the last song (mileven au)

max

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Thanks to the cute, sweaty volleyball player ruining her shirt, El had to go buy a new one. Unfortunately, the only places nearby that sold clothing, were local booths that jacked their prices up way too high. El really didn't want to spend thirty dollars on a t-shirt she was never gonna wear again. Maybe she should've taken that guy up on his offer of buying her a new shirt...

She continued to rummage through the pile of t-shirts, hoping to find one she could at least consider wearing more than once. At least then it wouldn't be a total waste.

"Hello Kitty not your style?" Someone asked from the other end of the table.

El looked up to find a red headed girl, staring at her amused.

She was wearing a plain black t-shirt, with a black mini skirt. Her fingers were covered with rings and the shiny diamond stud in her nose was just like El's. Her combat books were also pretty similar to the ones El was wearing, the other girl's looking a bit more worn out. She also had dark makeup smudged around her eyes. Her whole look was similar to something El would wear, minus all the makeup.

Her bright red hair was messily braided to the side and El could smell the cigarettes on her from where she stood.

El smiled at her, slowly shaking her head.

"No, not really. I'm trying to find one I'll actually wear again, because I really can't waste thirty dollars on a fucking t-shirt. They don't have very good options though. It's either Hello Kitty or Finding Nemo."

The girl walked closer to El, noticing the stain on her shirt.

"What happened there? Have a little mishap while trying to shit?"

El laughed, already liking this girl.

"Some volleyball player knocked my chocolate shake out of my hand and it kinda spilled all over me."

She nodded, joining El in looking through the pile of shirts.

"I'm Max by the way."

"El. Nice to meet you. It's good to know that not everyone here is a snobby rich kid."

"Not snobby and definitely not rich." Max laughed, as she grabbed a shirt from the pile, holding it up to show El.

"What about this one? It's not too bad!"

El looked at the cream colored shirt, which had a faint sunflower on the bottom half of it. Guess that'll do.

"And guess what, you don't even have to pay for this one, it's on the house." She smirked, trying to shove the shirt into El's bag.

El quickly shook her head, shoving Max's hand away.

"No, I can't. I can't steal it." She said low enough, that the booth owner couldn't hear.

Max backed away, raising her eyebrows a bit, hoping that she wasn't going to freak out on her.

"I stole some stuff back home and got caught.. multiple times actually. I can't do it again or I'll be in deep shit."

El wasn't too proud of her brief crime spree back home. She still didn't know why she did it, it just made her feel better at the time. Her friends were doing it too, so why not right?

"Oh totally, I get it girl, no biggie. I was just afraid you were gonna rat me out or something." Max assured her, feeling relieved.

Before El could respond, she felt a light tap on her shoulder. She hesitantly turned around, hoping it wouldn't be milkshake guy from earlier.