XV

                                    

                                          
"we could call it even
you could call me babe for the weekend
'tis the damn season, write this down"
'tis the damn season - taylor swift








"hey." george says looking at a tearful maeve, curled up on her sofa. 
"you didn't want to speak to me." she simply replies which breaks his heart. he knows what he said, how much he hated himself for shouting at her. he wanted it to be the same as it was.
"i'm sorry mae..." he looks at her as she just shakes her head at him, the tears now pouring down her face. 
"no you don't get to just apologise and just expect everything to be ok geo, it's not ok, you scared me." she replies, wiping away her tears as he just stands in the door way not quite sure what to do.
"i know maeve and i'm sorry, i truly am, it's ok if you don't forgive me but i know the hate is getting to you and i can't let you go through that alone. i can't let you get into the same state that you were in when your dad left." he simply says. 
maeves dad left her and her mum when she was 13. no reason, no explanation, he just got up and left one day. 
when this happened, maeve broke. her bubbly personality was no where to be seen, and she slowly went into a state of worthlessness. 
maeve and her dad were close. they were like two peas in a pod, so to maeve it was like losing a best friend. an only friend considering george had gone off with all of his hockey friends. 
in november 2014 maeve went through the worst period of her life. 
george had found her curled up in her bedroom having a panic attack. from that moment on george promised to never leave maeves side again. to check on her even if they hated each other. he never wanted her to go through that again. 
"don't bring up my dad." maeve replies, not even looking at him and just wiping her tears. 
"ok," he simply says, moving closer to go and sit with her. he sat on the opposite end of the sofa. 
the pair sat there for 10 minutes in silence before maeve moved. 
she moved over to him and just hugged him and cried. 
"hey you're ok." george says, hugging her back and rubbing her back. "it'll be ok maeve i promise."
"please don't shout at me again or leave me like that, i can't lose you geo." she says, wiping her tears and slowing her breathing. "i love you too but i can't do that right now."
something sparked and then set on fire in george's heart. he was happy she felt the same, but heartbroken she didn't want a relationship. 
"that's fine mae, we will take our time." he replies as she lifts her head and just studies his face. 
"you're kinda cute i guess." she smiles as he just rolls his eyes. 
"you guess huh?" he laughs as she covers her face. 
"we can call it even," she leans into him as she watches the snow begin to fall outside. 
"you can call me babe for the weekend." he replies as she shoves him away. "great song by the way." 
"shut up geo, tis the damn season after all!"