Just Another Romance... (A Max Schneider FanFic)

Chapter 6 ~ Start Of Something New?

After Max and I's date, I had been thinking a lot about the kid. He was really nice. We talked a lot but we hadn't seen each other for a while. Max had been busy recording songs. I will admit, I missed him a lot. All of a sudden, my phone went off.

Call from: Max Schneider (;

I quickly picked up.

"Hey Max!"

"Hey Riley! How are you?"

"I'm pretty good, you?"

"I've been better. I'm sorry I haven't been around lately."

"It's alright."

"I have to ask you something though."

"Okay."

"Will you go on another date with me?"

"Yeah sure. When?"

"Tonight."

"Okay! What time?"

"I'll pick you up at 6. We'll go have dinner."

"Sounds good! Fancy or casual?"

"Casual." He said. We said our goodbyes and I went to go get ready.

I put on my shorts and superman t-shirt that he loved and went to get make up on. I put make up on my wrists to cover up the cuts I made. Your probably wondering why. Well, I have issues with depression. It can get pretty bad. Just thinking about missing Max could cause it. I've tried so hard to stop. Anyways, I did my make up, straightened my hair and turned on song songs sung by Max.

After about an hour, there was a knock at the door. I smiled and went to let Max in.

"Hey baby!" Max said with that amazing smile of his.

"Hey Max. I missed you."

"I missed you too darling," He seemed almost sad, "lets go, shall we?"

"Alright." I locked the door and walked out with Max by my side. I took a moment to study him. He was wearing dark washed jeans, a red plaid shirt, and his fedora I love so much. His hair was its normal curliness. He looked amazing. He seemed stressed though, he would never let me know that.

"Riley?" Max asked, pulling me out of my trance.

"Yeah Max?"

"Are you alright?"

"I should be asking you that. You seem stressed." He sighed in defeat.

"It's just all the music, and then leaving you by yourself when you don't have friends here. I'm sorry."

"Don be. I was perfectly fine."

"Your wrists say otherwise." He said peering down. We were still sitting in the driveway. He reached down to grab my arm and I quickly jerked it back. I've never been able to trust people with these things. "Riley, please, let me see." He grabbed my arm and studied the cuts. Then, he did something unexpected. He leaned down and kissed each one. "Your beautiful Riley, don't forget that."

After that, we went out to eat at a casual place and then went to the studio. He said he wanted me to meet some people. We went up to where there was a small group of boys standing around talking. Max hugged them like they were all brothers.

"Riley, this is my band. DKarp, Matty, Beau, Spicy, and Durston."

"So that's the babes. Boys, this is Riley."

"So this is the hottie you always talk about?" DKarp said with a smirk.

"Shut up Karp." Max growled.

"Um, I'm not hot." I interjected. All the boys rolled their eyes and replied with, 'yes you are' earning another growl from Max.

After a while of talking, Matty had an idea. "Why don't we take her bowling?"

Everyone seemed to like the idea. So now I'm stuck bowling.

"Guys, I don't know how to bowl."

"What?!" The boys all said in shock.

"I've never really gone bowling before. Only once when I was 4."

"I'll show you how, baby."

Max spent the night teaching me how to bowl and everyone laughing at my attempts, with me laughing along. It was actually really fun. I learned a lot about the babes too. It was nice to see Max so at ease with these boys around him. At about 11, Max decided to take me home. I was so tired I was dozing off in the car. Max carried me into my room and kissed my head. He was about to leave the room when I had an idea.

"Sing to me?" I called out. He smiled and came to sit next to me.

"What do you want me to sing?"

"Can we sing together?"

"Yeah sure."

"Living in my own world, didn't understand," Max started singing The Start Of Something New, "That anything can happen, when you take a chance."

"I never believed in, what I couldn't see. I never opened my heart, to all the possibilities."

We started singing in perfect harmony.

"I know"

"that something has changed," me.

"never felt this way." Us.

"And right here tonight" me.

"This could be the start of something new, it feels so right to be here with you, ooh. And now, looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart the start of something new..." We trailed off looking into each others eyes. Max looked at my lips, then back to me. I softly smiled and we leaned in. Just before his lips touched mine, he whispered,

"Is this the start of something new?"