Chapter 25 of The New Me! Hoorah! Are you all as excited as I am?

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride… or starvation. I'm really hungry right now…

Ch. 25:

Fang POV

"Please buckle your seatbelts back together. The plane will be landing shortly." A lady's voice over the intercom stated.

Rubbing my eyes, I looked to see Nudge was already up. And Max was… well; Max was laying her head on my stomach. It was really cute actually…

Nudge smirked, "You so like her." She crossed arms.

"I don't." I responded.

"Okay… Then you won't mind that she'll want to kill you once you wake her up." Nudge said.

I gaped, "I am not-"

"Too bad." Nudge smiled.

I looked down at peaceful Max. I think I her better when she's asleep…

"Max." I poked her side. "Max!" I said louder.

Her arm picked up and swatted me in the face.

"Squishy pillow… shut up." Max muttered.

Nudge burst out laughing, "She… called… you… squishy!"

I felt my cheeks heat. I was most certainly not squishy. I worked very hard on my abs…

A dazed Max opened her eyes to see Nudge laughing.

"What's up?" She asked groggily.

"Well… you were laying on Fang. You still kind of are, actually. Fang tried to wake you up, but you wouldn't budge. You heard him though and told him 'Squishy pillow shut up.' You called him squishy!" Nudge ended.

"I'm not squishy." I complained.

"Yes, you are, Fang." Max grinned. Great. You know everything is just peachy when the girl you like thinks you're squishy. I would rather her think I stink.

"Wait!" Max shot up into her seat and narrowed her eyes at me. "You woke me up?" She poked me in the chest.

I gulped and nodded. "But it was only because the plane was landing!" I said quickly.

As if on cue, the plane began its decline.

I prayed Max wouldn't rip me to shreds before we landed.

To my surprise, she leaned back in her chair and just crossed her arms.

When we landed, I turned to Max, who was looking a bit green.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah… I just hate when planes land. It's way too steep…" She trailed off.

We exited the plane and we got assigned to our parent chaperone groups. Luckily, I was with Max. We were with Mr. Hallis and Mrs. Pail. I looked up at the hotel above us. It didn't seem too fancy, but it didn't seem like it was about to fall to the ground.

"Okay. All the girls follow me to the girl's rooms. Boys, you follow Mr. Hallis." Mrs. Pail announced.

I followed Mr. Hallis and scanned my group of guys. Josh, guy I didn't know, Ralph, Will, and Dylan.

"Well." Mr. Hallis said. "Each guy find a partner and you will be rooming together."

Ralph immediately went to Will and Josh asked the guy I didn't know. That left me with… Dylan. Great. Everything is just going my way today, isn't it?

"I guess we're partners, dude." Dylan said. I nodded.

Mr. Hallis handed me our room key. I looked down to see we were in room 205. I walked to the elevator with Dylan trailing behind me.

Entering the room, there were two queen beds, a bathroom, and a closet.

"Whoa. This is awesome." Dylan grinned.

"Yeah." I agreed. I wonder who Max got paired up with…

Max POV

"Everyone!" Mrs. Pail tried to get the attention. "Find a person to room with."

I walked over to Bonnie. "Hey, Bonnie. Want to partner up?" I asked.

"I'm already with Sarah." She shrugged.

Paige was already with Jade, so that left me with… Brigid.

She groaned, "You have to be kidding me."

"I agree." I crossed my arms. Mrs. Pail just sent us both (terrible) glares and handed me the room key.

105. I walked down the hall to the room that was ours.

It seemed nice enough. Two beds, a bathroom, a closet, and a TV. Maybe I could watch some Spongebob.

Before I knew it, Brigid had flicked on project runway. I had to resist the urge to gag.

"Ahhhh!" A familiar scream sounded from the room above us.

"Hello?" I shouted loudly.

"Max?" The voice asked.

"Yeah." I quieted down a bit.

"It's Dylan." The voice shouted back.

Brigid flicked off the TV.

"Dylan?" She asked.

"Brigid?" He replied.

"Yeah… I got stuck with this freak." She sneered.

I glared at her. "I resent that."

"Max, is that you?" I heard Fang's voice.

"Fang!" I shouted gleefully.

"SHUT UP!" The people from the room next to us yelled.

I just ran out the door to the elevator.

Pressing the '2', I went rose to the next level.

I walked down the hall. Now… what number was it again? I was in… 106, right? Yeah, 106. That would mean they would be in 206.

I knocked on the door and gasped when I saw who opened it.

"Edgar?" I asked in awe.

"It's Edward." He groaned.

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah. Whatever, Edgar. What are you doing here?"

"Bella called me up. She was whining about being in Paris without me." He explained.

A girl with dark brown hair and pale skin came out from behind a door.

"I was not whining!" She whined.

"Is Jaden with you?" I asked.

"No. Jake went back Forks." Edgar explained.

I shrugged, "I think I got the wrong room. Do you know which room on this floor had a lot of noise in it?"

"Yeah. 205." Edgar clarified.

"Thanks." I walked to the room next door.

Who would've thunk it? Edgar is in Paris.

I knocked on the door of 205 and Dylan answered.

"Hey Max." He smiled an award-winning smile.

"Where's Fang?" I asked.

"He went down to find you." Dylan laughed.

"Oh…" I shrugged. "Mind if I wait here until he figures it out?"

"No problem." Dylan shrugged. You know, Dylan isn't quite as bad as the rest of the populars…

OH NO! Max is starting to think better of Dylan. :O

~Cake.