Chapter 2 of New In Town!!:) so, I'm still making this up as I go along, so tell me if I need to add more or change anything. ENJOY!!:)
Disclaimer: James Patterson owns Maximum Ride, I only own the plot and the characters I make up.
As soon as I got home, I went to my room. I got out the small amount o f homework I had, mostly just papers I needed to fill out. After I was done with those, I started reading my book, Maximum Ride. It was amazing. It was about a girl, named Max. Like me! And Fang, and Gasman, and Iggy, Angel, and Nudge. They were so different from everybody else, and I felt like I could relate to them. Outcasts, loners, hunted, but still had family and love. Though they were hunted and tortured, it wasn't like they were really missing out on anything. They had each other, and they were completely free from parents and rules. I envied them. I kept reading about Max and Fang, and how they obviously loved each other but they wouldn't admit it. It was an intriguing story. Ari, Jeb, the Director… I was addicted to the book. I read about 20 chapters, then went down for dinner.
We had a "normal" family dinner, me, my sister, and my mom. Mashed potatoes, chicken, broccoli, that kind of stuff. It was pretty silent at the table, for me at least. Ella was talking her head off, all about the cute boys, the mean girls, the cool teachers, the grumpy ones, everything that comes with a first day at school. I just ate in my silence, and thought about Drew and Angel. At least I would have somebody else to talk to tomorrow. Maybe I could even make a new friend… or not.
"I'm done. Night." I pushed my chair back and brought my plate to the sink, then put it in the dishwasher.
"Max, you're done already? Well, that was fast. Okay, so, well, um, goodnight, sweetie I'll see you in the morning…" I could barely hear her, because I was already up the stairs and headed towards my room. I shut my door and got back to my book, forgetting about my friends and life that I had left behind.
I had lived in Oregon for my entire life, and moving to California was so crazy. Oregon: cold, snowy, windy, rainy, and sometimes sunny. California: sunny. That's it. Beaches, bikinis, surfing… but I wasn't as happy as I should have been. I missed my friends, my house, my life. And now, I was here. New everything. And let me tell you, I wasn't too happy about that. But, for my first day I was doing ok… so far. Some of my best friends weren't trying to keep in touch with me, and some of the boys were trying to get in touch with me. I wouldn't get a Facebook (™) or a MySpace (™). They creeped me out, and I never would have the time to update them. I was emailing most of my good friends, but my best friend ever wouldn't even talk to me. She was apparently mad because I moved, even though I had no choice. My dad had died, and that was why we had moved in the first place. You would think that best friends would support you in a time like that, but not Layne. Nope. She just told me to suck it up and move on. I didn't know why I called her my best friend if she was always telling me to get over myself… but now she wasn't even talking to me. I had emailed, called, and texted her over a million times, at least, but no response. I just sat on my bed, reading my books. I had read at least 10 in the week we had been in Sacramento, each about 300 pages. My reading scores were probably going to go up about 3 grades. The reason I went to books was because they were like a safe haven for me. They brought me to a world where I didn't have to deal with my problems, but mostly just somebody else's. I could lose myself in something that I didn't have to deal with, but I could learn from their mistakes for the future. What not to do. My life was turning upside down, and I didn't want to deal with it.
Okay, well, it's not very good. And it's really short. But I couldn't think of anything else to talk about, and I felt like putting in some of my own POV on stuff. Like the books, and the Maximum Ride. :P How did everyone like that little book part on Maximum Ride? I couldn't help but put that in there. Review and tell me how you like it! I love reviews!! :D
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