SORRY! I know I haven't update in forever, and I am sure you don't want to hear my excuses, so here is the next chapter. Starting to get to the Fax now!

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Maximum Ride. Happy now?


Chapter 9

Fang POV:

"Ella bought it from a Christmas shop that had a 'couples' section." Iggy smirked.

I noticed that Ella was covertly glancing at both Luke and Iggy, who was clenching his fist. I realized with all the pranking and stuff going on, everyone had forgotten that Iggy and Ella had some… interest in each other, shall we say.

I turned to my left and grinned. Max was sitting there, looking annoyed and waterlogged, still wearing the pink dress. It didn't look that bad, actually. She looked kind of cute. Wait, what?

Before I could get my thoughts together, Angel suggested we all take a 5 minute break. I knew Max must have been thinking something, since I had made sure my mind barriers were up. Since nobody was able to go up against the Bambi Eyes, we all took a break.

Max turned to face me (the two of us were still sitting), probably to complain. As usual, I was right.

"It even has a stupid big bow on it!" she said bitterly, pulling at it. I snickered and Max glared at me. "You're supposed to make me feel better." I snorted softly at that. She correctly interpreted it as not gonna happen.

I looked around the room. Nudge, Angel, Luke, Gazzy, Jake, and Natasha were all in the kitchen, most likely raiding the fridge. Ella and Iggy were talking quietly in the corner. To my relief, whatever she was saying to him seemed to be working. Iggy started to relax.

Eventually everybody came and sat back down. How about we let Natasha, then Jake go, because neither of them and gone yet?" Nudge suggested. Nobody objected so Nudge motioned for Natasha to speak.

"Truth or Dare… Max." She decided. I knew what was going through Max's mind without even having to look. She didn't want to wimp out and pick truth, but she didn't really want to embarrass herself further either.

"Dare." Max gave in. Natasha gave an evil grin.

"I dare you to kiss all the boys here that are your age! On the lips!" She burst out. Jaws dropped. Max muttered something under her breath. I doubted it was anything flattering.

She got up and went over to Jake, kissing him quickly. My stomach churned at the sight. Then she went over to Iggy and kissed him. Poor Iggy looked like he was going to be traumatized. I gave a small smile. Max turned to face me.

Crap! I forgot Natasha's dare meant that she had to kiss me, too. Under the mistletoe was bad enough, but in front of everyone? They would never let this go.

Max leaned forward and kissed me. It felt good… which only confused me further. Blushing, Max sat back down as quickly as she could without falling.

"My turn." Said Jake. He seemed happy. I wonder why? Oh, that's right, because he managed to get another kiss from Max. Hey, that means the one I got counted as an another, too. How weird. "Luke, truth of dare." You already know the answer (In case you didn't, it was dare).

"I dare you to accept a dare from Fang." Jake said quickly. Everyone looked at me expectantly. I held back smile. This was turning out to be pretty fun.

"I dare you to let Max put make-up on you, then go outside and sing Barbie Girl." Yeah, I'm evil.

Max gave a real smile for the first time. She fetched the make-up rubbing her hands together with glee.

-10 minutes later-

He looked like something out of a horror movie. Glaring at us because we couldn't stop laughing, he went outside to complete the rest of the dare. Even better, we got it all on tape. Luke came back and looked around the circle, trying to decide who to pick.

"Gazzy, truth or dare?" Gazzy groaned. He'd been trying to stay out of this as much as possible. Trying to prove he was a 'man', he picked dare.

"I dare you to dress up as a ballerina!" Ella and Nudge squealed in synchronization, and dragged poor Gazzy upstairs to dress him up. They came down 15 minutes later with Gazzy in a pink leotard, tutu, and pair of ballet flats. Of varying sizes on him which just made it look even funnier. One look was all it took (A/N, Hey that rhymed!) to make us all collapse back into laughter.

Max POV:

I am actually having more fun than I thought I would, if you don't count this stupid dress. And the whole kissing thing… kissing Iggy was just weird, and you should have seen Ella's face! Kissing Jake was kind of uncomfortable, and Fang… I don't know how to describe it, but it just felt so good, so right.

All of this was going through the back of my mind as everyone laughed. Even fang was laughing, a rare sight.

"All right, all right." Gazzy grumbled. "Nudge, truth or dare?"

"Truth!" Nudge said. Gazzy though for a moment, then asked "What is the longest you have ever gone without speaking?" Nudge though for barely a minute before answering "Ten minutes, I think." We all shook our heads in mock disappointment.

I decided to intervene before things got too out of hand. Who knew what might happen, the way things were going? "How about we watch some movies now?" I suggested. Everybody seemed pleased be the idea, so we all picked a few we wanted to watch and smushed up comfortably on the big sofa. Fang and I managed to snag a spot next to each other in the middle.

"I get first pick!" Iggy yelled. Groaning we let him pick out a cd. He pressed play and we all settled down, to comfy already to get a snack or something. "What movie are we watching?" Natasha asked.

"Nightmare on Elm Street." Iggy smirked. None of us girls were very happy about this, but didn't say anything. (This was the first horror movie I thought of, so don't judge me. I've never even seen it.)

It. Was. Horrible. I spent most of the movie shrieking into fangs chest, who was trying not to laugh in case I punched him. Ella was practically choking Iggy, and Nudge and Natasha had long since hidden behind the sofa, covering their ears. Iggy, Fang, Luke, and Jake all seemed to be enjoying it though. Finally, it was over.

"My pick." I said firmly.


Sorry, I know it was short, and a crappy place to end, but I have been really busy and wanting to get this up. I you have any ideas for the next few chapters, please review and tell me!