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Tess closed her bedroom door behind her. Her mind was fuzzy and her stomach was fluttery. She felt dizzy and happier than ever before. The perfect night. She kept replaying it all over and over again in her head. The sun, the music, the kiss, Max. She hadn't stopped smiling since he kissed her.

Her life seemed so perfect right now. She couldn't think of anything that could ruin it. She didn't want to think of anything that could ruin it. She pushed everything from her mind that wasn't about Max. She did a couple twirls in the middle of her room, letting it all out, her hair whipping around and around, making her dizzy. She fell over on her bed and fell asleep, fully clothed, smile still planted on her face.

*****

Max tapped his fingers vigerously against the steering wheel. He was still jittery and light headed from kissing Tess. He didn't know why this was such a big deal. It wasn't his first kiss. He's had other girls kiss him before. But this seemed so much more different. He didn't know why though.

He drove through a pretty good neighbor hood and pulled into the driveway of a decent sized 1 level house. He took the key out of the ignition and walked up to the door step. Max opened the door and saw his dad in the kitchen cooking something that smelt really good, but Max didn't see what it was.

"Hey," his dad grunted, completely consentrated on the food. "Where were you?" He asked looking up from the pan for a second. "Out," Max said opening the fridge. His dad laughed briskly. "Well, yeah. I know that," he said flipping the contents of the pan with a spatula. "Out where?" He raised his eye brow suspiciously. "Well, out on a date," Max said, grabbing and opened bottle of Coke from the fridge. His dad smiled and looked back down into the pan. "Really? Have I met this girl?"

Max's dad was always really interested in his sons life. He wasn't really nosey, he just liked to be involved and help his son with his problems. He always felt like he wasn't there enough because he works long hours as head cheif in a restraunt in town. He had to have a good pay check in order to live where they do. Over all, Max and his dad got along pretty good. Max's mom left them when he was about 4 and its just been him and his dad on there own since.

Max smiled. "No, you don't know her," he said taking a drink from the Coke bottle. "Ahhh, I see," Max's dad said, taking the pan off the burner. "When are you going to bring her by? I'd like to meet her." Max had thought about introducing Tess to his dad, but wasn't sure if she would want to meet him yet. He didn't even know if him and Tess were really...together for sure yet. He was still really confused.

"Well, I don't know if she even likes me as much as I like her yet," Max said, hoping his dad wouldn't ask anymore questions. But who was he kidding? "Oh, so you like this girl alot? Whats her name?" His dad asked, putting some spicey charred chicken, which must have been what he was cooking, onto 2 plates. "Her names Tess, and yeah, I really like her," Max said, taking a plate from his dad.

"Tess...Isn't she the girl that you say stays after school with you?" Max's dad said, taking a bit of chicken. "Mhm," Max nodded while chewing. "Well, when ever you decide to bring her over, ask her what she wants to eat. I've been testing out some new recipies at the restraunt and I'd like some feedback," Max's dad said wipping his mouth with a napkin. Max nodded, setting his plate down. "I'm going to go to bed now, see you in the morning." His dad looked down at his son's plate. "But you barely touched your food. Did I add too much oregano?" He said, frowning. Max laughed. "No, dad. It was good." His dad smiled wide. "Phew, thats good. 'Night," he said, filling his fork with more chicken.

*****

Tess was sprawled out on her bed when her alarm went off. "Ugh," she grunted, grabbing her alarm clock and stuffing it under her pillow to muffle the sound. She swung her legs over the side of her bed and walked over to her bathroom. She looked in the mirror and realized she was still in her clothes from last night. Last night. Max! Memories from last night flashed back in her mind. She suddenly didn't care that her hair had about 30 different knots in it or that her clothes were rinkled and twisted around. I kissed Max! 

She took a quick shower and got dress in a pair of skinny jeans and dark purple t-shirt that said Live Laugh Love in white. She didn't blow dry her hair and it air dried into soft deep brown curls. She only put on a little bit of eye liner and some mascara, grabed her phone and black messanger back and headed downstairs.

Her mom was cooking bacon when she came down stairs and her step dad, Chuck, was sitting at the table drinking coffee. "'Morning," he said with a bright smile on his face when she walked in. She smiled back and poured herself a glass of orange juice.

Tess' mom and dad devorced when she was 7 and now he lives in the Virgin Islands. Tess hasn't seen him since. Her mom remarried Chuck. He was pretty cool. He was always really nice to Tess and tryed his best to be a father figure. At least she had one good adult role model in the house. Her mom was always peppy and happy and never stopped smile. It really pissed Tess off. Her mom was vein, self-obsessed and extremely nosey. She always needed to know everything Tess was doing. Tess tryed to ignore it, but she couldn't.

"Tess went on a date last night," her mom chimed in after Tess took her seat next to her step dad at the table. Chuck looked at Tess and smiled. "Really? Who is he." Her mom sat on the other side of Tess and fluffed her hair, obviously waiting for an answer too. Tess sighed. "You've never met him." She knew she sounded annoyed and she was. Tess set her glass down and walked into the living room and grabbed her bag. She heard her mom shuffling toward her. "Want me to take you to school, hunny?" her mom said with a pleasent smile on her face. "I'll walk," Tess sneered before slamming the door behind her. 

As soon as Tess left her porch, she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She took it out and flipped it open. "Hello?" she said, still sounding a little annoyed about her mom. "Hey, how ya doing?" she heard Paul's voice on the other line. Shit! She completely forgot about Paul. He asked her out and now he wanted an answer. She still didn't know what she was going to tell him. Sorry but no, I went on a date last night after you asked me out and like Max? You know, I would, but I totally like this other guy. Sorry for breaking you heart, AGAIN!? She was totally screwed!

"Um...hey," she studdered out. "I was wondering if I could drive you to school," Paul said, his voice shaking like crazy. His voice always gets shakey when he talks to girls he likes. "Um," Tess stammered. She acctually wanted a ride to school, but not from him. Maybe she could call Max and ask him to drive her. No, she told herself. I need to get this over with. "Yeah sure, I kinda need a ride," Tess finished. "Okay, cool. Be by in a bit. Bye," Paul said, his voice more confident. What am I going to tell him? Tess kept asking herself until Paul's car pulled up in her driveway.

"Hey," Paul said when Tess got in the car. "Hey," she said pulling her bag onto her lap. Paul started driving once she closed the door and put her seatbelt on. "So," he said, his voice shaking again. His nuckles were white from gripping the steering wheel so tights. "Um, have you thought about, you know, what I said?" He lifted one of his hands to his head and tucked his shaggy hair behind his ear and looked at Tess. Tess bit her lip. "Um, I still don't know," she said trying to look him in the eyes, but he wouldn't meet her eyes.

"Oh," he said looking down at the steering wheel then back at the road. "Well thats okay. You can take your time," he finished, pulling into the school parking lot. Tess smiled at him and muttered thanks before gettting out. She half jogged up to the school so he couldn't park his car and catch up with her. What am I going to do?

*****

Max's head was still spinning from last night. He was insanely happy of course, but still confused about how Tess felt about him. Even though she said she liked him, she still didn't act like it. He hoisted his back pack over his sholder again. It kept sliding off. He was there pretty early so there wasn't many people in the halls. He walked over to his locker and opened it, shoving his backpack inside. He walked down the hallway to Tess' locker.

He waited at her locker for only a few minutes before he saw her come around the corner. A small smile came on her face when she saw him waiting at her locker. He smiled back. She came up to him and kissed his cheek and giggled. She is so adorable. Max loved it when she giggled like that. She talked while she did her combination. "Last night was fun," she said with a smile on her face. Max laughed and looked down at her. "Yeah..."

He trailed off, looking into her eyes. Her beautiful eyes. She put her bag in her locker, slammed it shut and smiled back up at him. He leaned in close and kissed her softly on the lips. She kissed him back and pulled him toward her, backing up agaist the locker, giggling. Max's heart fluttered.

But Max felt someone pull him away from Tess and throw him hard onto the ground. He felt a sharp kick in his ribs and someone got on top of him and started punching him hard in the face. The last thing Max heard before he passed out was Tess screaming, "PAUL! STOP IT!"

[uh oh! whats gonna happen? i hope you liked it. honest feedback please. rate+comment]