Ghost - Elmax

Chapter 12 : Good old days

The next day, Max wasn't working until night, enabling the girl to sleep. When she woke up, she realized she didn't hear Jane yell and didn't know if it was because Jane didn't sleep, or if she was so tired that she was close to a coma. It was the beginning of the afternoon, so she got out of her bed. It wasn't rumbling anymore outside, maybe Jane had some sleep. Well, she hoped! She went in her corridor and noticed that Jane wasn't in her room. She continued to the living-room, and saw her in the couch, looking at the ceiling like a cadaver in their coffin.

- "Hello Jane," said Max.

Jane didn't answer, like usual. Max didn't really wait for an answer, she directly went in the kitchen to prepare something to eat. She was tired so she just prepared pasta with cream and mushrooms, her favorite meal. Once ready, she decided to eat in the living-room, on the coffee table. She put the tray on it and sat next to Jane. The brunette had a frown and straightened.

- "Here, it's your plate," told the redhead.

- "I'm not hungry."

- "I know, and I don't care."

Jane let Max put the plate on her lap. Max lighted on the TV, her plate on her lap, and leaned against the couch.

- "You wanna watch something?" asked Max.

- "Why?" frowned Jane.

- "I don't know, to have something to watch!"

- "No, why are we eating here!? Like that!? What did I do!?"

- "What? Nothing! I just wanna spend some time with you, that's all!"

- "But why!? We never spend time together!"

- "Yeah! Because you avoid me!"

- "It's weird, I did nothing!"

- "Can you stop and just understand that I miss you and want to have you a bit for me!? You couldn't just sit next to me and eat in silence, like you always do!?" got upset the redhead.

Max lightly threw her fork in her plate and crossed her arms. She began to feel less guilty for kissing Lisa the day before, Jane had no compassion for her, not even a piece of affection, so why fighting!? It was useless. She was tired. She gave up. She didn't want to eat anymore so she took the two plates, put them in the kitchen, and went back in her room to call Gabrielle.

- "Hello?" answered Gabrielle.

- "Hey," told Max with a sharp tone.

- "Wow, what's wrong?"

- "Nothing, just Jane being Jane."

- "What happened?"

- "I wanted to eat with her, she thought it was a trap and became unbearable, so I gave up and left."

- "Don't be too hard, she is not really here, she doesn't understand the others' feelings."

- "I know! It became harder and harder, I don't know how many time I'm gonna handle it! (sighs with her mouth) I fucked up yesterday..."

- "Oh, what did you do!?"

- "You...you remember, uh, the pretty girl who works with me?"

- "(loudly inhaled of shock) Don't tell me you did what I think you did!?" asked quickly the black-haired girl.

- "...maybe..." answered Max with a higher voice than usual.

- "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no! You didn't!"

- "It's her who did, not me!"

- "But you didn't stop her, right!?"

- "I, I...no..."