"Don't do anything stupid and you know what will happen if one of them knows", he whispered into my ear. I nodded my head yes. He would always give me these routine speeches about how I am not supposed to tell anyone what has become of me. He rang the doorbell and put on his 'normal' face. We heard footsteps coming this way to open the door. The door opened and a boy about my age opened the door. He had shaggy black hair that covered one of his eyes and was wearing all black. He had dark eyes that seem to go on forever. But I had to look up to meet his eyes. He was at least 6'8". I was just 5'8". "Uhh, hi we're your next door neighbors and we just wanted to drop by and say hi and probably show you around the neighborhood. Help you and make sure you settled in alright. My name is Jeb Batchelder and this is my daughter, Maximum", he said and stretched out his arm. The boy shook it awkwardly and let us in. "Nick who is that?"a lady asked coming into the hallway wiping her hands on her apron like my mom used to.

My throat tightened up and I sucked in air but it broke and I tried to make it sound like I was choking on air. I was doing anything to keep myself from crying. Not here. Not now. I looked into the boy's eyes and he was looking at me. His eyes gave nothing away. I looked back at his mom. "Hello. I'm Jeb and this is my daughter Max", he said and stretched his hand out towards her. They shook hands and she extended her hands toward me. "Hello Maximum, nice to meet you. My name is Lily", she said. "It's a pleasure to meet you. You can call me just Max", I said shaking her hand. She said okay and called her children. "Angel, Nudge GET DOWN HERE!" she screamed. Then two girls came down. The little girl had big blue eyes and golden curls that landed just below her shoulders.

The other girl had mocha skin and probably stood at my shoulders. She has deep dark brown eyes and had brown hair that fell in little ringlets. She wore a bright pink shirt that said 'Peace, Love, and ME!'. The pink looked great on her mocha skin. She wore dark boot cut jeans and pink flats. The smaller one wore a blue skirt with ruffles and a white tank top with white and blue converse. (Made the outfits up in my mind. Hope u like XD) "This is Angel", she said pointing to the little girl. She did look like an angel. "And this is Monique but we call her Nudge", she said pointing to the mocha skin girl. "And my son, Nick but we call him Fang", she said pointing to the boy who opened the door. They all gave shy waves and we just stood there. "Max, how about you show them around our neighborhood?" Jeb suggested. "Okay", I said with a nod. "We'll be back around half an hour. C'mon guys", I said heading out the door.

Why did Jeb say that! I Hate Him. But you probably already know that. They headed out the door right behind me. You should know I'm claustrophobic and I really don't like people like right next to me. "Ahh, look I'm not gonna show you around right now maybe tomorrow but we can go to the park. I can tell you and show you what we see on the way", I offered them the chance. "Okay. We can go to the park. I love nature. But bugs can be so annoying. Like mosquitoes. When they bight you are itching for days. They like to drink our blood. Ohhh we have to go see the new vampire movie that's coming out. I hear it's just another bad version of Twilight. The book of Twilight is not that good but New moon and Eclipse are. Ugh, Bella seemed like a slut going from one guy to another. I think Taylor Lautner is so much se- "she said until –what's his name- Fang covered her mouth with his hand. "Sorry. She likes to talk a lot. We call her the Nudge channel. All Nudge all the time", Angel said. "It's cool. I have friends just like her. I'm used to it", I said remembering JJ. She loves to talk about boys, clothes, and shoes. I can't stand those ramblings so that's why she has Ella.

Ella is my other BFF. Her mom is a vet. She's really cool and makes the best chocolate chip cookies. My mom was just like her. "I'm pretty sure you'll love to meet my friend JJ. She's just like you", I said not wanting to make her feel bad. "That'll be so cool. I could like be BFF's with her and we could mfhdjfhdf" she said until she was blocked again by Fang's hand. "Sorry", she said. I nodded and lead them to the park that was a mere 5 minute walk away.

There was a playground with swings and a small lake at the end. During the fall, I would come here to take pictures of it. The leaves would turn into their shades of brown, yellow, and red. And when the light of the sun would stream through the branches it would light up the park with a very light sun color. It was just like those perfect picture parks. "Ohhh, there's a playground. C'mon Nudge lets go", Angel said taking Nudge by the hand and leading her towards the slide. Fang just sort of sit and lay down and I walked off towards the swings. I love the swings because it makes it feel like you're flying. I was watching the stream and I rolled up my sleeves, forgetting that I had to hide my bruises and cuts. I was thinking of how my life was just so messed up.

I was tracing the lines of my many healed scars until I felt the hairs of my neck stand up. I turned around and Fang was tight behind me. "God Fang! Can you make some noise or something? You nearly scared the crap out of me", I said as I turned back around. He smirked and sat on the swing next to me. "Well I suggest you get used to it because I love scaring you", he said. His voice was soft like autumn leaves falling. It was deep and sexy- woahh Max. Did you just say that? Yes you did. What is wrong with me? Maybe you have feelings for him the voice said. Yeah I have a voice inside my head. Oh you don't have one, you can get them at Target. No, I don't. Just shut up okay. I don't need any more of you Hallmark sentimental crap I replied. It usually didn't do what I asked it too but this time it shut up.

"Max. What is that on your arm?" Fang asked. He was eyeing my arm. Shit! I forgot to roll my sleeves back down. "Nothing", I said quickly rolling down my sleeves fast. "Let me see Max. Do you cut yourself?" he asked. I got up and he mirrored me. I backed away slowly but he only kept coming forward. "Let me see. I'm not going to hurt you. Please tell me Max. Do you cut yourself?" he asked again but a little more loudly. I looked around and making sure no one heard him. He seemed to read the alarm in my eyes and apologized. I quickly made a run for it. I sprinted towards the lake and then made a right. This path was rocky. I turned around and saw that Fang was pursuing me. I turned around and foot got stuck between to rocks and I felt my ankle twist. Then I fell onto the rocks to shocked to hold out my hands to stop my fall I banged my head and last thing I saw was Fang's worried expression before my world went black.

F P.O.V

I stood up and went to stand behind Max. She was pretty. She had nice warm chocolate brown eyes I wanted to melt into. And her lips were a rosy color. God! What was I saying? "God Fang! Can you make some noise or something? You nearly scared the crap out of me", she said. I smirked. Her expression was cute. And her voice was soft and very silky like. "Well I suggest you get used to it because I love scaring you", I said. She was looking at towards the lake. I decided to sit next to her. I was watching Angel and Nudge hanging upside down on the monkey bars. At the corner of my eye I saw Max tracing something on her arm. I looked at her arm and noticed all the bruises but most of all, the millions of healed and recently new scars. "Max. What is that on your arm?" I asked. I was eyeing her arm and it seemed to be that she did this every day. "Nothing", she said quickly rolling down her sleeves fast.

I was shocked someone would do that to themselves. She got up and I mirrored her movement. I backed away slowly but he only kept coming forward. "Let me see. I'm not going to hurt you. Please tell me Max. Do you cut yourself?" I asked again but a little more loudly. I looked around and making sure no one heard him. I read the alarm in her eyes and apologized. She quickly made a run for it. I sprinted towards the lake after her and then she made a right. This path was rocky. She turned around and saw that I was pursuing her. She turned around and her foot got stuck between to rocks and I saw her ankle twist. Then she fell onto the rocks .She banged her head and last thing I saw was her eyes looking up at me.

Sorry guys about the first chapter. I just wanted to see how it would work out. I got enough people that read it and put it on alerts or favorite and thanks for the only person who gave me a comment (forgot your username sorry) ill put your name in the next chapie. I hope you like this chapter and Merry Christmas. Yay! I got digital camera. Madam R. ;)