A/N: I decided to update this now. Replies to reviews:
Mutecadence (I hope I got that right)-I'm sorry, but it had to be done.
Mirandalovespie: haha it's fine. The song was Don't Wish by Tonight Alive. You'll have to wait a few chapters to find out if he fixes it. I didn't want it to be overly cliché, so I hope it was okay.
ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Disclaimer: Me no own Maximum Ride.
-Maximumride732
CHAPTER FOURTEEN (I THINK)
Max POV:
Of course it couldn't be an easy day for me when I got home. Why would you ever give Maximum Ride a break? Because I'm Maximum Ride. As soon as I walked in the door, I grabbed a canvas from behind the living room couch. Even though music is the world to me, I also love art. I was headed up to my room when I felt something cold on my foot. A giant puddle of black… paint? A huge puddle of black paint was in a container. I sighed and started to hop on one foot towards the bathroom, leaving a trail of black on the way. I turned on the bath and filled it up about halfway. I grabbed an old towel and started to rub my foot in the water. Of course it couldn't be acrylic paint, it had to be permanent wall paint. Great. I rubbed it off the best I could. Luckily, the paint was on wood floors, so I could mop it up. I went up to my room to see Lissa, Brigid, and Ella in my room. They had put a mustache in Sharpie on my Mitch Lucker poster. I ran up to it, and remembered I had a Magic Eraser (Mr. Clean Magic Erasers-erase even paint off of things. Except skin.) in my closet. I wet it in the sink down the hall and came back, leaped on my bed, and rubbed it off. I saw Ella holding my signed Mayday Parade poster (I met them before Jeb left me with Anne when I was fourteen), ready to rip it.
"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked, pulling the poster carefully from Ella's hands. "Fang likes you, obviously. I'm not even talking to him anymore. He's a player, and you can have him. I don't care." I didn't sound like Max; I sounded like a hurt girl. Ella started to snarl, but then realized what I said. "Huh?" She asked, then a look of mischief flashed on her face. "Oh, I knew that. So, you really don't want to fix things?" "Why would I? He hurt me. Get out." I sounded like my old violent Max again. "Fine," Lissa said. They tramped out of my room. "Note to self: lock door," I said. I put the canvas on my easel and got out my acrylic paints.
I painted the guy on the A Lesson In Romantics by Mayday Parade cover and then put a line of hot glue around it and wrote the lyrics to Jersey in the background. I then did blue crayon art so that it ended at the umbrella and looked like the umbrella was stopping the rain (I got the idea off of BitsySmurf's Instagram-Three Cheers For Five Years was in the background) When I finished, I went downstairs. Anne was waiting. "I need you to do these. Now," she said and handed me a list of chores. Considering I had nothing better to do, I nodded. "Okay," I said obediently. I looked at the list.
Clean out fridge
Clean stove and in the oven
Sweep all floors
Do the twin's laundry and fold it
Clean all rooms, including twin's and Anne's
Mop hardwood floors
Wax floors
Get groceries from Giant
Rake and make sure the driveway is clean
Set the table
Make all beds
Fold all blankets
Be done by six thirty! Get groceries first-I have a date tonight.
-Anne
On the back of the list, there was a grocery list
Angel hair spaghetti
Ragu spaghetti sauce
Diet Coke
Welch's sparkling grape juice
Meatballs
Mtn. Dew
-Anne
I got out my skateboard and decided to get the groceries now. It was only 3:30, so I had three hours. I got to Giant and grabbed everything I needed, and put it in a shopping cart with my skateboard. When I got to the checkout line, I started to load all of the stuff on to the thing that moves to scan stuff (I have no idea what they're called), and the clerk asked, "You're buying a skateboard?" "Yeah, you have a problem with that?" I asked, not looking up, as I grabbed my skateboard off of the thing. I handed one of Anne's many credit cards to the clerk when he asked, "A bit young for a credit card, aren't you, Max?" I looked up, and saw none other than Fang. "Just swipe the card and give it back," I growled. "Max, please, let me explain. I didn't say anything like what you think to Ella. Please, listen to me, Max!" I just death glared at him and said, "People are in line behind me, moron. Do your job and plead with me some other time." He handed me back my card. I grabbed my bags and ran outside, hopping on my skateboard as soon as I was out. I skated home as fast as I could.
I handed Anne the groceries, and she smiled at me. Okay, I thought. Anne smiled at me? She was in this plain green dress, her blond hair over her shoulders. I did the rest of the chores and finished at 6:29. Yes! I finished on time! I heard the doorbell. That must be Anne's date, who she made dinner for. I heard Anne saying, "Are you here for the twins?" The other person said something, but I don't know who or what was said. "Max? She doesn't talk to boys. Max! Someone named Nick is here to talk to you!" I ran down the stairs. "Fang?" He grinned a little at me, and I growled and glared. "What, here for your girlfriend? She's upstairs with my wonderful step-sisters. Go ahead." "No, Max, I'm here to talk to you." I just snarled back, "Well, in that case, no. Get out before I call Ella down." He looked scared. "I'm not leaving until you let me explain. "Fine," I said, and walked upstairs. He started to follow me. "Did I tell you to follow me?" I asked. He shrugged. "ELLA! YOUR BOYFRIEND IS HERE!" I screamed, and then sprinted into my room, locking the door. I heard Ella saying something. Fang replied, "No, not right now. Go away." He started to pound on the door, and I turned on Suicide Silence. O.C.D. started to blare out of the speakers, and I ignored the pounding on the doow. There was no way I was letting him anywhere near me.
I heard my stomach growl about a half hour later. I unlocked the door and threw the door open. Fang was standing there. I shoved past him and rushed into the dining room. Anne was there with her date, who was named John, I learned. I loaded my plate up and sat at the table with the twins, Ella, Anne, and John. I'd rather be in my room, but I figure that Fang wasn't going to sit near Ella. He walked down the stairs.
Anne asked, "Nick? Do you want some dinner?" He nodded and got a plate. After he got his food, he looked for a seat. The only seat was in between Ella and Lissa. I smirked at him.
Fang POV:
I don't know how to explain to Max what happened between Ella and I. Nothing happened, but Max didn't believe me. As I sat through the torture of being in between Ella and Lissa at dinner, I thought of some plans. Maybe I could sing to her again. No, that annoying voice in my head said, Max wouldn't want you to try and prove yourself through a song, again. You're lucky she was okay with it the first time, but there's no way you could make her believe you by repeating the past. I knew it was true. I guess there's only one other thing to do: Make Max jealous.
A/N: Sorry it was so short! I thought I'd actually tell you his plan this time. Do you think it will work? I know if it will or won't, but I don't want to ruin it for you.
Last chapter's SOTC: Don't Wish-Tonight Alive
This song's SOTC:
I'll admit I was wrong about everything I'm not strong enough for the both of us Please just stay
Cause I'm high and I don't wanna come down
All the fun that we had on your mothers couch,
I don't even wanna think about
What was I supposed to do
You know I love you
Whoa-oh
Stay
I hope you enjoyed it!
-Maximumride732