Chapter 1

Max's POV

"Max. Wake up!" My boyfriend shakes me.

"Seven more hours." I mutter sleepily. That's a total Max move.

"You are so difficult," He snickers. "Come on, wake up!"

"You are so deaf." I snap at him.

Suddenly he picks me up, and slams me into the wall. I open my eyes a little. "That's better." He grins at me.

"Put me down!" I groan at him. He had me in the most perverted position in the world. He had me against the wall with my legs wrapped around his waist, to keep me from falling, and there was like no space in between us. We were like paper, completely mushed together. If that makes sense.

And I'm pretty sure he mistook that groan as a moan of ecstasy. Pft, pervert.

He started kissing my neck. I'm like half asleep for Christ's sake. This time I do moan. Don't judge, you would too.

I grab his face, and connect my lips to his. I start kissing him fiercely, and he kisses me back with the same passion. Then he sets me down on the bed with him on top of me. I wrap my legs around his waist again, and my hands go up to his neck. I pull him closer to me, if that's possible.

Okay, now I should probably warn you. This isn't Fang. That back standing bastard can go to hell for all I care.

*Flashback*

"Max?" Gazzy calls to me from downstairs. We were currently residing in Boston. We had a house big enough to fit everyone's needs. We wanted a four story house. We wanted the space.

Why? Because we're eight mutant bird freaks who need space. Not much of an excuse but the Whitecoats didn't have an excuse to experiment on us so who cares?

Anyway, I was on the third floor when he called me so I ran all the downstairs panicked because of the tone in his voice.

"What? What happened? Flyboys? M-Geeks? Erasers? Jeb?" I asked panicked when I finally made it to the bottom.

"No. We just wanted to talk to you." Gazzy said in a sad tone.

He reached for my hand and then squeezed it. What's wrong? Gazzy was shaking.

"Come on." He said sadly.

We walked into the living room where everyone was looking down sadly. Everyone including Total. Gazzy let go of my hand and went to join the others.

"Um, guys?" I said uncertainly.

"Max..." Nudge breathed out my name. I could tell that she was trying not to cry.

"We don't want you here..." Iggy said quietly.

"What do you mean?" I asked. Part of my heart fell.

"We don't need you. You're always treating us like babies. We can do things ourselves too. We don't need you anymore." Nudge said a little angrily.

"Fine, then I won't treat you guys like that anymore. You don't have to kick me out." I tried to reason with them.

"No. We don't want you here. Don't you get it?" Angel said looking me in the eye.

"All of you want me gone?" I asked trying to look into everyone's eyes. They all nodded. Pft, even Dylan and he's supposed to be my perfect other half.

"I'm not going anywhere." I snapped at them. Now I was angry. They think that after all this time I'm going to just leave peacefully. Not even close.

They all looked alarm, as if they hadn't thought ahead. Iggy was about to speak but I cut in before he could say anything, "Shut up! I'm not leaving. You think I'm going to leave? No, if you want me out of your flock then you guys leave. I paid for this house, and fuck you cause I'm staying in it. I paid for the food. I paid for the beds and everything. Pack your shit, cause I'm done with you. Ungrateful bastards."

I meant every word. I clenched my fist so hard and all I could see was red. Dark red. All of a sudden, I felt heat. I looked down and saw that my hands were on fire. It felt good and I didn't feel any pain.

Then it started raining outside and lightning struck. The flock looked at me with wide eyes and mouths open. Was I causing this? I hope so. I wanted to scar them for life.

Next the ground started to shaking and that's when the rage subsided. I didn't want an earthquake messing up this house. It was perfect. I shook my head, and whipped my hands to get rid of the fire. The rain and lightning stopped too.

"Was that you?" Fang asked me.

"Get your stuff and leave. Now!" I shouted at them and ignoring Fang's question.

"Wait, let's talk about this." Fang said putting a hand on my shoulder. I whipped around and pushed him away. That's an understatement. I pushed him like you would with a door but he still went flying back like I just punched him. I looked at my hands. What the hell?

"Max what the hell was that?" Fang shouted, getting up.

"I think I just developed a few more powers." I smiled evilly.

Dylan stepped forward. "Don't come close to me." I warned him.

He kept going though. I put both of my hands in front of me and instantly a full force field went up around me. Everyone gasped.

"You have five minutes to get your stuff and get out of my sight." I said coldly at them.

They all went upstairs to their rooms, and just as I said they were down in five minutes and out the door ten seconds later.

Never to be seen again. At least I hope.

*End flashback*

Yup, that's how it happened. They wanted to be treated their age, so I let them go. They didn't want me. Remember when I said something about people not having an excuse? Yeah well, it's true. We didn't need the house just for space, the Whitecoats didn't have to experiment on us, and the Flock had no reason to kick me out. They didn't want to be treated like babies?

I never treated them like babies. I kept them in line. I treated them exactly like a mother. Iggy and Gazzy wanted to make and fuse bombs. What would've happened if I had let them? We wouldn't have a house.

Nudge wanted to go to the mall and buy everything. What would've happened if I had let her? We wouldn't have any money.

Angel wanted to be the leader of the flock. What would've happened if I had let her? Who knows what. With her mind control powers? She could do anything.

Total was a good pet. He never gave me trouble, unless he was begging me for food.

Dylan never did anything to me except bug me with the whole 'I'm your perfect other half' thing. Honestly, after a while, I kind of started to believe it. Me and Dylan had gotten super close, you know?

Fang? He was the worst out of the bunch. With his moodiness and the dangerous air around him. He didn't like me hanging out with Dylan so much. But Fang said something to Dylan that made him leave me. So Fang is the reason for both of my relationship fails.

But I'm not going to dwell on that any longer.

I'm here with my new flock, in the same house, with my boyfriend. And you know what? It's Heaven.

Want me to explain? Okay. But there are a lot of parts.

*Flashback*

A week after I kicked them out, I was out flying near the beach. You know minding my own business, just flying, loving the feeling of my wings against the wind. Then I heard a commotion. Yes, from ten hundred feet up in the air, I heard a commotion.

I swooped down, and found four kids losing a battle against a bunch of Flyboys. There was like only twenty though. Pft, I would've taken them out in less than five minutes with just my fists. But, since I had new powers, I immediately burned them. Like twelve of them were out in seconds, three were badly injured and five seemed to dodge my attack.

The five turned to me and started attacking. I burned three of them and used a roundhouse kick on the last two. They were getting weaker. They used to be strong but now? An easy punch to the jaw would knock them out. That's how weak.

I dusted off my hands and turned to the kids. Two were twins and looked to be about eleven. They had blonde hair that was cutely straightened, blue eyes and a heart shaped face. They had rings on their fingers with an engraving on the front. But it was too small to make out.

One was about my age, and had black hair. She was staring at me in awe. She was white, but not like ghost white. She had a little tan but then again, it is sunny. She probably just got it. She seemed like a pretty good girl, maybe someone I can trust. But then again, maybe not. She had green eyes and a round shaped face. At first, I guess you don't really notice her beauty but after a while, you see it. I think that's a special power, cause I've never heard of it.

Last but not least, a guy that looked a year older than me. He had the same hair style as Fang's and that made me wince. But I don't think they saw it. He just had the black hair that was in the same style as Fang's but other than that, there was no resemblance. He was white not olive skinned and for that I was grateful. Anyway, he had on a white short with jeans. Not all black like someone I know. He seemed to be in a happier mood than Fang with his black cloud aura.

The guy was actually the first one to speak to me, "Thanks for saving us." And then he smiled at me. On the inside, I was jumping.

"No problem. Those Flyboys have been harassing me and my Flock for years, but they're gone and I need to vent my anger out on someone, so I thought why not, you know." I said laughing nervously. Oh my God, did I just tell him about my Flock leaving me? Bad Max! Bad!

"Your name's Max?" One of the twin girls asked me. I'm going to call her left twin cause she's on the left.

"Um, yeah..." I said slowly but cautiously.

"I can read minds." She explained to me.

Like a certain back standing traitor I know.

"Who?" Right twin asked me.

"We can both read minds." Left twin added.

"Oh okay. What do you mean, 'who'?" I asked Right twin.

"You said 'Like a certain back standing traitor I know' after we told you that we can read minds. Who were you talking about?" Right twin explained to me.

I tensed. Did she have to bring up the Flock?

"Who's the Flock?" Left twin asked me.

I sighed. "They're nobodies." I said coldly.

They nodded at me. "You guys can stay with me, if you want." I said nicely.

"That'd be awesome." The guy spoke up again.

"Yeah, thank you Max!" Left twin grinned at me.

"Um, if you don't mind me asking... do you guys have wings?"

They nodded and shot out their wings. The guy's wings were black (like Fang's) but they had spattered patterns of white. Like a bucket of paint had been thrown on his wings. But the patterns were light. The whole thing looked like art.

The girl's wings were purple. They were like the guy's wings but splashed with red. A dark red. I'd love to have my wings like that.

The twin's wings were the same. White with blue. Not spattered or in spots. Kind of hard to tell though.

"Cool." I say admiring their wings.

"I'm tired." Right twin yawns.

"Right, let's go." I say taking a running start and then leaping into the sky gracefully. I snap out my wings and just fly freely while I wait for the others. When the left twin finally makes it up, I bank and join them.

*End flashback*

By the way, the guy's name was Drake. Mysterious right? Yeah. Anyway, he was sixteen at the time. He took Fang's old room when he moved in.

The girl's name was Nina. Vampire-ish, yeah I know.

The twin's names were Courtney and Alison. Alison seemed to do everything she was told. She was the left twin, the one that didn't question me the first day we met. Courtney's so difficult. She did everything that Alison wouldn't. She's a big brat. Alison is my favorite.

I also found out what was engraved on the rings. They were name rings. It was the only thing that told them apart. Courtney is notorious for pretending to be Alison. She even tried to steal Ali's name ring. She thinks that she can make a better Ali.

The girl has issues.

Anyway, a few weeks later we found two other people. Mia and Jake. They were in the woods behind our house and had knocked on the door for help. A Flyboy had hit Mia pretty badly. But Nina had healing abilities and Mia was okay about three hours later. We also found out that they were mutants like us. Totally cool right? Heck yeah.

Anyway, a few months later and BAM! three more mutants showed up. Where were they coming from? Who knows.

Not all of them were bird kid mutants. One of them was, while another one was three percent lion, and two percent unknown and another was two percent fish, and two percent bird.

Okay so I lied. Two out of three were bird kids. But one was just a bird kid. His name is Brandon. And if you haven't guessed, he's my boyfriend. The one that I'm currently making out with right now as I'm telling you guys this.

The other bird/fish kid was another guy. Actually a boy. A little boy. He was the cutest thing ever. He's currently three and no he hasn't fully developed his wings yet. We named him Happy. Don't laugh. We only named him that cause he has the best spirit in the world. If your sad and depressed he'll make you happy in a heartbeat. It's his smile. It's just too impossible to not smile at.

Last but not least the lion/unknown. Her name is Erica. She's super pretty but hates going out with guys. She thinks they're a big waste of time. I agree with that fact but Brandon made me change my mind about it.

Anyway, next thing we know, we're one big happy family.

It's a good thing that we have a lot of space. I mean, we had a basement that had space enough for two beds so we put the twin's down there. A bed on either side of the wall cause Ali doesn't trust Courtney after what happened with the name ring thing, so she wanted to be as far as possible.

The first floor has one bedroom, a kitchen, dining room, and a living room. We put Erica in the bedroom because she wanted the whole floor to herself.

The second floor is full of bedrooms and bathrooms. Like literally. Only one room is a game room. Other than that, we have like five vacant bedrooms that have beds and dressers but no people in them. Me and Brandon share a room. Jake has his own. Mia has her own. Of course Happy has his own. He's touchy with his space if you can believe that. Drake and Nina share one. They are currently going out.

Now the fourth floor. It's what you might call an attic. We keep old junk in there but we clean it out during Spring Cleaning week. So it's never messy or dusty like a real attic would be.

Now back to me and Brandon. He is a great kisser. Like a great kisser. I love him. Way more than I did with Fang or Dylan. More than both of them combined.

Anyway, we heard a knock on the door and Erica screamed my name. Who could be at the door at like nine in the morning? Beats me. But I didn't stop. I kept going. I like kissing Brandon, maybe a little more than my mom's homemade cookies. And that's saying something.

"Max! Seriously, come here! You'll never believe who's at the door. Six more people and a dog." Alison said quickly.

Does that description ring a bell? I pushed Brandon away from me and ran downstairs. The door was right there when you walk downstairs so I slammed it shut when I was close enough.

"Erica! Why did you open the door?" I whisper shouted at her. I didn't want the Flock to hear me.

"I thought they needed help." She said wincing at my tone.

"That's the Flock." I felt my voice crack.

She tensed up and Alison glared at the door. I told them all about the Flock a few weeks ago. When we were all a family.

"GUYS!" I shouted so I could be heard throughout the house. They immediately came running. Brandon was the only one who was upstairs so everyone got here quicker than him.

"Guys we have a problem." I told them.

"What? Flyboys?" Jake guessed.

"Worse." Erica stated in an ice cold voice.

"What?" Brandon looked at me worriedly.

"The Flock is here." I said trying not to cry.

I saw them all glare at the door behind me. "Listen, we're gonna let them in... but I'll have force fields around us and the house so they can only go where we tell them too or they get stung." I said to them.

They nodded and got behind me as I opened the door. There was the Flock. The people that I had loved my whole life and had betrayed me almost two years ago.

They looked the same except Nudge looked dry. Worn out maybe? Dylan smiled at me. Fang was in the back with his head down. Angel was looking at everyone with pure wonder. Gazzy looked fragile, worse than Nudge. And Total seemed very happy to be here. Iggy had no emotion on his face.

"You're here, why?" I asked them.

"To talk." Angel said.

"Living room. Five minutes then your gone." I said with my death glare.

They started walking toward the living room near the back of the house. It was the biggest room and since we had a big family we had at least five big sofas, and three beanbags for Alison, Courtney and Happy. I instantly let up force fields to block the windows, and doors. They're not going anywhere unless I tell them to.

Gazzy made the mistake of sitting in Alison's beanbag and she chewed him out. I love her.

"Talk." I said sitting down across from Iggy and Nudge on one of the sofas next to Brandon.

"We made a mistake." Nudge said quickly. Angel gave her a look.

"Actually no. No, no we didn't. Life has been great for us since we left. We have done everything in the world." Angel said. But I could tell that she was trying not to cry. Her voice was screaming, HELP! But I didn't want to. I didn't want to comfort anyone.

"Like, let's say, blow up a house?" I looked at Gazzy and Iggy, they both looked away from my glare. "And buy everything in the mall?" I glared at Nudge too. "And mind controlled everyone?" I said looking at Angel. The four turned away looking at the pictures that were all over the place in the living room. "How about you Fang? Do you still have that black cloud looming over your head?" I glared at him. "Total do you have enough to eat at night?" I asked him concerned. He never did anything. "Dylan, did you find someone better?" I finished.

"Uh, well..." Angel started.

"I'm going to take that as a no!" I spat at her. They all flinched.

My new flock looked at me strangely. I was never like this with them. I was a better person with them. Especially my baby Alison. I love her more than Angel.

Alison beamed at me while Angel started crying. I guess they both read my mind. I smirked at Angel and Gazzy tried and failed to comfort her. Iggy stared at me like I had two heads. Suddenly I noticed something.

My face softened and I looked at Iggy, like really looked. "Iggy, can you see?" I asked him feeling stupid. I mean once your blind, your always blind right?

"Yeah Max. My sight came back a few months ago. I guess it was just temporary." He explained to me.

"That's nice." I smiled at him. The others gasped. I guess they didn't expect that.

Brandon reached for my hand and squeezed it. I smiled and he grinned back. I saw Dylan's face tense up and Fang's jaw clench. Neither one of them had said anything this whole time.

"Max, can we please stay here for today?" Angel asked me no longer crying.

I glanced at my new family and they all nodded. Well as long as its okay with them.

"Sure..." I said dragging out the word.

"Thank you so much Max!" Gazzy ran up and hugged me. I hugged him back and then let go, to stand.

"The first five rooms is ours so take the last five down the hall. One of the other rooms is our game room so one of you guys will have to share and the rest get their own rooms. Total sleeps with Angel." I told them. Then I remembered something. "Or since you guys don't want me to treat you like babies, figure out the bedroom arrangements on your own, but stay out of the first five rooms upstairs, stay out of Erica's room down here and stay out of the basement." I added harshly. Then I walked upstairs, after I put down the force fields, with Brandon to resume what we were doing before those ungrateful demos came.

A/N: Super long. I know. Thank me later. :D Anyway review. And I have two other Maximum Ride fanfics on here so I guess read those too if you want.