I pull up at the bar that was shown in Maxs story, his csr parked outside. I park next to him and walk inside of the Bar, his voice leading the way towards him.
"Oh look who it is" he shouts and points at me and I shake my head slightly annoyed
"Come on, lets get you home" I say and take away his gin tonic and place it on the table
"Don't ruin the fun Dyl" he says holding onto me as he struggles to keep his balance
Dyl...
I sign to the bartender do come over which he does
"Does he still need to pay anything?" I ask him
"Let me check" he says and taps around on his device "no everything is payed for so far
"Okay thanks, I'll be taking him home" I tell him and he nods his head
I wrap one of his arms around my neck while holding him steady with my arm around his back as we walk to my car
"You are so lovely Dyl... I cant believe I fucked this up" he says and hiccups
"You don't mean that, you're drunk" I tell him and open up the car door to let him sit in the passenger seat, but he holds onto the roof of my car, making me unable to get him to sit down
He turns around and looks me directly in the eyes, the butterflies in my stomach going wild because of the eye contact
"Im so sorry... about all of this, you deserve better" he tells me
"Its okay, just get into car and let me take you home" I say and grab his hands, pulling the off my roof and help him sit down
"Its not okay Dyl, look at me I feel like shit" he says with a shaky voice
"Listen Max, it's not our fault this didn't work between us. We have two completely different expectations and it wouldn't be fair to ignore them" I tell him
"I love you Dylan, I hope you know that" he says, placing his hand carefully on my cheek
"I lov-..." the three words nearly escape my mouth "I can't Max, im seeing someone. Let me just put on your seatbelt" I say and reach over him to click it in, suddenly a camera flash blinding me.
Well that's just great...
"We better get going" I say throwing the door shut and getting in on my side, driving off as fast as I can.
"So... I messed it up completely" Max says out loud and looks out of the window and I ignore it "you can't just keep ignoring me Dylan"
"I can and I will, you have so many other people to pick you up, but you called me, you know how messed up that is?" I say angry at him
"And you came, which is just as messed up" he says
"Of course I did, because I..." I try and form the appropriate sentence
"Care about me? Love me? Like me? Come on whatever is on your mind just say it" he says and looks out the window again and begins mumbling "not like you're gonna listen to your feelings anyways"
"Hold on, hold on... I listened to them, but sharing my relationship with Arthur to the world is something I needed for myself. He's sweet, caring and open about all of this and you are just distant from all of that"
"You didn't even give me a chance to, I answered one of your questions wrong and you left, you know how much that shit hurt?"
"See why are you still trying? All we ever do is fight that is not how a relationship works" I groan
