I kind of rushed this one but I was really sick of writing about Dylan so, I kind of just threw this together just so I could get rid of him, oops! I said too much! Oh well I guess you know a little bit of what to expect. Anyway I don't own Maximum Ride and if you want to know what I do own go back to the last chapter and it explains who owns what in the AN at the top! Enjoy! Oh and I wrote this really fast so sorry if it sucks!

I stood there in shock, I thought I heard Dylan's voice so I went to see what he was doing out here, and what I saw made me want to kill him right then and there. He was tangled up with the new girl Lissa, his hand was up her tiny skirt and they were right in the middle of a make out session. I won't go into details but let me tell you it was not pretty, in fact, it was just plain gross. I quickly ducked back around the corner, but not before I saw I kid named Betz sitting in the bushes with a camera. Yeah this day couldn't get any weirder. I stood there for a minute before getting myself together and walking back to my bike. I stopped at home to drop off my back pack and grab my guitar before heading to Ari's for Band Practice.

When I got home I dropped my things in my room and ran down stairs. I grabbed my guitar and started strumming Stand in the rain, and pretty soon I was singing along.

She never slows down
She doesn't know why but
she knows that when
She's all alone feels
Like it's all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long
And she fears if she cries
That first tear
The tears will not stop
Raining down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering
If she stands, she'll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through
everything she's running from
Wants to give up and lie down

(X3)

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

Why I chose this song, I have no idea, but singing it made me feel better, the more I channeled my anger and sadness into the song the better it sounded and the better I felt. When I was done there was clapping coming from the doorway. I turned around to see Ari and his band standing there watching me, Ari's band consisted of him (obviously), Iggy, Fang, Gazzy and this guy Mick. They're really good and the school has them play a lot of the events. "Nice Max, but get out we have to practice." Ari said with a smile.

"Thanks, Ari." I said, usually this is where we argue, but I honestly was in such a crappy mood I couldn't even do that. So I walked out of the Music room and into the recording studio. I set everything up and started with the guitar, I know that it's not my song but I had a feeling that I would never be able to sing it like I did today again, so why not? After I got the guitar perfect I started on the vocals, I did three different takes before I was satisfied. I edited it a little, mostly getting rid of the silence in the beginning and end of it. When I was done I have to admit it was pretty good, I burned it on to a disc and labeled it before adding it to my personal collection of songs that I wrote or perfected. Then I brought my guitar to my room and started messing around with it.

After Max left we started practicing, we did a few songs before Ari held up his hand, the light that had turned on while Max had been using the studio was off. Ari laid down his drum sticks, went to the door and peaked out into the hall. Then he left the room and came back a few minutes later with a CD case in his hand. I recognized Max's hand writing on the cover, Ari put the disc in and we all listened. It was Max singing stand in the rain. I have to admit, she is good. We waited until it was over then we all looked at Ari. "I think we need a female vocalist," We all nodded our agreement, "and I was thinking that Max would be perfect, she doesn't have girly taste in music, so we won't be stuck with a bunch of love songs, she can play guitar, so when we don't need her to sing she won't be just standing there doing nothing. Another plus about her, she can't say no." We all looked at him confused.

"Why can't she say no?" Gazzy finally asked.

"'Cause she owes me, big time." We just decided to leave it at that, there was something about the way he said it that told us that he defiantly didn't want to talk about why. So we finished band practice and everyone left but me. Max and I had to work on our project, so I went upstairs and knocked on her bedroom door. From inside I heard crying that quickly came to a stop.

"Yeah?" I heard Max say.

"It's me."

"Oh, come in, I guess." I opened the door and walked in. I saw Max's tearstained face and I knew that something was up.

Fang just had to come in at that exact moment didn't he? God he was annoying! I had just read my text from Betz, it basically said that he had the proof and it was really repulsing. I didn't realize how bad it would hurt to have my suspicions confirmed, and honestly I didn't think that it would happen that fast. "What's up?" Fang said purposely ignoring the tear tracks on my face.

"Nothing, now can we get to work? I kind of want to finish the project tonight."

"Yeah sure"

The next morning I pulled myself out of bed the next morning and tried my hardest to shake the feeling of dread. I went to school early the next morning and headed to the place Fang and I had agreed on, we didn't finish last night so we were planning on doing it before school. Anyway I walked to the back of the school and started heading to one of the tables that sat in the shade. When I was about ten feet away from the table I noticed the couple pinned up against the trunk I was about to turn around when I realized that it was Dylan and Lissa. I stood there for a second before screaming (for the second time in a little more than a week) "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" Dylan peeled himself off of Lissa whose back was up against a tree. And looked at me shocked.

"Max! This isn't what it seems!"

"Yeah sure, you're not a cheating bastard, and I'm not an angry girlfriend, wait make that EX-girlfriend, I should've known, you never were satisfied with me and I had heard rumors before, but I was just too stupid to see it. I trusted you and now look where it got Me." then before he could respond I turned and ran away. I wasn't looking and I ran straight into Kat.

"MAX! Oh my god! It happened didn't it? Oh you poor thing!" she said. "And even worse I have no idea what to say so you'll probably just feel worse!" I laughed a little. We found Ella and Iggy shortly after, I have no idea what they were doing, but right now I don't care. Nothing they said could help, and when Nudge tried she just got the same results. Finally they all went to class except for Fang who I hadn't noticed before. He sat down and looked at me.

"You okay?"

"No."

"Stupid question I know, but I had to make sure. If I didn't and you were okay or at least trying to be, you would have ripped my head off if I tried to comfort you."

"True, but why would you want to comfort me? You hate me!"

"I don't hate you, I only get annoyed when you act like a bitch to me, and anyway I thought it was worth a shot since everyone else failed."

"They just don't understand. Nobody does! Not even my best friends."

"What about ex-best friends?"

"I don't know, they probably could, that is if they wanted to."

"Then I guess I qualify, so why don't you talk to me?"

"It's worth a try I guess." I took a deep breath and started to spill. When I was done Fang nodded and hugged me with one arm, I wrapped my arms around his waist and cried into his shoulder, god I missed this, Fang was the only person that understood me, and I missed having him as a best friend.

"I saw what happened," he said, "and I couldn't just let him get away with it."

"You were there?"

"Yeah I would have been here to help earlier, but I had something to, take care of."

"What did you do?"

"What do you think I did? I punched his lights out, then I kneed him where the sun don't shine" I laughed, it was good to have Fang back.

"Does this mean we're done fighting?"

"I guess it does."

"Good, I missed my best friend."

We walked into homeroom together and back to our table, Iggy looked confused, but ignored it, Kat just nodded knowingly, and Nudge just gave us a look that said finally! It was getting ridicules! How I got that from just one look I have no idea, but I'm pretty sure that's what she meant.

YAY! They're friends again! Now to just deal with all the other drama and she'll be done, right? Yeah, no. I'm not done with Max yet, and trust me, this is just the beginning. And if you're wondering, I'm going to be evil and postpone the Fax a little, or maybe a lot. Depends on my mood oh and reviews! The more reviews I get the faster the fax will come! So hit that little review button if you love Fax, scratch that, just hit the damn review button!