Toxic Devotion

Chapter 21: men fight

Max's p.o.v

'Im tired lets go back to the hotel ash' Nicole whined.

'You can go back, while max and I go to the park' ashley answered which made me smile.

I can finally spend a bit of time with her. Forget the fact that she's gorgeous, ashley is everything I've always searched for in a girl, she's like one of the boys, savage and immature, I don't mind if she's childish honestly, I'm like that too I guess.

'No, you should come back with me, New York is a huge city, I don't want you getting lost' Nicole insisted.

'I'll bring her back in two hours, I promise' I said.

'Okay, just be careful not to accidentally blurt out to Val or anyone that we're here' Nicole reminded me.

'Of course, don't worry sis' I assured her.

'You're a good guy max, I still don't know what you're doing in this fucked up gang' Nicole said looking hurt. Well, the reason why I was in this gang...hurts me as well. Nicole didn't know about that though, only Dylan knew.

'Why are you?' I asked her.

'Thats a story for some other time' Nicole bit her lip before hugging me and ash and leaving.

'Lets go to the park' ashley squealed.

'You're such a kid' I laughed.

'And you don't mind' she smirked.

'Yeah you're right' I smiled as we made our way towards the park.

Ashley started skipping in the park, before she sat on the swing and asked me to push her, which I did.

'Tell me max, why are you in this gang?' She asked.

'Its not important ash' I replied trying to change the subject.

'You're it' she smiled touching my arm before she started running around the park, I shook my head laughing, before I started running after her.

'You're it' I said as I finally caught her.

'We are such kids' she laughed.

'That's okay no one needs to know that' I grinned.

'Yeah you're right' she winked at me.

'Its getting late I think I should take you back to the hotel' I told her.

'But it's only twelve am' she sighed.

'Yeah..it's late for you' I teased, as she playfully rolled her eyes.

'You know this year I learned that, you have to value moments' she said looking down.

'Which is true' I answered.

'Let's go to a club and party' she said looking dead serious.

'No ash..I promised Nicole I'd take you to the hotel' I answered.

'Oh c'mon, one drink, one dance' she smiled.

'You're underage and I won't let you drink' I told her honestly.

'You sound like Val' she frowned.

'What the hell? I'm nothing like Val. He's too overprotective' I spoke.

'Yeah you're being like that' she replied.

'Okay fine, one drink, one dance' I smirked.

'Let's go' she grinned before taking my arm and dragging me back in the streets of Brooklyn.

Ashley's p.o.v

I wanted to have my fun, so I dragged max in a night club and thought we could dance a bit before returning to the hotel.

Max wanted to just finish his drink, and get out of there. But I wasn't gonna let him, I dragged him to the dance floor as we both started dancing, we were having a blast. Our bodies moved in sync, as I was taking short breaths, things were getting a bit heated up on the dance floor, until I felt someone's hand on my ass. No, it wasn't max. I turned around to see a guy wearing a blue shirt he walked passed us. I stopped dancing and my eyes followed the guy who had just touched me. Max saw how uncomfortable I was.

'Ash, what's wrong?' He yelled because of the loud music.

'Theres this guy who just touched my ass!' I hissed. And for the first time, I've seen max's facial expression change. He didn't have that sweet innocent look, he looked livid.

'Who?' He asked in a demanding voice.

'That guy with the blue shirt' I pointed at him, and that's when I regretted telling him. Max made his way towards him, and I followed trying to stop him.

'Did you just touch my girl?' Max hissed at the man who looked probably about the same age as us.

Wait, he just called me his girl...

'So what if I did?' The guy sassed back.

'Wrong answer mate' max shook his head before charging on him, people were too drunk and out of control to witness what was happening, well except for the bar tender who started screaming insults at them. The guy tried to fight back max, but well...max is in a gang so he gained fast the upper hand.

'Max please stop! Lets leave' I shouted but it didn't matter. He didn't listen to me.

Max delivered the man several punches before slamming him on the wall as he started to choke him.

'Max!' I hissed at him.

'Listen carefully, you ever dare to look at my girl, and I swear I'll rip your eyeballs out and shove it down your throat till it reaches your ass' he threatened.

He had called me his girl, again.

Max finally let go of the man before he gently held my hand, and told me we were leaving, which I'm thankful we did.

'You didn't have to' I told him.

'Anytime' he smiled. He was calm again. His facial expression was back to normal.

We took a cab and headed towards the hotel Nicole and I are staying in, the ride was quiet. We finally made it to the hotel and I said good night to max, thanking him for everything before he left.

Max's p.o.v

I took the same cab again to go back to the hotel the gang and I were staying in. And once I got there, I made my way towards the room Dylan and I were sharing, it was 2am so I thought he'd be asleep, turns out he wasn't.

'Wow that's creepy, why are you awake?' I frowned asking him.

'Where the hell were you man?' Dylan questioned ignoring me.

'I got bored with you guys at the restaurant, so I went for a walk in the streets of Brooklyn.

'Thats a long walk, since it's 2am' Dylan stated looking amused.

Was he hinting at something? Of course not, how would he know?

'Well, night, I'm gonna sleep I'm tired' I told him and he simply nodded.