Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride or any of the characters. Also any songs, bands, books, or brand names mentioned do not belong to me.

Chapter 1

I'd like to say that life went on after Fang left. That I moved on. But I would be 've only been dating for a few months, but I've known him for five years. We met in middle school, and slowly became friends. It was just one of those things you know? When two completely different people become best friends. He lived in my neighborhood, so we spent a lot of time with each other. He was practically my brother, and he knew me as well as I know myself. Maybe even better. Confused? Keep reading, I'll tell you the story starting from last fall, beginning of tenth grade.


"Hey Max, what do you think of this outfit?" asked Nudge, my adopted sister. Her real name is Monique, but she likes to be called Nudge, I have no idea why. She has mocha colored skin, brown eyes, curly, dark brown hair, and a bubbly personality. She loves fashion and talks constantly. I looked up from my lunch, two grilled cheese sandwiches, to see what she was wearing. She had on a orange shirt with a multicolored blue, orange, and green skirt, the kind that are shorter in the front and longer in the back, and wedges. She looked good, better than I ever do.

"You look awesome!" I said, smiling.

"Yay!" she squealed happily. "You know, I can help you pick something to wear tomorrow, if you want."

"No thanks, Nudge." I replied. "It's just school, no one really cares what you wear." The first day of school was tomorrow, and Nudge has been freaking out for the past week about what she would wear. I didn't really care about clothes, and would probably just wear jeans and a plain t-shirt.

"Gasp! Of course people care about what you wear! Do you want them to look at you and think 'why is she wearing such boring clothes?' No! You want to be known for your fashion sense! I'm helping you whether you like it or not!" She said with her hands on her hips. "C'mon, lets go look at your clothes." She added when I didn't respond, and grabbed my hand to drag me upstairs. I pouted, "But my lunch!" I whined. Did I mention my love of food? I lovelovelove it!

"Bring it with you." She said, walking towards the staircase. "I'll meet you upstairs."

I took as long as I possibly could to grab my plate and walk up the stairs to my room. I took at least 10 minutes, because a) I really didn't want to do this and b) Our house is huge. I mean huge. My dad, Jeb, is a really successful scientist, so he makes a lot of money, and my mom is a vet. Lets just say we're pretty comfortable in the money department. When I finally got to my room, I saw Nudge tearing through my drawers and closet, looking for something pretty and probably sparkly, that I don't own. My other sister Ella, was sitting on my bed watching Nudge rip apart my room in her fruitless search. Ella has long, brown hair, tan skin, and pretty brown eyes. She looks more hispanic, like my mom.

"You. Have. Nothing. Nice. To. Wear!" Nudge exclaimed angrily, glaring at me. "Didn't I make you buy nice clothes?"

"I might have possibly returned them because I knew I would never wear them." I said with a 'sorry' face.

"Ugh!" She said, frustrated. Then she looked me up and down. "We're around the same size... Maybe you can borrow my clothes."

"But I'm like four inches taller than you!" I exclaimed.

"Then we'll just have to go shopping." She replied. "And this time you will not return the clothes I make you get."

I gave in, there was no changing Nudge's mind once she decided something. There was a mall five minutes from our house, so Ella, Nudge, and I rode our bikes. I'll spare you the details, but there was much whining, complaining, anger, and stubbornness, mostly mine. But finally, finally we were done and rode home. Nudge and Ella had tons of bags and I had four, that Nudge forced me to get. That's a lot for me. My outfit will not be revealed until later, because I wanna keep you hanging. But I'll give you a few hints: It's something I would never wear normally, and is, in my opinion, too nice for school.

I was so not looking forward to school tomorrow.

A/N: So, this is my first story on FF. So, I hope you like it... Yeah, that's about it. I don't want to beg for comments, but they are appreciated!