Mad Max 2

Part 1

Els POV

Today was finally the day, we were going to pick up Max from rehab, it had been almost 6 months since anyone had seen her, it was only supposed to be a 3 month plan but after a month and a half Max had somehow managed to convince the workers to take her to the hospital where she raided the medicine cabinet and had to restart her whole plan. I honestly don't know what to expect, What if she hates me? What if she won't talk to me? Nothing much has happened with me while she was away, I kept my distance from Marcus and Gabbi although sometimes she asks me about Max but I never tell her anything.  It has been torture waiting for Max, I just want things to go back to normal.

"Alright we're here" Hopper stops the car, I look over to Will in excitement, the others are at home decorating the house for a welcome home party, I hurriedly get out of the car and follow the boys into the building,

"you guys take a seat and I'll start to fill out the paperwork" Hopper points to the chairs where Will, Jonathan and I take a seat,

"I'm a little nervous" Will admits while looking around the place,

"I think we all are" Jonathan says as his leg bounces up and down, Jonathan has been really angry at Hopper and Joyce ever since she was admitted, I think he blames himself, he has become a lot more serious and tense, one time he punched Steve in the face when he came over after Max's hospital incident, hopefully he will be okay now that Max is coming out. Our heads all flick to the big metal doors opening to reveal,

"holy shit"I whisper as my jaw drops, Max, she almost looked like a different person, her now longer wavy hair drapes down her sides, her toned stomach poking out of the bottom of her top, her curvy hips moving as she walks, her ches-

"Max!" Jonathan says snapping me out of my gaze,

"hi" Max softly smiles,

"it's good to see you" Will says,

"so how was it?" Hopper says,

"yea can't say I want to go back there" Max chuckles a little giving Hopper a hug,

"I'm sorry" she says,

"it's okay Max" He pats her back,

"let's get out of this shit hole" Jonathan stands and starts to walk back out to the car,

"well are you going to talk to her or just stare" Will whispers as we trail behind the others,

"shut up" I mutter,

"just do it, she isn't mad, I saw her looking at you, she wants to talk to you El" He raises his eyebrows,

"I guess I'll try" I say,

"Good" Will smiles,

"Hurry up!" Hopper beeps the car horn and we jog to the car, I get in first and end up in the middle next to Max,

"hi" I say,

"hey El, what have you been upto since I was gone?" she asks,

"mm nothing much" I sigh,

"missing you" I mumble,

"aw I missed you too El" she smiles, I feel my face burn up,

"er uh yea haha" I quickly turn my head the other way to hide my red face causing Will to notice and laugh at me. Once we arrive arrive at our house we pile out of the car and go inside, 

"Why are we here again?" Max asks as we enter, 

"WELCOME HOME!!" Robin, Steve and Nancy jump out,

"AH FUCK" Max falls back,

"Language!" Joyce yells from the kitchen,

"Shit sorry! Oh fuck I mean no! oh shi-" Robin puts her hand over Max's mouth,

"Sorry I've just been surrounded in potty mouthed old guys for months" Max groans once Robin puts her hand away,

"It's fine just try keep it pg" Hopper sighs and makes his way into the kitchen,

"fuck me" Max groans,

"MAX!" Nancy hits her arm,

"How about we sit down and have a catchup until the boys arrive" Steve ushers everyone to the couches,

"So uh Max what have you been up to in there?" Robin asks,

"It was pretty shit but it's okay I deserved it, I can't thank you guys more, I'm so sorry for all the crap I put you through and I just want you guys to know I all owe you one" Max says,

"It's alright just never do that shit again" Joyce chuckles as she puts down some snacks on the table,

"Mom!" Will says,

"I promise I'll never touch that sh- I mean stuff again" Max grins,

"good" Robin says,

"Are you sure staying at your house is the best idea? I mean there always a free room in my house" Steve asks,

"Yea um Neil actually left a while back, it was about a week before I went in" Max admits,

"I thought I hadn't seen that shithead in a while" Hopper says,

"Hop!" Joyce hits him,

"What he was a shit head" Hopper shrugs,

"have any of you guys seen my Mom around?" she asks,

"She's rented out a few movies" Steve says,

"is that it?" Max frowns,

"she bought a magazine at my shop one time" Joyce says,

"she's fine max" Hopper reassures her,

"can you take me home" she asks,

"but the other-"

"I want to go home" Max says.

Max's POV

"we'll pick you up tomorrow for school" Will waves me goodbye as I get out of the car,

"yea thanks" I shut the car door and make my way up to the front door, I turn to see them all still staring at me from the car so I wave and go inside,

"Mom" I call out, I look around the house, it looks trashed,

"Mom I'm homeee" I anxiously look around the place, I feel my hands start to fidget as the smell of weed hits me, thats when I see her, asleep on the couch with a half burnt out blunt in-between her fingers,

"shit" I pull a blanket over her and grab the blunt,

"just put it out max" I say to myself as I stare at it, shakily I lower it to the ashtray and put it out, I take a deep breath and start to pick up empty cans, I sweep up some broken glass and find myself being pulled back to the half smoked blunt, I can't stay here.