𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 [elmax story]

Chapter 22: The talk

  Weeks passed. What happened between Max and Jane, none of the girls talked about it. The redhead didn't find the courage to tell her friend, Jayden, about what happened. On the one side, she was happy that her crush took that step, meaning she liked her too, but on the other side, she was scared. Maybe Jane did it accidentally, the girl thought. Max wasn't ready to get hurt again, but with Jane things were different. As for the night, when one of Nate's friend tried to hurt Max, Nate cut tie with him when he was conscious, even if he told Nate that he was sorry because he was drunk.
Jay on the other hand had noticed her friend's mood. Max was always staying muted or sad or sometimes even ready to cry. One day, after school, after going back to the dorms, Jay decided to ask her:
  "Max."
  "Hm?" - the girl hummed as she was staring at the ceiling.
  "I wanna talk to you about something." - Jay sat on the redhead's bed.
  "What's up?"
  "You're hiding something from me. You have almost three weeks that your mood has totally changed. You're mute, inattentive, sad. What's wrong with you?"
  "Nothing's wrong with me. I'm just not in a good mood."
  "Did something happened that night, at Nate's birthday? Except Jack being a dick."
Max felt the heat growing inside her stomach more when she remembered of what happened that night with Jane. It was perfect, but it lasted so short.
  "Max?" - Jay snapped her fingers in front of her eyes.
  "I told you, nothing happened." - the redhead replied furiously.
  "Max, you don't have to lie. Come on, tell me."
  "I... I mean... well, she... kissed me."
  "Jane?"
  "Yeah! And then she stepped back saying that she's sorry and left."
  "Jesus, that's incredible! You know, I knew somehow she liked you." - the blond girl smiled.
  "Yeah and that's why she kissed me and then apologized and left quickly." - Max said annoyedly.
  "Maybe she's scared...?!"
  "I hate everything, everyone are the same. What do I except more?! Even my crush comes, kisses me and then leaves me like I was a piece of shit. And she didn't even texted me, at least to say something about that."
  "Take it slowly, maybe she has reasons, she might be scared of hurting, too. You said once she had a girlfriend who broke up from her without a reason."
  "She already knows who I am, she could discuss it with me, though."
  "Give her some time."
  "Three weeks aren't enough?"
  "You're so impatient." - Jay chuckled.
  "I miss her, okay? I wanna see her again, I wanna talk to her, but she's ghosting me. And I can't remove from my mind that goddamn kiss."
  "Believe me, give her some time. She might tell you the reason soon. Be patient."
Max nodded. Her friend was right. But what happened that night was unforgettable, it was like a dream which lasted just some short seconds.