Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while; the whole story about why is at the bottom, so read the bottom!

Chapter 6

Max POV

The rest of the day went by pretty slow; my classes dragged on, and it felt like school would never end. Lissa went home early (probably to get a new nose) so I had to face both detentions alone. It was pretty boring, considering it was just me sitting in an empty classroom with a teacher glaring at me, wondering how they got the job of detention.

I didn't have any classes with Ella's friends today, so I just sat in the back of all my classes, tuning everyone out the whole time. By the time school ended I was dying to get out of there, but then I realized I had detention. Oh joy.

After school detention was the same as lunch detention, except that it was super quiet. It was basically the teacher glaring at me, then looking down when I looked up at them.

When the end of detention rolled by I ran out of the building, onto my motorcycle, and rode home.

Then I realized Ella was having her sleepover.

I swear, for a second I was tempted to go to Fang's house, but then I realized that A I didn't know him, B If I didn't go Ella and her friends would kill me, and C Fang's also having a sleepover, and the last thing I want is to be the only girl at a guy's sleepover (especially with these guys)

So, doing the responsible thing, I rode home and went into the house. Immediately I heard footsteps on the stairs, and Ella and all of her friends appeared in front of me.

"Ohmigod Max where were you!? We waited outside at school and you didn't show up and we were like where's Max? And then we came home and you weren't here and we thought like the guys got to you and-" I cut Nudge off.

"Wait, you thought the guys got me?" I burst out laughing.

"That would never happen; if that happened, you'd probably find their bodies in a ditch." I said.

"But where were you?"

"I had detention for "breaking" Lissa's car." I told them.

"Oh." They all said.

"Oh! I forgot to introduce you!" Ella said. "This is JJ." She pointed to a girl I hadn't noticed earlier. She stepped forward.

"Thanks Ella, but I can introduce myself. I'm JJ, short for Jennifer Joy, and I've spent 16 years on this glorious place called Earth; note the sarcasm." I smiled at her; I think I'll like her.

"Well, I'm Max, short for Maximum, if you call me anything but that, you'll be sorry; sarcasm noted." She smiled back.

"Well, while you've been in detention, we've been up in my room deciding what movies we're going to watch tonight, plus I was telling them what you did to Iggy yesterday." Ella finally said. I smiled at the memory.

"Have you guys already eaten?" I asked.

"We just ordered pizza, so it should be here soon." I nodded and dropped my bag on the floor.

"Ok, well then I'm going to go get a soda from the kitchen."

"Ok." They all said and walked back upstairs. At the last minute Ella turned around.

"Oh, Mom went to a vet class earlier, and she wanted me to tell you that she won't be back until Sunday afternoon!" she yelled from the top of the stairs.

"Ok!" I yelled back. Well, Mrs. V's gone on vacation the night of a sleepover; this can't possibly end well at all.

I walked to the kitchen and started in the direction of the fridge. I opened it and dug through the contents until I came across a bottle of Dr. Pepper; thank god! I unscrewed the cap and started drinking it.

Just then the doorbell rang, and I heard someone running downstairs. I could hear Ella talking to someone at the door, right before it shut.

"Pizza's here!" She yelled, and ran into the kitchen.

She bought 4 boxes of Domino's pizza; one was cheese, one was pepperoni. And the other two were supreme, minus the peppers and olives.

Everyone came down and started devouring it. We finished 3 boxes in 10 minutes, me eating the most with 6 pieces. I chugged the Dr. Pepper down, laughing as Nudge started freaking out that some pizza sauce got on her shirt. She started yelling about how it was going to stain and she won't be able to wear the shirt again, and blah blah blah.

We finally went back upstairs, leaving the pizza boxes downstairs.

"I'm gonna go to my room and change out of my school clothes and then I'll come to your room, ok?"

"K Max." Ella answered back. They all filed into her room, leaving me alone in the hall.

I quickly walked to my room, and shut the door, locking it behind me. I walked over to my closet and picked out a faded blue American Eagle shirt and some basketball shorts. I then put my hair into a bun on top of my head. (My usual sleepover attire.)

When I walked out of my closet my eyes traveled to the package from Jeb that was still laying on my floor.

Well, now or never.

I picked it up and quickly opened it, revealing a small pill bottle wrapped in bubble wrap (man I love that stuff) with a note attached. I picked it up and unfolded it, revealing Jeb's spikey handwriting.

Max,

Here is the new pill we've been creating. Its purpose is to connect with you DNA and-

I skipped to the bottom of the page, knowing I wasn't going to be able to understand all his science crap.

Basically, it's supposed to be able to heal you faster than the normal rate. I want you to take it and record anything unusual about it, just like always.

Jeb

Classic Jeb; showing no emotion at all in his letters. No I miss you, or Love you, or anything; just science. Whatever, I'm used to it by now.

I unscrewed the cap and dumped the contents, a small red pill, into my hand. Grabbing my Dr. Pepper I popped the pill in my mouth and took a big sip of the drink.

I wonder how long it'll take for it to take affect; probably a few hours.

I put the box back on my bed and walked to my balcony doors. Across the yard, in Fang's room, (not that I was spying) I saw the guys sitting and talking. The weird thing was, while talking, they would all occasionally glance over at my balcony. I know they can't see me, so why are they looking over here?

I'll put a stop to this. I opened the doors and walked onto my balcony, in full view of Fang and all the guys. Finally Dylan looked up, and I motioned for him to come onto the balcony. He turned to the rest of the guys and said something, pointing to me. All of their heads shot towards me; it was actually kinda funny.

After a minute Fang got up and walked out onto his balcony, leaving his door open; probably so the guys can hear him.

"What's up?"

"Why do you keep looking towards my room?" He paused, realizing I saw them.

"We weren't purposely; my eyes just traveled in that direction." I laughed.

"Your eyes traveled in that direction? Bull crap; you were looking over here for a reason, and I want to know why." He just stared at me for a few more seconds, and then he turned on his heel and walked back inside.

"Hey! Get back out here!" I heard his low chuckle, followed by the closing of his balcony door.

Idiots.

I glared at them through the glass and slowly backed into my room and slammed the door.

Fang POV

I watched as Max glared at me through the glass door and backed into her room. When she closed her door I let out a sigh of relief.

"That, was close." I heard agreement all around.

"So, what's the plan again?" I asked.

"We're going to play a bunch of pranks on the girl. But, before we do, we'll have to do something about Max, 'cuz when she figures out what's happening, all hell will break loose, and we don't want that to happen." Josh said.

"What about JJ? She's gets pretty brutal when we prank her." I asked. Josh shook his head.

"No man, Max is worse. Picture JJ times 10; that's what Max is like." I looked at him weird; he's terrified of Max, but I don't even see why; she's just a girl.

Ok, so what do we do?"

"We could bring her over here, and then slowly bring the rest of the girls over." Dylan suggested.

We nodded in agreement.

"Ok, so who's going?" I shrugged.

"Uh, I guess me, Iggy, and Dylan will get Max while Josh, Gazzy, and Sam spy on the girls and see what they're doing." All the guys nodded and we set out for Max and Ella's house.

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't update in awhile, but my crap computer keeps breaking and deleting what I've typed, so I'm having to use my parent's computer. I've decided to start posting every few days, as long as I get reviews. There are 12 followers to this story, so I know should get at least 2 reviews. And you don't even have to write much! Just type something!