Max Hella Caulfield

Splish Splash

Max's POV

'Splish Splash' what am I, five? 

Chloe and I get up and head to the Blackwell swimming pool, chasing each other down the long hallways of the school. Geez, this school is bigger than I thought. Chloe tears down and holds up a vortex club poster, "This is still a damn thing? The club is hella messed up."

"Yup. Run by the school's bitch, Victoria, and the gayest asshole, Nathan."

"Woah Max, calm down."

"Make me."

Okay. I honestly don't know where any of this is coming from. Ever since I started hanging with Chloe and changing my look, I'm starting to feel different. Feel free. Almost like a huge weight is lifted off of my shoulders. Being with her makes me so happy and maybe that's why I'm starting to act like this. Not because she's a "bad influence" (because trust me she can be) but because I'm finally living. I'm not worrying about insecurity or worrying about others' thoughts about me. Being with her is teaching me to let myself go and be confident about who I am, but also be a little rebellious at times because what's life without some risks. And to be completely honest, I don't mind at all. I'm happy.

We finally get to the pool and I finally applied for retirement. No I'm just kidding, but we are at the pool. "This is exactly what I needed. The water is so warm. Probably filled with piss, am I right?"

"It's a thought." I go and start to strip from my clothes.

Chloe notices. "Max!"

"You can't stop me."

Chloe smirked. "I wasn't going to."

I take a couple steps back, run, and jump into the pool, making a big splash which soaks Chloe from head to toe. "Fuck! Oh you're hella gonna get it now Max!" Chloe quickly takes off her clothes and jumps into the pool, landing close to me. She grabs me under the water and pulls me down with her. I try to lease myself from her grip, but she's too strong.  I open my eyes and see Chloe's blue hair floating in the water in front of me. Her hair, enhanced in the light of the pool, her puffy cheeks full of air, and the evil smirk on her face made me melt in the warm water. I swim closer to her and lock my lips against hers. We swim back up for air and I see her glaring at me with a soft smile on her face.

I break the silence, "That's as close as you're gonna get, Chloe."

"Good enough for me," Chloe says as she pulls me close to her, this time placing her lips on my neck. I could stay in this moment forever. "Hey, let's go somewhere else. We can't stay in this pool forever, security guards will come eventually."

I'm shocked at Chloe's concern for getting caught. "Am I hearing this correctly? Chloe Elizabeth Price, scared of getting... in trouble?"

Chloe nudges me. "You know what I mean, hippie. Let's just go somewhere else. Somewhere private."

I chuckled at Chloe's attempt to be flirty, even though it really working. "Okay okay, but I'm not taking my clothes off wherever we're going."

Chloe rolled her eyes at me. "I'm talking about hanging out with my girlfriend, not fucking prostitution, dude." 

We both hop out of the pool and snatch a few towels from the locker room. "Wowser, it's cold."

Chloe smirks from the side of her face as we're getting dressed. "Your appearance may have hella changed, but you're still my Maxine Caulfield."

"Max, never Maxine."

Chloe chuckled as her arm swung around my shoulders and we walked back to her truck.