MADMAX! ᵈᵉˢᶜᵉⁿᵈᵃⁿᵗˢ

iv.

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"here." max said, giving the helmet and sticks to jay and carlos. as she walked to the field getting ready for the calls and what place she'd be on. "max, jay, ben! offense. chad, you're defense. taylor, you are the shooter." coach yelled, max nods putting her hair into a ponytail, and then her helmet. "i still don't get it coach! why is max in a better spot than i am!" max heard, she looked up and saw chad complaining to the coach. max laughed grabbing her stick, "she's somehow faster and stronger than most of you, now go!" coach jenkins said, pushing chad. "hey. hey! hey, you. lost boy! put your helmet on. get out of the kill zone! come on." coach yelled, max looked and saw carlos with a confused face.

"kill zone? what." he said to himself, max giggled and looked at the coach who was looking at her, she nods and ran to carlos. "o-oh hi." he panicked, max took his helmet and placed it on his head. shoving him to his side, max ran next to ben and the game started. max got a hold of the ball by a pass from ben, and she somehow swerved all the boys trying to get her. "yeah madmax!" she heard, as she was getting closer. she heard the voice again, losing her focus. chad obviously came in and blocked her, pushing her down way too hard. max fell to the ground and bounced her head, groaning. the talking stopped and max sat up, watching chad laughing at her before turning away. she grabbed the stick and hit his butt with it, he yelped earning some laughter from the team.

carlos came up to her and helped her, she flushed red when he did. "thanks bub." she said, max mentally facepalmed when she said that. carlos looked at her, "sorry. just came out." she chuckled nervously, she usually calls someone bubba or bub when she's nervous around them, or when a cute boy comes, or when she's embarrassed. a weird thing but it's cute. carlos laughed and max went back to her team, jay patted her shoulder. "you're actually good." he said, getting back a smile. they started again and jay took the lead, impressing the coaches. "you! get over here!" coach says, as the team ran to him. "what do you call that? i call that raw talent. come find me later. i'll show you something you haven't seen before. it's called a rule book. welcome to the team, son." he said, max smiled brightly.

coach jenkins looked at carlos, "you ever thought about band?" he asked, as jay laughed. max shoved jay a little, making him shut up. "i'll work with him, so will max!" ben said, smirking at max only for one reason. she blushed and rolled her eyes before getting back to a new game. after practice, the team went to the bleacher to clean up and change. "guess you're getting some time with." jay started, messing carlos's hair up. "madmax." he sang, teasing him. carlos shoved his hand away and looked for max, he didn't know why but he found himself attracted to her. carlos let out a breath watching max take off her helmet and fixing her hair.

"woah." he whispered, max found him staring and he watched as she blushed, waving at him. he waved back and watched her leave, "madmax? why that name?" carlos whispered to himself.

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chad, audrey, ben and max came out from class. chad and audrey laughing way too much about a joke that wasn't even that funny, the four stopped and chad looked over ben's shoulder. "those kid's are trouble." chad said, max rolled her eyes. "bye mal." evie said, leaving mal at her locker. "chad come on, give them a chance." max softly said, chad looked at her softly. max and ben were known for their good hearts, unless you get on their bad side. especially max. but they were always the ones who gave chances. "oh. no offense, bennybear, maxi, but you're just too trusting. look, i know your mom fell in love with a big nasty beast who turned out to be a prince. but with my mom, the evil fairy was just the evil fairy. that girl's mother." audrey whined.

"doesn't mean they're the same as the parents, they deserve a chance." max answers, looking back at mal. "i think you're wrong about them. i'll see you later." ben said, as he grabbed max's arm walking over to mal. "hey!" ben said, mal shut her locker and gave a small smile to the two. "hey." she said, "how was your day?" ben asked, mal nods "super." ben looked at what mal did to her locker, as max stood there third wheeling. she ignored the angelic beautiful voice that got louder every second. "you should really think about taking this talent off the locker and into art class. i could, uh, sign you up. max can help, she's good at almost everything. what do you think?" ben explained.

"at everything?" mal asked, looking at the short girl. "yeah! you should see her room." ben chuckled, "it literally shows her talents. i mean she's good at fencing, on the team for tourney, and in archery! she can sing, amazing at photography and drawing! she's also like a musician." ben explained, "okay! ben! i think she gets it." max said, covering his mouth. "oh we don't have a basketball team but she's good at it!" ben mumbles under her hand, ben licked her hand causing her to let go and wiping it on his face. mal giggled, "and her magic, and powers!" ben said, immediately stopping. max sighed, glaring at ben. "you have?" mal asked, she nodded. mal scrunched her nose before turning around, "huh." ben said, leaning on a locker. "you're whipped beasty." max joked, leaving him.

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