Hey! For all those who've read my other fic, Winter Holidays for Percy Jackson (PLEASE READ), well, I'm also obsessed with Maximum Ride (duh, who isn't?) so this is my first Maximum Ride fanfic! Hope you like it!

Max

We were moving. AGAIN. My mom, Dr. Martinez (but I go by the last name Ride) was the best vet in the country and she gets job offers all over the America.

My dad was a scientist, his name is Jeb, but the coward left us right when Nudge was born. If you haven't gotten the point, well, I hate his guts and I hope to never see him again.

So here we are, in California.

We used to live in Arizona but they want my mom to start her own hospital in Long Beach, California.

My sisters Nudge, 14 and Ella, 16, really hate moving because they always made so many friends at their new schools. They were always popular and stuff. I really didn't mind moving that much. I've never had a best friend, and we don't really stay long enough in one place for me to make many regular friends. So I just stay alone, but I don't mind.

Anyway.

We were at my new house, unpacking our things. It was actually a really nice house and it was pretty big. My mom bought a house that was right on the shore of the beach, it was really pretty.

"Hey mom, can I ride my bike for a while?" I asked.

"Sure thing honey, the fresh air will do you good." She said.

Nudge and Ella were debating what color they should paint their rooms this time. They always picked some neon color, I mean, sometimes I'm afraid I'll go blond whenever I entered their rooms! Like, GEEZ.

"Guys, I'm going out. Anyone want to come?" I looked at their blank stares.

"Guess not." I went outside and got out my bike. I loved riding my bike; it always let me think about life.

I got onto the path that ran along the water. I wonder how schools going to be, being 17 was so not easy. High school sucked and I never bothered to make any friends because we always move whenever we do (my family moves a lot too, so I know exactly how this goes).

I just let all my worries ride away on the waves I was staring at. I just kept at it for about an hour and a half until I got home.

I saw my mom talking to some lady on hour porch. They were laughing at something like it was the funniest thing in the world. Gosh, grownups are so weird, but man, did I love my mom.

I got off my bike and rolled it into the garage. I climbed up the porch steps.

"Max! How are you honey? This is Mrs. Swift. She's our new neighbor! Her family just moved her a couple weeks ago," My mom introduced.

"Hello," I smiled and shook Mrs. Swift's hand, she smiled back. See? I can be polite! My mother has taught me well.

"Here, I have four kids and I'd like you to meet them!" She took out her cell phone.

"Hey sweetie! Can you get your brothers and sisters over? I'd like you to meet our new neighbors. Ok, thanks Fang, see you." She closed her phone and smiled.

Fang? Who names their son that? Sounds like a dog name or something…

She and my mom talked for a couple more minutes then four kids came out the door of the house next to us.

They smiled as they climbed up to our porch.

"Hi! I'm Angel!" said a girl about 14 years old. She had curly blonde hair and a sweet face. Huh, name suits her.

"I'm Gazzy," said a boy about 15.

"Hey, I'm Iggy. I'm 16, just so you know," said an older boy. Dang, that kid was tall! He had very fair blond hair and I could tell he was blind because his eyes were a pale blue.

Behind him stood another guys, slightly shorter than Iggy, but still tall. He had black hair and dark eyes. He had a slight smile on his face when I looked at him.

"Hey, I'm Fang, I think I'm in your grade," he said, looking at me.

Whoa, so this is Fang. Well, he wasn't a dog, that's for sure.

The rest of us introduced ourselves and my mom, being the little social butterfly she was, invited them inside.

It turned out that Angel, Nudge, and Ella all loved shopping and clothes and what not. So they all went upstairs squealing about 'the newest fashions' and 'what they should wear on the first day of school'.

Gazzy and Iggy were in the backyard throwing a football. Wait, isn't Iggy blind?

I was leaning against the side of the house watching them.

"Hey," I heard. I turned around to see Fang.

"Hey," it was all I could think of to say back.

"So…do you like it here in California so far?" I asked.

"Yeah," he said.

"You?"

"Better than some places I've been," I snorted.

We just sort of stood there, watching Iggy and Gazzy.

"Fang? If Iggy's blind, then how is he throwing and catching a football?" Fang turned to look at me, a smug smile on his face.

"He's not handicapped Max; the dude can do things, lots of things actually."

Well well well, looks like this kid has an attitude. Hmm I wonder who he reminds me of, oh, that's right! Moi!

"Well, my bad for thinking blind guys can't play football!" I said sarcastically.

He smiled and watched Iggy throw the football.

"So you ready for school?" I asked Fang.

"Eh," now that's a guy of few words.

"Have you been here for long?" I asked.

"Sorta." Ok, so I was getting sort of irritated but I wasn't going to let him get the satisfaction out of that. I just knew he would, well, just like I would if it were him.

"So…did you fail English comprehension? I mean, do you need some help forming complete sentences? If you want I could tutor you, and I won't even charge!" I returned the smug smile.

He glared at me then turned away as Iggy and Gazzy came up to us.

"Hey Max, Fang. You want to come and watch Gazzy and I build a stink bomb?" Iggy said.

I lifted my eyebrows in wonder/surprise and looked at Fang, then Iggy, then Gazzy.

So let me get this straight.

Iggy and Gazzy are in high school (so who taught them to build a bomb?!)

Iggy is BLIND

Where in the name of God did he get the supplies to build one?!

Wow, all the wonders in the world can really get a girl thinking.

Fang rolled his eyes, "I'll pass."

Then, "I've seen you do it a million times," he mumbled.

"Um, well, I'm flattered and all, but to be on the safe side, I might get into some serious trouble if you teach me how, you never know how extreme I can be." I meant for it as a joke but there was definitely some truth there.

Iggy and Gazzy snickered.

"Ok, that's cool." Gazzy said, and they went off to build a bomb.

Well, that's something I don't think every day.

I decided not to ask about it.

After a while the Swift family had to go.

Nudge, Angel, and Ella were already making plans to see each other soon. Maybe these neighbors weren't so bad after all. It's kind of weird actually, I've never really talked to anyone at all like I have to Iggy, Gazzy, and Fang, and we didn't even talk that much!

Who knows, maybe school won't suck as much after all.

So what did you think? This was only an opener, but it'll get better! I promise! REVIEW! Oh, and if anyone has any ideas, I'd really like to know! (cuz at the moment I left my brain in my closet and I can't seem to find it…)

~BookHunter