Chapter 3 School

It has been two months since that fight with the flyboys and the flock and I have decided to stay with my mom for a while. A LONG while. We're tired of always running, of being chased, and of all the grief that comes along. So I am sitting at my computer surfing the web. Well I was on the computer. I got bored and am now on my bed staring at the ceiling as if there was something exciting happening on it. The flock is around the house. Somewhere. Probably bored too. We were waiting for my mom to get home so that maybe (hopefully) would give us something to do.

"Max?" My mom is calling me. Yes!! She's home, finally!! I mean, cool. -snicker- I go downstairs

"Yeah mom?" I say in a bored tone.

"You still bored? Ok then my news might not be so horrible after all! Can you please get the rest of the flock down here please?"

"Sure but what for?" I ask.

"Just get them down here so that I can tell all of you!" Then as if on cue, the flock just suddenly pops out of nowhere.

"Were you guys eavesdropping?" my mom and I ask at the same time.

"Not really I just heard flock so I came to see what was going on" said Iggy.

"Me too" said my little Angel.

"Yeah, same here Nudge and I were playing Tic-Tac-Toe and we heard you guys talking about the flock so we came to see what's up." replied Gazzy.

"I was just wandering around" Fang said from the shadows. Man when did HE get here?

"Ok then now that we're all here, wait where is Total?" "I'm down here!! Gosh you ever think of looking on the floor? Humph" He jumped onto the chair, fell, and then Angel picked him up and put him on the couch. cute.

"Ok so here are the big news, I have signed all of you up for school!" Well let me just say that she wasn't rewarded with hugs and cheers. Everyone just said ok and walked away, leaving a disappointed mom in the living room.

"Well I guess it will be ok" I told my mom.

"Yeah it might be more fun than wandering around the house all day" said Angel.

"Totally" Said Nudge.

"Well, there are no uniforms so we better get to shopping for school clothes" said my mom in a hopeful tone.

"Oh yeah, I SO dig that part!" said Nudge, and she actually sounded excited!

"Me too" said Angel as she jumped up and down. At first when she had told us that we were going to school I remembered the old grumpy principal from the last school. Then I thought about Sam, and then I remembered the red haired wonder, and Fang actually kissing her. Then I remembered everything that I had felt that day came back. All of my anger, frustration, sadness, and jealousy. Fang had practically thrown himself at every girl he could find! I decided then and there that I will see how HE likes it! I am going to become a flirt. I am going to throw myself at every boy! So that he will know how it feels to be jealous, and angry, and frustrated! I will lock away all of my lovey dovey feelings for him and make him hurt. Well no, I will just teach him a lesson.

"Max? Time to go" I snapped out of it and looked at Fang.

"Ok." I am not about to blow my plan by acting all strange so that he can get his guard up.

"How is my mom going to afford all of this?" I asked him, trying to sound casual.

"She said that Jeb sent her lot of money so that she can take care of us. He said that he felt bad that he ignored Ari and wanted to care for you as much as he can. Dr. Martinez said to think of it as getting back at Jeb, you know by using up all of his money, and not to think of it as actually accepting Jeb's help." Wow Fang really has a lot to say all of a sudden.

"Ok, I'll try because I still hate his guts." I said.

"Come on Max!! Get in! I want to get to the store like, now!!" Nudge said, jumping up and down on her seat. Mom bought a car that actually has enough room for all of us! Really, I am not kidding! When we got to the store Angel and Nudge dragged me, emphasis on dragged, to the girl's clothes section in the store. The guys went to the Guys' department in no rush whatsoever. My mom just kind of walked behind Nudge, Angel, and me. I won't bore you with all the details but lets just say that there was a lot of trying on clothes, and shoes, and accessories. I actually tried on my clothes and picked some outfits that really showed my figure. Let me just say that I didn't know that I actually had a figure! It was going to be three weeks before school actually starts so we still had some time to go to the pool and go swimming so Nudge made me buy a bikini! Not just some shorts and a t-shirt but an actual 2-piece bathing suit! That was a first for me. Nudge and Angel got a 1 piece but I kind of like my suit and actually let them talk me into buying it!

This flirting idea might actually work. Well when we got home there were A LOT of bags STUFFED with clothes and I have to admit, I actually had fun! Oh no did I, Maximum Ride, just say that I had fun shopping?! Well I did, so I guess I'll have to deal with it! All of our clothes were brand new. I mean ALL of it. My closet could barely stay closed! I finally managed to close it, went downstairs for dinner, put on my nightdress after we stacked fists and said good night, and then I fell asleep. We had agreed to go to a public pool tomorrow! PUBLIC. So my plan was going into action tomorrow.