Max, Fang, and Iggy= 16. Nudge= 13. Gazzy= 10. Angel= 8. The flock are back at school! Max's POV. Iggy, Max and Fang in high school. Nudge in middle school. Angel and Gazzy in elementary.

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The bell rang, and I let out a breath of relief.

Math had been torture, and to make it worse, none of the flock were in the same class at me.

I was the first to leave the classroom.

It was twelve in the afternoon. It was lunchtime.

"Iggy!" I called, spotting him beside his locker. He was talking to some friends.

He creepily turned his head to me.

"I'll catch up with you!" He called back.

I nodded, even though he probably hadn't seen it.

The school halls were filled with people. In our school, tenth and twelfth graders had lunch together. There were a small number of tenth graders this year, and there were always

leftovers, so they decided to combine them together.

I hope that makes sense.

I was being steered to the cafeteria, and I saw no sign of Fang. I decided to look for him after I got my food, because I was starving.

Today, we were having spaghetti and meatballs.

"Hey! There's the emo freak!"

At the sound of the word 'emo' I immediately thought Fang, and then trouble.

"Get 'im!"

I turned around from the lunch lady behind the counter to see a group of seniors running toward Fang.

He was looking calm and collected.

Everyone was watching, and a circle had already been formed around Fang and the bullies. Well, I can only assume that they were bullies.

I pushed my way through the crowd. When I finally made it to the front, the seniors were on the ground, groaning.

Fang was towering over them, looking dark.

I caught sight of Iggy on the opposite side of the circle. A friend was describing the scene to him.

"What is going on here?!" A voice thundered.

Beside me, students made way for a red faced, angry looking Principal. He took one look at the seniors on the ground, then at Fang.

"My office! NOW!" He yelled.

Fang was expressionless, but he gave me a sideways look on his way.

"Show's over! Go back to eating!" Principal Smith spun around and followed Fang out of the cafeteria.

"Meet me outside in ten minutes." I whispered to Iggy, who nodded. Then I began walking towards the Principal's office.

When I got there, I could hear Principal Smith(I'll just call him Smith) yelling at Fang. I opened the door a crack.

"--do not tolerate that kind of behavior!" He was yelling. Fang's back was facing me, but I could imagine the bored look on his face.

"Okay, I'm calling your parents. And, extra homework!" Smith looked about to explode.

"He was only defending himself!" I protested, walking in the room.

Fang looked at me, startled, and then his face turned blank again, like he'd expected this.

"You're supposed to be at lunch!" Smith yelled. Okay, if I thought he was about to explode, he was about to implode now.

"You're supposed to be at a mental hospital!" I shouted, and then almost laughed out loud.

"Detention for you too, young lady!" Smith told me.

"Ooh, I'm so scared!" I said, throwing my arms up in the air.

"And I'm letting your parents know, too!" Smith threatened.

"We're out." I grabbed Fang's hand and almost dragged him out of there.

We met up with Iggy at the front gate.

"How'd it go?" He asked me.

"Just well." I growled. "I'm gonna tell mom this was a bad idea."

"Iggy, go on ahead." Fang said quietly.

I heard Iggy take off.

"Why are you so upset about this?" Fang asked me.

"Because!" I fumed. "Suddenly, principals have decided that giving students who are just trying to defend themselves---"

Next thing I knew, Fang had pulled me into his arms and his lips were on mine.

I sighed, pulling him closer still.

Note to self: do this more often