I heard the metal stairs creak. I almost laughed out loud. Poor, poor Ella. I felt her breath on my face as she leaned close to me. I grabbed my pillow tightly.
"Max, wake up!" She yelled. I jumped up and whacked her with a pillow. She landed on the gray carpet of my room with an oof! I laughed and started down the stairs with Ella right on my heels. "Well played Max. Now, it's about 65 degrees out and sunny so I was thinking some cute ruffly top and a cute cardigan."
"That's lovely Ella." I grabbed a towel and closed the door before she could continue about the seasons colors. After my shower I wrapped myself tightly in a towel and hurried up to my room. Ella was standing there, already dressed for school and laying out my outfit choices. I pushed her out of the room so I could change and get ready. I put on gray skinny jeans and a plum-colored shirt with a braid along the neckline and a black sweater. I pushed up the sleeves and grabbed my back pack.
"Max! You need to complete the outfit!" Ella tossed a pair of wedges at my feet while she buried her head in the closet.
"Hell no! I'm Max, not Lissa." I shook my head at her protests and put on my vans. I was completely freaked out for school. My phone buzzed in my pocket. Angel. I put my phone away. Angel really got on my nerves. Like, REALLY got on my nerves. She and Lissa are best friends and when they both decide to bother me, it usually takes Gazzy and Iggy to hold me back. Iggy and Gazzy or James and Zephyr are twins who help make up our popular crowd. Also Ella and Nudge and Dylan. There are a few others but they are at the bottom of our little "popular pyramid". I was dragged out of my thoughts by a hand on my shoulder.
"Move it! Get out of the car already!" Ella shouted. I unbuckled, not quite sure how I got into the car...
"I have to work a little late tonight. Do you mind ordering dinner?"
"Sure. Bye," I smiled and closed the car door. I hurried after Ella into our school. It wasn't long after I put my books away in my locker that I found Angel and Nudge. I followed them into the girl's bathroom where they stood in front of the mirror fixing their hair and makeup. I stood awkwardly next to them.
"Hey, I heard about you and Dylan." Angel said, hiding her smile.
"Zomg! Did he dump you?" Nudge asked, her dark eyes widening. I just nodded running my fingers through my straight honey colored hair.
"Oh that's too bad..." Angel smiled a little as she fluffed up her hair.
"Angel, I know you like Dylan but can you please not be a bitch about it?" Nudge sent a worried look at me. She knew how dangerous Angel could be. Angel glared at me in the mirror then stormed out of the bathroom. Her extra tall heels clicking on the tile. Nudge stopped for a moment and shrugged before following Angel. Well there you have it. She chose Angel over me. I hurried down the hall to my first class, World Studies with Mr. Barns. It was an easy task when the people in the hall practically dive out of the way for me to pass. I'm guessing that by lunch, I will have to push my way through the crowd.
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"Nudge! Shut up!" Gazzy shouted. Nudge giggled and turned her attention to one of the football players at the table next to ours. Nudge just spent the last 10 minutes ranting about One Direction. The whole time, I was snickering at Iggy and Gazzy who started shooting themselves with finger guns. Then it turned into shooting each other.
"Max, heads up." Iggy said, gesturing behind me. I turned to see the other half of our group walking over. Angel, Lissa and Bridget were walking over with Dylan, Sam and Ari in tow. The minute they sat down, all the girls began gossiping while the boys were talking loudly. I felt extremely out-of-place. I pushed my food away then caught Dylan's eye. He was staring at me suspiciously.
"Is there a problem?!" I said through clenched teeth, getting the attention of the whole table.
"No," Dylan said, going back to his food. The table went back to its loud chatter. I glanced at Lissa, Bridget and Angel who were all typing furiously on their phones. The next thing I knew, all the phones in the cafeteria were buzzing and beeping. Great. Just great. Now everyone knows about the break up. Sad thing is, it could be worse.
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Hey, remember how I said it could be worse? Well, it got worse.
Three days after the break up, I was walking into the school with Ella, listening to her talk about her dance teacher. We turned the corner and froze at the end of the main hall way. Papers were stuck to every lockers and bulletin board and door. Ella ripped one-off the wall and stared at it. It was me. But not just a picture of me. A picture of my wings. Wings. Cellphone. Dylan. Everyone. I closed my eyes and stuck the photo in the trash.
People all up and down the hall were ripping them off their lockers to see. Then it got quiet as they noticed me. I started down the hall, staring at the floor. I passed a few photos on the ground. There were multiple pictures, not just from that afternoon. I could feel the hundreds of eyes staring at my back. Part of me wanted to take off my jacket and unfurl the stupid things so they will get over it. I looked around and saw that Ella had disappeared. Abandoned by my sister. Wow. This is just great.
History was even better. It was the biggest class I had and all of us populars were in it. I walked in 2 minutes before the bell. Everything was silent as they stared at me. I felt like I was just repeating the same moments over and over. Every time someone found out about my wings, a photo was sent around, or my jacket was yanked off so everyone could see. Then everywhere I went it would be dead silent. I cursed Jeb for the millionth time and continued on through my classes. I got to lunch and sat down at the table.
"Can we see your wings, Max?" Angel asked, giving me a devilish smile. All the guys except Dylan stared at their food, not knowing what to do. I shook my head.
"Do you fly to the store for your mom?" Bridget asked.
"You gonna answer us Bird Girl?" Lissa said cackling. Nudge and Angel started flapping their arms. I caught Iggy and Gazzy laughing a little. I whacked Sam's arm as he snorted.
"Can you guys just shut up about it?"
"What are you going to do? Poop on our cars?" Dylan said loudly, getting a ton of kids to laugh.
"Real mature." I said standing up and grabbing my back pack. Leaving all the teenagers at my table flapping and squawking. Well, it's not my table anymore. I sat in the hall way, staring at the photos. I looked like a complete freak. The bell rang and the hall flooded with kids. I stood and hurried to Ella's locker. She was standing with her group of friends. "Ella," I called as I practically ran towards her. Her friends all turned and started for their classrooms. Ella's dark eyes avoided mine as she tried to make herself busy putting her books away. "Ella, listen to me. Don't say a word to mom about this. If you want to stay here with your friends, you need to keep quiet. okay?"
"Hey Ella! Come on!" We both turned to see Angel and Nudge gesturing for her to follow her.
"Promise me you won't say anything." Ella slammed her locker shut and shot me a hard glare.
"Of course I won't say anything. You have made us move around for years. I had to leave all my friends and even my first boyfriend. I don't care if the whole entire stupid world knows about those freakin' things. As long as I'm not known as the sister of the Bird Girl." Ella turned on her heel and stomped away.
Crushed. That is a perfect word for this situation. Crushed. On the bright side, Ella isn't going to be telling mom.
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Wings. I stared at the picture. I had watched that girl be taunted today. She was actually sort of prettier with wings. I stuffed the photo in my messenger bag and stepped on the end of my long board. I followed my adopted brother, Ratchet, down the hall to the back door of the school. As soon as we were out side we hopped on our boards.
"Dude. Do you think she will say yes?" I looked up.
"What?" My brother rolled his eyes.
"Never mind. You are completely out of it as usual." I just shrugged and thought back to the girl. She reminded me a little of Maya. But she was taller and more blonde. Much prettier. Then there is the whole fact that the girl has wings and Maya doesn't.
"Fang!"
"What!" I looked up and nearly crashed into a lamp-post.
"Smooth." Ratchet laughed. "Pay attention you idiot. Stop thinking perverted thoughts about Maya."
"I wasn't. Shut the hell up." My brother laughed. Really, I didn't find that funny.
Heyyyy people! So I was eating lunch, you know, chillin', blasting music and enjoying the house all to myself for the afternoon when I decided to check my views. 87 in like 3 hours! THAT IS Supercalifragilisticexpialid ocious! Oh and that is the actual spelling! lol! Well thank you guys soooo much! But review peoples! Lol! If I can get to 8 reviews I will update again. See? Low standards! 4 more reviews! That's easy peasy!
Ratchet: I still think my bro Fang has a thing for Maya.
me: Shut up, Ratchet. He likes Max.
Ratchet: How do you know?
me: Because. I just do. Now go away! You are just bothering everyone! And besides, it's someone else's turn to annoy everyone.
Ratchet: Fine. Love yah babe.
me: eeewwww *hurries to post this so she can run for it*
lol bye guys!
-Faerie :D