Summer: the season of many flings. In my case it is the season of new house guest. The name is Max and I am sixteen going on seventeen. My house usually consists of my older brother Ari who is nineteen, my younger sister who is fifteen, my mom, and my dad. This summer there will be two new additions to this family of five. My older cousin and his roommate from college are coming to spend the summer with us. What fun. Iggy, my cousin, is twenty going on twenty-one, while his roommate just turned twenty-one.
"Max you done with the guest rooms yet?" My mom yelled from downstairs.
"Yeah, they're done." I said as I came down the stairs. When I got downstairs I saw that Ari was sitting on the couch watching some show. I jumped over the back of the couch and stole the remote away from him.
"Max I was watching that!" He yelled at me. I was about ready tell him that I didn't give a damn if he was watching the TV when the doorbell rang.
"Well now you are answering the door because I'm not expecting anybody." I smiled evilly at him. Ari groaned then got up off the couch and went to answer the door. I watched as he opened it. Standing the doorway was a tall pale kid with spiked strawberry blonde hair and bright blue eyes that I knew by the name of Iggy. The other person was tall and tan. He had shaggy black hair and onyx eyes. He must be the roommate that Iggy was telling us about.
"Aaron Alexander Martinez!" Iggy greeted my brother by his full name.
"Jeffrey James Griffith." Ari greeted back using Iggy's full name. They did that macho man hug thing before Iggy turned to look at his roommate.
"This is Nicolas Bryson Ride." Iggy introduced his college roommate the same way the two boys always introduce someone. "Nick this is my cousin, which you already heard his name. Over there on the couch is his little sister Maxine Taylor Martinez, and somewhere around here is the other little sister, Ella Elaine Martinez." Iggy informed his friend as they both walked into the living room where I was currently located. I looked up to see both boys behind the couch. They were looking at me expecting me to properly introduce myself and make Nick a little more comfortable around me I guess.
"It's just Max, Iggy. None of this Maxine bull crap ok?" I glared at Iggy. If I'm not mistaken the Nick guy looked a little amused by my comment to the brainless twit. "And what's with Mr. Tall, Dark, and emotionless?" I asked getting annoyed with his lack of emotion. Was it humanly possible to be this detached from your emotions?
"Fang." He spoke. Nick finally said a word after being in my house for a whole three minutes.
"Fang?" I questioned. What did the word fang have to do with anything?
"Call me Fang." He clarified. Great so this tall, dark guy that just walked into my house must be emo. Why? Because he is wearing all black and wants to be called by the name of Fang, but god was he hot. Those last four words have and never will cross my mind about this new person standing right behind me.
"Ok, Fang, not to be blunt but are you emo or what?" I asked gesturing towards his statue.
"No I am not emo. I just happen to like the color black. Just like you happen to like the neon green color that you are wearing a lot of right now." He answered with an amused smile at the end. I looked down at what I was wearing. I had on neon green socks with dark grey shorts that were outline in neon green and matching cut off shirt that showed part of my neon green sports bra. To finish of I had a neon green hairband in my ponytail and one still on my wrist just in case. My shoes that I recently kicked off my feet were lying in front of the couch and they were white, grey, and neon green. Ok so he had me there.
"Point taken." I mumbled not liking being defeated by a newbie.
"Max why don't you take Fang and help him get set up in his room while I go help Iggy." Ari told me. I could tell that he wanted me to be with Fang because of two reasons. One, Ari doesn't really know Fang and two, Fang hasn't said a word to Ari while on the other hand me and him just had a small conversation.
"Sure. Like I have nothing better to do." I grumbled as I got off of the couch to head upstairs and show Fang to the room he will be staying in while he is here. I could hear Fangs footsteps as he followed me to his room.
"Ok, so this is your room. If you ever need anything Ari is in the room on the other side of the stairs, Iggy is across the hall from him. The room at the end is our parents. The room at the end in this hall is mine and the room across from you is Ella's. Have fun and goodbye." I told him as I walked off into my room. The inside of it just so happens to have some neon green stuff in it too. My room is not that big but bigger than most. I have a queen size bed, a huge dresser, rows and rows of DVD's to watch on my TV some PlayStation games to play on my playstation2, music for both my 5disc stereo and my 1disc stereo, a desk, a couch and a few beanbag chairs plus a futon. I had a walk in closet that had another big dresser, tones of books that I haven't read sitting on a bookshelf, a cabinet filled with extra clothes, blankets, and games. I also shared a bathroom with the guest room which until recently didn't have someone occupying it.
I didn't stay in my room for was only about ten minutes or so when I decided to go find Ari and tell him that I was going to invite my friend Nudge over. I would have told mom and dad, but they are gone most of the time like they are now. They must of just left too because I can still smell mom's perfume in the air. I went first Ari's room to find that he was not there. I then went done to the living room, again no one was there. I went outside and found the boys at the pool. They were going for a swim. Ari had on red swimming trunks, Iggy had on blue ones that matched with his eyes, and Fang had on black ones. Who couldn't see that one coming?
"Hey Ari I'm inviting Nudge over! Maybe Angel and Gazzy too!" I yelled from the sliding glass door that leads out onto our deck that is beside the pool, but has the hot tube built into it.
"Sure whatever." Ari said while Iggy said something that all three boys found amusing. I looked skeptically at the boys wondering what was making Iggy go into a laughing fit. That's when I noticed Iggy was starting to finally get enough meat on his bones that he could grow muscle. This had me scanning over all the boys and let me tell you Fang had some really nice muscles going for him. Slightly embarrassed by my behavior I walked inside to call Nudge then Angel and Gazzy, After calling each of them and telling them that Iggy and his friend have arrived and inviting them for a swim I found myself with a dreaded predicament. It seems that Nudge was effectively able to throw away all of my one piece swimsuits while I was not paying attention. Now all that was left was some skimpy two piece bikinis just my luck. I could always just wear a pair of shorts and a shirt in the pool. I was about ready to go through with that plan when my door busted open revealing Nudge.
"Max you are not wearing shorts and a shirt in the pool especially when your cousin's friend is so hot!" Nudged yelled seeing me pull the clothes out of my dresser.
"But all I have to wear are the bikini's you gave to me throughout the years and half of them are playboy bunny bikinis!" I began to panic.
"yeah and they are so cute too! But I'm not making you wear one of them. The one you are wearing is a new one." Nudge said pulling it out of the bag she was hiding behind her back. It was a black bikini with the outlining of a skull made by fake diamonds on the bikini bottom's left side. The top was personalized with max formed from the fake diamonds on the left cup. This was so Nudge, but other than it being to reveling the swimsuit wasn't that bad. It might be something that I would even wear again after this afternoon.
I quickly changed then met my friends and Ella downstairs where they were waiting for me. We all walked out onto the back together were we were met with the boys being stupid and diving off the diving board trying to land on one another and keep the other person underwater. Iggy was the first one to hear us come out. I swear that boy has some super hearing power or something. Once Iggy's attention was on us it didn't take long to get the other two boys attention on us. Yeah go us! That was stupid. Imagine that never happened.
"Gazzy my man, long time no smell!" Iggy was clearly stocked to see his pyro other half. He then turned to look at Fang. "These are some of the neighbor kid, Zephyr Mason Shay and his twin sister Angelica Alice Shay. That other girl is Monique Tiffany Krystal." Iggy introduced them as he pointed to each one.
"Or as we call them, Gazzy, Angel, and Nudge." I said walking to the diving board and diving in. I couldn't help but feel eyes on me the whole time. When I came back up I noticed that Ari was out of the water and talking on his cellphone. I could hear him talking to someone. It didn't take long to find out though. As soon as Ari turned around he told us who it was.
"So I just called my friends Dylan Reese Martin and his brother Samuel Dean Martin and they are going to be coming over." Ari stated. I groaned at the thought. The thing is both Dylan and Sam seem to think I would make the perfect girl for them when I couldn't give that much of a crap about either of them. Ok so I might have dated both of them in the past, but they both turned out to be wimp's part of the time and complete assholes the rest of the time. Neither of them seemed to get the point that I was done with them though. Whenever I see them they spend the whole time fighting over me and trying to get me back. I couldn't believe that Ari just invited them over on my first day of summer vacation! Can't I have just one day of relaxation?
"Why? This is my first day away from them! Couldn't you given me one day?" I yelled at Ari. He seemed to get aggravated that I was causing a seen in front of Fang, who we only met about half an hour ago.
"Max not everything is about you. You can put up with having Dylan and Sam around for at least a couple more hours and then they will be gone." Ari made his voice sound strict, in that no room to argue tone of voice. I hated when he used that kind of voice.
"God Ari do you always have to be a dick!" I screamed at him. A small smile played across his lips.
"Yes." Was his simple reply. I turned around and made my drama queen exit to the other side of the pool. I could see the confused look Fang was giving us out of the corner of my eye as I passed him. Boy did that guy have a lot to learn about this family! I went over to the diving board and jumped in hoping that it would relieve some of my frustration. It did bring a small smile to my face. When I surfaced my eyes met with the eyes of Fang. He was looking at me with a small smile on his face.
"Nice." He spoke quietly. His voice was soft. I could tell he was a quiet, unemotional person. That was going to drive me crazy. I like being able to read a person like a book. Being around a person who is a brick wall is never fun, because you can't tell what they are thinking. Realizing that I should answer him instead of continuing myself narrative in my head I gave him a simple nod. He should appreciate the lack of words needed there.
A few minutes later the Martin brothers showed up. This little fact caused a frown to be etched upon my face. They were sure to make the night worse than it already is. I mean come on I'm wearing a freaking bikini! And I'm Max Martinez! That's the definition of a hell whole night. Add two desperate ex's that don't get the message that you're over and for the hell of it throw in a new guy and you get what I'm about to face, the end of the world.
Ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating just a little, but still this is a pretty bad night if you ask me. I did take a quick notice though that Dylan was clad in a pair of blue and white swim trunks that matched his eyes and Sam was wearing swim trunks that were brown with a green palm trees on- if you were looking at it- the right hand side. Sam was a little shorter than his older brother. Their hair, though Dylan's being blonde and Sam's being brown, was cut the same. They both had the same bright blue eyes, which was the only way you could really tell they were brothers. That and they both have the dentist's son's white smile. That is still an awkward situation. Dylan and Sam's dad happens to be our dentist. That's just one more reason I don't like going to the dentist.
So I wouldn't have to put up with the two morons I decided to go in for the night and maybe watch a movie, but of course when I asked my friends if they want to watch with me they all said they wanted to stay out at the pool and continue to swim. I kind of expected that answer though and especially from Nudge. I think there is something going on with her and Iggy. Whenever he is visiting they seemed to be glued at the hip most of the time. I was surprise when Fang said that he was tired of swimming and that he would come in and watch the movie with me. Ari and Iggy didn't want to go in though so they made him go by himself. I was about to walk in right after Fang when Dylan grabbed my wrist.
"What do you want Dylan?" I hissed as I turned around to look at the coward.
"You. Max I want you back. Please will you give me another chance?" He was… begging? I think that's what you could call it. He was acting really wimpy right then.
"Dylan get it through your head, we are never going to be!" I spoke through my clenched teeth.
"You can't say that." Dylan pleaded with me.
"She just did. Now leave." A voice said from behind me. The look on Dylan's face turned from heartbroken to terrified in less than thirty seconds. I turned around to see Fang standing right behind me glaring at Dylan. His glare, dare I say it, could rival mine. Dylan let go of my wrist and went back to the pool. I turned around to Fang and gave an almost inaudible thanks, but I think he heard it if the slight smirk that appeared on his face was any indication. He probably only did it for two reasons anyways. One, Iggy is one of his best friends and I am Iggy's cousin and the second one was he probably doesn't like jerks either. Not that I personally know anyone that LIKES jerks.
"So what movie do you want to watch?" Fang asked looking at me. Is it just me or has Fang talked to me more than anyone else here today?
"Don't know yet. I'll just pick one when we get to my room. That's where we have to watch it because the DVD player is broke in the living room thanks to one of Ari's fits." I explained. Fang nodded with a bored expression on his face. What else was I really expecting from him? Nothing mostly.
So when we finally got to my room I showed him the hundred or so movies that I have in my room. Yeah, I have quite a collection, but we have other DVD's, there just not located in my room. Fang walked over to scan the movies. I knew he was looking for the more boyish movies. Though I'm not much of a girly girl I like romantic comedies. I do have about fifteen or so boyish movies for when I have Gazzy over. I watched as his fingers ran along the line of the movies before stopping on one that was on the top self. I craned my neck to see what movie he was pulling out. A horror movie. Isn't that such a stereotypical guy move? Watch a horror movie so the girl could get scared and they can cuddle with us and "protect us" from the evil "monsters" of the film. Well if Fang is planning to play that card, which from the little I know about him I doubt he is, he wouldn't get pleasing results from me.
Fang handed me the movie and I looked down to see which one it was. Great. He picked Signs. Though it's an old movie it still makes me jump when that alien figure walks by the window when they are watching the tape about the little boy's birthday. So the whole cuddling thing might happen, because I have a habit of not only just jumping, but also jumping onto someone and holding on to them. I know I should be tougher than that, but sadly I'm not. Now I have to walk over to the PS2 and act like I'm not going to be fazed by this movie choice at all. I'm not known for my acting skills though.
When I turned around I caught Fangs eyes staring at me in what I would guess to be wonder. I couldn't be sure though with that mental brick wall he puts up. I gave a small smile as I climbed onto my bed to watch the movie. I know I have a couch in my room, but my bed is right in front of the TV and the couch is caddy cornered to it, so the bed was my first choice when it came to viewing preference.
"There is still plenty of room on the bed." I said shrugging as I notice Fang was debating where to sit. Fang carefully sat down beside me on the bed making sure that there was plenty of room between us. I laid down and started the movie. I noticed that shortly after Fang copied my position. Most of the rest of the night was uneventful except for the part that always makes me jump and I ended up hiding my face in Fang's chest. When I looked up he was just staring at me. I was a little embarrassed noticing how uncomfortable he was by the look on his face, and that he didn't even put an arm around me in protection like most people would have. Removing myself from him I mumbled an apology, which is something I don't do often. His simple reply was a tight nod. Eventually I fell asleep watching the second movie that Fang picked out. It was Sweeney Todd.
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The line that is used in every book known to man about waking up to the sun shining in your eyes was not part of my life. No, I woke up to my sister's dog, Magnolia, liking my face and dragging the blanket off of me. I threw random punches trying to land one on that stupid mutt when my fist hit something soft, but yet hard. There was a deep moan that came from something beside me. I turned my face to see what it was. The second I saw it my eyes grew enough to be classified as little planets. Fang was the thing that made the noise. I had hit him in a very awkward place with my flaying punches. What was he still doing in my bed at… 10AM? Didn't he have his own room? In fact I know he has his own room. I'm the one that set it up and showed it to him. So why in the hell was he not sleeping in it?
"What are you doing here?" I hissed through my teeth.
"I must have fallen asleep during the movie." His usually deep voice was soft and husky. It caused me to blink in surprise. Was this how every guy sounded when they woke up in the morning? If it was I have not been paying attention the many times I have slept in the same room as some of my male family members.
"Well you're awake now." I huffed, turning back over to the other side of the bed. Fang didn't say anything but I could feel the weight shift as he got out of the bed. I heard his soft footsteps leave my room through the adjoining bathroom. I was alone in my bedroom at last. Was that too much to ask for?