I'm so sorry that it's not Tuesday anymore! With Labor Day this week, I kind of have been off... you know how it is. But, Five Chapters! Oh my gosh! I love you all! By the way, I have a tumblr, and every once in a while I post Max Ride stuff, usually quotes. My URL is the same as my username on this. Just something to maybe think about following if your into that.

Chapter 5

MAX POV

The only thing other thing really interesting on that first day was lunch. The three of us seniors met outside of my art class and walked to the cafeteria together. When we got there and got our food, we found Ella almost right away. She was sitting with a little black girl at a circle table where six people could sit. Iggy sat right next to Ella and Fang sat next to the other girl. I sat next to Iggy.

"Hey Iggy. Hi Max. This is Monique, but she goes by Nudge. Who are you?" Ella asked, looking at Fang.

"I'm Nick Veleno. You can call me Fang, though. Nudge is my sister. You must be Ella. I've heard quite a bit about you today."

"Oh, so this is Fang! I've heard quite a bit about you, too!" She turned to look at Iggy and me. "Lissa is in my English class since I'm a year ahead and she's a year behind, Nudge is in most of my classes including that one. Lissa just went on and on about him. She thinks they are soul mates. And Nudge talked quite a bit about him, too. I'm flattered that you were talking about me, though, Max."

"Actually, it was mostly Iggy, Ella. And what is Lissa's problem with me? I've only talked to her twice and tried to run away from her both times." Fang said while starting to eat.

Ella blushed and looked away from Iggy. Iggy gave Fang a quick smile before Ella or Nudge could see it. "So how's your first day of school here at Bastidor High been Ella, Nudge, and Fang?" I asked, just to move on from the love-fest that was Iggy and Ella.

Ella and Fang nodded. Nudge started talking so fast, I couldn't even understand her. I got, good, this girl, this boy, Ella, Mrs. Hernandez, Mr. Edgeton, and hot, out of what she said. Fang just started laughing as Iggy and I just stared at Nudge.

"Huh?" Iggy grunted.

"She does that a lot. I call her the Nudge channel sometimes because she just talks and talks and talks. It takes a very skilled listener to understand what she's saying." Fang replied.

"Sorry. I just can't help myself sometimes." Nudge said ashamed. We all talked for a little while longer. Then Fang asked for Iggy's number so that he could text him to hang out sometime. We all exchanged numbers and decided on having a sleepover at Fang and Nudge's house on Friday. That was only two days away since school started on a Wednesday this year.

FANG POV

Oh, man. I'm really glad Nudge and Ella are already friends. That made things so much easier, and it meant I got to spend more time with Max. I thought asking Iggy for his number as guy friends, to get Max's was a pretty smooth move by me. And now she was going to be spending the night at my house! Man! I am just too lucky today! The rest of the day was pretty much the same as the first part. I just hung out with Max. We had all the rest of our classes together after lunch. I spent most of the rest of the day looking forward to Friday night. When the final bell rang, I put my guitar away and said goodbye to Max and Iggy. Then I found Nudge and we took off in my Audi s5 towards home.

When we got out of the parking lot, Nudge turned to me. "So, tell me more about Max. And Iggy, too."

I looked sideways at her. "What do you want to know? No Nudge, you can't date Iggy. He's too old for you and has his sights set on someone else."

"Dang it. Why do you have to be so protective? But I really wanna know about you and Max. You obviously like her."

"What?! What would compel you to say such a thing?" He knew he was blushing, he knew it was true, but he also knew that Nudge would tell Ella and Ella would tell Max and then Max would never even talk to him again.

"I won't tell Ella, or Max, or even Iggy for that matter. You know you like her. She is totally your type, too. She's not all flirty and girly like most girls your age. She's different, and you look at her differently than you look at most girls, including Lucy."

"Why would you say that? Why would you bring Lucy up? I'm so done with her. She broke up with me, remember? And I don't like Max. I think she's pretty, but I just met her."

"Fang, I didn't mean to upset you about Lucy. I was just stating a fact. You just let me know if you want me to do anything to help hook you guys up. I can't wait for you to get married, then Ella will be, like, my sister!"

I just stared at the road in front of me. No way was this conversation actually happening. Nudge just kept talking until we got home, I stopped listening ages ago. When we finally did get home I went upstairs to get started on homework. I hoped Max would text me. Oh no, I could not actually be falling for a girl this quickly, could I?

Another filler-y-ish chapter, but the next one should start to lead into more drama. I'm one of those authors where you have all this boring-ness and then BAM! Drama galore! I'll try to be on time next week. See ya next week homies!