Don't Stop Believin'
I do not own Maximum Ride!
Chapter 10: Agreements
Max POV:
I smelled the delicious smell of hotdogs and grease right when I stepped through the double doors. This place was just like a typical diner that you think you would only see in movies with the red booths, metal tables, and the giant counter with a plate of donuts on display. Yep, typical diner...
"Max!" Ratchet called. I turned towards his voice and saw him and Fang sitting in a booth in the corner of the restaurant with drinks on the table and talking quietly with each other. I slowly walked over towards them while silently planning a way to escape this horrid lunch before noon and maybe go hang with Nudge and Ella or something. But of course since the world hated me, it decided to make the only usable exit the front door. So I was stuck...great.
"There you are short-stack! Come take a seat next to papa or on papa, whichever you prefer." Ratchet winked at me with a cocky grin. I rolled my eye's at him and shoved his body closer to the window before taking a seat. I was about to grab a menu, but there was none...
"Where are the menu's?" I asked after a moment of looking.
"We already ordered." Ratchet answered.
"WITHOUT ME! Man you guy's want to see me starve, don't you? I knew it, you all want to see me die! Well your going to get your wish! Mom is that you?" I slammed my head on the table and closed my eye's trying to seem dead, but Fang interrupted my drama by saying,
"Calm down we ordered for you." I lifted my head slightly and looked at him quizzically before saying,
"Ratchet doesn't know my hotdog order. He only know's my sugar order and coffee order."
"That's why Fang ordered for you." Ratchet said taking a sip of coke.
"You don't know my order!" I laughed before adding, "Looks like I'm going die anyway better text Ella and tell her I hid her pudding in her sports bras before she put's them on." I was about to pull my phone out and just search for the nearest 'Subway' because glob knows what he ordered for me. But Fang surprised me by saying,
"I know your order."
"Alright, tell me then." I said stubbornly, crossing my arms over my chest and thinking this was going to be good.
"Alright, you like two hotdogs with chili and cheddar cheese on the bottom of the bun with a side of nacho cheese so you can dip your hotdog in it because you don't think they add a fair amount. Then another hotdog with relish, mustard, and onions on top, cut in half so you don't have to get your fingers too dirty before you eat the other two hotdogs and ruin the experience." Fang answered right when they tray of hotdogs came. I looked at the tray and saw my exact order right down to a few extra napkins. I gaped at Fang in surprise and exclaimed,
"You remembered?"
"Of course I did! We would go to Dave's after every baseball game we went too." He smirked getting ready to take a bite of french fry. I couldn't believe he of all people would remember that, I mean the rest of my friends have trouble remembering my ice cream order and yet here he is getting ready to eat a french fry with a smirk on his face in silent delight. WAIT FRENCH FRY!
"NOOOOO!" I screamed dramatically jumping over the table and slapping the french fry out of his hand.
"What the heck, Max!" Fang demanded grabbing another fry, but I quickly slapped that out of his hand too. He seemed to be growing angry at my sudden motives, but before he could hurt me I quickly exclaimed,
"YOU CAN'T EAT FRENCH FRIES!"
"WHY NOT?"
"CAUSE YOUR A MODEL AND MODEL'S DON'T EAT JUNK FOOD! SO I JUST SAVED YOUR CAREER AND ABS! YOUR WELCOME!" I explained taking one of his fries and taking a bite of the salty goodness.
"So your going to eat his french fry's?" Ratchet asked around a mouthful of mustard.
"I'm getting rid of the temptation for him." I declared taking another fry. Fang gave me probably the biggest smile I've ever seen since I first got here and I couldn't help but grin back and say,
"I'm here to help."
"Yeah, help me starve." He teased.
"Whatever keeps your career." I took another fry and was about to pop it in my mouth when he quickly swiped it from my fingers and popped it in his instead. I let out a dramatic gasp and exclaimed,
"Ratchet did you just see that!?"
"OH, NO! NOT THE ABS!" Ratchet screamed in horror dropping his hotdog on his plate dramatically.
"I can eat anything I want, just in moderation." Fang laughed biting into one of his FOUR hotdogs.
"That's not moderation! That's like a fat man saying a large meat lovers pizza is just a snack!" I said taking a bite of my own very delicious hotdog.
"Or saying Max isn't addicted to cookies." Ratchet added.
"HEY! I'm on the patch now!" I pouted earning laughs from both boy's. I started joining in after a few moments and we continued eating our food in a comfortable silence, but when I finished the boy's were still eating and decided to let them finish. I jumped up and said I was going to the bathroom before walking over to the restrooms.
"IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TEXT ME!" Ratchet called before I shut the door. I rolled my eye's and walked over to the mirrors and checked my appearance. I still wasn't really used to my short brown hair, but it wasn't terrible either. I mean it was lighter, I guess...I just didn't like looking like someone else. I ran my hand through it once and felt the softness of it from all the salon hair products and I had to admit they did a pretty good job.
"But it's still not me." I murmured softly, releasing my hair and started washing the grease from my hands instead. I let my mind wander a little while I felt the cool water run over my hands and I couldn't help but think of Fang. I still couldn't believe he remembered something as little as a hot dog order! It made me wonder what else he remembered...but probably not much because he has new friends and more important things to remember, so why remember anything else about me? Right? Yeah, I'm probably right. With a sigh I turned off the water and dried my hands before returning to our table to only see Fang sitting there.
"Where'd Ratchet go?" I asked sliding back into the booth.
"Bathroom." He answered glancing out the window. I followed his gaze and it landed on a billboard for some clothes line on top of a building with him and some other model on it smirking down at us.
"Do you really like modeling?" I asked.
"Sometimes it can be stressful, but yeah I do." He admitted turning back to me with a soft smile.
"You sure do smile more." I stated with a smile of my own.
"Well it's kind of in my job description." He smirked.
"Your not working though."
"Then I guess it's because your around." He said. I turned away in slight embarrassment, but I quickly composed myself before saying,
"Yeah, I tend to have that effect on guy's" He let out a chuckle and then turning serious he said,
"I've missed you."
"Why?" I asked surprised. He didn't seem to really like that answer because his expression grew dark and he asked,
"Why, not?"
"Well, you have your dream job, a girlfriend, money, friends, and a huge future ahead of you. Why miss the burden of your past?" I said simply with a shrug, but on the inside I did feel a slight pain in my chest at the thought of him forgetting about me.
"You think you're a burden to me?" He asked surprised.
"Well you did tell me to get hit by a bus." Fang flinched at the memory of his harsh words and took my hand before saying,
"I didn't mean that. You know I didn't."
"Could have had me fooled." I laughed humorously.
"No! I was hurt that you didn't want to come with me. I didn't know you got accepted into an academy. I'm sorry." I looked into his eye's and I saw complete sincerity and knew he actually was sorry.
"Fine. I believe you." I sighed after a moment, "But I don't forgive you." I added.
"What do you mean?" He asked growing tense.
"You hurt me Fang and I can't just forget that. So that's why I've decided that we're going to have to start over as just friends if you want to be apart of my life again." I explained painfully. I watched Fang go over my words over in his head and after a few moments he looked into my eye's and declared,
"Fine. But I promise before you leave we will be best friends again and you will forgive me. Just wait. It's gonna happen." I felt a smirk grow on my face and I couldn't help but say,
"I'm Max and you are?"
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