Max

I can't believe that just happened. Seriously, I cannot believe what my eyes are showing me. It's just...screwed up to say the least.

Fang

I should have seen this coming. This really doesn't surprise me too much. I'm sure you're confused. Let me explain. I meet Lissa at lunch and lead her over to the table where Max, Iggy, Ella, Nudge and Gazzy are. They greet her and are exceptionally nice-even Max. Things are going good at first. Then Dylan makes a grand entrance into the cafeteria and comes to the table. He grins at me and winks at Lissa. She blushes.

Why is she blushing? I wonder.

Then Dylan decides to make an appearance at our table. "Hey cutie, do you like the work I did on the loser's face? I think it's a big improvement." Dylan tells Lissa.

"If you can't tell, that girl is already taken Dylan. Go make someone else want to vomit." Max snaps.

I love Max, she's so tough. Whoa, hold the phone. I'm not supposed to think like that. I think.

It's true though. A voice in my head says.

I'm not supposed to have a weird voice in my head either-only Max. She told me about hers once. I think.

Anyway, Dylan smirks at Max. "Aw, did you want me to flirt with you too?" Dylan taunts.

"Sure, if you want another black eye." Max retorts, glaring at him.

"Sweetie, you said Fang did that." Lissa says.

Dylan turns red just as I blink. Sweetie?

"Sweetie?" Everyone gasps...well, except me.

"Yep." Lissa smiles at all of them. Then she smirks at me. "This is how you're supposed to kiss someone Fang." She kisses Dylan on the lips and they proceed to make-out.

There's movement from the other side of the table and I see Iggy, Ella, Nudge and Gazzy all trying to hold Max down.

"What is wrong with you?" Max demands, glaring at Lissa and Dylan as she tries to escape the clutches of our friends.

Lissa stops kissing Dylan and looks at me. "Nobody would want to go out with someone who gets beat up all the time and won't give them any real kisses. Besides, you're not even that interesting, you never talk and I only dated you because you look hot when you aren't covered in bandages. Later Loser." Lissa says, taking Dylan's hand, leading him to her table.

I never really liked her too much but...ouch. It still stings a little. It sorta reminds me of what the foster parents would tell me as they beat me.

I turn around and look at Max. She's watching me, concern written all over her face. "Do you want me to get rid of them?" Max asks.

I shake my head. "No, it's no big deal. I really didn't like her that much." I tell her.

"Okay, but if you change you're mind, feel free to ask." Max smiles, clearly trying to lighten the mood.

"So, what are we gonna do to get them back?" Iggy asks.

"Nothing." I say.

"Why?" Nudge asks. "They did something to hurt you so they deserve to be punished. It's like a law! You know that 'what goes around comes around' thing or the 'you get what you give' thing or a mixture of both. Right? We need to do something in retaliation or else we'll destroy the balance of the universe or something majorly important like that. Or we'll ruin the high school code of conduct: someone hurts one of your friends, you make them regret it. And mmph!" Iggy covers Nudge's mouth with his hand.

"Nudge, power-down. We're gonna do something now chill out. Cool?" Iggy tells her.

She nods even though we all know it's hard for her not to talk. That's why her mom put her on the debate-team.

Max

Fang says he doesn't want to get revenge for Lissa cheating on him with Dylan and Nudge uses her motor-mouth powers to say why we must get revenge and how it will destroy the balance of the universe or something dramatic like that if we don't. Anyway, Iggy makes her calm down and we all come up with a bunch of different ideas for revenge. I have my own idea but I want to discuss it with Fang privately. I'm not sure if he'd want to go for something like this.

After lunch...

The last period is taking way too long. I can't talk to Fang because he sits on the other side of the room but I can't really concentrate because I so desperately want to talk to Fang. When the bell rings I yell, "Yes!"

The whole class looks at me like I've gone insane but I really don't care. I quickly throw all my stuff into my backpack and Fang and I walk to the bus together.

The bus ride takes too long too. I can't suggest this idea in public. That would be bad and would totally ruin everything.

When Fang and I finally get off the bus Fang asks, "Do you wanna come over today?"

"Sure, let me just check with my mom." I reply.

I text my mom and she says she's fine with it. Of course she's fine with it-it's Fang. She met him and thought he was really nice and polite.

Fang and I sit on his balcony and he watches me for a while. I wonder if he wants me to talk first but I really don't know how to suggest this idea.

"You look like you're going to explode. It might help if you start talking so I don't have to clean the balcony later." Fang suggests, smirking at me, only half-kidding.

"Okay, I was thinking that for revenge we should pretend to date. Lissa wants to make you jealous and Dylan hates both of us. We already hang out a lot so it would be easy to fool everyone." I say.

Fang's quiet-more so than usual and I wonder if he can see my crush on him-but that's not why I suggested it! Well, maybe it's a contributing factor but still!

Fang

Max suggests we pretend to go out to for revenge against Lissa and Dylan. My logical side tells me that this is a good idea because Lissa was already very jealous of Max and Dylan hates us both. It'd be the best way to get under both their skin. The not-so-logical side is pulling a Nudge, making my thoughts quick and frantic. Watch:

Why did she suggest that? Has she been waiting for Lissa and me to break-up or is this really just for revenge? This is probably just for revenge to Max-for now at least. For me this is my only chance to get Max to notice me as more than a friend. Maybe this will turn out great and I'll be able to have the guts to tell her how I really feel about her. Or maybe this will be a horrible thing that makes her hate me...I really hope it's option número uno or else I'm in big trouble.

I can assure you that no calm person thinks like that. Also, no calm person has an annoying voice in their head contributing to the frantic, two-sided thoughts in their head.

This may be the only chance you get. Are you going to take it or are you going to leave it and regret it everyday? The voice says.

Great, fortune-cookie crap. That's always fun. I think.

"That sounds like a good plan." I tell Max, glad that I sound calmer than I feel.

"Okay, so should we tell the others or keep this to ourselves?" Max asks.

"No, we should just keep this to ourselves. Where should we announce it?" I answer.

"We could just come to school and hold hands everywhere. Then I guess we just go from there." She says.

"You know that dance is coming up soon, right?" I ask.

"What dance?" She asks.

"Homecoming I think. We should make an appearance there. Let everyone see us together. That way there wouldn't be any suspicions." I suggest calmly even though I'm freaking out inside.

"Okay cool. Except, there's one problem." Max says.

"What is it?" I ask.

"I don't have a dress. Also, do you have a suit or something like that?" She asks.

"No, we're gonna need the others to help us with that so we're gonna have to convince them too. Unless you like dress-shopping?" I say, smiling when Max gives me a dirty look because of the last part.

"Yes we're gonna need their help because I don't like dress-shopping." Max says.

I laugh, leaning back against the chair.

"At least now we have a plan." Max says.

"Yeah." I agree. I have a plan too, it's top-secret so nobody can know about it-not even Max. My new mission is to get Max to fall in love with me. It's an impossible mission but I still have to try. Now that Lissa's out of the picture I can actually try to get Max to see me as more than just a friend. That's my new mission. Hopefully it isn't as impossible as I think it is.

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