There's No Editing THIS Love! [COMPLETED]

13. Love Advice

Alesa grins really wide. "Ohhh! Really?!" She squeals. Adam just laughs and sits back in his chair.

"Look," he says, "if you want to confess your love for Max, just spit it out! He already likes you back!"

Alesa hits his chest. "Adam! You're so boring! You gotta be more romantic!"

"I can be very romantic!" Adam exclaims as he shows Alesa his double chin. Alesa laughs and shakes her head.

You smile. "No, actually, I think Adam's right. Nothing's wrong with being straightforward. Well, maybe I won't be that straightforward but I'll be pretty straight."

"Or pretty gay."

You and Alesa both look at Adam and he stares right back. "What?" He asks.

"Maybe I should just leave," you say slowly as you open the door and walk out of the office. As soon as you close the door again, you hear Adam laughing and screaming.

Who else can I talk to about this...? Red? Ross? Barney? Tim? Corey? Hmm... Maybe I'll try Red.

You head over to Red's office and knock quietly. The door opens and you see Red standing in front of you.

"Oh, hey (Y/N)," he smiles. "What's up?"

"Can I talk to you?"

"Uh, sure. Come on in."

You step into Red's office and he closes the door. "What do you want to talk about?"

"It's about Max," you sigh. "I really like him and Adam told me he likes me too."

Red's face lightens up and he smirks. "He sure does. Max talks about you quite a bit, especially when you guys spend the day together. 'I'm gonna go hang out with (Y/N), be back later.' Or 'What? I was just hanging out with (Y/N).' And then there's my favorite, 'We were just chilling at her apartment.' But then there was that one time when he told us, 'I think I really like (Y/N). We've only known each other for about a week so she might not like me back, but...' We all really ship you two but he tells us not to. He thinks you probably won't like him back because you're a different kind of fan."

You smile slightly to yourself. So Max really does like me? "What do you mean 'a different kind of fan'?"

"I'm just repeating what he said. Don't ask me to analyze it."

"Okay. Thanks, Red. I'm gonna get back to Max now. See ya."

As you leave Red's office, he whisper-shouts, "Go get 'em, (Y/N)!"

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"I like the way you edit, (Y/N). It's very similar to the way I edit. Although, there is one thing I can show you how to do differently."

Max reached over to put his hand on the mouse and both your hands touched for a split second until you moved your hand away. A small heat sensation waved over your cheeks and you looked down at your lap. From the corner of your eye, you could see Max looking away, too.

Why was there sudden awkwardness between you two?

"A-Anyways, back to what I was saying..." Max faced the screen again and you looked up slowly.

"Max?" You asked quietly.

He turned to look at you. "Yeah?"

The words that were formed in your mind couldn't come out of your mouth. You were dumbstruck all of a sudden. "Uh, I... Um... I wanted to ask you a question."

He turned his chair now to actually face you. "Sure," he replied.

Now or never.

"Do you like me?"