love me {bwwm}

C H A P T E R 8

After deciding that it was better for her not to bring up what Mrs Morte said, she started thinking about what could have possibly happened before they moved, it couldn't have been bullying because he was far to big and intimidating for someone to bully him, she stayed giving herself a headache because of how much she was thinking, she'd have to leave it for now.

She walked back into the theatre room after getting lost a couple of times, but eventually making it back in one piece.

"What took you so long, the kitchen isn't that far is it?" Max said with his back facing her. She couldn't see what he was doing but it looked like some sort of bed?

"I just got lost, your mum helped me out though, and we ended up talking for a bit" she said in response, he visibly stiffened when she mentioned that they talked.

She could tell that he wanted to push and ask more questions about it, but he resisted. Turning back to her, he dragged her into a soft and fluffy fortress he built

"Welcome to 'casa della Morte'" he said from the other side of the fort, smiling widely, eyes closed with his arms spread wide.

"Um it's beautiful I'm really surprised about how good this is... but", he opened his eyes and she could see a hint of sadness in them.

"But what?" He asked sadly.

"How are we going to watch the movie?" Ebony said while setting the cookies down on the counter; the fort was completely closed off towards the big screen, the only open part of it was the entrance. he had a look of relief when she finished her sentence. He turned to look at the fort and started moving the pillows and taking it all down.

Ebony stepped in and put the pillows back. "We are not tearing down this masterpiece". After coming up with a quick last minute plan, she found a solution. "We can just use my iPad, sorted" she said with a sense of achievement.

"Good plan, where is it?" Max said while looking around for it.

She remembered that she left her bag and literally everything else in her car; "It's in my car, I'll just go and get it" she said while running out of the theatre and going through fandom halls. Finally escaping the house, she got to the front door, jumping down all of the steps, she ran to her car and got her iPad.

SNAP!

The sound scared her but because there house is the last one down the road and it's near a forest, it could've just been a deer or some kind of animal walking around.

BANG!

This time she knew that she couldn't stay in the same place so she started walking backwards towards the house, all of a sudden, there was a ricochet of bullets that filled the air around her, ducking down, she quickly rolled underneath her car. I thought quickly and rolled under my car. Screaming as loud as she could as a mild reaction, she quickly put her hand over her mouth so they couldn't hear or find her.

She gathered her bearing and assessed the situation, thank god for her anxiety, if she wasn't always in a fight or flight response, she probably would've been dead by now, trying to figure out where her phone was, she realised that her phone was still plugged into her car, so there was no option to call anyone.

"Ebony?!" Max shouted, all of a sudden, she saw footsteps coming towards her car, at first she thought they could be Max's but her feet were facing the house and he head was facing the direction of the incoming bullets. All of a sudden, she saw a person drop to the floor.