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BEFORE, I begin, I just wanted to let you know that I've been obsessed with this certain fanfiction. It's called, "Liar in the Mirror" by AnikaandAj. It is another Maximum Ride fanfiction, don't worry. I have had the opportunity to talk to them, (over PM, PM me whenever you want!), and they are amazing! They have inspired me to write more for this!

By the way, the songs in the chapter are by AC/DC and Greg Laswell. The first song is called, "Kicked in the Teeth." The second song is called, "Comes and Goes (in Waves)." Check it out on youtube or something. They are really good songs.

Oh, and last thing, please go to "Corndoggies13"s Profile and vote on her poll. She's having trouble figuring out what to write for her first story.

Broken Chapter 12-

Broken Nicknames

Max's POV

Last Time on Broken

I walked out the door, and started walking down the street. I tried to hold back the tears pushing through, but it seemed impossible. The tears kept coming, no matter what.

Soon, I arrived at Ethan's door. I knocked three times. No answer. I knocked again. No answer. "ETHAN OPEN THIS STUPID DOOR OR YOUR LIFE WILL BE SHORT LIVED!" I screamed at him. The door opened, and there stood Ethan. "Is this true?" I asked. I was holding up the phone with the picture on it. He turned pale, but didn't answer. "Is this true, Ethan?" I asked once again, tears threatening to fall.

"Kayla, let me explain. It's not what-"

I cut him off. "You lied to me! I trusted you and you lied to me! Why did I ever sign up for this? What did I do? Am I not good enough for you?"

"No, Kayla, I love you! I swear!"

A single tear streamed down my face. "I don't care if you scream it to the world. We're done, Ethan. I don't want to see your face again."

"Where is that bitch?" Kayla shouted. Everyone in the hallways knew what had happened with Kayla, Lauren, and Ethan, and to say the least, they were looking for a good show. They wanted to see the drama unfold themselves.

A small freshman girl turned toward us. Even she must've known about it. "She's at her locker." She seemed quiet, but still intrigued. Kayla turned toward the little freshman and nodded, as if saying, "Thank you." I began to walk behind her, but the freshman stopped me. "Is something going to happen to Lauren?" The girl asked. She seemed familiar, somehow, but then I remembered. This was Lauren's step-sister.

A scream interrupted my answer. "By that, I'm gonna say yes." I then ran in the direction of the scream. A enormous crowd surrounded the obvious fight. I pushed through the first few, but then people started moving for me, knowing I was here to stop it.

There, lay the defenseless Lauren, in a wrestling hold, by Kayla. I pulled Kayla off of Lauren, and Lauren backed up to the wall. "Clear out!" I shouted to the crowd. They stood there staring for a bit, "Now!" I screamed. They all scattered off to their classes, except for Lauren, Kayla, Fang, Iggy, and I.

"This is not the time or the place to be murdering each other." Fang smirked at my comment. "So, let's break down the situation. We all know Kayla's point of view to this story, but what about Lauren's." All eyes turned to her, looking for an answer.

"It's true. All of it is true. I did fall for Ethan," At this, Iggy had to pull Kayla back so that she wouldn't injure Lauren, "But, someone else told him. I don't know who, because I didn't tell anyone."

I rolled my eyes at her, "Hurry up before we all die of boredom." Maybe Kayla wasn't the only person mad at Lauren, but we did all need to hear this.

"Okay, okay. I was distancing myself from you guys because I didn't want anything to happen to our friendship. But, then Ethan confronted me, about a week ago. I told him to leave me alone, but he wouldn't leave. He told me that he had broken up with you, and that he felt the same way about me."

Kayla and I turned toward each other, as if we were both thinking the same thing.

"Continue," Iggy growled. We were all surprised how badly Iggy took this.

"Then, it began. I won't tell you all of the details because I, myself, am ashamed of it. Anyways, the day that you found us was when I was told that they were still together. I confronted him, but then he forced me into it. That's when you guys found us. I know what I did was horrible, but honestly, I didn't know." Lauren finished.

Kayla shook off Iggy's arms that held her back, and walked toward Lauren. "Give me some time to think about that story," Everyone sighed that she wasn't going to use more violence, "But, I don't want to see you for a while. I need some space." Lauren ran the other way, off to her Pre-Calculus class. Iggy and Kayla walked the opposite way, toward their U.S. History class.

Fang and I turned toward each other; we were the only ones standing there. "You were good." He stated. "Don't think anyone else could calm Kayla down like that."

I was confused, Fang was never nice to me. "Wow, I think that is the first nice thing you've ever said to me." I mocked. He rolled his eyes.

"Don't get used to it."

We started off toward our lockers. "It feels like so long since the beginning of the year. I remember I couldn't stand even being in the same school as you. Now, I can't stand being in the same room as you."

He rolled his eyes. We both knew that I was lying, but we didn't want to admit it, "Are you kidding me, I still can't stand being in the same school as you." I nudged him in the side.

"So, I'll see you tonight?" I asked. Today was Tuesday, which meant that he and I would be studying tonight. He nodded in, confirming. "The Emotionless Brick Wall strikes again."

He rolled his eyes, "Still hanging that nickname around my head? You need to get more creative." My ice-cold glare fell upon my eyes, and for a second, I thought that he was going to break. But he didn't: Bastard.

"And so 'x' equals?" I asked Fang. His face looked focused with a bit of determination. He had been doing better in the past month of tutoring. His Geometry grade had gone up from a 'D+' to a 'B-'.

"Um, 43.23?" Fang questioned.

I nodded in excitement, "Yep, okay, next question-"

"Can't we stop studying? We've been going at this for three hours straight." I rolled my eyes. He obviously didn't realize how important midterms were.

"Fine, but only for a half hour." I grabbed my phone, and went on Pandora, setting the volume down low. I put on "Imagine Dragons" radio and turned the screen off, so that only the music would come out.

Two faced woman with the two faced lies
I hope your two faced living made you satisfied

"Nice song." Fang mumbled. I nodded in agreement. "So, have you found another nickname for me, or is EBW here to stay?"

I rolled my eyes, "It's only been 10 hours. How would I be able to find out one so fast?"

"It's possible."

I thought hard about it, as I had been doing for all day. Fangles? No, too childish. Fnick. No, it's not mocking him enough. "How did you get your nickname, Fang?"

He turned toward me. "It's a long story."

Told your story about the women like you
Told your story about the things you do

"Tell me, I won't judge."

He sighed, "It started when I was seven and my dad took me to the zoo. The first place we when got there was the Reptile House. There was this Banded Water Snake that I was fascinated with, so when the zookeepers came in to feed it, I followed him. I hid in the sanctuary until the zookeeper left. Then I came out from the bush and walked toward the snake. I put a hand down to pet it, and the snake thought I was attacking him. Then, he bit me, and one of his fangs came out. I went to the emergency room, but was fine, because the snake was non-venomous. Anyways, my father started calling me Fang for the fang that came out of the snake's mouth."

My jaw dropped at the length of his words. "Did the Silent Ninja just say that much?" Fang shook his head, as if to say that the failed attempt of a nickname was, indeed, a fail.

And I've been kicked in the teeth
Kicked in the teeth again

This song truly was stupid. It was about being kicked in the teeth. What kind of song is like that?

Teeth. Sort of like how the snake's tooth was ripped out of his mouth. Which Fang was nicknamed for. What is another word for fang? And then it hit me.

Tooth.

"Fine, Silent Ninja is out, but I have a better one." He smirked as if he knew it wasn't good. "Fine, Tooth, I just won't tell you." Fang turned my way, knowing that I had bested him.

"You win, Max, you have beaten me."

I smile cockily at him. "Of course I did!"

Two faced woman, such a crying shame
Don't know nothing, you're all the same

"So why are there, like, no pictures of present day you in the hall?" Fang asked. I turned toward him; I didn't know he had noticed. My face turned blank. I didn't how to answer.

"I've told you, Jeb and I aren't exactly close anymore." I whispered. I didn't want him to find out about anything. He didn't need to get into it.

He shook his head. "You're not telling me the full story." Shit. "You can trust me." Was that true? Could I trust him? I had know him for what, seven months? Could I take the risk of trusting him after knowing him for so little time? Could I have the guts to admit what had happened? No, I couldn't tell him about what Jeb had done to us, but I could at least tell him part of the story? Right?

"It's been hard for my family ever since mom died. Nudge never really met her, but it was still hard for all of us. Jeb took it the worst. He just started drinking, and wouldn't stop. Eighty percent of the time, he's drunk as hell. The other 20%, he's hungover."

He was silent. "Really?" I cocked an eyebrow at him, "It's just that you seem so perfect, like nothing is wrong with your life, and then I learn this and..."

"But, why don't you ever mention your family? I've only heard of your sister." I must have pushed a nerve, because he didn't answer. "I told you, now you have to tell me."

A conflicting look came across his face, "My mom's a bitch; she can't find a job and she doesn't care about either of us." He finally said.

Could it have been true? I don't know what I was expecting when he told me that. Maybe for the mom to have been working hard to find a job, but couldn't find one, and Fang was too ashamed? I don't know. I just knew I wasn't expecting this. It's hard enough to have little to no money, but for their parents to not even care about them? Granted, my father doesn't care about us, but that's only because he's gotten so drunk and useless that he has no choice but to be mean and harsh. Well, I guess he does have a choice.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." He just nodded.

A new song came onto Pandora, and I turned it up.

This one's for the lonely, the one's that seek and find
Only to be let down time after time

Before long, I began singing along with the soothing song. "This one's for the torn down, the experts at the fall. Come on friends get up now you're not alone at all." I sang.

"Nice song."

I looked at Fang, and he looked back at me. Before I could stop myself, I smiled at him. He smirked back; that must have been his version of a smile. "You're not what I expected."

"Me neither," He replied.

And I'm ending it there. Don't get mad, don't get sad, it's only for about a week or two. So summer's almost here, which means more frequent uploads. AND YES, FANG AND MAX ARE NOW FRIENDS! Awww, that means that more shit is going down.

Questions:

1) What did you like the most in the chapter?

2) What is your favorite music group?

3) What do you think will happen next?

Song of the Day:

It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Fremont Street.
Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering.
The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde,
And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes.

~Maximum Reading