I actually updated today! I didn't think I would be able to with all I had going on, but here is the next chapter. Have fun reading!

Nudge POV

Max was waiting for Ella and I to finish up picking out her outfit. Max was lucky, she didn't need much makeup to make her look beautiful. I'm pretty sure that Fang is already falling for her.

"Found it!" Ella exclaimed, jolting me out of my thoughts. Ella raised up the blue dress that we had been looking for forever, well maybe not that long, but it was a while.

"I grabbed one of Max's bras and a pair of her underwear and handed them to her.

"Nudge, please don't make me wear this," I Max mumbled through the door.

"You're not coming out unless you have it on," Ella yelled back at her.

"Fine," Max grumbled softly.

Ella and I waited for her to come out. When she stepped out, I loved how the dress fit on her. It was a simple dark blue dress that showed off Max's figure. Ella squealed and dashed out the door to get her Makeup and hair equipment.

"Max, what happened to your arms?" I asked quietly, noticing that her arms were covered in many thin white scars running everywhere..

"I was in a car accident when I was younger," Max mumbled, her hair cascading over her face as she looked down. I rushed up to her and embraced her thin frame with my arms. A few seconds later I felt her thin arms wrap around me and I smiled to myself, she was starting to open up to me.

"Um, sorry to ruin the hug fest, but I'm ready to start on Max's Hair and makeup if you are," Ella stated awkwardly.

"Come on," I guided Max over to the chair we had set up, "Max, you are sooo lucky, you don't need barely any makeup at all. and you are so beautiful, you don't even need to try to look beautiful. I need so much makeup to try and cover my ugly face."

"Nudge, you're beautiful," Ella said.

"I don't think so," I replied, feeling embarrassed.

"If you weren't, would Iggy date you? Then you have to be beautiful," Ella reasoned. She picked up the curler and started to curl Max's hair and I did Max's makeup. After doing makeovers on ourselves, I walked down stair to get shoes for us while Ella woke Max up.

"Here are ballet flats for you Max, you look beautiful, I thought that you might like flats better than heels," I said as they walked down the stairs.

"thank you," She replied.

"We are going to go next door and show off our makeovers to the boys."

"Okay."

We set out the door, with Max holding on to my arm so that she didn't get lost. As soon as I reached up to ring the doorbell, The front door abruptly flew open.

"Hi guys," I said as We waltzed in. Iggy staring at me, Ari looking between Max and Ella and Fang staring at Max, who looked uncomfortable.

"HI girls, we were just about to head out," Iggy said.

"Head where?" Ella asked seductively to Ari and I swore I saw him drool.

"I was going to show the guys the old band hangout. do you guys want to come?" Ari stated, shaking himself out of his daydreams. The other guys slowly came to their senses too.

"Sure," I shrugged. I took the arm that Iggy held out for me. Ella took Ari's and Fang grabbed Max's hand.

"Can I stay here?" Max asked quietly.

"Um sure, just stay in the house," Fang looked rejected as she pulled away from him and headed up to her room.

After taking a few side streets and alleyways, we arrived at a door that was cleverly disguised in the wall. Ari entered and everyone else followed him. Her flicked a switch and the darkroom was flooded with light. Old band instruments lay in disarray and the only thing that looked used was an old keyboard.

"This is the old hangout," Ari whispered, as if there were spirits around.

"Have you guys heard Max sing?" Fang asked randomly.

"No," we all answered except for Ari.

"I heard her sing a long time ago," Ari said, "Why, have you heard her sing?"

"Yeah, she's really good. I have a recording of it actually," Fang pulled out his cellphone and played a recording. A sad song filled the empty air around us. None of us doubted that it was Max, the same empty feeling that was in her eyes was in the voice.

After the recording finished, we all sat there for a little bit, trying to hang onto the last few notes of the beautiful song.

"We should start the band again," Ella and I exclaimed in unison.

"What?" The guys asked.

"If we start the band again, maybe Max will be happy!" I said, my mind whirling with possibilities.

"No," Iggy and Ari stated.

"Why not?" Fang asked, seemed like he was on board with us.

"I know from experience, that the past and anything that reminds a foster child of his or her's past can start the water works. I have spent my entire life almost running away from everything that happened during and before the foster homes.

"And with Max being as fragile as she is, chances are good that this would only cause her more pain, but there is a slight chance that it may work. I know that you're trying to get her to open up to you Nudge, so this might work," Iggy seemed to be more and more with the idea by the second. "I'm in."

"I might as well join you guys, this will either wreak Max or fix her, I hope and pray that this will fix her," Ari sighed.

"Yeah! let's figure out what we are going to do!" I exclaimed, for once I had people that supported one of my ideas.

So a little bit of Nudge's POV. Is it just me, or is it really hard to write Nudge rants and her POV. I have a hard time coming up with things for her to say, but that might just be because I don't talk much around people.

I only got one review on my last chapter. :( Where did everybody go?

Review so I know how I'm doing and if anyone out there has any ideas!