I, Isabelle Jean Black, don't own Maximum Ride! I wish, but I don't.
"Max! Wake up!" said a voice, I rolled over to face my antagonist. It was Nudge. She had the biggest smile on her face. Then I remembered my promise two days ago. The pink was already out of my hair, and today, we were all going to the mall. I really didn't enjoy shopping all that much, so I would find a nice spot to sit, and watch the insanity of girls plus credit cards.
I rolled out of bed, and let Nudge guide me to the bath room. She sat me down in a chair, and began to do my make up. She straightened my short brown hair. Then she pulled out a knee length, blue dress. It was casual, but classy.
"Really?" I asked, looking at the dress. A frown formed on her face, and she darted out of the room. I had just enough time to begin to feel guilty, when she returned with a pair of denim skinny jeans, and a spaghetti strap dress that went to my mid-thigh. I put them on, and looked at myself in the mirror.
"Well, what do you think?" she asked, worry in her voice.
"It is awesome," I said, flashing her a smile. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, let's go then!" she said, dragging me out of the chair. I swooped down and grabbed the flats sitting next to the chair. She pulled me down the hall, to where all of my new friends were waiting. Fang and Dylan were sitting in the opposite sides of the couch, Iggy and Ella were sitting on the love seat, and Angel was on the floor, watching Gazzy tinker with a Micky Mouse alarm clock.
"Took you long enough," Dylan muttered, standing up. "Seriously, Monique? Could you have taken any longer?" he asked, taking my arm. I wrinkled my nose, and I heard Fang snicker behind me. I took back my arm, and dodged around him and out of the house. I laughed at the baffled look on his face. Fang had a small smile on his face, and he began to follow, dragging the baffled Dylan with him.
I trust my finger into the air, posing like a super hero and yelled, "To the mall!" Angel ran after me, and jumped up on my back. I laughed, running her towards the car.
"They look like sisters!" Nudge squealed behind me. I turned and flashed her a smile.
"Hop on in, guys," Mom said. We all piled in, laughing and joking. I ended up in between Angel and Fang. I blushed at my close proximity to him, and I thought I could see him blushing too. The ride was short, but by the time we reached the mall, I was completely flushed from sitting next to him.
"Let's go!" Nudge said, pulling Angel and Ella towards the mall. Dylan followed, probably going to hit on Nudge now, and Gazzy and Iggy ran towards an electronics store. I walked over to the mid-point of the mall, and plopped down on the fountain there. Fang followed, and sat next to me.
"Don't enjoy shopping much, do you?" he asked, shoving his hands in his pockets.
"No, but I enjoy spending time with friends and family, so I go along with what they want to do," I replied, leaning back, and looking out at the wide sky.
"Well, what do you want to do?" he asked, looking over to me. "Cuz I'm down with whatever you want to do."
I smiled at him. I grabbed his hand, and started running toward the movie theater. "There is a movie I've been dying to see. Let's see it!"
"Yes ma'am," he said, smiling like an idiot. "What movie is it?"
"Hanna," I replied, pulling him forward.
We watched the movie, then, when it ended, we ran out of the theater. "Where to next?" he asked as we sat outside of the mall.
"I don't know, but I'm hungry. What about lunch?" I asked, looking lazily over at him.
"Sure. There's a good restaurant just down the road," he said. I jumped up, and grabbed his hand.
"Let's go then," I said, smiling down at him. He stood up, and lead me down the street to a small local restaurant, Teresa's Café. A nice lady at the door gave us a table, and we sat down, and ordered lunch.
"You know, you've become one of my best friends, and I know crap about you," I said, taking a drink from my cup.
"What is there to know? Well, besides my fashion sense, I play a mean harmonica," he said. I laughed, and shook my head.
"Oh yeah? Prove it," I said, leaning forward.
"Later, when I have a harmonica," he replied, leaning in so that our noses were almost touching.
"Hey, Fang, dear. Your food's here," the waitress said, setting down our plates. "Who's your friend?" she asked.
"Ella's cousin, Max. She's visiting for the summer," he said, leaning back and admiring his meal. "Looks good, as always, Teresa."
"I try," she said, shrugging and walking back to the kitchen.
"You know her? Like personally?" I asked.
"Yeah, I spend a lot of time here. She's pretty much my mom," he said, shoveling his soup into his mouth. I picked up my burger, and took a huge bite out of it.
"Mm," I sighed around the delicious bite of juicy burger.
"Good, right?" he asked, smiling at me. I nodded my head, and took another bite. All too soon, it was gone. Fang looked up from his now empty soup bowl, and smiled at my down cast expression. I frowned at him, and started to laugh at me. I threw my napkin at him.
"Jerk," I muttered.
"Let's go," he said, throwing a few dollars on the table, and walking to the door. I stood up, and walked after him. Then something occurred to me. I think I was just on my first date. Oh, crap, Ella and Nudge are going to want details. He poked his head back in the door, looking at my frozen form. "Coming?" he asked with a sly grin that made my heart melt.
"Yeah, sorry," I replied, shaking my head. I walked to the door, and he held it open for me. I began to wonder what other girls he had brought here, what other girls he had held that door for. A sudden flare of jealousy raged through my body. I felt my face flush.
"Nicky! Hey, how are you?" a girl with red hair and a spry of freckles across her nose said as she bounded up to us, oh so subtly moving me to the side so she filled Fang's vision.
"Hello, Lissa," he said, and by the tone of his voice, I could tell that he didn't like her. But he also had some sort of a connection with her, like an ex-girlfriend or something.
"So, Nicky, what are you doing later? Because I thought we could ditch, and go see a movie and have some lunch," she purred in a seductive manor.
"Stop calling me Nicky. And I'm hanging out with my friend," he said, his voice hard, almost more so than his face. He brushed her away, so he and I were standing next to each other again.
"Most annoying ex ever," he muttered, and I laughed. "What's so funny?"
"The fact that some as dark, depressing, and a-holish as you would even consider going out with someone as bubbly and retarded as her," I said. (I have nothing against retards. They are my friends, I'm just writing this part art four in the morning, so I have 0 adjectives.)
"Ella," he sighed in explanation.
"Figures," I said, shaking my head at my sister's air headedness.
"Yup," he said. As we walked back to the mall, we fell into a silence. But this one was comfortable, not like silences around other people.
"Max! Fang!" the hyper active voice of Nudge called. "Where have you been? We finished shopping and went to Fang's normal waiting spot, but you weren't there, so we checked, like, all of the stores but we still couldn't hm mh hs," she said, trying to talk through the hand that had been placed over her mouth by Gazzy.
"We just went down to Teresa's," Fang said, brushing off their worries. He stuck his hands deep in his pockets, and leaned back against the wall behind us.
"Such enthusiasm! How will we contain this much energy? He might have to walk home," Iggy said, throwing an arm over his forehead. Ella laughed, and lightly hit him in the shoulder.
"You are such a drama queen," she said, rolling her eyes at him.
"You mean drama king," he said, pulling her in for a kiss.
"Angel let out a little squeal. "PDA! PDA! Dr. M, they're kissing in public!" she sang. I slapped my hand over her mouth.
"Do you really want to have my mother come over here? She won't stop it. In fact, she might start snapping pictures, gushing about how the last time I was at the mall with them, Ella thought that boys carried all kinds of diseases, and wouldn't even touch one," I whispered into her ear. I knew I was totally making this up, but Angel believed it. I don't know why I did it, but they were so cute together. I released her mouth, and stood up straight.
I walked over to the pair, who were still lip locked, their kiss deepening. "Okay you two. You been kissing for," I paused to look at my wrist, then realized I had no watch, "two minutes and thirty four seconds. Break it up." Iggy flipped me the bird, still kissing my sister.
"Ella," Angel whined. "Iggy flipped off Max."
Ella pulled back, and glared at him. "God, Iggy. Why do you have to do that?" He smiled at her.
"It's my nature," he said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Alright, let's go. We have to clean the house before dinner," Mom said, ushering us forward to the car. Ella, Iggy, and Nudge climbed in the back, and Angel claimed the front seat, leaving Fang and I to sit together in the middle of the van. I leaned my head back against my seat, and closed my eyes.
"Tired?" he asked. I rolled my head to the side and opened my eyes.
"Nah, just thinking," I said, he nodded his head. Yeah, just thinking about you.
Sorry, this chapter is crappy. I'm very tired. Just spent yesterday at Knott's, and didn't get home until 12:30. Riding on a bus, with the lights on. But tell me what you think, review.
~Isabelle~