Oh hell no.

I pulled a fake smile. "Hi.... Alexa." I said uneasily.

Alexa f**king Ridges. Why the hell is she talking to us? Just move along!

She smiled and noticed Max beside me, who handed me the trophy to clench his fists. She chuckled.

"Nice to see you too, Max." she said. He looked at her.

"Why are you still in Bellevue? I thought you were leaving." he said.

"I was. However, after you rudely kicked me out of your group, I ran into my cousin who lives here, and she offered for me to stay with her." she said smiling.

I gulped. That means.... "I'm going to be here for a while, which means more time for you to visit more." she said.

What does she mean?

She shook her head, still smiling. I crossed my arms.

"What do you want?" I said rudely, even though it was intentional.

"Nothing, just wanted to hi." she said slyly.

Well, say hi to my fist!

Then, she jumped a little. "Oo! I was hoping to run into you Max." she said, while pulling off her purse.

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Why?"

She looked through her purse. "So I can give you..." She kept on looking through it until she found what she was looking for.

"This."

She pulled out a pair of men's boxers. I stared at it, my jaw dropped. "You left these at my hotel, beside the bed."

I dropped the trophy, and it shattered to pieces.

Adam and Red stared at Max bewildered.

Max was scared too, and I was glad he was.

"I... I..." he stuttered.

"I, don't want to be here right now!" I said. I turned around and walked away from all of the tension.

I was so angry at Max. How could he? He promised me his relationship with Alexa was just a friend relationship.

Red came behind me and walked beside me. I didn't look back but I couldn't. Right when me and Max were about to start a relationship, he ruins it.

~

"Thanks for the ride, Red." I said as we talked in front of my apartment building.

"No problem. Are you going to be okay? You know, with everything that happened?" he asked concerned.

I smiled. "I'm going to be fine. Now I know that I shouldn't trust people too easily."

He nodded then gave me a hug. "Bye."
"Bye."

I walked to my door and unlocked it. Tears were rushing to my eyes. I threw my purse and jumped on the couch.

The rush was terrible. How could he do this me? Why would he do this me?

Then I realized, I'm not his girlfriend, and I never was going to be his girlfriend, I never had the chance.

So I sucked up the tears and decided to watch some depressing chick flicks and eat ice cream. Because that's what you do when you've been hurt by a boy, right?

I couldn't find a sad chick flick so I decided to watch Marley and Me.

I haven't watched this movie since I was ten so I thought it was a good idea,

Until I started crying.

Owen Wilson held Marley in his arms and the doctor had the needle.

"It's so sad! Why did he have to leave him? Why does anyone have to leave anyone?" I sobbed, two buckets of ice cream beside me... empty.

Then five minutes later, the movie ended. I looked for another movie. And what came up was Max.

Another sad/happy movie. But I didn't want to watch it, because the who thing was based on a dog named Max and I didn't want to think about that name.

Anger rose in me and I threw the remote at the T.V. I threw the empty buckets of ice cream and ran to the bathroom. I threw up for a long time. When I was done, I looked in the mirror.

There I was, black mascara drenched down my eyes, hair tangled, bunny slippers, and an Undertale t-shirt.

Even though I was mad at Max, I couldn't let go of him, because I loved him, and I could never let go of someone I love.

I cleaned off the mascara and threw my hair in a bun. I didn't bother cleaning my tears because I was going to cry again anyways.

I walked into my bedroom. The beige and purple walls glowing at me. But the walls didn't catch my attention. No, it was a little picture frame sitting on my bed.

Curious, I picked up the frame and looked at it.
Photograph was labeled below the picture, and the picture was memorable.

It was the picture I took at Olive Garden with my Polaroid. Everyone was laughing and smiling looking at the camera. The only two people not looking at the camera was me and Max.

Max had his arms around my waist and we were staring at each other, madly in love, and that was before I had an opportunity, before Alexa came, before there were distractions, before Natalie came back, before we went to the fair, before we had our first kiss.

This was one day I would never forget and cherish forever. No matter how much I was mad at him, I loved Max. And I still do.

I smiled at that picture. The doorbell rang and shuffled over in my slippers.

I opened the door slowly.

"Um, hey."

Max was standing there, scratching the back of his head. He looked at me and noticed I was in bad condition.

"Look, I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you." he said. I stared at him, not ready to forgive him.

"I never slept with Alexa. We went out for dinner one night and she offered for me to stay over, so I did, but I swear we never actually, canoodled." he said.

I crossed my arms. "Max, I don't know what I think of you anymore. How many times have you lied to me? How many times have you hurt me? How many times have you ignored for something stupid?" I said.

"How many times have we kissed?" Max said. I unlocked my arms.

He stepped forward. "I can kiss Alexa a million times, but it will never be as wonderful and memorable as it has been with you."

My eyes softened and I felt numb. Max softly lifted my face.

"I love you, Melody Firestone. And I always have ever since you came to us. I don't know how many times I have to say it."

He leaned in a little. "Will you be my girlfriend?" he said.

I looked down and grabbed his hands. A smile spread across my face.

"Yes, of course." I said. He smiled and grabbed me by the waist. I fell into his arms kind of limp and kissed him.

Look at us now, Max and Melody, friend and friend, boyfriend and girlfriend.

It feels good.

Thank you guys so much for the support!!! And no, this isn't the end of the book. There will be two more chapters that will wrap up the story. Right now, just get ready for Natalie and Ross's story!!! Stay fluffy <3