Sup homies? Back from vaca and ready to write! :D

I'm going to start my very boring authors note by answering the reviews…

Infinite Legend~ Yay :D Thank you so much for reviewing my stories! And I'll definitely check out Letters and Lights… for you I have… Courage My Love. My personal favorite song being Bridges.

kEePtHeHeAt~ Just wait and see ;)

.York~ I'm totally flattered that you want my take on your character, and it sounds totally awesome, I'm going to have to decline for now. SORRY :( I've just got a ton on my plate and I'll be lucky enough to get this done along with my summer reading and shtuff. I'm super busy during the summer. Maybe another time. BUT if you ever want to see something in my future stories, just let me know!

AND THAT ABOVE SENTENCE GOES FOR ALL OF YOU TOO! I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS!

I think that's all I wanted to address, and to my other two reviewers thanks so much for reviewing! I hope to see some more once this story starts going places. The first 4 chapters will be flashbacks to the first week of each of Max's high school years most likely. So yeah. Disclaimer time!

Disclaimer- I'm not in any way, shape, or form remotely even close to James Patterson. I'm just lil' ol me :3 And I don't own the song Iris either. I'm not the Goo Goo Dolls.

Flashback to Max's freshmen year of high school, age 15, first day.

And I don't want the world to see me, 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand.

"BEEEEEP BEEEEP BEEEEEP" SMASH!

Well crap.

There goes my new alarm clock. Glancing at the barely readable digital numbers, I read the current time of 5 in the morning. And why, you might ask, am I up at 5 in the morning on this glorious first day of school? Because the devil I call Jeb wants to wake up to a steaming hot breakfast and a cup of coffee at 6, and if I'm a minute late, I'll gain a new black and blue! Woo. I've already got enough to go through a whole container of cover up. I don't need any more.

I quickly throw on a pair of sweatpants and a tank-top, because it's still hot out here in Penn state, and my major bruises are on my legs and abdomen. I pull my wavy mid-back length sandy blonde hair into a pony-tail, letting my scene-ish side bangs hang loose.

I stumble slowly down the stairs and start breakfast, as quietly as I can. Don't wanna poke the hornets nest now do I?

I set breakfast out at exactly 5:59, throw on some converse, and walk out the door, grabbing my black bag, keys, phone, and iPod touch I bought on eBay. I wandered around for a bit, and then went to the park and sat on the swing. I had an half an hour to kill before school started, at 7:00.

I just sat there, enjoying the sunrise, letting the rays wash over me and take my pain away. How I envied the birds flying above me. If I had wings, I could fly away from this hell-hole, and be free.

~TIME SKIP TO SCHOOL~

I grabbed my schedule and met up with my one and only friend Iggy. This boy was like my brother, and was always there for me. He was the only one that knew about the… shenanigans that went on in my house.

"Hey Max! What's your schedule?" Iggy questioned, his pale ginger hair falling into his pale blue eyes.

"Band, Latin, Geometry, World History, English, Select Orchestra, Biology and Gym." I rambled off. "What bout you Iggster?"

"THE EXACT SAME! YES!" Iggy cheered down the hallway, skipping ahead of me, then turning back and grabbing my arm and making me skip with him. Wincing slightly at the sharp pains shooting through my legs, I tried skipping with him, only to fall down, tripping over an outstretched leg, belonging to my mortal enemies, Fang and Lissa, the power couple of the school. Even as freshmen, they were already some of the most popular people in school. I tried very hard not to cry out in pain as I slammed into the ground, but I did wince and grunt out loud. Fang had hit my almost sprained ankle from last week when I was shoved down the stairs by Jeb. Did I mention he's been getting more violent? Well he is.

Lissa kicked my books down the hall as Iggy helped me up. My pant leg had rolled up slightly, revealing a very bruised ankle which had Iggy looking at me very worriedly. I quickly fixed my pants, and let him lift me up.

There was a fit of laughter coming from Lissa and her minions that had arrived, and Fang was chuckling.

Assholes. Burn in hell.

"C'mon Max, lets beat it." Iggy whispered to me.

I nodded, put on my best poker face, and walked slowly, grinding my teeth at the pain, so that it wasn't visible. I wanted to come up from that experience looking like it didn't bother me, and that I was a stronger and better person than that.

And so begins my first year of high school.

And that's a wrap folks! New chapter up next weekish! :D

I'm going to break it down starting with flashbacks of max's high school years, leading up to her senior year, when everything changes. And Fang won't forever be evil. And Iggy will not and never will date Max or think of her in that way. He's the brother she never had (no Ari).

So I hope ya'll enjoy it, review it up! Love you all and check back soon, or put it on story alert! :3

QUOTE OF THE DAY

A hero is an ordinary person who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obsticales.

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Have a super fantastic day! :) Love you guys! Buh bye!

Spunky Violet