The new girl - Elmax

Chapter 40 : Fridate

It was Friday night, and Jane was exhausted. She just came back from her work and sat at her kitchen table next to her sister.

- "I have job interviews tomorrow, stop worrying for me, okay?" Constance told.

Jane just nodded. She thought she had all the reasons to worry, she didn't want to finish again in the school with Sister Bernadette, she wasn't sure she could handle that again. But now she was hungry, and she was wondering why there was no food. Anyway, she was pissed because she was supposed to be on her date with Max now, but as usual, she fucked everything up. Someone knocked at the door, and Constance stood to open. Maybe she ordered pizzas.

- "You took your time," Constance said.

- "Next time you do it yourself!" the other person grumbled. "I couldn't find the fucking spray cheese!"

Jane frowned. It wasn't a pizza deliver, and she knew this girl's voice. The suspens didn't last a long time, Max appeared in the corridor with two boxes of pizza followed by Constance who was holding a small bag with food inside. Jane stayed dazed, she wasn't expecting to see her here especially after what she told her. She frowned more with her mouth opened like if a word could go out at any moment. Constance had an amused smile and put what was in the bag in the fridge while Max places the boxes on the table.

- "Close your mouth Jane, you're gonna eat flies," Constance told.

Jane closed her mouth and loudly gulped, still looking at the redhead killing her with her blue eyes. Constance straightened and looked at her young sister who was completely bugged and lost.

- "I'm going to join Robin and her friends tonight, I think you both have things to talk about."

The blonde teen approached her little sister and kissed the top of her head before telling her :

- "Stay calm, I love you."

Constance was almost outside when Jane started.

- "I love you too!" she answered.

The door slammed, leaving the two girls alone in the apartement. Jane was still not understanding the situation and the smell of the pizza and Max's cold stare weren't helping her to focus.

- "So," Max began, containing her anger, "if you wanna know why I'm here it's because of Bev and your sister. Bev told me she talked to you yesterday, apparently something happened, which we already knew since you act like...that, but anyway, it's not the problem."

- "Um...okay."

- "Okay!? That's all you have to say!? You...! God! You get on my nerves!"

- "What do you want me to say!?" Jane frowned.

- "I don't know you could actually look sorry!"

- "But I am!"

- "Why don't you say it then!?"

- "I don't know, I wanted to hear what you wanted to tell me first!"

Max was going to answer but preferred taking a deep breath. She didn't stay a long time calm! She rubbed her face, wondering why she accepted to come here to talk to her! And Jane looking at her with her puppy eyes like if she was waiting for her to yell once for all wasn't helping! She took a chair and sat next to Jane.

- "Look, I'm really mad at you right now, but Bev thinks that you told me to stop only because you are too scared to live the same thing that happened to your ex, is it right!?"

- "Uh...yes...kinda..."

- "Kinda!? What does that mean « kinda »!?"

- "It's just...it's not just that..."