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Part 11
Max POV
When the alarm goes off at six am I pull myself out of bed. I didn’t get very much sleep there was too much on my mind. I drag my ass into a shower and get dressed to head to the hospital. I want to make sure I’m there before Ethan wakes up.
I stop by the cafeteria and grab some coffee and croissants for Liz before making my way to Ethan’s room. Visiting hours haven’t started yet but the nurses let me walk through to the room without any questions.
When I enter the room it’s still dark and when my eyes adjust I see that Liz is asleep on the camping bed beside Ethan, who is still sleeping peacefully.
I take a seat and just watch them while I sip on my coffee. I should be thinking about what I’m going to say to Tess when I go by there later but right now I just sit there and stare at my son and then to his mother. Liz is beautiful. She is no longer the sexy teenager that tempted me into bed I realise that now after spending the last few weeks with her and Ethan. Liz is now a mature woman, a very beautiful one at that.
“Hey,” her sleepy voice startles me and when I look down I see her staring at him.
“Hi,” I smile before handing her the coffee I got her.
“Hmm thank you,” she whispers taking a sip.
“I bought you some breakfast too,” I add.
“You’re here early,” she comments studying my appearance. I know I look like shit but she doesn’t say anything about it, which I appreciate.
“Just wanted to make sure. I wasn’t getting much sleep so I thought I might as well be here,” I shrug.
I watch Liz as she struggles to stand up then and I offer her my hand to help, I then pack the bed up for her before joining her on the seats and watching Ethan.
“He doesn’t normally wake till eight,” Liz points out.
“I’m sorry,” I frown. “I should have let you sleep longer,” I apologise as I look at how tired she is.
She rests her hand on mine in a comforting gesture. “It’s fine I wasn’t sleeping that much either,” she grins.
I’m not sure what comes over me but I turn my hand over and entwine our fingers and Liz lets me do it. I can see her staring at our joined hands with a little confusion but right now I need her comfort and I’m pretty sure she needs mine.
Liz POV
I have no idea what happens but the next thing I know my son’s little voice is waking me from my peaceful slumber.
“Mama,” he is calling out to me and I see his little face looking at me when I finally open my eyes. Max is asleep in the chair next me but when I move his head drops since it no longer has mine to rest on and he wakes up.
“Hey,” I whisper. “He’s awake,” I tell him before standing up and walking towards Ethan.
I kiss his little head and he smiled. “How are you feeling baby?” I ask him.
I feel Max walk up beside me. “Hey buddy,” he says.
“Hi Daddy,” he says.
“I’s ok,” he says. “Can we go home now?” he asks me.
“I’m not sure we’ll have to ask the Doctor,” I explain. I take a step away from the bed to go call the Doctor but Ethan’s little shriek has me turning straight back.
“No mama don’t go,” he cries and his little hands reach up for me to pick him up which I don’t hesitate in doing.
“Sit down I’ll go,” Max says and I nod my thanks as I crush Ethan to my chest.
“Shh baby,” I soothe him.
Max comes back in a minute later and says that the Doctor will be around during rounds. A lady brings in some breakfast for Ethan then and I sit him back down on the bed and encourage him to eat while Max and I finally eat the croissants he brought with him.
When the Doctor comes he checks Ethan over and asks him some questions before telling us that he’s fine and we can take him home. I sigh in relief because I didn’t want to have to explain to my son why he had to stay another night.
“Come on buddy,” Max says swooping him into his arms, as we get ready to leave.
Ethan giggles as Max throws him high in the air. “More Daddy,” he squeals and I smile at the two of them.
Max drives us back to the Crashdown and to my surprise he has a car seat for Ethan. “It was my old one and my mum pulled it out for me yesterday,” he tells me.
Once we reach the apartment we head inside and I sit him down on the lounge and take a seat beside him and Max sits opposite us seemingly happy to let me handle this situation.
“Ethe honey?” I start.
“Yeah mama?” he asks.
“Can you tell mummy and daddy what you were doing last night when you fell?” I ask.
“I’s wanted my tuck,” he says with wide eyes and I curse myself for putting it so high up on the shelf.
“I thought you were in bed?” I question.
“I was,” he says. “But I’s not tired anymore,”
“Ok mate but next time you should just wait for mummy to get something down for you ok,” Max speaks up and tells him.
“Ok daddy,” he nods.
“You really scared mummy,” I croak out then. “Don’t climb anything by yourself again please sweetie,” I say.
“I wont mama,” he promises.
“Good,” I smile and kiss his chubby little cheek.
Max POV
I take a deep breath as I step out of the jeep. I’m glad my parents kept this thing for me after I left for college or I’d be lost right now. After leaving Liz’s apartment after she assured me that her and Ethan were fine I’m out the front of Tess’s house hoping that she might talk to me today.
I knock on the door and a scowling Mr Harding answers the door. “Max,” he says.
I clear my throat. “Ed is Tess here?” I ask.
I see him hesitate before he nods and opens the door for me. In the four years I’ve been with Tess this is the only time I’ve never felt welcomed in her house but I can hardly blame them.
I wait in the hallway as he goes to tell Tess that I’m here. Tess appears in the hallway five minutes later and she looks about as good as I feel. She’s wearing sweats and a shirt and her hair is just pulled back in a ponytail.
“Hi,” I whisper.
“Hi,” she replies.
“Can we talk?” I ask.
I watch her nod. “But not here.”
“Can we go for a drive?” I suggest.
“Yeah,” she says.
We drive in silence to the lake and I park so we can get out.
“How’s Ethan?” she asks.
“Um better,” I tell her with a small smile. “He’s home now,” I add.
“Good,” she whispers.
I am just about to start but she beats me to it. “I should have seen it coming, I knew you had a thing for her in high school,” she says.
I’m surprised, I thought she was oblivious. “I wasn’t stupid Max I just figured it was a crush because you were dating me after all, and you always seemed happy with me.” she answers my silent question.
“I didn’t do it to hurt you. I mean I didn’t set out to do it and I was happy with you. It just happened,” I stop and tell her.
“Yeah you just went to a party without your girlfriend and just fell into bed with her,” she says sarcastically.
“No, I mean…”
“What did happen?” she asks me then. “I mean you said you weren’t drinking and that you didn’t set out to do it so how did it happen Max?”
I gulp. “Tess is this really important?” I ask her. The information will only hurt her.
“I want to know,” she snaps.
We sit down at a bench then and I take a deep breath. “I was attracted to her,” I say. “And we started talking and one thing just led to another,” is my lame attempt at an explanation.
Her eyes narrow at me. “Did she make the first move?” she asks.
“Yeah,” I regretfully whisper. I feel like a dobber and I’m not telling her this so that she blames Liz I just refuse to lie to her any longer.
I hear her scoff, “figures. The slut couldn’t be satisfied with half the student body she has to have the unavailable half too,” I’m surprised at her bitterness, sure she has a right to be angry with Liz and I but I’ve never heard her be so mean about something before.
“I made a mistake Tess,” I tell her then, I’m ready to grovel for her forgiveness now. “A big one but I have never lied to you about how I feel and I have never even looked at another women since that day. I love you baby, only you,” I tell her.
I watch her shake her head. “You lied to me for three years,” she says as she begins to start crying. “How do you expect me to trust you anymore?” she turns and whispers.
“I, of course you can trust me,” I tell her but as I look at her face I can see the hurt there and that right now she doesn’t trust me at all. “It was three years ago baby,” I plead, “I was a different person, we were in a different relationship,” I say.
“No,” she shakes her head. “I was in a monogamous relationship then. Nothing has changed for me,” she cries. “You were the one that was different, you were the one who had a thing for someone else and acted on it. You were the one who lied to me and made me think you saved yourself for me,” she sobs.
“I’m so sorry,” I all I can say.
“I know you are but it doesn’t change things,” she tells me. “And now you have a son with her,” she spits at me. “You’ll always be around her, how do you expect me to trust you?” she asks.
“Because it’s different now. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. She’s different too,” I tell her.
“Once a slut always a slut,” she spits out and its obvious where she is placing her anger right now and I feel sorry for Liz because it’s not all her fault. She wasn’t the one who chose to lie to Tess about it.
“He’s my son Tess,” I say.
“I know that and you should be part of his life,” she says, “he looks like you,” she adds.
“I thought you said he looked like Liz?” I wonder if she’s had a suspicion.
“I just thought he looked familiar,” she cries, “It’s because he looks like you”
We sit in silence for a while both thinking but eventually I have to break it to ask, “What happens now?” I wonder.
“I don’t know,” she says. “I really don’t know.”
TBC.....I'll be back on Friday night
