On the run (Camp Camp Maxneil, Dadvid)

Chapter four: unexpected visitor

After December, when school started again, it was pretty boring staying at Neil's house without him there for half the day. His dad bought us a PlayStation, an Xbox, some games for both, and put a trampoline in the backyard for us. Mostly for me though, since he was at work while Neil was at school with his brothers, so it was just me being bored alone. It was pretty fun for a few hours, but I did get bored again. I ended up looking around the house and finding stuff to do.

The weekends were great, though. Time with Neil, who had agreed that we were now officially dating, I got to tell him I was trans, he supports it 100%, I got to spend some time with his brothers, who were actually pretty cool, and his dad bought me some schoolbooks to keep my ''knowledge up''. As he said it. the best thing I saw though, was my face on the news. They reported me missing, which made me laugh to be honest, I was surprised my 'parents' even admitted to me being gone. Of course, this made it clear I couldn't go out on the trampoline anymore in case someone saw me. But Neil's dad said he was trying to get in contact with someone who might be able to help, which worried me a bit. It better not be the cops.

I heard someone knock at the door during the day, while everyone was gone, and heard a familiar voice I hadn't heard in a while.

''Hellooo?'' ...David?

I looked out the window and, sure as fuck, the same redheaded, green-eyed son of a bitch was standing outside the door. I opened it slightly, I felt safe opening it for some reason.

''Campman?'' I looked up at him. he gasped and had a huge smile. ''MAX?'' He looked ready to implode. ''the fuck are you doing here?'' I asked. He wagged his finger. ''language,'' he said. ''fuck you. Why're you here?'' he sighed. ''Neil's father contacted me; he told me there was a kid from camp who needed help. I didn't expect it to be you,'' he responded. I rolled my eyes. ''what do you mean by 'help?'' I asked. He kneeled down to my level.

''he asked if... I could take you to my place, just for a while, so people don't see you.'' He softly said. My eyes widened and I felt my body tremble. ''f-for how long? And why is this needed? I thought I was okay here.'' He sighed again and looked me in the eyes. ''the cops have been asking around, looking in people's houses, he needs you to be out of the city for a little while.'' I didn't understand any of this, but I knew one thing. I didn't wanna stay with fucking David. That would be a nightmare. ''fuck no, I'm not going somewhere with you.'' I said. He laughed a bit. ''oh, Max. it's either that or you have to confront the cops.'' he said that jokingly, but I knew it was true. ''fuck...''