Once the flight was beginning to descend an air hostess delivered Ella and I a message, saying that we will both have the same limousine to be taken to our houses! I was also aware that we lived next door but a LIMO! We made our way down the airport of LA and collected our bags, our boxes had already shipped. we dragged ourselves over to the exiting doors and found a chauffeur with a sign that read 'Maximum M Ride, Ella M Defawno'. So, we followed the dude and got comfy in the- wait for it- LIMO! We spent the ride just talking and sleeping, once again. It was roughly around 3 hours to get where we were going, and where that was, well I wasn't one hundred percent sure. Nevertheless, we pulled into one of the most amazing streets I've ever seen. The houses were to-die-for and backed onto the Bay. As we pulled up to a drive way, I took in the features of the house. It was your cliché ocean front house, and although it had twenty-four-seven access to the beach, it also had, might I say, gigantic pool! It was one of those houses where it shared the pool with two other houses, I guess they must be close, but all three houses were guh-or-geous! . I mean this is where Els and I will be living for 12 months! I couldn't imagine leaving. Right as Ella and I were piling out of the limo, gaping at our new homes, about 10 or more people rushed out with bright smiles and excited expressions.
"You made it girls. Oh, aren't you too just precious. The pair of you are beautiful and I can barely wait to be your host mom for a year!" a woman with dirty blonde hair exclaimed. I looked her over and decided that I liked her, so when she hugged me it was less awkward. I looked over at the rest of them and decided this would be my family for 12 months so I'm going to have to like them.
"Hi, I'm Ella Defawno." Ella spoke shyly. The woman just beamed at her then turned to me.
"Oh I'm, uh, Max, Maximum Ride." I cannot believe that I stuttered with my own name. The lady's smile widened, and I started to wonder just how big her smile could get.
"Girls my name is Alice, I'm legally Max's host mom, but I'll be just the same to you Ella, darling. Considering we are sharing the properties." She said happily then ushered the rest of them over. The first to come was a little girl who looked to be about eight, with golden curls that floated around her head like a halo. She had electric blue eyes, that seemed to stare into your mind. I honestly felt like she could read my mind through my eyes, as weird as that sounds. "Max, Ella this is Angel, Gazzy here's little sister." A small boy with the same blond hair, and electric blue eyes, came into view. He had a cowlick and looked to be around ten. They were both so cute I just wanted to hug them. Ella did.
"Hi," she bent down to them. "I'm Ella and this is Max." Ella gestured to me, and I did a squat, copying Els. Angel rushed into my arms and hugged me. She was so gorgeous and so cute, I just wanted to hold her forever. I stood up with Angel still in my arms and Gazzy clinging to my leg, smiling at Alice. She was smiling back to as she gave me a look saying, be-happy-because-they-don't-just-hug-random-strangers-they-like-you. I giggled to myself and Angel gave me a sloppy kiss to the cheek. She was so sweet.
"Hi ZOMG I've been waiting so long to meet you both. Oh, your both so gorgeous. We are going to be best friends all three of us. We could go get pedicures, and manicures. OMG we could go shopping and to the beach. We can do anything we want. I'm so freaking excited!" A girl with tanned skin basically just said that in one breath, and by the looks of her, she probably could've said more. Ella and I smiled back, and the girl wrapped us up in a tight bear hug together.
"Now, now Nudge. Let's try not to scare them away when they just got here." A boy said as he joined the group to stand in front of us. He was tall, and lanky. He had shaggy strawberry blonde hair, and a creamy white skin tone his face was almost covered with freckles, and he had vibrant blue eyes. They weren't electric like Angel and Gazzy's, his are paler. "Hey I'm Iggy." The boy held his hand out, but he wasn't looking at me. He was staring at Ella with a small grin. Ella seemed to notice because she had the slightest tint of colour planted on her cheeks.
"Max." I said shaking his hand. To be good with this one I'm going to have to get past the few layers of sexist-pig that seemed to radiate off of him.
"Ella." She replied giggling as she shook his hand. Uh-huh I might have to talk to Els here about a little crush that she seems to adopt. Two ladies came up from behind and gave us both hugs and warm smiles.
"Hi, I'm Stacey, I'm the mother of this monster here." She ruffled Iggy's hair and he looked at her with a grin. "I'm also the adopted mother of Monique here, but we like to call her Nudge."
Adopted mother, hmm. She seems nice and my guess is the girl who can talk like a bullet is Nudge. I was letting all these new names and information settle into my memory as more and more came up.
"Hey girls, I'm Felicity, Angel and Gazzy's mum." She looked at Angel who sat happily on my hip and Gazzy who was now hanging onto Ella's hand. It looked like we met everyone, and I was quite happy with who we got, they all seemed like a nice, easy going bunch. Just as things were settling into a slightly awkward silence, Alice straightened and turned.
"Nick come over and introduce yourself." She said behind her. I watched as a boy who looked to be about my age, joined the group, with a roll of his eyes. He was wearing all black and had black hair falling into his eyes. He had olive skin and black eyes, his feature stood out and I could tell he was fit through his slightly too tight, black tee.
He sighed and looked me over "Nick." He breathed in a monotone and the first vibes I got from him screamed rich snob. I plastered a fake smile and held back an eye roll. I nodded to him and introduced myself once again. Ella did the same, minus the eye roll and her smile was genuine. Once everyone knew everyone Ella and I grabbed our things, and Alice took me the biggest house, while Ella followed Stacey to one of the smaller houses that surrounded the pool.