Okay, i messed up.I said they were going to fireworks for a holiday. so im gonna say its 4th of july and they go to a year round school.

Ah. What a great thing it is to wake up to Nudge babbling her butt off in the next room. I will take her voice box out one day (remind me that later). I got dressed and brushed my hair and teeth and went downstairs.

"Hey" I said to mom and Iggy. "Aww, come on, Iggs. You can find a better girl. Your the Iggster." I said and bopped him on the head. "Yeah, I guess so." he said, taking a bite of toast. I grabbed a plate and got eggs and toast. I ate at the counter then went upstairs.

Whats new scooby doo
we're coming after you
we're gonna solve that mystery
I see you scooby doo

"Hey, Nudge." I said walking past her room. Did you know that girl can check her email, watch Scooby Doo, do her hair, and talk on her cell phone at the same time? That girl needs a life-or maybe I do. Either way, she ignored me and I continued down the hall to my room.

I checked my email and got one from Ella.

Hey, Max. Nudge didn't call me last night or return the call this morning. What is she doing? Did she really have chores or did she ditch me? Call me!

Ells loves bells

I clicked reply.

Ya, she had to help me watch Fang's little brother and sis. U remember Angel and Gazzy? So, anyways, she helped me and she didn't call back because she's on the phone with someone right now. I don't know who with, though. Probably Vanessa or Amber. Bye.

Max

I signed out and got up. What to do when your bored on a Saturday?

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Later that night

I went to the ice cream shop with Ella and Nudge that night. It was like 6:00pm. We were waiting in line to order when Lissa walked in. "Well, Miss Thang is here." Nudge said.

"Watch what you say, Martinez." Lissa said to Nudge. Okay, so your confused. I'm the only one with the last name Ride. I took my dad's last name, then he died of a disease. Mom adopted Nudge and Iggy and they took her last name-Martinez.

Back to the story.

"What would happen if I didn't?" asked Nudge. Ella pulled Nudge back. "No, Nudge." I agreed with Ella. I grabbed her other arm.

"Fine. But Lissa better stay off my butt." she told us. "I'm never going to leave you alone, miss talkative." Lissa said.

Oh, no. Only I can call her that. "Listen up, Lissa. You better lay off Nudge. She's younger than us. So is Ella. So stay away from them." I said. She put her hands on her hips. "Well, I will if you don't watch me and Fang, um, what do you call it? Swapping spit?" she said.

I narrowed my eyes. "Well, Fang should close his window before he gets in a fight and then gives his stuck up girlfriend a big smooch." I replied, getting angrier. She blushed and backed off. We got to the counter and I ordered.

Nudge got strawberry ice cream with rainbow sprinkles on it and Ella got chocolate ice cream with a cherry and rainbow sprinkles. I got a banana split with 2 cherries and extra hot fudge.

Nudge and Ella looked at me with wide eyes. "How could a person eat that much in one sitting without getting a stomach ache?" Nudge asked. I looked over at her. "Well, can a person text, watch scooby doo, and do her hair at the same time without messing up?" I asked with a smirk. We laughed and kept eating.

Fang walked in and went over to Lissa after giving me a glance. "Hey, baby." Lissa said in her squeaky voice. He smiled and pecked her on the lips. She slid over and he sat down. He looked over at some guy who was looking at me.

I looked at the guy. He went to our school. His name was I think Drake. He smiled at me. I smiled back. I then realized

I had ice cream on my cheek. I looked away and wiped it off. Nudge and Ella were giggling. "Looks like somebody doesn't like the fact that Max is about to be asked out." Ella said.

"Wha-how do you know he's gonna ask me out? Who doesn't like it?" I asked. "Just watch." Nudge said.

The guy got up and came over. "Hey. Your Maximum, right? Martinez?"

"Um, Max. Just Max. Max Ride." I said, my heart jumping everywhere because this guy-hot guy-was talking to me. I smiled.

"Oh, sorry. I saw you and wondered if-"

"Hey Max!" Fang said, putting an arm around my shoulders. "Um, Fang, what the heck are you doing? Did you finally get a brain and realize I am normal and you aren't?" I asked. He threw his head back and laughed." Oh, Max. You always made me laugh."

"I did?" I asked, totally confused.

"Oh, I'm sorry, were you talking to this fellow? Drake, right?" Fang asked. Drake nodded. "Ya, I was. Um, bye!" I said, and shoved Fang away from me.

"So, you were saying?" I urged.

"Um, are you two like, together?" Drake asked. laughed. "Please, I wouldn't be caught dead with Fang Griffs. He is just a self-centered jerk." I said. "Oh, good. I was going to ask you if you wanted to go with me to the fireworks show Monday?" he asked.

"Um, I can't. I'm watching Fang's little brother and sister. But you can come with us to the show." I said. "Okay. I'll meet you by the big tree at 7:00 Monday." he said. "It's a date." I told him as he walked off.

I turned to Fang. "Explain." I ordered. "Um, well, he looked, I don't know, um-"

"You don't want me on that date, do you?" I asked. By now my friends and Lissa and her pack were staring. I crossed my arms. "Um." Fang stuttered. I laughed. "Whatever, Fang." I said and me, Ella, and Nudge left.

"OMG. Max, you got a date, made Lissa mad, and Fang jealous slash embarrassed all in one night." Nudge said.

"Ya, your like, gonna be popular when school starts back up." Ella agreed. I sighed. "Guys. Fang is not jealous. But, hell ya I embarrassed him!" I yelled and they laughed.

The next morning I woke up to loud music. Why was I always woken up by someone other than myself? I sat up. Ugh.

"Fang. Turn down the music." I said opening my window. He turned it down. With no argument? Is he sick? Because he hasn't made an insult to me since yesterday. "Um, are you alright? Like, sick?" I asked.

"No. Why?" he asked. "You haven't argued with me." I said simply.

"Well, I did enough arguing last night with Lissa." he replied. I set my elbow on the window ledge and put my chin on my hand.

"What happened?" I asked.

He sighed. "Well, after you left Lissa got all freaked out because I was trying to get that guy to get away from you. I told her it was nothing. We got into a fight and I broke up with her." he explained. I wanted to rub in his face the fact that he was jealous, but now wasn't the time to do it.

"Well, I'm sorry." I said awkwardly. "Ya, well, I was stupid to care about you, anyways. You are as much a jerk as me." he said.

Way to ruin our moment. "Fang, you should have just stopped the sentence when you said you were stupid." I said.

He glared at me. "Angel is planning something with Nudge and Ella. I don't know what it is, but I'm watching my back. You should too." he said. I frowned. What would they be planning? And about what?

I shrugged and went to eat. Yum. Pops. Did you notice how there are always some black looking things in it? Well, I do.

The day went by quickly. Emailing Ella was a disaster. Here's our convo:

Ella: Ohh. Max has a boyfriend.

Max: He's not my boyfriend. We are just going on a date.

Ella: Whatever.

Max: Hey, Ella, Fang said you were planning something with Nudge and Angel.

Ella: So, you talked to Fang. The jealous one.

Max: Shut up. He broke up with Lissa ya know. Last night.

Ella: Probably because he wants you. He looked at Drake like Drake needed to disappear.

Max: Ya, right. Ella, you really like to play with my mind, don't you?

Ella: If that's what you want to think. But I know the truth.

Max: Ya. Whatever. Gtg. Bye!

Ella: c ya.

Yup. The exciting conversations of Maximum Ride. Hey, that would be a great book title. Maximum Ride. Maybe since Angel

is coming up with some plan, my first book would be called the Angel Experiment. (ge it? ha.) Ya.

Back to reality.

The rest of the day went bye. That night Angel and Ella came over and them and Nudge picked stuff out for me to wear tomorrow.

Great. I have to wear it and I don't even know what the outfit looks like!