Never Let Go

Chapter 1: The Interview

Patrick's POV

I get my keys out as I walk towards the front doors of the office. I find the office key and put it in the keyhole. Ax and Holly were already outside waiting. "So when is the new comers interview?" Ax says smiling as we walk up the stairs. "11:30," I say tiredly. I walk in to my office which was a few rooms towards the back. I throw my stuff into the empty chair that sat by my desk. I turn on my computer as I look at my phone. 11:00 it read. I logged into my computer and opened up Skype. Holly walks in as I begin to call Ander. "Patrick?" Holly asks. "Yes?" I respond back looking away from the computer to look at her. "I wanted to tell you that the new comer is here," Holly says with a smile on her face. I guess it's okay with doing the interview early. "Bring him in," I say looking back at my computer. I close my Skype as I sit patiently for Max to come in. My door opens a few seconds later. I look up from my phone and smile. I get up and walk towards Max. I shake his hand. "Nice to meet ya," I say as Max begins to smile. "Sit in the chair in front of the desk," I say pointing. He slowly walks over. "Thank you for bringing him," I say to Holly smiling. She smiles back as she closes the door leaving. I walk to my chair and sit down. The first thing I noticed about him was his face. It was like... no other. He had dark red hair. His shirt was a neon orange color and he wore a somewhat baggy pair of pants. "Hi. My name is Patrick but you probably know me as iTurtle," I say smiling. Not to lie or anything but he was kind of cute.

Max's POV

I sit on the chair nervously. My mind still had to process it. I, Max Hasin, am in a room with iTurtle! "H-hi. M-my name is Max Hasin," I say. "So you're wanting to get a job here?" Patrick asks in a calm tone. "Yes. I know I'm not that good, unlike you but I would like to get the chance to have a decent place to work and a place I could be... safe at," I say fumbling with my fingers. "What's your channels name?" Patrick asks opening up YouTube. "Sebthan_," I answer. He begins to type it in the YouTube search bar. "That one!" I say pointing at the first channel. "Okay. I'm going to need to look at this so can you please wait outside my office?" Patrick says plugging his headphones in. "Y-yeah," I say getting up to leave. I close the door and see a girl walk past. "You the new comer?" she asked. "Y-yeah. The name is Max!" I say smiling. "Nice to meet ya Max. I'm Marie!" Marie says handing out her hand to shake. "Want me to show you around?" Marie asks. "Uh. Patrick is watching my channel and deciding whether or not I can work here. He told me to wait out here," I tell Marie. Marie smiles. "Don't worry. He'll hire you!" Marie says pulling me into a slight hug. I sit down on a chair by Patrick's office. About half a hour later he came out and told me to come back in. We both sit down. "So... Your channel looks great. Has 200 subscribers but don't worry... I remember when I was that," Patrick says smiling, "I do accept you and I can show the way to your office!" Patrick says. I smile as I feel so much happiness. Patrick walks in front of me but all I kept doing was staring at his butt. NO! I scream out in my head. HE IS STRAIGHT! I shout in my head again. "Here is your room," Patrick says opening the door, "You'll be by Ander!" I was so happy. I walked in and spun around. The office had sound proof foam around it and there was a window in the middle. The carpet was grey and smelled amazing. "Whenever you feel like bringing your stuff in you can!" Patrick said leaving. I was finally in a YouTube office!

Patrick's POV

I walk into my office and sit down. I pick my phone up from the desk and get on Twitter. "New member in the office" I tweeted out. I face my computer screen and subscribe to Sebthan_. I then open Minecraft. I glance over to see Max leaving. "Max!" I scream out. "Yeah?" Max asks curiously. "Come in here for a sec," I say smiling. "Yes?" Max says with a worried expression on his face. "I need your phone number and Skype," I say. "Oh yeah," Max says chuckling," 475-555-8709 and my Skype is Max_Sebthan." I look into his eyes deeply. "Hello?" Max asks. "Oh yeah. Can you write that down?" I ask handing him a sticky note and a pen. I watch him write but I mainly focus on his eyes. He looks up and stares at me. We sit there for a moment just looking into each others eyes. "There ya go," Max says breaking the silence and runs off. I grab the sticky note and add the number to my contacts and the Skype name to my Skype contacts. I leave my room and head to Holly's. "Uh... Holly?" I ask. "Yeah, what's up?" Holly asks. "Can I tell you something personal and not tell ANYONE!?" I ask. "Yes... Anything!" Holly says. I close the door and sit down. "I'm gay and I have been since I was 12. My parents kicked me out when I was 16 and I ended up living in this city at the age of 19 with my boyfriend Corey. He ended up dying when I was 22 and.... I think I have a.... No I do know that I have a crush on Max!" I say with a tear going down my face. Holly gets up and hugs me. "Whatever you do... Don't tell Max... not yet at least. Give it a few months so you can gain a friendship. If you saying anything he may be freaked or he may like you back but then you never know what type of person he could be! You don't want to rush into things," Holly says hugging me again. "Thank you," I say crying more. "You're my buddy," Holly says smiling. "Can you... um... come with me somewhere?" I ask. "Yes. Just let me get my stuff," Holly says. I walk to my door and put a note saying be back in a hour. Holly waits for me at the front entrance. "Ready?" I ask. "Yup," Holly says opening the door. We walk to my car and get in. "So where are we going?" Holly asks. "To see Corey!" I say. I drive off.

Max's POV

"That's GREAT!" my Mom said on the phone. "Yeah, I'm at home now and packing my computer and desk," I say. "Well, me and your Dad are coming down to visit so you should show us around!" my Mom said. "Yeah but I think I'm falling for Patrick though," I said. "Aw, my son is in love," my Mom said. "Well I got to go! I'm moving in today!" I say in excitement! "Okay. Love you MaxiMax," my Mom said. "Love you too," I say hanging up. I begin to take stuff to my car. I get a message. "Hey it's Patrick. Save my number." I message back saying that I was putting the stuff in today. "Okay. I'll be back in a hour. Just go around and meet everyone!" Patrick replied back. I put my phone in my pocket and left with my stuff.

Patrick's POV

I pull up to the grave where Corey lied and get out. I walk up to the gravestone and begin to cry. Holly and I place a flower that we got on the way here, in the vase. "Hi Corey. It's Patrick. I want you to know I'm still here and I think about you EVERYDAY of my life! But I came here to tell you that I may have found someone. I know you wouldn't want me to be alone and I know you always tried the best to keep me happy. As you can tell, I'm living better now but I miss you SOO much! Holly is here now and she is a good friend. I told her about everything and she accepts me! I just wish you could come back. I love you Corey," I say crying loudly. I kiss the gravestone and head towards the car. We got in and left.

Max's POV

I get out of my car and begin to carry my stuff into the office. "Need help?" I hear a voice say. "Uh yeah. If you don't mind," I respond back. He grabs the computer and heads upstairs. "What's your room?" he asked. "Uh... Patrick said by Ander's room," I say. "Oh cool were neighbor's," Ander says. "Cool!" I say. He sits the stuff on the floor and goes back to his room. "Max?" I hear Patrick say. "Yeah?" I asked. "The office is going to go to Olive Garden, wanna come?" Patrick asks. "Uh sure," I say. "Okay. Were going to use the offices van. Be outside in 5 minutes," Patrick says leaving. "I guess I have to deal with you in the morning" I say out loud. I head outside to see the office piling in the van. Patrick asks me to sit up front so I did.

1 HOUR LATER

We have ordered our dinner about 30 minutes ago. "So let's go around and say our names so Mr. Max knows our names," Marie giggled. "I'm Ax," Ax said in a low voice. "I'm Patrick of course," Patrick says laughing. I was sitting by Patrick. "My names Max," I say in a shy voice. "Mine is Holly," Holly says. "My name is Ander," Ander says smiling at me and winking. "And mine is MARIE!" Marie said in a energetic voice. Our food came out as soon as we finished. The waiter passes out our food and then leaves. "Before we start, I want to make a toast," Patrick says getting up with his glass of wine. "First of all I want to say welcome to our new member of the office, Max, and that I hope you have a great time here! And finally I want to say a thank you to all of you for joining in! You all are unique and I hope we get far! To the office," Patrick says. We all clink our glasses and drink. The rest of the night we ate and had fun. Marie was making a lot of jokes. I could tell I was going to get along with her well! The night was fun and entertaining. It was 10:00 when we reached the office. "Thank you," I say to Patrick. "No problem bud," Patrick says in a joyful tone. "I'm gonna head home. I'll see you tomorrow morning," I say heading towards my car. He waves goodbye as he heads into the office with Ander and Holly. "I only live about 10 minutes away so I may just start walking," I say in my head getting out of the car and heading into my apartment. I walk in and Goober jumped on me. Goober was my orange cat. She is a beautiful cat. "Did you miss me," I ask petting her. She meows. I walk into the kitchen and pour some food into Goobers bowl. I take a quick shower and begin to get dressed for bed when I get a message. "Glad to be working with you <3" Patrick said. "Thanks. You too," I respond back. I lay on my bed and begin to think of Patrick and how bad I wanted him but I am too afraid it can ruin things such as our friendship and my job at the office. I turn off my lamp as Goober jumps into the bed with me. Goober was such a cuddler. I snug up with Goober as my eyes start to close and as I begin to drift into a good nights dream!