Enjoy! Me no own Maximum Ride.
Chapter 3
A week later we waited outside for Taylor and Nick. Our house was massive, like White House massive. It was a burgundy house with a black spiked fence around it and a black gate. Ella and I sat on the marble bench near the fountain; I took Melody out of her case and started strumming randomly, while Ella tapped her foot. Ari was rocking up on the balls of his feet waiting anxiously for Taylor and Nick to come.
"Yo Ari you ok? It looks like you're about to pee your pants," Ella commented, while making a beat to my strumming.
"I will finally have some other male in this house. I'm totally outnumbered," he replied.
"What about Jeb?" I asked.
"Gah, he doesn't count,"
I snickered.
A white van pulled up into our driveway, and I was guessing it was them. I put Melody back in her case and zipped it up. A tall girl probably about my height (5'8") got out of the passengers side. She had long raven black hair that was braided, tan skin, and black eyes. Taylor wore faded shorts, and a white tank top with white flip flops. Then a boy appeared, he looked exactly like Taylor, except his hair wasn't that long and braided. It fell in his face, but in a nice way, and not a sloppy way. Ugh, I'm starting to sound like Nudge, Ella's best friend who is OBSESSED with fashion. He wore a black leather jacket, a black t-shirt, black skinny jeans that suited him well (ahhh what am I saying? I really need to get away from Nudge..) and black converse. This dude seemed to love black, by the looks of it.
"Hey Uncle Jaxon," The girl went up to Jaxon as he was coming outside.
They hugged, and turned to Nick.
"Hey," Nick said.
"Hi Nick," he went up to him and gave him a bro hug.
Then they walked over to where Ella, Ari and I were.
"Nick and Taylor this is Ari, Maximum, and Ella,"
"Hey I'm Taylor and that's Nick as you guys already know. Oh and Nick goes by Fang,"
"Fang?" I asked.
"Maximum?" he answered.
"Touché my acquaintance, touché." I said.
He grinned.
I think we're going to get along just fine.
"I love your outfit Taylor, my best friend Nudge would freak out if she saw it,"
"Oh, thanks," she smiled.
Ella grinned.
I helped Taylor with her bags along with Ella, and Ari and Jaxon helped Fang. We carried them up onto the porch, and I held the door open as everyone filed inside. Once we were all standing in the hallway Jaxon spoke up.
"Mr. Batchelder was nice enough to let us stay here until he comes back, and when he comes back then you'll be moving in with me." He looked at Fang and Taylor.
Fang gave a slight nod, and Taylor gave thumbs up.
"Okay, N-Fang you'll be in Ari's room, and Taylor you're in Max's," Jaxon said.
Holding a black bag in my right hand, and Melody (in her case) in the other, I opened the basement door and thumped down the stairs to where my bedroom was. (When you walked into our hallway, you saw the music room filled with well, all musical stuff on the right. Then on the left was the This-Room-Is-Only-For-Guests-So-Dont-Go-In-Here-Unless-You-Have-Jeb's-Permission, there was beautiful fancy couches and a wooden table, in the centre, with all of the good cutlery and things we are proud about being displayed. If you walked farther in and turned right you would see our kitchen, and if you turned left you would see the dining room. Now, if you kept walking past the dining room and went down the stairs you would see our indoor heated pool, hot tub and water guns on shelves, and if you kept going through the door straight ahead you would see our indoor basketball court with a track around the court. There were bathrooms on every level of the house, and outside we had four horses and a volleyball court. As I said before, Jeb's stinking rich. If you open the door at the centre back of the music room, it would take you down to the Rec room. All of the epic stuff you could think of, we had it. There was a sliding door that lead to my room on the right side of the Rec room). My room had a bed with a purple and black bedspread, with the letters MAX hanging above. On the right was a white desk with all my junk on it, and on the left was a huge see through glass closet.
"Woah," Taylor gasped.
"I know right," I grinned.
Taylor nodded and set her bags down, me doing the same.
"Wait up next time will ya," Ella panted and put Taylor's things on my bed.
Welcome to Le Hotel de Max," I said.
"I totally need to come here more often," smiled Taylor.
"Next time I'm not the bellhop." Ella muttered.
"Martinez we need you!" Ari shouted from somewhere upstairs.
Us kids went by different last names. Ari used Batchelder Jeb's last name, Ella took mom's and I made my own, Ride.
"Ok!" Ella thumped upstairs.
"So Taylor, you can pick between my bed or the pull out one," I made my way over by the closet, and went to the electronic pad beside it.
Touching it, I pressed the bed icon, and all my clothes went down and from the left side came a double bed that came out of the closet (A/N. It's sort of like a walk in closet that she has, but the floor moves that has all the clothes on and another floor comes with the bed on it. Just in case it's unclear).
"Holy [insert swear word of your choice]" Taylor replied.
"You should've seen Iggy's reaction when he saw my room, well my house actually. Let's just say a firetruck had to come, our house looked like a tornado hit it, we had to get new furniture and we had to take Ella to the hospital. But he's redeemed himself." I nodded after saying that.
"Iggy?"
"His real name is James Griffiths, but he goes by Iggy. Oh and he's a pyromaniac." I added.
"Note to self, stay away from this Iggy dude," Taylor grinned.
"You'll get used to him,"
"I hope," Taylor said.
"Dinner!" Jaxon yelled from the kitchen.
Taylor and I gave each other a quick look and then booked it up the stairs and into the dining room. We all sat around the dinner table, Ella, Fang and Ari on one side, and Jaxon, me and Taylor opposite from them. In front of us was broccoli, ribs, mashed potatoes, french fries and bread slices.
"Dig in!" Jaxon said with enthusiasm.
I went for the ribs but then Ari smacked my hand away.
"Dude!" I yelled. Nobody get's in the way of me and my food...
"Max," he said sternly. "Guests first,"
"Jaxon doesn't care." I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Just let her eat," Fang muttered.
I threw my hands up, "Thank you Fang! Listen to the emo guy, person. He has sense," I nodded my head up and down.
"Max-" Ari started but Fang cut him off.
"I'm not emo,"
"Uh, you sort of are." Taylor pointed out.
"Can we please eat?" Ella whined.
"Okay. Max you start off with the ribs, Ella mashed potatoes, Fang broccoli, Taylor bread slices and Ari french fries." Jaxon directed.
"What would we do without you?" Ari said.
"Well we would still be fighting over the food, and Max probably would've gone beserk." Ella ripped off a piece of meat and ate it.
"Thats so true," I said through a mouthful of ribs and mashed potatoes.
"Eww Max. Chew then talk," Ella said grossed out.
"Wait for it," Ari said. "Wait for it,"
"BURRRP!"
Fang gave a faint smile, Ella cracked up laughing along with me, Taylor fell on the floor clutching her stomach and Jaxon tried not to chuckle but it ended up being a fail. After a while of joking around, Jaxon brought up a question.
"So what are you guys going to do this summer so I can tell your father."
"We need to go to a beach in Cali, make sure we check the surf forecast before we go." I replied.
"Shopping with Nudge, and maybe force or drag Max against her will to come with us." Ella chirped.
"I need to work on my volleyball and basketball skills for the school time." Ari added.
"Ok, sounds good. Now what about you two, anything you guys want to do this summer?"
"Explore, I guess. Find out where everything is, meet people and all that." Taylor leaned back against the chair.
"Fang?"
"Same." he said.
He's a man with many words. Just then the doorbell rang; I got up from my chair and went over to the door. Opening it, I answered.
"Hey Dylan."
Tell me whatcha think R&R (if you want).
~xAdrenaline Rushx