Home Alone: Harry's Revenge

chapter 5

Max had given Lex a tour of Chicago, or as she liked to call it, the Big Apple's distant cousin. She showed the coffee shop, the book store, and her old house. Lex paid close attention to everything she said as she really loved to hear her talk and spend some nice time with her.

"Almost lunch time, did you enjoy your tour of Chicago?" Max asked Lex after driving around for a while.

Lex smiled softly at Max. "It was great, Max."

"Glad you enjoyed it," Max smiled back. "Oh, do you think they'll want fries with their burgers?" she suddenly asked, remembering lunch.

"They might do." Lex said with a shrug.

"I always wanted to try cheese fries, do you know if they're any good?" Max wondered. "Mom could never afford them, even when we'd be out having casual time."

"They're nice," Lex grinned. "I'll get you some if want, Max."

"Okay, wouldn't hurt to try." Max smiled, a little sheepishly and excited.

Lex smiled and drove to a place where they could get what they needed, unknowing that Mrs. Stone was making her plan. Max and Lex smiled as they got lunch for themselves and their friends.

"You want me to go in and get the food or would you like to?" Max offered once they ended up in a burger joint.

Lex looked at her. "I'll go in if you want."

"Okay, make sure you have a lot of money just in case." Max told him with good advice.

Lex nodded and headed into the burger place, after smiling at Max. Mrs. Stone went into the burger place and looked out for Lex. Max smiled and kept herself busy by listening to some music in the radio. The girl hummed about, enjoying the music. She had such a way with words that she often helped Lex with lyrics here and there. She was completely unaware of what was going on around her or inside the restaurant as she waited.

Lex got the things, quite happily. He then was waylaid by Mrs. Stone and had to listen to what she said. She told him many different lies about Maxine, one of which saying that when she stayed at the Plaza hotel Maxine had stolen money and jewelry. Her hair was down so she wasn't very recognizable. She didn't realize Lex could see through her lies.

Lex set a calm, but angry gaze on Mrs. Stone. "I know Max would have never done that, she is a good and hard worker..." he said before walking off, dismissing the woman.

Mrs. Stone looked blank a moment, and followed, trying to convince him.

"Can I take your order?" the teenage boy asked behind the counter as he got money from the person before him.

Lex gave his order for his friends and girlfriend as well as his own. Mrs. Stone scowled as Lex was now completely ignoring her, so she walked away angrily. A little boy was playing with a toy balloon as Mrs. Stone was leaving and it bumped into her, nearly knocking her down. Mrs Stone let out a startled but angry yell and then got up and stormed out of the restaurant. Mrs. Stone walked past where Harry and Hector were.

Lex got his food and paid the guy.

"That'll be all?" the boy gently asked Lex.

"Yes, thanks." Lex nodded. He then turned to leave.

"Have a nice day!" the boy called out, waiting for the next person in line.

Lex came out of the shop, and headed to the car.

Max looked in the rear view mirror and smiled a little to see her nice clean teeth. She then felt a little panicked as she saw a familiar face from the Plaza Hotel looking back at her. She then quickly rolled up the window and tried to ignore him and still wait for Lex.