Chapter 2

Hey guys! My second chapter, yaaaayyyy ! :D so I hope you all like this chapter, it is kind of pointless but it introduces some people who will show up in the story later on.

Sorry I didn't do a disclaimer in chapter 1 .. this one is for both.

I do not own maximum ride or any other characters from the book, I only own my OC's. I wish I owned Fang though.

Okay so here is the chapter.

Max P.O.V.

"What do you mean, he told you?" Ari ground out through clenched teeth. He looked murderous and I didn't think that anyone would want to get on his bad side.

"That night that you called the cops on him," I took a deep breath so that I could continue with an unwavering voice, "when they were pulling him off of me he whispered in my ear that he would come back for me no matter what." I was still shaking in Ari's arms and he looked like he was softening up a little bit from looking at me.

"Max, if he ever comes near you again, I will kill him myself." He assured me.

I finally looked up remembering that everyone was still standing there watching that scene. They all looked torn between going over to comfort me and staying away as to not freak me out more.

"I'm sorry." I whispered, but loud enough for them all to hear. They shouldn't have had to see me like that on our first day together, I thought, now they all are going to think that I am some freak with too many emotions and are going to want to get rid of me.

I was still looking at them and they all had confused looks on their faces. I was wondering why everyone looked so confused when mom spoke up.

"Sorry? Why would you be sorry?" She asked me.

"Well you all had to see me break down like that and now you probably think that I am a freak…" I trailed off starting to voice my thoughts.

Mom looked shocked as I spoke. "Oh dear. No, it was just shocking to see you breakdown like that, but it is completely normal for someone in your situation to breakdown."

"So you don't want to get rid of me?" I asked confused as to why she would not want to if I was just going to breakdown.

"Of course not!" she exclaimed.

There was an awkward silence after that while everyone took in what had just happened. After a while of silence Iggy spoke up and started a new conversation.

"So, do you guys play football?" He asked us.

"Yeah." Ari answered, "I used to play at our old school."

Then I decided to answer too. "I just like tackling all of the guys that play. There is just something so amusing about seeing all those guys who think that they are so strong and manly, getting tackled to the ground by a girl."

"You seem a little bit confident that you can beat anybody you want." Iggy said. I laughed a little bit because he had never seen me play before and didn't know how amazing I was.

"Of course I can." I said in a challenging voice.

"Okay, then how about you two come with us to the park now and we'll meet some of our friends and see just how good you really are."

"Sure, why not. Come on Awee!" I said using the name that I called him when I was little and couldn't pronounce Ari properly.

"Don't call me that Max. You know I hate it." Oh how I loved tormenting my brother.

And with that we were out the door and on our way to the park.

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When we got to the park 15 minutes later there were already a few guys there, some were actually pretty cute, but not as cute Iggy's friend Fang … wait ignore that thought. Yeah so the guys were pretty cute, I saw them look over at me and their eyes widened in surprise when they saw me.

"Ig, dude, why did you bring a girl with you?" asked a boy with shaggy blonde hair and bright shining blue eyes.

"She said she could tackle all you guys." Iggy replied.

"Well I don't know how such a tiny girl would be able to tackle all of us big men." He said winking at me. I raised an eyebrow at him, and then he walked over to me and put out a hand for me to shake.

"Hi, I'm Dylan." He said and I took his hand. "And who might you be?" He asked me.

"I'm Max." I smiled at him.

He turned to Iggy with a shocked expression on his face. "How did you of all people meet such a pretty girl Ig?"

"My mom adopted her and her brother Ari here." he pointed to Ari who happened to be glaring at Dylan who was still holding my hand. Dylan didn't seem to notice him glaring, he just let go of my hand and held his out to Ari like he did to me.

"Hey man." He greeted.

"Hi." Ari said in reply.

"Iggy, why don't you introduce them to everyone?" Fang asked.

"Holy shit!" I exclaimed while everyone stared at me in shock. "You can talk?" I asked. I honestly thought that he was like mute or something 'cause I hadn't heard him talk since I met him.

"Yeah." He replied kind of weirded out by my outburst.

"Well it's just that I have known you for like a couple hours now and that is the first time I have heard you speak. I thought you might be mute or something like that so I didn't want to say anything." I felt really embarrassed now. Iggy spoke and I thought that he was trying to save me from embarrassing myself further.

"He's not mute but it is easy to mistake him for it." Ig said. "Okay, so I think that introductions are still in order as Fang was saying." He walked over to the group of guys that had been standing off to the side. "This is Sam." He said pointing to a guy sandy brown hair and tortoise shell eyes. He moved down the line pointing to people as he said their names. "Jake, Alex, Mason, Tyler, Michael, Todd, Brad, and Brett, guys, this is Ari and Max, my new brother and sister. Ari is the same age as all of us and Max is a year younger, but she skipped a grade 'cause she is little miss smartie pants so she is in our grade." Iggy explained.

"Ahh, a smart and pretty girl in one. I like it." Said the guy who Iggy said was named Todd. I was blushing because he complimented me and no one ever really gave me compliments.

"Ummmm, I think that we should get the game started now." Said Ari 'cause he saw me blushing and I don't think that he liked that. His protective older brother side was kicking in.

"Let's do this!" I cheered. "My team is gonna win. Prepare to be crushed whoever is not on my team." I was skipping around laughing and pitying anyone who was not on my team. I may be have been making myself out to be more than I actually was, but still, it was fun.

The teams ended up being, me, Iggy, Alex, Dylan, Jake, Todd, and Mason against Ari, Gazzy, Fang, Tyler, Michael, Brad, and Brett.

The game went by pretty fast. We won 21 to 14. When we beat them Ari came over and picked me up over his shoulder (which he knows I hate) and started running around.

"Ari, put me down!" I was screaming at him. "I'm serious; if you want to live you will put me down now!" I said while repeatedly punching him in the back.

"I don't mind if you try to kill me."

"Ari, just put me down." I said sternly.

"Fine." He put me down gently on the ground.

"Thank you." I said.

"Hey guys do you want to play another round?" Michael called out to us. I was suddenly very tired. I looked over at Ari and told him to go play and that I was just going to sit under a tree and rest for a little.

I yawned as I walked over to a very nice looking tree nearby.

I sat down under the tree and felt like I could fall asleep right then and there, which is exactly what happened.

Fang P.O.V.

We were in the middle of the second game when I looked over at Max only to see that she was asleep under a tree.

"Guys!" I shouted. "Max is asleep." Of course, leave it to Mr. Silent to state the obvious.

Ari looked over and you could visibly see his eyes soften with so much love and protection for her. "I guess we should get going then." He said.

"Should we wake her up?" Gazzy asked.

"Nah, I'll just carry her, I always do." Ari answered in reply.

"Okay then, let's get going." Iggy said.

Ari went over to Max and picked her up bridal style and we were on our way to Iggy's house. I practically lived there so I was staying tonight.

It was a pretty silent walk until Iggy broke it.

"So when you said you always carry her, what other times have you had to carry her?" He asked.

"Well whenever she got abused too bad by anyone she wouldn't be able to walk and I would have to carry her someplace safe." He said like it was a normal thing to say, and I guess in his life it was.

"Oh." Was all that Ig could say.

I looked at Max in Ari's arms. Even when she was asleep she was still the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen in my whole life.

When we got back to the Martinez house we walked in and Dr. M greeted us and then noticed Max sleeping in Ari's arms.

"God, she is beautiful." She murmured under her breath. "Ari, I got you both cell phones and school supplies and all new clothes. Everything is in your rooms." Ari nodded and then left to go put Max in her room. They had already gotten the tour so he knew where to go. Me and Ig went straight to his room and went to bed.

What an exhausting day. Was my last thought before I drifted off to sleep.

And there is chapter 2. sorry it took so long .

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