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You’re sitting in a seat, waiting for practice to start
Ezra has pulled up a full sentence in German (for whatever reason)
Ezra looks to Maxwell and asks him to say the sentence
He does so flawlessly
Ezra then looks to you “can you say this?”
You look to the sentence and say it, much more…sloppily and choppily but it wasn’t the worst.
You look back to Ezra blankly
“Sprechen Sie Deutsch?” You hear Maxwell say (Do you speak German?)
“Eh, Ja? Nur ein bisschen” you say somewhat confidently (Eh, yes? But only a little bit)
He nods and starts speaking in German, saying something you can’t understand fully, but all you can make out is-
“Do you understand me? If so, then I want you to know I think you’re pretty.”
You blush very slightly and say back
“Ich…bin…Schön?” You say, almost incredulous (I…am…pretty?)
He looks away from you, up towards the ceiling almost, before turning back to you.
“Ja, du bist sehr schön” (Yes, you are very pretty)
You blush even more and say back with a slightly tremble in my voice
“Ah…vielen Dank.” You look down at your laptop infront of you (Ah, thank you very much)
“ich…think that…du ist auch sehr schön!” I look back to him as I compliment him back. (I…think that…you are also very pretty!)
His eyes widen slightly hearing your words. But, before he can keep talking you have to start practice.
45 MINUTES LATER
Practice is ending, you can’t stop thinking about what he said.
You grab your stuff and throw your backpack over your shoulder, you grip my phone so tightly you’re sure your knuckles must be white
You get all your courage you can muster and walk up to Maxwell, who is putting his Chromebook away
“Maxwell?” You ask him, he turns and meets your eyes
“Did…you mean what you said to me?”
He stares at you and relaxes his arms next to his sides
“You understand German, right?”
“Well- enough German I guess?” You say, slightly worried
He keeps staring before turning back to his backpack
“Then you should know, ich liebe dich.” (I love you)
You freeze. WHAT?
“du…DU LIEBE ICH?” (you…YOU LOVE ME?)
You stare at him dumbfounded, as he turns around towards you. Still blank faced.
“Ja. Ich liebe dich.” (Yes, I love you)
You grumble slightly and rub your eyes, you look up at him slightly blushy again
“Ich liebe dich zu…a lot.” (I love you too…a lot)
He stares at you, he isn’t really reacting too badly, but you can tell the cogs are turning.
In the dark class you can’t tell if he’s blushing, but what you DEFINITELY notice is his small smile
You smile back
“[NAME]!!” You hear Debbie (your best friend) sing song behind you
You wave Maxwell goodbye and leave practice with Debbie, feeling a new sense of love in your heart.
THE END! ❤️