Backstory

"Well, you know that Chloe and I had been going out for a while, right?" Max asked.

"Yeah," Victoria replied, "after Amber died, you and Price we're pretty much attached at the hip."

"Well, Rachel was alive."

"What?!" Victoria asked in shock. "How?!"

"I... Still haven't figured that out yet." Max replied before clearing her throat. "Anyway, Chole got this idea to try and do some sort of three-way girlfriend thing with the two of us so she wouldn't have to choose."

"Of course she did. The hair dye must've effected that lunatic's brain, I swear." Victoria thought to herself with an eye roll. Out loud she asked, "And things started going south, I'm guessing?"

"Well, at first things we're fine enough. Chloe would take me on a date, then Rachel, then Rachel and I would go on a date, then all three of us." Max shrugged, "Confusing, but fine enough. And then Chloe and Rachel started to grow closer again, and -"

"Don't tell me. Price dumped you to spend more time with Amber."

"I ended it, actually." Max admitted sadly, "She was having so much fun with Rachel, more than the two of us ever had. I couldn't call myself Chloe's friend if I got in the way of that."

Victoria had to admit, she felt her heart break at that.

"That led up to last night at that party. I was supposed to go with Chloe and Rachel, but... You know." Max sighed. "I admit, I may have had a little too much to drink at the time. Not enough to not remember anything, but still. That's when I met you there, having looked like you had one too many, too. You came up to me and..."

"Well, well. Looky here!"

Max turned around to see Victoria saunter up to her, a drink in her hand.

"Go away, Victoria."

"Didn't expect you to be here, Caulfield. Must have been a mixup on the invites. And why are you alone? Decided to ditch the blue freak?"

Normally, Max would have replied to that with either a snarky remark, or flipping Victoria the bird before walking away. However, due to the combination of her recent breakup and the **** intake, Max gave off a different reply...

"Wait? Are you - Shit! You're actually crying!" Victoria whispered nervously, looking around. She knew full well that tormenting someone until they broke down would earn her a completely different reputation around school. "Uh... Okay, let's talk for a minute."

"You led me outside and we sat down on the porch." Max continued, "You asked me what was wrong and I explained about Chloe and Rachel. You were stunned back then, too, by the way. After I explained everything, you actually apologized and invited me to come back to your dorm. We talked for a bit before you..."

"Before I what?"

"Before you kissed me." Max replied with a blush, "And Wozer! Tongue and all."

"Okay, I think I'm up to speed." Victoria said, "We made out, ripped our clothes off, and then we banged each others' brains out. Right?"

"Yeah." Max replied, "Except before we did the last two, you said something to me that I was shocked to hear and, honestly, I didn't believe at first."

"What did I say?"

"That you had..." Max stammered as she cleared her throat. "That you had a crush on me for a while now. Since me and Chloe were dating."

Victoria yelped as she froze, letting the blanket she was using for cover fall to the floor while her entire body went red. The one thing she never admitted to anyone, not even herself...

And she just blabbed it to the very object of her affections while drunk!

"You... You didn't really mean that, did you?" Max asked, disappointment in her voice.