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Chapter Two
"Maximum Ride!" I jumped and looked up at the source of the noise. My American History teacher, my least favorite out of all of my teachers, was glaring at me from the front of the room. "Will you please pay attention during class?" A few of the kids snickered and smirked at me getting in trouble.
"Yes Mrs. Sund. Sorry." I smiled to get her to accept my apology and started writing down notes again. Despite her somewhat sunny name, Mrs. Sund was one of the meanest teachers of the school. I know I should have been paying attention anyway, but I had other things I needed to think about.
A couple of days had gone by without any problems at school. It was surprising. The preps kept to themselves, but you could see them all crowded around each other whispering quietly. The last few days they hadn't picked on anyone. Not even me. I couldn't help but get a little suspicious. Normally they couldn't go a day without at least calling me Twitchy from down the hall. Heck, sometimes they even did it in class. Something had to be going on.
The good thing was, since they were not bugging me, I didn't have to draw attention to myself. I have been more invisible the past few days than I ever have the whole school year. I've got to say, it's kind of nice.
The next day was a Thursday and everyone was happy because after two days, it was Spring Break. Not one of the kids had their full attention on the work in class. Some of the teachers didn't even do anything that day because of the lack of diligence. So, thankfully, I could keep to my thoughts all day.
During lunch, I was still in my thoughts. I knew Iggy kept to his thoughts too, because he was as quiet as I was, and it was really starting to annoy Ava.
"Can't you guys at least listen to what I am saying? I mean seriously, I know you have things on your mind, but at least have fun now, when you can be with all of your friends." I looked up at Ava and Iggy turned her way. Ava's eyes were bright green. They always were when she got annoyed and angry.
"Does being with all of our friends mean just hanging out with you?" Iggy asked.
"Well . . . I guess it does. You could hang out with Ella too you know." She said.
"But we live with her, if we wanted to hang out with her, all we have to do is go home. She's almost always there." I told Ava. Ava turned slightly away from us, acting like we pissed her off more than anyone else ever has. "Besides Ava, if you weren't hanging out with us, you would be in the Senor Building looking at all of the cute boys." I smirked and stuck my tongue out at her. She turned back to us and started turning red. Iggy was on the other side of me, chuckling.
"I . . . I would not!" She turned redder.
"Iggy, you should see her face! She is as red as an tomato!" Iggy let out a laugh that he had been holding in. He held his stomach and I started laughing too. We made fun of her the rest of the day while she constantly denied our claims. I've go to say, teasing Ava is kind of fun.
The following day, Iggy and I were walking to the school with Ella not far behind. We were only about 2 minutes away when I saw the group of preps discussing something about one hundred feet away from the school entrance. They looked very focused on what they were talking about and didn't even turn to look at us. I decided not to mention them to Iggy since they didn't look too suspicious.
The day went by without any mishaps. Besides my math teacher yelling at me for being tardy, it was a normal day. The only class that I had left was P.E. I've always liked P.E. Even though I have to change in a bathroom stall to keep other students from seeing my wings, it's my favorite class. I get to run and I don't have to sit in a desk all hour.
After I changed into my uniform, I went out to the track to run a couple of laps. They were easy for me and I had the fastest times in the class. The coach has been bugging me to join track and cross-country, but I never really wanted to. She really starts to annoy me sometimes. The coach had us playing soccer today, the girls on one of the fields and the boys on the other. The games started and I was glad that it was girls against girls. When we play against the boys, they start getting really rough and they like to cheat. Oh well.
The game ended with my team as the victor. I was always on the winning team. I went to the locker room to get my clothes and change. I headed over to the bathroom stall and shut the door, laying my clothes on the ground. Taking off my shirt, throwing that on the ground as well, I let my wings out and stretched them a little. It was hard to do in the cramped space, but it was better than nothing and soon I could go flying anyway. Iggy and I always go flying after school to keep in shape in case any Erasers show up.
I looked down to get the shirt I was wearing today to find that all of my clothes were gone. I stood there for a few seconds, looking around the stall in a panic. My clothes had to be here; I can't just go out and get my spare uniform shirt! I can't risk anyone seeing my wings. I looked around to try and see if I had kicked them into the next stall, but to no avail. Someone had taken my clothes, and they were going to pay for it.
All of the sudden I heard laughing outside of my stall. Several of the girls were giggling hysterically and one of them I could see was on the floor, holding her sides. After they were done with their outburst, the girl on the floor stood up and spoke.
"Well, Max, you're in a sticky situation aren't you?" It sounded like Brittany, one of the head cheerleaders. "Have you lost your clothes?"
"You know very well I haven't lost them at all, you took them. Give all of my clothes back right now." I growled.
"But that would take away all of the fun! We want to see how you're going to get out of this. You only have the shorts of your uniform. And I doubt that you will come out without a shirt." I looked up to see a video camera peeking over the top of the stall. "Oh, and just to let you know, everyone is going to see this video." All of the girls laughed and walked off, taking the video camera with them. I stared at the ground, wanting to punch something. I decided against it, it wouldn't help matters if I broke my hand.
I leaned against the wall, sliding down it as my knees gave out. I couldn't put everyone at home through this again. Constantly moving because I had a problem with other kids and because I almost gave me and Iggy's secret away. They don't deserve this. I felt tears running down my face as memories of past relocations flashed before my eyes. Ella crying because she was losing more friends, Mom staying up really late looking for a new job in a new city, Iggy, having to learn the layout of a new place again and again. They shouldn't have to go through this again. Not again. Not because of me.
I laid my head against the wall and cried, not knowing what to do next.
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