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ethan and i made our way to his car and sped off.

"so where are we going?" i asked turning my head to face him.

"i was thinking we went to the diner on 5th and then walked to the ice cream parlor down the road?" he said with what i could swear was a small...smile?

"sounds fun" i say slightly smiling.

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ethan pulled into one of the front parking places of the diner. i smiled remembering the amount of times i've been here.

my smile quickly turned into a frown when i realized i'd always went with max and athena. and i was no longer friends with them. i probably won't ever see them again.

"why the long face?" ethan asked.

"oh uh my old friends and i used to come here. that's all." i said. his face showed no emotion. i shouldn't have said anything.

"anyway, let's go i'm hungry." i shook it off and smiled up at him. he lightly chuckled and opened the door for me. i thanked him and he hummed in response.

i look at the blue and pink booths and head for an empty one. ethan and i take a seat across from eachother.

a waitress walked up to our table and greeted us, taking our drink orders. we gave her our choices and she walked to the kitchen area.

"i've always loved this place." i said looking around at the classic diner forte.

"me too. reminds me of when life was so much more simple." he says. i turn my head to look at him.

"people just lived life. not as many worries in their lives." i looked down. i never realized how tired i was. not physically, but mentally and emotionally.

"here's your drinks are we ready to order?" the waitress speaks sweetly.

ethan and i both ordered our food and continued to talk. we both actually talked and listened. you know those kind of conversations? where you actually hear eachother?

it meant a lot too.

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"ethan i could've payed. after all i'm staying in your house for free." i said walking out of the diner.

"yes but you joined the gang and i'm just a nice person" he smiles at me causing me to shake my head while chuckling.

"what flavor ice cream are you getting?" i asked him.

"probably anything chocolate or if they have like a red velvet i'll get that."

"shut up red velvet is my FAVORITE." i said smiling at him.

"okay then let's both get red velvet." he replies.

we walk the rest of the way to the ice cream parlor, which wasn't far. we just happened to be walking kinda slow, taking our time talking to eachother.

once we arrived, we both ordered our red velvet ice creams and i insisted on paying for them. i scooped my spoon through the ice cream and took the first bite.

"yep red velvet is my favorite and will forever reign as the best." i smiled with my eyes closed.

"guess some things never change, huh?" a voice spoke, registering all too quickly. my heart dropped and my face turned pale as a ghost.

well this wasn't what i was expecting.

"max?" i asked. he moved out from the shadow so the street light hit his face.

"hey alex." he smiled at me.

"you fucker" ethan growled behind me, basically charging straight at max.

"ETHAN STOP" i yelled grabbing his arm. it's like as soon as i touched him his whole body relaxed. i furrowed my eyebrows and pulled him behind me.

"what the hell is going on?" i turned specifically talking to ethan and partially to max.

"do you know who this is?" ethan asked me referring to max.

"he's a faceless member. the one who took me in." i said confused.

"yeah well he's also the one who killed my father."

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