Here's part two, at Max's apartment, hope ya like it!!
Max stood in front of her mirror brushing out her hair. Glancing at the clock, she started brushing faster. She had to next door in ten minutes and still hadn't eaten anything. 'Mom would kill me if she found out how I've been eating since I moved here.' She thought for about the millionth time. It had been six months since she had come to Seattle from a small farm up near the Canadian border. She had left her five brothers and sisters and all her childhood friends to work in Seattle, a huge city. Max left the bathroom and walked through her apartment, stopping and looking out one of the windows on her way by. It was hard to get used to seeing large buildings, and that thing they called the Space Needle, instead of her only real sibling, Kade, riding his horse. She also missed working on the farm with her adopted siblings. Max and Kade had been adopted into the large, prosperous family they were almost three. They knew nothing about where they came from, neither did their parents, just that they were found on the steps of a large orphanage in Seattle when they were one, neither dressed in much. Both seemed to be advanced in development for their age, and the only clue as to where they might have come from was a barcode tattoo on the back of their necks.
Neither Max nor Kade had told their family about the other traits they shared, they only confided in each other. The fact that they didn't sleep much, and that they could see really well in the dark, hear things coming before anyone else, and move faster than most other people kind of scared them. Kade used his skills to an advantage, though, he was on the track team at his college, and was an excellent marksman. The only one of her skills that Max used was her incredible memory. Colleges and Universities begged both her and Kade to attend their school. Max declined and decided to move to Seattle, spending six months working in their town and on the farm first, after they graduated from High School. Kade went to a local college because he hadn't decided what he wanted to do.
Max glanced at the clock again and realized she had been standing there thinking about Kade and her family for almost ten minutes.
"I'm going to be late!" She shouted, grabbing her coat off a chair and her keys from the table. She locked the door and walked down the hall to her friend's apartment. Ishi Makoto was the first friend Max had made in Seattle, and now Max was like an aunt to Ishi and her husband, Somuru, two five year olds, Mai and Lei. She barely knocked on the apartment door when it was pulled open by the twins. Lei grabbed Max's arm and pulled her into the apartment, yelling.
"Ma, Max's here! Max is here!" Mai grabbed her other arm and they led her into the kitchen where her friend was cooking breakfast. Somuru came down the hall tightening his tie.
"Good morning, Max." He said, picking up Lei and putting him on one of the stools around the table. Max did likewise with Mai.
"Good morning, Mr. Makoto." She teased. When she had first arrived in Seattle fresh from the sticks, she had called everyone by Mr or Ms, which had annoyed Somuru because she was his wife's friend.
"Morning, Max." Ishi greeted, flipping a pan sized pancake. It flew in the air and flipped gracefully, landing directly in the centre of the pan again. Max was always amazed by the way Ishi did it, without ever loosing a pancake. "Have you eaten?"
"Actually, I haven't. I think I even forgot to feed Jondi."
"Go, when you come back, I will have some pancakes for you." Ishi smiled and flipped the pancake again, so Max went to back to her apartment. She didn't know what possessed her to give her cat such a strange name; it just was the first thing that came in to her head when she saw the dark cat. Her mom told her there had been a little girl named Jondi at the orphanage with her, but she had been older and was adopted a few weeks before Max and Kane. They figured maybe the cat reminded her of that girl. Max couldn't remember the particular child, but there was something familiar about the name. She fed her cat then went back to Ishi's apartment. Twenty minutes later, she was helping Mai and Lei get their coats on. Somuru was already gone to work, and Ishi was in the kitchen putting the dishes in the dishwasher.
"Hurry up, Ma." Mai yelled as she picked up her book bag. Max helped her put it on her back, the large cartoon character smiling at her, while Lei got stuck trying to put his on. She laughed and helped him get untangled.
"Yeah, hurry up, Ma." Max yelled, "Or we'll be late for the first day of school!" Ishi laughed as she came out of the kitchen carrying the children's lunch bags, she handed one to each of then and put on her own jacket.
"I wish it could have been a nice day," she said, taking Lei's hand "It always seems to be raining here." Max agreed and took Mai's hand, then they left the apartment and walked down the hall towards the elevator. Mai and Lei ran ahead to it to press the button to go down.
"Ma, Max hurry up, we'll be late!" Max laughed and ran down the hall to catch up.
Back at the Cale's...
Max stood in front of her mirror brushing out her hair. Glancing at the clock, she started brushing faster. She had to next door in ten minutes and still hadn't eaten anything. 'Mom would kill me if she found out how I've been eating since I moved here.' She thought for about the millionth time. It had been six months since she had come to Seattle from a small farm up near the Canadian border. She had left her five brothers and sisters and all her childhood friends to work in Seattle, a huge city. Max left the bathroom and walked through her apartment, stopping and looking out one of the windows on her way by. It was hard to get used to seeing large buildings, and that thing they called the Space Needle, instead of her only real sibling, Kade, riding his horse. She also missed working on the farm with her adopted siblings. Max and Kade had been adopted into the large, prosperous family they were almost three. They knew nothing about where they came from, neither did their parents, just that they were found on the steps of a large orphanage in Seattle when they were one, neither dressed in much. Both seemed to be advanced in development for their age, and the only clue as to where they might have come from was a barcode tattoo on the back of their necks.
Neither Max nor Kade had told their family about the other traits they shared, they only confided in each other. The fact that they didn't sleep much, and that they could see really well in the dark, hear things coming before anyone else, and move faster than most other people kind of scared them. Kade used his skills to an advantage, though, he was on the track team at his college, and was an excellent marksman. The only one of her skills that Max used was her incredible memory. Colleges and Universities begged both her and Kade to attend their school. Max declined and decided to move to Seattle, spending six months working in their town and on the farm first, after they graduated from High School. Kade went to a local college because he hadn't decided what he wanted to do.
Max glanced at the clock again and realized she had been standing there thinking about Kade and her family for almost ten minutes.
"I'm going to be late!" She shouted, grabbing her coat off a chair and her keys from the table. She locked the door and walked down the hall to her friend's apartment. Ishi Makoto was the first friend Max had made in Seattle, and now Max was like an aunt to Ishi and her husband, Somuru, two five year olds, Mai and Lei. She barely knocked on the apartment door when it was pulled open by the twins. Lei grabbed Max's arm and pulled her into the apartment, yelling.
"Ma, Max's here! Max is here!" Mai grabbed her other arm and they led her into the kitchen where her friend was cooking breakfast. Somuru came down the hall tightening his tie.
"Good morning, Max." He said, picking up Lei and putting him on one of the stools around the table. Max did likewise with Mai.
"Good morning, Mr. Makoto." She teased. When she had first arrived in Seattle fresh from the sticks, she had called everyone by Mr or Ms, which had annoyed Somuru because she was his wife's friend.
"Morning, Max." Ishi greeted, flipping a pan sized pancake. It flew in the air and flipped gracefully, landing directly in the centre of the pan again. Max was always amazed by the way Ishi did it, without ever loosing a pancake. "Have you eaten?"
"Actually, I haven't. I think I even forgot to feed Jondi."
"Go, when you come back, I will have some pancakes for you." Ishi smiled and flipped the pancake again, so Max went to back to her apartment. She didn't know what possessed her to give her cat such a strange name; it just was the first thing that came in to her head when she saw the dark cat. Her mom told her there had been a little girl named Jondi at the orphanage with her, but she had been older and was adopted a few weeks before Max and Kane. They figured maybe the cat reminded her of that girl. Max couldn't remember the particular child, but there was something familiar about the name. She fed her cat then went back to Ishi's apartment. Twenty minutes later, she was helping Mai and Lei get their coats on. Somuru was already gone to work, and Ishi was in the kitchen putting the dishes in the dishwasher.
"Hurry up, Ma." Mai yelled as she picked up her book bag. Max helped her put it on her back, the large cartoon character smiling at her, while Lei got stuck trying to put his on. She laughed and helped him get untangled.
"Yeah, hurry up, Ma." Max yelled, "Or we'll be late for the first day of school!" Ishi laughed as she came out of the kitchen carrying the children's lunch bags, she handed one to each of then and put on her own jacket.
"I wish it could have been a nice day," she said, taking Lei's hand "It always seems to be raining here." Max agreed and took Mai's hand, then they left the apartment and walked down the hall towards the elevator. Mai and Lei ran ahead to it to press the button to go down.
"Ma, Max hurry up, we'll be late!" Max laughed and ran down the hall to catch up.
Back at the Cale's...