The summer I llǝɟ for her || 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝

47. 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.

A/n enjoy the next few chapters (I'm so evil 😊)

Chapter 47~ Separate ways.

It was time. The part they had all been dreading, the part that may change them all forever. Steve pulled up outside Victor Creel's house and out stepped Erica, Lucas, Arwen and Max.

Arwen closed the trailer door as they all started walking up the stairs to the house and stared at it with worry written all over their faces. Max stopped in her tracks making Arwen look back at her and took Max's hand in hers, "we're going to make it." Arwen whispered. They carried on walking up slowly to the house and walked through the door to meet what could be the end of everything.

"Take off your shoes." Arwen whispered to them, they all placed down the lamps and took their shoes off as quietly as possible, "we need to split up and find him." Lucas said, they all nodded their heads and Max quickly took hold of Arwen's hand, there was no way they were separating from each other in this house.

"Turn your music on." Max instructed Arwen as they walked around the attic, "put yours on too." They both turned on their Walkmans to play running up that hill and the working hour, it made them both uneasy not being able to hear each others voice's, knowing that would be enough to save each other if things did take a turn.

Suddenly Lucas walked up to the attic with a notepad that said 'we found Vecna', the girls widened their eyes and walked down to where Erica was stood in front of her lamp that was now flashing on and off. She started writing something else in the notepad and held it up, 'phase one?' It said, Lucas slowly nodded his head before Erica ran out to the playground area outside the house. It was all starting.

Whilst Erica was outside Lucas, Max and Arwen sat in the lounge area in silence. Max had her face down, staring at the floor until Arwen got her attention, she grabbed the note book and started writing something down as Max waited for her to reveal it, 'remember the first time we almost kissed?' Max smiled at her and started writing something in her notepad, 'of course'
'I wish I kissed you that night.' Arwen wrote back, 'you still owe me a dance.' Max held up making them both smile, Arwen started writing something else down but was taking a while so Max tried to sneak a look to which Arwen hid it from her, a few seconds later she held up a drawing of them dancing which made Max well up with tears, Arwen ripped the page out and handed it to her.

Suddenly Erica started flickering her flashlight through the window, drawing the teens attention to it, they knew it was time for phase two. Distracting Vecna.

Arwen and Max sat on the stairs to put their shoes back on then stood up, getting ready for what was about to happen. The light was still flickering in the living room, they both looked at each other then to Lucas before removing their headphones and turning off the music, "hey asshole!" Arwen shouted, "we're here." Max said, "no more music. No more games." She carried on, "do you hear us? What are you waiting for huh? Come on, do you want us or not?!" Arwen shouted, suddenly the light started travelling throughout their lamps and they slowly followed it upstairs, all the way into the attic.

"Ah!" Arwen all of a sudden winced in pain and held her wrist, earning concerned looks from Lucas and Max, "it's the eleven tattoo, I feel, like...a sharp pain." She explained, "let me see." Max rolled up Arwen's sleeve to look at it, "there's no injury or anything Arwen." She brushed her thumb over the tattoo, "it must be nice having all of these powers." She suddenly said, confusing Arwen, "what?"

"Your powers that you got given." Max carried on, "what are you talking about?"
"Your powers that you just...take for granted." She held onto Arwen's wrist tighter, "Max, that hurts." She let out, "you don't deserve to have them. You couldn't even save my brother." She raised her voice, "Max." Arwen pulled her hand away and stepped back, "you only think about yourself Arwen!" She shouted causing tears to fall from her eyes, "you haven't used your powers for anything good. At least El saved people, you have friends that care about you and all you ever do is think about yourself. That's why it's you." Arwen stepped back again, "what's me?" Arwen whispered, "you thought I was going to put myself forward as bait? It was obviously going to be you, all of this time I was lying. I haven't loved you in months, infact I haven't forgiven you for just standing there as Billy got taken from me."