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“Oh no, no, no.” Elizabeth smiled shaking her head. “Y-You’ll always be number one.” She giggled. “The high school.”
“Oh sweet deal, I’m number one” he smiles. “I was going to say, if he was at the university I could’ve seen him around”
Elizabeth smiled widely, shrugging a little. “I-I mean.. I-I don’t want to jinx anything..” She shrugged a little. “H-His name i-is Ryan.. He is a English teacher.. H-He’s sorta amazing..”
“Sounds like I have some competition” he joked. “He teaches at the University or the high school?”
“U-Uh… Not much..:” Shrugs a little. “I-I mean.. I have kind of been seeing someone.. But other than that.. Nothing much..”
“Doesn’t sound like nothing much, that’s exciting! Tell me about him. What’s his name, what does he do for a living?”
Elizabeth smiled lightly, shrugging a little. “You’re a better one.”
“Impossible” he smiled at her. “Now come on, you gotta tell me, what’s been going on in the life of Elizabeth”
“That’s a good thing..” She smiled weakly, squeezing his hand tightly.
Max smiled at her softly. “You’re a really good friend, Eliz”
“T-That’s very true…” Her eyes stayed on her dress for a moment, before she looked over at him, reaching a hand out to place it over his. “She should be the easiest thing to remember.. Don’t ever forget..”
Max let out a small smile. “Even if I could forget, I’d never want to”
“Yeah… Well.. The thing with the past is.. It’s always around.. Something always there to remind you..” She murmured, letting her gaze fall for a moment. “Some for the better.. Some for the worse..”
“Everyone has something in the past that they’d rather just forget” he looked at her. “Unfortunately those memories are probably the easiest to remember”
Elizabeth stared at him for a moment, before slowly nodding her head. “W-Well… if you ever want to talk about her. I’m here..” Smiles softly. Elizabeth couldn’t imagine how hard it probably was for Max. Losing someone you had wanted to spend the rest of your life with. It must have been tough.
“Thank you” he said softly before taking the photo album and shutting it, not wanting to look at it at the moment. He sniffed quietly, trying his best to cover up and stop himself from crying before placing the album down. “The past is in the past, there’s nothing any of us could do to stop it” he tried to reassure himself.
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Elizabeth’s chest ached for her friend. It pained her knowing that he was hurting, that he was going to forever be morning the death of the woman he was going to start his life with. “M-Max..” She whispered softly, shaking her head. “L-Love isn’t something to be ashamed of.. N-Not with her..” She moved a finger down the one of the photos. “I-I won’t.. I mean, I-I wouldn’t say anything… B-But.. it’s nothing you should feel like you have to hide..”
He looked down for a moment. “I just don’t like people knowing” he shrugged. “Its something I like to keep to myself, I don’t know” he looked at her. “I’m very open about things, I just like to keep her to myself”
Elizabeth shifted a bit awkwardly when Max mentioned the shooting. The whole thing was making her feel out of place. She wasn’t sure if she should comfort him or not. Would he want a hug? Would he want her to say something? “She was..” She agreed, looking over one of the photos before looking back at him. “It’s never going to get e-easier..” She whispered. “B-But II-I don’t think you should have to hide t-this.. W-Why don’t you wear your ring all the time?”
He looked over at her for a moment. “It gets harder every day” he said quietly, looking down at the album. “I keep picturing what my life would be like with her in it.... We could have started a family by now” he said looking down. “I don’t like people knowing. You’re the only one” he looked back up at her. “The only one who knows”
Elizabeth felt sick as soon as they words left his mouth. P-Passed away..” She had to say them again, just to make sure she was hearing him correctly. “H-How… How is that even… I mean..” Her eyes fell to a picture of the happy couple, their eyes bright, huge smiles covering their faces. “W-When?” She questioned, reaching out a hand to touch his knee.
He nodded, looking over at her watching her reactions to everything. “June 2nd, 2009″ he recalled the exact date. “The day of the shooting” he paused for a moment, looking down at some of the pictures in the album. He hasn’t smiled as brightly as he did in those photos since her death. “She was so beautiful”
Elizabeth honestly didn’t understand what was going on. What was he doing? Why was he wearing a ring. None of it made much sense to her, but when he bought out a photo album, she couldn’t help but feel her heart drop a little at his words. Eyeing him for a moment, she slowly opened the book and began to look through it. “W-Wow Max.. Y-You guys are beautiful together..” She murmured, running her finger over a photo before looking up at him. “W-What happened?”
“We were beautiful” he corrected her, avoiding eye contact as he looked down at the pages of the photo album. “She- um...” he stopped himself. “She passed away”
Elizabeth stared at him for a moment, cocking her head to the side once again. “I-I don’t think I understand… “She murmured honestly. “Who do you want to remember…? A-And why not wear it in public..? Are you ashamed..?”
Max thinks for a moment. “Give me a second” he said before leaving the room and coming back a few minutes later with a photo album. He hands her the photo album. “This...is probably one of the most important possessions I own” he said honestly. “Go ahead, flip through it” he said, waiting for her to open it. “That is a photo album full of pictures of me and my fiance”
“S-So…? Is it like a promise ring o-or something?” She questioned, cocking her head to the side a little. “I-I’ve never noticed it before..”
“It’s not a promise ring, no. More like something to remember someone by” he looked down for a moment. “I don’t wear it in public”
“Did uh, you get married without me knowing…?” She asked with a weak laugh. “I-I mean… I thought you would have a-asked me to take pictures…” She joked dryly as she felt the air in the room change.
Max lets out a faint laugh, looking down at his ring and just staring at it for a moment. “No-uh” he managed to say quietly. “I didn’t get married, trust me If I did you’d know” he spoke softly, fiddling with the ring on his finger
Elizabeth nodded her head as she listened to him talking. “Oh yeah.. That sounds like a lot of work.. Not very much fun either..” She wrinkled her nose, giving him an apologetic smile before her eyes fell to the papers and work all around them. “Mhm..” Her eyes moved back towards him, but the shine of something on his hand caught her attention. “UH.. Max..?” Her eyes landed on a ring on his wedding finger.Â
“Yeah it’s a lot of work but I think it’s worth it” he shrugs, tidying up his papers. He stayed quiet for a moment, before speaking. “Yeah?” he asked her, finally looking over at her and seeing where she was looking. Fuck. he forgot to take off his ring
