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iv.

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something had been bothering maxine to the max, and everyone could tell but she never complained or questioned about anything so they didn't bother to talk. though isadora and farkle knew what was bothering her, and jane, and carlos. every time max walked around the halls, the same secrets and rumors were heard as she passed. she heard all this small talk about the same thing as she walks, and she certainly didn't want to believe the rumors. it's been keeping her up at night when she overthinks, max walked into pre chemistry, students scattered around laughing. the class desks were divided into two sides, some desks to the right and to the left facing each other. this class was most likely trouble. judging by the fact all her friends were in this class, some ak's, the vk's, and her other group of friends. apparently the teacher was replaced by a married couple, so that was probably why the class looked hectic. "hey max!" ben had called out to her, she turned to the right where he was sitting with mal and the vk's, along with lonnie and jane. she looked at jane and carlos who were away from each other, looking uncomfortable like they had to get something off their chest. parker kept looking between the two noticing something now, "uh hey." max said, hesitant if she should sit there until lonnie patted a seat next to her. she sat down and it grew quiet a little, considering they haven't really actually had a group talk with each other. "so. you know who the new teachers are?" ben asked awkwardly, most of them mumble no. "i heard they're a married couple." max answered, ben nods now bored out of his mind. the group wasn't the same, they all felt it. carlos, jane, and isadora watched as max played with her powers, with her pointer finger she flicked the fire on and off. "so max. how you been? we haven't really talked to you since you got back." evie started, max nods. "yeah. i've been good, you know. all this queen stuff, whew." max breathed out, evie, ben, and parker looked at her. of course they also knew something was bothering her, mal cleared her throat. "so your new friends. they seem very cool." mal said, they all watched as she smiled, turning to the left side looking at her friends talking amongst themselves, though farkle hasn't showed up yet. isadora caught her staring and smiled, max turned back. "yeah. very." looking down smiling, carlos felt a pang on his heart fearing he'd be replaced like the rest of them. "peaches!" riley called out, max snapped her head around. "speak of the devil, i gotta go." max said, smiling back at them, she looked at carlos who gave her a forced smile.

she sat up and walked away, "okay. what's going on?" evie asked the group, they all shrugged. "carlos? what happened between you two?" evie asked him, he looked down. "nothing." he lied, she rolled her eyes looking back at max. "whatever's going on. fix it, before she leaves." evie said, and that obviously got al their attention. "she wouldn't leave." ben mumbled, "hope not." evie said, carlos looked at her. she was acting like herself around them and that used to be them. soon, the door opened and everyone in the class quiets down. a woman and a man stood in front of the door, "topanga?" max and her friends say, the class turned to the group and then back to the teachers. "girls. boys." topanga smiles, "oh. you remember her but not me." the man says, "hey cory." max smiled, "you." cory shivered, riley giggled. "hello students! we are the new teachers, mrs. matthews, mr. matthews!" topanga smiles waving at the kids. during the class, it was mostly talking between the teachers and max's group. then a small boy came running into the classroom with jack, reese, elle, and olaf. "auggie?" max's group says again, "reese baby. what are you doing here?" max asked, reese turned to her mom. "mommy!" she shouts and ran to her desk for a hug, then she turns finding carlos. "daddy!" she yelled again and ran to him, he laughs hugging her. fairy godmother rushed in, "sorry. i lost them." she said, "oh hey max!" auggie says, max waves. then farkle comes in dances all the way to his seat, "doo dah, doo, dah, doo doo dah, da da da da da dah!" he plops down on his seat. "science." max spat out, "nope! this is chemistry!" mr. matthews or cory says, max groaned. "hey auggie. what you doing here— topanga?" farkle says, "what am i? chopped liver." cory says annoyed, going to the board to write down today's lesson. "come now kids. they have class." fairy godmother says as the kids follow her out of the room. cory starts walking around, "ladies and gentlemen, i invite you to join me on a journey of discovery. your midterm experiment." he starts, farkle and isa look at each other. "yay." both mumbled. max turned to josh and lucas, "do i look sleepy to you?" she asked, carlos had been watching her the whole time, nervous for today he was going to tell her the truth.

"in front of you, each team will find a beaker of a clear liquid solution." he continued, "oh boy. he's like a sleep machine." max says closing her eyes, carlos cracked a small grin. "and next to that, and here's where it gets exciting! a mystery marble!" he finishes, "goodnight!" max shouts, everyone watched as max's head falls over, lucas catching her head before her head hits the table. carlos didn't want to admit it, he felt a little jealous. topanga got up from her desk, "ok! instead let's learn about!" she says, erasing the board ignoring cory's "hey!" then the board said "our bodies. our friends." cory stared at it, and turned to the class. "oh no." he mumbled. then he started teaching again, "so here i stand in front of you, begging you! to make this easy on me." he whined, max smiled raising her hand. he shakes his head, "put that hand down forever." he says, "after you answer my question about the body." she says, riley turns to max. "max. he used to be our babysitter, he doesn't know anything!" riley whined, "i know things. what is the body? what does the body want? i'm gonna tell ya." cory says, before taking a breath and continued. "soup." the class looked at him weirdly. "now you know everything. goodnight!" he waved trying to walk away, but isadora stopped him by raising her hand. "what do you want?" he asked, "smackle time please?" she asked, "smackle time?" chad whispered. "absolutely." he says, stepping aside. "hey i thought it was farkle time." josh asked, "it is farkle time! it's always been farkle time and it will always be farkle time!" farkle snaps, max nudged isadora. isa rolled her eyes and rested her elbow on his desk, then rested her head on her fist smiling sweetly at him. "it's smackle time from now on." he says, max and riley giggled. finally the class ended, carlos waited for max outside. as she walked out, he grabbed her wrist. she looked back furrowing her eyebrows but her expression soften seeing that it was carlos. "can we talk?" carlos hesitates, max chuckled. "thought you'd never say that, sure." she answered. once he heard her answer, he took her hand and rushed to his room looking over his shoulder time to time. he entered the room gestured her to take a seat on the bay window. nobody was there, it was just them.

"okay. before i say anything and you go all madmax on me, i was being dumb and stupid. i'm sorry—" he starts rubbing his fingers together, "wait. wait carlos." she cuts him off as the two looked at each other. "you've been avoiding me and now all of a sudden you wanna talk?" max said, carlos nods. "yeah. well i was kind of afraid to tell you. so i guess i just, shut everyone out." he confessed, max's head started to hurt, everything is just crushing down on her and nothing makes sense, and of course she chooses to hide it. "you were afraid?— what exactly did you do?" max said, sitting up more. he gulped, taking her hand wanting to calm down a little. "i regret what i did, i didn't mean too. i'm sorry—" max cut him off, "carlos. what did you do?" she asked again now worried, "max." he said quietly. "jane and i kissed."

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