found love in music

Shouldn't have done that

- Mike's pov -

'Hey Max!'

'Oh Mike, hi!' the girl smiles.

'I was wondering, do you maybe wanna hang out with me tomorrow'

'Tomorros is Wednesday right?'

I nod.

'Oh I'm not sure I can actually' she says

'Oh, don't worry about it. Maybe some other day' I smile and walk away. I'm glad she's okay, I already spoke to her yesterday.

- El's pov -

It's still so hard to learn. Ugh, I'm going crazy. I never thought it would be easy but this hard? Damn, playing guitar really is something.

I wasn't being the smartest at this point. I needed to make an audio, write a song and I'm learning playing guitar. For the guitar I have all the time of the world and for my song I don't, and I'm still playing guitar.

Ugh, I don't know. I can't write a song right now. It's all so complicated, I have like the worst writer's block to so. Just let me disappear or something.

The contest is in a few months. You think it's probably still far away. But it's closer then you think. I sigh not knowing what to do.

I'm about to give up but then a heard a knock. I quickly went to open the door.

'Max!' I say as I hugged her. In a week I became already close to her. I invited her in and told her about all the stuff.

'No worries I'll help you. I mean, I'm gonna try' she smiled. I smiled back at her. I noticed I was staring at her. I quickly looked away.

'So okay, you should definitely wait with the guitar. I know you really want to play but you can play later. There isn't a clock on the guitar. There is on the contest. So we'll focus first on that' she said. I waited for her the continue.

'Yea that's it, I can't write songs or play paino so I can't really help..' she pinched her lips together.

'Do you wanna play something together?' I ask.

'Sure..' She took her guitar. I started playing an rhythm and I soon Max picked it up she joined me. We sounded so good together. After a few minutes we stop playing. We both smile at eachother.

'We should definitely be a thing' I say without thinking straight.

'w-what?'

'I- I mean like in music, like a thing in music. Get together- no- not together but like partner's in music, yk' I tried. It was silence for a moment. Max suddenly started laughing.

'I get it, don't worry' she smiled. I still get butterflies when she laughes and smiles at me.

'You still can help me you know' I say. Max gave me a confused look.

'I can make some music and you say what you think about. What you would do instead. You could help me with the music, the text is my problem. When you have free time you could maybe come over and play some relaxing music when I try to write' I suggest.

'Yea! Sounds great for me!' max smiles.

The next few weeks were the same. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Max went over to El and they do some music stuff.

Mike tried to hang out with Max but everytime she said she was busy. Mike was starting to get annoyed by this. Ofc he didn't blame Max, she could be busy with things.

One Wednesday afternoon everything was normal.

'Hey Max' El spoke.

'yea'

'Do you feel it' El smiles.

'feel what?'

El laughed and went to sit next to Max. 'do you feel how music is getting us closer' El giggles.

'Yea I do' Max smiles.

A few weeks ago El tried to lean in, but it didn't work, Max leaned back. But now, she feels it. She looked down at Max lips and before she knew it she smashed her lips into Max's. It took Max a moment to realise it, eventually Max kissed softly back. After a few seconds Max leaned back.

'I uh- I can't' max said and took her skateboard and walked away. El didn't try to catch up with her. She fucked up, and she still needed Max's help. They just finished the music, now the text. El had literally no clue what she could write. She was hoping Max could help her. But she fucked up. El layed down on the couch and stared at the ceiling.

El her hopes went to 0 to win this contest. She had the music but the mlsg important thing she hadn't. The freaking text.

Max was completely lost in her thoughts, she wasn't into girl's. She didn't like girls. She was straight, definitely. But something felt so right.

2 weeks later

2 weeks had passed. El practiced her on her piano, Max still being lost in her thoughts and Mike still trying to hang out with Max.

- El's pov -

I don't even know why I'm still practicing. It's not like I'm winning that shit, I still need text. I don't have a fucking love life. This was so unfair. But yea, I didn't have to do something else because Max won't come and see me. I didn't go to her house either I don't think she wants to see me. The contest was in 2 weeks and I had basically nothing. I didn't tell Hopper ofc.

Even though I don't have everything I need for the contest I still need to go. I can't slip away from this. So I'm trying my best on my piano.

- Mike's pov -

El's contest was in 2 weeks. Ofc I go and support for her. She's gonna win that. I haven't talked to El in a while. I figured she's probably busy with the contest. She needs everything to be perfect to win. Max was going to so it would be also a good timing to ask if they wanna hang out with me, Lucas and Dustin.

- Max's pov -

I haven't talked to El in 2 weeks. And for the past months I basically talked to her so much. I'm still going to her contest though. I'm not sure if she has her text written or not. She probably took something from Will's life. She still had his story written down somewhere.

- Will's pov -

I heard from El's contest. Every contest she been to she won. I'm pretty sure she's gonna win this one to. I didn't go to her contest for a couple years now. I decided to go to this one, it was a little different then the other. In this she needed to sing her own written song. I really want to hear what she wrote. I told my mom about it and she agreed going. She knew she would face Hopper but she needs to eventually. She's gonna rock that contest.

- El's pov -

I'm gonna go so hard down on the podium.

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