A/N: This is going to be my first official chapter story on FanFiction! Isn't that exciting!! I'm going to keep this note short and sweet :). I might not be updating too often, but I'll try my hardest to get at least a chapter up once a week! Sounds like a plan? Good! I have most of the plot already planned out! (I've been home sick for a week, this is what I thought about through all those miserable moments!). Here we go!

By the way, this takes place post-MAX, pre-FANG. Max, Fang, and Iggy are 16.

DISCLAIMER FOR ENTIRE STORY: I do not own the Maximum Ride Series, any of it's characters or plots or anything. James Patterson does! But I do own this story, so don't steel it!

Chapter 1.) Iggy the Housewife -Max POV

My heart was racing as I fought that nasty eraser. Going through this again? Of course I'll win...maybe not. Next thing I knew I felt like I was blacking out. The eraser had pinned me down, his hands on my shoulders. "Max.....Max......Max!" He kept growling my name in my ear.

I shot up in bed. Fang had his hands on my shoulders, whispering my name softly to wake me up. "Max....are you okay?" He asked, pulling his hands away.

I caught my breath. "I'm fine...I just had a weird dream. What's up?"

"Dinner's ready. And your mom is home early tonight. She wanted to ask us something after dinner too."

"Okay," I said, getting out of bed. "Thanks."

"Yeah," he said, leaving my room silently.

So, incase you haven't caught up yet, the whole "saving the world" business is over and done with. The flock and I are peacefully living at my mom's house in Arizona with my sister, Ella. And our three dogs. (Total, Akila, and Magnolia.) And Jeb.

Jeb isn't home all too often. Usually he's away on business trips, but I don't really mind. I mean, I'm still not sure if I can trust him, even after he saved our lives a few times. But I still don't feel that same connection we had right after he saved us from the school-the first time.

I pushed my hair out of my face and strode down the hall, and practically flew down the stairs. "Iggy, do I smell lasagna?!" I squealed, right as I entered the kitchen.

"Yup," he said, turning around and handing me a plate filled with lasagna. "Here you go, Max. Oh, Dr. M is home early tonight. I guess she had something to ask us after we eat. Any idea?" He said, scratching his chin, and achieving the whole "curious thinker" look.

"No, I don't know. She hasn't said anything. Fang told me she was gonna say something too. I guess we'll find out." But if you know me, you know I'm not very patient. I needed to know now.

I went into the dining room where my mom, Fang, and Angel were already eating. I guess the rest of the flock didn't come down yet. "Hi sweety," Mom said as I sat down across from her.

"Hi mom," I said sweetly. "What's going on?" See, I'm good-cop bad-cop all in one!

"What? Nothing's going on." So you think you can fool me, momma?

"What did you wanna talk to us about?" I questioned. Angel was smiling - she must have read her mind.

"Oh," my mom was smiling now too. "Wait till Iggy comes in."

"Iggy!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

"What?" He yelled back.

"Come in here!"

Iggy came in about a minute later with a towel over his shoulder and an apron on. "Max, I have dishes to clean and children to feed. What's the deal?"

Fang snickered. "You look like a housewife." My mom shot him a look, and he stopped laughing.

"Okay, mom. What's up?" I turned my attention to her.

"Well...I know I haven't been around much with this new full time job," Mom usually leaves the house at six in the morning and doesn't get back till seven or eight at night. "And I'm going on a business trip to Florida. You guys seem like you need a vacation-"

"Who's 'you guys,'" I cut her short.

"You, Fang, Iggy, and Ella. I've left you guys to take care of the younger kids and dogs practically by yourself the whole summer, with the exception of Jeb once in a while. Don't you guys want a break?"

"Uh, yeah!" Iggy yelled, throwing his towel on the floor and ripping his apron off. "I'm so not a housewife either, Fang!"

"I thought so. Ella already said she's in, but what about you two?" She said, looking at me and Fang.

Fang nodded. "It would be fun. Max?"

Bad things usually seem to happen when we split up the flock. I hate leaving... "I don't know," I shoved some lasagna in my mouth while everyone else looked at me. Except Angel. "Where's Angel?"

"I'm getting more lasagna!" She called from the kitchen. Wow, I didn't even see her leave.

"Max, why not!" Iggy pleaded.

"I don't know. I need to think about it, Iggy."

"You think about it, Max. Just let me know tomorrow night, okay?" She asked, finishing up her food and leaving the table.

"Yeah, sure."

Fang was giving me a look that for sure said 'we'll talk later.'

A/N: Hopefully getting another chapter up tonight after this one. I'm just really, REALLY hungry right now, so it's time for a dinner break :).