Yeah, so as some of you might have thought, the reason I haven't updated in such a long time is because I died. Yup, poof! I mean, that's the only acceptable excuse I could have, right? BUT, since I love my readers so much, I decided to come back from the dead as a zombie and update ^_^ WOO Enjoy!
FANG POV
Guys, I think I just twitched.
"I have to go to the restroom" I said to Max as I quickly walked out of there.
Fang ran away? Unheard of right? Errr maybe not. Anyway, I just can't stand looking at that guy. Sure, I may be unreasonable but the way he looks at Max… it just bothers me.
"Is that the new guy Tiffany was telling us about?"
"OMG he's so hot"
"I wonder if he has a girlfriend"
Here we go again. I can't even walk down a hallway in peace! There's the bathroom, I walk in and survey the room. No windows. Note, don't try to escape through the bathroom unless we have hulk to break through the wall, or maybe an explosive from Iggy.
"So, is there any reason for you to walk away from us like that?" Speak of the devil. I grunt in response.
"Come on man, if I noticed that you were bothered by that Justin dude, I bet Max noticed too." He said.
Not in the mood to talk I say, "Let's head back then."
When we got back to our History room, I noticed Max and that guy talking. Of course.
"Alright you guys, let's settle down. " Mr. Huff says motioning for Max, Iggy, and me to go to the front of the room.
"We have three new students starting today, I'd like you all to welcome them and make sure to help them out whenever you can. "
"Yes sir" The class said in unison.
"Now, as tradition has it we will have a brief Q and A with you guys. Two questions each. The class will ask you question by first RAISING THEIR HANDS" he said giving them a sharp look "and you'll answer them as long as they're APPROPRIATE. Feel free to pass on a question if you feel uncomfortable answering it. Let's begin with you…" he said facing Max. An interrogation, this could be interesting... or disastrous.
"Alright, I'm Maximum Ride but I go by Max, and these are my brothers." She said confidently.
"Questions?" Mr. Huff asked our classmates.
Everyone's hand shot up.
"Appropriate ones?" he urged.
Quite a few of the students lowered their hands, some with embarrassed looks. I wonder…
"Alright, you umm wearing the red shirt with black print." Max said pointing to a girl in the back.
"I'm Alyssa, welcome to Sandy Creek High! I'm the class representative. Now, when were you born?" she questioned. Uh oh.
"I am 16 right now and my birthday was a couple days ago." She said without even blinking. Impressive. "Yes the guy in the light blue shirt?"
"Are you seeing anyone?" he asked hurriedly.
"Yeah!"
"Do you?"
"Please answer!"
The room was filled with whispering.
"Alright, calm down you guys. You don't have to answer that if you don't want Max" Mr. Huff stepped in.
"It's alright I guess. No I'm not, I did just move here." Max said shifting from foot to foot. She glanced at me, surprised I looked out the window.
"My turn right? I'm Jeff Ride, 15 years old, single, and blind. Just getting it out of the way, but don't think of me as handicapped. I'm probably more normal than all of you." He said winking at the girls. Typical Iggy. Normal? That was a good one.
"Okay, the nice looking girl with the heart pendant."
"Pendant? I thought you were… I see you're not very handicapped as you said. What's your schedule?" she continued.
Wow, stalker much?
"Well History first, obviously. Accelerated Math next, then gym, followed by Chemistry, English after that, ending with Woodshop." He finished.
I saw most of the girls scribbling down his schedule frantically and some of the guys too. Awk.
"Hobbies?" inquired a brunette in a short skirt. A REALLY SHORT SKIRT. Do they not have dress code? Sometimes, these people make me think that we really should have uniforms. I don't like uniforms at all though.
"I love music. I'm into a lot of different genres but right now I appreciate the work by Apocalyptica. My song of the week is I Don't Care feat. Three Days Grace. I'm also an amazing cook, enjoy listening to movies, and like romantic strolls down the beach." He ended by flashing everyone his 'charming smile.'
I think some of these girls are about to faint. Oh. It's my turn.
"I'm Nick. 15 too but older than Jeff." I said keeping it short. Looking around I nod at the guy right in front of me.
"Are you guys adopted?" he asks with a curious look on his face. That's when everyone notices how different we look from each other and they let out an "Ahhhh" Max did say we were related and they just realized it?
"Yeah." I reply. There's a pause as everyone waits for me to say more. Not planning on it.
"Next question you guys, come on we have to cover the French Revolution today." The teach urged.
"Do you have any other siblings?" some random girls says out loud. What happened to hand raising?
"Two younger sisters and a younger brother with a gas problem." I say. That earned a few laughs.
"So Max is the oldest?"
"Yeah" I respond.
"Are you single?" someone shouts out.
"I guess." I reply getting a bit irritated, wasn't it just two questions? I look over at Mr. Huff who's setting up the projector.
"Does that mean you have someone you like?"
"Uhh." I mumble.
"Ok you guys, turn to page 243 in your textbooks. Ride siblings, sit wherever you like." The boss man says to us.
I head toward the desk in the back where I can watch everyone. I notice that Justin is beckoning to Max to sit in the available desk next to him. Iggy notices and takes it before she sits down. He winks at her as she moves to the desk diagonal from me. As she sits down with an angered look on her face, I smirk in her direction.
I can't wait until 6th period art. Not many people know that I enjoy painting, and I'm not too bad at drawing. I wouldn't have joined that class if the computer hadn't screwed up my request to be in musical arts. I've always wanted to play an instrument. Since I was little disappointed at not getting it, I requested to join a musical club. The counselor said I can join their after-school musical club. Apparently we're free to play any instrument in there since they have an excellent music teacher. Not many people are in it so she was happy to let me in.
-AFTER SCHOOL-
I told Max that I had an after school club, and she told me to call her when it was over. Yup, we got phones too. Well, only the older 3 got them. Mrs. Martinez looked ahead and said that we would need them if we planned to join after-school activities. She's pretty insightful. Iggy is staying for soccer tryouts and Max is walking to the kids' schools. They'll be useful.
Today wasn't a bad day, aside from getting asked out by a bunch or girls, nothing big happened. I'm looking forward to learning a new instrument. Excited Fang. Shocking, I know.
"Welcome to the Sandy Creek Fine Arts club! I'm Miss Womack, nice to meet you. Though I'm just a student here, the head band teacher put me in charge of this club. She's very strict about some things and requires my relationship with the members to be pretty formal, that's why I'm going by Miss Womack instead of Aster. We have a total of 10 members including you, so feel free to ask me any questions about your instrument. Your name is?"
"I'm Nick." I say, still trying to absorb everything she said.
"That's a very artistic name. Nick. I like the sound of that! Now, what instrument are you interested in? As you might have noticed, this whole wing is dedicated to fine arts. You are currently in the instrument room. This is where the orchestra, band, and chorus keep their instruments. Those three doors over there lead to the classrooms and if you go down that hallway, you'll get to the individual study rooms. That's where you'll practice. Now, I'll go check on the other members while you look for an instrument that fits you. Here is a list of the instruments available." She spurts. Spurts, ha funny word.
Let's see, what do I want to play? I look through the long list looking for guitar. That would be cool, but to my disappointment it's being used by another student and I don't think I can afford to buy one myself. Maybe I can try it next week. I look through the rest of the list and see piano on it. Confused, I look around. I don't remember seeing a piano.
"Have you found anything?" Miss Womack says, startling me a bit. I was too absorbed in looking for the piano.
"Do you have a piano? It's on the list, but I don't see it." I reply.
"So you want the piano? Wise choice!" she exclaims.
"Well I don't know, I was just wondering where it is." I mumble.
"Oh." She says with a downcast look. "Well, let me show it to you first. I hope you'll change your mind after you see it." She says, walking down the hall.
Having no other choice, I follow her to the end of the IS (individual study) hall. The door here is slightly larger and when she swings it open, I see the most magnificent piano ever. I have to admit, my mouth may have opened a little. Well, it was impressive!
"I told you it was amazing" she says to me.
"You were right" I say, walking towards it. I press down a key and the sound is hypnotizing.
"Did I manage to convince you?" she questions.
"Alright, I'll try it but I haven't the slightest idea how to play this. " I say reluctantly.
"That's why I'm here." She nudges me in the ribs. Surprised, I step back.
Oblivious to my action she continues, "I'm glad you chose this since I am quite skilled at the piano." She takes a seat and starts to play.
I don't think I've heard anything more beautiful in my life. It might even be as great as Max's laugh! Woah! Sorry, this piano crumbles my BA attitude. I mean, it's pretty cool.
"So what do you think? Have you fallen in love yet?" Miss Womack asks me with and odd look in her eyes.
"It's pretty cool" I can't help but feel her last question had a hidden meaning behind it. "I mean, the piano is amazing"
"Oh" she says with that downcast look again.
"I mean, umm you're really great too. I haven't heard anyone play something so amazing, it was cool and… yeah." What am I saying?
Trying to cover it up I ask "What were you playing?"
"It's some music from an anime I've been watching. It's the clock melody from Pandora Hearts. I might be an otaku when it comes to music and anime. In case you don't know, anime is a kind of Japanese show. You should look it up, there are some really amazing shows. Anyway, the piece is named, Lacie." She ended.
"Well, it was pretty great." I mumble. I need to stop this mumbling thing.
"Thanks. Well, I'm glad we at least got to pick your instrument. We have 5 minutes until the club ends, so we shall wrap things up." She says.
"Ok" I reply. "Do we meet in here tomorrow?"
"Yes, same time, same place. I have to go now. It was nice meeting you and I hope to see you tomorrow Nick." She gushes, holding her hand out.
Reluctantly, I shake it and she leaves. She was… amazing. What am I saying? Ugh, time to go home. I'll call Max first like she told me to.
"So you done Fang?" she asks after picking up. duh
"Yeah"
"Alright, I'll go with Mom to pick you up. Iggy just called and said he's waiting in front of the school, you should go meet up with him."
I nod, but then realizing that she can't see me, agree with her.
"I bet you nodded, didn't you? Well, whatever. Fang on the phone, interesting, See you soon." She says before hanging up.
How did she know?
Done. Honestly, I don't know how this story is going to end up you guys . Let's hope for the best!
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