Chapter 10

Unknown POV

"I think we should teach them a lesson." That boy said smirking. They can't hurt Max's flock! I rushed down the stairs to try and stop everything.

"No, don't you dare touch them!" I shouted at Max's new flock.

"Now who the heck are you?!" One of the little blonde girls scowled.

"This is our house, if they don't want to get hurt then they should LEAVE." One of the other girls across the room also said.

"I suggest you leave too if you know what's good for you." Another girl said out loud.

"Look, this is Max's flock and I won't have you guys hurting them." I said calmly. I looked at the flock. Angel's face was bright red. Iggy looked pale. Fang looked ready to fight. Nudge looked upset. Gazzy looked a little scared, and Maya was clinging to Fang's arm. "Come on guys, let's go upstairs and leave them be." I motioned with my hand.

Usually they wouldn't listen to me, but this time, they did as I said, and walked up the stairs quietly.

Brandon's POV

"Those assholes got lucky." I muttered.

"Yeah, but they had it coming." Drake said out loud.

"Anyway, why were we called down here?" Mia asked.

"Let's get closer so we can whisper." I said, motioning to Ali and Courtney's beds. Me and Drake pushed them both together to make more space and then we all sat down. Courtney on Nina's lap and Ali on Erica's lap.

"Wait, where's Happy?" I asked, looking around.

"He fell asleep on my bed a little while ago." Erica responded.

"So why are we here?" Mia asked again.

"Oh yeah," I brought my voice down to a whisper. "That flock is hiding something from us."

"That's kind of to be expected." Jake said.

"I know.. but we don't know them and they're staying here for another few hours. Who knows what they're hiding." I reasoned.

"I see what you mean now." Nina murmured.

"What are we gonna do?" Erica asked.

"Well.. you guys are gonna hate this but.. try to befriend them, maybe they'll let something slip." I suggested.

"After what just happened?!" Courtney shrieked.

"They'll never buy it!" Alison said reasonably. "And I don't want to be around Angel. That pest has got another thing coming her way."

"Guys, just try it out." I sighed. They all sighed too, but nodded.

"How are we gonna do this though?" Nina asked. "There is more of us than there is of them."

"Hm. Okay, I got it." I snapped my fingers and jumped off the bed to the twins' whiteboard easel thing. Grabbing a marker, I got to work.

Angel: Alison and Courtney

Nudge: Erica

Gazzy: Jake

Iggy: Drake

Dylan: Nina

Maya: Mia

I stepped back after I wrote everyone's assignments.

"Wait, what about Fang?" Mia asked.

"Don't worry, I got him." I inwardly sneered. I really hated him.

"Wait no, fix the assignments! I don't want Nina near Dylan! You saw what happened with Max." Drake growled.

"Dylan is easy. And we need a girl to crack him." I tried to reason.

"Then put Erica for Dylan!" He argued.

"Erica is around Nudge's age. Besides, remember when Max told us about how much of a motor mouth she is? Erica will have information within an hour."

"That's true." Erica nodded.

"Dude, just for now. Deal with it. If anything happens then Nina can take Fang, and I'll take Dylan. Okay?"

Drake nodded. I sighed in relief.

"Now, any other objections?" I asked. Everyone shook their heads. "Are you sure that you guys are comfortable with your person?" I made sure. Everyone nodded.

"Okay, now. Jake, make us some food." I grinned.

Fang's POV

"You know, I really want to hurt those twins." Angel muttered angrily when we walked into the living room.

"They seem very demanding." Nudge added.

"Yeah, thanks for getting us out of there Jeb." Gazzy said.

"No problem." He waved his hand as if shooing something away, then he walked out of the living room. I sighed loudly.

"What's wrong Fangy poo?" Maya asked.

Ugh, everything is wrong. I want Max to forgive me and forget that Brandon loser. I want her to ditch that flock and come back to us. I just don't want to deal with this bullshit anymore. But before I could say anything, I saw Max walking down the stairs, wiping the sleep out of her eyes. She yawned.

She came down the stairs and headed over to where me and Maya were sitting on the couch and before I could blink, she plopped down on my lap, cuddled against my chest and fell right back asleep.

I stared at her, remembering all the other times we were in this position. God, I love her.

"What the hell does she think she's doing?!" Maya shrieked.

We all shushed her. "Shut up!" Nudge whisper-shouted.

"Yeah, Max is sleeping!" Iggy said next, quietly.

"I don't care if she's sleeping! She needs to get off of Fang!"

"Maya, bug off!" Gazzy said.

"Ugh, whatever." She said, loudly and stormed upstairs.

I cradled Max, god, I've missed this so much. Her touch was so familiar that I felt myself reach over to brush her hair back from her face subconsciously.

"You know, it almost feels like old times." Angel said. And I looked up and saw that mostly everyone had tears in their eyes.

"Yeah, it does." I smiled at all of them, and then looked down at Max again.

A/N: So what do you guys think?! ;D Sorry I didn't update yesterday and Friday, I wasn't home. :p

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7/1/13