“What is it?” Max asked, wondering why she was suddenly so nervous.

“I think we should wait until my mom gets home. She would freak if she saw us together like this” Sophie replied.

“Oh, okay. Why don’t we go to my room instead? It’s safer there.” Max suggested. Sophie nodded and followed Max into his room, where he immediately grabbed his cell phone from the desk. He dialed the number to his parents’ apartment.

“Hello?” His mother’s voice called from the other end.

“Hi Mom. How are things going?” Max asked.

“Good. Everything is going well. We just finished having lunch.” She replied.

“Awesome. So how are you feeling,...