A/N: Ooooh. Name change! Hope that doesn't mix you guys up too much. It's still me just with a different name.

Wow. Sorry for not updating for a long, long, long time. I had flu! Bleh! Literally. It sucked sooooo bad! I get the worst dreams/hallucinations when I have the Flu! I've had it three times before and the most recent time had to be the worst! I h-a-t-e-d HATED it! Never get the flu if you have the choice! Teeheehee. Also, I've had this FP story rolling around in my head for a while now. I even made the three main characters on eLouai (or w/e it's called/spelled). I don't have anything up on FP yet, but I *hope* to soon. I also *hope* to get a lot of writing done over Christmas (Politically correct: Holiday) Break. But, I have, including this, about four writing projects I wanna work on and stuff for school. (I know, homework over Break. Lame!) But, you will probably get another update (at least) over the next two weeks-ish.

Anyway, sorry for the supa long A/N. You really didn't have to read all of that. Sorry! On with the story! (Warning, it will be really boring at least at the first, if not the whole chapter. I'm sorry!)

Disclaimer: I own nothing! *sobs* *gets over it so she can write and make her readers/reviewers happy*

I blinked a little in the bright Arizonian light. The whole school yard was red dust, except a patch of yellow grass. Some boys were playing football there while girls watched, pointed, whispered, and giggled. Like that wasn't the most obvious thing I've ever seen. I rolled my eyes, receiving a look from Fang that said: Max. Please. I rolled my eyes at him, too. Ella started off towards the school, grabbing Iggy's hand to guide him. I quirked my eyebrow and smirked at Fang. He just shrugged, but I could read his impassive face.

"It's only 8:25," Ella said. "The first bell doesn't ring until 8:50. We have plenty of time to take the younger kids to their classes. We walked past the high school. Fang, Iggy, and I would go there. We'd be ninth graders, Freshman I guess we're called. Then we walked past the middle school where Nudge and Ella would be going. Nudge would be in sixth grade and Ella in seventh. Then, we came to the elementary school. 'Franklin Elementary' read the sign across the front of the school. We walked in. Angel grabbed my hand and trotted right up to the front desk.

"White, Ariel and White, Zephyr," she said, feeding the lady her and Gazzy's fake names. Standing on her tiptoes, she peaked over the counter. The lady behind typed the names into her computer.

"Are these two brother and sister?" she asked.

"Yes, ma'am," Nudge replied. "And this is their big brother," she continued pointing to Iggy. "We are all adopted by Dr. Martinez, the veterinarian. But, Ariel, Iggy, and Zephyr are biological brothers and sister. Ella is Dr. Martinez's only biological kid."

The lady behind the desk nodded absently as she waited for Gazzy and Angel's classes to come up. Nudge rambled on and on. Eventually, I leaned over to put my hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me, looked down at her feet and stopped talking. She was a little embarrassed.

"Ah, here you go," the lady said, handing me two print outs. "And, if you need anything else, I'm always here during school hours."

"Thank you, Mrs.…Welker," I said walking away from the counter. "Ok, Nick, Iggy, take Gazzy to room 8 down the second grade hallway. Ella, Nudge, and I will take Angel to room 3 down the first grade hallway. We'll meet back at the front in five," I said. I handed Fang Gazzy's printout. Then we split up. I met Ms. Taylor, Angel's teacher. She seemed nice enough.

We met back up with the guys and headed over to the middle school.

We got 'Monique Brown', or Nudge's, schedule and Ella got hers, too.

"I can show Monique around Franklin Middles Schhol, sense I've been here before," Ella said.

"Great, thanks. We have to get going anyway," I said checking the time. 8:40. Ella and Iggy hugged good-bye, and they both blushed. As we walked out, I heard Nudge giggling.

We went through the exact same thing at Franklin High School that we did at the other schools, only out schedules were way different. We had A Day/B Day schedule. We go to four classes one day, then a different four the other day. Fang and Iggy's schedule matched perfectly, so that Fang could help Iggy around. I had two classes with them on A days and one on B. I guess I could manage that.

So, Fnick Black (what could I say we were keeping it simple), Igmunstien White (nickname from Fang, getting back at him for Fnick), and the Maximum Ride set out for the first day of high school. We walked down the freshman hallway, watching for our locker numbers. I found my locker on the right side of the hallway. About a section of ten lockers down, and on the other side of the hallway, Fang and Iggy found their lockers right next to each other. Luckily, we all had top lockers.

Kids started crowding into the hallway and finding their lockers. A guy came up behind me and knelt down. I moved out of the way slightly so he could get to his locker. It was right below mine.

"Hi," he said.

"Hi," I replied.

"Mine name's Cody." He looked up at me. Wow. He's kinda cute. With that chocolate brown hair and those green eyes are…Max! What are you talking about?! Cut that out! I shook my head to clear my thoughts. I realized he had been waiting for me to give my name.

"Oh, uh, I'm M-max." Did I just stutter?

"M-max, huh?" Oh man, I'm so stupid! Just, roll with it. Cover it up.

"Yeah, most people don't know that's my real name. I just tell them it's Max without the stutter. Out secret?" Oh, yeah I'm good.

"Sure, our secret, M-max." I laughed. "So, what's your schedule?" he said, standing up. He was about and inch taller than me. I pulled my schedule out of my locker and handed it to him. I pulled out a binder and planner and shut my locker while he read it.

"We have first and fourth period together today and," he paused, reading some more, "second and third tomorrow."

"Cool, I guess I'll know someone other than my adopted family." He handed me my schedule back.

"So, can I walk you to first period?" he asked.

"Sure," I replied. Ok. School so far? Not that bad. We went to first hour, and sat in the middle back of the class. I checked my schedule. 1st period: Science. 2nd: Math. 3rd: P.E. 4th: Health. Tomorrow would be the day I got two electives. 1st: Advanced P.E./Training. 2nd: History. 3rd: Language. 4th: Aerodynamics. I figured Two P.E. classes (one be the really advanced class) would keep me in shape and if I fly, I should at least know how I do it, which is why I'm going to take Aerodynamics.

In science, the teacher introduced himself, Mr. Smith. How original. He let us just talk throughout the class period. He figured we all knew each other by this time in high school. I mostly talked to Cody. I explained my family, which was interesting. I also met some of Cody's friends. I recognized some of them as guys who were playing football earlier. I also met one girl named Brittany. She was so un-stereotypical. She was blonde hair, blue eyed, but totally cool. She was in half of my classes. We had Science, P.E., Health, and Advanced P.E./Training together. She seemed really smart, too. Like, tutor smart. And apparently, she was a pretty good long distance runner. We seemed to have a lot in common. I couldn't wait to get to know her better, actually.

My next two periods were pretty much uneventful. I met a lot of kids. Too many to remember all of their names right now. Then, I went to Health. I sat down in my usual spot in all of my classes: middle, back. However, in this class, I guess we would be doing a lot of group work because there were six tables. They were spilt into three groups where two tables faced each other. There were four chairs on either side of the tables pushed together.

Fang and Iggy walked in a few seconds after me. Fang sat next to me and Iggy next to him. That left one seat next to me and the four across from me. Cody and Brittany walked in with a guy I recognized, but didn't remember his name right of the bat and two girls that I didn't recognize.

Brittany sat by me with Adrian, apparently across from her. He had tan skin, not quite like Nudge's and just radiated humor. Cody sat across from me. A shorter, girl with blonde-brown hair sat across from Iggy, and a brunette sat across from Fang. The short girl was named Lexi. She was Brittany's close friend I guess. She also ran long distance and was really good, too. Brittany said the brunette's name was Nikki. Brittany said she and Nikki were close, but they were almost polar opposites. She said she couldn't explain it, but they just were.

Health was the exact same as any other class that day. We all talked, and had tons of fun. Brittany seemed to have an inside joke with about everyone in out little group. It was pretty funny, especially when she told them to me.

Cody and I kinda flirted, but Fang and Nikki did, too. Every time they did, I got mad. I have no clue why but I did. And every time Cody said something sweet, he got the death glare from Fang. I was really confused about that. I thought about it for a while in my head, but decided that it was giving me too big of a headache. I decided I would focus on Iggy and Lexi and Brittany and Adrian. I could practically see those four coupling up. They were way cute.

We got on the bus ride home, but Fang didn't sit by me. And, he even seemed less talkative than usual. I tried talking to him at home.

"Hey, Fang."

He nodded.

"Whatcha doin'?"

He nodded towards the TV. I was mad now.

"Fine, if you're not even going to talk to me then…!" I stomped out of the room. Did I just stomp? Oh boy. "I'm going flying I said to no one in particular. I jumped out of my room's window and took off. I flew in wide circles around my house. I changed speed and did loops, but nothing seemed to clear my mind.

I don't even know what is fogging it up! I thought.

Yes you do, Max. Great, just what I need right now. My voice.

Oh, I do?

Max. It's Fang.

I ignored my voice.

I came home late to find Fang waiting for me in the front room.

"What?" I asked, still incredibly annoyed.

He didn't say anything. He walked up and went to bed. I guess he was just waiting for me to get home safely. So he's mad at me, but still waits up? I will never understand him. I followed his lead and went to bed.

I went to bed, not to sleep. I tossed and turned all night long.

A/N: Wow this is the longest chapter that I've written so far! 4 ½ pages on word! And, 2,060 words (including A/N's)! Crazy! Sorry if that last part seemed a little rushed, but I was trying to finish tonight so I could get it up. Well, I'm so glad that I got it done!

Next chapter hopefully just as long and up soon! Oh, and now that I wrote this I can beta! Woot! I'm a grammar nut, so I know that I'll make a good beta! So, if any of you need a beta, lemme know!

Hope you enjoyed it! R&R! Concrit Welcome!

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