If You're Not The One - ZeRoyalMexican

Gratitude

Ze's POV

Myself and Max stand at Adam's bed watching him sleep.

"Do you think we should just go looking for Chilled without him? He could use some more sleep." I ask Max.

I look up to him as he stands there with his arms folded. His eyes move away from Adam and he looks down to the ground then to the side like things just got awkward between us.

"What now Max..."

"Uh nothing... Nothing. It's fine. Let's go then..." He quickly responds.

"What, you don't want to be alone with me? We're alone right now..." I reply.

He shakes his head and faces me. "We're not alone. Adam's here..."

He moves away from the bed and walks over to the kitchen and grabs his wallet and the key to the room. I stand there watching him as he picks up his jacket off the couch, just watching and saying nothing. He lifts his head and notices me watching him so I quickly turn my whole body and focus back on Adam. I hold onto my own arms and start shuffling my feet.

"Well are you coming or not?" His voice comes from behind me.

I jump at his voice and he chuckles at me. What so now he's trying to be funny with me when only seconds ago he was acting awkward... What is his game?

"I'll meet you outside, I just need to do something." I tell him.

His eyebrows raise as he just nods his head. He heads out of the door and I'm left by myself with a sleepy Adam. I lean down to the bed and tap him gently. What are you doing? Do you not want time with him by yourselves? Waking Adam up isn't going to give you time... Adam shifts but doesn't wake. Okay just leave. Let Adam have some more sleep...

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"Okay we spent four hours looking around this place and you've barely spoken to me at all. What did I do wrong?" Max pulls out his arm and stops me walking any further. "Seriously, what have I done?"

"There's nothing wrong, we're looking for Chilled."

Max shakes his head scoffs at me. "Really? Nothing is wrong huh? I've tried talking but you just ignore me. I'm trying to make things easier but you're making it impossible."

I scoff back at him and laugh at him. His face getting more serious at me.

"Look... I really wanna talk about everything with us but we're here for one thing. That's Chilled. I promise we'll talk but not until we find Chilled. Can we just agree on that?"

Max's arm in front of me drops slowly as I speak. He looks down to the ground and avoids my eye contact. "Okay..."

He starts to walk again leaving me standing there. I squint my eyes and sigh loudly. I catch my way up to him and walk with him.

"I didn't mean it like that... I just... We can..." I stutter my words.

"I heard you. What do you want?" His voice goes cold.

I bite down on my lip and stop walking again. Max stops as well and looks at me.

"Well?" He adds.

"Nothing. Let's go. We're wasting daylight..."

Max looks me up and down for a second then starts to walk again. I stay back a little to keep some distance between us so we don't end up fighting. What are we doing? We both know how we feel about each other and that's not even enough to help him decide what to do. I just don't know what to say to him anymore. I don't know how to act around him. Everything has changed can we even go back to the way we were before?

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We ended back up at the motel as there was no sign of Chilled anywhere. We went into every shop and knocked on some houses but nobody has seen him. I miss Chilled. He could help me with Max... He'd know what to do. I miss my best friend. I feel so alone without him, I don't know what to do. I feel someones body sink the bed down beside me. I open my eyes to see Adam. He lays down and stares at the ceiling. I can hear his breathing as his eyes are fixated above him.

"Thanks for coming with me to find Chilled." He finally speaks.

"I'd do anything for him, of course I'd come with you. How are you doing?"

He lets out a small chuckle which ends in a scoff. "Hanging on by a thread..." He sighs.

I pat his chest with my hand and he grabs onto it. "I miss him..." He adds.

Adam's hand squeezes my own. I squeeze his hand back to show some sort of comfort.

"Same... Stay positive man. You'll get your man back don't worry."

He drops his hand from mine and leans up on his side. "You'll get yours too..." He smiles.

I sit up and pout at the bed shaking my head. "Doubt it."

"What's even going on with you two? He's told me a little bit but I wanna hear your side of the story. Maybe I can help you? I know that's normally Chilleds job but I'm your friend too and I just wanna help." He asks me.

"There's nothing to say really. I don't even know what we're doing? What do I even call this, whatever we have going on... It's like fricking high school all over again except it... was girls... I don't think you can help. We've gotta sort this out for ourselves I think but I told him we can talk once we find Chilled cause that's my top priority at the moment..."

"Ze... I'm sure Chilled won't mind if you be selfish and think about your problems for like an hour or so. You could finally talk to Max about each other. If it helps, he's feeling exactly the same as you. One of you's need to just make the first move otherwise you two will just keep being like... this. I know you both don't want that so just stop thinking about Chilled cause he'd tell you the same thing. Go talk to Max."

As soon as Adam finished his little speech the door opens and Max walks in. Adam looks down at his watch and then back up to Max. Max shakes his head at Adam. What was that? What was Max doing? Adam jumps up from the bed and awkwardly starts to head to the door.

"I'm just gonna go out for some fresh air..."

He bolts out of the door leaving myself and Max alone. I lay back down on the bed laying on my side away from Max's view. I can't talk to him right now. I need Chilled to help me... I can hear Max's footsteps as he walks around the room. He doesn't make an effort to speak either. Complete silence between us.

"How's he doing?" I hear Max's voice from across the room.

"He's hanging on... barely though." I don't move a muscle.

I close my eyes for a couple of seconds and open them to see Max bent down in front of me. I jump a little and he pats my shoulder.

"Sorry for getting a little angry with you today..." he says softly.

"You were angry?"

He gazes into my eyes and blinks fast. His eyes then move down to my lips, he sighs and looks me back in the eyes. Is he actually making the first move? His hand slides down my arm and he stands back up. So much for the first move...

"Yeah, just know that I'm sorry though." He tries to give me a smile but it's more of an awkward frown. "I'm gonna go have a shower..."

He moves away from me and heads off in the direction of the bathroom. The door closes behind him and I'm left with a feeling of gratitude for once.

Just that little moment of Max looking at Ze's eyes then his lips is pure waves of feels washing over my body. xD WE NEED MORE OF THIS I THINK. I'm getting the feels for Adam and Chilled again while I'm doing this story too. I love it! But I'm sorry for making everyone go through Hospital Chilled again... But thanks for reading! :)

-Gee_oxox.