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"OMG! Guess what?" asked Max .

"What? What's the big news?" asked Sam.

"Nick!" replied Max.

"I thought you hated Nick" commented Sam.

"I do. I hate his guts." replied Max.

"Well, then what's so good about him? Why are you so excited about Nick then?" asked a very confused Sam.

"My mom is divorcing him. Finally. It really was about time." said Max

"Did you tell your crew?" asked Sam

"No. We had a little fight last night. They seem to think that Fang and I are sneaking around dating. Like what type of BS is that?" retorted Max.

"Yeah. The whole ninth grade practically knows." said Sam.

"So, what are you saying? I thought at least you would be there for me. I mean I'm going through a hard time." replied a angry Max.

"Max! I know what you're going through. But obviously you're oblivious to what's actually happening here." yelled Sam.

"What do you mean?" asked a confused Max.

"I mean. I know Fang put a note in your locker. Yesterday afternoon, after you left to go home. Have you read it yet?" asked Sam.

"No. I haven't I'm going to go read it. I'll meet you in homeroom. Okay?" replied Max.

"Yeah. I'll see you there. Bye." replied Sam.

"Bye" called Max.

"Oh Max. I like you a lot. So would you wanna go on a date with me? On Friday?" asked Luke.

"I would love to" Max said as Fang walked by. "As a matter of fact I would LOVE to go on a DATE with YOU on FRIDAY!"

"Alright. So I'll see you in homeroom?" replied Luke

"Yes you certainly will!" confirmed Max in a smug look on her face.

Max walked to her locker. Across the hall she could see The Red Hair Wonder making goggle eyes at Fang. Saying "Ooooh Fang. You should come over my house. Maybe my parents would let you spend the night. You know over the weekend!" I mean who the heck does she think she his?

"(sigh)" Max sighed.

Max was searching through her locker. She was trying to find the note that Sam was talking to her about. The one that Fang supposedly wrote, and she found. But when she read it, it said:

Dear Max,

I know you probably want to kill me. So that's why I wrote this in a letter. It's just you know. I didn't mean to read it. I mean yeah I meant to read it. I just didn't mean to read it. I just can't. It's just. I didn't mean to. It's like I just found it. It wasn't intentional. It was an accident in a way. I just have feelings for you that I can't tell you in person. So that's why I'm putting this in your locker.

Love,

Fang

"Who does he think he his? He can't just keep toying with my emotions. I wonder if he checked the mailbox. I sent it to him yesterday. Actually, I just stuck it in his mailbox. Which, I guess since he never goes home. He probably goes maybe once a month. Now that I think about it wasn't such a good idea." Max thought

"So, Ms. Thing how you doing?" asked Fang

"Who wants to know?" Max asked flirtatiously.

"Well, I do." said Fang

"Well. Fang, how about you don't. Okay! You don't need to care about where I'm at or how I'm feeling." said Max almost in tears. "Just don't ever touch my diary again. All you need to worry about is your stupid Red Hair Wonder girlfriend."

"Max. Please talk to me. What's going on? Did I say something? Did I do something? Did I not do something?" Fang asked

"Yes Fang. I read your note that you left in my locker. Thanks for not actually truly reading it. But just don't ever touch my stuff again. The hideout is going to be empty for a week. Everyone will be at their houses, with their parents. You and Iggy will be the only ones in the hideout. So please don't mess it up." let out Max.

"Max! You still didn't tell me why you're mad at me!" Fang said now screaming.

"I heard what you were saying to Iggy. This morning. You may think I was ease dropping, but I wasn't. Next time you want to talk about me, how about you do it in a more private area." retorted Max.

"Max hold up!" Fang yelled after her.

"What I said. I promise, it's not what it seems like. Iggy was all up in my grill. I was just getting annoyed with him." commented Fang

"Like that's an excuse for what you said" Max retorted.

"It's not! I'm really sorry Max. Here you go." Fang handed Max her diary. "And if you're wondering, I didn't read anything. I saw my name once, so I wrote something in the diary. I erased it though. I really am sorry Max"

"That's really just to bad, now isn't it?" Max asked.

MR. WEATHERS-HOMEROOM

(Also their 4th period English teacher)

"Good morning class!" Mr. Weathers exclaimed. "How was everyone's weekend? Good? Great? Awesome? Well guess what? You have a writing assignment to do. I will pair you up with a partner. You will pick from a hat, what activity you will do with your partner. This assignment is due on Monday! Any questions?"

"Yeah, because everyone wants to share what they did over the weekend to their teachers!" Fang exclaimed

"I will be introducing a new student today. His name is Dylan" said Mr. Weathers. " I also will be assigning partners now. Iggy you will be with Tess. Max you will be with Dylan. Fang will be with Sam. Michael you're with Diana. Anyone have a problem?"

"Yeah. You forgot about me" explained Lissa.

"Oh. I'm sorry. Who would be willing to have a 3rd partner?"

Fang raised his hand

"I would love to!" commented Fang with a smug look on his face.

"Wonderful!" exclaimed Mr. Weathers.

"I expect everyone to come to school tomorrow morning, ready to get towork. So don't be absent!" said Mr. Weathers.

Max was hurting inside. "Why? Why would he do this to me? After what he said in the letter. I couldn't believe I was losing Fang to the Red Hair Wonder" Max was thinking, when the bell rung.

LATER AT THE MARTINEZ'S RESIDENCEY

"Max! Max!" yelled Ella. "Max! Where are you? I need to talk to you!"

"Hey. Sorry mom went to the store. She's been so depressed. Around 4:30, she started baking, everything she could think of. So what's your big news?" explained Max

"It smells so good in here. She's never baked this much. I feel bad for her, Nick was perfect for her."

The air was filled with, the smell of brownies and cupcakes.

"Oh! Ummm… Oh yeah! Jason asked me to the Fall Dance. I'm so excited! I said yes, but then" as Ella voice turned worried "Thomas asked me. Through Tiff, you know my best friend. Well she said yes to Thomas, without me knowing. So two different guys asked me to the dance. The same dance." Ella exclaimed out of breath. "Yeah. That's really not good. Not good at all.

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