Chapter 12

Stella's POV

*Time pass, 1 month*

"No the fuck," I say into the phone to Paisy while entering the bar. I see that they have the meeting with dad. See, we are the king and queen, but we can't be them, until we're out of college and that is a tradition, so Rich does the job right now.

"He called me out, Stella. And I don't care what you're saying. I'm going," she says.

"No way. He's a jerk," I say madly.

Dad smirks at me from the stage, "One minute," I say quietly, but they all can hear it.

"Stella, I have to get ready, I'll call you after," Paisy says.

"I'll call Tyler and you are not going," I say and end the call.

"Stella come on," dad smirks.

"Wait," I say to Rich and he sighs. I choose Tyler's number.

"Hey Stella," he says happily.

"Where are you?" I ask.

"Wow Nancy Drew, how can you not know?" he asks, making me smirk, "Jogging," he chuckles.

I sigh, "Great. Go to Paisy's. She says she's going out with him. Please stop her, I can't see her crying for another month," I say.

"On my way, Stella," he says.

"Thanks," I sigh and end the call.

"She's going out with who?" Rich chuckles.

"Miles," I roll my eyes.

"What?" Pixie chuckles behind the counter as I'm sitting on it.

"You can continue now," I smirk at Rich.

He chuckles and keeps talking with all the older Hawks.

"Anything to drink?" Pixie asks.

"Mountain Dew," I say at the same time as she puts it in front of me.

I chuckle and she smiles, "So.. Tell me about Paisy," she says. She and Ty have been here so many times that they're all great friends with them.

I roll my eyes, "She just got over him and now he called her out again and she wants to go," I say.

"How many times does that girl want to get hurt?" she sighs.

"I know, right?" I sigh, "Tyler's on it," I say.

"We should find her another guy," she smirks.

"I pinky swore a month ago that I wouldn't do it for 2 months," I sigh.

She rolls her eyes, "Why do you have me, you idiot," she says.

"Wait what.. Really?" I ask and she nods.

I smile, "Two words. Ricky. Mace," I say.

She winks, "On it," she says.

I kiss her cheek as I'm sitting on the counter and she chuckles and goes to other guys who want a drink.

I lie down on the counter, crossing my legs like I always sit. I never wear skirts because of that.

I feel Max's hands on my stomach as he starts tickling me. I start laughing and push him off.

"Hey Maxy," I say, not opening my eyes.

He presses his lips against mine for a moment, "Hey," he says.

I open my eyes and see that he is sitting on a stool, what's next to my head. I turn my head to him.

He caresses both of my cheeks at once while he's looking at me with a smile on his lips and love in his eyes.

Then he smoothly moves his thumbs and index fingers together, pinching my cheeks now.

"Stop it," I chuckle.

He leans closer to me and rests his chin on the counter, right in front of me, "And why would I do that?" he chuckles quietly and lets go of them, only to start kissing them.

"Why are you so obsessed with them?" I chuckle.

He grins at me, "Cause you're so cute," he says and kisses my face all over.

I smile and let him do that and close my eyes.

"Can you two stop?" I hear someone saying.

Max smirks against my cheek and pulls away. I open my eyes with a smirk as well.

"No. Absolutely not," Max says to Dangelo and starts kissing my face again.

I giggle and push him away. He sighs. "They're all watching," I say and sit up on the counter.

"Who cares? If they DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING THEY CAN GIVE ME THEIR JACKETS!" he yells making everyone laugh and me roll my eyes.

"Don't roll your eyes at me," he chuckles.

"And what are you gonna do when my face finally changes into a normal one with a jawline?" I smirk.

"Miss your cheeks probably," he says.

I roll my eyes again, turn to him, put my elbows on the counter while my legs are crossed, and rest my chin on my hands, facing him.

"What?" he chuckles.

"I'm hungry," I say, making him laugh.

"Great, me too," he says.

I smile and lean onto his lips. I kiss him for a few seconds and then jump off of the counter, "Bobby's?" I ask, taking his hand.

He stands up, "Sure," he says, kisses my temple, and we walk out of the bar.

"Can we take skateboards?" I ask with a smile.

He groans, "Seriously?" he asks.

I nod and pull him against the garage, where dad works.

I take the two skateboards and he sighs, "Fine. But I can't ride it.." he says.

I roll my eyes, "It's easy," I say.

*Time pass, 20 minutes*

"Max," I laugh.

He's pouting so hard. He throws the skateboard next to Bobby's and I put mine there too. When I get inside, he's already sitting in a booth and pouting.

I go there and slide next to him. I'm smirking, which makes him to do that a little as well. I just sit there, my body turned to him a little, waiting for his arms around me or him pulling me onto his lap.

He looks at me with a little smirk and his eyes. My smirk now changes into a loving smile and he sighs, his doing the same.

He takes his arms and wraps them around me, pulling me against him. I smile and rest my head onto his shoulder. I turn it to face him a little.

"You still love me?" I ask.

"Let's see," he chuckles, "After 20 minutes of laughing at me, cause I couldn't ride the fucking thing fast enough?" he asks and then smiles, "Yes, I still love you," he says and kisses my nose.

I smile and he turns his head more to me so that I could kiss him. And I do it. For a few seconds, then pull away.

"Hey kids," Bobby says.

"Hey Bobby," we say in unison.

"Usual?" he asks.

We chuckle and nod. He smiles and walks away. I look back at Max.

"Can I kiss you?" he asks.

I roll my eyes, "When can you not?" I ask, making him chuckle quietly.

He kisses the soft spot on my neck and I pull his head away, "Not that place, you idiot," I say.

He laughs at me and I kiss his cheek as Bobby brings us our milkshakes and my onion rings.

I slide down from Max's lap and he only leaves one arm around me, holding me against him.

We both start drinking and talking. And soon we get our food as well.

*Time pass, 30 minutes*

Pixie's POV

"See that?" Paisy sighs, pointing on Max and Stella in one booth.

"Yeah?" I make it a question.

"I want to have that," she says sadly, "They're not even eating anymore, they're just talking and enjoying each other's company," she sighs.

I smirk, "Girl.. Mila is my girlfriend for 2 years now and even we don't have that kind of relationship, what these two have.. They're just simply soulmates," I say.

"Right. I want to have that. A soulmate," she says.

I roll my eyes, "Why are you Willers so cheesy?" I chuckle and so does she.

We both look at Max and Stella. Max is holding her against him with his one arm and just looking at her. Her head is on his shoulder, her hair falling in front of her face.

Max is playing with that hair, while Stella is talking about something. He sometimes says a few things as well, making her smirk and roll her eyes. After that, he kisses her cheek or something.

In a few minutes, I see Stella's emotions change. She seems sad while talking but doesn't want to show it.

But he can see it of course, cause I see him getting worried and sad as well.

"How does he have the same emotions?" Paisy whispers.

"I have no idea," I whisper back, not that anyone could hear us, and we keep staring at them.

In about a minute, Max stops playing with her hair, not seeing her face though. He says something as Stella shuts up and she shakes her head a little, making him sigh.

He takes the few strands of hair what he was playing with and puts them behind her ear.

"Can we go and listen what they're saying?" I whisper to her. She nods, cause Stella never really talks about sad things to anyone except Max and we would really like to know, what has happened with that girl in the past.

We go closer to them, into another booth, cause they're in their own little world anyways.

"No," Stella says quietly.

"Stelle," Max sighs.

"I'm okay," she sniffles, obviously holding her tears back.

"You know that you can tell me everything, right?" he asks.

I raise my eyebrows. I've never seen this kind of Max. This soft, caring, and loving side of him only shows when he is with her.

She sighs and looks down at her hands. She seems to think about something for a few seconds, but then swallows and looks at Max, "Maxy, you have to promise, that you won't tell anyone. Not even dad," she says.

He furrows his eyebrows and nods. She gets even sadder if that's possible, "Don't get mad," she says quietly.

I sigh and so does Paisley. She is always worrying about that stuff. That someone gets mad and hurts her in some way.

She raises her hands a little higher, out from under the table, so that Max could see her palms.

I can see only that there's a little blood, but nothing else. But Max's eyes widen in horror as he stares at them. I furrow my eyebrows.

Max sighs and looks at Stella, who now has tears on her cheeks. Max wraps Stella's hands carefully together, his bigger hands surrounding them and he kisses them.

Stella kisses his lips for a second and then snuggles even closer to Max. They both sigh in unison as Stella rests her head onto his shoulder/chest and he snuggles his nose and lips into her hair.

"Try not to do it again, okay?" he asks quietly.

She sighs, "Yeah," she says quietly and he kisses her cheek.

"I love you," he says quietly.

"I love you too," she says with a little smile, looking at him with her eyes.

He starts to smirk and pulls her onto his lap. She giggles quietly and rests her head back onto his shoulder.

"Psst," Max says to her, but we can hear.

Stelle rolls her eyes, "What?" she smirks.

"Pixie and Paisy are spying on us," he says, looking into our eyes.

My eyes widen and I look ag Paisy as Stella starts laughing so loudly, looking at us too.

"Bye," we say in unison and wanna go away.

"Not so fast," Stella yells and we sigh and go back.

"Why?" she smirks.

"I want to have a relationship like you two," Paisy sighs.

"Well then sit down and let's talk about Ricky Mace," Stelle says.

I smirk and push Paisy into the booth. She smirks and we both sit down.