Hello again fateful readers. Sorry it takes me so long to update. I officaly hate summer.
Fang: Tell them why.
One, because I have to wait until my parents go to work to update and two, my bf is away for almost the entire summer.
Fang: So this means...
Me: Oh yeah. For all of you who have read my profile and know about the one year date thing, it's over.
Fang: Yes! Freedom!
Me: Oh be quiet.
I have one last note before I get on with the chapter:
The last chapter as you know had Josh thinking he was Michael Jackson. But, due to the death of the King of Pop, I am respectfully withdrawing that from further chapters. But don't worry, Josh still has amnesia and now thinks he's Britney Spears. So let us have a moment to pay our respects for Michael Jackson.
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Ok, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride.
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Max's POV
That weekend, Charlie and Nudge were on a mission. To find me the perfect dress for the Snowball dance. I groaned and grumbled all the way to Fort Brag. This time, Charlie wasn't the one who drove, it was Iggy. He was so happy to be able to see and he couldn't thank Fang enough. Charlie gave him directions to the dress shop in town and we finally got out after three hours. Nudge practically pulled me in with Iggy and Charlie casually leading the way in.
"Hey Crystal," Charlie said to a young woman.
"Everyone," she said, turning to us. "I'd like you to meet my cousin, Crystal. Crystal, these are my friends."
She gave off our names. Our fake names of course.
"We're shopping for the Snowball," said Charlie.
"Ok," said Crystal, smiling. "Have fun."
Nudge led me to the first rack, Fang trailing behind us. Charlie was looking at the shoes. Didn't she need a dress first?
She looked at me, reading my thoughts and grinned. Then she towed Iggy over to the dress clothes for men isle. I sighed as Nudge and Angel handed me three dresses and towed me to the dressing room. I sighed again and picked the first dress off of the hanger. I shuddered. It was strapless and ice blue. It had sparkles on it and frilly stuff. I quickly put it on and showed Nudge and Angel. Charlie and Iggy came over as well. Nudge and Angel exchanged looks and Charlie shook her head.
"No, no, and no," she cried. She walked into my dressing room and took out the dresses.
"I need to see all of them," she told Nudge and Angel. They handed her the dresses and she went over to the 'discard' rack. She set all of them on it and then looked through it.
"Nudge, Angel," she shook her head. "These are all in the wrong color scheme. Max can not wear ice blue or dark blue. She needs a nice red, burgundy. Kinda dark. Ah hah! This one. Nice job on the style."
She handed me a red/burgundy dress and pushed me into the dressing room.
I looked at what I was holding. It was actually pretty, not scary at all. It's sleeves hung off onto my arms, not on the shoulder at all. The hem of the dress was barely at the tops of my knees and it was stretchy material. It faded from the original color at the middle part of the skirt and got darker until it was black at the hem. There was a little bit of sparkles where the skirt was but the bodice was plain and had a black ribbon around it. The bosom (did I just say that?) was satin and was the original color. It looked really nice on. Suddenly, a pair of black sandal heels with a burgundy/red satin strip of twisted fabric (the strap that goes above the toe) on it. They were four inch heels. I hissed in a breath but put them on. I walked out of the dressing room and saw Fang's mouth drop, along with everybody else's except for Charlie's.
"Perfect," she grinned. She handed me the shoe box. "Now go get dressed."
Iggy's POV
After Fang and I had gotten our dress shirts, pants, shoes and Max had gotten her dress and shoes, we went to the beach. It might have been January, but Charlie wanted me to see the beach for the first time. We got out of the car and she led us to a cliff. We looked out onto the ocean. It was breath taking. I figured out what color Charlie's eyes were. They were ocean blue. She grinned at me and then let go of my hand. She backed up six steps and then took a running leap off the cliff. We all followed. She perched on a ledge and we found our own. I sat on my perch and took out my sketch pad. It was utterly peaceful. I looked over at her and saw the peace in her face. All of her tenseness had dissolved. I sketched her on her perch and then put the sketch pad away. I wished we could live here. It would be peaceful all the time. Unless the Erasers ever came back. Soon, we left the beach and we drove home. We unloaded the clothes and then I flew up into one of the trees in Charlie's back yard to watch the sunset.
Charlie met me up there after about fifteen minutes. She sat with me on the branch next to mine.
"It's nice isn't it?" she asked me. "Not having to run, not having to fight for your life every second of the day. I used to do that and I know you did too."
"It is nice," I replied, watching the sunset. "Wait? You went through what we did too?"
She nodded.
"While the Erasers and Flyboys were still living," she said, looking at the horizon, her face bathed in orange light, "I couldn't risk my mom's life. So I was on the run all the time. They never did catch me though. You can imagine why."
She grinned.
I scooted back on the branch and patted it. She hopped over and sat against me. Our fingers entwined and my arms were around her. We watched as the sun set and then hopped down from the tree. I bid her a 'farewell' with a kiss and she went back into the house and I went into the shack. It was the ending to one of the most peaceful days I had ever had.
Max's POV
I was absolutely going to kill Charlie. It was about an hour till the dance and she had me in her bathroom, expertly doing my hair with Nudge. I was already in my dress and shoes, had make up on (despite my protest), and they decided to do my hair. Charlie wasn't even in her dress or shoes yet. In fact, she never bought a dress, just shoes. She grinned.
"You'll see me and Iggy at the dance," she told me.
I grumbled while they finished my hair. Soon, Fang and I were in the car and Fang was driving us to the dance. We would park away from the school so we wouldn't get caught. He gave the tickets to the ticket dude and then we went inside, pausing to get our picture taken. Everyone was watching us, like they had never seen us before. There were only a handful of freshmen there besides us, they were the only one with 'connections'. A senior came over to Fang.
"She's hot dude," he said, slapping Fang's shoulder. "Way to go man!"
I clenched my jaw and rolled my eyes. Fang chuckled and led me over to the punch bowl. That's when Charlie and Iggy walked into the dance.
Fang's POV
After that senior told me how hot Max looked (even though I do not need to be reminded), we went to the punch bowl. Suddenly, Max's mouth was open and I looked to see who she was gazing at. Charlie and Iggy had walked in, arm in arm. Wait. Was that Charlie or Iggy? It looked like Nudge had failed to get to Iggy. His shirt wasn't tucked in and his tie hung loosely on his neck. But, Charlie made up for that. She was wearing a black bodice dress that had a ocean blue skirt with wings embroidered at the bottom. The straps on the dress were the thinnest spaghetti and she had on a black chocker with a charm, her shoes were black. Oh God, I'm talking like a girl. Charlie laughed.
Max went over to Charlie.
"Where did you get that dress?" she asked. "You didn't buy one when we went to Fort Brag."
Charlie grinned.
"I made it," she said. "I didn't take two semesters of Home-Ec for nothin."
We all laughed. Iggy turned to Charlie.
"May I have this dance," he said, bowing.
"Why, yes you may," she laughed. "Come on you guys."
We walked over to the dance floor and Charlie and Iggy disappeared. I listened to the unfamiliar song and realized it was slow. I put my hands on Max's waist and she put her hands on my shoulders. Then she leaned forward and put her head on my shoulders. I put my head in her hair. We swayed with the music and suddenly, the song was over. We walked off of the dance floor and met up with Charlie and Iggy.
"You guys look really nice together," said Iggy, wiping a fake tear away from his eye in sarcastic weepiness, "It just makes me want to puke."
Charlie laughed.
Soon, we left the dance.
"I had a really great time Fang," said Max after we had gotten home and she had changed into her pajamas.
"So did I," I hugged her.
She kissed me and then sighed.
"I feel something coming," she said.
"So do I," I whispered.
"What do you think it is?" she whispered back.
"I don't know," I sighed. "But if we have to leave, what will it do to Iggy?"
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Dun Dun Dunnnnn...
Evil Grin.
So, you like?
Fang: You made us go to a dance.
Me *looking innocent*: He he he.
Fang: You made me talk like a girl.
*Fang starts to angrily walk towards me*
*Horny roosters come around corner*
Fred *horny rooster #1*: Cluck?
Fang: AHHHH!! HORNY ROOSTERS!
*Fang runs away*
e-pepsi for all those who told me to update and those who just reviewed.
Review for the Sake of Mankind and e-pepsi!
Oh, and review for the saftey from horny roosters.
George *hory rooster #2*: Cluck?
Peace, love, and bagels (yes, that's right. Bagels),
Crazi Fang
