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Chapter 10

Max P.O.V.

My breath caught in my throat. Oh my lanta! Mom and Dad were home!

I ran out of their room and down the stairs. I couldn't believe it. In the living room, stood my parents, smiling wide. My smile turned into a scowl as I saw Ella walking up to them. She sent me an apologetic smile.

"Okay, are you okay?" Mom asked. I nodded and plastered a fake smile on my face.

"Of course we are!" I looked at Ella. "Right Ells?" She nodded. At least she was smart enough to do that. I ran at my parents, almost knocking over Dad in the process.

"I missed you guys so much!"

"We were only gone for 3 days." Dad chuckled.

I pulled away and raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you not want me to miss you?"

He laughed. "'Course I want you to." Right as he said it, Daniel had decided that he wanted to run downstairs, I nothing but his Batman underwear and a cape.

"I'm Batman, Daddy!" He must have thought we didn't believe him because he latched onto my leg and screamed,

"I've got you now!" Mom let out a laugh and grabbed him around the middle.

"I missed you, crazy. You know that?" She planted a kiss right on his cheek.

"Mommy, can you make me something to eat? Max only bought pizza?" He said as he played with her hair.

"Hey!" I yelled at him. "You said you wanted pizza!"

"I don't want it all the time." He grumbled.

"Well, do you want chicken nuggets Batman?" Mom asked him. He nodded. "Okay, let's go!" They both left and went into the kitchen.

"So," Dad sat down. "How are my girls? Not getting into trouble, are we?"

"No Daddy." Ella said in the most innocent voice she could muster. Ha! Yeah right! She is not innocent at all.

"Well, that's good. No parties?"

"We did have a few friends over, but only like 4. Plus J.J., of course." I answered.

Dad crossed his arms. "None of these friends were boys, were they?" Ella bit her lip and stared at her feet. I cleared my throat uncomfortably.

"Right girls?" Should I tell him? I mean, it was only the neighbor boys. They didn't do anything, but I was still nervous. Dad always freaked when we hung out with boys. He was really over-protective, but he means well. He had always said that he just didn't want us growing up too fast whereas Mom wanted us to start dating like 2 years ago. But I had no idea why she was like that.

I looked up at Dad. I opened my mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Mom, who walked into the room.

"So," She sat next to Dad on the couch. "What are you guys talking about?"

"Well, it seems that there were boys in our house while we were gone." Dad told her. Jeez, he just had to tell Mom! Now I'm going to have to hear all about how her little babies were "growing up".

"Oh, lighten up." She chuckled. "I think that the girls should be allowed to have friend over whether they are girls or boys. As long as they're happy, I'm happy." I gaped at her. Did she really just say that? Something doesn't feel right…doesn't feel right at all.

"Oh Max!" Mom smiled. "When we had gotten out of the cab, we saw the neighbors. Real nice people. Even invited us to go shopping!" Wait, what? We're going out to shop with them? Oh snap. This is not going to be good.

I stood there in my graphic tee, jeans, and Toms waiting. Man, they take forever to get dressed! But it was fine by me. I had no intention in actually going with them. When they finally came down, I'll just say that I had to meet up with J.J. or something! Because I'm not going to shop with them! I'd be fine if we went out to eat, but shopping? I love eating, not shopping.

"Max!" I turned to see my family all run down the stairs. "Let's go." I sighed. Dang, I really had to go, didn't I?

We walked outside and saw the Martinez family getting into their car. I put my head down to avoid their eyes. I really didn't want to talk to any of them, but I knew that I eventually will have to.

"Max! Aren't you going to wear the new head band I got you?" Mom asked.

"That pink thing?" I made an "ick" face.

"Yes! Isn't it cute?"

"No! And I'm not going to wear it!"

"Honey, don't make her wear it. I think she looks perfectly fine." Dad smiled at me. See? This is why I love my Dad! He get me out of wearing stuff my mom buys me! Because it's all ugly.

"Oh, fine. But I thought you would love it! They lady at the front desk said it was perfect for girls your age." I sighed. My mother believed anyone.

"Mom, she is paid to tell you that. She really doesn't care what you buy, as long as you buy something."

"I know, right?" I looked at Nudge. "Those ladies do that all the time. It gets soooo annoying! Because I know that the outfit is not cute, but the keep saying it's like beautiful. But its soooo not! Then I end up buying the ugliest things in the store, because you know, I like hearing people saying that I look cute." I nodded slowly. Aw man, she's back to talking to me non-stop.

"Oh Nudge!" Ella squealed. "I could so help you with that!" Both of them began to squeal and talk about the mall. Great…..

"Can we go now? I have a T.V. show to watch at 3:30 and I can't miss it." Iggy said and Gazzy nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's go then. The mall on 3rd street, right?" Mrs. Martinez asked. Mom nodded. We got into our cars. I really didn't want to hear Ella talk about the mall, so I put my earphones on. I clicked onto my playlist and Avril Lavigne's Take Me Away began to play. I stared out the window, making it feel like I was in a music video. All I was missing was the pouring rain. But I hate the rain, so I was fine.

We began to pull into the parking lot. The mall was really close to our house. It has its pros and cons. But I hated that it was so close. I wanted to be able to sleep in the car on the way. But nooooo, there's not enough time to sleep! It sucks.

We parked the car and got out. Well, let's get this over with. Let's just hope that I don't embarrass myself. But I probably just jinxed it.

Do you like it? Sorry if you think it's short. I was feeling terrible yesterday, so i couldn't post it. All i did was sleep.

Now, the next chapter will definitely have more Fax. I promise.

Question: If you could meet any celebrity, who would it be?

I would want to meet either Daniel Radciffe, Emma watson, Rupert Grint, or Bonnie Wright. If i met them, I'd probably faint or something.

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