…..

"We're going to the White House today," Meghan told me in homeroom, a week later.

I frowned. "Why?"

She shrugged. "It's just the field trip."

Across the room, Mrs. Daly was taking attendance.

"Jackson?"

"Here."

"Isabella?"

"Here."

Then me.

"Kate?"

"Here," I smiled.

"Meghan?"

"Here."

"Meghan?"

"I'm here, Mrs. Daly."

"Is Meghan absent?"

"I'm here!"

"Oh, there you are. Didn't even hear you."

The look on her face was priceless.

…..

We were on the bus to the White House.

Meghan had her headphones in, and would probably ignore me until we got there. Trying to interrupt her right now would be like poking a grizzly bear: Dangerous and stupid. But I did it anyway.

I poked her in the shoulder. "Meghan?"

She glared at me, then ignored me again.

I poked her again. "Meghannnnnnn."

She sighed and took out one earplug. "What?"

I actually hadn't considered the possibility that it would work. So I sat speechless. I thought she would just ignore me.

"I don't know," I shrugged.

Meghan sent me a glare that could kill. "You interrupted my music for "I don't know?"

"Umm…I guess," I answered.

"Whatever," Meghan sighed and put the earplug back in.

I looked around for someone to talk to, since Meghan was obviously out of the question. But all I saw was bitchy girl Tina and her "group."

I sighed. Looks like this would be a long ride. Which sucked since I knew that I could get there in like 5 minutes if I flew.

I guess I could just read random people's minds for fun.

Hmmm… how about Tina?

"Is my hair messed up? I think when the bus bumped it got messed up…."

I groaned out loud. I thought she would know some gossip or something, that's just boring and stupid.

How about….. Meghan?

"No don't intrude on her privacy. She's your friend, not someone you want to ruin the social life of," I mentally told myself.

So….. we're going for Melanie.

"Tina's such a bitch, I don't even know why I hang out with her…."

Finally. Something moderately interesting. There were no Erasers in sight so this would have to do.

For the rest of the ride, I just listened to Melanie's mind. It was like one of those soap operas, but it wasn't in Spanish. Decently entertaining.

When we got there, I saw Fang with that girl again. The "Red Haired Wonder", as Max referred to her as. What? I have mind reading powers and you expect me not to use them?

I called her "That Bitch." Simpler name.

Meghan poked me. "What are you staring at?"

I pointed at him.

Meghan's eyes went wide. "I prefer blondes myself," she said, trying not to laugh.

My cheeks went pink. "That's my brother, Meghan!" I exclaimed under my breath and shoved her.

She shoved me back and I couldn't help laughing.

"And did you not notice that little red-haired bitch, stuck to him like glue?" I rolled my eyes.

Meghan shrugged. "What's wrong with her?"

I suddenly didn't know what to say. I couldn't say "Well he kind of has a crush on my sister, and she likes him a little too but it's complicated."

So I lied. I'm pretty good at that.

"He has a girlfriend back in….. Missouri," I lied.

Meghan's eyes went a little wide again. "Well that was quick."

I couldn't help laughing again.

Then Max came over to me, eyes wide with panic. I scanned the room, where all the classes had gathered. It was a pretty big room to fit about 2000 students and faculty.

No Angel.

"Okay, I'll help you look," I told Max and followed her, leaving Meghan behind.

Max took a deep breath before heading to Fang, next to "The Red Haired Wonder." Nah. I still like the name "That Bitch," better.

"Nick, I can't find Ariel," Max told Fang. He scanned the room like I did, not finding her.

The girl smiled at us. "You guys are Nick's sisters, right?"

I nodded. Max nodded as well, but she looked disgusted.

"I'm Lissa," smiled the girl.

"Yeah that's great," I said indifferently.

Fang started walking in a different direction to find Angel, and Max and I followed.

I searched for her thoughts, concentrating on her voice. After about 10 seconds, I found her.

"Oh! Hi Snow!"

"Angel where are you?" I asked her.

"I don't know…. Oh here comes the president!"

"Okay…."

I turned to Max and Fang. "She got lost I guess, and she just saw the President."

Max looks quizzical. "Okay…."

Fang shrugged. "Let's just find her."

We headed back to the main room, where some Secret Service guys came in, followed by the President. The President was holding a 6 year old's hand. A six year old with curly blonde hair.

"Ariel!" Max called, looking relieved.

Angel ran and hugged Max.

"Max I got lost but Mr. Danning brought me back," Angel said.

Max looked up at the President. "Umm… thank you sir."

He smiled. "It was my pleasure. That's an extraordinary girl you have there."

He doesn't know the half of it.

Angel's teacher fell over herself, thanking the President and shaking his hand.

"Its fine," he smiled, and then turned to Angel.

"Don't be getting lost again, okay?" He told her.

She nodded. "Okay."

He smiled at her and left, waving at everyone, followed by six Secret Service guys.

I went back to Meghan.

She looked at me. "How many siblings do you have?"

I thought for a moment. "Six. And that's not including our dog."

Meghan nodded. "All right then."

And that concluded our lovely day.(FREAKING SARCASM)

Oh course, the next day wasn't much better.

The day was fine, nobody got in trouble, not even me!(FOR ONCE)

But right after school as we walked home, a van pulled up next to me.

"Hey kids, need a ride?" The guy in the passenger seat asked us.

"What, no candy?" Max practically snarled. And then he morphed.

Erasers. I went into a fighting stance, as did my fellow flock members. I glanced at the first one as ten came out of the van. Luckily, we were far away from school so nobody would see us fighting.

I jumped at him, delivering a roundhouse kick in the face, Chuck Norris style. He fell down with me on top of him as I punched him in the mouth, breaking some teeth. It was a weak point.

After I had knocked out my Eraser, I looked around. Everybody was holding their own, even Angel, who used her mind powers to make one of them run into a tree over and over until he fell down, unable to get back up.

After a few minutes, all that was left was Ari, and Max was taking care of him.

They circled each other.

"Nice uniform, it's a good look for you," snarled Ari.

"Where'd you get those wings? Walmart?" Max countered.

The other Erasers piled into the van, bloody and bruised. Ari watched them and turned back to Max.

"Guess it won't be today guys," he gave a wolfy smile. "Next time I'll let you eat the little one. I hear they taste like chicken."

Angel.

Max looked even more furious. She lunged at Ari, who dodged. Angrily, she turned, and ran at him, jumping and hitting him with a flying side kick.

She kicked him in the chest with both feet, knocking him down. Then she placed a foot on his neck, keeping him there.

"How many times do I have to kill you?" She snarled. "Rough estimate."

Ari looked crazed and angry. Max let him up. She knew she had won.

"Point to you this time," Ari croaked, rubbing his throat. "But I'm just playing with you, like a cat with a mouse."

Max rolled her eyes as the Erasers drove themselves away like a bunch of wimps. Serves them right. Max looked tired suddenly.

"Let's go home," she said.

OHMYGODIHAVEN'TUPDATEDINSOLONG! :O

I'm so sorry peoples, but I'm updating now and I'll make it a longer chapter.

And on Friday, I'm going on vacation on a week... so I can't update.

I got too into my other story...SORRY GUYS! I'll try and update more often!

Fly on,

Kate