I hugged him from behind and when he tried to pull away, I tightened my hold on him and pressed my face in between his shoulder blades."Leave me, Shelly! I know that you want to leave me too. Just go", he whispered slowly, but I could sense that he was holding himself from crying."No, I don't want to leave you, Max. I can't leave you. Never! I really like you, Max. Not just as a friend but more than that. I like you", I began sobbing and when I realized what I uttered in a

And this is how all humor went out through the window and I glared at Max who immediately raised his hands up in surrender but I couldn't avoid the smile which was threatening to show up on my face due to the fact that Max freaking Jackson is afraid of me. And that's how, I melted and smiled sheepishly at him and he chuckled once again."Get up!", he held out his right hand again and I seized it tightly to pull myself up."I'm tired!", I groaned and covered my mouth with my p

"Uh, I -"There's no need to feel shy, Shelly. We all know about the rumors going on around school about Max and you. We just wanted to confirm it with you.", she declared, grinning like a Cheshire cat at me. Everyone, all of a sudden, seems really interested with where this conversation was going."What rumors?", I asked confusingly. We were all sitting down in a really big circle on the floor, well considering the fact that our dancing group was super duper big, the circle

"Max, I can't walk anymore." I stopped walking and tried to catch my breath. I sighed and perched down, my hands squeezing the sides of my aching waist."What the hell? You only walk for like what? ... Ten minutes!" he exclaimed and shook his head disappointingly from side to side at me."Well, what do you expect from me?", I whisper-yelled at him and crossed my hands over my chest out of annoyance.

Someone squeezed my shoulders from behind and I whirled around to hug Max real tightly but when he wrapped his arms around my waist, I felt a weird feeling, like my gut feeling was telling me that something was wrong. This feeling. This smells like danger. No it can't be what I'm thinking it is. My eyes widened in shock when recognition dawned on me.This isn't Max!This stranger seized the sides of my waist a little too tight. Not a little. Too tight. I immediately unwrapped