𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 // 𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐱

3

𝗘𝗹
walking to school this morning was a challenge. i felt tired and sluggish. i had slept in this morning, so i shoved on some navy jeans and a colourful mtv t shirt max had left at mine one night she stayed over (she had said i could keep it) .
the air this morning was thick, and as i walked through the forest hopper's cabin was hidden among, the smell of dirt and pine trees danced through my nose. after only 5 minutes of being outside, my hands started to cramp up and go red. it was freezing! although the crisp air nipped at my cheeks, the sun was sailing high in to the sky.

as i walked in to school and made my way down the crowded hallway to find my locker, i saw that mike was leaning against it, waiting patiently.
"hi bubs!" i said in to his shoulder as he greeted me with a warm hug - it felt good, it warmed me up. "hi el, someone left this stuck to locker," mike handed me an envelope, and i took it out of his long, lanky fingers, "thanks!" i said, as my hand slipped in to his and we made our way to class.
mike had been off recently. he used to be so enthusiastic when we talked! now he just seemed dry... like he was bored of me... i'm probably just thinking to much in to it.

𝗠𝗮𝘅
i shouldn't have left that note for her. it was stupid. so, so pathetic. but there was no other way to get it off my chest without completely humiliating myself. she wouldn't ever find out that it was from me though, there's no way she could. it was impossible. i was sure of it.

𝗘𝗹
the note was from max. i knew it was, she made it so obvious. firstly, max never uses caps, and there were no caps in the note. secondly, the dots on all of her "i"s were all open circles, and only she does that. and finally, i knew this had been coming for a while.
i opened the note in maths (one of the only classes i had without mike) because, for some reason i didn't want him to see it, i don't know why.
i knew it was her the second mike handed it to me this morning. the way she wrote "elly" on the envelope just made it 100x more obvious, but still, i opened it and let my brain take in the words carefully:

my dear girl,
u confuse me, darling,
i don't know why.
because every time i see u,
you catch me eye.
:)

in all honesty, the poem was terrible, but it melted my heart.

because, if it was max,

then i felt the same way.

a/n - omg i'm so excited for the next chapter! also i have to self isolate and that sucks ass :(
yours,
p x