lonely- (adj) sad because one has no friends or company
anya's pov
its been four days since max left. she hasnt called me or anything. im worried. i shouldnt have pushed her to talk about that. i knew better. she wasnt ready.
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anyabear02: max, i know you probably hate me, but please let me know youre okay.
34 mins later
madmax6: do you really think im dumb enough to believe you actually care?
anyabear02: i do care max. you just dont let me show you. i want to see you. meet me at our pizza place at 3
madmax6: no promises.
anyabear02: thats good enough for me.
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2:45pm
where is she? i know she wont pass up pizza...right?
suddenly, max walks through to door of the pizza place. her hair is down and looks unwashed. her skin pale and her rosy cheeks red from obvious tears. she's wearing a black croptop with a twenty one pilots logo on it. her pants come down to her ankles and she's wearing baby blue adidas.
long sleeves. she never wears long sleeves.
max sits down and looks at anya.
"you wanted to see me? here i am." max said. she sounds choked up.
"max.."
"what anya? you did this. youre the one that pushed me overboard. lost into sea. im gone. youre not seeing me again."
"im sorry."
"sorry doesnt cover it. you tried to make me talk about something i am not mentally or physically stable with. i cant. i told you this. you still tried. you tried too hard. it cant be undone."
"im sorry. im sorry that i tried to care. is this why you never have friends? is this why you run away from help? why you have all of these problems that wont ever be fixed because you dont let anyone help you? max, youre never going to get better. im not saying that you have issues and they wont ever be solved, but if you dont let me help you, youre going to stay in this stage. i love your flaws and all of your problems, but i know you dont. i want to help you. just let me. it doesnt have to be now or even later, but let me help before its too late. before i lose you. i cant lose you."
tears are pouring down both of their cheeks. max is covering her face with her sleeves.
"i cant. i cant-"
max gets up and runs out of the restaurant. anya watches her leave and then puts her head down on the table and covers her head. nobody asks whats wrong. they all heard.
