FK: *pulls hair up so that it is not in her face* Lets Do This Thing! ᷆˄᷇

Four

I got up to the sound of my alarm going off, looking at the time I saw that it said it was five in the morning. Shaking myself awake I got up grumbling about why I had to get up at this absurd hour of the morning.

It was going to be my first day of school in New York and I decided to look somewhat respectable by actually caring what I put on. I went through the wardrobe in my small room looking for something that would work but wouldn't get me in trouble by Victoria for looking too flashy. I found a blue and gray striped sweater that I threw on over a plain white t-shirt, I also found a pair of fashionably ripped jeans. I threw on some converse after putting my song notebook into my teal backpack.

Heading downstairs I went straight to the kitchen to help serve breakfast to the rest of my so-called family. It was simple because I only had to make a dozen pieces of toast and put them on a plate and then put a plethora of different jams on the table too. I put two packages of pop tarts out at both Gazzy and Angel's and grabbed a package for myself, eating them quickly.

Looking at the time, it was six and seeing that there was nothing else to do I went outside picking up my backpack from the floor by the front door. I ran to the bus stop and grabbed my notebook out of my backpack, flipping through the pages to a new one.

Once upon a fairy tale

A girl must walk alone

A girl who's hopes

Are easily dashed

By those who wish her ill

Once upon a fairy tale

A fear must be faced

A hope must be found

A love like no other

Looking at my watch I stuffed my journal back into my backpack, and waited in silence for the bus to come and find me. I was the only one who was going to school on the bus because I was apparently unworthy to be driven to school or let alone be in a car with Lissa. I heard the bus before I saw it come around the corner. It came up to my stop and I turned and looked down the road to see the two little ones waving goodbye to me. I waved back and boarded the bus.

I walked into the school building a good twenty minutes later. I rode the early morning bus so not too many people were in the school already. The office wasn't even open so I could not get my schedule. I walked up to the office door and saw that it would open in another five minutes and so I waited there until a kind looking little lady came and opened the door.

"What can I help you with sweetie?" she asked with a smile on her face.

"Ah... I'm the new here so I came to get my schedule." I said hesitantly, but the little woman just smiled and beckoned me to the front desk where she looked up my name, printed off my schedule and gave me a map of the school. "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome sweetie. If you ever have any questions about anything just come and ask for Mrs. Rose."

"Ok I will!" I waked out of the office happy to have my morning heading off to a good start. I found my locker and spun out the combination. I was loading things from my backpack into my locker when I was interrupted by a voice.

"OMG you're the new kid! Your name is Max right! That is such a weird name but then again my name is Nudge. Wow weird names all around. Seeing that we both have weird names we should be friends! Omg we could go shopping some time, or we could just hang out if your schedule isn't that open. Mrs. Rose told me you're cousins with Lissa. She is so well dressed but she is such a pain in the mmmph!" The mocha skinned girl with brown eyes and black hair was cut short by a hand over her mouth.

"I think that's quite enough Nudge." I looked at the source of the voice to find a blond haired blue eyed boy who almost looked like he was some sort of model. "Hi, I'm Dylan. I amuse you are Max?"

"Ah... Yeah that's me."

"Sorry about Nudge. We kinda call her motor mouth for a reason." He smiled a smile that would have most girls melt into his arms but not Maximum Ride. Her life was too screwed up to do that right now.

I smiled back to be polite and closed my locker with a slight click.

"Hey! Why don't you come and sit with us at lunch!" Nudge said thankfully not going off on another rant. "You can meet us here by your locker. Unfortunately it will only be the three of us since Fang hasn't come back to school."

"Ah... sure!" I said. I didn't know how else to react since I had never had friends before. "But who is Fang?"

"We aren't supposed to mention his real name around school anymore... but," Dylan said looking at Nudge, "Maybe we could make an exception."

"No," Nudge said, "My brother said that we can not say who he is." with that she said goodbye to me and walked off, Dylan shrugged and went after her.

By now the people were starting to fill up the school and I went to go find my first class.

When lunch finally came around I went straight to my locker to find Nudge standing there.

"Hi!" I smiled. "You're... Nudge right?"

"Yup! That's me! What are you having for lunch today?"

"Probably just a sandwich." We walked to a small table outside together were Dylan was sitting. He was also sitting next to someone I knew.

"Iggy! What are you doing here?" I exclaimed out of shock. I hadn't seen him since what happened to my sister.

"Max! Wow fancy seeing you here!" his face was slightly pained but he told me that after what happened to my sister his family moved here so that he could move past it and maybe start over.

"I picked him up a little bit ago after seeing him sitting alone at a table." Dylan said.

"Hi! I'm Nudge! Your name is Iggy! Wow Nudge, Max and no Iggy we all have such weird names." thankfully she stopped after that.

I finally got home and ran up the stairs before Lissa or Victoria could tell me to do anything. When I did reach my room I found Victoria waiting there for me sitting on my bed. I walked in and tossed my book bag on the floor.

"How may I help you." I said with a sneer. Victoria looked at me and then did a once over on what I was wearing, giving it a look of disgust.

"I want you to write a song and record it for Lissa to look like she can sing. After all you are the reason she missed meeting Nick Walker." she said getting straight to the point.

"No."

"And I wanted to tell you that one of my lawyers found a loop hole in your fathers will so that I can get all of his money and you won't get a scrap." she said highly. "I also get all of the things that you are supposed to inherit including his house and all of his documents on his precious daughters."

"What's your point?" I asked slightly on edge but not showing it.

"I will have all the documents I would need to make sure that you never work anywhere but the McDonalds down the street. So all your little dreams of becoming famous because you can sing will be crushed in to the dream dust that they were in the first place."

I looked at my step-mom seeing that she was totally serious. I also knew with all the people she knew that she would make sure that I never got past singing on open-mic-nite in some café.

"Fine."

AH! Now I must write more music!
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