I woke up to the sound of beeping. Ugh. My alarm clock. I hate going to school. But, let's look at the bright side, it was Friday. The end of the horrible week. Then there is no school on Monday because it's New Years and I get to take the kids to the park that night.
I already had things set up for them. I had noisemakers, blankets, a few board games, and a book about New Years that Angel said she wanted to read.
Anyways.
I got up and went downstairs to eat. Mmm. Mom was making pancakes. "Good morning." she said.
"Hey, that smells good. When did you get home?" I asked, filling my plate.
"Around 6 this morning." she replied as everybody piled into the kitchen.
"Morning." Iggy said grabbing a plate.
"Oh, mom that smells good. Did you know that it's better for kids to eat at the table with their family. Yup. Hey, um can I go with my friends to the mall after school? There are the cutest shoes on sale. They have short heels, and they are pink with so many sparkles and-" I put my hand over Nudge's mouth.
"What a great way to start the day. Nice and peacful. Oh, wait, we adopted Nudge. That's never going to happen." I said taking a bite of bacon.
"Max, be nice. Sure, Nudge could use a volume adjustment and a little less talking, but still." mom said.
"Hello, Im right here, I can here you." Nudge said. I rolled my eyes, "But mom, she talks like there is never gonna be a tomorrow."
"Still here." Nudge cut in.
"People, here is my theory, we simply drop Nudge off at the mall, and it's the mall, so she would be there all day. While she's there, we move." Iggy cut in.
"People, do you not see me sitting here eating and listening?" Nudge yelled, waving her arms around.
"You know what mom, I like Iggy's idea." I said. Mom rolled her eyes and Nudge made a 'I give up' sound. I laughed and went to my room.
I brushed my teeth and got dressed. Nothing says style more than a tank top, old sweatshirt, and jeans. Plus add my old dirty converse and your good to go. I brushed my hair and grabbed my back pack and headed downstairs.
"Leaving. Bye." I said grabbing my car keys. "See ya." Iggy said. "Hey, Max, can you take me to school, Iggy cant." Nudge said.
"Well, Iggy has to because I have to drop off Angel." I replied, and walked out the door.
I cut across the lawn and knocked on the door. "Hello, Max. Let me get Angel. I can pick her up. I just needed you to take her because I have to run some errands." said .
"Oh, well do you need me to take Gazzy?" I asked.
"Oh, Fang is taking him."
"No I'm not." he said, walking to the door with Angel. His mom gave him a look.
"We talked about this, you need to because Max is taking Angel." she said.
"I can get Iggy or my mom to take him." I said.
"Oh, are you sure, Max? Because Fang could very easily do it." she said. "No I can't. Im picking up Lissa." he said.
His mom left the door to call my house. "So, you gotta pick up the real wicked witch of the west?" I asked.
He smirked. "You know, I've seen you hanging around Sam. So I could say the same about him." he said. Sam was on the school's baseball team, and he was conceited. Trust me, I was the first to figure that out last month.
My face heated up. "So you think your less of a jerk than him? Try again." I said. He put his hand over his heart and put on a fake pain face. "That really hurts, Maxie. You should be more nice. You are just as much a jerk as me." he said.
"Fang, be nice to Max." his mom said walking up behind him.
His face turned red and he stomped off. I couldn't help but grin. "Let's go, Max. I'm gonna be late." Angel said, dragging me to my car. "I don't think I've ever seen a kid be in a hurry to go to school. A mall, maybe. The movies, maybe. School, no way." I said getting in the driver's seat. I saw Iggy walk to his car with Nudge and Gazzy.
He drives fast, so he'll make it.
I turned on the radio when You Belong With Me came on. I was about to turn it when Angel grabbed my hand. "No, Max. This is Taylor Swift's best song. If you change it, it will be like, slapping your best friend." she told me.
"Oh, well, I'm glad you updated me on the info. Gosh, I feel like your mom. I take care of you and your telling me what's hot." I said, laughing. Well, this song was catchy. I started singing along with Angel.
"Wow, Max. You can really sing." she said as I pulled up to her school. "Um, thanks. I guess. Well, bye. See you Monday."
I drove off when she got out. This song was good, but I changed it to one of my CD's. Green Day.
I sang along to 21 Guns. It was an okay song.
I parked in an empty parking space and got out. As usual, the parking lot was crowded. Most kids were getting out of their parents car.
But that was just the kids that were too young to drive.
"Hey!" My best friend, Ella, said.
"Hey, Ells." I said.
"So, where's Iggy and Nudge?" she asked.
"Um, they had to drop off the neighbor's kid." I said.
"Oh, but they will be here, right?"
I sighed. "Yes."
"Good, me and Nudge are going shopping today. You should come."
"Um, I wouldn't be caught dead in a mall. Not in the stores you go to, anyway." I told her as we got inside.
"Whatever, your just missing out. Bye!" she yelled, running to her locker. I waved and turned to face my doom. Fang and Lissa, of course,kissing each other in front of my locker.
"Move."
They pulled away from each other. "What makes you think we are gonna?" Fang asked. "Well, Angel has told me things. I can tell Lissa for ya." I replied.
Lissa laughed. I turned to her. "Oh, would you like me to tell Fang the gym clothes incident?" She backed off.
They walked away, both looking frustrated. I grinned to myself and opened my locker.
"Hey, Max." Iggy said walking up to open up his locker. I smiled at him.
"So, what's up?" I asked. "Well, I'm drooling over someone." he said. I followed his gaze to- wait- "LISSA?" I said.
He laughed. Am I missing something? "Oh, Max. You are so easy to trick. But, I do it anyway. So, it's not Lissa, it's Serena. From my English class." he sighed.
Oh, I remember her. She is so nice and pretty. She isn't very popular, though. She would be if the Lissa group wasn't here.
I nodded and headed to homeroom. The teacher made sure everyone was here and I started reading. Ah. A great book. It's called Marked. It's the first book in the series called 'House Of Night' and it's really good. I could do without the cussing, though.
The hour was up and I went to my next class.
The morning went by fast and we were in lunch. As always, Me, Ella, Nudge, and Iggy sat at the same table. Today was gross lunch.
"How could you eat that stuff?" asked Nudge. Iggy and Ella shrugged. I spoke up. "I have to side with Nudge. That meatloaf looks like guacamole."
Iggy looked up. "Um, Max. It's spaghetti." I shrugged. "That just proves my point." Nudge nodded.
Ella rolled her eyes. "So, Max. Are you like, gonna come with us today or not?"
"Ella, I told you. I don't do malls."
"But we need someone!" she begged.
"Well, you could always ask Lissa." I said, smiling.
"You know what, Nudge? We could go, just the two of us." Ella said.
We laughed. "Speaking of the devil." Iggy said.
We all looked over at their table. "Oh! Fang! What did you do that for?" Lissa was whining. Fang looked horrified. Apparently he spilled something all over her. We busted out laughing, along with the rest of the school. She squealed and ran out. Fang rolled his eyes and got up to follow her. Once he left every body started talking.
"W-O-W. Did you see that? He tripped and his arm hit her tray, and her soda spilled all over her!" Nudge yelled.
I laughed and Iggy followed. Ella was still looking over at the table, open mouthed. Soda was dripping all over the place. Even their friends were laughing!
That was the most exciting thing I have seen all week.
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