Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride and I'm not disappointed, I mean, at least no one else does except for James Patterson.

Chapter 7- The Band and School

Max's POV

Why can't they just leave me in peace? You might be wondering what they are doing to me that I'm actually whining. Well, thanks to my caring caretaker, Anne, they knew that I could sing. So now, they're asking me to join their band called 'Wingin' It' or in short form,'WI'.

'Please Max, we just need one more singer to join with Fang.' Ella begged. I shook my head. Well . . . I was in my own world but when the sentence finally made sense in my head, I stared at her.

'Wait, Fang's singing?' I asked.

'Yeah,' Ella said.'The only time he says more than ten to twenty words if when he sings, but that doesn't count as talking.'. I nodded, finally understanding.

'But, I'm still not going to join.' I said stubbornly.

'Ah, give it up Els, she probably couldn't sing anyway.' Iggy said. And that got my blood boiling.

'Who says I can't sing!' I snapped at him. He smirked but I could still see the terror in his eyes.

'Well,' he gulped before continuing.'It's just that you keep avoiding to sing to us that it makes us think that you don't sing at all.'.

I thought about it and smirked.

'Well, lets make a deal first.' I said.

'What's the deal?' Iggy asked.

'Okay, the deal is that let me hear you band play and I'll give you a demo of my singing.' I explained. He thought about it and finally agreed to my condition.

In the music room . . .

Fang's POV

So Max wants to see us play, eh? I thought as Ella told us what happened.

'Which song should we play?' Nudge asked. Ella looked at me.

'Break Your Little Heart, All Time Low.' I said and she rolled her eyes. Hey! You already knows that All Time Low is my favourite band.

'Fine, it's settled then, everyone in your positions!' just as she said that Iggy brought Max in.

Max's POV

When we entered the room, all I could do was gape like a fish. If you had been hear with me, you would have done the same thing. The place was filled with all the instruments you could have imagined. From something as small and soft as a triangle to something as big and loud as drums.

'Okay Max, let me explain our positions,' Iggy said.'Ella plays the guitar, Nudge the piano or anything similar to it, Gazzy plays the bass instruments, Fang sings and sometimes play different types of instruments and I play the guitar with Ella.'. I looked up to see that they were all in their positions. And then, the music started and I recognised the music as Break Your Little Heart by All Time Low.

Wide awake, my mistake, so predictable
You were fake, I was great, nothing personal
I'm walking, who's laughing now?
(Who's laughing, who's laughing now?)

I'm wasted, wasting time
You talk for hours but you're wasting lines
A pretty face but the chase ain't worth the prize

I'm gonna break your little heart
Watch you take the fall
Laughing all the way to the hospital
'Cause there's nothing surgery can do
When I break your little heart in two
I'm gonna break your little heart in two

A party queen, cause a scene, so ridiculous
Little dress, maybe less, so conspicuous
You're falling, who's crashing now?
(Who's crashing, who's crashing now?)

I'm wasted, wasting time
I'm moving on but you're left behind
A pretty face but the chase ain't worth the prize

I'm gonna break your little heart
Watch you take the fall
Laughing all the way to the hospital
'Cause there's nothing surgery can do

I'm gonna break your little heart
Show you to the door
Sew yourself shut and now you're begging for more
'Cause there's nothing surgery can do
When I break your little heart in two

Don't be so sentimental, no
This love is accidental, so
Give it up, this was never meant to be
More than a memory for you

I'm gonna break your little heart
Watch you take the fall
Laughing all the way to the hospital
'Cause there's nothing surgery can do
(When I break your little heart in two)

I'm gonna break your little heart
Show you to the door
Sew yourself shut, now your begging for more
'Cause there's nothing surgery can do
When I break your little heart in two

The song ended and they were staring at me as if waiting for my judgement, they probably were and I thought over the whole song.

'It's okay, I guess.' I said, but they just kept on staring at me.

'What!' I cried out.

'It's your turn to sing.' Fang said. Oh, so that's why they kept staring at me. I quickly thought of a song and quickly ran over to the piano.

'Okay, have you heard of 'Concrete Angel' by Martina Mcbride?' I asked and all of them stared at me.

'I guess you haven't,' I said.'Anyway, that is the song I'm gonna sing.'. I played the piano and took a deep breath before singing.

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hide the bruises with linen and lace, oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind, and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world where she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbours hear but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes, it'll be too late

Through the wind, and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world where she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind, and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world where she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete angel

As the song ended, I gave a dark chuckle at the irony of the words. I remembered the times when I was in an abusive home. The adoption center usually found out when Anne came to check on me. I normally wouldn't say anything when I found out that they were abusive as I wanted to try to at least stay for a few months. I sighed as I turned to to face their judgement.

Only one word to descibe how they felt by lookin at their faces : shocked.

Ella was staring at me, both Iggy and Gazzy were staring at me open-mouthed, Nudge was actually speechless for once, Angel was staring at me and even Fang had shock in his eyes.

'So . . . how was it?' I asked.

Ella's POV

That was amazing! She have got to join our band!

Iggy's POV

With a voice like that, she could join any band!

Gazzy's POV

Wow!

Angel's POV

Her voice is so pretty!

Nudge's POV

Wow . . . I think thatthis is the first time that I was speechless, no wait, I think there was another time where Fang spoke more than 15 words a day. I mean, who can not talk! Everyone talks! And I just happen to- Anyway, she has to join the band!

Fang's POV

Wow, her voice rivals an angel!

Max's POV

They stared at me.

'You were great!' Ella exclaimed.

'Yeah it would a crime to hide a voice like that. Can people go to jail if they hid their amazing voices? No, I don't so if they could-' Iggy's hand cut off Nudge's rambling.

'Could you join our band?' Ella asked me, hope in her eyes.

'Nope.' I replied. Disappointment shone in her eyes as she left the room. The rest of them left except for Iggy.

'Oh, we'll get you to join if that's the last thing I do!'he exclaimed as he slid out of the room with an evil laugh. I groaned. This just can't get any worse! But just as Iggy left, Mrs M, no way am I calling her 'mum' too soon, popped her head in.

'Max? I forgot to tell you, you have school tomorrow so we're going shopping today.' and with that last note, her head disappeared from view. I groaned again. I said that too soon!

Okay . . . I'm done. Anyway, I want to try something new, you know, in my profile I said that I love humour quotes, well . . . not only humour quotes but I luv humour stories as well. So you might be wondering why i'm telling you this, well from now on, i'm gonna one humour story to go with the story. So this is my first one:

A boy, named Ben, had a dog named Pat and he loved him very much. But one day, while he was in school, Pat was in an accident and died so his mother was trying to find out how to tell him that.

When Ben got back from school, his mother confronted him.

'Ben, I'm sorry to tell you this but Pat died in an accident.' his mother closed her eyes waiting for the tears but, to her surprise, he took it very well and went off to play with his toys. His mother was very confused but just brushed it off.

But a few minutes later, Ben went to his mother.

'Where's Pat?' he asked. His mother was surprised but answered him anyways.

'I told you, Pat died in an accident!' her mother replied. Upon hearing that, Ben burst into tears. Now, his mother was very confused.

'But I told you a few minutes ago and you didn't cry.' his mother said. Still wailing, he sobbed out,'I thought you said 'Dad'!'.