Chapter 24: Stone Fox Is An Exception*

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Ace's POV:

            I came home from the grocery store and put the bags on the counter. I saw my Mom already cooking.

"Hey, here's the stuff for the salad," I said gesturing to the bags.

"Thank you honey. So Max agreed to come?" Mom asked and I nodded.

"Yeah," I said.

"Well go get cleaned up!" Mom said and I laughed.

"Mom it's just Max, Macy, and her Mom," I explained.

"Well by the way you look at Max, you should go get cleaned up," Mom said shooing me to my room.

"Ha! I walked in at the right moment," Martin said walking into the kitchen.

"Wow Martin. You dressed up for the occasion. I guess you have some competition Ace," Mom said and I rolled my eyes.

"Well Max is very charming so I had to make myself presentable," Martin said in a posh voice and I burst out laughing.

"Yeah totally," I said, "I am just going to shower and change." I went upstairs, showered, put on some hair gel, and went to my closet. I picked out a pair of dark wash jeans and a white button down shirt. I took one last look in the mirror before going downstairs to help my Mom set up the table.

"I am excited!" Jayden exclaimed.

"Me too," Martin said.

"I am glad that I properly get to meet Max. I want to meet the girl that has both of my boys staring at," Mom said and Jayden snickered.

"She means you two," Jayden said. I rolled my eyes.

"Well you like Macy," I pointed out.

"Yeah, at least I admit it," Jayden said and Mom ruffled his hair.

"That is why he is my favorite. He actually opens up to me," Mom said.

"But I open up to you Jean," Martin protested and Mom laughed.

"Yeah, but Jayden is still innocent," Mom said and I laughed.

"Oh that is too good," I said when the doorbell rung.

"Can you get that Ace?" Mom asked and I nodded. I walked over to the door and opened it seeing Max and Macy. A smile tugged at my lips.

"Hi Ace," Max said with a smile and I smiled back at her.

"Hi Max, hi Macy," I said, "Come in." They both followed me to the dining table.

"Max! Macy!" Mom exclaimed and went over to hug them both.

"Hi Jean," Max said.

"Hi!" Macy said and went over to talk to Jayden.

"I am glad that you two were able to make it. Where is your mom?" Mom asked.

"She had an emergency shift at the hospital so she couldn't make it," Max said.

"That's a shame. Well everyone take a seat!" Mom said and we all sat down. I had Max on my right and Martin on my left. Mom had made lasagna and salad and for desert she made chocolate mug cakes with vanilla ice cream. Everyone took some lasagna and salad.

"So Max, I heard that you work at the Big Apple Café?" Mom asked and Max nodded.

"Yeah I do," she said.

"Ace told me that your uncle owns Flex Fitness Gyms?" Mom asked and she nodded.

"Yeah," she said.

"So what do you like to do for fun?" Mom asked, "I know that Martin and Ace like to ride motorcycles and spend their whole entire day enhancing them."

"Yeah, I do like cars a lot too. Well I really like to stay active so I will usually take a walk around the park for fun or take rides on my motorcycle," she said.

"That's cool. I love to take walks around the parks too. It's a nice way to relax," Mom said and Max nodded.

"The thing about my family is that we are really split up about sports," Mom said and I knew that my mom was going to ask this question.

"Really?" Max asked and Mom nodded.

"Jayden and I like soccer, while Martin and Ace like football," Mom said, "Which one do you and Macy prefer?"

"I like soccer!" Macy said, "Jayden and I play soccer during recess."

"I actually like all sports, but if I had to pick it will be probably soccer," Max said and Martin groaned.

"Seriously Max? We were counting on you," Martin said and I laughed.

"Sorry boys, I do like football, but I like soccer better," Max said.

"Can you play football?" I asked.

"A little," she said.

"Well we need to take her to the field one day," Martin said.

"If you want to," I added.

"Sure," she said.

"Okay Max, this is what has been on my mind," Mom said and held up the magazine with Max on the cover. I think I actually saw her blush.

"Yeah, how did you get on the cover?" Martin asked.

"Well I just ran into the owner of Fitness Daily and he asked me to model for the magazine," Max said.

"Well you look pretty Max, no matter you have so many guys staring at you," Mom said, "A few are at this table."

"Wow so subtle Mom," I said and Mom laughed.

"She's right. You look hot," Martin said, "Whose the guy next to you?"

"Mason Donovan. He's a model," Max said and I felt a stab of jealousy.

"So you guys are friends now?" Martin asked and Max nodded.

"I guess," she said, "We haven't talked since the photo shoot. I have his number though."

"Well who wouldn't want to be your friend," Mom said. We finished eating with small talk, but I guess I didn't really talk that much. I was thinking about the photos with Max and Mason. The one that stuck out to me was the one with Mason holding Max around her waist. Mom then got out the dessert.

"Wow, this is delicious," Max said after taking a bite of the chocolate cake.

"I love this!" Macy said.

"Me too Mom," Jayden said.

"So what are you planning as a career choice?" Mom asked Max.

"Well I am thinking of taking over my uncle's gym when he retires, so business," she said.

"Well Ace wants to be a mechanic, but he hasn't started working," Mom said and Martin snickered.

"Neither have you," Jayden said and Max smiled.

"That's cool. I think that him fixing his motorcycle is practicing for his future job," Max said.

"That's true," Mom said.

"Why do you have to embarrass me Mom?" I asked.

"Because you are the easiest to tease," Mom said and Martin chuckled. We all finished our dessert and Mom was cleaning up the table. Jayden and Macy already ran to his room to play.

"Let me help you Jean," Max said.

"No worries Max. You are my guest. Go relax in the family room. Ace will show you there," Mom said.

"Are you sure?" Max asked.

"Yes, Martin already wanted to help me," Mom said and Max nodded. I led her to our family room and we both took a seat.

"You were a bit quiet," Max said, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I was just thinking," I said.

"Well if you want to talk, you can trust me okay?" Max asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, thanks Max," I said, "Um I want to tell you this, but I don't know how you are going to react."

"You can trust me Ace," Max said.

"Well I spend my day fixing my motorcycle because I street race. I am a street racer named Shadow," I blurted.

"That's cool," she said, "But isn't it sort of illegal?"

"Yeah, but my mom's cool with it as long as I am not involved with gangs, violence, drugs, or alcohol, and I am not endangering myself or others," I said and she nodded.

"Your mom's cool," she said, "So how good are you?"

"Pretty good, but not the best. That title is reserved for Stone Fox," I explained and Max nodded.

"Whose Stone Fox?" she asked.

"She is this sick racer and street fighter. She holds the title of champion in both of them," I said.

"Wow, a girl?" Max asked genuinely surprised and I nodded.

"Yeah, I feel sort of sad that a girl beat me, but Stone Fox is an exception," I said.

"That's cool," Max said smiling to herself.

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Comment: Why do you think that Ace revealed to Max that he was Shadow even though she already knew? *Cough* Foreshadowing *Cough*

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