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Chapter 001
Maxine

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October 1984
Elowen's POV

Another day at school still friendless. Of course I tried to make friends and failed miserably, but at least the one kid tried to be friends with me, though one his friends didn't want me in their friend group or party is what they called it. Weird...

Anyway, I'm curently in Mr.Clarke's class and as he is talking someone walks through the door. She has long red hair, blue eyes, tanned skin, and freckles. And I'm sitting here thinking: she's pretty, like, really pretty. Thinking someone could read my mind so I start thinking to myself: It's totally normal for a girl to think another girl is pretty...

Then she was introduced snapping me out of my trance. "-The latest passenger to join us on our curiosity voyage, Maxine." Mr. Clarke says. "It's Max," The girl tells him, "Sorry?" Mr. Clarke asked thrown off by what the girl said. "Nobody calls me Maxine. It's Max," She replies. " Well, all aboard, Max." He continued.

She walks further into class and sat beside me. Should I talk to her? I think to myself No. wait a little... okay I think answering my own question. Later...
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It's currently recess and I decided now is time I talk to her, after giving myself multiple pep talks and gaining some confidence. "Okay," I whisper to myself and walk towards her. "Hey. Maxine, right?" I asked knowing her name already. "Just Max," she "corrects" me.

"Right," I say, then I noticed her skateboard "You skateboard?" I ask her "Uh, yeah, you wanna learn?" She asks me. "I have a skatboard I haven't done anything with it in while so I might be little rusty. But I could try, if you don't mind." I reply "Yeah totally. I don't mind."

As I try to get on the skateboard but it slides from up under me and I fall backwards pulling Max down with me. I start laughing then she starts laughing with me. "Are you okay?" We ask each other in unison, "I'm fine, what about you?" She asks me, "I'm okay." I answered.

"You wanna go inside?" She asks as I stand and help her up, "Sure," I agree, she then asks "Do you have a pen?" I look in my bag for a pen but all could find was a marker, "No, but I have this blue marker will that work?" I ask her "Yeah, could you turn around I need something flat to right on." I turn around so she could write.

I turn back around as she crumbles up the paper, grabs my hand, and we walk towards the door to lead us inside as she throws the paper away in the trashcan outside, I turn around and get a small glance at Dustin and three other people rushing towards the trashcan. Weird...

We walk to Max's locker "Am I missing something or...?" I say genuinely confused "They've been staring at me that whole time." Max tells me "Who- Dustin and his friends?" I realize.

Why? "I guess? Do you know them?" She asks me "No, I never had a conversation with either of them. One of them did go missing last year though." I tell her.

"What-" She gets cut off by the bell ringing "Sorry I gotta go my locker's on the other side of the school and I gotta get to class." I say to her, speed walking off.

You forgot to tell her your name you idiot, I think to myself face-palming, I speed walk back to her thank god she's still at her locker "Maxine!" I say shouting a little "Max," she "corrects" me again "Yeah yeah okay, by the way my name's Elowen, but you can call me Winnie." I tell her talking a little fast.

"Okay, Winnie," she says "Yeah. Bye, Maxine!" I shout running to my locker. I'm so gonna be late, but at least she knows your name.
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After two blocks it's finally lunch, I get in line, get out, and go to an empty table. Why does it look like that, I think to myself, looking at the food in disgust. "Hey," someone says from beside me, I look up and see that it was Maxine. "Hello, Maxine," I greet her then go back to staring at my food in disgust.

"So, you're just going to refuse to call me max?" she asks me, to which I reply, "Yeah, Maxine's a nice name. Plus if everyone's gonna call you Max then Maxine is my little nickname for you."

"Uh, do you wanna go to the arcade after school?" I ask her. I want to spend time with her and get to know her more outside of school. "Yeah, sure. What time?"

"How about 4:00? I gotta go home to feed my cat," I suggest, "4:00's good. You have a cat? What's it's name?" she asks, "Her name is Abba." I answer and she says. "Oh, like the band?"

"Yeah, actually. They're one of my favorite bands." I tell her, "Really, what are your top 5 bands?" she asks.
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And before I knew it lunch was over and then, what felt like seconds later, school was over.
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"Abba I'm home!" I yell as I close the front door of my home. Abba then hops off the couch and skips towards her food bowl, points at it then looks back at me. "I know, I know, you're hungry." I walk to the kitchen and get the cat food out of the pantry. "Even though, that sibling of mine should have fed you before she left 30 something minutes ago. She was probably late for work so I doubt it." So why are you talking to your cat, again? She keeps you company but, still. I doubt she's listening.

I walk back to Abba's food bowl and pour her some food. She looks at me as if she's asking for more of it. "This is enough. You still have some from breakfast," I tell her. I put the cat food back in the pantry. I go upstairs to my room, and get some quarters. 20 quarters should be enough.

I go back downstairs, and see there's still some food left in Abba's bowl. "You didn't even eat it all," I say shaking my head at the cat. I find a small piece of paper and a pen then I walk to the kitchen. "I gotta go again," I tell Abba as I write a note so that my aunt knows where I am if she comes home early.

"Bye, Abba!" I shout as I walk out the door.
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I put my bike on the bike rack and I walk up to the arcade. "You're late," I look to my left and I see a certain red head I'm suppose to be meeting up with. "You just got here a minute ago, you haven't even been here for 15 minutes." I say to her, "Yeah I know I just felt like saying it," she replied, I playfully rolled my eyes at her. "Yeah okay," mumbled as we walk through the doors of the arcade.
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I watch as she plays entirely focused on the game as I'm watching my eyes slowly wander off looking out of the arcade. And behind a car I see two people on of them with binoculars. Who... is that dustin? I think to myself. They both look at me making eye contact with me then almost immediately they duck behind the car.

"What.." I accidently say out loud, "What?" Max asks still foucusing on the game, "Huh? Oh, nothing." I say to her going back to watching her play.
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"Yes!" I exclaim finally winning the game I spent most of my money on, "Finally, after what was it..." Max trails off fake thinking about my losses, "Oh! Right three or was it four losses," she says finishing her sentence. "Well first of all it was three and second of all why are we talking about the past after a great victory," I say bowing playfully saying 'thank you' to no one acting as if I saved the world or something. "Yeah, yeah well I gotta go, see you later, Winnie." she tells me "Bye, Maxine!" I shout after her as she's walking out of the doors of the arcade.

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Okay soo I finally got this out
took abt a month because of my friend
procrasination ya gotta love em yk
anywho chapter one yayy took me long enough
I know I know...

©-AVERIENE