The Middle Name Paradox

By: Minazuki Shihouin

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, school, and Joy, Julia and Olivia and any other school characters.

NOTE: IGGY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE. THERE MIGHT BE SOME OOC. THE IMING PART WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THIRD PERSON. MOST OF THE STORY WILL PROBABLY BE IN JULIA OR MAX'S POV.

Chapter One: Camping Out and Meeting Her

Max POV

Me no like-y being in California in the Valley. Yes, you heard me right. I hated being in the Valley during the summer. It was too hot for my bird-self to handle.

"Max~?" asked Angel sweetly as she flew over to me. I groggily turned to her, all the while shading my eyes from the light.

"Yeah?" I vaguely saw her slim figure in the harsh sunlight.

"Now that the world is saved for now, can we get a big house and go to school? You know, sleep in the same bed for a long, long time?" she asked me, shading her eyes as well. But it gave me a clear view of the Bambi eyes.

I groaned and turned away as Fang looked at me, raising one dark eyebrow. I glared at him and wondered how he could handle the heat with the black attire he had on.

I turned to Angel, and I noticed that Nudge had joined in as well. "Ple~ase?" Nudge asked. I sighed and finally gave in.

"Fine. All right, guys! Let's head down and plan it out!"

3 glorious hours later:

"Uh! I'm beat. How are we supposed to find a free house that's big enough for all of us?" I groaned, leaning back on the cool grass. We had no money, and we couldn't do anything to get a job, let alone go to school.

"As I said, we could—" Iggy started to say. Gazzy was nodding but I held my hand out in front of both of their faces.

"We are not blowing up the bank, and then grabbing the money that falls out of the sky. I told you Ig- that's too dangerous. A lot of people could get hurt." I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"What if we just wait here for people to find us?" asked Fang quietly. I looked at him.

"What are you on?" I asked him. He just simply pointed behind me and I noticed headlights shining on us.

"Into the bushes!" I whisper-yelled. Everyone followed my orders except for Fang. Stupid Fang…

Someone came out of the car, and still, Fang stood there, still as a statue. I discreetly pushed out my arm, hoping to grab that stupid black shirt of his and pull it so he wouldn't be seen, but someone shone a flashlight.

"Hello? Who are you? What are you doing here? Where are your parents?" a female asked nicely with a motherly voice. I didn't trust it as I looked over the weird woman.

She was tall-ish, with deep brown eyes, a motherly face and curly brown hair. I could tell that she was Mexican, and I detected a slight accent when she spoke.

"Well, I was camping here with my friends, but then my friend named Max intentionally left the supplies outside the store after we paid for them, and we got lost trying to find our way back."

Wow. That was a lot of words for Fang. Like, a lot.

"So you walked all the way out here… without realizing your stuff was at the store?" asked the lady. She sounded doubtful.

"Yes, ma'am. Well, you know girls. They're kind of…" he whistled high and then low. I glared at him from behind the bushes.

"Max… is a girl?" I saw Fang nod.

"She's right behind me. Yeah, her hand is reaching out to grab my shirt and pull me into the bushes. Talk about un-romantic. She wanted to—"

I jumped out of the bushes as I heard everyone start to giggle. I grabbed Fang by the collar and pushed my face close to his.

"Alright, that is it mister! You are so~ going to die! I did not want to do anything! So don't—"

"Couldn't keep your hands off of me, huh?" Fang smirked and I turned red. Everyone suddenly jumped out of the bushes, startling the woman, as I snarled and pulled my fist back to punch that stupid smirking face of Fang's.

Iggy roughly grabbed my arm to pull it away, and Nudge pried my fingers off Fang's shirt. Angel talked sternly to Fang about not doing something anymore, and Gazzy looked around before cringing slightly and letting one go.

The woman started coughing, and my eyes started to water. Nudge fell to the ground choking while Iggy high-fived Gaz.

Fang cupped his hands around his mouth and nose, trying to keep breathing the sanitary air. Angel pinched her nose with one hand, and slapped her hand over her mouth.

"Gmfoff Gaffy!" I said, holding my mouth.

"What?"

"Gross, Gazzy!" I said, letting go of my mouth for one moment. But one moment was all the noxious, yellowish gas to reach my nose and penetrate my mouth.

Gaz laughed as I began coughing violently.

It took twenty minutes for us to clear the air. My throat was raw from coughing, and tears ran down my face.

The woman was still cringing, and as she held her nose, she asked nasally, "Do you need me to drop you off at your house? You shouldn't be out here, especially without camping gear."

I started to shake my head, but Angel played the sad act. "Ma'am, we have nowhere to go. See, Max doesn't really trust anyone. That's why she left the camping gear outside the store; she thought the sales man put a bomb in it."

I glared at my sweet little Angel, but she wasn't looking at me. The lady gasped.

"Oh you poor dears! You could stay with me!" she took a look at me and smiled politely. "Hello, Max. My name is Valencia Martinez."

A/N: First chapter over! Review please, because it makes me happy! :)