Friday, July 12, 2013

Maximus Six: Fresh Start

When Dad arrived to come take me house hunting, and I told him Soleil wanted to come, we took her car because his was only a two seater. Dad had found a couple of houses in the neighborhood that fit what I had discussed with him earlier. We met the realtor at the first house and were following her around town. We stopped for lunch, and met the realtor again for a few more houses. I don't know what my problem was, but I didn't really see anything that I thought I wanted to live in. None of the houses felt right, I guess.


As evening fell, we pulled up to yet another house. It was blue, two story, with brown shutters on most of the windows. It looked cozy and I liked the balcony on the second story. We did a walk through of the house, and I was liking what I saw. The more I walked around, the more I could picture myself living here. I was getting a good feeling, so I told Dad about it. The realtor discussed with me and Dad what I wanted my offer to be, and she called to see if the seller would accept. Luckily, the seller was a university student who wanted to sell immediately because they were moving back into the dorms for the semester and they wanted the cash from the house.


The realtor got off the phone after talking to the seller, and smiled at me and Dad.

"Good news Max, the house is yours. Your offer was accepted. I'll bring the paperwork over tomorrow and you can move in right away."

"Congratulations, son. How does it feel to be a homeowner?"

"Pretty awesome actually. Dad, thanks so much for helping me."

"You know I'll always be here. Come on, we should get some sleep though, are you coming back to the hotel tonight?"

"Yeah, I think I could do that."


Soleil drives us back to her house, and Dad and I get ready to leave. Dad gets in the car and waits for me as I say good night to Soleil.

"Thanks for coming with me today, Soleil. Do you like the house?"

"Yeah. It'll be perfect for you."

"You might be seeing a lot of it too, when you spend the night with me."

Soleil smiles at me, and hugs me tighter.

"It will be nice to get out of my dorm for a while and not have to deal with Helena 24/7. Mmm... plus you'll be there, and that's perfect."

Soleil purrs in my ear, and I feel myself get excited. No, not tonight. Tonight I want to go back to the hotel with Dad.


"Mm... Soleil. I'll see you tomorrow. Do you have class?"

"Yeah, in the morning. When are you going to start moving in?"

"Probably early afternoon. Just come by when you are free."

I touch the side of Soleil's face, bringing it closer to mine. I kiss her luscious lips, parting them with my tongue, and massaging her tongue with mine. I feel her whimper a little bit, like she always does when we're kissing.

"Good night Maximus."

"Good night Soleil."


It's been a few weeks since I found the house, and I've gotten settled in quite well. Soleil helped me move in, sometimes she stays with me at my place, and sometimes I stay at her dorm. I've gotten myself a talent agent and have been going on a couple of auditions. Helena's still a stickler for the rules and she's always running her mouth about how much she dislikes my choice of lifestyle. You'd think I was in charge of a prostitution ring the way she talks. Soleil's still going to class and hating it. Sometimes when she comes over, I help her with her homework.

"Hey Max. Have you found a job yet?"

"Hi Helena, I'm still going on auditions but I haven't gotten anything."

"No, I mean, a real job. One that gives you a decent paycheck."


Right now, I am hanging out at Soleil's dorm. Helena and I are doing our usual dance of how I'm a useless waste of space in this world because I'm not in university, and how she's a ridiculous uptight stick in the mud all the time. I start to get annoyed at her and am about to roll my eyes, but Soleil comes up behind me and kisses me, making me feel better. Then she stands up for me. This girl is perfect.


"Helena, will you stop torturing him with your incessant questions?"

"I'm just looking out for my baby brother."

"No you're not, you're trying to make him feel bad. Come on, Max, we don't have to listen to her bullshit. Do you want to come to the store with me? I'm having a party here tonight and I still have to pick up the keg."

"Yeah sure."


I give Helena a smug look and Soleil takes my hand. We run a few errands together, and I like that we can have fun doing such mundane things. After setting everything up, two guys show up who are really familiar with Soleil. I can't help but wonder if she's ever slept with them. I stop myself from thinking like that, though, because she hasn't given me a reason not to trust her, and I'm not going to let what she did in the past affect how I treat her now. I'm glad Helena wasn't around to put ideas in my head.


She's actually just standing in the corner alone drinking a beer, and I may feel just a little bad for her. The guys ask Soleil if she and I want to play beer pong, and I agree because I think it looks like fun. We let her friends go first, the dark haired one is named Luther, and the brunette is named Dustin.

"So Soleil, how've you been? How was your summer?"

"Very good actually, better than any other summer."

Soleil looks into my eyes when she says that sentence, and I smile widely at her, then put my arms around her and hug her.


"What's your boyfriend's name?"

Dustin refers to me as Soleil's boyfriend, and I decide I don't hate the sound of it as much as I thought I would. We're pretty much together all the time anyway, and I would hate if she slept with anyone else.

"His name is Max."

"So, Max, what do you do?"

"I just moved here about a month ago and I'm working towards being an actor."

"Oh yeah? Cool, dude so am I. Have you gotten any gigs yet?"

I'm pleased to hear that Dustin is also going down the same career path as me. I know that the best way to succeed in the film industry is to know as many people as you can.


"No, I haven't yet, I've gone on a few auditions though. How long have you been doing it?"

"For a year now. Do you have a talent agent already?"

"Yeah. I'm with the Beachside Talent Agency."

"Wow yeah? Me too. That's awesome. We can stick together and shit. We'll probably get sent to some of the same auditions."

I feel Soleil squeeze my hand and then she whispers in my ear that she's happy for me that I met my first guy friend. I exchange numbers with Dustin as Soleil plays a new game with Luther. Dustin and I go get some beer and go into the other room so we can get to know each other better.


"How do you know Soleil, Dustin?"

"Well, we were at the same audition one day. She was really friendly and so we ended up talking the whole time. It made the waiting in line much more pleasant. How'd you meet her?"

"Oh wow, she does auditions too? I'm Helena's brother. Soleil comes home with Helena every time she has a break from university, so she hung out with me a lot."

"That's cool, dude. Yeah, she's trying to get into the business too."

I'm looking at Dustin and he seems like a nice guy. I hear voices behind me, so I turn around and I see Luther hugging Soleil in a way I know I'm not okay with. Luckily, Soleil looks less than pleased. My initial worry of whether or not she'd slept with either of them creeps back up on me, and I'm not so sure of things anymore, at least not at the moment. I'm pretty sure I have nothing to worry about with Dustin, but Luther looks like he might be trouble. I trust Soleil, of course, but I guess I forgot how guys can be, which strikes me as ironic because I used to be one of those guys. I'm hoping I can talk some sense into Luther and make him understand.


"Luther, would you stop, please? I told you I'm with Max, okay? You and I can continue to be friends as long as you don't touch me like that."

"Oh come on, baby, friends with benefits?"

"No, Luther."

"Don't you like me anymore?"

"Of course I like you, but I'm not going to be your booty call anymore, okay?"

I get annoyed at their conversation and can no longer just sit on the couch and do nothing while this guy hits on my girl, so I shoot up like a rocket off the couch. Soleil puts her hands up and tries to separate us, but she's not succeeding.


"The lady said don't hit on her. Respect that."

"Ooh, you're tough for a guy with pink hair."


Luther gets up in my face and looks at me smugly. He thinks I'm not tough, does he? Just cause of my hair color? He has no idea about my martial arts background, so I decide to show him. With lightning quick movements, I pin Luther up against the wall, with my forearm against his throat. Luther is surprised and his eyes go wide. I can see he is now regretting that he made fun of my hair color. Soleil tries to stop me like before, but I'm not going to let this guy's actions slide. He thinks he can just treat her like trash and get away with it?

"No Max, don't hurt him!"

"Shut the fuck up, Luther. I like this girl, and I don't intend for her to be passed around like she's a toy. If you want to keep being her friend, you'll respect her. That's what a real man would do."


I push harder on Luther's throat so he knows I'm serious, and he gasps for air. I let up on his throat and let him talk.

"Ow. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. I am good friends with her, but she's always been available. I just thought I could convince her. She's never been serious about anyone before. Your reaction tells me you really like her though, so I'll lay off. I'm sorry, dude."

"All right, but I'm watching you."

"Ok. Sorry."

The rest of the night goes well, the four of us watch a movie together, drinking the whole time. We picked one with a lot of swear words, and made a drinking game out of it. Every time any actor said the word fuck, we'd all drink. By the end we were pretty plastered.


Dustin and Luther passed out after the movie was over, and Soleil and I stumbled to her room.

"Soleil, that's the wall, baby. We need to go a little further to find your door."

"Ooooohhhhhh, okaaaaay. Hahaha, Maaaaaaxxx I wanna take your shirt off and fuck you hard."

"Just my shirt? You have to take other things off if you want to fuck me."

"Psssshhh ya, I knooow that. I'm gonna smack your ass toooo. Heeheeeeeheeeee! Aren't you drunk too?"

"Yeah."

"Hooooww come you're not walking funny?"

Just as Soleil says that, we get to her door and I open it. She climbs onto the bed and I misjudge where the dresser is, bumping into it. Soleil laughs hysterically from the bed and kicks her feet in the air.


"Oww. See, I'm drunk, I just lost my fucking balance."

"Maaaaximussss? Thank you for being a good boy to me."

I'm guessing she's talking about Luther and how I made him understand that she wasn't available anymore. I take my clothes off and join her on the bed. She jumps on me and smiles.


"You're welcome, baby. I think that my girlfriend should be treated with respect. Don't you agree?"

Soleil looks at me with wide eyes and smiles. We try not to be too loud with our nighttime activities before snuggling in each other's arms and falling asleep.



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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Maximus Five: Burning Helena

Soleil stirs and I feel her hair tickle my chin, causing me to open my eyes slowly.

"Good morning, Maximus."

I like it when Soleil says my full name, it makes me feel powerful. I give her a nice long kiss and then tell her good morning.

KNOCK KNOCK.

"Guys, I made breakfast, get it while it's hot!"

Stupid Helena. At least she didn't barge in this time. She's nice enough to make breakfast, but I wanted to have some morning fun. I wonder if Soleil does, so I bury my face in her chest and kiss her repeatedly. She grabs my hair a little roughly, rolls over on top of me and looks around in her nightstand. If that's not confirmation, I don't know what is. Soleil kisses me hard and we thoroughly enjoy a morning quickie.


We are in the middle of continuing to make out after the quickie, but are interrupted once again.

KNOCK KNOCK.

"Breakfast is still on the counter, do you guys want it or should I just put it away?"

Soleil stops sucking my upper lip long enough to yell that we'll be there in a minute and for Helena to stop getting her panties in a bunch. Soleil cracks me up. We get up and get dressed and go out to the dining room. Soleil rolls her eyes at Helena as she gets some pancakes.

"Thank you for making breakfast, Helena."

"You're welcome, Soleil."

After breakfast and some uncomfortable silence between Soleil and Helena, I go to the living room and Soleil follows me.


"How do you feel, Soleil?"

"I don't know. That was a weird encounter with Helena. I don't want to be mad at her, she's my best friend, but ever since you and I hooked up, she's been such a pain in the ass."

"Do you want me to talk to her? I put up with her for a long time, growing up with her."

"Yeah, if you really want to. I mean, I don't want to like, dump my problems on you, and I don't expect you to fix them."

"I know that, Soleil. Last night when you fell asleep after you cried a little cause of what Helena said, I was upset at her for doing that to you. I'm going to go talk to her."

"Oh, Maximus, you're perfect."

"Don't mention it. I'll be back."


I get up and walk towards the pool table. I need something to do while talking to Helena, she kind of has a way of pissing me off, so I decide that a game of pool would be good to distract me while I try to get my point across to her. I feel Soleil looking at my ass as I leave the room.


"So Helena, Soleil tells me you think I can't be trusted? What's up with that?"

Helena kind of looks at me blankly, like she's been caught off guard that I asked her such a pointed question.

"Well, Max, you haven't had a girlfriend, well, ever. So I didn't think that you even wanted one, since you're always looking around for someone else."

"Do I need to remind you, Helena, that you haven't been able to keep any of your boyfriends with you, well, ever? What's your longest relationship been, like two weeks?"


"Max, keeping a boyfriend is not the same as never having one. The fact that I had boyfriends before means I am capable of starting a relationship."

"Maybe I hadn't found someone I wanted to keep around for a long period of time, did you ever think of that?"

"You and long periods of time with a girl don't even make sense in the same sentence."

"Helena, you're a dick."


All right, so she's still stubborn and thinks I can't hold on to a relationship for shit. Fine, she can think whatever she wants of me.

"Helena, are you afraid I'm going to hurt Soleil? Is that why you told her I can't be trusted?"

"Well, yeah, and I think Soleil might hurt you too."

"Really? Well, let me ask you this, Helena. You guys were back here for a day before I showed up. Did she bring a guy here the night I wasn't here?"

"I didn't see her do that. She was mostly just on her phone, but I don't know what she was doing on it."

"I'll tell you what she was doing, she was texting me."


I look up after my second shot and see Helena looking at the floor, like she's ashamed of what she assumed. I hope that she is ashamed because she seriously needs to stop being so judgmental of Soleil and I.

"You made Soleil feel like shit. I think you should apologize to her, and quit assuming the worst about us."

"I did apologize to her. Last night. Before you got here."

"No, that's not what she felt. She said you did try to apologize, but then you started ragging on me for coming here but not registering for class. She felt like you just kept changing the subject instead of just apologizing. If you really want to make up with her, since she's your best friend, then start acting like it. Best friends don't have to agree on everything to be best friends. They should understand each other and help each other, discuss things instead of just judging, labeling and assuming."


Score. Helena looks at the floor again, and she's super quiet. She can't argue with me either because she knows I'm right. I finally miss a shot and it's Helena's turn, although she's not paying any attention.

"Helena, your turn."

She starts playing, and I can't help but feel victorious that I used my logic to burn her. I really hope she apologizes to Soleil.

"What's wrong Helena? Got anything to say for yourself?"

"I did feel like a bitch, but I was really trying to protect you guys from each other, cause I know how both of you can get sometimes."


"Helena, maybe you should try living in the present instead of worrying about the past so much, huh? I admit, I was an immature teenager and I didn't know what it meant to really like someone. I feel like you should look at how I'm acting now instead of what I used to do, and the same goes for Soleil. You don't have to trust us if you don't want to, but I'm letting you know right now we are both choosing to trust each other."

I get a warm feeling around my waist and feel someone hugging me from behind. Soleil whispers in my ear and just holds me.

"Hey baby, what's up?"

"Can I go house hunting with you today?"


"Sure baby."

"How's your pool game going?"

"You can join."

Soleil plays with Helena and I for a little while. When the game is over, Soleil comes over to me, and I can tell she still feels kind of uncomfortable around Helena. I give her a kiss and hug her.

"I talked to Helena. She felt bad."

"Thank you."


"Um, Soleil?"

"Yes, Helena?"

"I'm really sorry for being so mean to you, and judging you all the time. I'd like it if we could maybe start fresh? I really am glad for our friendship, and glad you're my roommate."

"Ok, that was an apology, Helena. I accept."


After I hear them make up, I go back over to Soleil and hug her.

"Are you better, Soleil?"

"Yes. Thank you, Max."

"Well, anything for you."


I notice Helena smile while watching Soleil and I interact. Maybe what I said got through to her. I hope. I'm satisfied at least that she made up with Soleil.

RING-RING-RING.

It's Dad calling asking me when I'd like to start house hunting. I tell him that I should probably stop at the hotel and get a change of clothes before we go. He says he'll bring a change of clothes for me and then he'll be on his way to pick me up. I'm glad I'm going to get a chance to get out of these stinky clothes and that Soleil is coming with me to look for houses. So far, the start to life on my own is going great.


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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Maximus Four: Still Afraid

"Hey, baby."

Max wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me close to him, allowing me to kiss his perfectly shaped lips. My knees go weak again even though I'm the one who kissed him first. I've never had a guy make me feel like this before, it's like his presence entrances me, enveloping me in its magic. Cheesy pick up lines run through my mind for some reason, like, are you a magician because you transform me. I don't know why, other than Max makes me feel like nothing else matters and I forget everything that's around me except for him. I'm glad he's here because now I won't have to spend my nights wishing he was next to me, longing for his touch.


"How is house hunting going?"

"Haven't started yet. I wanted to see you first. My dad's gone back to the hotel."

How is he so perfect? Helena is on crack if she thinks that Max is going to flirt with anyone other than me. She'd probably tell me that he's just using his charming abilities on me and that I'm under his spell or whatever.

"Do you want to spend the night here?"

"If you want me to, I'd love to."

"Of course I do, silly. What do you want to do now?"

"I don't know. As long as you're here, I really am up for anything."


My heart is melting again.

"Do you want a tour of the house?"

"Yeah."

I take Max's hand and lead him through the dorm, first through the common areas like the living area, the kitchen, the bathroom, and then to the hallway that goes to my room. I am happily caught off guard when Max pushes me against the wall and presses himself against me. When I give him a seductive smile, he swiftly picks me up and I wrap my legs around his waist.

"Hey, you. I missed you."

"Oh Max. I missed you too. How was the drive here?"

"Pretty good. I got to talk to my dad a lot about stuff."

Max peppers my neck with kisses and makes his way to my ear, then my cheek, then my nose, then my mouth. I kiss him hard and his pants respond exactly how I want them to. When I pull away for some air, I point towards the direction of my room.


"That door. We're going in there."

Max carries me into my room and presses me into the door, using me to shut it. Our shirts go flying to the floor as we explore the inside of each other's mouths.


"Where do you keep your protection?"

"In the night stand."

As Max goes to get ready, I take a moment to catch my breath. Making out with him seems to take a lot of energy, but it's totally worth it. He's just always so intense when he kisses me, like he's afraid I'll disappear if he doesn't take all of me at once, or that he feels like he has to make me remember him. I wonder if he's still afraid that I'll sleep around because of what Helena said. Max comes back and removes the rest of my clothing, hoisting me up around him again. I am so turned on by his sudden quick movement that I just hold on to his body for dear life. It takes a lot of muscle strength to be suspended in the air, even though Max is holding me up with one hand. I'm glad he's going pretty fast because he feels so good.


When we're done, we rest our heads against each other, pausing for a while from the intensity of our lovemaking. Max carries me over to my bed where we both collapse. He intertwines his fingers with mine, and looks deep into my eyes with an adorable smile on his face. I can't describe how happy I am that he's here.

"Sorry I went so fast, I haven't gotten any in a few days."

"It's okay, neither have I."

Max smiles even bigger when I mention that fact and squeezes my hand. What Helena said must have really affected him. Poor baby.


"What kind of house do you want?"

"Hmm... I don't know. Something cozy I guess. I think I'll start with something small so I can pay it off quick and sell it for something bigger. Plus, I have to get a car too. My dad's moving here too, but he has a house here already, and I don't want to live with him, not for any bad reasons, but just cause I'm an adult now. I should live on my own. Sorry, I'm rambling, that was a huge run on sentence."

"It's okay, you're adorable when your nerdy side shows through. I love it."

"So now I'm a nerd?"

Max laughs and tickles me, making me playfully bat at his hands. I get the upper hand and jump on him, holding his shoulder with one hand while my other grabs the side of his torso.

"Yeah, a sexy, muscular, nerd... whom I adore. Thanks for visiting me, Max."

"Of course. I couldn't stop thinking about you after you left. I knew I wanted to move out of my mom's house when I turned eighteen, but before I spent the summer with you, I wasn't sure where I wanted to move. That day you left though, I suddenly knew where I wanted to go. It was here, because you're here."

I'm glad I'm sitting down because the man just made my knees turn into jelly and I doubt they would be able to support my weight at the moment. I put my head on his chest and hug him tightly to let him know I thoroughly appreciate what he just said.



Soleil whimpers a little into my chest, and I worry that something's bothering her. I touch her soft, silky hair and gently rub her head.

"Soleil? What's the matter? You're trembling a little. Are you cold? Did I scare you by telling you I moved here to be closer to you? I promise I'll still give you space."

"No, I'm not scared from what you said. I'm just thinking of the conversation I had with Helena on the way here. She made me so angry."

I pick Soleil up, plop her down on the pillow and then lay down really close to her so I can look directly into her eyes while she tells me what happened. Her brown eyes are so pretty. I think I can see flecks of a different color in them, perhaps gold?


"What did Helena say?"

"Well, you know how she basically called me a slut in front of you that day I left, and I'm just scared of how that sentence affected you. I did my best to reassure you that I don't need flings when I have you, but I don't know, are you still unsure? Like, I guess, um, do you trust me?"

"Yeah, of course I trust you. When you told me you weren't going to sleep around, I believed you. Helena can be a jerk sometimes, and what she said did piss me off, but I did not think for a second that I shouldn't trust you. It was the fact that Helena couldn't see past that part of you, like how she can't see past that part of me. I think you're wonderful, even if you have slept around a lot."

Soleil's eyes get big after I tell her she's wonderful, and she grins shyly at me. She props herself up on the bed and I sit up as well. It's sweet that she was concerned how I felt about what Helena said that day, even though I told her I was fine. I'm a little saddened that she thought I didn't trust her. Helena is kind of wreaking havoc on both of our emotions. I'm glad I decided to move here because even though I've been talking to Soleil on the phone, being with her in person seems to be much better for us.


"Max, Helena told me we can't both possibly be trusted. She thinks we're going to eventually break each others' hearts. She gave me this whole lecture in the car about how my past defines me and if I don't define a relationship status with you, that we'll never work. I called her out on judging us and pretty much told her off in the car. She sort of semi apologized to me today, but then she got all weird about university and you and I told her off again."

"She still nagging that I go to university? She'll never learn, will she?"

"Probably not. She constantly nags me for thinking class is boring."

"I'm sorry, baby. It's getting late, shall we try to go to bed now or do you want to talk more?"

"Can we talk a little more? Helena's words are still bugging me."

"Yes, of course. That's why I asked. So... Helena wants me to register for classes here, and she thinks we can't trust each other. What else?"

"She insisted we label our feelings for each other, and then said what we had couldn't possibly be real because we're choosing not to label it. That's what irritated me the most. It was like she told me my feelings didn't matter. I want her to apologize, and she sort of did. I mean I made it really obvious why I was mad at her, but I don't know if she even cares. She's just all obsessed with changing the subject, so that makes it feel even more like she doesn't care. It exhausts me to talk to her because it's like I have to tell her fifteen different ways what I am saying and she still doesn't understand."

I get a little angry inside that Helena said such mean things to Soleil. For being a religious person, Helena can be a real dick sometimes. Soleil's frustration comes through in her voice, and her eyes tear up. I pull her close to me and rub her back.


"Why is she so mean, Max?"

"I don't know. She's always been like that, scolding people for everything. She even scolded our mother a couple of times. But it's okay, Soleil. I'm here. You can trust me, I promise. I know what I feel for you is genuine. I've never actually like, missed a girl, ever, except for you. My mom told me one day there was going to be someone who made me feel like I was special, and that someone is you, okay? Your feelings matter to me, who cares what Helena says, she doesn't even know what she's talking about half the time."

"Okay."

Soleil lays down and I snuggle up behind her. Pretty soon she's out cold, but I can't sleep. It's bothering me that Helena made her so uncomfortable in the short amount of time between when she left and today. I start to wonder if Helena is the kind of person who would try to break us up. It doesn't make sense since she is always talking about relationship this, relationship that, but she's never been able to keep one. Then when I find a girl, it's suddenly wrong? Helena's a dick. Poor Soleil, she must really like me if she was worried I didn't trust her. Finally I feel my eyelids start to droop as tiredness kicks in. I put one arm around Soleil's waist so she knows I'm still here, and let my head hit the pillow.



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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Maximus Three: Secretly Jealous

I'm secretly jealous of Soleil and Maximus. They're so carefree about everything, and I don't know how they do it so successfully. I wish I could be more like that, but I always feel like I need structure, and a plan, otherwise I start getting anxious that things will go wrong. I know I'm insecure, and that's why I use rules and plans to help me feel more secure about things. It doesn't always work, but it's the only way I know how to deal with it.


I felt out of place in my house growing up with Max. He was always so much closer to Mom and I wanted that too, but her lifestyle just irked me. Once she told me she was cursed and I got angry. How could she be so ridiculous? Curses don't exist. I left the room after she brought it up and she never mentioned it again after that. There are lots of reasons I'm jealous of my brother. One is his carefree attitude towards life, which I'm sure is going to get him in trouble one day, but I can't help being jealous of him anyway. He just looks so happy all the time. The second is he got to meet his father. By chance. How did he get so lucky? My father is, I don't even know. All I know is that his last name is Coleman, because my last name is hyphenated. All I wanted was for Mom to marry my dad so I could live in a normal happy family. The third is that Max managed to get himself a girl who likes him. I realized in the car when Soleil got so angry at me that she really does like him. I don't think she would have had such a strong reaction if she didn't. I still don't trust either of them because I saw how much Soleil slept around last year. Different guy almost every night, sometimes at our dorm, sometimes she'd stumble back home hungover the next morning because she spent the night at some random guys' dorm. I just don't see how she can change overnight and only be faithful to Max. I feel the same way about Max, the way he was always making out with a different girl.


I do feel bad for being such a bitch to Soleil earlier, though, and I know she's pissed at me. I honestly was trying to warn her about Max in case he was just looking for a one night stand from her. I can see that she is pretty much Max in girl form, but I thought I was being a good friend by telling her to stay away from him. The fact that she's been so upset with me for a day and a half now makes it clear I was not being a good friend. I don't know why I was so stubborn with her during the ride here. I was jealous because I've never had a guy that I can get along with so well and trust that he liked me enough to just exist, like they do. If I didn't know where our relationship was going, or if there even was one, I get nervous about it. It always ends up pushing the guy away, so I've never had much luck with guys. Lots of guys get annoyed when I ask where we stand, but I don't feel like that's such a weird thing to ask, is it? No one wants anything serious in college, and that's a problem for a girl like me. I want to find a nice boy, eventually get married, and maybe have some kids. Guys don't even really pay attention to me, and I know it's because I don't put out. I thought that was a high school thing, but apparently not.


I go to parties with Soleil because when guys are drunk, they'll talk to me. It's the only time I can get attention from any of them. Of course, when they start trying to get all touchy feely, I bolt, but I like the initial hang out. I feel so pathetic. The guys always talk to Soleil, even when they're sober. I wonder if she'll actually follow through with her promise to Max not to sleep with anyone else this year.



"Hahaha! See you when you get here, Maximus!"

I'm so excited. Max is moving to Silicon Shores. He is going to go into the movie business, specifically acting. His dad is driving him and helping him look for houses. Apparently his mom is loaded, but doesn't spoil him, so I'm curious to see what he picks out for his first house. As far as I know, he doesn't even have a car yet. I come in the door and see Helena... I'm still annoyed at her from the other day because she hasn't made any attempt to apologize to me about not trusting me. She knows why I am mad at her, and I feel she should apologize.

"Um... hi. Soleil. How was class?"

"Stupid as usual."

"Soleil! You know those classes are important."


I roll my eyes as Helena tries to act like my mother again. I don't know why she acts like she's 50 years old. The girl needs to have some fun. She is going to reach adult hood and wonder where her life went if she doesn't remove the stick from her rear soon. Since Helena doesn't seem like she's going to apologize any time soon, I just go to my room to get away from her.

"Soleil, wait. Did I hear you say Max was coming here?"

"Yeah, he's moving to Silicon Shores."

"Oh, did he register for classes?"


"No, he's just moving here."

"Why?"

"What do you mean, why? He's ready to start his own life and get his own place. That's what people do, Helena."

"Oh, so he didn't apply to university."

"Will you let off with that already, Helena? He's fine not going because he's choosing not to attend. University should be a choice, believe me, I know. Jesus, Helena, I'm done with this conversation."


Now she thinks she's going to try to replace her mother by bossing Max around? The boy is smart, and he knows what he wants. University is not on the list. I don't understand why she can't accept that. University is not for everyone. It is certainly not for me. I am only here because my father said it would be better for me if I went, kind of like how Helena thinks. It's a choice, not a natural next step. I scowl when I hear a knock on my door and Helena's faint voice calling my name. Why can't she just leave me alone?


"What, Helena?"

"Soleil, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed you were lying to me about how you feel towards Max. I just don't trust him a hundred percent because of his past behavior. What's going to happen when he sees the other girls on campus?"

"Jesus, Helena, he's not going to get lost in anyone's panties on his way to me. Have a little faith, would you, roommate, dearie? Of all people, I'd think you wouldn't have any problems with faith and believing and all that stuff."


Helena goes to a campus church and she's all religious. I don't know if she was before when she was in high school, but the church definitely believes in no sex before marriage, so Helena fits right in with them. She keeps trying to get me to go with her, but I don't feel like I want to be surrounded by a bunch of people who are going to judge me because of my lifestyle.

"You don't have to trust him! I'm the one who has to trust him because I'm the one involved with him! Stop worrying about me, you are not my keeper!"

DING-DONG-DING!

Saved by the bell. Haha, that's so cheesy, but it's true. I practically run Helena over as I go to the door because I feel like Max is on the other side of it. When he called me he said he was almost here. I open the door and when I see those emerald eyes of his looking at me, I forget all about my annoyances and irritations.



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Rated: R. Echoes of Eternity is a chronological story best read from Chapter One. It will deal with topics of all kinds, including some that are uncomfortable.

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