Skateboarding Lovers || Maxley

Chapter 4

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I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I annoyingly groaned while reaching out to turn it off. I sat up rubbing a hand down my face then getting out of bed and heading to the bathroom.

I took off my clothes that I had fell asleep in the night before and threw them onto the floor, then hopped into the shower.

When I finished showering I brushed my teeth then wrapped a towel around myself to go grab some clean clothes from the wardrobe.

Pj and Bobby seemed to be awake now, as they were moving around in their beds.

I headed back into the bathroom to get changed into my clothes and dry my hair.

When I came out the bathroom Pj was looking through the wardrobe, and Bobby was sitting on the edge of his bed lighting up a joint.

"It's a bit early for that Bob, don't you think?" I said with a smirk.

"How else am I getting through that chemistry test?" Bobby replied nonchalantly.

"Fair enough dude." I said while picking my backpack from off the floor and beginning to put in the books I would need for the day on the end of my bed.

"Why don't I have any clean shirts?" I heard Pj mumble to himself as he made his way over to the laundry basket behind me.

He started to look through the laundry basket when he suddenly paused. "Uh, whose clothes are these?..."

I turned around, he was holding Bradley's shirt and sweater.

Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck.

Last nights memory's instantly came flooding back. I couldn't let them know Bradley was here, the guy I supposedly hated.

Without thinking I jumped forward and snatched the clothes from Pj's hands and hid them behind my back.

"Woah man what are you doing?" Pj said staring at me in shock.

I didn't know what to say so I just blurted out; "There uh, mine."

"They don't look like your clothes, and...do they have blood on them?" He said with a mix of worry and confusion on his face.

I began backing up towards the door past Pj, the clothes still behind my back. "Uhm, nope!"

Pj and Bobby silently stared at me as I rushed out the door and slammed it behind me.

Damn, did I really not want them to find out i'd been talking to Bradley that badly? I don't even know how they would react if they knew I was suddenly being all friendly with the guy they literally despised.

I stuffed Bradley's clothes into my backpack then went to class.

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I was sitting in the living room of the gamma house studying. The house was empty except for me and Tank, so I took the opportunity to leave my room for a change since Tank was in his room.

As much as I tried to focus on my studying, my mind just kept going back to last night. For some weird reason, all I could think about was Max from the moment I left his dorm. I don't know why I couldn't stop thinking about him, maybe I was just caught off guard from everything that happened. I mean I hate him, and he's supposed to hate me so I still can't wrap my head around why he helped me.

I was so lost in thought I didn't realise tank was now in the kitchen which was connected to the living room. I didn't dare take my eyes off my study's now, I would never admit this but I'm afraid if I even looked at Tank the wrong way he'd beat me to a pulp.

I tried to just focus on my writing, but to my surprise Tank came and sat down next to me. "Studying for a test?"

Wait why was he talking to me?

"Uh, no...just getting some extra studying in." I tried replying confidently but was struggling to do so.

"You're always working yourself way too hard." He said with a scoff.

What was happening right now? He hadn't said a word to me since the x games, and now he was just talking to me like nothing ever happened.

We sat in silence until Tank spoke up, "Listen, why don't you come down for the party this weekend? Take a break from studying and...whatever you've been doing."

This shocked me, we had thrown parties at the gamma house every weekend since I started college, but I hadn't been to one since the x games. Now I would just stay up in my room during these parties.

I turned to him wide-eyed, "You...want me to come to the party?" I said with a skeptical tone.

"Yeah, you haven't been to one in forever." He said with a look of pity.

Pity, he was pitying me, I hated that.
Usually I would never accept a pity invite, but there was no way I was passing up the opportunity to possibly have Tank forgive me.

"Sure, I'll be there." I said hiding my excitement.

He turned on the tv and I went back to my studies, we sat together in a comfortable silence just like we used to.

I couldn't have been happier in this moment.