The Touched And Untouched {Lumax} COMPLETED

Don't Tell

Very tired and busy, but I did my best to birth an update for you!

Wtf did I just say...I'm going to take a nap.

"Dustin, let me see!" Max insisted, trying to pry the phone from his hands.

"No, just let me block him and we need to forget I ever fucking saw it!" Dustin didn't want to let her see. Because once she knew what he saw, they would never be able to be friends. Dustin was already struggling to look at her.

"Dustin! Please...what did he say? I deserve to know!" Max whined, bordering on crying.

"Go ask someone else." Dustin finally got her to let go.

"Someone else?" Max started to back up.

James wouldn't take it that far, would he? Please, no...FUCK NO...This will actually ruin me.

She started crying at all the theories in her head. She leaned against the wall and then sank to the floor.

Dustin kneeled beside her. "You need to leave...it's going to blow up, and people are going to tear you apart."

Max looked over at Dustin and held out her hand. She looked more pleading now that she was crying. "Just let me see, then I'll never bring it up again..."

Dustin reluctantly handed over his phone carefully like it was loaded. He put in the password for Max "I...I have nothing to say, just...shit."

Max stared at the screen as she waited for the photo to reload. The school's wifi sucked. When it loaded, Max stopped breathing. She would've welcomed death in that moment.

There, on Dustin's phone. A picture of her topless in a scandalous pose. Something she sent when she was drunk, it haunted her. Along with the words that James had edited in at the top.

This flat slut likes it big!

"Max, are you breathing?" Dustin panicked as he watched all the color drain from her already pale skin. He snatched the phone back and blocked James. "Breathe, girl, breathe!" Dustin shook her.

Max exhaled finally and cried harder.

"Jesus– it's going to be okay. He can get in a hell of a lot of trouble. Even though we're all minors, it's still considered very illegal for him to be sharing you like that. Especially without your consent. He's fucked, trust me."

"S-so am I..." Max imagined this photo being saved by multiple people in the school. Being shared on social sites, and maybe even porn sites just for the laughs.

I'll never be able to show my face here again...Lukas won't want me, my tits are going to spread around this town until everyone has seen them! God dammit, I wish I would of just killed myself like I wanted to. Why'd Lukas have to come around and make me feel like living? Living is a scam! I want to die! Now is a good time!

"I'm texting Lukas to come–"

"I'm here." Lukas was already on his way. He just found out what happened while he was standing next to a girl that got a ping, and then suddenly he was seeing Max's chest on a stranger's phone. "James and Troy are spreading–"

"We know." Dustin snapped. "James sent it to me."

Lukas was sick immediately. "Dustin, I'm sorry–" he moved passed Dustin and got on the floor to take Max's hand. "Let's go, I don't want anyone harassing you over this. I'll tell my dad, just come with me."

Max got up with Lukas' help and leaned into him. "Why? Why me? What the fuck did I do?!"

Lukas let her press her face into his chest, and hide away from the world. "Dustin, can you make sure to get names of who received the photo?"

"We got it, just get her out of her." Dustin gestured for them to leave.

Everything was a blur by the time Max got into Lukas' car. She couldn't feel her face, her body. She was either going to throw up or faint. She kept thinking about how the Robin Buckley rumor spread like fire after she was caught kissing a girl at the arcade. Poor Robin didn't have pretty privilege. She was gorgeous, but not by the standards of people in Hawkins. She didn't get that hot girl kissing another hot girl pass that Max and Abi got. All she got was hate. Now it was Max's turn to be the talk of the town.

"Did you hear about Max Mayfield? A topless photo of her got leaked! I have it saved, want to see?"

Max reached for Lukas' hand and squeezed it. He was trembling, he was scared too. Yet, she still felt so protected by him. It wasn't about physical or mental strength, it was about the blanket of love he always wrapped around her. "M-my life is ruined."

Lukas didn't know how to argue that claim. This was the kind of thing that ruined lives. Babies could be seen as blessings, but this was something different. This was the kind of thing that ruined careers and made people flee their hometowns. "We're going to get justice."

"The photo is out there now...it'll always be out there." Max imagined sitting at a future job interview. Her interviewer would google her name to do a background check, and end up seeing her nude photo. No matter how illegal they were, there would always be some predator willing to share them. "I'm fucked, I might as well be fucking dead."

"Max, no." Lukas rubbed his thumb over her shaky hand. "We'll figure it out, okay?"

"H-how?" Max looked into his eyes, searching for a magical cure. Unfortunately Lukas only felt magical, he couldn't actually perform miracles.

"One step at a time, we tell my dad first." Lukas decided.

"That involves telling him I'm a slut..." Max reminded him.

"No. That involves telling him you made a mistake. You are not a slut." Lukas started the car and made sure they both had their seatbelts on.

"I already have Neil's case, I really don't want another one." Max pleaded. "Can we just...not tell him?"

"Someone's going to call the police when they find out a minor's nude photo is being shared..." Lukas pointed out.

"Well let them, I don't want to deal with this shit. I already have too much going on." Max hated being aggressive and assertive with Lukas, but this is one of the times that she couldn't help it. "If you tell your dad, I will lose it. I will deal with this eventually if I have to, but I don't want to deal with it now. If we're lucky, the people who got the image will keep it hushed to save James and Troy. And I can pretend it never happened."

"Max– This is serious, we need to go to the police."

"They already saw it, Lukas. It's out there, justice doesn't stop that. Let them fucking do what they want with the picture. I'm pregnant, I want to deal with that shit, not a fucking photo. So, don't you dare tell anyone that might go to the police."

"Max...I can't do that." Lukas gripped the wheel. He understood where she was coming from, but how could he let James get away with it?

"Lukas. I'm pregnant, my mom's pregnant, I'm trying to go against Neil. I do not have the time or mental capacity for another case, okay? Don't tell anyone."

Lukas sighed and nodded sadly. "Okay, I won't tell anyone."

For now...