All characters belong to James Patterson. I own the plot only.

My computer is fixed! My internet was down so I couldn't upload but it's fixed and I have a new chapter for you! This will be in Max's POV and the next will be in Fang's. ENJOY! :)

I Have A Ninja Mom

I've known Fang for 5 days and it feels like forever. He was my best friend. I thought that my connection with Ella was strong but, my connection with Fang is stronger. We could have conversations just by looking into each other's eyes.

Today was Friday, the day our band held karaoke night, ordered pizza, and just hung out until we finally crashed.

I was at my locker putting away my book bag because we never had homework on Fridays. Not because teachers want us to have fun, but because they didn't want a lot of papers to grade on Monday.

"What's up Max?" someone said from behind me. I heard the lockers next to mine clang but couldn't see who it was through my locker door. When I put all my things away I closed my locker to reveal the mystery ninja.

Of course it was Fang leaning against his locker next to mine. "Hey. You ready to go to your first official karaoke night sleepover?" I greeted in my best valley girl voice.

"Someone's turning into a valley girl." He responded.

"Actually, I live on a hill." I retorted in the same voice as before. He just rolled his eyes and offered me his arm in a very 1800's gesture. I took and together we skipped down the hallway to meet our friends outside.

"Yo, what's up Max? You ready for karaoke night?" said Iggy in his best gangster voice.

"Wow Iggy! Since when did you become cool?" I asked.

"Since the day I was born, duh!" he said it as if it were obvious. I couldn't help but smile. Iggy has always been able to make me laugh; he was just so stupid sometimes I couldn't help it.

"C'mon guys, let's go get our karaoke on! Woo!" shouted Ella. Everyone started cheering and walked our different ways since they didn't have their overnight clothes.

"This is going to be so fun! Thanks for inviting me Max. I know I'm not in your band but, you're so awesome you invited me anyway. It sucks that I can't be in your band due to my lack of instrument ability. I can't really sing either. Fang is a really good singer and instrument player. Hey Fang, you should teach me how to play piano or something!" Nudge would have continued but we were at the house by then.

"I'll see you guys later! I've gotta go get the snacks and everything ready." I ran up my porch steps and unlocked the door.

"Mom I'm home!" I shouted. My mom was always off on Friday but, she sometimes worked on the weekends.

"Hey honey! I ordered the pizzas a little while ago and the 3rd batch of cookies is in the oven. I'm sorry but I've got to run to the office really quick. I'll be back in an hour, I love you!" she said. She walked out the door after giving me a hug and a kiss goodbye. I waved at her and headed to the kitchen.

About 10 minutes later there was a knock on the door. I had just taken the cookies out of the oven and still had the mitt on.

"Come in!" I shouted. Fang and Nudge walked in. "Hey! My mom had to run to the office. She'll be back soon." I said. "Can you put that bag of pretzels in that bowl and those cookies on the tray while I get the pillows and set up the karaoke machine?" I asked.

Fang nodded and did what was asked.

I headed upstairs to the movie room and set up the karaoke machine to the flat screen television. The movie room was set up just like the movies. It had a flat screen TV, a row of couches instead of individual seats, a TV stand that held our hundreds of movies, and even vending and popcorn machines. In other words…it was friggin awesome!

I heard the doorbell ring and shouted, "Nudge will you get that?"

"Sure." She went and opened the door.

"Hey Nudge! You all set for your very first weekly sleepover here in Cali?" said Ella.

"Of course I am! I can't wait! We are gunna have the best time ever. We can stay up late and eat popcorn. Max is upstairs setting up everything." I have no idea how she does that but she says everything in one breath.

Their footsteps echoed through the hallway as they walked up the staircase.

"Hey guys. I've got everything set up except snacks and the movies. We gotta wait until Iggy and Gazzy gets here until we pick movies." I explained.

They nodded their heads and helped me get the sleeping bags out of the closet downstairs and lay them out.

After about 15 minutes I heard a knock on the door. We all headed to the door to greet Iggy and the Gasman.

"Hey party people! Let's get this night on!" I think you can guess that the Igster said that. We just laughed and let them inside.

Once we grabbed all the snacks we headed upstairs to the movie room to start our famous sleepover.

"Alright, everyone pick a movie and lay them on the couch over there." I instructed.

We all picked our choices and laid them on the couch. I looked at our choices: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (me), She's the Man (Ella), Men in Black 2 (Iggy), I am Number Four (Gazzy), Mean Girls 2 (Nudge), and the Exorcist (Fang).

"What a variety." Said Gazzy.

"Whatever. Let's put them in the order of watching them and put them next to the TV so we can start singing." I said.

Once that was done I heard the front door open. Mom was home!

"We're up here mama!" I shouted.

"Hey kids. I picked up the pizzas on the way home." Her voice sounded closer. Suddenly she appeared outside the open door.

"Whoa. I didn't even hear you come upstairs. That's so cool, I have a ninja mom!" I exclaimed.

Everyone laughed and lunged at the pizza.

There you go! I'm not going to be at my computer for a few days so I can't upload until Sunday. But, I will write over that time period so I'll have at least 2 more chapters up soon.

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