The
brunette was racing her motorcycle down the street, like there was no
tomorrow.
It was pitch black and it was late. 'I
never sleep.'
She ran a red light and almost hit
someone in the process.
"Shit!" She hopped off her bike.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Blonde girl, green eyes. 'She
looks scared.'
The brunette helped her up. "Am I
okay? You nearly ran me over, of course I'm not okay." Her answer
wasn't sassy, just quick and witty. 'I
like that.'
"I guess 'I'm
sorry' won't count for anything then?" She smiled
"No, it counts. It does. But, do you feel like buying me coffee?
You did almost kill me you know, so coffee would be the right way to
go."
The blonde girl grinned and introduced herself. "I'm
Buffy." The brunette grabbed her hand and shook it. "Max and how
about a beer instead of coffee?" Buffy shrugged. 'Great,
a weirdo.' "Okay, well, hop on."
Max gave Buffy
her helmet and drove off to the bar, where she knew she'd run into
Original Cindy, Scetch and maybe even Alec if she was unlucky
enough.
Max slowed down as they pulled up to the bar. "One
beer coming up." They exchanged smiles as they walked inside.
"Hey
Scetch, get me two beers." Max yelled out knowing he'd be sitting
close enough to take her order.
"Mm, mm, mm. Look who's here,
my girl!" Original Cindy high fived 'her girl' "This is
Buffy. I almost ran her over, so I'm buying her a beer." Original
Cindy looked her up and down. "She's a cute one. You just scream
girlfriend material-" She winked at Buffy. "Thanks, but I'm
straight. Really, really, straight."
Scetch came up from behind
them with beers in hand. "Wow, Max. You look hot." She just
glared, so Scetch turned to Buffy. "Aren't you jailbait?" He
recieved a punsch in the arm for tham, from Max.
"Jailbaite?
Dude, I'm 23."
Buffy downed her beer in a matter of
seconds. "Eeasy there blondie." Said Max and took the now empty
bottle from her. "It feels like I know you Max, like, I donät
know. You're a part of me. We're the same?"
Max started to
get nervous. "I don't think so, B." Scetch pulled her aside.
"She got a place to crash tonight?" Max grimaced in disgust.
"She's got a place where she's not crashing tonight,
that's for sure! Bufy come on. Cin we're blazing."
Max and
Buffy walked outside. 'Fresh
air.' Max looked up at the night sky and saw all the
stars.
A night like all the rest, lately, it all had started
to look the same to her. "I do know you Max. You know who I am,
don't you?" Without taking her eyes from the sky, Max replied; "I
know what you do, if that's what you mean. But it wouldn't be
fair to say that I know who you are." She sat down on the curb and
motioned for Buffy to join her.
"Don't you think what I do is
pretty much the same as to what you do? We save the world, we change
the world. How does it make you feel Max?" Max smiled, mainly
because she knew the answer. "Different?" Buffy leaned back to
get a better view of all the stars. "Superior?" Max nodded in
agreement. "Life is pretty scary, but then again nothing in this
world, is worth fighting for, unless you really want it."
They
shared the saddest smile in the world, a smile filled with sarrow,
regret, anger and pain.
"See that star right there?" Max
pointed to one of the billion stars. "Yeah?" Buffy squinted her
eyes, Max leaned in closer. "And that one?" Buffy nodded her head
'yes' "That one too? Right by the moon?" 'yes'
"They're all our fallen heroes.
That's where they go when
they die in battles."