Thanks for all the reviews! I never really expected to get even five (I'm so pessimistic… sometimes) so I'm really happy. So here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Maximum Ride and its characters are not owned by me. (Though it would be awesome.)

Chapter 1

Max POV

"BEEPBEEPBEEPBE-" the alarm clock's pestering 'beeps' continued until I pressed the snooze button using my foot.

I groaned as I rolled over in my bed, smashing my face into my pillow.

"MAXXXXXX," a loud voice called from outside my room. "Wake up, it's time for school."

I grunted, bringing my pillow above my head.

"Max, come on. Must we go through this every day?"

I didn't answer.

"Fine. I'm coming in."

I heard the door open and close and the footsteps of a person, most likely my sister, Ella, walking to my bed.

Suddenly, I felt a slimy, slightly rough object being dragged across my cheek and I sat straight up in bed.

"OHmibejeezus, if that was anything you KNOW I would have a problem with, you are SO dead," I screamed, throwing off the bedraggled covers. I looked around the room, spotting a bored looking Ella and a panting Magnolia, our dog, crouching next to my bed.

"What was that for?!" I yelled, furiously wiping off the spit from my face.

"You wouldn't wake up."

"..."

"That doesn't mean you can go back to sleep."

"Fine fine, I'm awake now, jeez," I said slowly forcing myself to remove myself from the warm grasp of my blanket.

Ella stood upright, making Magnolia bark loudly once.

"Mom's making pancakes so come down if you want some." With those words, she left the room holding Magnolia by the waist.

I walked myself to my bathroom where I started to brush my tangled, bed hair.

"Jeez, can't even let a girl sleep peacefully," I muttered, taking my anger out on the brush which tore through the impossible knots.

I got dressed in a black and red shirt and black jeans, putting on a simple, silver necklace and red converse.

"Ok, all ready to go!" I said when I stuffed my foot into my last shoe. "Now it's time for… FOOOOOOD!"

I raced down the stairwell and made my way into the kitchen in record time.

"PANCAKES! WHERE?!" I shouted, acting like a crazed caveman.

"It's on the table." My mom, Valencia Martinez, came in, wiping her callous hands with an overused, plaid towel. Her eyes crinkled with a smile.

"Hey, mom," I mumbled through the pancakes I had already stuffed in my mouth, returning her smile with chubby cheeks.

"Hi, Max," my mom said with a smile that could light up the world. To this day, I still think she's the most beautiful woman in the world.

"Oh, Max," Ella said, appearing through the kitchen door holding her light blue bookbag in one hand and my black bookbag in the other. "You need to send me to school."

"I know, I know, I won't forget."

"That's what you said yesterday and you ended up forgetting me," Ella said sharply.

"Whoops. Mistakes happen." Then, I remembered something. "Oh wait, I forgot that I left my car in the repair shop for the week. Sorry, Ells, looks like you'll have to hitch a ride from Iggy again."

"Oh Max, you're hopeless." She dropped my bag on a chair and propped it up neatly against the back. "Not that I'm complaining," she added, a sly smile hinting at her lips telling me that she was inwardly rejoicing knowing that she had the privilege of getting closer to her crush. "Well then, I'll see you at school."

I continued eating my pancakes for the next 5 minutes, all the while watching Ella walk out the door and hop into the blue car that stopped in front of our house.

"Max," my mother said over the noise of her washing the dishes. "Max, you know that you have 10 minutes to get to school."

My eyes widened. "SHOOT!" I stuffed the rest of the pancakes in my already filled mouth, and put on my blazer and grabbed my backpack.

"Bye, Mom!" I shouted from the doorway before bouncing down the steps.

"Now where am I going to get a ride?" I muttered, racing towards the bus stop, hoping that they were still there thirty minutes after departure.

"Need a ride, Ride?" a voice asked as I heard the noise of an engine running whirring behind me.

I whipped my face around, to face, of course, Fang. He was in his new black car, wearing his infamous smirk.

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't," I said stubbornly. He raised an eyebrow which I ignored.

"Okay, then I guess I'll see you." He started to drive away slowly, waiting for me to stop him. Of course, me being the stubborn mule I was, didn't call out and continued to half-run, half-stumble across the ground.

"Oh, what the heck, just get in the frikin' car." He said after around twenty seconds of this "chase" with irritation.

"No."

"C'mon, hurry up. You'll make me late too."

"I said no."

"We have 5 minutes to get to school. Do you want to be late?"

"Better late than never, as they always say."

He sighed and got out of the car. I, being the dumb teen I was, stopped and dropped into a defense pose. He, being a better martial artist than I, he picked me up and threw me into the car.

"Ok, buckle up," he got back into the driver's seat and started the engine while I struggled to get upright again.

Right when I finally picked myself up from the trash-rid floor, the car speed away and I swear I felt like I was flying. Flying above the speed limit, that is.

Whew! That's the 2nd chapter for ya'll! (I've got a lovely Southern accent, didleedee, yes I speak like a southerner, tum tum tum... reference to Lion King for those out there who are confused.) SOOOOOOO sorry I couldn't update on Sunday or Saturday and I'll try my best to get the third chapter posted by then. Please review! :)

09/16/15 - Edited