Maximum Ride and Twilight don't belong to me. Sigh.

Finally a new chapter! Sorry I didn't update sooner.

Song I was listening to while writing this is What you don't Know By Jonatha Brooke

I don't own that ether. :(

My eyes squinted against the light shining in from my bedroom window, and adjusted quickly. Edward had promised to pick me up for school and I had only minutes before he came. I hopped out of bed and pulled my clothes on as fast as I could. Dressing in a nice blue top and some comfortable jeans. Then threw on a jacket on my way out the door.

I rushed out the door after packing my stuff and skidded out to the side walk. There waiting for me wasn't Edward's Volvo, but Alice's Porsche.

"Oh," I breathed. I had seen the car before obviously, but I don't think that the good people of Forks would be as causal about it.

"We don't have all day Bella, hop in!" Alice said cheerfully from the driver's seat. Edward sat beside her looking very much like a pouting child.

I slipped in the car and turned towards them.

"Hey Alice why are you driving today?" I questioned suspiciously. Alice pulled smoothly onto the street.

"I just wanted to get to drive my baby," she said and patted the steering wheel.

"Suure." Like I would believe that when she had an innocent mask on. "Why are you driving today really?" I demanded. Alice smiled slowly. And then grinned a humongous grin.

"Were going shopping!" She squealed. But I think she saw my look of horror and turned to me, while still driving perfectly. "It will be fun Bella, I promise." I didn't believe her. I was at the end of my tether and starting to get grumpy.

"No." I said huffily.

"No?" She said her face still in a grin.

"NO!" I yelled. Then realized what I had done. Alice and Edward who had been silent through this conversation (trying not to get on Alice's bad side I assume) turned and looked at me. "Sorry." I said once I was calmer. "I didn't get very much sleep."

"It's okay." Alice said but her face had lost its warmth. I kicked myself mentally. Way to be a jerk Max.

Edward was around the car and opened the door for me quickly. I looked around but everyone's faces were turned towards the car rather than the people getting out of it.

People were so funny about cars, liking the "better looking" more expensive ones. I personally could care less about how much a car cost or how it looked. Which made sense considering if I could I wouldn't use one at all. But my family liked their cars and I didn't care, because they were my family.

"Family is important Max." The voice rang inside my head, and I jumped and stopped walking. Then came the pain. My head was exploding, right in the parking lot and no one was stopping it. Why couldn't they just kill me and stop the pain. I held my head in my hands and slipped down to the ground, or at least I would have, if Edward hadn't been supporting me.

"Family is what keeps you together." The voice spoke through the pain. I clenched my teeth together. Shut up. I thought to it. Then the pain disappeared as fast as it had come. I stood up, a little wobbly.

"Are you okay?" Edward asked my with a concerned look on his face. I nodded once. "If you like we could go see Carlisle."

"No I'm okay" I said a bit shakily. I stood and nearly fell over. Edward steadied me and pulled me in the direction of the school. Then the whispering started.

Jessica had seen my little "episode" and was off to spread some gossip about me. Probably that Edward had knocked me out in the parking lot, or something of the sort. I sighed, stupid gossip. Didn't they have more important things to do? I walked into the school focusing on Edward so I wouldn't hear the whispers.

School is torture. I have had the worst experiences in the abnormally smaller than normal amount of time that I have been going to school.

There was that time when my flock and I had gone to school and Someone had been kissed by this red haired wonder. Not that I was jealous. And I got asked out on a date by this possibly evil guy. I don't know if he really was evil or not. Then I sat next to this one guy that wanted to kill me. That didn't turn out so bad but still, he did want to kill me so that counts as unfortunate.

But normal is the only word that would describe how my day went up to lunch. Normal. I listened to my normal teachers and did normal school work and was normal; mostly. By the time lunch was here I was itching to go and talk with Edward. The day had been so boring. I wanted something to happen.

Of course I probably shouldn't have said that; because when I got to the lunch room and glanced around for the Cullen's, there were three new kids sitting in the cafeteria, looking bored and just like…oh crap. I said the last part out loud. There was my flock or at least part of it. They looked up at the same time. The three of them looking older than I could imagine them. Yet so very the same. They started to stand. And I ran.

Oh, my god! I didn't know that the Flock was going to her school. Really, the characters take control. They are the ones who are running the circus as I would say.

Who knows what they will do next.

TTFN. -Cistine