A/N: The image above does not belong to me. It belongs to the person who uploaded it on the internet.

Max's POV

After I heard Tul shut the front door after him, I turned on my side in bed and closed my eyes.

I was in that position for less than five minutes when I heard a loud honk in my driveway.

It sounded very much like the sound of Tul's car. What the hell.

I quickly got out of bed and rushed to the front door and opened it.

Sure enough, Tul's car was still in my driveway.

"What's going on?" I asked running towards him.

"It's nothing! It's nothing!" he said. "Go back inside the house and rest."

I could see by the expression on his face though that he looked agitated and upset.

I had let him get away earlier with not mentioning what happened between us. I wasn't having it this time. I was going to put it out in the open and make him talk.

I yanked his car door open and pulled him out of the car and dragged him back inside the house.

The moment we got into the living room I shoved him down to the couch.

"We are going to talk about it whether you like it or not," I said firmly, making him feel that I meant business and that there was no two ways about it.

Thankfully I could tell from the expression on his face that he had admitted defeat, that he had no choice because I wasn't giving him any.

I knelt in front of him, between his legs that had spread apart when he had fallen backward into the couch when I pushed him on to it.

I placed both hands firmly on either thighs to keep him from moving away.

"Why did we kiss, Tul?" I began the conversation.

He looked away, his ears growing red.

Then he looked back to face me and looked directly into my eyes.

"It was a mistake, Max," he said. "A big mistake and you surely know it."

"Why do you consider it as a big mistake?" I asked, my voice hardly coming out of my throat because I was hurting so much. I could not breathe. I felt like I had just been dealt a blow in my solar plexus and all the air had been knocked out of my lungs.

"Ella and I have started dating," he announced.

I started to feel dizzy but I managed to raise myself from my kneeling position.

"Alright," I said, backing slowly away from him, hating myself for not being able to keep my tears from gathering quickly in my eyes.

"Go to her, Tul," I said, fighting back a sob that was trying to escape my lips. "I'm sorry for keeping you away from her."

I ran inside my room and slammed the door shut.