story dedicated to the ducklings

8

We got to tillys dance school and me and max took her into the studio where everyone else was. We sat by the door. I laid my head on his shoulder while he went on his phone. "I'm happy your mine". He whispered kissing my forehead. I smiled and linked my hand with his. I got a message from my aunt who lives in Somerset.

A=aunt
G= grace

A:hey honey, I'm taking your cousins to see the carnival in town this weekend I was wondering if you maybe wanted to come with? I can pick you up x

G: omg yes um would it be ok if my boyfriend and his brother came? X

A: absolutely I'd love to meet him x

G: great what time will you be picking us up?

A: it starts at 7:30 so I can come pick you up at let's say 5:00 cause then we can go out for a quick meal x

G: sounds great see you then x

I told max and he agreed that we could go. Tilly finished dance and we all walked back since her dance school was only like 10 minutes away. "Max?" Tilly asked looking up at him. He looked down and nodded. "Why was you crying last night?" She asked. "I wasn't crying tills". He said laughing. "Yes you were I kept hearing you whining". She said causing my eyes to widen. I had to try not to laugh. "Uh yeah I lost at a game on fortnite". He lied not making eye contact with me. "Oh". She said shrugging. We got back to the house and tilly went upstairs to get ready for bed. "Harvey were going out on Saturday". Max said as we sat in the living room. "Where to?" He asked. "Uh somerset to watch a carnival with my aunt and cousins". I said. "Cool". He said nodding. "What do you lot fancy for dinner?" Sara asked walking in. "I dunno". Both boys said. "Up to you I'll be good with anything". I said smiling. "Is lasagne good?" She thought. "Yeah". I said. "Boys?" Sara asked as harvey looked at his phone with a wide smile on his face. "What's up harv?" Paul asked. "I need to talk to you". He said slapping max on the chest and going out the room. He followed him out and they went upstairs. "Huh?" Sara asked putting her hands on her hips. "I don't know". I shrugged laughing. Max came back down and came in and pulled me up from the couch and took me upstairs. "Hey!" I said laughing. We got to Harvey's room and he sat me down. "What's going on?" I asked confused. Harvey showed me hid phone. "OH MY GOD". I said raising my voice a little. "Shhhhh". Max said covering my mouth. I raised my eyebrow at him and he quickly took it away. "So are you gonna do it?" I asked. "Well obviously". Max said. They had been offered a spot on the celebrity xfactor. I hugged them both. "I'm so happy for you both". I said. "Uh". Max said getting a message on his phone. "What's up?" Harvey asked. Max just looked down and walked into his room. I looked at harvey and he nodded for me to go check on him. I walked to his room to see him putting on his trainers again. "Max". I said standing in his doorway. "Just leave it". He said walking past me and going downstairs and out the door. "Harvey!" I said running upstairs knowing what max was doing. "What's up?" He asked walking out his room. "It's max. He's going to fight someone". I said out of breath. "Shit". He said quickly putting on his shoes and coat. We both ran out the house and went after him. We couldn't see him anywhere. I tried calling him he awnsered the 5th try. "Grace I said leave it". He sniffed. "Max where are you?" Harvey said taking my phone out of my hand. "I can handle it". He said before hanging up. We stopped walking and I was panicking so harvey hugged me. "It's ok". He said shushing me. We sat on the bench at the park and waited for him. I heard panting coming from a Bush. Max?