Hey guys! So far I've had 7 reviews and I'm very happy about that. In this chapter we get to meet Iggy and Gazzy and Nudge!
Disclaimer:I do not own Maximum Ride. Sadly. But I do own the plot! But not the characters so, whatever.
Chapter 2: It's Just A Blood Nose!
My eyes snapped open. It was pitch black and I had no idea why. Shouldn't light be coming through the window? Then the events of yesterday came flooding into my brain. Oh, thats right. We moved. I don't have windows in my room anymore.
I gentally shook Angel awake. She slowly opened her eyes. I turned on the torch and set it on the ground faceing one of the walls. Finally we could see. "We have school today." I told her handing her a peice of bread. I didn't have one. I could last until lunch and eat some chips. That way the bread would last longer.
I got changed into a long sleved, plain, black v-neck shirt, and my faded, blue jeans. I then put my well-worn sneakers on. After pulling my hair into a messy ponytail, I handed Angel a long sleved dress and stockings, and her black, ballet fats. While she was changing I applied the nessasary concealer and put a few school books in our bags. I'd had them for a while now, hoping that one day we would go to school. Angel never has, and the last year I went was the year Dr. M died.
Angel didn't need any concealer. I had managed to get her to her room the last time I got a beating. She was safe.
I handed her bag to her and put the strap of mine over my head. I grabbed Angels hand and ever so quietly opened the door to the hallway. No one was there. I hurried Angel out of our room. We were free. I pushed Angel out the front door and was just about to follow when I heard someone clear their throat.
I turned automatically. It was Jeb. And he was drunk. He lurched forward and punched me in the face. Only he got my nose. It didn't break, but it was bleeding. Bad. Then he smiled and handed me a peice of paper. It had the name of our school on it. With one hand cupping my nose and the other holding the paper I turned and left, but not before I heard a rough "Have a nice day." In a sarcastic tone.
Angels eyes widened when she saw me. And almost instantly she pulled a tissue out of her bag and handed it to me. "Thanks." I said as I held it up to my nose. She took the paper and walked up to a boy who looked about my age. I followed her. What? We got beaten up ever day by our own father. Give me a break!
She handed him the paper and asked, in the sweetest voice ever, "Um, excuse me but, do you know how to get to Riverside All Ages School?" I know, weird name for a school, but there was a simple reason for it. It taught children from their first year of elementry/primary all the way to their last year of high school. "Yea. Thats my school. You two can just walk with me. I'm Iggy by the way." He said looking up. He was very pale, had very pale blue eyes and strawberry blong hair. His eyes widened when he saw me. I guess he had a good enough reason. My nose was bleeding a pool of blood.
"I'm Max and this is my sister Angel." I said. My voice sounded kind of weird because I couldn't breath through my nose. You know how your voice sounds wierd when you hold your nose? That's what mine sounded like. "Um . . . What happened to your nose?" He asked. On the outside I looked the same as before, but on the inside, I was freaking out! "I walked into the door." I lied. I knew he could tell I was lieing but he said nothing about it.
"Well, you can't go walking around all day with a bleeding nose. Come with me." He said turning towards one of the houses. Angel and I froze. Can you say, STRANGER DANGER! Iggy rolled his eyes. "To fix your nose." He said with a 'duh' tone. Ohhhhhhhhhh. With that I grabbed Agels hand and followed the weird guy.
When we got to the front door, instead of going strait in like someone would normally do when it was their house, Iggy knocked. "This isn't your house!" I all but yelled in his face. He shugged. Then a boy who looked about eight opened the door. "Hey Ig. What did you do?" He said looking at me in alarm. "I didn't do anything Gaz. This is Max and Angel." Iggy said gestruring at use. Angel waved. "This is The Gasman, Gazzy or Gaz as most call him." This time he gestured at the little boy who looked an awful lot like him except his hair was litter and his eyes where the same shade as Angels.
After that somewhat strange introduction, Iggy pushed past Gazzy like he owned the place. Well doesn't he just have great manners. Gazzy rolled his eyes, told as to come in, shut the door after us and asked the questione I knew he was going to ask. "So how'd you do break your nose?" I could tell he didn't want to offend me by asking but wanted to know. "I walked into the door. And It's not broken." He raised an eyebrow but otherwise didn't object.
Then Iggy came back with a first aid kit. We had to stay there for a while until my nose stopped bleeding and then I had to clean my face and reapply my concealer, so I made the classic excuse of going to the bathroom so I could clean my face and reapply my concealer. I was just walking out of the bathroom when Í heard a bomb and a shriek. Then I sprinted back to where I left Angel.
When I got there I was shocked at what I saw. Iggy and Gazzy were lughing so hard that Gazzy fell over, Angel looked confused and ran over to me, and a mocha skinned girl with dark brown hair stood drenched in what I hoped was water.
Then she started talking. "That is the last time I come to your house in the morning to walk with you guys to school. I have come to school wet at least eight times and that's not inclueding the whipped cream insident. OMG who are these people? OMG that little girl is so cute! She looks like a little angel! I love her hair. OMG! That older girl is soooooo pretty! You should let me give you a makeover! Then you would look even prettier, if thats even possible. What are you guys doing here? And why is the first aid kit out? What happened? how come I've never seen you before?"
I swear my ears were ringing by the time Gazzy put his hand over her mouth. Then I guessing she licked him because he jumped back screaming and wipping his hand on his shirt. I tried to answer her questions. "Where here because I had a blood nose and Iggy decided to come here to fix it. The first aid kit is out because I had a blood nose. I had a blood nose. Its our first day. Did I get them all?" I said turning to Iggy. He nodded.
"Well then. I'm Nudge." Wow, short sentence. "I'm Max and this is my sister Angel." How many times was I going to have to introduce myself today? "Well it's nice to meet you. Anyway. We might want to run before we are late to school. Again. " She added looking over at Gazzy and Iggy. Then we all sprinted out of the door and to the school as fast as we could without leaving onyone behind.
I know. Long chapter and it didn't really do much, but whatever. They had to meet Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge so there. I know what your thinking. What about Fang? Well thats a surprise for the next chapter. Ta-ta!