love me harder // kj apa

24. REAL LIFE

GUYS! I never got to thank you all for 1K on this so thank youuuu!! Xx

*Madi*

"Max, stop." I muttered, watching my brother mess around with a pile of sugar on the table. He was getting restless because we had been here for so long, and decided to make a complete mess just to keep himself entertained, "dude, clean that up, you're not six!"

He looked up and glared at me. "Does it look like I care?" He asked me.

"Yes, now clean it up before I bring you home." I threatened, making him roll his eyes.

Austin sat there laughing at me, disappearing off to get some apple juice.

"Max, I swear, if you don't clean that up before Austin comes back, I'll..." I said, leaning forward and taking the empty sugar packet from his hands.

"You'll what?" He asked.

"I'll call mom and tell her to come get you and take you back to her house." I said.

"Go for it." He said, sucking his teeth.

"If we weren't in public I'd punch you right now." I told him, turning and smiling at Austin. He was on his way back with his apple juice, and had a massive grin on his face.

"Madison, I wanna go home." Max said, resting his head in his hand, and moving all of the sugar into a line with his fingers.

"Okay, I'll pay and we'll go." I said, turning to get my wallet out of my purse.

"No I'll pay..." Austin said, taking his wallet out of his back pocket.

"Austin no, this was my idea." I told him, taking a step towards him.

"And this is my treat, get ready, quick." He said, resting his hands on my shoulders and pressing a kiss to my forehead before leaving to go over to the counter.

I pulled on my jacket, and cleaned up a little. "Max, I need you to behave. You're setting a bad example for youself, especially around Austin, so stop. You've been getting so fucking bratty lately, and I'd have the right mind to kick you out of my place and send you back to moms."

"I am behaving!" He exclaimed.

"No you're not! I know you know you're not. You're clearly misbehaving to get attention or something, but it's not working so I'm telling you to stop, or I will kick you out. You've no idea how disrespectful you're being, not just to me." I told him, grabbing Austin's hoodie and walking over to the counter to join him.

Max followed closely behind, before disappearing to go talk to who I assumed were some of his friends. Austin was nearly done anyway, so I let him go since we would be leaving in a second anyway.

"Thank you." I mumbled, leaning up to press a kiss to his lips, and handing his hoodie to him. "Max, c'mere."

I looked up at the group of people, not realising who they were until I recognised the bright red colour of Kj Apa's hair.

I panicked a second, before resting my hand on Austin's chest and leaning up to whisper in his ear.

"Kj and his friends are here." I told him, trying not to freak out. We both looked over at them, staring at each of their faces intently. Kj was joined by Camila, Charles and Cole, two of which I absolutely fucking hated right now.