Sorry, Not Sorry

- 32

We enter the living room, greeted by Kitty. "Xavier!" Kitty says, waving as she starts to rush over. "It feels like it's been so long." She smiles. I smile in return,

"It's great to see you, Kitty." I say, "Delilah, Kitty." I use my hands to signal who's who.

Kitty turns, facing Delilah. "Delilah! I've heard so much about you." She says, placing her hands on top of Delilah's. "It's my pleasure to have you over."

"Aw, Thank you Kitty. I'm very happy to get to meet Xavier's friends!" She says, "Wow, i love your nails." She says, examining them.

"And I love your suit!" Kitty says, standing back to get a better view. "Not everyone's here yet." Kitty says to me, "Max went out to pick up Nicole, but other than that everyone's here."

"Ah... Nicole."

Kitty sighs. "I know, but stay friendly." she says with a wink, "Now, let's introduce Delilah to the others." She says, turning to face the back door. "We're set up out in the yard." She grabs Delilah's hand, guiding her out to the yard.

I follow behind, a smile on my face. The glass doors which open to the back yard are already open, so I can recognise some of the guests who've come. I can see Danny and Katherine of course, As well as Emile and the other band people. I can see two other people, presumably some other friends I've never met before. I sit down in one of the unoccupied chairs, glancing around awkwardly. Now that Delilah's off saying hi to people, I don't really know what to do, so I guess I'll just wait until Max shows up.

Sure enough, is only around 10 minutes, I hear Max's familiar voice somewhere nearby. By now, Delilah's back sitting across the table from me, and we're talking. "I'll be right back." I say, pushing my chair back. "Max!" I say, Rushing over. "Hey."

"Oh, Hi Xavier." He says, turning away from where Nicole was being introduced to Kitty's friends. "Where are you sitting?" He asks, trying to look past me at the table.

"Just over there-" He leans down next to my ear.

"Is that Delilah?" He asks in a whisper.

I turn back. "Yeah, Wanna say hi?"

He nods, "Yeah, why not. I'm probably going to sit next to you, anyway."

I smile, heading over. Delilah stands up as we approach. "Max, Right? Nice to meet you!" She reaches out a hand over the table for him to shake.

"Yeah, Good to meet you, Delilah." Max says, sinking down into the chair next to mine.

"I've heard lots about you." Delilah says, sitting back down too.

"Really?" Max says, raising an eyebrow. I kick Delilah under the table as she smirks. "That's good to hear." He says.
"So, Xavier, what's been going on with you? We haven't been able to hang out in a while." he says, subtly glancing at Nicole. "Wait, first thanks for taking care of me the other day." He says with a smile. "I don't know why I was so drunk, I only had like three drinks."

"Max."

"What!" He chuckles.

I roll my eyes, sitting back slightly. I try to glance back at Delilah, but she's gone somewhere else. "Soo...."

"Are you two like... Just friends?" Max asks.

"Uh, Yeah?"

"Sorry just, Kitty said you two were really close when you walked in."

"Are you jealous?" I chuckle, sitting forwards. I smirk, "And fuck no. We're just friends. Neither of us want anything more than that."

He sighs, covering his face with one of his hands. "Okay." He says, muttering something under his breath.