I tried getting sleep that night, but couldn't. I kept worrying about the girls and the boys and what was with Emma. I came to a conclusion. Emma is a Lissa. Red hair, short skirts, tight t-shirts, and a deathly smile that makes ever guy want her.

It was only obvious. I also thought about what I told Fang.

I said that I would come here, and if things went well, we could go further into our...friendship.

So I didn't sleep until around five in the morning. Then I woke up at seven and waited until Kendyl's alarm went off.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't mention we have to get up at 8:30 on the weekends if we want breakfast." she explained as I looked through my bag for clothes. "It's alright." I waved my hand at her.

She smiled apologeticaly and picked out clothes for herself. I jumped in the shower and washed my hair and body. When I was done I got dressed in a plain light blue shirt and dark grey skinny jeans. I combed through my hair and brushed my teeth.

When I walked out of the bathroom, Kendyl was already dressed in a light brown tank top and white jeans. We both had on converse and she pulled her hair back into a pony tail. I let my hair fall down my back as it was.

"We can eat any time on weekends from 8:45 to 9:45 and lunch anytime after 11:00 and before 3:00." Kendyl explained.

Nudge and Angel came out of their room as we past it. "Hey." I said and played with Angel's hair. She smiled.

As usual, Nudge was wearing a pink tank top with blue jean shorts. She had on black flats with her hair straightened. Angel was wearing a light blue knee length dress with white flip flops and her hair naturaly curled. Kendyl looked at them and smiled. "Sleep good?" she asked. They nodded and hurried down the hall in front of us.

"Do we eat with the boys?" I asked.

"Oh, ya. Every day. And I almost forgot to tell you, dinner is between 6:30 and 8:00 every night. On the weekdays we have to get up at 7:00 every morning, and be at our first class at 8:00. Your schedule is the same as mine. So I will be like your tour guide. And our last class ends at 2:45 every day. We have to be in bed by 10:30 on week nights, and any time before midnight on weekends. We have classes with boys, too." she finished.

It took me a second to take it all in, but I got it. By then we were outside in the warm air. The sun was shining and other kids were coming out of our building and the boys building. Some people were heading to the cafeteria, some were heading to a building that said 'Teacher's Office' and that said ' Counceling' and 'Gym'.

The girls were waiting for us at the door to the cafeteria. I walked in and found Iggy, Fang, and Gazzy sitting at an empty table.

Gazzy saw us and waved us over. "I'm going to eat with my friends, if that's okay. Come to me when your done." Kendyl said before she skipped off to a table that had 3 girls eating.

"Sleep good?" I asked. They nodded. "The bathroom is hard to get to." Iggy said. "That's only for you, Iggy." Fang said.

"Max, me and Angel are gonna go get something to eat. Do you want to come? Because I'm starving and so is Angel so I didn't know if you were or not. Sometimes you aren't, but I want to taste the food here-" I slapped a hand over Nudge's mouth.

"I don't want anything." I said.

She nodded and her and Angel walked off. I sighed and slouched down in the seat. "Alright?" Fang asked. I shook my head.

"No sleep. So tired. Thinking too much." I said. I sounded like Fang, talking in non-sentences. He laughed a little and looked over to the door. I followed his gaze.

There she was, taking in all the glory. Miss Emma Chase, in the flesh. I snorted. "You really think she's pretty or cute or smart?" I said. Fang looked at me. "Jealous?" he asked.

"Please, why would I be jealous of a girl who doesn't know what Y blood type means?" I asked. Iggy gave me a high five.

I smiled when Fang glared at me. I heard a growl in his chest. "Oh, standing up for someone? I thought you wanted me?" I asked. He grunted and turned around to face Iggy. Gazzy stayed quiet, gobbling up his food. Well, he didn't stay quiet when he munched down on the bacon, but he didn't say anything.

Angel and Nudge came back with a tray in each of their hands. I scooted over and they slid in the booth next me. Yes, this school is like a resturaunt. It has booths lined up against the walls, and tables in the middle.

"Mmm, Max these pancakes are so good, are you sure you don't want any? They are delicous!" Nudge said. (Sorry if I'm making you hungry. I know I'm getting really hungry!)

"Nope." I said. Iggy finished and went to go throw his tray away. Kendyl walked over and asked if I was ready. "Ya." I said.

"Your friends can come too." she said. So the whole Flock got up and followed Kendyl out of the room. (By the way, the winners are 2 girls. One chose to be a girl named Emma Chase, and one was Kendyl Peirce. I forgot to tell you that!)

We walked over to the Gym. "This is the school gym, but we use it on weekends and for dances also." Kendyl said.

Next we walked to the counceling office. "You only need to go here if you need counceling, and on the other side is the regular office, with the headmistress and secratary and stuff." she said. Then we went to a building with no name on the sign.

"This is for like, student try outs and stuff." she said. "What kind of try outs?" Nudge asked.

"Um, cheerleading, sports, student council, like with school president and stuff." she explained. Nudge's face lit up on cheer leading. Iggy and Gazzy gave eachother high fives for sports.

"This is where classes for ages 12-14, so like Jr. High. That's where me, Emma Chase, Brad Marks, and the three oldests of you will be." Kendyl said, walking by a big building sating 'Middle School Classes'.

She pointed to a smaller building close to it. "That's ages 4-9, so like lower elementry school. So where the two youngests will be." Then we past a building named 'Upper Elem. Classes'. "That's ages 9-12, so like 4th, 5th, and 6th grade." she said.

"That's where uh, Nudge will be at. And my little sister." she said.

I yawned and stayed at the back of our group. Emma walked up to us. "Hi." she shined off her bright white teeth. She had on a really tight bright pink tank top with super short white jean shorts. Then she had bright pink high heels and white hoops for earings. Her hair was crimped, so it was like Taylor Swift hair times 3.

"Hi." we mumbled. "Um, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hang out with me?" she asked Fang. Fang looked at me, and Emma looked from me to Fang. Angel took my hand and Nudge told Iggy what was going on. Gazzy asked Kendyl who Emma was and why she was wearing stuff that was too small for Angel.

When we heard that question from him, every body minus Fang and Emma-who's face was bright red- laughed, and I wiped a tear away from my eye. I finished lauhing and we got quiet.

"Well, uh, maybe next time." Fang said. I almost jumped for joy. Don't tell anybody that, though.

I smiled at Emma. "Yup, he wants to spend time with people that actualy care about others." She glared at me, then smiled sweetly at Fang. "Well, I'm here when you decide to come." she said and stomped of, almost tripping in her 8 inch heels.

I smiled and looked at Fang. He shook his head, but I saw a smile forming on his lips. And amusement in his eyes.

"So, when's next time?" I asked. Every body else was about 15 feet in front of us. Kendyl tried to wait for us, but Iggy told her that me and Fang needed to be left alone for a while. Smart boy, Iggy is.

Fang shrugged. "Maybe, uh, tomorrow, or Monday, or, uh, something." he said.

"Well, when you figure it out, let me know." I said, stomping in front of him. He grabbed my arm. "Why?" he asked. I sighed.

"Because, don't you remember Lissa?" I asked. He nodded, and almost at the same time, we thought of the night me and him got into a fight at Anne's. I said he was stuck to her like glue.

He smiled at me, and I smiled back. "Ya, I sure do. And I never want to repeat that." he said. I looked away from him and walked next to him. He took my hand and I let him. I don't know why, I just didn't want to pull away. He seemed surprised that I didn't pull my hand away.

"Are you okay, Max?" he asked, putting a hand on my forhead. I laughed and punched him lightly on he arm. He smiled, and for the first time since yeserday, the smile reached his eyes. I kissed him lightly on the lips, but pulled away quickly. I so did not mean to do that, but this time, I didn't say it.

He smiled to himself and looked in front of us. I did too. The flock and Kendyl was looking at us. Nudge and Angel had on smiles bigger than their heads, Iggy gave Fang a thumbs up, and Gazzy made an ew face. Nudge explained to Kendyl that I never let Fang do anything like that and get away with it. And I never kissed him, he kissed me. Except for yesterday.

She smiled and I blushed. I don't know what would be going on with me and Fang now, but I didn't care. Maybe later I would, but right now, I wanted him. That's it, just him. I know, it's mushy, but I can't lie to myself.

He moved his hand from my hand to my shoulder. He put his arm lightly around mine. He looked at me for a warning, but I didn't protest. We were at the girls dorms, so Fang let go. I grabbed his arm. "You can come." I said. He looked at Kendyl.

"Hey, I'm just going to go to the hang out area with my friends. Make yourself at home, make food, make out." she added the last with a smile on her face. I smiled at her. We walked in and down the hall. Angel and Nudge stayed outside to with the other boys to hang out and talk.

Me and Fang walked down the hall and I grabbed the key to the room that Kendyl gave me. I unlocked the door and we walked in.

Fang left the door open behind him to get air in here. He looked around the room and nodded. "Looks good." he said. "Ya, my bed is the blue one, the bathroom is through that door." I said. My room looked way different than his, so I had to point everything out.

I heard giggles coming from down the hall, and girls walked past, holding a picture of a boy they were talking about. I rolled my eyes. Fang looked around again and sat in the desk chair. "I like it." he said.

"Please, that's only because it's dark colors. And most of the room furniture is black." I said. He put his hands up. "Hey, I'm sorry I like the color black."

"Why is that?" I asked. He shrugged. "It expreses mypersonality." he replied. "What personality?" I asked sarcasticaly. He rolled his eyes. "Max, I have one, you know. It's a quiet and emotionless. That's my personality." I sat on my bed and shook my head.

"Sometimes I worry about you, Fang Ride." I said. I hadn't realized I was the only one in the flock that chose a last name. So he wasn't really a Ride. Just Fang.

Fang seemed to be reading my mind, somehow, because he looked at me. "Weird." he said. I nodded. "I guess you have to take my last name. Same with the rest of the flock." I said.

"No. I could take Martinez." he replied. "Oh, ya. I didn't think of that." I said. He could take Martinez. I went over and sat on the floor next to the chair. He grabbed my hair and played with it. "Why do you have blond highlights?" he asked. "You just figured that out?" I asked.

"No. But I've always wondered that." he replied. "Well, it was from when we got our hair done at that weird place so the Erasers didn't recognize us." I said. (I don't remember which book that was. I think the second.)

"Oh." he said. I sighed. He pulled me up on his lap. I tried to protest, but he forced me. "You know you can't avoid this forever." he whispered. "Yes I can." I said. "Max, you have to fall in love some day. Whether it's with me or some other guy." he said, clearing his throat before he saidd 'other guy'.

I smiled. "I'm not going to fall in love with some other guy. Trust me. I haven't fallen in love with anyone yet, I'm only 14." Fang turned me around so I was facing him. "Well, you have to fall in love with someone someday. Who's it gonna be?" he asked.

I hesitated before answering. "Well, I don't really know. I could fall in love 5 years from now, or 20, or heck, even 50 years. I'm not going to know who I fall in love with in the future."

He smiled. "Well, who would you want to fall in love with?"

I thought for a minute. "Um, maye Iggy...no way, not him. Gazzy is 6 years younger than me, so that's not gonna happen, well, I'm not going to fall in love with one of the girls, so that only makes one other person in the flock."

His eyes lit up. "Who?" he asked. I decided to play with his mind for a minute. "Me." I said. He looked confused. The light in his eyes went out. I laughed. "Well, unless you aren't part of the flock..." I said. The light was back in his eyes.

"Don't worry, I am." he said. I smiled. "Wait, you want to fall in love with me?" he asked. "Well, duh!" I said.

"Oh." he said. "Why? Do you not want me to?" I asked. "No! Of course I would want you to, it's just, you always avoid me every time something happened, like at Dr.M's house, in my room. After Iggy left. You never wanted that to happen." he explained.

I sighed. "Well, of course I wanted that to happen, just, never at that moment. It's not like we're normal." I said. He sighed.

"Fang? What's wrong?" I asked him. He seemed frusterated. He looked at me. "Max, I have to tell you something." he said. "Well, then tell me." I said. "Okay, Max, I lo-" he started.

"Hi!" Iggy and Gazzy and Angel and Nudge walked in. Fang sighed. I jumped off of his lap and sat on my bed. Whatever he was going to tell me would have to wait until dinner or something. I wonder what it was?