"Maxine Mayfield!" Mr. Clarke said, exaggerating his words. "Welcome to the class!"

Max looked around the class, and noticed Ava almost immediately, Max was staring at her, waiting for Ava to look back at her, but Ava didn't notice.

"It's actually Max." She corrected.

"I'm sorry?" Mr. Clarke said. The name "Max" made Ava's head shift to the front of the classroom.

"My name is Max, people don't call me Maxine.." She said, shrugging. Ava stared at the girls hair, Ava loved her hair, and the fact that it reminded her of autumn, her favorite season.

Max looked at Ava, too, with a small but comforting smile. Ava smiled back, trying to hide her blush, but could tell she failed once Max giggled a bit.

"Well then, Max, you can sit wherever you'd like." Mr. Clarke said, trying his best to make her feel comfortable.

Max did as told, and searched for a seat, which of course she decided to sit right behind Ava.

Ava didn't mind it, but she was worried about how her back profile looked like from Max's point of view.

Max then put her feet on the back of Ava's seat, and Ava felt it, Max then inched her foot up to Ava's back and pushed her lightly, making Ava turn to Max.

Max looked at her deviously, and inched her shoe up Ava's shirt, making Ava blush, she then moved Max's shoe from under her shirt.

Max just simply put her shoe back under Ava's shirt, and looked at her in a way that Ava knew Max wanted to keep her shoe there. Ava whispered, "Your shoe is probably dirty."

Max shrugged and moved her foot up her shirt more, while smirking and looking in Ava's eyes.

Ava pushed Max's foot down, and continued back to the lesson, her face felt like it was on fire, and it looked like it was, too.

Max didn't put her foot up Ava's shirt again, knowing that it was time she stopped.

Dustin looked over at Ava and mouthed to her, "Meet at the AV room, straight after class."Ava nodded, not knowing Max was looking.

As soon as class ended, Ava got up and was about to walk out the door before Max pulled her back.

"what the hell, Max?" Ava said, making it obvious she doesn't like being pulled. "What's in the AV room?" Max questioned.

"i don't know myself." Ava said, "Maybe if you let me go, i would." Trying to make her way out the door, but then Max pulled her back again, but this time pinned her against the wall.

"M-Max what the hell." Ava said, trying not to stutter or blush. "Listen, clumsy, im obviously a curious person, and i want you to bring me to the AV room as well." She said, hoping Ava agreed.

"Max, i cant do that, i'm not the person you can receive permission from." Ava said, trying to get out from under Max, but that only made Max hold onto the wall tighter.

"Max i need to go, i'm already going to be late and i can't be late cause then Mi-" Max then shut Ava up by softly kissing her.

Ava was shocked by it and pushed Max off.

"Oh shit, i'm sorry, that was like the only way to shut you up.. Listen, it was just a meaningless kiss, alright?" Max said, trying to make the fact she kissed Ava mean nothing.

"Yeah, yeah, i don't care anymore, it's fine. I have to go now, sorry Max." Ava responded with, trying to get out of that classroom as soon as possible.

"Yeah, no yeah, i understand." Max said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, for you know, kissing you. I don't even know why i did."

She continues to try and defend her reasoning. Ava thought to herself.

"Max, it's really okay, it didn't mean anything." Ava said, knowing that it actually made her feel as if fireworks were exploding in her stomach.

Max nods, happy with the answer Ava gave, but upset if Ava actually meant that it didn't mean anything.

Ava walks out of the classroom, her cheeks heating up, it felt like it was one hundred degrees in the school.

She was walking towards the AV, noticing all the guys standing outside, waiting for her. She sighed, knowing that Mike is gonna yell at her, yet again.

"Ava, where have you been?!" Mike shouted out towards her, walking down the AV steps.

"I-I was just busy doing something, no big deal.." She responded with, hoping he just lets it slide.

"Ava, we've been out here for ten minutes, we should've just started this without you, but Will basically begged to wait for you." He says, annoyed. Ava looks towards Will, giving him a thankful and warm smile.

"Just let it go, Mike, she's here now." Says Lucas, "Let's go inside and talk about whatever Dustin wanted."

"Whatever." Mike mumbled, and walked towards the AV, as well as the rest of the group.

"Ava! Wait up!" Said a familiar voice, Ava turned around and saw the familiar hair, too. It was Max, of course.

Mike groaned, and Ava kind of wanted to groan, too. She wasn't ready to see Max again, especially after what happened in the classroom.

"Please let me go into the AV with you, i'm not gonna be a problem at all." Max said, practically begging. "No! Cant you see you're already starting to become a problem, Mayfield?!" Mike said, angrily. "Nobody wants you, or your stupid hair around us"

Ava did, though.

"You're starting to annoy all of us, so get out of here, cause again, nobody wants you here." Mike continued to blabber.

Ava did, though.

Max just stood there in shock and tried to hold back a laugh. "Damn dude, is it past your bedtime or what?" She said, smiling at the fact Mike got angry over something little.

Mike looked at the group. "Lucas, do you want this random girl to be here?" Lucas shook his head. "Dustin, do you want this random girl to be here?" Dustin, also shook his head. "Will, do you want this random girl to be here?" Again, Will shook his head.

Ava was thinking about what to do, she didn't want Max to think she hates her, but she didn't want to lose her friend group. It was either Max or her lifelong buddies.

"And finally, Ava. Do you want this random girl to be here?" Ava just stared at Mike with a blank expression, she glanced over at Max, who was frowning, expecting Ava to shake her head, too.

"i don't see a problem with her being here?" Ava said, scared of what Mike will say now. Mike just glared at her.

Max looked at Ava as if she said the kindest thing in the world.

"She's not coming! End of discussion!" Mike said. "Are you always a dickhead?" Max said, crossing her arms.

"I'm a dickhead to people who deserve it." Mike says, glaring at Max.

"Ava doesn't deserve it." Max says shrugging. "So maybe you shouldn't be such a dickhead to her, at least."

"Oh? And you think she doesn't deserve it, when you've only known her for what, three hours?" Mike says.

"Yeah." Max says, "And you think you can be a dickhead to me when you've only known me for what, five minutes?"

Ava can't help but quietly giggle at that. Touché, She thought.

Mike grabs them all, leaving Max out, and shoves them in the AV.

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"What is it?" Ava says, poking at the box, "Nothing, don't do that!" Dustin says, lightly slapping her hand, making Ava take her hand back.

"I found it in my trash." Dustin says, "I don't know what it is, but it looks cool, right?"

"Whatever you want, Dust." Ava says, curious about the thing. "Wanna hold it?" Dustin offers to Lucas. "Ew, god no, why would i want t-" Before Lucas could finish his sentence, Dustin hands it to him.

"Oh, god! This is revolting!" Lucas tosses it to Will, all will does is gag and throws it into Ava's hands, "Ew, it feels weird.." She says, slowly bringing the creature closer to her face, "But it's cool.." She slowly gives it to Mike who has somewhat of the same reaction as Ava.

"What is it?" Mike says, examining its face. "That's the thing, i have no idea what it is, but like i said, it looks cool." Dustin says.

"Does it have a name?" Asks Ava. "Yes, his name is D'Artagnan, short for Dart." Dustin responds. Dart? And did he just say he and not it? Ava thought.

"What the hell.." Lucas said, looking at Dart. "What?" Mike said, slowly facing Dart's direction. It was growing legs.

"What the fuck!" Ava shouted out, not knowing Max heard it. Out of Max's curiosity to Ava's words, she grabbed a hairpin, and started putting it in the doorknob.

Dustin puts Dart back in the box and just stares at it. "I know damn well that thing wasn't growing legs." Ava says, worried. "It's not a thing, just call it a he." Dustin says, an annoyed tone in his voice.

"Do you seriously expect us to call that a he?!" Lucas says angrily. The box starts shaking. "Oh my god." Ava says, backing into Mike.

It shakes more. "Dustin get that damn thing under control!" Mike says, his hands going everywhere. "What do you expect me to do?!" Dustin shouts, not wanting anything to happen to Dart.

The box breaks open, and Dart shoots out of it. Perfect timing because Max just so happened to open the door as soon as Dart broke free.

"Why is there so much screaming?-" Before Max could finish her sentence, Dart runs through the now open AV door.

"God dammit!" Dustin shouts, running out of the door, shoving Max. "Dustin!" Mike says, running after Dustin.

"Jesus christ." Lucas says, shoving Max out of the way, she actually almost falls considering she's been shoved a lot, but Ava grabs her hand and pulls her forward.

"Thank you." Max says, still holding onto Ava's hand, tightly. "Yeah, no problem." Ava replies, slightly trying to take her hand back, but notices Max doesn't want to let go, and honestly, neither does Ava.

"Ava? Are you coming or what?" Lucas asks, staring at the redhead most of the question. "Yeah, yeah." Ava says, nudging Max for her hand back, Max nods and slowly let's go of their hands.

Ava walks past Max, and for some reason couldn't stop staring at Max, her eyes were glistening, her eye color was a bright blue, it reminded her of the ocean. Her scent, it smelt like strawberries, with a mix of cinnamon and possibly some vanilla. A perfect mix. And her fiery red hair, matched amazingly with her perfectly placed freckles.

Max noticed Ava staring, and just smiled, noticing Ava's features too, and obsessing over them. The two girls didn't know what was wrong with them, but they both wanted to learn everything about one another, as soon as possible.

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Im so glad this chapter was much longer than all the other ones i've made previously, i enjoy writing a lot and plan on updating the story a lot, thanks again to everyone taking their time to read this, you guys are the reason i continue to write!<33