AN: Hello! This is Chapter Seven of SIHOOT. So, this chapter has Maxie and Fangles date… ooh la la! Also, I would like to thank Disney'sGurl and her friends for submitting OC's which you will meet shortly… mwahaha! I'm throwing something off, and you might not like it, but it needs to be done. Oh, and I would like to thank my bestest FF friend AlwaysLookinUp for kindly telling me to get off my butt and write. Yeah, so this chapter is dedicated to her and DisneyGurl. Go read their stories, because they are amazing. Uber amazing. Btw, I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LATENESS!
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Onward with thy art chapter six!
Disclaimer: Me no own MR, or any of the songs, movies, or bands mentioned.
MPOV
I stood in my driveway like a fool for a minute, then sighed, and shook my head, trying to get rid of the traitor thoughts of Fang, and our date. Then I turned and walked inside.
That night I woke in the middle of the night. Grr. I tossed and turned for about thirty minutes, but nothing helped. I laid flat on my back, looking at the ceiling, and told myself, Go to sleep, Max. Go back to sleep like a normal person. Channel your inner normal person. Wait. Pfft, I have no inner normal person. So I sat up and turned on my lamp. I pulled out my phone, staring at it, debating. I can't just wake up Fang in the middle of his sleep. I smirked evilly. Never mind, of course I can.
(Max=Bold, Fang= Bold and Italics)
Fang, you awake?
No, I'm sleep-texting you, Maxie.
Okay, Fangarang, no need to be a smarta*s.
Fangarang?
Yup.
What do you need, Maximum?
I can't sleep, Nicholas.
Sucks to suck, huh Max?
You would know, wouldn't you Fang?
Nope. I figured you would.
Whatever, Fang. You should bring yourself and Igs and Gaz over tomorrow at one, and we can chill until seven, and we can leave for our date.
Okay, well, Iggy's cousin Belle is coming too, is that okay?
Sure. The more the merrier.
Uh huh. Sure.
Okay, well, see you tomorrow, SirFangsALot!
Bon voyage, Minimum.
Did he just call me Minimum? How dare that child? Grr. One day, I just might kill him. Maybe. And then I fell asleep to the happy thoughts of killing Fang Walker.
TIME SKIP- THE NEXT MORNING~~~
I woke that next morning at twelve-thirty, way early for me, reached over and smashed the alarm clock. I growled at the alarm I set in the middle of the night, for some reason. Oh, right! The guys are coming at one! I jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen, yelling to Ella and Nudge, "THE GUYS ARE COMING AT ONE!" They both shrieked and started screaming at me for not telling them sooner, while I ignored them, and started up the shower. I took a quick shower, pulled on some dark skinny jeans, and a midnight blue tank top. I yanked a brush through my messy dirty blonde hair and patted it a little. Then I ran downstairs to eat breakfast. They were due in five minutes.
I shoved the premade bacon and toast into my mouth. Thank god for Ella, the only good chef in this family besides my mom. And if you've noticed she's basically never here, that's because she's a vet and has way long hours that stretch into the early morning hours and the late, late night hours.
Right as I finished, the doorbell rang. And rang. And rang. It rang, like twenty times. I ran to the door and saw Iggy reaching to ring it again, and slapped him in the face. He winced, and rubbed his face. "Jesus, Max, you sure know how to hit." I glared at him murderously. He flinched a little. Then they shuffled in.
It was Iggy, then Gazzy, then Fang, and then a girl I've never seen before. This must be Iggy's cousin, Belle.
She had long strawberry blonde hair, like Iggy, and sparkling green eyes. Her skin was pale. I felt bad right after the thought, but I immediately thought about ginger-ness. She smiled at me tentatively, and I smiled back welcomely.
"Max." I said warmly, and stuck out my hand. She stared at it for a sec, then reached out and shook it. "No, my name is Belle." She said innocently. I laughed. I liked this person. "No, I'm Max. I meant my name is Max." I said, chuckling. A sheepishly smile slid across her face. "I knew that."
I nodded. "Em-kay." Then I called Ella and Nudge. "These are Nudge and Ella." I pointed to each of them as I spoke their names.
"Hi Ella, hi Nudge." She said shyly, and waved a little.
"ZOMG, are you Belle? Are you Iggy's cousin or sister or something? You two look sooooo much alike! Except for the eyes. Your eyes are pretty though. I always wished I had green eyes like that, but I don't think I could pull them off, you know? ZOMG! Do you like shopping? I LOVE shopping! Like one time, we went to the mall and tricked Max into going by saying we were only there for the food, and she fell for it, and we tried to take her to a store, but she refused, so we grabbed her ankles and dragged her into the store! It was so funny, even though the security guards stopped us and Max had to testify to them that she knew us, and we weren't kidnapping her. We almost got arrested! It was like, sooooo funny! I-"
"NUDGE SHUT UP!" I screamed. Nudge flinched, Ella flinched, and Belle, fragile Belle, she just… laughed. Huh. Okay. Then I laughed with her. Then Nudge and Ella started debating whether or not it was funny when they almost got arrested, Nudge knowing it was funny, and Ella denying the truth by saying it was "not and in no way at all humorous." Her exact words. When she said, that, we all cracked up, and Belle choked out, "You sound like my English teacher when I accidently kicked an annoying kid in the head." (AN: sadly, I have accidently kicked a kid in the head in my English class, but the teacher "didn't see", even though she was watching. I saw her laugh. Poor kid. He's just so… annoying. Seriously, though. It was an accident.)
We all laughed harder at that. "Why would you do that?" Ella asked. "I know Max would do that, but you seem so… innocent, Belle." She shook her head, still laughing with the rest of us.
"No, it really was an accident." Belle smiled.
"How do you kick someone in the head on accident?" Fang asked, shooting me a glare. Oh right, once I kicked him in the head during a fight, and claimed it was an accident. Oops. Hehe.
"Oh, I was showing my friend my high kick, and the kid walked straight in front of me like an idiot." She chortled, rubbed her hands together. Man, this girl was crazy. Finally, someone understands!
I laughed harder. "That's exactly what I said!" Everyone shot me a questioning look, except for Fang, who looked unhappy. Hehe. Wuss. Can't even take one simple kick to the head. God.
Suddenly the doorbell rang again. Everyone was all 'Hmm?', and sat there like imbeciles, so I got up and snapped, "Oh don't worry, I'll get it." Fang got up too and trailed behind me.
I opened the door, and saw a guy who looked very much like Fang. "Hello?" I asked uncertainly.
The man smiled. "Hey, I'm Alex. I was told my brother was here, and I wanted to surprise him." Then Alex noticed Fang behind me. "Fangles!" he smirked. Fang walked up and stared down his brother.
"Alex." He said shortly. I shoved Fang. "You're so rude, Walker!"
I returned my gaze to Alex. "Sorry about that antisocial wuss. I'm Max." We bro-hugged, and he laughed.
"So you're the infamous Maximum Ride that Fang always yammers about." Alex grinned at me. I smiled back. It was weird, because he looked SO much like Fang, and he was showing actual emotions, so, it was really weird. He had black hair, but it was spiky, and dark brown shining eyes. He had the skin olive-toned skin as his brother, too. "That's me." We laughed, and Fang glared at his brother as I invited him in, and Alex sat next to me. I introduced him to everyone, and they all seemed to like him.
"What do you guys wanna do?" I asked.
"Movie marathon!" Iggy and Ella screamed at the same time. They looked at each other, blushed like mad, and looked down.
"Okay, what to watch?" Belle asked. We all crowded around the shelves of movies by the TV, and started shouting random movies. We would pick three.
"The Avengers!" Gazzy shouted. "Aw yeah man!" Iggy cried, and slapped him a high-five.
"The Notebook!" Nudge squealed. The was greeted by murmurs of "No." and "Never."
"The Nightmare Before Christmas!" Alex and I shouted at the same time. We looked at each other, and bro-fisted like bosses. I shrugged. "It's a good movie, and it's Christmas in two days." Nods greeted that.
"What about It?" Iggy smiled evilly. Ella cried, "Uh uh! No way, Jose! I am NOT watching a horror movie!" Iggy gave her a wide-eyed stare. "But Elly, clowns aren't scary!" he protested.
"No, Igs, you know that's a filthy lie. I don't wanna."
"What about Talladega Nights? You know Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby?" Belle quietly spoke.
I gasped. "Belle, you are my BEST FRIEND!" I shrieked, and hugged her. She hugged me back awkwardly. Fang feigned a hurt look. "But Maxie, I thought I was your best friend." He moaned.
"No, I am!" Iggy yelled. "Nuh uh. I'm her best friend." Nudge crossed her arms.
"Sorry, guys." Alex came up to me and slung his arm over my shoulder. "But I do believe that I am Max's best friend." I shrugged, and put my arm around his waist. "Okay." I agreed. Fang glared at his brother murderously, specifically the arm around my shoulders. I ignored it and smiled up at Alex.
"What about me, Maxie!" Belle cried. "You too, Belle." I smiled, and held out my other arm. In the end, we were all in this giant group hug, me, Iggy, Nudge, Ella, Fang, Alex, Belle, and Gazzy. It felt like the biggest Hallmark moment in history. Like a Norman Rockwell painting. He could name it, "The Hug of Friends", and then I would go kill him for spying on us and being a creeper.
So, then we decided we would watch The Avengers, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Talladega Nights. I popped The Avengers in the player, and it started. Alex sat on one side of me, Fang on the other. It felt weird. I could feel the tension in between the two boys.
At one point in the movie, the part where Loki goes, "You can't hurt me. I am a god!", and then the Hulk picks him up and repeatedly slams him into the ground, Alex casually put his arm back on my shoulder. Fang saw and, once again, glared at his brother. And when the Hulk started chasing after one of the Avengers, all crazy and controllable, I cringed into Alex's side. Fang slumped over on the arm of the couch. I felt kinda bad, so I put one arm around Alex, and the other around Fang. Alex grinned at me, and so did Fang. It was nice.
The movie ended, and we started arguing about which was the best.
"Captain America is totally hot!" Nudge squealed.
"Who needs hotness when you can fly and shoot lasers from your palms?" Iggy retorted, on Team Iron Man.
"Um, hello? What about Black Widow? She was all ninja and junk." Ella said in a duh tone.
"Hawkeye is like, like a modern cowboy." Gazzy pointed out.
"What about the Hulk?!" Alex asked.
"Hulk… angry!" I cried.
"Hulk… SMASH!" Fang replied. Alex, Fang and I high-fived.
Then I put in the Nightmare Before Christmas. When the theme song came on, I jumped up and started singing. Like weirdos, me, Iggy, Fang, Alex, and Belle all decided to sing the whole theme song. Booyah.
When the song ended, we all bowed, and Ella, Nudge, and Gazzy clapped politely.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you very much." I said in an Elvis Presley voice.
We watched the movie, and clapped at the end. I loved that movie.
Then we put in Talladega Nights. The movie began, and I gotta say, I freaking LOVE that movie. It's so funny. In sync, everyone said along with Walker, or Texas Ranger, whichever it was, "I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew!" we all looked at each other seriously for a second, and then we burst out laughing. We all laughed at other parts too, like when Ricky Bobby goes, "I'm on fire! Help me, Oprah Winfrey!" I cracked up so hard.
Fang and I noticed the time, and snuck away so we could get dressed for our date. I left on my dark skinny jeans- I mean, they were good enough- but swapped my tank top for a red cami under a black shirt with a silver spider web and spider on the chest. (AN: as soon as someone informs me how to upload a picture, the outfit will be on my profile)
I put on a little mascara and eyeliner, to appease Ella and Nudge. Then, just because I'm me, I put on my rainbow DC's. I walked out of my room to see Fang leaning on the wall outside of my door. He wore black jeans, and a tight black Linkin Park shirt. I raised an eyebrow at his shirt.
"What?" he whispered, grabbing my hand. "Just because I'm in a band, doesn't mean I can't wear other bands' shirts." I shrugged, and smiled tentatively at him. I was trying to let him back in. He was trying so hard, giving me space when I needed it, and listening when I needed to talk.
We snuck downstairs, and I quickly wrote a note on a piece of paper and left it on the kitchen counter. Then we ran for it.
Fang took me to a karaoke bar. My favorite. We sat down in the best booth. "You remembered!" I exclaimed.
"Of course I did, Maxie. I remember it all." He said in a husky voice. We leaned towards each other and almost kissed, when the waiter cleared his throat.
"You need anything?" he asked. We shook our heads. Not yet.
Fang got up. "I'm gonna sing you a song." He explained.
"People are going to recognize you, though!" I protested.
"Just wait." He said, and disappeared into the bathroom. When he emerged, he looked different, just not that different. He spiked his hair up, and had put in green contacts. With the spiky hair, he kinda looked like Alex. Hmm.
Then he got up onstage and picked a song. The familiar beats thrummed through me. The song Fang wrote for me after we split for a month, because we thought it wouldn't end well, and didn't want it to ruin our friendship. After he sang this for me we got back together because my faith was restored and we both thought we were forever.
My Lord. That boy knew exactly where to hit a nerve. My heart ached, but I pushed it away and thought, Who needs emotions anyway?
People screamed "Encore!" to him, and so he sang again.
I hoped against hope that he was singing about me. It was a sweet song from one loved one to another. Pfft. If it wasn't, I didn't say that, picture I said, 'Who needs sweet anyway?'
Fang ended his song with a smile at me, and walked back to our table during the thunderous applause. I stood when he returned, and hugged him. Then I got on the stage. The applause finally stopped.
I started singing the song softly.
I sang through Fix You by Coldplay, one of my favorite bands. Fang will hopefully get the meaning. I mean, how much of "When you lose something you cannot replace" show him? A lot, I know.
The slow keys on the piano stopped, and dead silence filled the room. I stood there nervously, and then clapping began. It was at least, if not louder, as Fang's. I beamed, and starting walking off, but then they screamed, "Encore, encore!" at me, and so I got back up and they cheered.
I didn't know what to choose. I wanted a message, but I wanted it to be kinda fast. A good beat. Then, I knew exactly what to choose. I told the DJ, and he smiled, and clicked on it. The beats filled the air, and I sang.
I decided to sing Better Than Revenge by Taylor Swift. It described my anger and plotting about destroying Lissa. Hehe. I mean, truly, I never saw it coming, I never would've thought that Fang would cheat on me, especially with Lissa. I mean, say it with me, 1, 2, 3,: EWWWW! Nobody? Aww. Okay.
I finished the song, and looked for Fang. There he was, smiling crookedly, clapping as loud as he could. He looked a little broken, though, probably because he finally understood a tiny portion of the anger I felt. He could never understand the hurt, or sadness. I strutted off, and walked back to Fang.
He stood. "You were great, Maxie." He whispered, and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear.
"Yeah, Max!" A voice boomed. I looked up, and saw the gang standing there. I smiled, and we all sat down. It was Nudge, Gazzy, Ella, and Iggy on one side, and Alex, me, Fang, and Belle on the other.
"Hey guys, I guess you got our note." I shrugged.
"Yeah," Nudge began. "I can't believe you just snuck out for a date and didn't let us help!" she shrieked, throwing her arms in the air, accidently whacking Gazzy in the face. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Gazzy! Are you okay?" Nudge cradled Gazzy's face, and he was blushing bright red. Oh, they probably like each other. Nice. He nodded, and blushed harder. Wimp.
"HOLY BEJEEZUS, JUST ASK HER OUT ALREADY!" I screeched at the same time as Iggy. We slapped a high-five. "Nice, bro." I said, nodding at Iggy. He nodded back.
"Max, you're such a guy." Ella snapped jokingly.
"Nuh uh!" I protested, and crossed my arms. We argued about that, everyone joining in.
Ella, Nudge, and Gazzy thought I acted like a guy, while Iggy, Belle, Alex, Fang, and I agreed I didn't act like a guy. Eventually we came to an impasse, and we said that I was a tomboy. I guess it worked. I mean, I definitely did not want to be classified as a girly girl. (AN: Nothing against them, but that's how Max rolls, remember?)
Then a thought occurred to me. "Why did you guys come if I said we were on a date?" I asked. "I mean, we don't barge in on your dates." I pointed out.
Nudge shrugged. "Alex and Belle wanted to come, and we couldn't say no to Belle's Bambi eyes. I know how you feel now, Max." She groaned, and buried her head in her hands. I patted her head nicely. "Then don't do it anymore, sweetie." I suggested.
"Not gonna happen." She mumbled through her arms. Crap. At least I tried.
Alex decided he wanted to sing a song, and walked on stage. He sang like an angel. Like Fang, but Fang was a tad better, probably cause all the practice. I didn't recognize the song, though. We all clapped, and I hugged him while Fang looked away, glaring at the ground. I slid in the seat next to him.
"What did the ground ever do to you?" I asked.
"Nothing, I just-" Fang was cut off by Alex gesturing for me to come to the arcade with him crazily from across the room.
"Sorry, Fang, I gotta go. Wanna come with?" I asked, gesturing to me and Alex and the arcade. He shook his head and sank lower into his seat. I made a split second decision, and kissed Fang's cheek and ran.
AN: That's it for today! I hope you liked it, and you'll see what's up with Alex and Belle soon, don't fret. Hehe, I said fret, like a grandma. Cute. Oh well. I'll answer your reviews, and then I'll do the SOTC (song of the chapter), and the QOTC (question of the chapter).
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SOTC: (try to guess the song in a review)
I find myself at your door,
Just like all those times before
I'm not sure how I got there
All roads, they lead me here
Guess and I'll give you a shout-out!
QOTC:
Have you seen The Terminator, and did you like it, and why?
(yeah it's technically three, but it's in one sentence, so it doesn't count.
Answer and I'll give you a shout-out!
Also, I'll tell the song and my answer to the SOTC and QOTC next time I update. Remember, more reviews, sooner I update. No reviews, I feel sad and mope and don't write cuz I'm sad. Just kidding, though I will be saddened by your lack of reviewing and hold off the Fax…. So REVIEW MY PEOPLE! REVIEW FOR THE FAX!
-Sky