyes red from crying.
Why did I run away? I've wanted this to happen for so long and now I've ruined it. Why am I so stupid? She probably doesn't even like me. Now she hates me because I didn't return her kiss. But why did she even kiss me? It was all a sick joke. Why am I like this?
I sit up suddenly. I'm better than this. I need to go see her and make things right.
No, you can't. She'll yell at you. She'll laugh at you for thinking it was real. She'll tell you that she hates you. Don't go.
I flop back down on my bed, frustrated. School starts again tomorrow anyway. I just have to find a way to avoid her there.
El POV
It is the first day of year 12, and Max is still ignoring me. Every class we have together, I'll look over at her and she pretends not to see me. It breaks my heart.
At lunchtime I sit with Dustin, Lucas, and Will. Max is nowhere to be found, and Mike has been temporarily banished from the party until he 'makes amends' according to Will, or 'apologises for all the shit he's done to me' according to Dustin and Lucas.
I broke up with him over the walkie-talkies yesterday, and Will apparently told the others everything that happened, but Mike still has not said anything to us. I just want him to say something. I want him to say that he is sorry for everything and that he does not want to be with me anymore, and I want Max to come up to me and apologise and be with me forever. But we do not always get what we want.
After school I corner Max walking home. She looks over at me. Tears begin to fill her eyes. She keeps walking.
"Wait! Max!" I yell out! She slowly turns to face me.
Max POV
Here we go Max. She's gonna yell. She's gonna scream at you. She's gonna tell you exactly how much she hates you. Pull yourself together, and don't cry.
I look up at her.
Wait, is she crying too?
"What- what's up?" I ask. I meant to say 'what do you want' but I can't say that. Not when she's standing here looking so heartbroken.
"Why are you ignoring me?"
"I just-" I try to explain, but she cuts me off.
"I kissed you, and you didn't say anything. Why didn't you say anything?" She's crying now.
"Look- just come to my house, ok? Let's not have this conversation in the street."
She follows me inside and up to my room. I sit on the bed, and she sits right next to me, leaving no space in between us.
"I'm sorry for running away like that. It was a jerk thing to do. I just... got scared, alright? Because I like you too, El. I have for a long time."
Fresh tears spring into her eyes.
"You mean it?"
"I mean it. Friends don't lie."
El smiles at that.
"I like you too, Max."
I smile back. I suddenly realise that her focus of vision has gone from my eyes to my lips. I lean forward. This is it.
I smash my lips onto hers and she doesn't hesitate to kiss back. Our lips move in perfect sync, giving me butterflies like I've never had before. The kiss must've lasted about thirty seconds before we both reluctantly pulled away.
"So that is what it feels like to kiss a girl."
I giggle at her remark, and she starts to laugh too. Her laugh is the most genuinely beautiful thing I have ever heard. I don't just like her.I'm in love.
I know it.
Hi guys so I'm sick and really tired so I haven't been writing as well as I could but hopefully this sustains your elmax thirst :)
also unrelated but WHAT IM 3 IN MADMAGE I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
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