𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 (𝐌𝐚𝐱. 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞)

XVII

"Oh" it became dead silent "are you?" Aki's dad turned to Zoya 

"No but it doesn't matter" she snapped 

"Zoya's my girlfriend" Obie clarified awkwardly 

"Are you saying Akeno?" Aki's mom asked Audrey who looked completely terrified and guilty 

"Oh hi," Audrey got the hospital on the phone and was able to get out of the conversation "oh I have to go," she told Aki's parents walking away "Hi, so Kiki's good?" I followed her into the bathroom where she started freaking out "Oh my god, oh my god" she put the hand dryer on and screamed 

"Audrey!" I grabbed her arms trying to calm her down 

"I just outed my boyfriend to his family" Audrey cried "I cannot believe what I just did, I'm a horrible  person"

"It's going to be ok" I assured her 

"You know what? no, it's fine, this is not my fault, it's not" she tried convincing herself but didn't seem to be getting that far "he wanted me to come tonight, I didn't want to come tonight, I wanted to stay at the hospital I-I"

"Hey, Audge, you're just tired alright, you're going through something very hard and this is not helping, you're ok, everything will be ok, Aki will understand"

"Ok, so, what do I- what do I- how- what do I do?" she stammered breathing heavily 

"You need to tell him what happened," I told her, she pointed her tiny finger in my face 

"Absolutely not, no!" suddenly some tiny little voice came out of nowhere "do- do you hear that? where is that coming from"

"From your phone Audrey," I said exasperatedly she gasped and grabbed the phone 

"Hello?" she furrowed her eyebrows "yes, this is, ok" 

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The next morning I woke up to a few texts from Max, I quickly opened them to see what was wrong. 

M: I know you don't love me at the moment but could you come over 
M: I really need your help right now 
M: My dad did something again 
M: please Cat

I sighed and rolled out of bed, it was 8:00 in the morning and I really didn't want to get up. I threw on a pair of sweat pants and a loose-fitting shirt before heading downstairs where my dad was cooking breakfast "Where are you going this early in the morning?" he asked setting down the pan with eggs in it 

"To Max's," I told him simply grabbing my purse 

"I thought you two broke up"

"We did"

"Then why are you going over there?"

"We can still be friends dad" I laughed a bit "he's dealing with some family stuff right now, weren't you friends with Serena after the two of you broke up?"

"Not really" he sighed as I walked to the elevator 

"Well, I'll see ya later dad" he waved goodbye and I was on my way. I understood where my father was coming from, I mean, Max had hurt me a lot but friends still need to support each other, and Max's friendship wasn't one I was willing to lose. I hadn't seen his fathers in a long time, we stopped having weekly dinners after we broke up and he started with Rafa. When I got there I was about to knock when the door swung open

"Cat!" Max exclaimed, he looked really tired and quite put down "thanks for being here"

"Yeah, no problem" I went inside and put my bag down "what's going on?"