Chapter one: School day! Whoopee. (not really)
(A/N, I still need a Beta Reader! Spell check doesn't help enough! With that out of the way, onto my story)
Max POV (A/N, if you still don't know what POV means, it's Point Of View)
"Maaaaaaaax! Hurry up!" Ella shouted upstairs.
I groaned. "Why, Ells? It's Sunday." I muttered, blocking the sun from my eyes with an arm.
"It's MONDAY! The first day of sophomore year! Now get your butt down here I come do that for you!" Ella retorted. I imeadiatley jumped out of bed, and whilst scrambling out from under my covers I fell onto the floor. There was no way in he-eck she was picking out my clothes. I slipped on a black and purple T-shirt, and pulled on a pair of black jeans. I hopped downstairs, trying to get my shoes on. I sat down at the kitchen table, and started to eat my mouth-watering delicious pancake and bacon breakfast.
" 'This is great mom." I tried to say around a mouthful of food, but it instead came out as, " 'Is i grea, om."
"Max, don't talk with your mouthful." My mother replied from her position by the stove. She finished making the rest of the bacon, and turned off the stove. She set the plateful of bacon on the table infront of me and Ella, my sister, and got some cups and the milk out. I grabbed a cup, and took the carton of milk, then poured me a glass.
"Sorry, mom. I said 'This is great mom.' " I told her. I finished the rest of my milk and pancakes, then put my plate in the sink with the cup. "Come on Ella! Now I'm the one yelling at YOU to hurry up!" I shouted up the stairs. Ella came running down the stairs, wearing a pink skirt with cherries on it and a jean jacket. She also had 6-inch heels in her hand, and she began to hurriedly put them on.
We headed out the door, after telling our mom goodbye, and began the long walk to school. I finally realized something.
"Ella, we forgot Iggy." I said turning around to face her.
"Aww dangit! Hurry up and go get him!" she said pushing me back towards the house. I ran back inside and up the stairs, while I yelled for Iggy to get his butt up. A few minutes later he came out of his room fully dressed, and we headed down the stairs. Mom threw him a pack of Pop-Tarts, and we headed out the door.
Ella was standing there talking to someone awfully familiar. Of course, it was our neighbor Nick Batchelder, or as everyone else called him, Fang. He had obisidian eyes, black hair, and wore a - you guessed it- basic black ensemble. As we ran towards them, him and Ella stopped talking and watched us.
"Hey... Fang..." I panted. He nodded while Iggy pushed me playfully.
"What was that for?" I said as I stumbled back a few inches. For a blind guy. he had great accuracy. Yes, my brother Iggy was blind. Don't judge.
"For almost... forgetting me at... home." He replied while still catching his breath. We started to walk down the road, Fang and Ella trailing behind us, watching the argument unfold.
"You knew today was the first day of sophomore year! You should've had your alarm clock set! Ella woke me up later than usual, but i still got ready in time. I even got to eat breakfast!" I shot back. You know I had a point there.
"Yes, but then you two completely forgot about your brother, who has done so much for you two." Iggy said, pretending to wipe away a tear.
"Drama Queen." I called him. Suddenly he had me slung over his shoulder, and was running down the road.
"IGGY! Put me down!" I yelled, pounding on his back with my fists. He chuckled, and started to slow down until he stopped.
"I'm just helping my sister. It's not my fault she tripped on the sidewalk. She could have internal bleeding, and I need to get her to the school nurse as fast as possible." Iggy lied. Dang, he was good at making up stories, but I didn't believe him. By now, Fang and Ella had caught up to us.
"Ig, just put me down." I whined. Iggy shook his head no, and continued down the road to school.
"Iggy, I swear if you do not put me down right now, I will kick your skinny white ass from here to next week." I threatened through gritted teeth. Iggy gulped, knowing I most likely wouldn't hesitate to do so, and put me down. I walked back to Ella, and took my backpack from her. Fang rolled his eyes, and I bumped his shoulder with mine. He bumped me back with the same amount of force, barely making me move. I was about to say something, when we arrived on campus, and a nasal voice said my name.
"Oh, Maxi honey! What are you doing here?" I whirled around to come face-to-face with Lissa, who was no doubt already crowned the schools Queen Bee, stared at me.
"What do you want, Lissa dearest?" I spat, my words litterally dripping venom. She just narrowed her eyes at me, and replied.
"You didn't answer my question, Maxi." She flipped her red hair over her shoulder, and her followers did the same. Her followers were Brigid Dylwer (A/N, sorry if i spelled it wrong!) and Anne Walker. Anne was like a copy of Lissa, while Brigid was a little nicer. We used to be friends till she got taken in by Lissa.
"Never, call me that, Lissy." I replied, my voice like steel. I narrowed my eyes, and scowled at her. I saw the look of fear flicker in her eyes, then disappear quickly. It was replaced by anger.
"Call me Lissy again, and you'll be hearing from Dylan." she replied calmly. I rolled my eyes. Like I was afraid of Dylan! He was the Football Captin, but I'd take him out in less than a minute.
Iggy appeared at my side, and Lissa imeadiatley started flirting with him. She just couldn't grasp the fact that he was blind, and she still had a crush on him. I would've thrown up if we weren't in front of the school.
"Lissa, leave my sister alone, and maybe I'll consider dating you." he said. I've seen him do this a million times, he always gave the girl the number to a chinese food place. It was a classic move, but it always worked for him. So, congratulations Lissa, you are the 428th girl to have this happen to you! Ha, like she needs to be congratulated. She had her face caked in make-up, and wore really small clothing, that im not even sure her parents really let her wear. Her followers were the same, except they had not dated almost every guy in the school.
Lissa nodded, smiling at him flirtatiously. Iggy took out the paper with the number on it and gave it to her. She walked away, and her followers, you know, followed. I let out a sigh of relief, as we walked up the steps to the entrance. I pushed open the door, and took in every detail of the hallways, and lockers. Students were talking, getting to their homerooms, or just now coming. It hadn't changed a bit.
Nudge came up to us bouncing ecitedly, and gave us all hugs, except for Fang. Then, she began to babble about her summer break in Hawaii.
"It was amazing Max! You should've seen it! There were a TON of different birds, and i got to hold this one that was a really weird almost violet color, and we got to go surfing, and I got to hang ten, but then I wiped out and had to go back to the hotel room. The next day we went snorkling, and I saw a jelly fish that a transparent color, and it almost stung me, so I screamed and ran out of the water, but it turned out it was a plastic bag, and then we went and ate at this outdoor restaraunt, and they had this food that was like shrimp almost, but it was called something else that I don't remember how to pronounce, and after we ate, we went to this bonfire thing, and they sang these weird traditional songs in Hawaiian, and we got to eat roasted-" I tuned Nudge out as we walked towards our lockers which were right beside each other.
The others had split up to get their stuff, so I was stuck with Nudge. I put in my combination, and grabbed all of my books that I would need. We headed to our homeroom, and I decided to tune back in on Nudge's ramble.
"- and on the 14th day, we went on this hike to an active volcano on the island, and when we were at the top, I looked down inside the volcano, and it was pitch black. There wasn't any orange lava or anything like you see in movies or on tv you know? So I asked the guide why it was so dark and there wasn't any lava in it, and he said it was because-" I tuned her out again, deciding her ramble was really boring.
The bell rang finally, saving me from anymore of Nudge's rant, and she said bye as we went in oppisite directions for our next class. I had History in room 1-D with . I walked into the classroom, and was greeted by a man who looked to be about in his 20's. But what surprised me most was that there was a DOG sitting by his DESK.
"Who's there?" asked. He turned in my direction as I closed the door.
"Max. Max Ride." I said. I walked to his desk, and was tempted to pet the dog. It was a German Shepard, full breed it looked like.
"Oh yes, this is the magnificent Maximum Ride i've been hearing about." He replied.
"It's just Max, actually." I said. He nodded.
"Well, you must've noticed the dog by now. His name is Petro. Please don't pet him while he's working, though. It distracts him from his job." told me.
"I'm blind. I know what you're thinking, why in the world am I still teaching even though im blind? It's because I just couldn't stop working here. Petro here, helps me. He's a guide dog, if you haven't figured that out yet." He continued as more students began to walk out. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a familiar black person. I didn't now Fang had History for his first class. (A/N, there was no racism intended in this paragraph.)
"Please, Max, have seat so I can explain this to the class." Mr. Francis told me. I took a seat in the back next to Fang, where he had saved me a seat. A blonde boy was on my other side, and I saw that it was Zephyr, or as we called him, Gazzy. We had special reasons for that, more info on that later. Fang raised an eyebrow as if to ask, 'What were you talking about?' I shook my head, and nodded towards who had stood up and was infront of his desk. Petro was beside him, and had on a harness with a handle for to hold on to.
"Alright class. Let's cut to the chase. I'm blind, and have been for 2 years now. Petro here is a guide dog, so do not pet him when he has on his harness. Since I won't be able to see you raising your hand, just say my name. I would like it better if you called me Jack instead of though." He told the class. Everyone nodded or 'Okay'ed. Jack smiled, and stepped forward, while Petro guided him to a tv. He grabbed the cart with one hand, and wheeled it to the front of the front of the room, with Petro guiding him back to the front.
"So, let's begin this first class with a movie on the Egyptians."
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IT was the end of the day, and everyone was coming over to mine, Ella's, and Iggy's, house. It was Me, Ella, Iggy, Fang, Nudge, Gazzy, and Gazzy's sister, Angel. As our huge group walked home, I saw something strange from the corner of my eye. I looked to my right, but nothing was there. I shrugged it off, and tuned back in to Nudge and Iggy's conversation.
"But really, Iggy. It's not like people need to go to the moon for anything. All thats up there is a bunch of rocks, and your surrounded by tons of stars, and a comet or meteor could crash into you at anytime, so I don't see why-" Nudge was cut off by Fang slapping his hand over her mouth. Everyone sighed with relief.
"Do you hear that? It's peace and quietness." Iggy remarked. That made everyone laugh, except for Nudge, who had her arms crossed infront of her chest. She tried to say something, but Fang still had his hand over her mouth so it sounded like, "Hrmmmphtffff mumumuphhhh phrmm."
"Huh?" I asked, having no idea what she said.
"I said, let's go already. We're still, like, two blocks away from Max, Ella, and Iggy's house." Nudge said, prying Fang's hand off of her mouth.
"What if she made cookies, Ells?" I almost screamed. We both started to run down the block, everyone else following us.
"I'm gonna win!" I yelled behind me. I was in front of everyone else. I didn't even hear it when Fang snuck up behind me.
"BOO!" he yelled in my ear. I literally jumped a good 10 feet in the air.
"Fang!" I yelled angrily as he passed me, smirking. I ran after him, and caught up easily. I almost pssed him, until Gazzy pulled the back of my shirt backwards, and i stumbled back, knocking both of us over. I landed on top of Gazzy, and I quickly scrambled off of him. I stood up, and offered him a hand. He ignored it, and stood up himself.
"Smooth, Gaz." Iggy commented. He must've heard us fall over, or someone told him what had happened. I brushed off my pants, and looked at Fang.
"I'm still gonna win!" I yelled, running up the steps, with everyone else close behind. I tapped the door, just as it opened. I ended up face-planting onto the floor.
"Max! Are you alright honey?" my mom asked. I pushed myself up from the ground, and nodded.
"I'm fine mom." I told her as I took off my shoes. I dumped my backpack by the door, and everyone else did the same. I walked into the kitchen, and instantly smelled the chocolate-chip cookies, and took about 10. I stuffed one in my mouth, and instantly sank into a chair. I closed my eyes, and leaned back in the chair. Everyone else came in, and I heard Nudge sit on my right, and Ella on my left. I put another cookie in my mouth, and literally inhaled it. I sat back up, and opened my eyes. My mom took another batch out of the oven, and sat it on the table. All of those were soon gone. My mom left for work then, and it was just us.
"Let's watch a movie!" Angel suggested happily. She had blonde curls, and blue eyes. Her brother had the same eyes and hair, just not curly. Instead, Gazzy's spiked up, like tiny needles. Everyone agreed to the movie, and I went to get the fish bowl. I brought it down, and mixed up the pieces of paper. This is how we decided on the movies. Angel picked first, and she read the piece of paper. It said High School Musical on it.
"I thought you threw those out!" Nudge exclaimed. I shook my head.
"Ella thought it would be funny if we watched it again." I said. Ella rolled her eyes, and stuck her hand into the bowl. This paper read 30 Minutes Or Less. Good choice.
Gazzy then stuck in his hand, and so did Nudge, Fang, and Iggy. Then it was my turn. I stuck my hand into the bowl, and pulled out a piece of paper. It read Mean Girls. I snorted, and then grabbed all the papers. I went into the basement to get the movies. In the end we had these movies: High School Musical, 30 Minutes Or Less, She's Out Of My League, The Notebook, Just Friends, Valentines Day, and Mean Girls.
I popped in the first movie, and sat down on the couch. Fang sat on my left side, and Angel sat on the right. Nudge and Gazzy sat on the floor, and Ella and Iggy took the two armchairs.
~~(time skip. 8:00 pm.)~~
We were watching Valentine's Day, and it was around the end of the movie. My eyelids were drooping, but I forced myself to stay awake. The movie ended, and Ella got up to put in Mean Girls. While in the middle of it, around the party at that house, I finally gave in to sleep.
