Hey guys! Tomorrow I'm starting my new school! O_O! reallyreallyreally scared!it's sort of starting high school,cept we start way earlier. It's primary and secondary school here in my country, oh and junior college and then university. Ah enuf ranting here's chap 4!i dun own max ride no matter how much I want to D: sad right…oh and minigirl2426 (or izzit 8? Sowwie…), Lissa just kissed Fang a couple of times…so..erm…I guess it's the choice where she THINKS she's fang's gf….oh wells…I really hate thse type of peeps.

Chapter 4

Max POV

I froze, unsure of what to do. Have they heard everything? My punching Lissa and all? Oh God…I couldn't stand up to all these people. Everywhere I could see, were kids looking at me curiously. I couldn't…couldn't take it. And this was Maximum Ride speaking so that's really saying something. Angel tugged my sleeve.

'Let's get this over with,'I took a deep breath and murmured to myself. I saw Fang, Nudge, Ella, Gazzy and Iggy looking at me (okay, maybe not Iggy but he was facing me.).'You saw my scars.' Real smooth.

Everyone just looked at me and I glanced at Fang, who was literally piercing me with his stares.

'And I'm sure everyone wants to know how I got these scars and all. You must've been pretty desperate 'casue you guys took my sister down from her class too. Annoying much? So I'm gonna tell you why,' I said, taking another deep breath. 'I got these from a gang fight the day before I transferred to this school. No gasps please. But teachers, you guys can give me all the detention you want but I'm not budging. Got that? Everyone satisfied now?'

I rolled my eyes and acted like it was no big deal. Lissa entered the scene, her nose bright red and still oozing a little blood. She pointed at me and shrieked,' SHE PUNCHED ME!'

'But now all you have to do is get another nose job!' I said, smiling. Chuckles broke out from here and there. Lissa looked ready to kill me with those killer heels she was wearing.

'That's it. What's going on here?' a gruff voice came from the second level. I saw a bearded face and a short, plump man appeared among the line of students. The principal. He saw Lissa and gasped then saw me, looking ready to punch anything that got in my way and he put two and two together in the supposedly obvious-to-audience way and thought we were all witnessing a fight here.

'Ah, Maximum Ride, and I haven't seen you in…a day?' the principal said, raising an eyebrow. 'Someone get that girl the first-aid kit. Then come to my office. Maximum, you follow me.'

'I have a question,' a girly voice piped up from somewhere in the crowd. I spotted a red-haired girl who looked a lot like Lissa. She tossed her hair before continuing. 'If my cousin gets punched, I want justice to be done and smarty gets punched too. Go, Sam!'

Before I could move, I saw a brown-haired boy, possibly my age, charge through the crowd and tackle me to the ground, punching my nose and socking my stomach again and again and again. The teachers were yelling, I felt blood oozing out of my nose as I clutched my stomach. Peering through my half-closed eyes, I saw people holding Sam back but he kept getting at me, punching my stomach over and over and just when I thought he was led away, he took out something flashy and then I felt my arm burn with pain. I thought I was gonna black out and then I heard a yell and Sam fell off me.

I saw a familiar black shape beside me his arm moving up and down and up and down and constant yells and then…

'STOP!' the principal yelled.

But Sam managed to punch my head one last time and then I blacked out.

Great second day.

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'Max, wake up…' a familiar masculine voice whispered.

I felt my eyes flutter open and a relieved sigh. I saw Fang sitting next to me, his usually emotionless eyes filled with worry. I tried to sit up but there was a blinding pain in my arm and it buckled and I fell back onto a pillow. And then I realized something.

I was wearing a tank top and shorts. Two things I never wore because of my cuts and bruises. My injuries! Oh God.

I was so startled I scrambled to sit up against the headboard and I saw my exposed arms and my legs. My arm…with that long slash on top…I looked at it but it was wrapped in a cast.

'You okay?' Fang asked, concerned. Then the door burst open.

'OH GOD MAX!'

'MAX!ZOMG!'

"Are you okay?'

Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge, Angel and Ella burst into the room, yelling and screaming with happiness. Fang shot me a quick smile. I smiled at the guys around me.

'What happened after I blacked out?' I asked them spoke first.

'Everyone saw your eyes close and then everyone freaked out, even Lissa and Brigid! And then Mr Rustle, our principal, told us to get you to the infirmary and then the school nurse said you were okay and didn't need the hospital and everyone was like, oh my god, thank goodness and then Fang and Angel were fussing over you and then the nurse chased me out 'cause I was talking too much and I was like NO FAIR but I had to stay out until the next visiting time and only Fang was allowed in because I think the nurse had a thing for him but who cares the nurse is like 20 years old and all and oh yeah, did you guys see Breaking Dawn? ZOMG RIGHT, I KNOW! Edward is like what, 35? In real life? Don't look at me ike that Angel I'm stating facts svkahfdfjaekjwaekrkwehvfwjhew—'

Ella had her hand over Nudge's mouth.'And here we are,' she said, smiling.

'How about Lissa?' I asked.

'Well, she was asking Fang to follow her and help her with the first aid kit but he ignored her and I think Lissa is like, really mad. So while the entire school followed you, Lissa only had Brigid. Everyone's in class now though. Lunch was long over,'Nudge said. I think that was the shortest speech she ever said.

'Can't I go back to class?' I asked.

' I think so…teachers are like, really bugging us right now, so I guess…we'll go?' Ella asked, unsure.

'Yeah sure. Thanks, guys,' I smiled. They left the room, but Fang still stayed. I looked at him, raising my eyebrows. His face was impassive.

'Can I ask you how you got these scars?' He asked, gesturing to my arms and legs. I shrugged, trying not to give anything away.

'Gang fight, I said,' I replied, trying to signal to him that it was no big deal.

'One gang fight doesn't give you all these.' He was being awfully annoying yet still kind of sweet. He brushed his hair casually away from his eyes and all I could think was, let me do that for you…ARGH MAX! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? *mental slap*

'Well, they did. Suck it up, emo boy,'I said, swinging my legs over the bed. I was about to leave the room when I heard him say something that made me freeze.

'Does your father hurt you?'

I stood right in front of the door, shocked. Then I felt his warm breath on my neck and then a tingle in my back.I spun around, facing him. We were inches from each other. I tried to calm myself before giving a reply.

'What makes you think that?'

'Nothing.'

'Nothing means it isn't right. I have a class to go to and I believe you have one too,' I snarled in his face.

And then I left, leaving him staring stupidly at the door.

Fang POV

She left me staring at the door.

I knew it. From the way she tensed her muscles when I asked her if she was abused, I knew my answer. Why woulnd't she answer me? I just wanted to help. I cared. Wait…why did I care? Maybe it's because she was so beautiful the way her dirty blonde hair swayed and when she smiled my world brightened—shut up Fang! You're being a total softie! But still…did her father abuse her?

I was going to find out.

HOW WASSIT?I think this was a pretty lame chapter but a little bit of Fax…teeny weeny bitsy of it LOL hope I can post tomorrow…..REALLY NEED MORE REVIEWS!NEW PEOPLE!PLEASEPLEASE ANYONE WHO READS THIS STORY DO LEAVE A REVIEW SO I KNOW I HAVE MORE THAN 3 PEOPLE WHO READ THIS THANKS!okay…now….school tomorrow O_O eeksies….