Hey guys. So I know that I only just updated this story before but I still have all those 'new story excitement' feelings. It's sitting there, in the back of my head. Nagging at me to write more. So here I am. At least I know that you guys won't mind :) Please tell me what you think in the reviews!

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride or any of its characters.

Chapter 2: Warm Fuzzies Are NOT My Friends

Max POV:

I was still staring into the eyes of this guy – Fang – when the girl's voice from before piped up again. "Fang! What are you doing? You can't just stand in the doorway staring out into the hall. You know they already think you're crazy here. Comeback over her. Fang come on. We don't have much more time until my new roommate gets here." Oh, so my roommate was not a guy. I was wondering.

"She's here." This 'Fang' guy said before walking back to wherever my roommate was. What that was it? Don't I deserve a hello? God, it's not like I just sat in the back of a car for the past eight and a half hours. Oh wait. Yes I did.

"WHAT? She's here! Why didn't you say something before?" Before I could take one step into the room I was blocked by a girl with mocha skin and beautiful brown hair. "Hi! Omg you must be exhausted. Iggy! Fang! Get her bags! Don't just sit over there and be rude." She grabbed my arm and dragged me into the room and I saw the guy from before and a blonde guy make their way out into the hallway where all my stuff was. "I'm sorry I didn't answer the door. Fang was closest you see and we were watching a movie. You know to pass the time. I've been waiting for you all day! I'm so excited to have a new roommate. My last one was a total female dog if you know what I'm saying. She kept stealing all my stuff. You don't steal do you? I mean, if you do, don't worry I won't judge but I don't want you stealing from me. Anyway as I was saying it'd be nice to have another girl around. It's so lonely sometimes being the only girl. I mean there's Lissa, Fangs girlfriend, but I don't really like her. She is so stuck up-"

She was cut off as the two boys walked back into the room, each carrying one of my bags. "Lissa is fine." Fang muttered. I was still reeling in shock from the amount of words this girl just spurted from her mouth. "Umm . . . what?" The blonde guy just chuckled. "So sorry! Where are my manners? I'm Monique, but my friends call me Nudge." She gestured over to the guy she kept calling Fang. He was dressed in all black. Couple that his weird eyes and dark hair, and he looked like an emo. "That's Nick. But everyone calls him Fang." She gestured at the blond guy last. His eyes looked slightly paler than a normal persons. "That's James. But, and don't ask me why, everyone calls him Iggy."

I put my hand out for a handshake. Iggy looked the friendlier of the too. He didn't respond. I glanced over at Nudge. "Oh. And he's blind." Blind? What? He acted like he could see perfectly fine. "Huh?" I was making the best of conversations today. The only actual word I had said to these people was 'what'. Yea. Way to make friends. "Yea. But don't worry. I have very heightened senses. I don't even need to use a stick to get around." I turned back towards him. I could tell my face looked at least slightly confused, so I decided to change the subject. "I'm Max."

"Is that short for something?" I looked back at Nudge. Great. Now I had to give them my full name. "Maximum Ride." I heard Iggy cough to cover up a laugh, and saw Fang's lips twitch into a mini smile. "Look it's not my fault okay?" Iggy cleared his throat. "No, I know it's not. It's a great name." I huffed and rolled my eyes.

I stepped forward and grabbed my bags before turning around and surveying my room. There was a short hallway leading from the front door to this room. In this room there was a couch, T.V, and a scratched up desk with an old computer sitting on it. There was also a small dining table pushed into the corner with two metal chairs. There were two doors in the hall. I guessed on led to my room and the other to Nudge's.

"Your room is the one on the right." I thanked her and pushed open the door with my shoulder. The room was very plain. It had plain off-white walls, a single bed with navy blue covers, and a bedside table right up against it with a lamp. Across the room, which was very small, an empty dressing table was pushed right up against the wall. It was more than I was expecting – which was a shared room, like a college dorm room – so I decided to not let myself think about it and dropped my stuff on the floor.

I walked back out into the hall to say good bye to the guys and good night to Nudge. It was Sunday so tomorrow I had classes. She said she'd help me find my way around. Even so. I was not comfortable in this room. I missed home. It took me hours to get to sleep.

This chapter was mainly just to set up for the next one. Even so I hope you guys enjoyed it. Please leave me any comments or suggestions. I love to see what you guys think.

~eternalreader62