Okay so I am starting this then
~~~~~~Max~~~~~~
Alone.
I always seem to be so these days. Well, apart from the days I let Tess hang around with me. I just… I don’t want to be alone… but I don’t want to spend my time with Tess either. She’s probably the only person who seems to understand me and yet also clearly knows so little about me. But she’s not the one I want around me. No there’s only one person I would want around me… but only if she somehow could turn back the clock.
How could she sleep with Kyle? How could she do it to me? I always imagined we’d be each others firsts… I know we weren’t together (not that that was my choice) but still… she said she loved me… how could that just… disappear? How could that just go, in an instant…
I feel a tear start to form in my eye but I simply won’t let it. No, I will not let myself cry. I stare at the cave wall opposite me, right where I have only ever seen my mother. I wonder if her and my dad had an easy time with love… maybe it was just a royal marriage, not a marriage of love…
I could never do that. I could never marry someone I didn’t love…
And right now I think that means I’m destined to be alone. Because the only girl I think I’ll ever love broke my heart. I know we’re sort of friends now… but I don’t know I’ll ever really forgive her…
I sigh as I force myself to stand up. There’s no point in wallowing anymore. I should go home, do some sort of studying. I would probably have been at the crash right now, staring at Liz if she hadn’t…
I shake my head to clear my thoughts and leave the cave. As I start to walk down the cliff face I thank who ever created us that at least I have Maria. She’s the only one I seem to be close to anymore. But Maria is friends with Liz. I would spend even more time with her but; Maria tends to be where Liz is. And although we’re ‘friends’, I really need limited contact with her right now.
I head over to the stream and cup my hands to take a drink of the cool water. As I raise my hands to my lip, I see something blue out of the corner of my eye, floating down the stream. As I turn to look at it, the thing jumps out of the water and charges towards me before I can react. I feel pain for a moment as I hit the dirt.
~~~~~Dark Max~~~~~
My eyes shot open, my eyes now a deep black. I stand swiftly. I have never felt so… strong. So… free. I can do whatever I want. I can hurt who I like, and I can give revenge on those who have hurt me… those who have completely ruined my life…
Tess. This is all her fault. She should have never even existed. A plan forms in my mind, knowing exactly who will be my first victim. I roll my head to the left and right thoughtfully. Yes, she will pay for her existence.
I can feel the power crackle in my hands. I can feel that I can bring this freedom to others. But why should I share such power to be free? Why should I show everyone the taste of strength? No… this is mine. All mine. No one else.
At least not for now… but I can think of at least one person I can make an exception for. Someone who deserves a taste of freedom.
~~~~~CLARK~~~~~
I growl angrily as I grab my leather jacket off the couch I have… acquired. I put it over my shoulders and turn towards my very, very uninvited guest. I head towards the door, but she’s blocking it. I grab her by the shoulders and trying to be firm but not actually kill her or anything I push her against the wall.
“Listen up Chloe.” I tell her firmly. “STOP following me! I have a life that doesn’t involve Smallville anymore. Get use to it. You and everyone else in that town mean nothing to me now. So get back to your small town life and leave me the fuck alone!” I give her one more little shove against the wall before heading out of my apartment door and heading towards my motorbike. In my mind I’m contemplating running. But I want my bike. I like my bike. Black… it suits me. I hop on my bike, thinking that if she dares to come down to stop me I can grab my bike and lift it and run. Maybe that way she’ll stop tracking me.