Falling For Him.

Chapter Twenty-Three:

We head out at around 7am, licking our apartments up and hopping in Max's car. The drive was fairly silent as we made our way towards the airport, traffic lights slowing us down tremendously. Ross seemed even more agitated than usual so I decided to try to comfort him.

"Hey Ross? It's gonna be alright. We'll find Tim, don't worry." I force a pained smile. Half of me didn't want us to find Tim, for him to have already left. But then my sane half reminds me of how jealous that is. We have to find him, for Ross and Max and everyone at the office. For Tim.

"What if his plane has already left?" Ross utters in a choked voice, tears brimming his eyes.

"Then we..." My voice drifts off on the wind, my eyes slowly moving over to the window. Ross begins to sob in the back of the car, making Max and me sigh. Max frowns and shakes his head, turning into the airport car park.

"He'll be here." Max says, jumping out of the car and grabbing the note from his pocket, glancing at it and handing it to Ross. "He has to be." Max says angrily. I follow Max as we head into the airport, instantly pushing his way to the front of a long queue and demanding to talk to the lady behind the counter. Immediately, she puts down the phone and looks up at him with annoyance plastered across her face.

"Yes sir?" She says, annoyed.

"Which flights are leaving for New Zealand and when?" Ross hurts passed Max and begs her, clenching the note fiercely. While the lady explained, I decided to turn and talk to the line.

"Sorry folks just be a second. Personal crisis." I awkwardly scratch the back of my head, avoiding eye contact. Before a puffy red man could speak up Max grabs my shoulder and leads me away, Ross following.

"R/N. Tim's plane hasn't left we have to stop him, c'mon!" Ross says, pushing between us and running off, a smile exposing itself through the tears.

"R/N wait." Max says, stopping me as I begin to follow. "Let Ross do this. Them two clearly have some things to sort out." Max smiles, blushing as he sits on a nearby seat. I follow suit.

"What do you mean?" I ask, confusion taking hold.

"Can't you tell? Ross has a thing for Tim. Tim even has a thing for Ross I'd say. He's more running from his feelings for Ross than his attraction for me." Max blushes again.

"I would run too if I couldn't be with you..." I say stupidly, leaning my head on his shoulder. Max giggles and begins stroking my hair. The feeling of his muscular hands brushing through my hair was relaxing. With all the chaos this early in the morning it was welcoming. I found myself drifting into a temporary sleep when Tim's voice gained my attention.

"I had no idea you felt that way..." He said.

"Well you do now." Ross replies. Max begins to stand up and I stir, opening my eyes and following his lead before meeting eyes with Tim.

"Tim!" Max says happily. "Don't ever pull crap like that again." Max says, his tone was half annoyed but mostly relief as he put an arm round my shoulder and led us out of the airport.

"Tim." I say, looking at him. Tim freezes and turns to me awkwardly.

"Give us a minute please guys?" Tim says, looking towards Max and Ross. Max hesitantly looks towards me before I give him a swift nod and smile. Ross follows Max out of the airport but turns and looks at Tim. "So uh..." Tim awkwardly begins, his eyes watching Ross and Max disappear from sight.

"I called Adam about the email. He was quite confused to say the least." I say casually. "Glad to see you and Ross-" Tim cuts me off.

"There is no me and Ross. Not yet. I don't know, I'm in a really bad place and I need to ask you all something." Tim scrunches up his face in embarrassment before turning away and running off, out of the airport and following Max and Ross.

As I walked out after him, I see him sitting in the car beside Ross, twiddling his thumbs before Max closes his door, turning and seeing me walking over. Hopping in, I turn to Tim.

"So what did you want to ask us?" I ask casually, Max looking at me confused and Ross looking up at Tim then to me then to Tim again.

"Oh I don't know..." Tim voice in a shy, sad tone. "I was going to ask you all a favour. Max... Ross... R/N... my head has been in a really bad place lately..." Tim drifts off, looking out of the window. Max pulls out onto the main road and begins our journey home.

"We know Tim." Ross says sadly. "And we're all here for you.. especially me." Ross smiled, placing a hand on Tim's leg. Tim's face dropped even further.

"I know that's what makes this even harder. Ross I wasn't running from Max. I was running from... you. I haven't had a crush on Max in days, I've felt something for you." Tim blushes, tears appearing in his eyes. Ross hugs him.

"I've always had feelings for you Tim. Only recently have I figured out what these feelings are." Ross begins crying too.

"Guys... I have a request. Will you..." Tim drifts off again but his head shoots up. "Guys! Let's do a double date!" Tim explodes with joy. Max chuckles sarcastically and Ross lights up.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Ross smiles brightly.

"Okay then." I smile happily, looking at Max who seems to choke on pure air.

"Really? With Tim?" Max whispers hesitantly. I shake my head.

"We gotta at least try to make amends." I explain. Max seems angered by this response.

"The man tried to break us up." Max retorts.

"Max just trust me. This'll work out." I explain, patting Max's shoulder and smiling. Max sighs and nods, turning the car into our apartment car park. "And Tim you're going to need to call Adam about your email." I turn and say. Tim turns red instantly and places his head in his hands.

"I forgot about the email..." we all share a giggle before climbing from the car and heading to our homes. Max comes in to my apartment when his phone beeps.

"Great..." Max sighs, handing the phone to me.

"Well Maxie... looks like we're going to theirs tonight..." I say, innocently looking at Max as his anger boils.

"You owe me." Max says clenching his fists and turning to the bedroom

"Shut up and quit complaining. We need to get ready for work anyway." I yell out after him. Max slams the door playfully and I begin making coffee. Today was gonna be a long day.

(Author- Hey, sorry about this jumbled up chapter. I wanted to have this out soon as the fic is close to its end. Also I needed to lead this into the big scene- not spoiling it but Blu knows xD Anyway get ready for something big xD Oh I do not know how I'm gonna write this.)