Can't We Just Start Over?

Part 3

PART 3

(Nathan)

I finish my fourth slice of pizza and look up at Max, who was still inhaling pizza. She clearly had the munchies. She looked so happy to be eating. Wall-e still played in the background but I was too interested of Max. She wasn't how I thought she was, she's not nosy really, she just genuinely cares. Max exhales and sits back agains't the wall, she was finally fulfilled. "That was so delicious, thank you Nathan."

"Of course Max, I'm glad it was good." She smiles at me and looks at me with her doe like blue eyes. I feel heat rush to my cheeks and I grab the empty pizza box. I move it to the small table that sat in the middle of my room. Max grabs the black blanket from the top of my bed and wraps it around herself. I sit back down next to her, closer than I sat before. We were watching the same movie again. Max rests her head on my shoulder. I can instantly feel my muscles relax.

"Hey Nathan?" She asks

"Yeah,"

"Thank you."

"It was just a pizza-"

"No, Nathan, I mean thank you for talking to me. It means a lot, after all of the shit thats happened-" I move quickly and cup my hands around her cheeks. I close my eyes and lightly touch my lips against hers.

(Max)

I shut my eyes while he kisses me. He pulls away and looks at me still holding my face. His eyes are glazed, and calm. His lips were surprisingly soft considering the fact that he bites them constantly. He smiles at me and I do the same, before giving him another quick kiss. "Hey Max?" I give a quick nod. "Thank you, thank you for being here with me tonight, and getting to know the real me, not the asshole you used to know."

"I'm glad I am getting to know you Nathan," I smile, "Also I think you're cute too." Nathan takes his hands from my cheeks and wraps his arms around me. I do the same, his cologne was subtle but still filled the air around me when I dug my face into his neck and shoulder. The cologne was sweet and hazy. Calming. I inhale deeply, savoring the smell of the cologne. Nathan brings his arms down and gives me a kiss on the forehead. He moves to his laptop and puts on a cartoon that you didn't have to pay attention to. It instantly appears through his projector. I move to comfortably lay down.

(Nathan)

I look over to Max, she was curled up on my bed with her head on my pillow, she was still wrapped up in my blanket. "Hey I can sleep on my couch or something if you want." I recommend to her. She shakes her head.

"No thats okay, come lay by me." She responds, I do as she says. After taking off my jacket, I lay on my bed and put my arm around her. She moves to rest her head on my chest, right over my heart. I exhale and kiss the top of her head lightly while I play with her hair. She just looked so peaceful and innocent. I take my phone from my pocket and take a selfie of us, I never took selfies. Max however, that was her specialty. Honestly I liked looking at her photos, the way she captured the world made it seem as if nothing bad ever happened. The colors in her images were pastel and made me feel like a little kid again. Unlike my dark images that typically depicted the dark of the world. I look through the photos on my phone. There was our picture, and the one I took earlier in the night. She looked so small and fragile, yet powerful. I can't help but notice a smile appearing on my face. I drop my phone, give the small girl another kiss and allow myself to drift in and out of sleep.

PART 3 CONTINUED

(Max)

I open my eyes and yawn. When I look up I notice I'm not in my room. I'm still in Nathan's room, in his bed, curled up to him. I look over at the simple digital clock on his bedside table, 10:16AM. I sit up and look at Nathan again, he was sprawled out over the bed but he stayed still for me to sleep. He looked peaceful. I carefully get out of the bed trying not to wake him up. Thank god I didn't have class today. I stretched my arms and inhaled deeply. Oh god I need to brush my teeth, my breath is a mix of morning breath, pizza, and pot.. I leave a note for him before I head back to my dorm to shower and brush my teeth. While I walked I pulled out my phone and quickly called my best friend. It rang twice before she answered.

"Hey Mad Max." She said somewhat excited, I remember talking to her last night but not for very long.

"Hey Chloe, what's up?"

"I'm getting ready to take you to the two whales this morning, so you can hella vent to me about last night. Be ready and outside in 15 minutes girl."

"Well I better shower then, see you soon." Chloe hung up and I quickly made my way to the showers.

(Nathan)

My chest felt cold, and empty. It usually did, it felt empty. That's why I started to smoke. I love the feeling of the hot smoke in my chest. But it wasn't the same as having someone lay across your chest. But that was missing. Max had left. I opened my eyes and stretched. My room was groggy. Maybe it was just me. I sat up and turned my phone on, the picture of Max laying with me showed up and instantly I smiled. My phone buzzes with Vic's name. 17 texts and 12 missed calls since last night. Shit.
Vic) Hey fam are you okay?
Vic) Nathan? Hellloooo?
Vic)  You better not be drunk off your ass
Vic) Nathan please answer I'm freaking out!
And they just go on and on. I send a quick text back.
Nathan) yeah I'm good. I was with someone last night.
If Victoria knows I spent the night with Max she will flip. Who knows if she'll even talk to me again. I sigh as I pray that that's not true. I look over at my bedside table. I find a small note;
"I'm sorry I left early, I had a lot of fun last night though.