Journal NOT a Diary!!!

Max's Journal

April 21, 2010

Let's just say, I'm never putting that junk on my face again. Ella was gone, back to her friend. When Bella and Is came back, they were steaming. Fang was in his room, probably listening to his new girlfriend Selena Gomez. "You!" Bella hissed when she saw me in the living room. She huffed and stomped over to me.

I frowned. "Me!"

She slapped my face. Bad idea. I scowled as I looked at her. I stood up do fast the recliner tumbled over punched her, her nose cracking. Bella touched it with three fingers and screeched when she saw they were bloody. I didn't even hit her that hard! It would have just made an Eraser stumble! I keep forgetting that humans are much more fragile!

"Don't hit my sister!" Is screeched, lunging at me. I punched her in the gut with all my strength, making her fly across the room and slam into a table.

"CAT FIGHT!!" Fang yelled from the doorway, coming in to see what the noise was.

"NEVER....SLAP....MAXIMUM....RIDE!!" I screamed at Bella between punches.

We all froze when we saw the key lock in the door turn. My eyes widened, Mom was back! Bella's face was bloody, Is was gasping for air, and the table was split in half. I swallowed. Fang ran I threw the broken table pieces out the window, shattering it.

"Get off me!" I yelled, slamming myself in the wall. Fang ran back in with a black sock on his head and slid in front of me. I put on my best panting face as the door threw open.

Mom screamed. "What happened here?"

"Thief!" I said. "Break in! I took down this one, but his friend stole the table and threw....a vase out the window!"

"You better be careful now!" Sam told Mom, nudging her. "Sometimes they come back!" Then she caught sight of Is and Bella.

Mom ignored her. "Where are the others? Are they okay? Are youokay? How did they get in? Did they still everything else? Where's Ella?" Mom was hyperventilating.

"Calm down!" I told her. "The girls are at the mall and the boys are at the Civil Museum. And Ella's gone, remember? But....he got Is and Bella."

"LIAR!" Bella yelled, pointing at me. "SHE'S A LIAR! She attacked me, and punched Is into the table, and threw the table out the window! And that.....thing on the floor is Fang!" Fang was about to say something about that before I kicked him hard in the side. "Fang put a black sock on his head and laid down!"

Mom paled but burst out laughing. "No fourteen year old girl could be strong enough to break a table, much less throw it out the window!"

"It's the truth, Ms. Martinez!" She turned to her mother, who was coming at her with a warm rag. "You believe me, don't you, Mom?"

"She's telling the truth!" Is said, regaining her breath. "That's Fang on the floor! And Max is just....mad!"

Sam sighed, wiping blood of Bella. "I wish I could believe you, dears, but you're story is way to unrealistic."

"It's the truth!" they both yelled.

"Well," Mom said, crossing her arms. "Let's see about that!" She walked over to Fang and bent down. My breath caught in my throat. She grabbed the end of the sock and jerked it off. My breath came out in a sigh of relief. Fang was smart enough to put on Gazzy's Halloween mask of an unconscious man.

Bella screeched. "But how--and you--and he--WHAT?"

Is stepped up and put a hand on her sister's shoulder. "It's okay Bella. We know the truth." She squinted her eyes at me.

"Yeah, we know the truth! And we're TELLING you the truth! Fang has on a mask!"

"Give it up, Bella!" Sam said. "Now go to the bathroom and get cleaned up."

But--"

"Go!"

"UGH!" Bella stomped off towards the bathroom, Is following close behind.

"I'm sorry, Max," Sam said. "I know you wouldn't lie to us. Isabelle and Isabella will do anything to prove themselves right." She didn't wait for my answer, but glanced at Mom. "I'm sorry. It's about time for us to leave anyway. We'll be out tomorrow morning. Thank you very much." Sam walked off to help Bella and Is.

Once Sam closed the door, I kicked Fang again to tell him not to get up. Mom crossed her arms and looked at me. "Maximum Ride, what happened here? And I want the truth." I almost flinched. Almost. You know Mom's mad when she calls me Maximum.

"I told you the truth!" I insisted.

Mom bent down and pulled on Gazzy's Halloween mask. It came off easily.

I fake gasped. "Fang??? What are you doing??? I thought you were at the Civil museum!"

"I think I know exactly what he's doing! You lied to me, Max! Didn't you??"

Once Mom figures you out, fighting is worthless. I sighed. "Yes, Mom."

Fang sighed and sat up.

"Both of you are grounded for one month."

"A month?" I gasped. "Mom, she slapped me first!"

"I'm not mad about the fight, Maximum. I'm mad that you lied to me. That is why you're grounded for a month."

--Maximum