"Is that Khalifa?" I said gesturing to the computer that was playing the music.
"Yeah, its his new mix-tape." said Max in a irritable tone.
"Nice. I like it." I said with a nervous laugh. "I was walking by and I heard it and thought I'd see if it was who I thought it was"
"Well, you were right," said Will.
"I better go. Sorry I interrupted," I said.
"Its okay," replied Will.
"Bye guys."
"Bye." they both said.
I couldn't help but notice Max was being more hostile than usual toward me. He barely made eye contact, and looked more bitter than ever.
When I first came to The Mercersburg Academy, Max was just another person, but a few months ago he took the liberty to make himself more than just anyone else. He messaged me on Facebook, and asked for my number. At first I was freaked out, but then after texting him for a while I realized that he wasn't that bad. I started to like him. We began hooking up. It started out fairly innocently with make out sessions in his room, but it quickly progressed to much more. After a number of people found out, he decided he didn't want anything to do with me. I was distraught. He assumed that I told practically all of the Junior class. When in reality, it was the people he told that were telling everyone else. Eventually I got over it, and he decided to continue to ignore me though. I still didn't know why he got so uptight about it. He said he didn't want a bad reputation, I didn't buy that though.
I wondered why Max was suddenly being so irritable. Until this point, he seemed to do be doing fine ignoring me.
I continued down the hall pondering these questions that floated about my mind. As I approached the stairwell I stopped at the window just before it. I looked down at the sidewalk from four stories above it. I noticed my latest crush, Liam Hunter, slowly approaching the door at the bottom of the stairs. I hastily made my way down, and out the door. Just ten feet from the it stood Liam, checking his phone for new texts and emails.
"Liam!" I said smiling and doing my best to look and sound surprised to see him. I walked closer to him.
"Oh, hey Emma. Bridget told me you would be here. I was just going to go up to see you." he said
"Really?" I said sweetly trying to disguise the actual shock that had given me.
"Yeah, I'd been meaning to actually say something to you for a while."
He must have noticed the look of confusion on my face when he said that. What had he been meaning to say to me?
"Oh, I mean...can I get your number?" he asked letting out a chuckle at my oblivious nature.
"Oh, sure! Are you ready? Its 717-867-6149."
"Yeah, thanks," he said smiling. "I'll text you.".
"Okay...I'll see you later." i said smiling.
I turned and walked down the other sidewalk. as soon as I knew he wasn't around anymore I let out a burst of laughter. I was ecstatic. This was, Liam Hunter, the guy every girl in school pined for. He asked for my number! How much better could this get?
Later that night i made my way to Swank Hall and I heard my cell phone chime indicating I had received a text. I pulled my new Droid from my pocket. I didn't recognize the number. I opened the text and read it:
-Hey Emma, its Liam. I just wanted to talk. Text me when you get this.
"eeeeeeeep!" I chirped as I read it.
I i let myself into the dorm and ran up the stairs to my room. My roommate and best friend, Liz was sitting on her bed.
"Guess what!" i squealed.
"Liam asked you for your number and later texted you to talk." she said in monotone.
I frowned. "How did you know?"
Her voice displayed no emotion "I heard you 'eeeeeep.' The window's open."
"Oh."
I lied down and replied to Liam.
-hey its nice to hear from you. (: how are you?
I replied. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship I thought mischievously.
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I began texting and talking to Liam non-stop for weeks. One night he told me to meet him in his dorm.
I went upstairs until I got to room 302 south. There were two signs on the door one was blue and said Liam in large, obnoxious letters. The other was orange and said AJ in the same font. I knocked twice gently. Liam quickly answered the door and looked around and hurriedly said "come in.". I thought it was a strange way to greet someone but I let it slide. I nervously sat down on AJ's bed since he wasn't there.
Liam walked over and sat next to me "How are you?"
"I'm good," I said with a smile "I'm glad you asked me to come".
"and I'm glad you came," he said as a smirk appeared on his face.
He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and looked at me intently. I watched his golden brown eyes studying my green ones. His facial expression lightened and he smile a crooked half smile. I bit my lip and looked into his eyes once more. His eyes closed and he leaned closer. I let my self lean just a little closer too until our lips connected. I felt the electricity between us. A jolt ran down my spine as I felt his lips curl into a smile against mine. I smiled too.
He spoke without pulling away "This can be our little secret.".
"Perfect" I said in a seductive tone. The idea of a secret teenage love affair excited me.
This time I made the move. I kissed him again with more passion than before. He kissed me back. His hands wandered upon my body. I let him do as he pleased.
Later that night I walked back to dorm with Liam. He said he wanted to see me off. I looked out the door to make sure no one was around before we left. We were going to try to keep this a secret, partially because Liam had an on again off again girlfriend named Melanie, and I had the recent thing with Max, and i didn't need the Liam thing making it any worse.
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Within the next several weeks Liam and I would meet on Fridays and Saturdays, and text nonstop. When we were in the dining hall and we passed each other in Irvine he would steal a seductive glance, or wink at me secretively. Every time i would see him around school i would cringe at the fact that we weren't allowed to do anything publicly. I tried my hardest to maintain my composure. Even though I hated the limitations I didn't care. Having a secret relationship was scandalous and I liked it. The sneaking around was sexy and I wouldn't want to stop it.
I sat on the senior benches with my friend Steven (a senior). I looked around and I saw Max walking toward me with haste. He looked infuriated. I had no clue what was going on.
"Liam? Are fucking kidding me?" he shouted.
I grabbed his shoulders and pushed him away. "Shhhh! Be quiet!" I said. "How did you know about that?"
"I saw you."
I looked at him my face stricken with confusion. How could he have seen? I made sure no one saw me with him. How could this have happened?
"Last night. You guys were walking out of his dorm together. I was walking to Swank Hall to talk to you...but clearly that doesn't matter. "
"Wait! What?" I said in shock. "What did you see?"
"You guys were making out... intensely."
"Max...I"
"You know what? Save it." he said angrily, then stormed away toward his dorm.
What was going on? How could I not have noticed him out there? And even more importantly, why did he need to talk to me?
I called Liam. He didn't answer.
"Liam, we need to talk ASAP. Call me, or text me and tell me to meet you somewhere. Its really important."
Later that day Liam called me and we talked. We decided to put us on hold until I find out what was going on with Max. I walked Max's dorm and knocked on his window like I used to when we were hooking up. He opened up the window and i climbed in. I saw his alarm clock that was always set to go off at 6:00 so he wouldn't miss dinner. He was so silly. The song the alarm played was "Only One" by Yellowcard because thats what i set it to weeks ago. Suddenly when i looked at him the mood hardened. I looked at him with intense sadness and questioning displayed on my face. "Whats going on with you Max?"
"I...I..." he stumbled over his words.
"Max...you can say it."
"I....I....I love you Emma." he said breathlessly
"Max..."
"No, really. I've been trying to deny it by ignoring you, and being an asshole to you." he said. "Then...that day in Irvine when I saw you it hit me. I couldn't deny it anymore. I love you. I hated it. Once I had settled with it I came to pour my heart out to you, and then i saw you with him..."
It suddenly hit me. I was wrong. I wasn't over Max. I convinced myself that i was so that i wouldn't hurt anymore. Even with Liam I was still trying to get over max. I thought by having someone new it would help change my mind, but it didn't. I was merely lusting for Liam...but I loved Max.
I looked up at him in the dim light. I stared into his blue eyes as mine welled up with salty tears.
"I love you too." I said as a single tear rolled down my cheek.
He wiped that single tear away. He kissed me sweetly and gently as the chorus to "Only One" flooded the room. I let more tears roll down my face, and kissed him back with more emotion that I'd ever kissed anyone with.
"I love you Emma"
"I love you too...so so much."
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Naturally I had to end things with Liam. He was upset, but did not ask questions when i refused to tell him why I was ending things. The truth was that I was in love with Max Lissette. I was Madly in love with Max Lissette.
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