Finding a Home

by HaveFaithInMe1996

Max has been bounced from foster home to foster home since she was 6 when her dad killed her mother and himself. She has never been able to trust anyone. Will all of that change we she moves in with the Martinez family and meets a boy with an equally troubleing past? Will he help her cope with a death in her family? Or will more trouble come out of there relationship? FAX AU

1. The New Family

So I don't own Maximum Ride and all that jazz that I'm supposed to write and a disclaimer!

Chapter 1!

"Max I promise you'll really like this place" My social worker Michael say's with hope in his eyes.

"Pinkey promise?" I shoot back sarcastically. He just sighs

I suppose I should tell you about myself, I'm Maximum Ride, but I go by Max. I'm 16 and on to another foster home. I couldn't tell you what number this is, I stopped counting after 8.

"Max this is your 11th home anymore and they'll put you in a group home, just try to make it work" Michael says seriously.

"Yeah yeah, I was just wondering what number this was, thanks for the info." I shot back. He just sighed, again.

Anyway my dad killed my mom and himself when I was 6, and I have been in 10 foster homes (soon to be 11) since. Most of the foster homes have pretty much blown, one was alright but they didn't want anything long term. Anyway I'm about 5"8, pretty skinny, short pink hair (dyed obviously my natural is brown with blonde highlights), blue eyes, and a lot of scars. People are usually put off by my "tough exterior" so I don't make friends easy. Yeah that's pretty much all you need to know about me.

"This is it" Michael says as he pulls up to a huge blue house, I was so deep in thought I didn't see us pull into this plush neighborhood. He honks the horn and a pretty Hispanic lady comes out and waves happily at us.

"Get out and make a good impression" Michael says seriously. I do as he says and walk up to the women.

"You must be Maximum! I'm Valencia Martinez, you can call me Val, Ms. Martinez, or Doc. Were so happy to have you!" She says with a happy smile on her face.

The only thing I say is "It's Max, not Maximum."

Michael elbows me but "Val" just nods and says "Alright. Max. Welcome! Follow me the kids are at school but they'll be home soon."

I just nod. Michael hands me my small duffel bag and pushes me to walk behind Val. As soon as we get inside Michael announces he has to leave after reminding me to be on my best behavior. Val shows him to the door than comes back to me.

"Well, why don't I show you to your room then we can go over some house rules and I can tell you about the other kids before they get home." She says happily. I just nod. She walks up the stairs and then down a long hall and opens a door and says "this will be your room, make yourself comfortable while I go check on dinner, I'll be right back." Again I just nod. When she leaves I flip on the light and take a look around the room, its big and I'll have my own room which is not very common when it comes to foster homes. It has a big bed and a nice dresser and is painted a light blue color, but otherwise its pretty plain. I put the few things I have in the dresser. 3 shirts, 2 pair of jeans, some bra's and underwear, socks, and a pair of pajamas. Val came back in and looked at her strangely.

"You put all your clothes away already?" she asked. I decided I should actually speak this time.

"Yeah, I don't have much." I replied.

"Well, we will definitely have to fix that!" she said with a smile and then adds. "Anyway so let me tell you a little about me and the other kids, I run a very Succesful Veterinary clinic, I'm a single parent, I have one biological daughter and 3 adopted kids that were once in the foster system, My biological daughter is Ella, she is 16 like you and is very excited to meet you, Then we have Krystal who is 14 but we all call her Nudge, Next we have the twins Zephyr, everyone calls him Gazzy, and Angel, they're 6. Curfew on school nights is 8:30, on weekends 10 but its negotiable, you have to tell me every time you leave, where you're going, who you are going to be with, and if you think you are going to be out later than curfew, and why you are going to be out later than curfew. You are responsible for keeping your room clean and for doing the chores that I lay out for you, if you follow the rules and are respectful to both me and the other kids we should get along fine. How does that sound Max?"

I stare at her for a moment and then ask "What are the consequences if I break the rules or don't do my chores"

"Well if you break curfew you are grounded the length depends on the number of offenses you make and how late past curfew you are, if you don't do your chores you will be assigned extra and you will not be allowed to watch TV or be on the internet for the rest of the day and the following day." She says looking thoughtful. I just stare and think that's it? There has got to be some kind of catch!

"That's all? Okay I think I can handle that" I say surprised. She looks at me sadly for a moment and is about to say something when I hear the front door open and voices down below.

"MOM? Where are you? Is that new kid Maximum here?" I hear a female voice shout.

"Hold on kids Max and I are on our way down!" Val yells back. She then smiles and gestures for me to follow her.

When we get to the kitchen there are 3 kids who couldn't look more different staring at me.

"Guy's this is Max" Val says to the group

OKAY so this is my first story so don't judge to much! Leave me reviews.