the letters || max mills

twenty three

max

harvey and i were sitting in the studio trying to come up with some new songs while thinking about the venues we're gonna go to this summer with our manager, Corey.
"so, you guys are heading out to vidcon in june right?" corey asks
we both nod
"alright so that's in about 2 months..do you guys wanna go a small tour after that?" he asks
"i mean i guess we could. i kind of wanna hit some places in America we haven't performed in yet." harvey says
"we could do that." corey says and jots down some notes
"are we going to playlist in september?" i ask
corey looks to harvey and to me. harvey shrugs.
"if you want to." he says
"i always like seeing our friends there." i say
he nods
"okay we can go then." harvey says
i gave him a look but then quickly looked away. for some reason harvey has been getting triggered and annoyed very easily this past week i don't know why. he won't say anything to me and i don't wanna push him over the edge but he hasn't gotten better.
"you okay harv?" i ask
he glances at me then nods.
"you sure?" i say
he nods once more but doesn't say a word. i drop the subject not wanting to start an argument.
corey must've picked up on the tension building in the room because he pushes his chair back and stands up.
"let's break for a bit mkay?" he says and nods
we nod and he hurried away to a different room. harvey and i stay put for a few moments.
"harvey i know there's something going on." i say
he twiddles with his thumbs before responding.
"you know oakley livingston?" he asks
i pause before nodding slowly.
"sort of." i say
"okay, well she's good friends with jen and all them and, i guess what i heard from henry, aislinn's brother, is that aislinn is in the hospital." harvey explains
my eyes widen a little
"what? how? is she okay?" i ask
he shrugs
"i dunno, i didn't get much from henry he just said she was in the hospital but she was sort of okay. i guess i've just been worrying about it a lot and i'm sorry if i seem rude—oh wait, henry told me that oakley and her friends beat up aislinn." he says
my eyes widen again
"what the—why would they do that??" i exclaim
he shrugs
"i don't know. i always thought they were good friends." he says
i nod
"so did i." i say
i lean back in my chair.
"i'm sorry to hear that. that's awful. i hope she gets better." i say
harvey nods
"me too." he says
i felt bad for harvey and aislinn. i knew harvey started to develop a crush for her. finally after aislinn had liked him for years on end and he never noticed. she always used to tell me about her crush for him and we'd try to get him to notice but he never did. he was oblivious. but aislinn was way too scared to say them up front in person, so she kept them hidden away i guess.
"i'm gonna go get a drink." harvey says and gets up
i nod and watch as he leaves his chair. i pulled it closer and stuck my feet up on it. i pulled out my phone and saw that i had three missed messages from ophelia.

ophelia
please call me when you get these!
it's important
:))

i smile widely. i couldn't call her now because i was at the studio but i decided to text her that i'd call her right away when i got home. now i was building with anticipation and excitement.

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