Chapter 29- Lissa and Sam
Hey I'm introducing Sam and Lissa but I can't remember what colour hair Sam has so I'm writing him as a blonde but if someone remembers than please tell me and I'll go and change it thanks.
Of course when the next day arrived we all couldn't wait to get the new students in our class. We'd asked around and discovered that we were getting two new students and not just the one. Fang hadn't shown up yet so the seat next to me was empty.
"Alright, now we have two new students joining us today," Mrs. Smith smiled. A fairly pretty girl with red hair walked in accompanied by a kind of cute boy with blonde hair. He was taller than she was and I could tell by the look on their faces that they didn't know each other.
"Lissa and Sam are two new year seven students that are joining us," Mrs, Smith continued. "I want you to make them feel welcome,"
I noticed that the boy named Sam was looking at me with a small smile. He quickly came and sat in Fang's empty chair.
"Hi," He grinned.
"Hi," I smiled back.
"I'm Sam,"
"I'm Max," We shook hands and I didn't have the heart to tell him that he was in Fang's chair. Lissa went and sat in a seat in front of Nudge.
Fang walked in and apologised for being late. He turned around to find Sam in his seat. His face fell instantly and I felt a pang of guilt in my gut. I hadn't seen that look on Fang's face before he looked hurt.
"Fang…" I began. He turned and sat in a chair as far away from me as he could.
"Who's that?" Sam asked me.
"That's Fang, he's a friend of mine," I told Sam.
"He doesn't seem too happy,"
"Well it's nothing it's just that he normally sits here, but you didn't know that," I sighed.
"Oh, jeez, I'm sorry, tell him he can have his seat back after recess, it was just nice to sit next to a friendly face," Sam smiled. Iggy cleared his throat from next to me and I glared at him. "So who are these people?" Sam asked me.
"Friends that I'll introduce you to at recess," I explained.
At recess Lissa and Sam joined us. I guess that Lissa had been talking to Nudge a bit.
"Sam, this is Nudge, Gazzy, Iggy and Ella," I told him as I pointed at each one of them. "Where's Fang?" I asked Iggy.
"Um, that would be him angry in the shadows over there," Iggy whispered. I turned and saw Fang sitting under a tree. He looked dark in the shadows.
"I'll be right back," I assured Sam.
"Go away, Max," Fang growled as I reached conversational distance.
"Fang, I didn't mean to let him have your seat, he just sat there and I couldn't exactly to tell him to move. He said you could have it back after recess anyways," I sighed.
"Fine…" Fang grumbled.
"Now, stop being such a baby and come and play ball with us," I told him.
"Big baby!" Fang questioned me.
"Yes," I answered him.
"Oh, you'd better run, Martinez," Fang warned me.
"Come at me, Ride," I egged him on. Fang broke into a sprint and chased me back to the basketball courts.
"Um, is she ok?" I heard Sam ask Iggy.
"Yeah, this is normal for them," Iggy shrugged. I ran out of breath and stopped running.
"Truce, truce!" I gasped.
"Fine," Fang gasped.
"Sam, this is Fang, Fang, this is Sam," I introduced them as I was hunched over trying to catch my breath.
"Do you play ball, Sam?" Fang asked him.
"A little I guess," Sam shrugged.
"Um, Fang, this is Lissa, Lissa, this is Fang," Nudge quickly interrupted. There was a look in Lissa's eyes that made me feel uneasy.
"Fang, huh?" Lissa asked him.
"Ask Max about that one," Fang told her.
"Long, story his real name is Nick," I told her.
"Oh ok, and then you have Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge?" Sam asked me.
"Yeah sorry they're actually Ian, Ethan and Monique," I informed him.
"Ah ha," Sam and Lissa nodded slowly. We welcomed them into our friendship but not into the flock and yes before you ask there's a difference.
We didn't know them all that well… duh we'd only known them a day but agreed that we'd hang out with them. When Sam and Lissa weren't around we talked about what we'd do on the weekend at Dad's house. Ella and I were going to stay Friday and Saturday night and the rest of the flock including Angel were going to come over on Sunday. Well at least that was the original plan.
Ella soon decided to just come over on Sunday, she'd been spending a lot of time with Dad but she'd never stayed over and thought it would be nice for him to spend some time with me. I hadn't told anyone else this but Dad had recently bought a new horse for himself a beautiful chestnut Mare that he named Naray.
"Fang, are you going to get on a horse this time?" I asked him.
"I don't know, Max,"
"Come on, I'll tell you what come around on Saturday and we'll go for a ride," I insisted.
"You're not going to let this go are you?" Fang sighed.
"Nope," I grinned.
"Fine, I'll come around on Saturday… but what if I fall?" Fang agreed hesitantly.
"You won't, you'll be fine," I promised him.
"Fine, fine," Fang sighed.
I couldn't wait for the week to finish. Dad picked me up after school in his sleek sports car. I was glad nobody noticed.
"So why Sunday again?" Dad asked me.
"Because Nudge and Gazzy are hanging out together on Saturday and we couldn't really ask them to change it," I told Dad.
"So are Nudge and Gazzy a couple?" Dad asked me.
"No, just good friends but Nudge was mad at him and he was making it up to her," I explained quickly.
"Ah now what about you and that Fang fellow?" Dad asked.
"Dad you've already asked me about Fang and I've already told you no there is nothing between me and Fang… we are just friends," I insisted. I had never told anyone about my past crush on Fang, since I would never hear the end of it. I wasn't planning on Fang ever finding out either.
