Is he really a bad boy? [English]

~Chapter 32~

"Veronica!", I heard my teacher saying my name all of sudden. I was shocked for a second and looked at him then to the board and back to him. "Can you give me the answer to my question?", he asked and everyone started to look at me.
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention", I apologized. He looked at me disappointed and let Pauline, who was already excited snapping her fingers, answer the question.
I took a look around the class. My eyes met Mia's. She looked at me bitchy and flipped her hair back. I rolled with my eyes unimpressed and looked away and dedicated myself back to my thoughts.
Max wasn't in the school for the third day in a row and I didn't know why.
Same like it was at the weekend, he wasn't answering my calls either my texts. But it was nothing new, that was going on for weeks now. He disappeared for days without saying a word and then he came back all of sudden, acting as if nothing happened.
It was getting on my nerves that it was absolutely normal for him to disappeared without telling anything.

It rang. I put all my stuff into my bag and left the classroom with the others. I went to my locker and threw all the books in it.
"Hey you", Jake said. He was leaning against the locker next to mine and was smirking from ear to ear.
"Hey"
"I have to do some groceries shopping. Are you with me?", he asked me.
"When?" I closed my locker with a swinging motion.
"Now. I have nothing esculent left in my fridge."
"Okay. I'm in"
"Leggo" With squealing tires he hit the road.

"Remember that I have to buy some protein shakes.", Jake said.
"Okay"
"Don't forget it. It's going to be your fault if I'll not have any"
"Why is it gonna be my fault though? I don't drink them"
"You should"
"I'm declining, thank you", I laughed and started thrumming with my hands on the dashboard.
Jake parked and we got out of the car. We bought all the foodstuff and lots of snacks. When he already paid and we were about to leave the supermarket I remembered that he didn't buy any protein shakes.
"You forgot the shakes", I said.
"Why haven't you told me it next year?", he asked mocking.
"You wanted from me to remember that you need to buy the shakes. And that's what I did. And besides that, you should've thought about it yourself"
"Ugh, I will go and buy them and meanwhile you'll pack everything in the car. Okay?"
"Deal", I agreed.
Jake went back to the supermarket and I walked with the cart over to the car. I packed everything in bags and started to put them into the trunk.
"Do you need some help?", a voice out of nowhere asked me. It was Maxim's voice. He was standing next to Jake's car. He was wearing like always black jeans, but this time instead of his boots he was wearing black Converse and a for me unknown white shirt, which you could see his tattoos shining through. He took his sunglasses off and went through his hair, which was stuck out in every direction. All in one he was, as expected, looking incredibly amazing. But still, I would like to punch him right now. I had a lump in my throat.
"I can do it myself", I declined his help.
"Oh Madame is bitchy today", he raised his hands as a defence and was smirking. Which annoyed the hell out of me.
"I'm not bitchy"
I lifted the bag and put them into the trunk to the others.
"Is it Jake's car?"
"Mhm", I made and closed the trunk.
"Why are you driving his car?"
"I'm not"
"Is he here too?"
"Yes"
"And where is he then?"
"Not here"
I leaned against the car and crossed my arms in front of my chest.
"Why are you-"
"Dude, what the hell are you doing here?", Jake asked Max and interrupted him with it. He was holding 3 giant cans with protein shakes in it and a bag full of protein bars.
"I was refuelling", Max answered.
"Alright. Can we go?", Jake looked at me and waited for an answer.
"Yeah"
Exactly when I wanted to open the door, Max grabbed my arm.
"Come with me", he said.
"I have to go...go home", I said quickly.
"Please"
"No", I tried to free myself of his grip but he held my hand even stronger. "Let me go", I asked him silently so Jake couldn't hear it because he would freak out unnecessary. Why couldn't Maxim just go?
"I'll let you go if you will come with me"
"I don't want to come with you. Let me go." He put more weight on his grab.
"Maxim, you are hurting me", I said.
"Let her go.", Jake demanded calmed without any aggressive tone in his voice. Immediately Maxim pulled his hand back.
"Veronica. Please come with me. I will drive you home of course. He looked me in the eyes. I didn't know how he did it but this sparkle in his eyes convinced me.
"Fine"
"Really? Okay", he said joyfully.
"Go to the car and I'll take my bag" Skepticism was seen on his face.
"What? Don't you trust me?", I asked him mocking.
"Of course", he said doubtful and walked to his car. But still, he turned around once just to make sure that I'm actually not driving away.

I opened the door and looked into Jake's face.
"So you are going with him.", it was more a realization than a question.
"Yes"
"Are you sure that it's the right thing to do?", he asked me still worried.
"What of it!" I took my bag from the back and left the car.
"Call me if something happens"
"Jake. It's Maxim who we are talking about and not a stranger. He will not do anything to me."
"You'll never know", he warned, "you didn't want to come with him at first, too. But you know it's your decision"
"Are you trying to make me feel guilty about it, Jacob?", I asked him.
"I'm not. I don't like his behaviour during the past weeks, that's why I'm suspicious.", he was speaking in his typical big brother voice.
"Don't worry. Bye", I gave him a little kiss on the cheek and closed the door.
Max was sitting tensely in his car and was drumming nervously on the steering wheel.
I sat into the car and Max started looking at me with his crooked smile. Without reacting to it I put my seatbelt on. He laughed to himself and hit the road.
"Why are you so bitchy, all of sudden?", he asked me.
"I'm not bitchy", I responded.
"No of course not", his voice was dripping full of sarcasm.
"I'm not bitchy", I repeated and kept staring at the street.
"You and your mood swings"
Me and my mood swings? My mood was swinging around all the time like a damn swing in the wind.
"I'm not the one who disappears and acts as if nothing happened after that", I spoke my thoughts.
"Ah, I understand. That's why you are like that. Just because I haven't texted you back once"
"Just because I haven't texted you back once", I aped him, "Maxim you were gone for days, you haven't said anything and you didn't answer my texts nor my calls and then all of sudden you appear again and now you are saying that I am bitchy. Alright"
"You are overreacting"
And this was the little piece that brought me to the edge.
"I am overreacting?! Maxim, you were fucking GONE. You didn't even say a word."
"Wow", he said unimpressed. At this moment I seriously had to try hard not to slap him in his face.
"I know that I have no right to control you and that's not even what I want to do but still I-"
"That's exactly the point Veronica. You have no right to freak out. You aren't someone I have to explain myself to. We aren't even together." My heart stopped beating for a moment. All of sudden I could feel oppressiveness on my chest, which seemed like it was not going away. I was breathing but it still felt like there wasn't enough air for me. Jacob warned me and I wasn't listening to him.
"Exactly. We aren't even together", I repeated his words that were burning in my chest.

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