Max

*weekend*

I stood on the front steps that stopped right at mom's door; I can't believe I'm here.

I took a small breath and stepped closer and just as I was about to open the door I heard it.

"Damn it Ella! Where's the money I left on the counter a couple days ago?" I heard my mom scream and some rustling of papers.

"Mom I told you I had to use it for groceries, all we had in the fridge was cheese, pickles, and some spoiled milk." I heard my sister's familiar voice as she answered my angered mom.

"God Ella, can't you do anything right? I asked you not to touch it and what did you do?" there was a silence and I heard a smack, my blood boiled at the sound.

"Answer me!" she yelled and I heard a faint whisper,

"I spent it, but we needed…" she was cut off by my mother's ranting, and I could just imagine a sour look on my mom's face as she said this,

"You really are pathetic Ella; you can't even follow simple instructions." She was interrupted by my sister finally exploding.

"Pathetic? What did you want me to do starve to death? How about you? You don't seem to realize who cooks for you. What would you have done if I had given you pickles and cheese for diner? Yeah that's what I thought."

I listened to steps that got closer to the door and I took a step to the side to avoid whoever was coming out the door.

Ella came out tears staining her face as she slammed the front door; she stood there shocked as she saw me standing there.

"Surprise." I said weakly as she stood there standing, I looked her over and noticed her cheek was a little swollen from where my mom had apparently slapped her.

I slowly came up to her and pulled her into me, hugging her tightly. She needed comfort and I was the only thing available at this point so she was just gonna have to deal for now.

She sobbed quietly in my arms for a while before a pulled away from her,

"Come on, I know just the thing to cheer you up. It always works for me."

She smiled a small smile and I lead her back to my house.

**later**

Once we got to my house I threw some of my Pj's at her so she could be more comfortable and she went to go change in my bathroom.

I pulled out my phone and texted a couple people,

Hey guys, I need your help. Come over ASAP!

I sent the message to the 3 people I knew for sure would help me cheer Ella up.

I looked up to see her walking out of my bathroom her long brown hair pulled up in a ponytail, she had on my red shorts and my black Linkin Park concert shirt that fit her a little too big.

"Hey, how ya feeling?" she smiled and gave me a little nod.

"I'm better, you know you don't have to do this." I shook my head at her stubbornness, and sighed

"You're my sister Ells; no one gets to mess with you but me." She smiled before running and wrapping me in another bone crushing hug of hers.

I laughed and pulled away,

"Come on I have some friends I want you to meet." She nodded and I lead her down stairs to the kitchen. She looked around confused seeing it was empty, and I laughed again.

I went to the freezer and knocked on the door, and then I opened it and pretended to whisper something in it.

She came up behind me and pulled me back to her, carefully feeling my head for a fever,

"Max are you okay? You do realize you are talking to an ice cube right?" I smirked before turning back to the fridge.

"I have to make sure they look presentable." She tilted her head to the side and frowned.

I smiled and pulled a carton of ice cream out, rocky road to be exact, Ella's favorite.

"Ben? Jerry? Meet my sister Ella." I turned the picture of the happy cows towards her and she burst out laughing.

"Wow Max… you really had me going there for a while." She smiled and went to the counter to pull out two spoons before following me to the living room where we sat up in a love seat together and shared ice cream while watching the T.V.

*10 minutes later*

I heard pounding on my door and went to go open it, leaving Ella in her seat.

I opened the door to find Nudge, Angel, and Iggy standing on my porch.

"Hey guys come in." Nudge and Angle came in and hugged me, nearly squeezing me to death.

And Iggy gave me a weird one armed hug and walked right in.

I looked at Ella as she sat there looking at our exchange,

"Hey Nudge? Angel?" they turned to look at me smiles almost completely consuming their faces.

"Yeah?" they both responded at the same time.

"Jinx!"

"Double Jinx!"

"Triple Jinx!"

"Quadruple Jinx!"

I looked at them annoyed,

"You guys are both going to end up owning me soda if you don't stop." They turned to give me sheepish grins.

"Anyway…This is my sister Ella." They turned to Ella and went up to hug her and introduce themselves.

I went to go sit on the other couch and looked up to see Iggy follow me and take a seat next to me, carefully draping an arm over my shoulders.

Before I could shrug it off her leaned a little closer to Ella and look at her face carefully.

His face contorted in anger and he turned to look at me visibly restraining himself,

"Why is there a bruise on her face?" he said coldly looking into my eyes and tightly clutching his fists.

Oh no…

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