Chapter One - The First Day of School
Max POV
I woke up to loud and girlish screams coming from the next room. My sisters, Ella, Nudge, and Angel, came running in; all three of them shrieking with excitement. They all stood on my bed and started to jump up and down. Moaning, I turned over, trying to avoid their shining faces.
"Max, wake up! It's your first day of school! You promised we could dress you!" My youngest sister, Angel, yelled. Her blonde curls flew around her face with each bouncing movement she made.
"Yeah, Max, come on! Get up!" My other sister, Ella, complained. Her brown locks jumping about. My adopted sister, Nudge, sat at my desk, laying out the make-up she owned. The two jumped and jumped, making it impossible for darkness to enclose around my lids.
"Alright, alright! I'm up, good hell." I finally muttered, not taking it anymore. They screamed again and hopped off, running to join Nudge at their station. I slowly followed, dragging my feet as I went. Ella snatched my arm, making me trip as she dragged me to our small bathroom.
"I want you to hurry and take a shower and blow dry your hair. We'll be expecting you in twenty minutes." She smiled and ran off, leaving me alone in front of the mirror. My reflection stared back at me as my brain tried to process what she had said. Dirty golden blonde hair stuck up in bunches, reminding me of a haystack. My normal brown eyes searched my tanish face, not finding anything special. I looked at the clock on the counter, finally realizing I had wasted ten minutes on staring at myself.
The cold water hit my back like icicles but I hurried to wash my hair as fast as I could. The tap suddenly ran searing hot, burning my back with the beads of water. I yelped, jumping out of the shower. Being my slick self, I somehow ended up wrapping my foot in the curtain and ended sprawled on the floor with towels on top of me and the steaming water spraying my face. Quickly unravling myself and shutting off the shower head, I ran to brushed my hair and blow dry it. When I had finished I had only a minute to spare. I quickly wrapped a towel around my body and ran to my bed room. My three sister sat with their arms folded across their chests; glaring.
"You're five seconds late." Angel hissed, venom lacing her words. Don't let her name fool you, she's vicious.
"Sorry-"
"No need. We'll make do. Now, let's get going people!" Nudge shouted, cutting me off. Ella quickly ushered me to a chair as they started to poke and prod me. Applying mascara here and adding eyeliner there. Testing shades of eyeshadow and marking colors of lipstick. When they finally finished, I had to admit; I looked pretty good.
They had made it so my eyes had a natural smoky look, only adding a small amount of eyeliner and mascara that was needed. My lips had turned a shade of pink that looked fake but totally real. Catch my drift? A thin line of blush was added to my cheek bones, making me have a natural hue. Before I could fully register my face though, they started on my hair. Ella quickly plugged in a straightener, brushing my hair a little more as it heated. Angel would put half my curls up in one way, change her mind, and put them up a diffrent way. While Nudge continued to dig through five diffrent shopping bags filled with... Clothes? Ella suddenly yelped with glee, making me jump in the air.
"What the hell, Ella!" I shrieked, glaring daggers at her.
"Sorry, I just can't believe how pretty you look." She admitted sheepishly, a blush creeping up her neck. I smiled, laughing at my sister's excitement. We all stayed silent for a few minutes-except for the occasional sigh from me-until Ella finally unplugged the straightener and stepped back.
"And, I'm done!" She smiled, pointing at my head. I looked at myself in the mirror and gasped. She had done her magic as usual and made it so my waist length curls were almost straightened. Half way down my back, however, Ella made them curl magically. Instead of curling this way and that, they went straight down in even swirls. I smiled and stood to hug all three of them when Nudge screamed.
"No! Don't you dare ruin our master piece!" I laughed and shook my head at her, feeling my hair bounce as I did so.
"Enough chit chat! You only have thirty minutes left until you need to leave. We'll go hurry and make you a quick breakfast while you change into that." She finished her sentence while pointing to the bags on my bed. Then without another word to each other, they left. I sighed, knowing they weren't kidding about the time.
I walked over to my bed and pulled out the first garment. They were ripped white skinny jeans with a black belt embroidered with diamonds. Smirking, I pulled out the second garment. An aqua tank top and a black off the shoulder t-shirt, a white skull was designed in the middle. The third bag held black, white, and aqua braclets. I quickly opened the fourth to find aqua colored converse. I looked at the clock and saw I only had twenty minutes left. Rushing to put on all my garments, I grabbed my backpack, and ran down the stairs. Everyone was waiting in my car, smiling when I arrived. I slid into the driver seat next to Nudge and smiled back.
"Thanks for the out fit guys. I love it." They cheered, and I grinned. How they afforded all of this stuff? That would probably always be a mystery. Besides, we're not the richest family in Pheonix, Arizona.
Alright, pretty sure I didn't explain this correctly in my last post so I'm going to do this again. Here it goes...
So, I've decided not to COMPLETELY rewrite the story, but I am going to do a lot of editing. There are parts that I love and then there are parts that I'm not too fond of. I got a lot of comments saying how much you guys loved the way I wrote the original and that's why I've decided to stick to how I was writing it before but there are going to be quite a few changes.
If you have any comments about it, I would love for you to voice them. While I'm waiting, I'm going to hurry and post all of the other edited chapters as soon as possible.
I hope that cleared up any questions but if not, go ahead and ask. Thanks :)
-Fanfic Insanity
