Joy and Max

Maxwell got to the house faster than he thought he would, he quickly opened the door and decided to clean the house before she gets there, he wasn't ready for her to see him as a messed up person.

He also brought out a wine and placed it on the table, and waited patiently for her.

He continued to rehearse what he was going to say to her, but none fit his mouth well or sounded well to him, he didn't want to offend her with his words, he kept trying out different ways to say sorry to her, but he just couldn't get anyone right.

"Emm Joy, I am sorry, you misunderstood me, I just don't want to rush things with you.

He nodded disagreeing to what he just said, it would sound as though he was telling her he was already falling for her, and he was about to rush things with her.

'I am still heartbroken Joy, you cannot be getting angry, when I actually feel happy with you'

Once again he dismissed it, he couldn't also say that because it would make him feel like a weak person, who was looking for love, and needed all the attention he could get, in short he sounded like an attention seeker.

He tried other words but none seem to fit so he gave up trying to get the right words, he believed the right words would come out as soon as he sees her.

He checked his time it was already 8pm and yet she wasn't there yet, she was taken too long, her one hour had past, he was getting impatient, he didn't want to call her, but he just couldn't wait anymore, he couldn't just sit doing nothing, he grabbed his phone to call her on the first ring he heard the knock on his door, he didn't hear any thing to indicate someone was coming, he listened to hear it again and it came again, she knocked on the door and he jumped to his feet confirming someone was actually at the door, he moved closer, and he could hear her sweet voice call his name.

"Hey max, are you home?

Without wasting any more time he opened the door, and saw her petite form infront of his house, she looked like she had cried, her eyes were red, was it possible that she had cried?

He hoped he wasn't the reason, he wanted to hold her close, but he had to be careful, he moved aside so she could step in, she moved in rather too slowly, she could hear the music and she could see the wine on the table, she loved red wine, she had told him to take more of wine with little or no alcohol when she had found him drinking himself to stupor, he had also asked her, her favorite, and she had told him it was red velvet wine, and that is what was on the table, she looked back at the man locking the door, she wanted him to say something, she couldn't be the one always starting a conversation, she wanted to hear his thoughts.

Goodluck had told her he needed her, but she needed him too, but she needed to know how he was feeling and what he had in mind, she needed a closure, and if she couldn't get it today she was going to go far away and never come back, she turned to face him as she watched him bury his face on the floor, was he shy to look at her?

was he about to tell her he was still inlove with the girl that broke up with him?

was he about to break her a second time? Only time would tell, she folded her hands against her chest, he still didn't look up, then she decided to make the first move.

She moved close to him, and held his hands, she sqweezed them, he looked at her .

"I am sorry about the last time, I didn't know I will miss you as much as I do, you make me really happy, and I am ready to give us a shot"

He hadn't planned those words, they had come out on their own, and they were his true feelings, he just spoke exactly how he was feeling, he searched her face for any reaction, but there was none, he couldn't even read her.

Wasn't that what she was expecting?

Why was she quiet.

Joy was swelling with happiness, she had missed him Too, and finally he had expressed his love for her, he may not have said he loved her, but she could already see it coming soon, she ran into his arms and whispered to him

" I miss you more than I really wanted to"

Maxwell was happy to hear her confession, he allowed her stay in his arms for as long as she wanted, he was worried about her red eye, he wanted to ask what happened to her, but she answered it still in his arms.

"I thought you were never going to notice me, I cried myself to sleep last night, I am already inlove with you, I didn't plan for it to happen but it happened, I know this isn't what you want for now, but I really want to give you a reason to live again, and trust me I am not going to disappoint you"

She listened to herself, and felt like she was marketing herself, she wasn't desperate, but love was happening to her, it was almost confusing her, but she was ready to continue to fight to prove she could make it right.

"I am falling for you too, I tried to deny it, but I couldn't, I am only scared, I don't want to hurt you and I don't want to get hurt"

Joy knew it was coming, she heard him quite alright, he was already falling for her, it so happened that she found her heartthrobb, he led her to a seat and poured her a wine they cheers to a new beginning, they drank and started dancing to John Legend 'all of me'

As they danced they sang the lyrics with the artiste it was like the music was depicting what they were feeling.

Joy interrupted their dance as she tiptoed to reach him, she placed a gentle kiss on his lips, but Maxwell doesn't kiss like that, he replaced the gentle kiss with a fierce one, he kissed her lips, and she cried tears of joy, she never thought her night would go so well, she was indeed happy, but she was lost in thought of how to tell her friend, as they kissed she knew she had to stop him else their first day would end in bed, so moved away slowly from him, she wanted to get hold of her breath but then he said it.

"I love you Joy"