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"I'm so tired." Fang yawned as we trudged into school on Monday. I knew how he felt.My backpack felt like two tons on my shoulder. We had gotten up late so Ella, Gazzy and Angel had already left for school. So now Fang, Iggy, Nudge and I were walking side by side down the hall.

The girls had left early yesterday morning, leaving us to clean up the popcorn Emily and Kate had been throwing at each other. It was everywhere! Maggie had been reluctant to leave her Fang. The thought of them dating still made my stomach churn.

As we passed the sweaty jocks, I felt their eyes follow me, and I heard them whispering.

"That's her."

"The blonde one, Max."

"She gave Dave that black eye?" I couldn't help smiling. Mess with me; you're going to get hurt. Serves him right, the jerk. I kept my head down. 'Did everyone know? Just what I need, everyone thinking Max Ride is a super strong freak.' I thought bitterly. This is why we shouldn't have come to school. We could get turned in and be held at Itex or the School. Just because I punched-

"You know it." Iggy mumbled, brining me out of my thoughts.

"You guys should really drink coffee." Nudge said. She had coffee? Crud. We're screwed. "It's so good! It's warm and it wakes you up when you drink it, and it keeps you up all day! We should drink coffee everyday Max! It would give us a lot of energy so we can fly or hours and hours and hours! Why don't you let us have coffee? I bet if we did drink it, we could fly from Arizona to New York! OH! Can we go back to New York? It was so much fun! We can get those makeovers again! This time I want to get highlights like Max did! Can I get pink highlights? No, no…. ummm… BLUE! Blue highlights would be so cool! It would be the color if the sky, which would be funny cuz, you know we can-"

"NUDGE!" we all cried at the same time. She stopped talking and gave us a sheepish grin.

"You had coffee today didn't you? How many packets of sugar?" Fang inquired, giving her a stern look.

"Six. Per cup."

"Per cup? How many cups did you have?" I was about ready to explode.

"I gota go." She mumbled and darted away. Smart move.

"I'm guessing more than three cups." Iggy sighed and continued down the hall. I saw the girls and Ella at the end of the hall. Ella waved me over. When we got there, Maggie wrapped her arms around Fang in a quick hug with a kiss on the cheek; I felt my breakfast quickly rise in my throat. I looked out the window, staring at the bright blue sky and the elementary students playing on the playground, pushing each other on the swings. Anything, but the lovebirds. Then, something caught my eye. Well, more like someone. One glance at Maggie and Fang, and my mind was made up.

"Hold on," I muttered, spinning around and going the way I just came. "Josh!" I called down the hall. Josh turned around and grinned at me. His friends looked at me and grinned stupidly. Nice. I noticed neither Ugly nor his lackey were park of the group. So he had stopped hanging out with them because they were mean to me?

He already told you that remember? When you dropped Angel off at his house Saturday.

'Voice, did you really think I believed him? I thought he was just saying that.' No reply. Typical.

"Hey Max." Josh said meeting me half-way down the hall. His blue eyes were sparkling as he smiled. I felt my already fast heart, pound faster, harder. Oh, God.

"Hi." I mumbled, shocked with what I was about to do. It wasn't me. "I was wondering…."

"Yeah?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Saturday." I mumbled, a blush creeping to my face. "Are you still up for it?"

He grinned, his eyes were blinding. "Of course. I'll pick you up around seven?"

"Yeah. Seven's good."

"Cool. I'll see you then." He said before walking back to his friends who gave him high fives.

"Cool." I murmured to no one in particular before heading back to my friends, Fang's mouth was wide open, his eyes blazing with anger. I felt my blush deepen. We, the Flock, had enhanced hearing. Fang and Iggy had heard everything.

"What was that?" Fang shouted, shrugging away from Maggie and stepping in front of me. "What the hell was that?!"

"What was what?" I asked innocently, giving them all a sheepish grin.

"He asked you out!" Fang said, fuming. "And you said yes?!"

"Last time I checked, Fang, it's not against the law to go on dates." I raised my eyebrow and tilted my head toward Maggie. That shut him up.

"Who asked you out?" Jordan said, poking my rib.

"Josh Jones." I said, smiling in spite of myself. I really hate myself right now.

"Josh!" They cried eyes wide.

"No way!" Ella squealed, giving me a hug. "He is so sweet and really cute!"

"I know." I said, forcing a giggle. Sarah looked at me for a while, as did Jordan. They weren't convinced. They knew me too well.

Did I really want to go out with Josh? Not really. Did I really want Fang to turn green with jealousy? Totally. Still the thought of using someone that sweet and caring bothered me. They could sense that.

"He is so nice and he asked me out so, I thought, why not?" I said, pulling the excuse out of the blue. They shook their heads in disbelief and the warning bell rang. I said a quick prayer of thanks as we dispersed, heading to our different classes.

"Max." Fang said, as I headed toward first period.

"Fang, you've got the wrong class. You've got World Lit. remember?" He gave me that creepy icy glare of his. "What?" I sighed, turning to face him.

"We're not done with this discussion." He growled. I blinked. He's babying me. Last time I checked, I'm the oldest and the leader. I've been taking care of him for the last four years, along with five other kids and their talking dog. Who is he to boss me around? Not that I'd actually listen to him, but, still.

"There's nothing to discuss." I said simply and stomped into the class room, leaving Fang there fuming in annoyance and jealousy. Let the games begin.

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Sorry this one wasn't too long. I just wanted to speed it up a bit. So now we've got a new shipper! JoshxMax! HAHA! And it seems like a lot of you love MaggiexIggy. I like them too. It's sweet. OKAY! You want goodies, you gota review!