(A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while but I hope this makes up for it. I know it won't but it's better then nothing. Don't blame me if it sucks because this is more of a filler and after the next chapter or two we'll get into some more interesting stuff. So try not to blame me for the chapter, even if it is completely my fault- 'cause it is, to a point- I had a little writer's block and now I got some of my writing mojo back but I can't really do anything with this chapter because I can't rush it that much. That wouldn't be nice for you- ruins the effect :P)
Ella's POV:
I was so freaked out. The trespasser tried to get in my class. It was freaky. He had a deep voice and he tried to kick opened the door. It only went a centimeter but it felt like it went a foot. I was so glad that it didn't break the lock because what would happen then? I couldn't help myself, I screamed. I felt so girly that I screamed because a guy kicked a door but it so scary when it happens to you. The next time he kicked it I heard the boys scream in fright and I knew I wasn't the only one scared crazy and for that I was glad.
A while after I heard the hugest squeal ever and I had no idea who it came from. It sounded like a girl but could have possibly also come from a boy. It was so weird and I had to stifle a chuckle at it. It sounded so funny.
Awhile later the principle came on saying that the trespasser was gone. I was so relived and happy that no one got hurt and that the person didn't have a gun or anything. The teacher began teaching and before I knew it, it was lunch and everyone I knew was at the back table.
That is…
Everyone except Max.
I started panicking, but thought better of it. She was probably just in line for lunch. I already had my lunch so I went over there and sat down next to Ari. He looked at me and grinned and I looked away embarrassed. I don't know if I trust him or not, considering that he's an Eraser, but he seems like a nice guy.
Would Max be mad at me when she finds out I like him? Because with what happened at the house that one time, I wasn't sure if she was joking or not. Of course after Nudge and I attacked her I made it pretty obvious… Ugh!
Speaking of Max…
"Hey guys, where's Max?" I asked everyone. I had an idea but I didn't know if I was right. Nudge and Fang went ridged. I was now positive that they knew where she went. It was obvious to the good Erasers and me since we've been doing this thing forever, well I've done it for four years because of Max and I'm glad.
"Nudge? Fang?" I asked in an innocent voice. "Where's Max?" I asked them again. Nudge looked down at her plate, quiet for once. And a little…guilty. I tensed. I gave them both a hard look. I don't like not knowing where my best friend is. "Where. Is. Max." I asked them in a no nonsense tone. Nudge winced, but didn't tell me anything. I looked at Fang who was emotionless and was eating his food like nothing was wrong. Yeah right…
"What's going on?" Iggy asked. He was glancing between Nudge, Fang, and me. Oh, that's right, he didn't have this "training" so he didn't know that Nudge and Fang knew what happened to Max.
"Nudge and Fang know what happened to Max." I said simply and coldly as I gave them both the death glare. That's when Nudge cracked.
"Max got sent to the principles office in the beginning of first period and then a minute later the principle came on saying that the trespasser was on base and all and I was worried about her while Fang just helped Brigid up and clean her nose like nothing was wrong but I knew there was something wrong. I then heard a squeal and-" Iggy blushed and looked down. So HE'S the one who did it. "-I was so scared because I thought that it was Max but then I thought that that couldn't be Max because she never squeals, and then while everyone was panicking, especially Brigid, Fang calmed her down by…" Nudge glanced at Fang with a disgusted look. "By kissing her. She calmed down and then it became this full out make out session. It was disgusting." She said before pushing away the rest of her plate. Everyone on the table looked at Fang with disgusted faces along with betrayal.
"Glad to know that SOMEONE'S having fun while Max is MIA." I said sourly before standing up and walking out of the Cafeteria. That Fang was a bastard. Did he not have a care in the world about Max? Did he not care that she could be dead? I was going to kill him later.
"Hey, Ella, how's it going?" I heard a voice say to me. I jumped up surprised. I looked to the voice and saw Max standing a few feet away from me with an amused face.
"MAX!" I yelled happily and launched myself at her. She was surprised and blinked. I wrapped my arms around her in a hug and squeezed her tightly before letting go.
"What's that for?" She asked warily looking around for anything. I don't know what she would be looking for but I still laughed.
"Nothing it's just that Nudge told me how you got sent to the principle's office-we'll talk about that later-" She rolled her eyes but smiled. "And then how the principle came on saying that a trespasser was here and then when I saw the handle to my room and the guy trying to get in I was freaked out so when Nudge said that I feared the you were gone and then Nudge was saying how Fang had no care in the world and was making out with Brigid I lost my control and stormed out here." I said. Her eyes lit when I said how the guy was trying to open my door.
"No care in the world." Max said thoughtfully. She frowned and shook her head in disgust. "What kind of friend doesn't care about the other friend?"
"I know right, especially when a guy's trying to break into your room." I said rolling my eyes. Max tried to not show her smile but failed and just burst out laughing. It took me a second before I found out why she was laughing. "You! You're the one who scared the crap out me and my class!" I yelled and pointing at her. She laughed harder and I couldn't help but smile at my friend's carefree face. I haven't seen that face since for a while. It was nice to see she was opening up to me more than usual.
"Come on, trespasser, let's get back to lunch. I'm still hungry." I said grabbing her arm and dragging her to the Cafeteria while she was still laughing.
"El…you should…have seen…your…face." She gasped out still laughing as I opened the cafeteria doors.
"Come on." I said pulling her. She was still standing but it was hard for her to move because she was hunched over and gasping for breath with a full out laugh every now and then. I saw our table look up and was shocked to see me pulling Max but was even more was the Max laughing her guts out. I guess my expression was funny because Max looked at me and laughed some more. We were getting glances from other students so I hurried up on trying to get Max to sit down at the table.
"That…was so…hilarious." Max said once she sat down. I rolled my eyes at her and glared at Fang who seemed frozen at staring at Max. Oh…so it was all about the looks…wow…he has some serious issues.
"Yeah, sure it was Max." I said rolling my eyes. Max stopped laughing a bit and looked at me and smiled a full-blown smile. I only seen that smile three times and was shocked to see it now. This smile wasn't like the others. This smile lit up her hazel eyes giving it a light greenish, brownish, goldish color. I don't know how to describe it but it made her the most carefree person you could ever see. The boys all around that were looking at us started coughing on their food and choking. Her smile then vanished. Her eyes trailed over everyone before making a smirk. I laughed and the boys were still in a daze.
"I'm pretty sure that's the only time you guys will see it, so I'm not going to comment on you stupid reactions. It's just a smile for my good friend." Max said. The boys groaned and Max shot them all a death glare.
"Wait…so if that was for a friend then what would you do to a boyfriend?" Matt asked curiously. Max looked at him and her smirk turned bigger. She stood up without another word and started walking away. I laughed as I stood up. I looked at Matt.
"Trust me…the one time she did that the guy fainted." I said and laughed again as the guys, except Fang. "It was gold." I said before turning to Max. She was standing in the middle of the way to the door waiting for me to come.
I smiled at her and she made a small smile back at me. I went over to her and we walked out of the Cafeteria together and laughed. Today was going all right but I still feared that something was going to go wrong.
Max's POV:
I walked around the choir room. I had a tune stuck in my head and I knew it was for the guitar but the problem I didn't know how to play it. I got here before anyone else because…well…I just am, so let's leave it at that.
I finally had enough of it so I went to the electric guitar and began to tune it to my liking and not others'.
I began playing the tune inside my head and I began singing.
"I cannot find a way to describe it" I started and began to let the words flow out of my mouth.
"It's there inside; all I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away
What would you do, you do, if you knew
What would you do
All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away
I feel like I am all alone
All by myself I need to get around this
My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you
If I show you, I don't think you'd understand
Cause no one understands
All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle thins confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away
I'm going nowhere (on and on and)
I'm getting nowhere (on and on and on)
Take me away
I'm going nowhere (on and off and off and on)
(and off and on)
All the pain I though I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away
Take me away
Break me away
Take me away."
I finished the song and was glad that I finally got that tune out of my head. I have to admit I did okay on the guitar for someone who didn't know how to play. I looked around and saw that the whole class was there staring at me.
"Oh, sorry." I said before putting back the guitar and straightening the mike. "There. It's back to normal." I said before walking over to Ella and sitting next to her and Fang. Fang smiled at me but this time I didn't feel happy. I ignored him, knowing that he's just acting. He doesn't really care.
"Wow, Max." The teacher said after I sat down. "That was terrific. When did you learn to play guitar?" He asked me curiously.
"I didn't learn. I just picked it up and started strumming. Sorry if I sounded bad. I didn't mean to." I replied honest. Everyone starred at me like I was a freak- but I was one so I didn't mind all that much. "What?" I asked annoyed after five seconds of everyone still staring at me.
"Show off." I heard Brigid mutter. I looked at her and raised an eyebrow. She didn't do anything then because that's when Fang went over there and sat down next to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"You're better then her." He whispered in her ear. He must have forgot that I had enhanced hearing but I didn't let on I knew. She giggled and Ella looked at me. I shrugged my shoulders not interested. Matt then took Fang's place and smiled at me knowingly. I smiled back at him. We looked so much a like it was weird, but also comforting because I know what he's thinking.
"I wonder what's going on in that guy's mind. He shouldn't mess with Max's heart." I heard Matt say. I looked at him shocked. He looked at me curiously.
"What is it Max?" He asked concerned, looking around for trouble.
"What do you mean? You just said you want to know what's going on with Fang's mind and that he shouldn't mess with my heart." I silently whispered enough for only him to hear me. His eyes widened.
"I didn't say that Max. Remember? We can read each other's minds so I was thinking. Sorry." He whispered in the same way. My eyes widened but then I smiled. I forgot but this was easy now. Now in case something happened I could just read his mind and now what's going on, on his end. Max smiled at me.
"That's a good way to be positive." Matt thought at me. I rolled my eyes and looked at the teacher who was talking about how it was impossible to play the guitar without any practice and learning ability.
School ended quickly, to my pleasure, after the choir teacher's speech and all. Fang was now Brigid's official boyfriend and didn't have a care in the world for me. At first I was shocked. Not about the Brigid deal but the fact that he just didn't care about me. I guess he's just that kind of guy. Matt was being more friendly to me for my liking. I was enjoying his company and we had a better connection then anyone else here. From not from the fact that we could read each other's minds but also from the fact that since we look almost the same that we know each other's expressions very well.
"Hey, Max, want to see if we could read other people's minds as well as ours?" Matt asked me on our way to the car. I smiled at me and nodded.
"Yeah, but let's get home first. I don't want to get caught if you know what I mean." I said to him. He rolled his eyes at me.
"Of course I know what you mean. I'm practically you, anyway." He said sarcastically. I laughed a short laugh before I punched his shoulder playfully. He punched me back a little harder. I punched him back a little harder then him and he stumbled a bit to the right since he was on my right and I pushed him to the side. He looked at me with that same "oh, no you didn't" look I sometimes get. My eyes widened and a smile played on my lips as I began running to the car instead of walking. He ran after me with the same smile I had.
"Come back here!" He said playfully. I laughed at him and began to pick up pace. We circled the car before he wrapped his arms around my waist and spinning me around. I felt for some reason that I was complete. Like I found something I've been missing for years.
Happiness. He chuckled and I giggled as he set me down. He gave me a hug and I beamed at him.
"Guys." I heard Ella say. I looked at her. Matt's arm's were still around me so I could just see the position we were in.
"What to freak her out?" I thought at Matt. He looked at me.
"Talk at the same time, all the time?" He thought back at me. I looked at him and smiled. He smiled back at me and we then looked at Ella with the same eyebrow raised.
"Yes, Ella, dear." We said at the same time. Her face was a little weird and I tried not to crack up. The others except for Fang who was making out with Brigid a few meters away, were all staring at us in shock.
"It's time to go home." She said slowly and warily.
"Then why are you all standing there? Why aren't you in the car?" We asked again. Her face became a little more weird and we both smiled innocently at her because that's what we could only do since we couldn't laugh.
"Because you were…" Ella shook her head exasperated and started walking to the car.
"Very well then. Get in the car so you can sit on Ari and tell him your undying love for him. May we give you our blessings." We said again at the same time and her face turned red with anger and embarrassment. Everyone laughed except for Ari who was still staring in shock, this time at Ella. She started to say something but we cut her off. "You know it's true." We then looked at Ari. "You know you love her too." He looked away from Ella who's turn it was to stare at him.
They stayed like that for a few seconds before snapping out of it and getting the others in the car the same way we had when we got here, even though Ella and Ari were in an awkward position. I on the other hand wasn't. I rested my head on Matt's chest and saw in the corner of my eyes Fang stiffened. I didn't pay any attention to him though.
I had enough of his confusion and basically just him.
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