Spiderlilly / short fiction

[elydesia]

Title: untitled
Fandom: Spiderlilly (sims 3 original)
Character/Pairing: Julia Rochelle, Maxwell Shepley, Ashley Crono
Rating: T
Word Count: 467 words
Summary: Julia finally comes home after a night at the gym.
Authors Notes: Takes place during the university arc, after Julia and Viveil's breakup.

At quarter to five in the morning, the front doors to the dormitory opened. Julia tiptoed in, but Max was already awake. He stormed into the lobby from the kitchen and said, "Where have you been all night? We have class in four hours, are you crazy?"

She gave him a cold glance. Under her oversized black coat she wore her workout clothes, and her hair was tied up into two messy braids on either side of her head. "I know," she said, her words just as icy as her eyes.

Max furrowed his brows. "Did something happen, Jules?"

"No, nothing happened."

"Then that's the point, isn't it?" He walked up to her and wrapped his arm around her wait and gave a little squeeze with his fingers into her side. "Come on. Tell me."

Julia sighed and wormed her way out of Maxwell's embrace. She fell back on the lobby sofa in a heap. "Anson didn't come."

"Huh?"

"I invited him out to the gym with me. He said he would come, but then he texted a half hour later that he couldn't. I spent the night at the gym." She bit her lip and shuffled her feet. Her eyes were downcast and her hands fiddled with the hem of her left sleeve. Maxwell took a seat next to her and she rested her head on his shoulder. "Do I just have bad luck with men, or is this predestined, I wonder."

"Just because he couldn't come meet you, that doesn't mean he's not interested in you. He's a freelance photographer, you know how hard that line of work is?" She gave a slight nod of her head. "So don't think too hard about it. He probably got a tip on a scoop or something."

"Yeah." She spoke quietly. Maxwell smiled and patted her on the knee.

"So how much sleep did you actually get?"

"An hour or two."

"Not enough! I'm sure Holly's waiting for you upstairs, too. She was pretty worried when you didn't come back."

"What about class?"

"Don't worry. I'll wake you up in time. It's like a twenty minute walk, anyway."

She smiled. "Thanks, Max."

"No problem!" She stood and left to her room, leaving Maxwell in the lobby.

"She having guy trouble?" Ashley Crono swung around the door frame from the TV room.

"Yeah... it's not her fault. She suffered from a pretty bad breakup before we came here."

Ashley leisurely walked over and took a seat next to him. "Oh?"

"It's nothing."

"Anyway," she said, her voice low. She rested her hand on his crotch and grinned. "How about we have a little fun before class, hm?"

Maxwell smiled back at her. "How can I refuse?" He kissed her before grabbing her hand and leading her to his bedroom.