the letters || max mills

twenty two

ophelia

i sat at the kitchen counter trying to figure out what to write in my next letter.. nothing exciting has really happened since the last letter. i made some new friends and i'm practically drowning in all of this homework but that's really it.
i laughed to myself as i thought of my friends. they reminded me a lot of my friends in england. there's so many similarities. it's really ironic.
i began to think back to three years ago before everything sort of fell apart. we were all happy and we didn't have any worries in our minds..

• • •

i hurried down the school hallway to meet up with my friends. i hurried past three classrooms before i made it to our locker section. there they were all talking in a big circle.
"ophelia, there you are. we thought you wouldn't show up." lexi says
"sorry, my mom overslept." i say breathlessly
i began to switch out my books for the ones i needed for morning classes.
"where's max and harvey?" i ask as i rejoin the group
"they went down—" levi gets cut off by harvey budging through the circle
"did someone say harvey?" he asks looking around we all laugh
"yeah levi did." maddie says
"where's max?" i ask
harvey shrugs
"i dunno i lost him back in the food." he says and points behind him
we chuckle.
just then someone forcefully hits my shoulders in a  quick motion. i jump.
"got you!" max exclaims from behind me
i turn around and lightly punch him.
"that scared me!" i exclaim
"sorry." he says and smirks
i roll my eyes as he gives me a hug.
"awww coupleeee." lexi says
"shut upppp." i whine pulling away from max
she smirks and winks at me.
"we don't even like each other. we hate each other see?" max says and pushes me
i push him back
"yeah see? we hate each other." i say
everyone gives us a side glance in doubt while me and max share a glance and smile.

• • •

i smile widely as i remember the good old days. i truly did miss everything before we all fell apart. after the fight and the breakup everyone took sides and we haven't talked all at once since. i miss it, i truly do. i've always thought everything was my fault for our friendships falling apart, but i think now i've come to terms that everything happens for a reason. lexi and cameron took my side while maddie harvey and levi took max's side. it didn't surprise me, what i did was terrible and i wish i could take it back but we both made mistakes that year.
i glance down at the paper still in front of me and begin writing as ideas come to my mind.

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this is a filler chapter. i have ideas for the next few chapters but i don't wanna time jump too much.
some flashbacks for you guys :)
hopefully i'll include more so you can get more insight on max and ophelia's past relationship :)
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