Max POV
I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda scared when I saw my new school. Ugh. Just saying that word hurts me. I walked inside, and up to my locker.
I heard a girl behind me say, "Hi." I whipped my head around and saw a pretty looking girl in a cheerleader uniform talking to me.
"Oh, uh, hi. Sorry i didn't know you were talking to me." She laughed. And believe me, it was an abnocious laugh. I made a mental note not to become friends with her.
"I'm Lissa," she said with her hand extended out to me, implying she wanted to shake it.
"M- Natalie, but you can call me Nat." Dang! I almost bew the secret of my real name. If anyone finds out, i'm dead.
"Cool. So, thinking about being a cheerleader?" She asked sweetly. I turned around and started putting books in my locker hoping, okay, praying she would go away. She didn't. "Nat?"
I turned around. "Go away. I don't want to be a cheerleader. I also don't wanna be anywhere near you. So Lissa, you can just turn around and get your butt away from me before I kick it. " I felt bad for being so mean, but it was the only to get her away.
"She'll do it too." I heard a voice come from behind me. Then I felt an arm around me. I looked up at my brother, about a foot taller than me, and i'm pretty tall for my age.
"Go Away." I said a little more stronger this time. Lissa turned and practacally ran down the hall. Whimp. "Hey Ig." i said.
"That girl was cute wasn't she?" I couldn't help but hug him.
"Woah, Max" He whispered.
"Sorry, I- James. I feel bad for you."
"Don't. I'm fine." Before I could reply, the bell rang. "Get to homeroom. NOW," Iggy commanded me. I ran off to class.
Fang POV
Lissa ran towards me. She was almost to tears. "Woah, Lissa what's wrong?" I asked with a blank expression on my face, like always.
"That girl over there. She's a b- jerk." She said.
"What girl?" I asked.
"The one with the light brown hair. You know, I gotta go to class. Bye Nick."
My breath caught in my throat. I can't believe it. After all of these years, the great Maximum Ride and I ended up at the same school. And was that Iggy standing by her? Oh. My. Gosh. MAX! The bell rang and I went to class, luckily the same class Max and Iggy were both in.
Max POV
I walked in the calssroom to find everyone staring at me and Iggy. This guy walked in behind me, he looked really familiar. So anyway, he bumped into me and started a conversation with me.
"Hey." He said.
"Hi. I"m Natalie."
"Nick. You the new girl?" He asked.
"In the flesh." He laughed a litlle but didn't smile. He was really cute. And I couldn't shake the feeling that I knew him. Its crazy. but I know him somehow. Iggy coughed next to me, wanting to be introduced. "This is my brother, James."
"Hey." Iggy said.
"Hey." Nick repeated. Just then the teacher coughed to get our attention and told us to pick a seat that we liked because it would be our seat for the rest of the year. I picked a seat on the end of the middle row, and Nick sat directly behind me. This is gonna be a good year, I thought to myself.
