It was still a surprise for Max whenever Choe mentioned that she was more aware of others now than she was before. A year go Chloe would have been the first one to say that the project can wait. Maybe the time really changed them in some ways and that wasn't so bad. But when she took a closer look at Chloe now it was as if the girl in front of her was thinking about something. What exactly it was she couldn't tell in that moment. [color=ed145b]"It is okay, really! I would have never mentioned it when there is a problem with it."[/color] Max than showed a small smile just to proof that she meant it. Probably it would have been for the best when the project were already finished today, but then again Max wanted to have some time with the girl and since Kate let her go Max would use the given time. After thinking about that Max had another sip from her coffee, before her eyes focused on Chloe once more. Something was clearly going in in that girls brain and Max wanted nothing more as to know what it was.

The brunettes mouth was already open to say something else but closed soon enough as Joyce approached their booth with the good smelling food. Max mouthed a thanks to her and took her knife and fork into her hand. As always the food looked just as good as in a dream and it was always a pleasure to eat something from Joyce. Max started to eat while her eyes sometimes darted upwards in Chloes direction. Somehow it was unlike her to wait that long to even take a little bite since Chloe was often fast with eating. But Max already knew that Chloe was thinking about something. What could she think about?, was Max's thought over and over again while she ate her belgian waffle unsure if it was okay for her to just ask. Chloe was her friend and it would be normal for Max that she wanted to know more. Maybe she would hit a nerve even when Chloe was never really mad at her for asking anything. But digging her nose in was sometimes nor for the best.

As Chloe suddenly spoke up it took her by surprise. But not just for the reason that Chloe was talking again it was more because of what she just said. It statelled Max for a moment where her eyes just looked at Chloe, her mouth open to anwser, but was soon closed agin. Wowsers, that was a serious question and Max wasn't so sure about the anwser. Well yes, she knew so much reasons for that and Max never felt as if it was the wrong way. Sure she could have died right away from that bullet even when she never thought about the consequences when her body had moved forward to distract Nathan from Chloe. Even when the consequences would have been in her mind just from the start she had done the same thing. Still Max would do it over and over again and that was a thing she was 100% sure about.

[color=ed145b]"Why do you even ask? There are enough reasons for that Chloe and I would do it again for you. Do you really want to her the reasons?"[/color] Max would tell her but not here and not now. And it was for Chloe to descide if she really wanted to talk about that topic again. They not often talked about that and Max thought it was for the best to just let the things go that happened a year ago. They had to move on even when Max knew that it wasn't that easy. Sometimes it even happens to her that she has nightmares and it ended always the same way. She would wake up, her heart pounding as if she was running a marathon and than there were the thoughts about everything that happened all over again.

The thoughts shut down when she heard footsteps once again and this time it was Rachel. So it was for the best to forget about that topic for now. That's why Max showed up a smile again. [color=ed145b]"Hey Rachel."[/color] It was hard to forget about the topic from before now, but Chloe seemed to change it too. With a nod Max started to eat a bit more from the begian waffle in front of her as she still listened to the others. As she heard about the camera her face brightened up more.

[color=ed145b]"Sure! I always have it by my side."[/color] Most of the time at least. But without her camera she woud feel somehow naked since she always found something interesting to take a nice shot. [i]'Always take the shot!'[/i] It was just ironical for her to think about something Jefferson has said but it was a thing she just couldn't forget. Never. Max took a deep breath. [color=ed145b]"If you want we can do that after this when Chloe is okay with it."[/color]