[max] we're just friends

[Charlie Pierce]

Charlie moved her bangs away from her face before she brought her hand up and knocked on the front door. She took in a deep breath and sighed quietly to herself, wondering how today was going to go. Being friends with Max was interesting. Mainly because she wanted to know what the back of his tonsils tasted like. But also because it was interesting to see someone so young on the precipous of really making it big in their career. It was okay for them to be friends. She was sort of in the industry after all. It wouldn’t be entirely crazy if people saw them together. But it also wasn’t fair. She really liked this guy. A lot. But they couldn’t be together because the public was under the impression that he had a girlfriend due to his management. So if they were seen together, they would both look bad. Stupid situation. She smiled as the door opened and perked up instantly. “ Kathryn” she said, holding up the two bags she was carrying. The movies for her and Max were in her purse. “ I made some of that spinach and artichoke dip I was telling you about. So while I was doing that I made some bruschetta with the tomatoes from my garden.. and thought to heck with it. Got some French bread, sliced it up. Figured you might want some,” she said as she offered her the first bag. “ And this…” she said happily, “ Is some swag gifts Libby and I got from the last hotel we stayed at. There should be some body lotions, body wash, soaps, bath salts.. “ she said with a quick wink before she leaned in to give her a hug and step inside. Charlie looked down at her shoes, stepping out of them as fast as she possibly could before she made her way into the living room. “ Hey,” she said to Max as she leaned over from behind the couch to wrap her free arm around him tightly, leaning down to kiss the side of his cheek before she stood up and climbed over the back of the couch. “ Okay, so,” she said promptly as she plopped onto the couch and opened her purse. “ We’re having a potter-thon” she said as she smiled at him before digging further in her purse. “ I also brought you movie snacks,” she said while taking fruit roll ups, fruit gushers and fruit by the foot out of her purse and dumping it all in his lap. Charlie scrunched up her nose and made a face as she felt her phone vibrating in the pocket of her overalls before she took it out, answering it. “Hey mum,” she said, pushing the rolled up sleeves of her shirt to her elbows before spinning on the couch and placing her legs over Max’s lap. “ No I just got to Max’s house,” she said, crossing one leg over the other. An instant blush came across Charlie’s cheeks as she listened to her mother on the other end of the phone and decided to end it quickly. “ Mum, I have to go. I’ll call you tomorrow. Love you,”, cutting the phone call short. “ Want to share a fruit by the foot with me? We can Lady and Tramp it,” she said jokingly as she curled her legs over his.
Outfit

[Max Ronan Reid]

Max grinned when Charlie climbed over the couch to sit beside him, "Well hello," throwing his arm along the back of the couch. It was cool she was so cool with Kate, because Kate was a rad mom. She let Max have a lot of freedom. He let her have a really awesome kid. Win/win. Charlie told him they were having a Harry Potter marathon, to which Max made a fist, "Yes," he said. "Harry Potter is my shit, Charlie." Max dug through the snacks on his lap before picking up a fruit by the foot and shoving the rest off onto the couch beside him, just in time for Charlie to place her legs over his lap. Damn, he was a sucker for legs. And hers were so good. Tan, toned, smooth... she kept saying they needed to stay platonic for the sake of their reputations but she kept doing things like putting her perfect legs all up on his lap and honestly, they weren't in public. Who was gonna see them anyways? Other than his mom, but she was leaving anyways. It was August already, she was getting school shit ready for the little kiddies. Max sighed while she finished up her conversation, his hands gliding over her knee and along her leg. He tore the wrapper of the fruit by teh foot with his teeth, offering her one end jokingly, hearing his mom in the hall, "Max? I'm heading out, behave yourselves." "Ha, sure will, mom." Max shrugged, hearing the door shut.

[Charlie Pierce]

Charlie looked over the back of the couch as his mom told them to behave and then made a slightly confused face before she smiled at Max. “ Do you have a tendency of not behaving yourself?” she asked with a short laugh before she moved his hand off of her legs so she could stand up and go put the movie on. Charlie opened the first dvd case before standing on her toes and placing it in the player, fumbling through the buttons on the remote until she got it to the menu screen and made her way back over to Max. When she settled back on the couch she moved closer to him, turning her legs at an angle to put over his lap. Charlie reached her hands up to her braids, taking them and shaking her hair quickly before pulling it over one of her shoulders. “ Ready?” she asked as she picked up the end of the fruit roll up that he had offered her. She could play fruit roll up chicken. Charlie bit onto the end of it, pulling down on the bottom wrapper so it came off completely before she narrowed her eyes at Max. Game on. Charlie sat up, placing her hand on Max’s knee to stabilize her leg before she tried to eat her way to the middle of the fruit roll up.. lady and the tramp style. It was probably easier with spaghetti. But as she got closer to the middle, she noticed the way his lips moved and paused. His lips probably tasted like strawberry. She looked down nervously, feeling the blush rush back to her cheeks. While trying to calm her heart rate, she finished chewing what was in her mouth from the fruit roll up. “ Do you want to start the movie?” she asked before lifting her eyes back up to look at him. He was close. Too close. Too close for friends anyways. Which is exactly what they were. Just friends. Because he “has a girlfriend”. And she wasn’t about to get in the middle of that. Except apparently she was, because without warning her body was moving against his, gripping her fingers into the back of his hair as she locked her lips against his.

[Max Ronan Reid]

Max laughed slightly when Charlie asked if he had a tendency of not behaving. "Um, yeah sometimes." Okay, a lot of the time. Charlie got up to start the movie, Max sitting back, still kind of staring at her legs, thinking about how not friendly his thoughts were. And his mom had left. Charlie was concerned about paps seeing them. No one was going to see them in his house. When she came back and sat down, Max pulled her legs back onto his lap, watching a she took her braids out. Oh no, all that hair. She was really bad at making herself look like a friend. Max took his end of the fruit roll up, smiling, "Ready when you are." Was he ever. They could play chicken. This was going to end in a kiss, or he would win. He would win either way then. he wasn't about to stop there. For a second he didn't think she was either. He grinned, finishing what was in his mouth when she turned away, asking about the movie. She was blushing. "I'm sorry, am I in your personal space?" he asked, leaning closer to her, "Is this too close for comfort?" Max waited. he could almost see the change in her facial expression. Three.... two... yup. There it was. next thing he knew she was leaning into him, kissing him. Her lips were just as perfect as they looked. Max leaned in, one hand in her hair, one moving up her leg to rest on her hip, pulling her closer. he never said he wanted to be friends. he said he would, but not that he wanted to. This was more what he was aiming for. Some people were friends and grew into a relationship. Some people just hit you like a brick wall, without you even seeing them coming. Instant attraction. First time he saw her, that was it. Had to go for it. He had warned her that he had a tendency of not behaving. At this point, no one was even paying attention to the boy who lived in the cupboard under the stairs. Not that anyone ever did, so it was fine, he was used to it.

[Charlie Pierce]

Charlie smiled against Max’s lips as he responded to her kiss. Plus his hands were perfect, and on her hip.. and pulling her closer. Charlie had only been with one guy before – Noah, and she had dated him for years. But she’d never been this attracted to someone either. It was the weirdest thing, she knew instantly she wanted to hook up with him, but she also knew.. she kind of liked him, too. So it was this all around, I want to taste every inch of your skin – but I also want to know what the name of your little league team was growing up. Charlie held onto the back of his neck tightly as she moved over his lap. Charlie moved her hands away from his body, keeping her lips against his as she started to unbutton her overalls. She pulled away from the kiss, half debating if this was a good idea, half trying to catch her breath. Oxygen would clear her mind. Nope. Cause now she could just stare at his lips. “ Do you want to show me your bedroom?” she asked quietly before she leaned back down to kiss him, nibbling against his bottom lip. It wasn’t fair. They were so perfect. Charlie stood up from the couch, reaching her hand out to him to help him stand up.