HEYO PEOPLE OF EARTH, MARS AND VARIOUS OTHER PLANETS! I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long! It's been busy with Christmas and New Years and all the traveling….. It's hard to find time to write. Oh, and get this. I went and wrote for maybe an hour while I was on vacation and I was SOOO close to finishing! But then, I had to relinquish the laptop and someone shut it down without saving my stuff! And the recovery document thingy didn't get it! ARUGH! So, I'm updating now!
Real quick, to all of those who have sent me those messages, reminding me to update, I appreciate it, but please, let us keep the threatening down. I already have 6 people on my back with threats and I don't need creepy messages. I'm talking to you soccergal12.
I don't know about you, but I've had 'Jump then Fall' stuck in my head since I've last updated. It's an awesome song! Taylor Swift is so cool!
SO! Last chapter the truth has been revealed! Josh is two-timing our favorite heroine! So, what to do, what to do….
Lauren's POV
I sighed and laid my head against Emily's shoulder. We were sitting on the couch which had been pushed to the side to make room for the 'dance floor'.
"I am so bored," Kate groaned, perching herself on the arm of the couch.
"That's a first," Emily mumbled and I smothered a giggle.
"No! Seriously!" Kate protested, slapping my shoulder. "There's nothing to do! All the dimwits here are ignoring us and I can't mess with Tina! That's the only I came!"
I lifted my head from Emily's shoulder to give her a skeptical look.
"You and I both know that's a complete and total lie." I teased. She blushed and looked away, supposedly scanning the room.
"Do you think," she said after a minute, her head snapping back to look at us. "That Max will mind if I prank Tina for a reason?"
"What did she do?" Emily asked suspiciously. Kate looked around wildly, then grabbed a plastic cup form some random guy.
"Hey!" he protested, reaching for it, but Kate held it away from him.
"Lay off!" She snapped "You drink too much of this crap anyway. All it's going to do is land up here." She punched him in the gut. I didn't seem to hurt him, it only managed to aggravate him more.
Ignoring her, he continued reaching for his soda. "Give it back!" he repeated heatedly. He was way taller than she was and looked as though he could take her out with his pinkie.
She glared at him for half a second, then, spit into his cup.
I opened my mouth, but no words came out, so I sat there, staring at her in disbelief. Emily just shook her head and sighed.
Cup-dude didn't look happy either. He wrinkled his nose in disgust and, giving Kate an obscene hand gesture, he stormed off. As soon as he was out of sight, swallowed by the crowd, I slapped her knee.
"What the heck was that for?" I hissed. To my annoyance, she just shrugged.
"My excuse," I blinked. What did the cup have to do with anything? "Okay," she said animatedly, ignoring my blank expression. She took a deep breath, and looked up at the ceiling, giving it puppy dog eyes. "But, Max," she rehearsed, whining slightly. "I needed to prank her! Look what she did to my shirt!" She tugged at her white Aggies' shirt. It was perfectly fine. "Coke doesn't come out!" she continued.
"Wait…." I said slowly, still not getting it. "Your shirt's fine. How do you know Tina will-?"
"Oh, God, Lauren." Emily sighed reaching around me and taking the cup from Kate's grasp. "And to you," she added staring at Kate pointedly. "No."
"Why not?" Kate whined, slipping off the arm and landing on the couch next to me.
"There are so many better made-up excuses then that. And you have a white shirt on." Emily explained, placing the cup on the side table next to her. "Plus," she continued, turning back to us. "How do you know no one saw you pour the drink on yourself?" I swear I heard a clicking noise in my head.
"You were going to do what?" I asked sharply.
"Keep up!" Kate snapped, glaring at me. "Why," she began returning her gaze to Emily, "Must you ruin my fun with your common sense crap?"
"What I'm here for," Emily grumbled, leaning back into the cushions. "I'm the fun-sucker."
"Got that right," Kate huffed, crossing her arms over her chest. "You're almost as bad as Max sometimes."
"Look, I didn't say you couldn't mess with Tina. I'm all for it. But you need a fool-proof plan first." Emily muttered, staring up at the ceiling.
Nodding, Kate began to scan the room, thinking of a plan. I gave Emily an annoyed look. Why did she have to encourage her? I looked back at Kate just in time to see her eyes brighten.
Oh. Oh no.
I followed her line of vision and groaned. She was looking…… well, staring, at a tall tan boy lounging in an arm chair at the other side of the make-shift dance floor. He was also scanning the room, looking for someone. I grinned evilly.
"Hey, Kate," I cooed. "I think your boyfriend is looking for you." She looked away and standing, her face dark red, she made her way over to him, walking a little taller and lengthening her stride.
I saw his eyes brighten as he caught sight of Kate and he smiled a lot like Fang did when he was around Max. And vice-versa….. Usually.
He must have noticed my look, cuz he gave me the evil eye. But, I couldn't help laughing. This was awesome. Poor love-sick Kate.
Kate's POV
I walked over to the boy sitting in the arm chair, taking in his appearance. His auburn hair was in its usual disarray, falling over his dark green eyes. He had freckles sprinkled across his nose and his smile was mischievous.
"Hey Adam," I said coolly, I hope, from a few feet away. "How goes it?" His eyes, which had previously been glaring over my shoulder, snapped to meet mine. As I stared into them I felt my breath catch and had sense that I was falling into them.
Seconds later, I realized that I was falling. Not into his eyes. But onto the floor. My foot had caught onto the leg of a small table.
I stumbled forward and landed, on my butt, at Adam's feet. He looked down at me, a smile playing on his lips.
"Already fallen for me and the night has just begun." He teased, offering his hand. I smacked it away and pulled myself up.
"You're a riot," I said sarcastically, sitting next to him, on the arm of the chair, only for him to reach around my waist and pull me onto his lap.
"Adam," I growled, trying to push myself push myself up, but he locked his arms around my waist.
"Come on," he whispered in my ear, his warm breath tickled. "Stay a little while," he begged, squeezing me, "No one's watching."
Sighing, I noticed Lauren and Emily had detached their butts from the couch and were making their way towards us. Crap.
"Kate," Lauren sighed, pulling up a chair and sitting in front of us. "No one's spiked the punch yet. Why are you on top of Adam?" I stuck my tongue out at her before responding.
"He pulled me on top of him. Jeez, Lo, mind out of the gutter!"
I felt Adam chuckle beneath me and I felt my stomach flip-flop. Great. Only I could fall for one of my best friends. Well, other than Maxie and Fangy.
"God, Adam," Emily snickered, pulling up her own chair. "You and your sister are really desperate tonight.
"I don't know about myself," Adam said slowly. "But Tina is always like this." Adam looked over at his older sister and shook his head. "She totally stole her old Barbie's clothes." I smiled slightly, enjoying the way his voice vibrated through his chest and into my back, more than at the joke.
Suddenly, there was an 'Ooff!' and we turned to see Emily had sat on Lauren, who had her feet propped up on the chair Emily had pulled up.
"Yeah," Emily said nonchalantly, as though nothing had happened. "And I think she wants F-Nick to be her Ken."
"Yeah?" he mused, not noticing Emily's screw up. It's hard to remember to use their code names in public. "I'd like to see her try and get him away from Max." We looked in the direction in which he gestured. Sure enough, Max and Fang were walking hand-in-hand onto the floor as Jump then Fall began to play. I grinned as Fang slipped his arms around his friend's waist and I shook my fingers free as she hesitantly lifted her hands to his neck. I quickly brought them to my lips and let out a nice loud wolf-whistle. Adam started cracking up as Max's head whipped around to glare in my direction. She took a step back away from Fang, and I went pale. Oh, crap, she was going to kill me.
But then Fang, thank God, grabbed her wrists and pulled her back toward him, placing her fists behind his neck. He said something to her and her scowl turned into a grin, then a giggle.
I gave Lauren and Emily a look and Lauren just shook her head while Emily made kissy faces in their general direction, which, Fang caught. He gave us the evil eye, which we brushed off with ease.
"Do you have a death wish?" Adam cackled. I was about to answer when two guys came up behind Emily and Lauren and slipped their hands over the girls' eyes.
"Guess who?" one of them, a tall boy with fine curly blonde hair asked, resting his chin on her head.
"Blake?"Lauren guessed hopefully, reaching up and grabbing his hands.
"Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!" Blake cried, straitening himself. Lauren laughed and turned to look up at him, smiling the whole time.
"Well, if that's Blake," Emily said slowly, "This must be Simon." Emily decided pulling the other boy's hands away from her face. He was average sized and had blue eyes and dirty blonde hair.
"Simon didn't say you could move his hands," he laughed.
"Simon better deal with it," Emily replied, winking at him. I definitely wasn't bored anymore.
Leaning back, I whispered to Adam, "Your friends are so lovesick."
"Reminds me of someone else I know," he shot back, giving my waist a squeeze.
"Who?" I inquired lamely, turning so he wouldn't see I was blushing.
"I think you might know her," he continued smoothly. I bit my lip to keep from smiling.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, I'll introduce you sometime." I felt my jaw drop. Why that little-!
"Hey guys," Adam said, reaching around me and giving them each a high-five. "How goes it?"
"Great," Blake said picking Lauren's feet off Emily's chair and sitting down.
"Hey!" she protested, still grinning like an idiot. "That's my foot rest." Sighing, Blake gently placed her ankles on his lap.
"Happy?" he grumbled.
"Very," she replied coolly, shifting underneath Emily, who was still sitting on her.
"Hey Adam?" Simon asked, leaning against our armchair, "How did ya manage to gat Kates on your lap so soon?"
"Well," Adam said, stroking his chin, "I think it's because of my deviously handsome good looks."
"If that's what you think happened here, bub," I said, rolling my eyes, "Then you've got to stop thinking." He blinked, slightly confused. Dummy. So, turning to look at Simon, I added, "He tackled me."
Blake started cracking up, tears welling up in his bright blue eyes. "Dude," he choked, "you've got a very pissed off girl on your lap."
"Yeah," Adam admitted, "But she would do anything to me, right?" he asked, playing with a lock of my hair. Resisting a shudder, I smirked at him. Suddenly, his smug smile disappeared.
"You wouldn't, would you?" he asked again, uncertain this time. I didn't say a word, but I continued giving him a mischievous look. The same look I give his sister before something unfortunate happens to her. Behind me, the others were laughing at Adam's horrified expression. Not so hot now are we?
"Kate," Simon said, gasping for breath between peals of laughter. "Just….. tell…..him! Before…. He…… wets himself!"
"I might not do anything," I said slowly, "if you help me prank your sister." He blinked rapidly for a second then he grinned and I felt my heart skip a beat. He pulled me back closer to him and hugged me.
"You are so awesome." He said, squeezing me, tight.
"I can't breathe," I managed to choke out. He released me and motioned for me to get up.
Once he was standing, he rubbed his hands together. "So, what's the plan?"
"This is going to be awesome!" Adam cackled, as we caught sight of Tina sitting in the middle of a large circle of boys. "But, what exactly is your excuse? Knowing Max, she will kill you for messing up her time with her Joshy-poo." He pointed to the corner which was occupied by Max and Josh. Max was against the wall and Josh was bent over so they could kiss. I turned away in disgust. Hope Fang doesn't see that.
"Simple," I said, shrugging. "She made your life a living hell." He blinked, and then put an arm around me.
"There's my girl watching out for me," he cooed in that annoying baby voice of his.
"Your girl is going to bite your arm off if you don't let go." I growled, and his arm magically disappeared. "And the reason that's my excuse is because Max is all for watching out for your friends."
"Sure that's your only reason?" he asked smoothly, tapping the tip of my nose with his finger. I snapped at it, but he pulled it away a mille-second too fast.
"Positive," I snarled. He winked at me before walking away to go take his position. Taking a deep breath, totally grossed out with what I was about to do, I put on a fake grin and pushed my way through the crowd of boys surrounding Tina.
"Hey Tina," I said brightly, "What's up?" The Thing looked up and wrinkled her nose in disgust.
"Ugh, Cretan," she snarled. I grinned, a real one, at my nickname. "What are you doing here?" A bunch of the guys around us backed up quickly. The feud between me and Tina was legendary. And not to be messed with.
"Ummm, I was invited sl-. Silly." I gushed. Timing it just right, I gave Adam the signal, three quick blinks, and he bumped into Tina's arm. He was only supposed to have her fall on her face, but noooo. The idiot hit the arm with the full cup of coke, in which I was conveniently in front of. It sloshed all over my new Aggie shirt. I gasped as my newly wet shirt made contact with my skin. Tina had ended up on the ground in the end, but she was laughing her ass off, while Adam stared at me, horrified. Suddenly, I remembered why Emily had told me not to pour that guy's drink on myself. White shirt!
Quickly, I crossed my arms over my chest and used the rest of my diminishing control to not look embarrassed. "That's exactly what I needed." I grinned down at Tina evilly. That 'Giving Adam hell' excuse wouldn't have flown with Max. But, now, I had a real excuse. Turning on my heel, and walked away, arms still over my chest. I looked over and saw Max had pulled away from Josh and was now looking at me, eyes completely emotionless. She nodded and I grinned.
"Kate," someone hissed from behind me. I jumped and turned to hit the creep, but he caught my wrists. "Are you okay?" Adam asked, keeping a firm grip on my wrists.
"Fine," I breathed, "Just….. Cold."
"Yeah, about that," Adam said, looking at something behind me. "How about we get you a new shirt?" I nodded, and didn't even chance inspecting the damage. I'll take Adam's judgment and get a new shirt.
"Come on," he said, ushering me upstairs.
John's POV
I had sat under the table for who knows how long, trying to figure out who the other girl could be. Eventually, my butt went numb. I needed to get back inside. Making sure no one was around; I crawled out from beneath the table and quickly jumped to my feet.
I had to tell someone. But who?
Not Maggie, she'd just walk right up to Max and say 'I told you so'.
And not any of her friends, they'd probably scream it to the world. Same with Ella.
I decided it was probably best to tell one of those guys she always hanging around with, Nick and Jeff. I pushed open the door and scanned the room, looking for one of them. I found Jeff, but he was still on the dance floor, Maggie, who was standing on his feet as he moved them around in a small circle. He's probably not the best choice anyway. I continued looking around the living room, not much had changed. A bunch of freshmen were on the couch. Nick had been dancing with Max, when I left. But it looked like Josh taken Max and had her pressed against the wall. That spineless little creep.
But it made my life easier. I found Nick sitting in an armchair watching his friend and Maggie, a small grin playing on his lips. Catching his eye and motioned for him to come here. I motioned for him to come into the kitchen, trying to think of what to tell him. "What's up?" he asked leaning against the counter of goodies.
"Uh, well," 'Jeez', I thought. 'This is harder than I thought.' "It's about Josh."
"What about him?" he asked coolly, inspecting his finger nails.
"Well, I was kind of outside," I told him, leaving out the part that I followed Josh there. "When he came out and closed the door behind him. He couldn't see me because I had jumped behind the table." Nick only raised an eyebrow, waiting for me to continue."He was talking to someone on the phone." Nick looked at me for a moment, his dark eyes searching.
"Yeah? So?"
"It was a girl," This didn't seem to bother him at all. He continued to look at me, like I was an idiot.
"The guy has a little sister. He can talk to her, you know." He said, shaking his head. I sighed in exasperation.
"He wasn't talking to his sister, Nick," I said through gritted teeth. Why can't he see it? "It was a teenage girl." He still looked confused.
"It's not illegal to-."
"He was talking to his girlfriend." I said quickly, but he caught it. "His other girlfriend." Finally, the confusion left his face and he shook his head, as though trying to shake the thought away. "Nick, Josh is cheating on Max."
Now that the truth was out, I took a deep breath, waiting for him to start freaking out, shouting, running off to go rip out Josh's throat. But…. None of this happened. Instead, his eyes became blank, emotionless, along with his face. It was like he was on lock down mode. I vaguely remember Maggie describing such behavior to me when Nick and his gang first arrived in town.
'It's almost like he has no feelings,' she had said, one night while I was helping her get Mary ready for bed. 'He doesn't talk a lot when he does open his mouth, the rest of the time he's silent. And you can't read him. It's kinda scary. According to Ella, only Max can open him up.'
I guess this is what she was talking about. It was kind of tense and uncomfortable. Not that he cared. But I didn't have time for him to play the quiet game.
"We need to tell her. Now." I urged.
"No." he said shortly. "Not yet."
"Why not?" I demanded. "This is serious! If we let this continue, then she could get seriously hurt."
"We need to wait. Just a little while. Max won't believe us if we don't have any proof."
"Proof?" I blinked, taken aback.
"We need a face, or at least a name. Or else she'll blow us off."
"Can't you talk to her? You're like her best friend."
"I could try," he said slowly. "But I doubt it will work."
"Worth a shot," I sighed. There was a short silence, and just as I was about to open my mouth to say more, when Kate and Tina's brother, Adam, came rushing in.
"Come on!" Kate snapped, "Hurry!" She had traded out her Aggie shirt for a large dark blue track t shirt that had 'Adam' printed in large white letters on the back.
"Okay," Adam huffed, picking up the large cake that was neatly decorated in red and white icing with little pink icing flowers bordering 'Happy Birthday Tina!' and placing it on a cart. "Why didn't we do this in the first place?"
"Because," Kate groaned, motioning for him to hurry. "I wanted to spare a perfectly good cake. But she had to go and ruin it for everyone." Adam made his way out the door, but before Kate could follow, Nick called,
"Kate, didn't Max say no?" She spun around on her heel and shrugged.
"She did. But she gave me permission."
"Why in the world would she-." I began, but she cut me off.
She motioned to her new shirt. "You think I wanted to give up my new Aggie shirt?"
"What's wrong wit-?"
"Coke."
"Oh. Carry on." Smiling, she darted out.
"You know," Nick sighed, "You shouldn't encourage her."
"Yeah," I agreed shaking my head, "But there are a lot of things I shouldn't do. Now, let's go. I've got a feeling this is going to get messy."
Emily's POV
I leaned my head against Simon's chest as we swayed back and forth to I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith. I could stay like this forever. I looked over at Lauren, who was a little bit wrapped up in Blake, her head also against his chest, eyes closed. She opened her eyes and grinned at me. Suddenly, a thought struck me. I lifted my head and searched the room. But, they were nowhere in sight.
"What's up?" Simon asked, noticing my worried look.
"Nothing," I said, "It's just…….. Have you seen Kate or Adam?" Simon scanned the room and shook his head.
"No, I haven't. But I'm sure that they are doing something devious to Tina's room or something like that."
"I hope you right," I said just as the music stopped, mid-song might I add, and a remixed of 'Happy Birthday' began to play. Tina stepped onto the fire place, positively glowing. She clapped her hands in delight as Adam, looking very annoyed, wheeled out giant birthday cake on a cart. Simon dropped one of his arms, keeping the other firmly wrapped around my waist. Smiling, I looked around the room. If Adam was here, Kate was sure to be nearby.
Needless to say, I noticed that someone had crept up behind Tina and was now sitting on their heels at the edge of the brick. I nudged Simon and nodded in the direction of the brunette girl crouching down, wearing the same, much larger version, of the track t that was somewhere in my closet. As the song neared its ending, she adjusted herself so she was crouching, prepared to lunge, a lioness staging her kill.
"What's going on? What is she going to do?" Simon hissed, as the song ended and Tina bent down and blew out the candles. Then, the lioness pounced. And Tina's face ended up in her cake.
"The Grand finale," I grinned, as Kate, who was standing behind the face-planted Tina, arms over her head in triumphs, receiving the cheers from the highly amused guests.
"Oh, oh God." Lauren said coming up behind me, laughing her head off. Blake grabbed Simon's shoulder and used it as support as he howled with laughter. Tina, face covered in icing, lifted herself from the once intriguing dessert. Her eyes were wide, her mouth wide open in a silent scream. Kate quickly hopped down from their make-shift stage and was immediately met by Adam, who hugged her fiercely.
Tina stepped down from the fire place as if in a daze. Then, blinking rapidly, she screamed.
"Kate!" she screeched, wiping some icing away from her eyes. She grabbed a handful of cake and pitched it, which Kate dodged with the skill and grace she only used on stage. Tina's plan of revenge quickly backfired for, while Kate was wearing a pair of old beat up converse, she had gone with a pair of some very high heels. Fate started it and science took care of the rest. Tina hadn't had any balance on her fancy shoes when she had thrown the cake so she stumbled forward. Suddenly Fang came running forward, playing hero again, to go catch Tina, but Kate flung out her arm to stop him. She looked up at Adam, winked and put her foot right under Tina's, so that Miss. Beauty Queen tripped and collapsed in Adam's arm chair, legs spread completely out.
"Nick!" Kate gasped, covering his eyes with his hand. "Don't look!"
"Wasn't planning to," Fang grumbled, removing her hand from his face. I looked over at Simon and Blake to see that they had completely turned around; Lauren was sitting on the floor, laughing her butt off.
"You are dead Cretan!" Tina screamed when she finally lifted herself from the chair. Before anyone could react, Kate laughed madly.
"Well, I got to run." Kate cackled, grabbing Adam's hand and dragging him toward the stairs. "That's all folks!" I watched in amazement as the Terrible Two dashed up the stairs and I heard a door slam. There was a moment of silence before the entire room erupted in laughter and cheers.
"That was awesome!" Max gasped, running up to us, Josh nowhere in sight. Her perfectly curled hair was now a mess and her lipstick was slightly smudged, her mascara was running slightly which told me that she had been laughed so hard she cried.
"I know, right?" Lauren giggled, pushing herself off the floor and fixing Max's make-up, only for Max to slap her hand away.
"I'm fine," she giggled. Fang raised his eyebrow and Max punched his arm. "Shut up, turd."
"He didn't say anything," Iggy said joining us, a hysterical Maggie leaning on him for support.
"Silent convo," Blake whispered, 'Very hush-hush." Lauren gave another feeble snigger. Jordan and Sarah came running over, with Ella not far behind.
"Did you see that?!" Ella squealed. "That was so cool!"
"Highlight of the night," Jordan agreed, Sarah nodded.
"Could have gone without being flashed though," Sarah shuddered. "Didn't need that,"
"Got that right," Jordan said, watching Tina storm up the stairs.
As they watched their hostess dash off for the safety of her room, the crowd quickly departed in an awkward silence. There was barely anyone left when I felt someone's hands on my shoulders.
"How'd I do?" Kate asked, putting her arm around my neck and coming to stand beside me. "Awesome, right?"
"Freakin' amazing!" Max cried, grabbing her and spinning her around. "That was so cool!"
"Put me down!" Kate cried and Max put her replaced her with a sheepish grin.
"Sorry, not thinking straight."
"Got that right," John said, putting a hand on Maggie's shoulder. "What happened to Josh?"
Max's goofy grin faltered at the mention of her boyfriend. "He had to go. Apparently Amy's got the bug, and since his dad's out of town, it's just his mom taking care of her."
"Amy's sick?" John asked, feigning surprise and sending an 'I told you so' look in Fang's direction. What was that about?
"Yeah, I guess," Max sighed, and then she immediately brightened up. "But, hey, look on the bright side! Since we don't have a ride, we have an excuse to fl-." Fang slapped his hand over her mouth and shook his head.
"We are not walking home, Max. You're insane." Max stared at him for a second, then Fang's eyes widened and he whipped his hand away from her mouth. "You licked me? That is so gross." He said whipping his hand off on Iggy's shirt, only for the Igster to slap it away.
"You think that's gross?" Max spat, "Have you tasted your hand recently? Talk about nasty."
"Max," Adam said slowly, "Did you have any of the punch?" Oh, please say no! Please say no!"
"Maybe," Max said, drawing out the 'a' as she rocked back and forth on her heels. "Maybe not."
"How much?" Jordan demanded.
"Two glasses," Max said immediately. Then, blinking, she added, "I think." Sarah turned away groaning.
"You are in soo much trouble!" she cried. "How are you going to get home?"
"I told you, we are going to-."
"Grab," Fang said loudly over Max, "a ride home with John. If you're okay with that." He added, sending a pleading look in John's direction. He quickly nodded, to Fang's relief.
"Might as well go now," John said, motioning for us to move toward the door. "Not much reason to stay." We quickly said bye to the guys and made our way out to the car.
"It's going to be a tight squeeze." John warned as he unlocked it.
"Doesn't matter, as long as we get Max home, fast." Fang said opening the door and motioning for us to get in.
"Fang, Fang, Fang," Max slurred, as Lauren and I buckled us in. At the sound of Fang's name, we looked up in shock. Oh craaaappp. "I'm perfectly fine. See, I'll say my abd's if you want."
"No, no," Fang said quickly. "That won't be necessary."
"Yes it is." Max huffed, leaning against him for support, as Iggy settled down in the last seat.
"No it's not," Fang said, looking at the back of the car. We had managed to squeeze most of us in. Lauren and I were double buckled, so were Sarah and Maggie and Ella and Jordan. Somehow, Kate and Iggy had managed to get their own seats. Little poops. "Guess you and I are sharing the front," Fang decided with a huff, slamming the door.
"Fang," John repeated as we drove away from Tina's house. "That's a strange nickname. How'd you get it?" Fang looked up, baffled, but Iggy cut in.
"'Cuz he used to chew up everything when we were younger. That reminds me," he added after a moment of thought, "You still owe me a couple of Pokémon cards."
"I don't owe you anything," Fang scoffed, turning to glare at Iggy. I wasn't completely surprised at the 'I so owe you one' look on his face. As we drove home, I became extremely tired. Along with everyone else in the car. I leaned my head against Lauren's shoulder and closed my eyes, allowing the darkness to take over.
Okay! I think this is enough! What I originally had (the part that wasn't saved) was a bit longer, but I think this is good for now……. I need to re-think about what happens next. But, really quickly, I want to warn you, I might not update in the next month or sooo…. And if I do, it will be short, most likely what I cut from this chappie. There is this BIG test coming up at the end of the month and it is crucial that I do well! So, I leave you with 13 pages and over 5,300 words. ENJOY!
~Annie