Chapter 1: New School, new friends, new fights.

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride or any of the original characters, only the plot line and characters that I made I up.

(A/N: this fanfic is based during the time that the flock r at anne's place.)

Max POV

Anne dropped us off at the new high school. It was big. Which was good. A lot of windows and doors for possible escape routes. Getting better. But a whole lot of people. There were so many people. The flock and I did not like big crowds. I glanced over at Fang and saw him staring at the students with what looked like disbelieve in his eyes. Quite frankly I couldn't blame him. There where so many people. I was interrupted from my thoughts by Anne saying, "Ok, guys, this is your new school. Just go to the front desk and someone there will show you where your lockers and classes are. Good luck."

We piled out of the car and walked across the parking lot. Just as we entered the inside of the high school someone came walking up towards me. I glanced around quickly looking for a quick escape route I could use but there were none. Oh great.

"Um, hi. You're the new girl Max right?" I was slightly shocked by his cuteness up close but tried not to let it show. "Uh, yeah. Yeah I am. Sorry but who are you?" I was beginning to freak out a little bit. I mean how did guy know my name. "Oh, right. Sorry. I'm Sam. I was just wondering if maybe you wanted sit with me and some of my friends at lunch." I was about to say that I was already sitting with someone else when I heard Fang talking to someone. I looked over my shoulder quickly and saw Fang talking to a red head. And just let me sat that that red head was pretty.

I forgot all about saying no to Sam and turned my head quickly to face him again, "Yeah sure, why not?" he looked down at his watch and said, "Oh, I was meant to meet someone like 10 minutes ago. Um, I'll catch up with you later though, right Max?"

"Yeah course. Cya later Sam." I yelled as he jogged down the hall, he turned quickly, smiled, waved and then jogged around the corner.

I turned to see Fang staring at me. "Yes dear brother Nick? Is there a problem?" (A/N: Some of the flock members have fake names while staying at Anne's house; Nick is Fangs fake name, Nudge's is Monique, and the Gasman's is Zypher. Everyone else just has the same name as they did b4).

"I can not believe that you've been here less then five minutes and already you have a boyfriend."

"Well I could say the same about you and the little red head. And FYI, he's not my boyfriend, I'm just having lunch with him. That's all." He scoffed and I punched him lightly in the arm but refrained from asking him what him and the red head were talking about.

"Max you know you want to know what they were talking about,"

"Oh great. Jeb." (A/N: sorry if Max doesn't know that the voice is her dad in while she's at anne's, but she has to know for this story to work)

"Nice to hear from you too, kiddo."

"Sorry Jeb, but just so you know I do not want to know what Fang was talking about with that red head."

"Ok fine. Maybe you don't."

"So have you come to give me the lecture dad's r supposed to give to their daughters when they start high school?"

"Oh and what lecture is that?"

"Oh you know. 'Don't stay out to late', 'no kissing'."

"Um Max, that's for when you go on a date. Not for when you go to high school."

"Just testing" damn I am getting stupid, maybe I do need to go to high school, my education sucks.

"No it doesn't Max, you just haven't had a dad around to give you these lectures before not to long ago."

"Will you stop listening to everything I think? Please!"

"Ok Max. I'll talk to you later. But I will leave you with this, when I was in high school, I was bullied into doing things I didn't want to do. By a thing called peer pressure. I don't want that to happen to you Max. So please be careful."

"Thanks dad. I already knew about the peer pressure but it's nice to know you care. And yes I'll be careful."

As usual no reply. Ugh!!! Why is it that as soon as he gives me advice he gets lost before I can thank him? Adults. They are just so wacky.

Fang POV

As I was waiting for Max to finish her convo' with what's-his-face over there a red haired chick walks up to me and says, "Um, hi. Your one of the new boys right? I'm Lissa." (A/N: Sorry if the spelling's wrong that's just how everyone else spells it, please tell me if it is the wrong spelling.) She stuck her hand out in front of her and I shook it saying, "Um, hi. My name's Nick, and yeah I am one of the new kids here. This is my bro, Iggy, my sister Monique, and that's my other sister, Max." I said pointing to them in turn. "You don't look anything like those three." She pointed out. "Well we're all adopted, except for Angel and Zypher, my youngest brother and sister," I explained. "Um, anyways, I came to ask if you wanted to sit with me and my friends at lunch." Without thinking about it twice I said yes and she walked away happily.

Iggy came up to me and asked, in a barely audible whisper, "Nick my man, what are you doing? I thought you like Max." I put an arm around his shoulder the way that guys to sometimes and steered him away from Nudge, Max and Sam, I think is name was. "Iggy, we have discussed this before. No talking about how I feel about M-A-X in P-U-B-L-I-C. And besides she doesn't even like be back and Lissa's pretty. So what if I sit with her at lunch and not Max?" Iggy nodded his head in understanding, "Yeah I guess your right, I don't think Max would appreciate you interrupting her lunch date with Sammy boy over there. But I bet you haven't even told Max that you've loved her since you five years old."

I stared at him for a second and then said, "Ok so I haven't talked to Max yet. But I will… eventually. And the word is 'like' not 'love'. And it has not been since we were five. I started liking her when we twelve. Now lets get back to the others," I said and steered him back towards the group. "What ever you say Nick, what ever you say."

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