Turbulent Magma

Chapter 20: Making a Hard Choice

(Winona's POV)

When I caught Maxie as he fell unconscious, I became very worried. Why did this happen? Will he be ok?

With quick thinking, I carried him over to the couch, and layed him on the couch, and covered him with a blanket.

I then went into the bathroom, and grabbed a thermometer. When I came back out and took his temperature, he was running a slight fever of 99.5F.

I quickly got an ice pack from the freezer, and wrapped it in a towel. I then went back over to Maxie, and put it on his head.

As I was waiting for him to come to, something came to mind, and I immediately wanted to discard it, but I couldn't. Yes, I do love Wallace but I feel that same sense of compassion, if not stronger, coming from Maxie.

I don't want to divorce Wallace, but yet again, I feel as if I love Maxie just as much as Wallace.

I sighed. I not even sure how Wallace would feel about this. I mean, I know he is quite accepting of mostly everything, but this is completely different

Maxie then groaned. "Ugh... Wh-what happened?"

I sighed. "I'm not too sure myself. Although I did take your temperature, and you have a slight fever."

I'm not sure why, but when I said that, he slightly blushed.

"You ok?" I asked.

He nodded, still blushing a bit. "Y-Yeah. I'll be fine... W-Winona, there's something... There's something I need to tell you."

I gave him a slightly questionable look. "Alright. And that is?"

With a sigh, he sat up on the couch. "Winona... Even after all these years, and what we've been through, and going our separate ways, I feel that you still kindle the flame in my heart that you did when we were in high school together."

That caused me to blush. "You... You still like me?"

He nodded. "Yes. But, I understand if you don't like me back. After all, you and Wallace are already married, as for me and Courtney, we are still boyfriend and girlfriend, neither of us have proposed yet."

I blushed a bit harder. "I-I kinda feel the same..." I then went over to the couch, and sat next to him, and wrapped my arms around him. I then lightly kissed his cheek. "I love you, Maxie."

He took of my helmet, and stroked my hair. "I love you too, Winona."

With a smile, I put my head on his shoulder, and he continued to stroke my hair.

We both eventually nodded off.

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I woke up to a loud sound. When I looked at Maxie, he had obviously also just woken up. "What was that?" I whispered.

He looked around, alert. "I'm not sure..."

I then slid a bit closer to him, and hugged him a bit tighter, scared.

I then heard someone walking, and when I saw who it was, I wished I was invisible. It was Wallace.

"Winona? What in the name of Arceus are you doing here with Maxie?!" he said, clearly not happy.

I looked down and blushed. "I-I can explain..."