Early October, Max's eighteenth birthday. In his Stone family's beliefs, there is no love before the age of eighteen. Max respected that and did not get involved in a romantic relationship with any girl. Max woke up excited to start an adventure in search of true love. He got up and went to the bathroom, brushed his teeth, took a shower, and went to the kitchen. He found his mother preparing breakfast. He kissed her on the cheek and sat down to wait. Max asked his mother, "Where is my father?" His mother said, "He went to get milk. Now someone came in at night and forgot to bring milk for the millionth time." Max said to her, "Come on, today is my birthday and this is how you talk to me? Don't say you forgot." His mother said, "How could I forget my only son's birthday? I must have remembered." Max's father entered through the door with the milk. They sat down and ate breakfast. Max's father asked Max and said to him "What are you going to do today?" Max said to him "I will go to the city with my friends you know we discuss things and have fun and celebrate" His father said to him "Listen today is an important day for you you will be eighteen and you will learn the traditions everyone from our family will come don't disappoint me" Max said to him "Okay I have to go now I love you both" He opened the door and went down the stairs happily and raised his head and saw in front of his house in the window of his neighbor a beautiful young woman he had never seen before he wanted to wave to her but she closed the curtain. Max felt shy and called his friend Sam and said to him "Hey Sam do you want to meet?" Sam said to him "Let's meet in the public park where we meet every time" Max said to him "Ok I will go there" Max got on his bike and started driving the atmosphere around him is beautiful and while he was driving his bike a person in a car came speeding beside him with girls. The passenger in the car was Leo who was bothering Max but Max was ignoring him the whole time. Leo got back in his car next to Max's bike and they were driving. He said to him, "Hey Max, if you want girls like that, you should have a car like mine, not a piece of shit." Max was silent and did not answer him. Leo said to him, "Or did you remember that your family is not open-minded and does not allow you to date?" The girls started laughing. Max remained silent and Leo said to him, "Good luck, you freak." Leo stepped on the gas and went. Max continued driving, thinking about what Leo said about his family and his appearance until he reached the stop. He got off the bike and tied it up so it wouldn't be stolen. He went and saw his friend Sam. He shook his hand and they sat down. Max said to Sam, "Do you see me as a freak from my strict family?" Sam said to him, "No, who told you that? You're not a freak, you're great." Max said to him, "That scoundrel Leo told me that and he was with girls and they laughed at me." Sam said to him, "That idiot, don't worry, you're not a freak, you're great. Everyone wants you." While he was talking to him, a girl came and went to Sam, greeted him and kissed him. Sam said to Max, "Meet my new love, Jade." Jade said to Max, "Hello, how are you?" Max said to her, "I'm fine." She said to him, "I hope you stay well." Max thanked her. The three of them sat together for a while and Chris noticed his neighbor girl Marth coming from the garden with books in her hand. Max kept looking at her and she looked at him for a while and went the other way. Sam said to Max, "Who do you know?" Max said, "No, but I think she lives across the street from me. I haven't seen her before since this morning." "I saw her through her window." Sam said, "She looks so pretty." Jade slapped Sam and Max laughed at him. They kept talking to each other after a while and in the evening Max went home on his bike and on the way he thought about the girl who was through the window. He arrived home, parked his bike in the garage and entered the house and was surprised by all of his family inside the house. The girl through the window made him forget his birthday. Yes, that much he was obsessed with her. His whole family came and Max sat and celebrated his birthday with his family. They brought him gifts and he opened them. They were valuable gifts because it was his last birthday according to his family's beliefs. When the birthday party ended, Max went to sleep and before sleeping he kept looking through the window at their neighbor's house. And he kept thinking all night about how to go and meet her. Sam called Max and told him to come to the party at Sam's house. Max replied "I'm coming, I hope my dad doesn't see me leaving the house." Max took his bike and went to the party and found all his school friends there. He went except Sam and Jade and greeted them and went and poured juice in his glass and stood with Sam until Leo passed by and bumped into him and Leo pushed Max and said to him "Go away you freak" Thinking that Max would remain silent as usual Max got up and hit Leo hard in the face until he fell and started hitting him until he felt a soft hand holding his hand and when he raised his head and saw who he was shocked..... To be continued.....

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