FULL SUMMARY:

Lissa and Max were best friends since they were five. That all changed two years ago. Max is different, a troublemaker and very closed off. What happens when one of the only people she trusts since the accident starts dating the person that changed her life for the worse? NOTE: LISSA IS NOT A SLUT, at least not really. :D

A/N: Hey! It's vampirepoptartz333 here! Don't you just love exclamation points?

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Max POV

Cold… Cold. That's all I feel. Rain splatters around me as I huddle beneath the hollow log. I always went here when I was little, and here I am, back again. I close my eyes, and a silent tear slips out, leaving a trail of sadness on my frozen face. That's the last thing I felt before I blacked out.

Heat surged up my chest and I sat upright in bed. This happened every single day. I relive that memory, that unspeakable occurrence two years ago, everyday.

Shaking my head, I walked over to the mirror on my closet.

"You are kickass Maximum Ride. You are strong. You are powerful. You are not afraid." I said this to myself every morning. I am not insecure or anything, but I do my best to hide emotion. It keeps me from getting hurt.

I walk into my closet and pull on ripped skinny jeans, combat boots, a black and white striped camisole and a black leather jacket.

You are probably wondering who I am. And what happened. Or both. Well, it's a long story.

You'll learn. They all learn.

Walking into the kitchen, I smelled the one thing that could make me feel like…myself. COOKIES.

My mom, Valencia Martinez, was a vet at the animal clinic, and she always make sure we all had breakfast together. She was also very caring so in addition to my sister Ella and I, we have our Scottie Total, and Nudge.

Who is Nudge? You can't forget her. This mocha skinned girl can talk for hours. She's the motormouth. We adopted her when I was three.

She was also my best friend, well one of my friends. Not that I'm popular, it's just all of my friends are limited since the accident, and I trust them with everything.

Anyways, we were all sitting at the table, and the only sound was Nudge rambling about some pair of shoes she saw at the mall and Total eating eggs and bacon. Se, he only eats at the table, and hates dog food. Once he went hungry for a week when we made him eat dog food.

Ella was looking at some fashion magazine, trying to find something that fits her style. Her words, not mine. I cannot believe I am blood related to her.

I stayed silent. Total opened his mouth more than I did. Even with my family, I'm just alone. I have people who care about me, a few I can trust, and everything I need to be a social butterfly, but I'm alone.

A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. Everyone was engrossed in conversations, so I answered the door. I already knew who it was.

Standing before me was my Flock. My friends. They went through everything with me, and even though I feel alone, I know I can trust them.

Angel Torez, 16 like me , tall, slender, and angelic. SHE looks innocent but she is a reincarnation of the devil. We are all troublemakers, sure, but she's the only one who never gets caught. Once, she got the strictest teacher in school to change her grade from a B to an A+.

Iggy Valant, 16, who has an eye for bombs. He is Angel's big brother, well step brother. He is, however, blind. It's sad really. And people stay away from him, even though he knew all of them before he got blinded by an explosion he concocted when he in 1st grade. 1st grade! You'd think he would stop being a pyro, but he's still the same old Iggy.

Gazzy Torez, 16, three minutes older the Angel, who is his twin. Also a pyro, Iggy and him are best friends and brothers.

Fang Wolfe. My best friend, my best guy friend. He's quieter than me, and wears all black. He's not emo though. My heart fluttered when he half smiled at me. It shouldn't have fluttered. Along with Ella and Nudge, these guys were the Flock.

Calling Ella and Nudge, I paraded out the door and everyone followed. You do not mess with Maximum Ride. Unless your name is Fang.

"Hey" I jumped six inches in the air.

"Fang, how do you do that?"

"It's a gift."

Rolling my eyes, I took this opportunity to grab my skateboard. I barely called out "Race you!" as I sped to school. I heard Fang catching up to me, and quickly maneuvered my board so that he would have to get off the sidewalk and on to the busy road to pass me.

By the time I reached the school, Fang was on the bench, sitting casually. Like he was there the whole time.

"How did you beat me?"

"I took the shortcut."

"That's off limits." I couldn't go there. That's where I went after the accident. That place brings bad memories.

"You never said anything about it." I sighed in defeat and he grinned. I heard a chorus of sighs behind me.

Turning around, I gave the fan girls my death glare. We're sophomores, but you'd think that after being here for two years people would stop gawking at Fang. Sure he had muscles, black hair that would cover his eyes, eyes so dark that they bore into your soul, perfect olive skin, and a smile that made your heart melt like chocolate in your mouth-woah woah hey! I did not just think that. Maximum Ride does not think like that.

The sun was shining brightly, and you could feel the breezy Connecticut air on your face. It was mid way through the years, and spring was coming up. I hate cold. No, I hate freezing to death.

The girls left quietly, but then a new adversity frowned upon us.

"Hello Fang, Maximum." It was her. Lissa, the root of all my problems. Fierce red hair, piercing green eyes, and an outgoing personality to match. I remember when we were little, and we used to do everything together. That all changed two years ago. We were best friends since kindergarten when we painted all the paper on the crayons green so it looked like someone stole all the other colors. Lissa was different. I was different. We all were different.

" Hey Lissa," Fang responded casually, noticing me tense up.

I couldn't help but notice how Lissa talked so animatedly with Fang. If I wasn't her old best friend, I would say she was flirting. But she's not flirting. She wants something. I came to a realization: She wanted him. That was why she did the what she did two years ago. Lissa abandoned our friendship because she thought I was a threat. Just because I became best friends with Fang that summer, she abandoned OUR FRIENDSHIP because she thought I liked him. Lissa had done these things before. You don't really notice until it happens to you.

When I look up, they were walking to their first class. Well, I thought, let's get this over with. Silently, I walked ten paces behind them, careful to look like I was walking to my locker, which is where they were going. Why? Because Lissa Selone's locker was right next to mine.

Nudge appeared by my side and I held my index finger to my lips. She nodded her head and we pushed forward to keep up with them. How Lissa managed to go so fast in heels is a mystery.

Time to find the answers that I never bothered to know.

A/N: So do you like it? REVIEW AND REVIEW AND REVIEW AND REVIEW!

I promise to explain the 'accident' in the next few chapters but try to guess it. It's actually not kidnapping, or fighting, or anything like that. But it has to do with truth or dare, whipped cream, freezing rain, and the summer before high school.

Till the next chapter…

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