Chapter 5: A Late Night Drink
(Saturday)
(Maxwell's apartment)
Hmm Finally a day off from school and a day I can finally relax and do what I please. Is what I would say If I was any other person in the world that is, these past few days have been quiet eventful to say the least, my emotions can barely keep up with it all and to top it all off I'm pretty nervous about the double promotion exams we took on Friday I mean I'm pretty sure I did well but still.....
(Maxwell heads out of his apartment)
*Glares at Zoey's door*
" Man I still can't believe it, I mean what are the odds of being next door neighbors with her" says Maxwell as he sighs.
She really isn't the kind of person I expected she was going to be when we first met...<SLAP!!>... Hhhh she hasn't even apologized for hitting me back then, but she really is a nice person.
(Maxwell Leaves the apartment)
(Medical center)
Therapist " Good morning Maxwell and how are you today"
Maxwell "I'm alright"
Therapist " So how's your week been developing, anything new in particular you would like to talk about?"
Maxwell "Well apart from some new faces it's pretty much been like any other week"
Therapist " Are you sure about that? because it seems to me like you seem a little less anxious than you normally do and also seem t be rather comfortable talking than usual, maybe these new faces could have something to do with these developments?"
Maxwell " Well to be honest I did smile a lot more in just these past few days than I have in the last couple of months, but apart from that doctor I guess I just wouldn't know"
Therapist " Well alright then. So have you started visiting your mother?"
Maxwell " Well....."
My Mother...we never really spoke while she was admitted in the hospital and I didn't even bother checking on her either as I knew all I would bring her is more suffering and then about two years after she got admitted she slipped into a coma and her condition remained the same till date, the doctors say that it's a rare case for someone to be in a coma for this long but she may recover at any time. I've been in therapy ever since that day of the accident but it hasn't really done me any good besides for my school life and the name I made for myself everything else in my life has remained stagnant from the last few years, but at least the therapy helps me calm down a little..... even though it's just an hour per week.
Maxwell " I haven't really visited, though it's not like talking to her unconscious body would do me any good"
Therapist " Well even though I would love to continue this discussion with you our time for todays session has come to an end" closes his journal as Maxwell gets up to leave the room. " However Maxwell I will say this, though it was just a little I saw a change in your behavior today and this might just be the only change in the past 6 years, so take my advice and whatever it is that caused this slight in attitude I suggest you don't let leave you so easily and you should also go talk to your mother, unconscious or not it may provide you some form of comfort"
Maxwell "Sure doctor, will do"
(Maxwell leaves the therapy room and is heading to the exit of the hospital but is stopped when he hears a familiar melody coming from the room to his left, an angelic voice he's never heard before but the lyrics felt all too familiar and gave him the feeling of warmth and a sense of nostalgia, he begins to follow the voice and enters the room where he see's none other than Zoey singing to some elderly patients in the hospital, Maxwell sat down and quietly listened to the rest of the song as he had flashes of someone singing the same song to him once he unconsciously lets a tear out his left eye. as the song ends Maxwell just continues the sit there gazing at Zoey )
(Zoey spots Maxwell seated across the room)
Zoey " Maxwell? what are you doing here"
Maxwell " That was beautiful.....the song I mean"
Zoey *blushes* " What...uhh well thank you"
(Zoey and Maxwell leave the room together)
Maxwell " Actually I was just here for a check up when I heard you singing and it was just so good I couldn't help myself, but I never knew you also come to this hospital?"
Zoey " Yeah well I was just doing a little public service by helping out the elderly patients by entertaining them, I actually love singing you see"
Maxwell " Well that's great, it's nice to know you care so much for the elderly"
Zoey " Yeah"
Maxwell " By the way, that song you sang earlier It sounded so familiar to me for some reason but I don't really know where I've heard it"
Zoey " Well It was pretty popular back in the day so maybe you heard it on the radio a couple of times when you were little"
Maxwell " on the radio huh? your probably right"
Zoey " Hold on a second I think I forgot my bag in that room, could you be a darling and help me get it hero boy?" * poppy dog eyes*
Maxwell " Fine wait here I'll go"
Zoey " That's my hero boy"
(Maxwell leaves to go get the bag)
Therapist " Excuse me young lady"
Zoey" Good morning sir"
Therapist " Yes good morning I am doctor Philips, Max's therapist, It is nice to meet you, you must be Maxwell's girlfriend"
Zoey *in her head* " Maxwell has a therapist, and did he just call me his girlfriend?!"
Therapist " I am sorry to bother you but I saw you and Maxwell together so i just had to come over and say hi"
Zoey " Oh no you must be mistaken"
Therapist " I'm sorry but I couldn't help it but notice the recent progress in Maxwell's behavior, not only was he opening up to me during our session but he also talked freely with you just now, in all my years of therapy with Maxwell this is the only time this has happened, he is a nice kid but has been through quiet the ordeal in his life and would normally only speak to me and the people in his school when he is in school, but now it seems he has finally found someone to talk to outside his school I'm sorry you must think I am a real nuisance for talking so much but the thing is after being with Maxwell for so long I have gotten quiet attached to the boy and he is more like a son to me and I really only want the best for him so please if it isn't too much trouble please take care of Maxwell for me"
Zoey " OH well of course I will "
Therapist " Thank you for indulging this selfish old man umm...."
Zoey "Zoey....Zoey Parker"
Therapist " Zoey Parker....what a wonderful name, I believe I have heard it somewhere before however"
Zoey " Really It must be common then"
Therapist " I suppose so, anyway Zoey I will be heading out, give Maxwell my regards " walks away.
Zoey " Maxwell.....he must have really gone through a lot, I wonder what his past was like, his parents and siblings"
(Maxwell returns)
Maxwell " Hey twerp here is your bag, you don't have to thank me or anything, not that you would"
Zoey "huh? Oh yeah thank you, that's a good hero boy"
Maxwell " Hey don't baby me like I'm some kind of dog"
Zoey "Hahaha" Zoey laughs. " Whatever you say then"
(Outside the hospital)
Maxwell " Well I'll head home now then"
Zoey "Hold on hero boy, It's a beautiful day today you know it would be a waist to spend it indoors all day"
Maxwell " Huh?"
Zoey " Yeah so why don't we go enjoy it a little you know you only live once"
Maxwell " Well I guess I don't really have anything panned, so why not then"
Zoey "Great then It's decided, show me around"
Maxwell " Really so your gonna make me your personal tour guide.... yeah I should have seen that coming I guess"
Zoey " Hehehe" Zoey smile cunningly.
( Maxwell shows Zoey around the town for hours until the two end up on the roof of a tall building watching the sunset with a glass pf bear in their hands)
Maxwell "I don't know how I let you to talk me into getting on this roof"
Zoey " Aww don't be such a cry baby, I didn't force you, you got on the roof with me because a part of you wanted to besides don't be so strict with yourself you'll end up missing out on life if you do that"
Maxwell " Alright then mom, I'll do as you say "
Zoey " That reminds me, what about your mom and the rest of your family"
Maxwell "Hmmmm"
Zoey "You don't have to say anything if you don't want to"
Maxwell " My family, my dad sisters and brothers all died a while back, and my mom well she's still alive but has been in a coma for the last few years I don't really go to visit her often because I don't want her to feel disappointed even in her terrible state with my presence"
Zoey " It must be hard and it's not really my place to meddle so I will just let it be"
Maxwell " Thanks"
Zoey " Hey Hero boy, what do you think of love?"
Maxwell " Well you could say love is just like a contract between two people really, it's made for the two of then to be bound together and make each other happy and is proclaimed to last forever.... and that is just not true no matter how hard anyone may want to believe it because just like all other things that contract of love will also come to an end in one way or the other and when it eventually does the only left is the other side of the coin pain and emptiness"
Zoey " What a cruel way to look at it. I agree that it all comes to and end eventually I mean everything and everyone have to face an end weather wanted or not but not everything that is sweet necessarily leaves pain and sadness behind when it's gone, I believe that love is a beautiful feeling that brings so much joy and colour into one's life that even after it departs it leaves behind a beaming light that may not be bright enough to give you the joy you once had but will be there to provide warmth and a sense of satisfaction, hey I mean call me crazy am I right" smiles softly at Maxwell. "So don't live life always thinking about how the future might look, sometimes you need to savor the time you have in the present because that is the only way to guarantee you happiness and satisfaction in the future, if you take life too seriously you might just miss out on the best part, sound crazy right? but I believe it"
Maxwell " No it's not !!! "
Zoey "Huh??"
Maxwell " That was beautiful, you're beautiful, you live life like no one else I've ever seen, not dependent on any person's opinion and you always seem to shine brightly no matter what it is your doing, you're the perfect one here so please don't ever stop believing, ZOEY!"
(At that moment Zoey heart skipped a beat then continued to beat faster and faster as she silently gazed at Maxwell with her face bright red, never before had someone heard her speak of her beliefs and not laughed at her naivety and although Maxwell had his eyes opened cruelly to the reality of this world he refused to laugh at the dreams and the naivety of another )
Zoey " Uhm your drunk hero boy I should get you home now"
(Zoey helps Maxwell as they both head to the exit of the building)
(Along the way the two are stopped by some familiar faces)
John " Max??"
Drake " Is that Max?"
Maxwell " Huh??"
(A few days ago Maxwell's friends had planned a get together on Saturday and invited Maxwell and asked him to also bring the new student along with him and though unknowingly Maxwell had wondered all around the city and into the hang out spot and also accidently brought along a friend which so happens to be the new student, Zoey Parker.)
John " Hey that girl he's with, isn't that the new girl? ha! I knew Max wouldn't let me down "
Zoey *thinking* "OH shoot, what the, why are hero boy's friends hero boy no they must already know about him dating Ella, this could be a problem "
Drake " hey new girl what's going on"
John " Ha! can't you see drake I told Max to bring her to the get together and seems like they got her too early and Max got drunk, that's our Max he never disappoints"
Random girl 1" Hold on isn't senior Max already with that Ella girl"
Random girl 2 " Don't tell me he still brought another girl to the mixer despite that, I never thought senior Max was that kind of person"
Zoey * thinking* " No I can't let hero boy be painted as the bad guy her, he can't even speak to defend himself yet they drag his name through the dirt and they have the gull to say they respect him, he never planned on bringing me here, I can't let him be disgraced like this"
Drake "Hey girls don't..."
Zoey "I was the one who made him take me out!!"
Random girl 2 " What?? despite knowing senior has a girlfriend you still brought him here, poor senior"
Random girl 1 " What a shameless girl"
Drake " Huh??"
Zoey " Yes I was the one but now he isn't feeling too well so I better take him home"
Random girl 2 " Waw and she is even a class ahead of senior yet she does this"
Random girl 1 " I know how shameless"
Drake " Zoey??"
(Zoey silently helps Maxwell and they both leave the building)
(Maxwell and Zoey's apartment)
Zoey "ok you should be able to sort yourself out here, man you really caused me a lot of trouble today hero boy"
Maxwell "Thank you Twerp, see you tomorrow" enters his apartment.
Zoey "Hnn well today was fun, see you tomorrow, Maxwell"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Shehu_Usman Sorry for the late posting please enjoy and if anyone would like to know how Zoey looks then feel free to ask in the comments.
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