Max P.O.V.
"Mom, do we have to move again?" I rolled my eyes. There's Ella for you. When did she ask that last? Oh yeah. 2 seconds ago. "Ella please understand. Jeb and I are going to be married, and so we have to move to California." My mother was the best, but she was marrying Jeb Batchelder thus forcing us to move from good old Arizona to California. "Mom, will he be like..." Ella trailed off. After our last father, our biological father Sam and our mother divorced we never spoke his name. "I hope not honey." said mom. Mom was named Valencia, but everyone called her Val. Just habbit I guess. It was quiet in our house. Everything was packed up, and Mom and Ella were probably cooking. If you didn't know me you'd ask why isn't she cooking too? Well if you do know me you know that I can't cook at all. I don't know how but when I tried to warm up my cereal and milk it caught on fire, and I never touched cherios ever again. I still chug my milk though.
"Max honey, dinner's ready." I hurried downstairs to find something that I thought I'd never see again.
There in all his glory was Jeb. He smiled at me and and said "Hello Maximum"
"Jeb"
"Yes Maximum?"
"I thought that I told you to call me Max"
"Call me Dad Maximum."
" Hypocrite"
"I've been called many things but never hypocrite."
"Maybe that's because you've been called liar, cheat, and a devil."
" Maximum-"
"It's Max" I told my mother.
" Max, Jeb has been called a scientific genius, and a brilliant inventor. Please respect him for me."
I knew what that meant. For her meant CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!
" Yes mother." I said.
"Apologize to Jeb"
" Jebby 'dearest'" I said putting air quotes around dearest. "Please let me apologise for my outburst."
" It's quite alright Maximum."
" It's Max."
" Jeb, Max, It's actually dinner."
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Around one in the morning I woke up wanting a drink. I padded half asleep down to the kitchen.
"I'm here." Wait what? What is Jeb doing on his phone that no one knows he owns at one in the freaking morning?
"Yes. Plan is on. Yes very soon. I'll carry on."
What was he talking about? I only knew two things. It wasn't the wedding, and it wasn't good.
" Yes in one hour. Good. Yes. Goodbye."
I ran silently back to my bed. Then I fell asleep.
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I woke up an hour later to crashing furniture, doors breaking and screaming. I screamed, and then the world went dark.