(Chapter 6)
Fang's POV:
What the heck was Ella talking about? "It's not my secret to tell." That's just BS. It's like she thinks we AREN'T going to question her and Max or one of them once Max gets out of this blasted hospital.
I inwardly shuddered of having to cause Max this pain. If I would have just let Ella walk out of the house and go to Max without having to make her wait and listen to my stupid excuses to make her stay here. I made Max almost lose her life. I made Ella late to save her friends life.
She was right all along…
And I didn't listen to her…
I almost made her watch her friend DIE in her hands…
I'm such an a**hole.
"Chill man. She's going to be alright; she even woke up already." Iggy tried to reassure me, but it didn't work; I actually felt worse. She would have woken up even earlier if it weren't for me. She could quite possibly be fine already if it wasn't for me.
I starred at the ground at my feet from where I was sitting thinking of how it would have been if I didn't stop Ella. Everyone, especially Ella, stayed away from me. They knew that I needed my space and time to calm down. Ella just stayed away from me not wanting to talk to her friends almost man slaughterer. Ella seemed more relaxed then usual. She had seen Max before and that was when a few minutes later I heard Max yelling, "EELLLAA! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" I then saw Ella walking out of the hall with a big smirk on her face. Even if I wanted to know what that was all about Ella wouldn't tell me. She won't even talk to me.
All because of my mistake.
I felt a hand on my shoulder. Looking up I saw that it was Ms. Martinez.
"What?" I asked looking back at the ground. She sighed.
"The doctor said that we could all see Max now. They're letting her out in three days to make sure she's healing properly." She said calmly even though I knew she was freaking out inside.
"Okay." I said simply and stood up. No one else was here. They must all be with Max already. I walked slowly compared to Ms. Martinez. She was almost running down the hall to Max's room. Once I was there I waited outside, not wanting to be in a small crowded room. A minute later Ella came out. I looked at her with a expression that says, 'we need to talk'. She made a small sad smile at me.
"Hey Fang." She said, almost a whisper. I nodded my head.
"El-" I was about to talk when she cut me off.
"Don't say it Fang. I know that you're sorry for delaying me to save Max. It's not your fault. You were just trying to protect me." Ella continued after my confused expression. "It's not your fault you didn't know that was Max. You thought it was a serial killer or murderer and you properly thought that if I went out there then I would get killed or something." Ella rambled on and on about how it wasn't my fault and she had no reason to be so upset with me until finally I had enough andcovered her mouth like I do to Nudge all the time. She smiled sheepishly.
"I'm sorry. I'm glad you forgave me. Let's put this whole thing behind us?" She smiled and nodded her head. Everything was fine again…
Except the fact that we have to go to school Thursday...
And Max has to go… and STAY in class… and meet the teachers and the other kids
Oh, God, what will she do?
(A/N: I'm SO going to skip the whole period between the hospital and going home. It's just too boring. For me to write and for you to read. So I'm going to skip the next few days and going to stop when Max is at home and all.)
Max's POV:
"FINALLY!" I yelled spreading my arms wide and falling face first into the soft couch. Everyone just rolled their eyes and shook their heads at my maturity.
"So, Max…" Ms. M started. I started calling her that because Ms. Martinez was a mouthful. I wonder what job she has…wow…that was a random thought. I pushed myself up a bit, still on my stomach, leaning on my hands to look at her in the eyes.
"Yeah…" I said trailing off just like her. She smiled a small smile and looked at me.
"I know you're going to hate me for this, but…you're going to school." She finished very quickly throwing her hands up as if in relief and letting out a breath I guess she had been holding. "There I said it and now it's through. Max you'll start going regularly on Thursday the 5th." She then got up and walked away from me, leaving me there dazed.
I'm going to school…again…well I would have gone to school the next day after I skipped my first day with Ella, but then I got shot and all that stuff so I never went to school, the classes and all, yet. Just to the parking lot…so I guess this means I'll start going to school on Thursday the 5th.
I checked my brain for anything that would help me determine what day today was and how long I have before starting prison…
I got nothing after a few minutes. I shook myself out of my daze and thoughts and got up and started wondering around to find anyone that knows what day it was.
"Don't you think we need to tell her?" A soft voice asked. It was Angel. I then stopped where I was and went to the wall and leaned against it silently. I wanted to know who and what she's talking about.
"I don't know…maybe she's not ready for it." An older voice, but still female, voice said. Ms. M. I tip toed silently to them so I could hear more clearly.
"Do you really think that Mom?" A voice that was lower in pitch said. Iggy. "I mean, she just got SHOT and she's already acting like herself in less then three days practically. She can take knowing that you're her mom." My breath caught in my throat.
Ms. M is my mom? How the heck does THAT happen? And I'm not talking about how the babies are made I'm talking about the whole fact that I'M MS. M's DAUGHTER. I thought she was just another adoptive mom. Why WHY can't this all be normal? Then again, I'm not exactly normal…
I didn't care if anyone heard me as I got off the wall. I stopped trying to be quiet while they still continued their conversation.
"I know, but still. Emotional pain is more hurtful then physical pain, always remember that Iggy." Ms. M said. Her voice was soft and it was like she WANTED me to know.
I wanted to know too…
"I think you should tell her." Angel said popping back into the conversation. I walked faster to the voices that were coming from the master bedroom, Ms. M's room. I stood in the doorway looking at them directly. They still haven't noticed me.
"I think so too." I said looking at Ms. M. I mean…my mom. They all looked at me surprised. I made a simple, but sad shrug if that's even possible. Ms. M-MOM, sorry I need to get use to that, looked at me with tears running down her face once she saw it was me. She walked up to me, but it looked more like a run. Once she was close enough she wrapped me in a bear hug. She cried into my hair.
"I'm so sorry." She croaked at me still crying. I wrapped my arms around her in a tight hug. Unknown tears ran down my cheeks. Something in the back of my mind told me it was not safe to attach to people here, especially with the school here, but I ignored it. I was too filled with…happiness? Is that the word, for this?. I haven't used that word for my self in a long time.
I heard some other people walk into the room and gasp. I immediately interpret that to be Nudge. Other footsteps came and soon everyone was here watching Me and…my mom…hugging.
"Why?" I asked slowly in a whisper. She pulled back a bit to look at me. Her face showed so many emotions all together I couldn't make out them…except one…it was love…she loves me…do I love her?
"Why what?" She asked her face showed a tiny bit of confusion that I interpret.
"Why Jeb?" I asked more confident in myself. Her face showed recognition, as she knew what I was talking about. "Why me?" I added painfully.
"He seemed so nice…I didn't know he…they said you were dead." She said. The last part I heard silently. She was whispering it softly to herself more then me.
"Do you think I am?" I said rolling my eyes with a smile, but it soon went away when I knew that this wasn't the right time to joke.
"I did, but not anymore. I had realized that Jeb was a bastard when he didn't care about your 'death'. He went away thankfully." Mom said wiping a few tears away. She lifted a hand and wiped a few strands of hair out of my face. She leaned down and kissed my forehead. "I love you Maximum Ride." She whispered with her voice filled with so many emotions I didn't know that existed. I laughed silently. I hugged her tighter, not having heard those words from anyone towards me. I put my lips near her ear and whispered so soft and quiet that only she could hear.
"I love you too, mom." I was surprisingly comfortable with those words coming out of my mouth. They were so easy to say to someone you really do love. I then heard sobs and crying in the background and I slowly pulled away to look at everyone.
Nudge, Angel, and even Gazzy, were all huddled together trying to keep each other up crying to no end. Iggy was standing there looking in our direction with what looked like unknown tears rolling down his face. Ella was standing in the doorway with a smile on her lips. It was a sad, comforting smile, while her eyes shown with "I-told-you-so's". And Fang…he was standing there with a smile on his face. That's right you heard me. Fang was smiling.
It looked really nice on him…
He should do it more often.
-School-
Max's POV:
"Max! Get your butt off the bed and into the shower!" My mom yelled at me. I inwardly smiled but outwardly I groaned. I have grown more attached to everyone and somewhere deep inside me I knew that I shouldn't, but I tried to ignore it as much as possible. I was more opened but when it came to touching me then that was off limits. No one except my mom and Angel touches me. They can only pat, hug, and hold my hand. Nothing more.
I got out of bed, swinging my legs off the medium size bed and walked to my bathroom, (isn't that awesome? My own bathroom!) and got into a quick shower. The hot water was amazing on my skin and I opened my wings as much as the little space I had. I cleaned every feather as quickly and as clean as I could.
Ten minutes or so later I came out smelling what was supposed to be mountain breeze. I grabbed my shaver and shaved my legs and then I brushed my teeth, brushed my hair and all that stuff. I got out of the bathroom in just a towel when I saw Fang lying down on my bed looking at the ceiling. I quickly tried to cover up my wings that were showing. Unfortunately I made some noise and he sat up quickly and looked at me. His face looked a very tiny bit red, but it just looked like I was imagining it. And I properly was. He NEVER blushes as far as I know.
I put a hand on my hip looking at him with an annoyed expression.
"Is there something you want Fang? I kind of need to get dressed." I said gesturing to me in a towel. He nodded slowly, his gaze lingering a little bit down but he quickly snapped out of it. He looked straight into my eyes. His intense gaze mad it seem like he was seeing into my soul.
"Your Mom wants you down early and she wanted me to tell you to hurry up." He said simply and got off my bed walking to the door.
"Thanks." I said, walking to my dresser. I heard him close the door and that's when what just happened really sank in. All I could think was ohmygodohmygodohmygod He walked, well kind of, into me in a towel. A TOWEL. Not even me half dressed. No he caught me in a towel. He must think I'm a freak or something. Wait why would he think I was a freak? It's his fault that he didn't bother to tell anyone or let me know that he's here. It's not my fault that I was taking a shower on mom's orders. That's when I made my decision. It's not my fault, so it's his. He should have told me.
I opened up my dresser and got out some black jeans and a red shirt with a black skull on it. I put on a black windbreaker, the one with the barely noticeable slits, and started to walk downstairs.
Everyone, and I do mean everyone was already here. I went over to my mom who was reading a book on the sofa. I leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.
"Morning mom." I said to her before going into the kitchen. She smiled at me and nodded.
It's amazing how a week ago I despised these people and now I'm kissing my birth mother on the cheek. When did life start getting for the better?
Or worse?
Fang, Nudge, and Iggy were all in the kitchen. Nudge and Fang were waiting for Iggy to finish up breakfast. I sat on my regular stool, next to Fang on my left and Nudge on my left.
"Hey Iggy. What's for breakfast." I asked him in a nice voice. He stopped doing whatever it was he was doing and looked at me.
"Oh, nothing, just some eggs and bacon." He said simply before turning back to flipping bacon I think. I nodded my head even though he couldn't see it.
"What time does school start again?" I asked after a dew seconds of uncomfortable silence.
"Oh. That's easy. It starts at 8. That's in thirty minutes and the school is about a few minutes away so you have to get a head start. It's also helpful with the traffic into getting there. That comes to be troublesome sometimes'. It's also very annoying. You could be, like, a block away from the school and be stuck in traffic making it feel like an hour until you actually get there. But when you WANT to be late the-" I slapped a hand over nudge's mouth making her stop. I get it.
"Nudge seriously, one day you really need to shut up after the first three sentences." I said returning my hand and my attention to Iggy flipping the really good-looking eggs.
"Sorry." She muttered sheepishly. I rolled my eyes and almost jumped at the bacon and eggs when I caught a whiff of them. Iggy put them all on separate plates and set them down in front of us, saving a plate for him.
"Thanks." I said once I got mine. He purposely put more on mine since he knows I eat WAY more then any others. I dug in and it was SO good. I enjoyed it with a passion.
The next thing I know is that we're getting our backpacks and getting into Fang's car. The Porsche to be exact. It was very nice car. I'm surprised I didn't realize this before. We drove for a while and then stopped at the school. I wasn't paying attention to any of the signs because I didn't need to. I knew where to go so I don't care what streets there are.
Fang turned off the car and I got out slowly looking around searching for anything that appeared to be dangerous for my family or my friends. Nothing was bad except the fact that every single person in the parking lot was starring at me. I ignored the stupid looks I was getting from boys and the annoying jealous glares from the boys. I ignored everything. I kept an emotionless mask on as I started to walk to the school with Fang, Nudge, and Iggy trailing a little behind in a triangle. It looked like we were practicing this, and it probably made me look snotty and bitchy but I didn't care. I don't care about reputations anyway.
"Max!" a familiar voice yelled. I turned to the voice, stopping in my tracks. I then saw Ella running over here with a smile on her face. Everyone turned to look at Ella running to me. Some people had smirks on their faces thinking that she was just trying to get my attention and to get into the little gang I made. Thinking that I'll just brush her aside like trash. Idiots.
"Hey, Ella." I replied with a smile on my face. Her smile grew wider and she walked up beside me. We talked a little bit on the way to the office. As far as I know Ella is a new student too, except she went to school for a week before meeting me.
We, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Ella, and me to be exact, walked into the building where we got even more stares. Finally I had enough. I snapped.
"Take a picture. It'll last longer." I said angrily. And one boy had the stupidity to actually do that. I flashed him a death glare and he immediately put his phone away in his pocket.
Fang was clenching and unclenching his fists over and over again like he's angry. Probably from all the stares he's getting. He must be a loner type like me. I don't like these stares either. Ella was leading the way to the Office for me to check in. I was a little behind her and was looking around the school. So far I know where the Language Arts, Math, and Choir is. That was all I learned before being pulled into a small room with tan walls. Fang, and Iggy were standing on either side of the door practically protecting the door like bodyguards. Great…why the heck are they acting like this? It's not like I'm special or anything is there? This all sounds like something from a movie, right? Or is it just me?
"Excuse me but my friend here needs a map and schedule and locker number and combination." Ella said calmly and smoothly to the sectary there. The sectary nodded after looking at me. She went through something on the computer and some drawers before giving us everything we need.
We walked out the door and Ella showed me where my locker was. Fang and Iggy were both stiffening. One time a group of boys started eyeing me and Fang gave them what looked like his best death glare ever. Compared to my full raged one it look pathetic but compared to my mild death glare it looks completely deadly and lethal. The boys backed off and I rolled my eyes in disgust at them.
I wonder why Fang acted like that…he probably knew I didn't like the stares so he ended them…yeah…that's probably it…right?
"Thanks Ella." I said to her as we neared my locker.
"No problem. My locker's a little ways down so if you need anything I'll be right over there, okay?" Ella said with a genuine smile. I flashed her a grateful grin and stuffed my books and everything in my backpack in the locker before shutting it closed with a bang. Now I only had my schedule and locker papers. I looked at my schedule and saw that I had Language Arts Advance for homeroom. I looked over the whole thing and here's what I found.
1. Language Arts Advance.
2. Algebra Honors
3. World Geography Advance
4. Chemistry 101
5. Gym
6. Choir
What! Choir? I can't sing…I think…I never tried it out before…well…maybe once…
"You guys put me in Choir?" I yelled at them to no one in particular. They rolled their eye all except Ella.
"You sing awesome Max. Don't act so surprised. I've heard you." Ella said. She said the last part to herself as she looked away. I remember when I tried it…
It was so long ago…
"Hey Max, don't you ever feel like singing sometimes?" Ella asked me one day after coming home after a screw up happened with the orphanage. I smiled at the random and unrelated question and nodded my head.
"Yeah…" I trailed off thinking of stuff I wanted to sing but feared my singing was horrible.
"Whenever I feel like that I would sing "Cut" by Plumb. I heard that song before and immediately loved it. It was so good." She went on about how and where she heard it but I droned her out. I was too busy thinking of the time where I heard that girl sing "Because of You". It sounded sad to me…but I liked it a lot.
"…I got to see what's happening with my new foster parents. I want to see if they still want me or not. I hope they don't. I want to spend more time with you." With that she left and closed the door behind her. I sat on my bed thinking about the song that I had listened too. Before I knew it I was half singing the words.
"I will not make the same mistakes that you did I will not let myself 'cause my heart so much misery…" I started off very slowly but I stopped. I didn't like the voice that came through my ears. It sounded so plain and dull. I didn't like it at all. That was when I decided to never sing again.
I looked at Ella with fake confused. But I was so good at lying it really did look like I was confused.
"Since when did I sing?" I asked. She shook her head trying not to look hurt by the fact that I "didn't," remember.
I always remember…
(Chapter 7)
It turns out that Fang and Nudge are in my first period class. It was so boring. I just walk to the front of the classroom, say that I'm new, give personal information that I didn't do, sit at an empty seat, and then repeat with every class. So far in 1st period I have Fang and Nudge in my class. In 2nd I have Nudge and Iggy. In 3rd I have Ella. In 4th I don't have anyone so that class was really REALLY boring. And now it's 5th period where I think you deserve some information about what happened in there. By the way I have everyone in my Gym and Choir, which is 6th period. Aren't I lucky?
"What's your name, missy?" the coach said in a deep, low voice. I looked at him with amusement. Did he seriously just call me missy? I better teach this guy a lesson.
Fang must have seen the look on my face and answered for me. Smart kid.
"Her name's Maximum Ride, but call her Max." He said smoothly. The coach smiled and nodded scribbling something probably unimportant on his clipboard.
"Interesting name, Max." He mused before motioning us to go get ready. I stayed put and looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"I don't have a uniform." I told him after he just stayed put writing on his dumb piece of cardboard. He looked at me for the first time and nodded.
"SAM!" the coach boomed. A boy with shady brown hair and green eyes with flicks of gold and silver started walking our way. He was very cute if I might say…in the distance I saw fang glare at Sam. I wonder why…
"Yes Coach?" He asked trying very hard not to stare at me. Smart.
"I need you to take Max to get a uniform." He said simply. Sam nodded and motioned with his head for me to follow him. I did.
"Okay Max, we have three main sizes and if none of those fit you then we'll have to get specific." Sam mused probably thinking of something perverted. He lead me to small storage room that was filled with boxes. He went to one that was on the top and pulled it out with no problem. "Now you obviously need shorts and a shirt unless you want to go running around naked." He looked thoughtful and I smacked him on the head.
"Yeah I rather have clothes ON." I said rolling my eyes going through the clothes. I was a small youth in both shirt and shorts. Sam seemed surprised to hear my voice, but his eye shown something I never seen so I pushed it aside for later.
"Okay. You can come out whenever you're done." Sam said before going to the door and closing it behind him leaving me privacy. Well isn't he thoughtful?
I pulled out what I needed and changed into them. Very fast. I didn't want to miss anything important. I set my clothes by the door but out of sight. I opened the door and walked out. Everyone was sitting on the floor at the feet of the Coach. He was telling everyone what we were doing.
"So you can't hit anyone in the face or you're out. And you can't…" He trailed off as he realized that the students weren't paying attention. Their attention was all on me. The coach looked at me with a little bit of an annoyed expression. "Ugh…you know what? As long as no one gets hurt it's all right. Nick, Sam your captains. Pick your teams." With that he went to the storage room that held all of the equipment. "Sam chooses first." He added after him. Not even a second later someone called my name. I looked toward the person and saw Sam smiling at me. I rolled my eyes, but made a half smile at him. The other person named Nick was...Fang? Oh…that must be his real name…wow I'm stupid. Anyway Fang looked pissed like he wanted me on his team instead of Sam's. Weird.
I walked to Sam and stood next to him. Fang chose these people: Iggy, Nudge, Ella, Dylan, Lissa, Brigid, John, Zach, and J.J.
Sam chose: David, Jack, Michael, Corey, Alec, Summer, Sarah, Jackie, and Me.
We were apparently playing Dodge Ball. Ha-ha. My favorite game. The balls were laid out in the middle of the gym and when the whistle blew I stayed behind and watched everyone else run to get the balls. Everyone was throwing everywhere. I dodged everyone that was coming at me with ease. I didn't trust my strength to throw the ball. I knew that it would hurt the other person, and so did Ella. She looked proud at me that I wasn't throwing anything. She got out eventually thanks to Sam. He didn't know that she was my friend so I didn't react as badly as I wanted to. Whenever a ball will go past me I would catch it with one hand and get the other person out with it. I also used it to block other throws. Finally after what seemed like forever it was only me and Fang left…I wasn't surprised to find this out. He could certainly pull it off.
"Ready to lose?" Fang teased. I rolled my eyes.
"I don't plan on it." I remarked.
"You haven't seen what I could do." Fang said, cocky.
"You haven't seen what I could do." I said with a smirk on my face. I glanced at Ella. She smiled proudly at me and nodded. I can throw…this is going to be interesting. I turned my gaze to Fang. His face showed no emotion but his eyes held uncertainty. I picked up a ball nearby me and looked at Fang. He had already picked up a ball and was waiting for me to make the first move. "Come one big shot. Make a move. I get bored really easily."
"Fine." He muttered darkly before throwing a very fastball at me. I calmly duck and before he could even know it I threw with all my might at his stomach. It got there in less then a second and hit him right where I wanted it. He fell to the floor in what looked like pain with that grimace on his face. My team cheered and that's when the bell rang. I smiled leaving Fang there on the floor.
I quickly changed and met up with everyone at the door. Fang was trying not to hold his stomach while he sent me death glares. I just smiled at him. Iggy and Ella lead us to the Choir room that I'm going to hate so much.
Iggy opened the door and Fang and I went to the teacher. He was wearing a white shirt and jeans. Normal type of clothing.
"Hello. I'm guessing you're Max, right?" The teacher said. I nodded. "Well I'm Mr. Brown but you could call me Tommy or Tom. Since you're new I'm going to ask you if you could sing us a song." He said professionally. I nodded reluctantly. He motioned with his head towards the stage. My friends were flashing me encouraging smiles but they didn't do anything for me. It's not that I'm stage fright I just don't like having all the attention on me. "You can pick any song you want. I have everything you need on this computer." Tommy said pointing to a computer. I nodded thanks and went over to it.
Immediately I looked up Ella's favorite song. "Cut" by Plumb. Sure enough it was there. I smiled to myself and picked it. I turned my head to Tommy. I nodded and he called for everyone's attention.
"Class! Our new student is now taking her first step into Choir so I need you to listen and pay attention." Tommy said. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me. I pressed play and the music began to play…
"I'm not a stranger, no, I am yours
With crippled anger and tears that still drip sore
A fragile frame aged with misery
And when our eyes meet I know you'll see"
Everyone starred open mouthed at me. I hope to god I'm not that horrible. Ella had a little tiny tear roll down her face as I sang. She knew that I remembered. I always remember, Ella…
"I don not wanna be afraid
I do not wanna die inside just to breathe in
I'm tired of feeling so numb
Relief exists, I find it when I am cut"
I grabbed the mike the mike with both hands and sang with what felt like my heart. These were the things that happened to me as a child…Ella knew that.
"I may seem crazy or painfull shy
And these scars wouldn't be so hidden
If you would just look me in the eye"
Ella placed her head in her hands and cried silently. Nudge was trying to comfort her but it was no use. She loved this song but I'm guessing she didn't listen very much to the lyrics now. This song reminds me so much of me and Ella seems now to have seen…that she loved a song that reflects my pain and misery.
"Not a stranger, no, I am yours
With crippled anger
Tears that still drip sore
But I do not wanna be afraid
I do not wanna die inside just to breathe in
I'm tired of feeling so numb
Relief exists, I found it when I was cut"
I finished the song and without waiting for applause I got down from the stage and walked to Ella. I ignored the looks of jealous girls as I walked to her. She looked up at me and I made a sad smile. Nudge saw the conversation and got up from her spot beside Ella and went to sit beside Iggy. I smiled gratefully at her and went to sit down next to Ella. She hugged me sideways and whispered in my ear.
"You remembered."
"I always remember Ella. I always remember." I whispered back at her. I looked back at everyone. They were all too hypnotized or something because they all stayed in place look at where I was last.
"Guys!" I yelled at them snapping them out of whatever it was. "I'm not THAT horrible." I said annoyed. Tommy snapped out of it first.
"That was AMAZING!" He said at last. I rolled my eyes at his childish sentence and tone. "She's SO the singer for the band!" He added after a thought. That got my attention.
"What?" Me and some other person yelled. Mine was surprised. The other girls voice was a little bit of disbelief and hatred. I looked at the girl. She was in my Gym class. Her bright red hair was unforgettable. Her name was Lissa.
"Your giving that THING the spot!" Lissa yelled in frustration. Tommy looked annoyed and nodded.
"She was the best out of anyone in here and I think she deserves it. Now stop your whining and sit down." Tommy said with steel in his voice. Wow…this guy just earned my respect.
"Fine." Lissa grumbled and she sat down next to her friend that also had red hair…brigid…that's her name. She was also in my Gym class. Great…I had two red heads in my classes that I don't need. Terrific.
"So Max do you think you're up for it?" Tommy said turning his full attention on me. I shrugged. I was okay with it really, I just hope there's not a lot of people I have to learn. "Good, so now the band will tell you all about it." With that four heads turned to me. I was shocked. It was Nudge, Fang, and Iggy that were of the four. Wow…why does this feel like it was made? The other head was someone that I didn't know. It was a girl with long brown hair to a little past her shoulder blades. She also had hazel eyes and white skin. I also remember her. She was in Gym too. She got up from her spot next to a few other girls and walked towards us.
"I'm J.J. You sang very awesome, Max. You deserve the spot better then Lissa." The girl named J.J. said happily.
"Thanks." I said simply. "I'm pretty sure you sing okay too." J.J. laughed.
"Oh, no. I'm horrible. I can just play the piano and the drums. That's it. I sing so dull it's boring. Well enough about me." J.J said trying to back to the reason she was over here. "Let's talk about the band. You need a nickname…"
(Chapter 8)
"Hey Falcon." Fang teased. Yep, that's right. My band nickname is Falcon. We made it up and it felt weird to Ella and me. That was apart of me and now I'm being called that. Ella knew this. That's why she felt weird about it. But it also felt good. Like I was SUPPOSE to be called that. I don't know which one I'm going for. Weird or whatever. Right now the weirdness of it is winning. It turns out that Iggy is Sparrow, and Nudge is Phoenix. Fang is…
"Yeah, yeah, Hawk." I teased back trying to ignore the feeling in my stomach. Fang made a tiny Fang smile and rolled his black eyes. We were now sitting in the living room at my house watching TV. I got up and Ella and Nudge soon followed.
I stopped halfway to the kitchen so I could see the doorway and raised an eyebrow at them.
"We were just thinking that we need to go sho-" Nudge started happily, but I felt the sudden urge to get everyone out of this room and upstairs. Instinctively I gave Ella the look and she looked scared.
"Everyone upstairs. NOW." I said with my no nonsense tone. Iggy and Fang were coming over to see what's wrong but before they could reach me I gave them my death glare and they shrunk back to where they came form. "Get upstairs NOW. All of you." I said with my voice deadly. They looked concern but they did what I did. Iggy and Nudge were first to get out of my sight then Fang after he sent me a weary gaze. I looked at Ella with a sad smile. She made a small one back.
"Be safe Max. I don't want anything happening to you." Ella said before she ran upstairs. I sighed and went to the door. But before I could open the door it burst opened.
I looked at the person or thing that just came bursting through the door. It was the Erasers except there were only three. I sneered at them in disgust.
"Seriously? It's only been, like, five days and you're already after me? What's up with that?" I said with disgust and hatred. "I only been here for what seems like three weeks and you already found me? Dang, you work fast. Okay, lets get back to business. Why are you here? What do you want? And what the hell is wrong with you?" I said conversationally as I walked calmly to the kitchen and got out a drink like this was just another conversation with my mom.
My blood ran cold…she's at work now but she'll be coming home any second now. With these strange people here she'll want to know what's going on and then they'll kill her without a second thought. I shuddered inwardly at the thought of them tearing up her and my family. That would be horrifying. They all looked around and sat on the stools since there were only three of them. They thought this was an actual conversation. They were in their half wolf forms so I didn't know who they were. Usually they were all hot male models when they're in human form. I haven't met anyone who doesn't have the looks that the school gives the erasers.
"So the School sent you, huh?" I said pouring some of the Sunny-D in a cup. I even got the three of them drinks since I'm so nice. "Want some Sunny-D before I kick your butts? You need the Vitamin D."
One of them laughed. "It's Vitamin C." He pointed to the label on the carton…it did say Vitamin C. Dang it.
"The sun always mixes me up." I muttered. They chuckled a tiny bit. "Well you still need the Vitamin whatever before I kick your stupid Eraser butts." I said louder. Their faces showed shock.
"You think we're Erasers?" Another asked. I looked at him like that was the most obvious thing ever.
"Yeah…you're a wolf and appeared at my doorstep. What do you THINK I'm talking about?" I said in a 'duh' tone.
"I don't know but we're not Erasers. We were screw-ups. We were suppose to be the most advance Erasers but we came out with different stuff." One said and with that they all changed back into humans. They were half-naked in only shorts or Jeans. I was surprised. Usually when an Eraser changes it doesn't have clothes on afterwards. I shuddered inwardly. That was an unpleasant thought.
So these guys ARE different.
That still doesn't mean I trust them.
They were also not the hot male model type, but they weren't ugly either. They were just a little cuter or handsome then Fang but nothing more…wow…did I just compare them to Fang?
"See? We're different. We don't go around killing any bird-kid we see. Sure we got advance smell, that's how we found you, but that's about it. We can change all the way into a wolf and have advance smell. That's it." One with blonde hair and blue eyes said. He was the only one of the group that had jeans on. "I'm Kyle, by the way." He added. I nodded warily at him. I looked at the others and raised an eyebrow.
"I'm Ari." One with brown hair and hazel eyes said.
"And I'm Max." The last one said that had dirty-blonde hair and brown eyes…just like me…he also took my name too…I'll make him pay for that…
I looked at him and cocked my head. He looked a lot like me in a way. He was starring back at me in that look of wonder on his and mine faces. The others were looking at us incredibly. We seem like brother and sister. Except this brother had the genes of a wolf in him and I'm not sure I like that.
"Where did you come from?" I asked all of them tearing away my gaze at Max. They all straighten with dignity and had proud grins on their faces.
"We came form the School. We escaped a few weeks ago and went into search for the Maximum Ride the white coats talk all about. They would show us your picture and then make us hate you. We were failed experiments so we don't have the hate stuff in us. We're more of a negotiating group. But if nothing can be negotiated then we kick your butt, but we don't kill you. We could never kill anyone." Kyle explained. He talks a lot. He'll get along well with Nudge. If he proves his loyalty that is.
"Max?" A familiar voice asked. I looked to the stairs and there I saw everyone there starring open mouthed at us. I then realized that Fang was the one who said my name. I went around the corner and stopped at the other Max's side. And let me tell you know that they all had eight packs. So that wasn't very good for the situation I was in. How would YOU react when you find your friend in a room with three hot guys with their shirts off and with an eight-pack? Be a little weird right?
"Yeah?" The boy Max and I said at the same time. Our voices intertwined together making a sound that sounded so weird but in a good way. We looked at each other and both raised an eyebrow. Then we got an irritated expression our faces because we were both doing the same things. "Stop that!" We shouted at each other. We looked shocked but we recovered quickly with an emotionless mask. "Me?" We said at the same time. "You're the one who's copying me!" We said again at the same time. This time we both had enough. We raised our hands and aimed for a punch. We both blocked it the same way. This is getting so annoying.
"Stop!" A new voice said. We stopped and stood up straighter and held our heads up high with what looked like dignity. We then both looked at the person who said to stop. It was Ella, as usual. She looked at all of us, Max and me looking the same and saying the same stuff at the same time without meaning to, Kyle and Ari standing to the side getting away from us. Her gaze lingered a little longer on Ari, but I wasn't going to comment on it.
"What?" Max and me asked. I rolled my eyes along with him. This whole thing of us doing the same thing was getting very annoying.
Ella's gaze went to me. "What's going on?" She asked simply.
"Yeah what IS going on?" Iggy asked rather annoyed. Fang and Nudge had weary looks on their faces. Max and I shared a glance. I then looked at Ella with a question on my faces. She gave a nod and I sighed. I looked at them all.
"Okay. I think it's time for you guys to know…"
(A/N: I hope you like that long chapter. Those were meant to be three chapters but since in didn't update in awhile thanks to school I think it's safe to let you have all of them. I'm going to tell you the truth though. I'm not going to do this very often. Maybe once every three weeks or something. I'm just saying that if it takes me more then ten days then it's either three chapters or more or it's just this insanely long chapter I thought of. I also should let you know that this was a little less then 8,200 words just like I said I would. Don't blame me for taking FOREVER and for the fact or thoughts that this may seem like I did this all out of the blue, but trust me all this is tied into one thing and that's for later. As you may have guess I'm not very big on defining stuff and that's going to cost me, and that I'm more of an action and conflict person or I want to be that is. Please no nasty or mean reviews, I can tell you that, THAT is not what I need at the moment. This is a first time thing so later on it'll get shorter and shorter and better and better. Fly on Followers! Ha-ha, just a joke peoples.)