"Mandy, come on! We're going to be late!!" Lucas complained.

"Shut up! I'm coming!!" I slipped my backpack on and ran down the stairs. "you know you could just FLY to school if you're running late." I nodded my head at Milo. "Hey, chipmunk."

"We can't- there's no forest around the school to land. And don't call me that." Milo pointed out.

I rolled my eyes. "you and all the details." The doorbell rang. "I got it." I opened the front door after running to it and I saw Tyler standing there. He smiled. "Hey."

"Hey, need a ride?" He crossed his arms, fiddling with his keys.

I nodded. "Sure."

"hey, thanks, man." Lucas came up beside me, Milo next to him.

"Actually, I only have one seat left." Tyler winced apologetically.

"Oh," Lucas said. "Well, good luck getting to school, Mandy, Milo."

Lucas started walking forward but stopped when he heard: "Lucas David Ride!" It was Mom. She came walking out in her robe, crossing her arms. "That is your sister's ride- don't steal it." She smiled at me. "Have a good day, Mandy."

I nodded, smirking. "Thanks, Mom!" I grabbed Tyler's hand and ran down the sidewalk to his car. I let go of his hand and he went to the driver's side. I saw Thomas and Nikki in the back. Their backpacks were between them and I set mine there too. "Hey, guys." I hopped in.

"Mom, how are we supposed to get to school?" Milo asked.

I saw Mom smirk my smirk. "Just fly, chipmunk."

Milo and Lucas turned toward me, jaws dropped, eyes narrowed. "Mandy!" They screeched.

I laughed as Tyler punched it, sending us shooting toward school.

Nikki flicked the back of my head. "You shouldn't abuse your power, Mandy." She scolded.

"Hey, they were going to steal my ride- I couldn't let that happen."

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Biology let out and I rushed away from the room, heading for Photography class. I hated Biology. As I turned the corner, I bumped into someone.

My books fell from my hands and I bent down to pick them up. Two other hands picked up my last two books and held them out to me. I looked up to see Darrel, a really cute guy. He's tan, has blue eyes, light brown hair, and a tall frame- only inches taller than me. And I'm tall.

We both stood and I took the books from him. "Thanks, Darrel."

"No problem. On your way to Photography?" He guessed.

I nodded. "Yeah."

"Let's walk together." He offered. He has the same schedule as me.

"Sure." We walked down the hall and down a flight of stairs.

"How's your brother? I heard he got dissed at Grinder. That's got to be tough."

"He's fine. He just brought the girl, it wasn't a date. And he didn't care. He didn't want to get her out of the bedroom that was above the club."

"There's bedrooms up there?" Darrel asked, shocked. "Oh man, I feel like we're in a different time. You know? The time for underage drinking, drugs, all that stuff. Wasn't that the 80s or something?"

I laughed. "Most likely."

Darrel paused a moment. "How are you, though? I- I saw what happened."

"I'm fine- Jake's a jerk so…"

"Oh, hey, but you sang wonderfully!" He smile at me.

I blushed. "Really? I didn't think I inherited my mom's singing ability."

He stopped walking and I stopped to see why. "Your mom can sing?"

"Yeah, but minor league, you know?" we started walking again.

"That's still cool- she in a band?"

"Um…not- not that I'm aware of…" My brothers and I didn't want anyone to know that Mom was Lapis- too many people would try to use us. Same with the band's kids too, and the Flock's.

We came to the classroom and walked right in. Everyone was still in conversation since class hadn't started yet. We sat right next to each other.

"So, um, a couple of us are going to see a movie Wednesday. You wanna come?"

"That depends. What movie?"

"The Hangover."

I raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess, we'll all buy tickets for a different movie and sneak in into The Hangover?"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it."

I laughed. "Please! I'll just use my charm." I fluttered my eyelashes, making Darrel laugh.

"What do you mean by that?" He finished laughing.

"I have people who can get us in without having to sneak." Thomas and Fiona work there. "Who's going?"

"You know- the guys, the girls."

"So, our usual group of movie-goers?" he nodded. "Sweet, I'll be there. Time and place."

"I'll pick you up. So be ready."

I chuckled. "I definitely will."

Jessie and Devin came over with their cameras and snapped pictures of us.

"Jess!"

"Dev!" Darrel and I complained, covering our eyes.

"Sorry." They apologized.

"Hey, we still on for The Hangover? Fiona gonna let us in?" Devin sat down in a chair, facing it so it was backwards.

"Yeah. Just added one more person to the attending list." Darrel gestured to me.

"Hey, Mandy, don't you have a meeting Wednesday?" Jessie pointed out.

"Yeah, but that's during school." I smiled, happy. "I get out of school!"

Darrel scoffed. "Lucky!"

I laughed just as class started.

TPOV:

I was walking down the hall when I looked into Photography class where Mandy was. She was fluttering her eyelashes at Darrel, one of her friends. I laughed; always the jokester. The door was open so I was able to hear what they were talking about.

"Sweet, I'll be there," I heard Mandy say cheerfully. "Time and place."

"I'll pick you up. So be ready."

She chuckled, looking down for a moment. "I definitely will."

My eyebrows came together. Mandy was flirting. She never flirts. With anyone. Ever. Not even when she's joking.

"Ty!" A girl's voice called.

I looked up to see Danielle. "Hey, D."

"Hey, so, are we going to a movie or what?" She stood a little too close for my taste.

"When did we decide that?" I don't recall making plans to see a movie. We started walking to our next class- which was close.

"Well, we didn't so much as I did. Pick me up at seven on Wednesday." She bit her lip, smiling.

"No."

Her smile went away. "What?"

"I said," I leaned closer to her, over her really- she was really short. "No."

She looked sad. "We're seeing The Hangover." She was hoping that would change my mind.

"No, Danielle. I'm not going to a movie with you."

"Why not!?" She all but yelled.

"We're not even dating."

"So, last night at Grinder meant nothing to you?"

"What the F**k are you talking about? We all just hung out there after meeting up. And we didn't do anything." I paused. "Are you on something?"

The kids in our class laughed, having heard what I just said. Odds are, I was right about that.

"Danielle, leave me alone." I sat down in my assigned seat.

She sniffled and trudged to her seat in the front.

One of my friends sat next to me. "Hey, dude, let's go. See that movie, I mean. It's supposed to be good. A whole group of friends are going that day at five. Let's join them."

"I don't know…" I never really liked group dates. Especially when you're the only one without a date.

"It's just a bunch of friends, man. Come on. You never hang out with us anymore."

"Us being…?"

"All your friends. You just hang out with your siblings and neighbors."

"Hey," I stopped him. "My neighbors are my friends."

He just stared at me.

I sighed. "I know, you're right-"

"As usual."

I punched his arm, joking around. "Shut up…Fine, I'll go. But, so help me, God, if you try to set me up again-"

"Don't worry. All the girls that are going are our friends already. No need to date them."

"Good."

"Whatever. Oh, and, I'm driving."

I groaned. "Not the Crap Camero!"

"Hey! It's not crap!" He grumbled.

"It is! Do you see how much pollution it gives off? All that gas it needs? It's horrible- dude, sell it."

"But it's just like the one in Transformers!" He whined.

"Yeah! The bad one. Do yourself a favor and get a good car- like mine." I popped my collar.

"Yeah, yeah. What's so special about your car?"

I raised an eyebrow at him. "It's a Jaguar. Top of the line even! It's only available in Japan."

"Class is staring." The teacher called out.

I looked forward and smirked. This was my favorite class. Mostly because Fang was my teacher. I nodded my head at him, saying my hello.

He stuck his chin forward ever so slightly as his hello back. "Everyone take your texts out and…" He made this class interesting. "Turn to chapter 3. Who read last night's homework?" Everyone rose their hands. "Good. Okay, let's set the characters." Everyone got to act out the scene with what character they were chosen as. It's really fun and, apparently, efficient. It helped a lot of students remember the storyline a whole lot better.

The phone rang and Fang went to answer it. "Just wait, guys. Talk amongst yourselves."

"So, dude, what's it like having your uncle as your teacher?" Freddie- the owner of the Crap Camero- asked.

"He's not really my uncle, Freddie. I just call him that."

"Like in the mob?" He nodded, thinking he understood. "Oh, dude! Is your dad a mobster?"

"Wha-? No, he's an architect! I call him uncle because he grew up with my mom and he's like family."

"So…that makes Mandy your cousin?" Before I could smack sense into him, he continued. "Would it be okay if I asked her out?"

My hand froze mid-slap. "What?" he had caught me off guard.

"Would it be okay if I asked Mandy out?" He repeated.

"Uh, Freddie, I don't think you're her type."

"Please, 'guy' is her type. I mean, she went out with Jacob and that guy's a gigolo."

"She went on one date and he blew her off after ten minutes. He even went with a different girl upstairs of the Grinder. She really didn't care. And she has a type and you're not it."

"Well, then, what IS her type?"

I chuckled, "I don't know! Why are you asking me?!"

"You're her best friend- you know everything about her." He stated simply.

"Tyler," Fang called me up to his desk.

"Yeah, Uncle?" Fang doesn't like to be called Uncle Fang so I call him either fang or just plain Uncle.

"That was your dad." He stared up at me from his seat at his desk.

"Uh-oh. What did I do this time?" I crossed my arms.

"Nothing. He just needs your help so before you head home, you need to stop at his work."

"Okay, but I have people to drive home. Mandy, Nikki, and Thomas."

"Well, Thomas has work right after school and he's getting a ride from Gazzy since Fiona has to go too. Nikki can come home with me along with Mandy. You'll be fine. And you'll get some nice cash in your pocket for Wednesday." He chuckled at me rolling my eyes.

Of course he heard. "Yeah, well, did you hear? Mandy's got a date."

He stopped smiling. "What? Not with that Jacob boy again…?"

"No; Darrel."

He smirked. "He's a nice boy. She'll be fine."

I shrugged. "I suspect that she will hurt him if he tries anything. Oh, and, speaking of hurting," I leaned on his desk. "I suggest that you leave Jacob alone when he comes into class today. Wouldn't want you to get fired."

"I wasn't going to do anything."

His cell rang. "Hello?"

Max was on the other line. "Yes, you were…" She sounded smug and she hung up right away.

I laughed. "Busted."

Fang closed his phone. "Get back in your seat, I have to start class."

I saluted to him. "Aye, aye, Uncle Ride."

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Ok! Question time! And there's a lot!

Q) How much does Janette know (Janette is Milo's girlfriend)? I'm guessing she doesn't know about the wings but does she know about Max being Lapis Lazuli?

A) Janette is just a human girl who doesn't know about the wings or powers. She MIGHT know about Max as Lapis Lazuli, she might not. I don't know…Haven't decided.

Q) Does everyone know that Max is Lapis Lazuli or do just a select few people or no one outside the Flock and band (other than the people she told in the last one)?

A) No one else knows that she is. Only her band, Flock, friends, kids, etc. No one unimportant to her knows. Some of the kids who were seniors 16 years ago do, though, since she visited the school- and that was when Mandy was a baby. They forgot about it by now- I MADE them forget.

Q) Is Lucas going to end up with someone in Flock, Generation 2 or outside the Flock or is he not going to end up with anyone or do you not know yet?

A) This is something that I don't understand: why does everyone refer to the Flock's kids as Generation 2? I was thinking of naming them all Flock Jr. but, damn, I just can't anymore. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't answer your question. *evil smile and chuckle*

Q) Is there going to be any parts of the story at school?

A) By school if you mean School, then no. But if you mean school, as in textbooks, then duh. Considering that this chapter just answered that for you.

Q) Is Fang still a teacher at the high school?

A) I think you know already…

Q) Do kids still hit on him? cause that would be REALLY weird considering his daughter is in school with them...A) Yeah, that would be weird. Some girls still do have schoolgirl crushes on him- I mean, if you had a hot teacher *coughcoughFangcoughcough* then yeah, you'll like him- but they don't hit on him. They just gaze from afar.

So, for all these questions, thank )(*wings*)(. I hope that if any more of you had asked those questions, you now understand. Have a good one! I'll update soon!

Not tomorrow, though, because I'm going to Ribfest! And a concert by some dude that my parents haven't told me the name of yet! Have a good 4th!