Suppppppppppppppp? Sorry for the late-ish update... I am camping at the momento and I thought I had no internet connection but then I did! Great story, right? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter, tell me what you think and I am still open for suggeestions!

By the way, there are a lot of bugs where I am. Erk! I hate bugs...

MaxPOV

"Max! Over here!" yelled Zack from the opposite side of the cafateria, waving his arms around over his head trying to get my attention. I waved back, turning to move to our table when he beckoned me towards him.

I looked at Nudge, who I was walking with, "wanna go?" I ask. Zack sits with the popular people, and truthfully, we are pretty popular. But they are up higher rankings, and we are popular for different reasons. For example, the group Zack sits with are mostly on the football team and are over run by cheerleaders. The people I sit with mostly consist of the band, music freaks and smart people. And Dylan...

Nudge shrugged her shoulders, "just for a little while, I guess..." I grin, turning back the way we came and walking around to where Zack stood with Nudge following behind closely.

"Maxy!" greeted Zack.

I smiled shyly, "hey, Zack," I held my books close to my side and clenched my fist around my paper bag containing my lunch tighter.

Zack stood awkwardly still, "er, take a seat," I mmuttered thanks and sat beside a brown haired boy around my age who was staring right at my chest.

I awkwadly cleared my throat, though he continued to stare. I turned away from him, covering myself up. "So, this is my friend Monique, but everyone calls her Nudge,"

A girl standing at the other end of the table said, "why?"

Nudge shrugged her shoulders from where she stood, "they just do," her voice was opposite to her usual cheeriness, hard as stone as her face impassive.

Zack grinned, "so, let me introduce everyone!" he pointed to the girl at the end who just spoke, "Lissa," he nodded at three girls standing beside her, "Bridget, Clara and Steph," he turned to the boy from eariler, "TJ," and gestured to to guys next to him, "Bob and Rob," I founght back a laugh at their names. I noticed Zack and Nudge do so aswell, everyone else acting the same. He turned to a timid looking guy next to him, "and this is Ryan, he's not on the team," he cleared up. Ryan nodded, looking down at his sandwitch.

Silence fell over us, "right." More silence. "Well, I'm Max." Silence. "And... this is my friedn, Nudge,"

Rya stood up, reaching over the table, shoving his hand infront of me, "nice to meet you," he stated.

I looked up at him, smiled. "Thanks, Ryan." I shook his hand and he sat back down.

I started to open my lunch when Fang walked up to the table, face impassive, like Nudges.

"Fang! Hey," I greeted, smiling up at him.

"Why are you sitting here?" he ordered.

I looked around at the people at the table, confused, "sitting with Zack and his friends,"

"Yeah, obviously. Why?"

I was standing now, "cause Zack offered. Do you have a problem with that?"

This was when Zack chose to come up from behind me, "Fang! How are you going, man? I haven't seen you in ages. You and your friends are welcome to sit with us, aswell you know,"

Fang turned to him, "oh, hey, Zack. How nice of you to speak to me! It's only been – what? - 3 years,"

"Fang, mate, I'm sorry about that -"

Fang pushed him back, "I'm not your mate, man," he turned around and walked away.

I stood there, frozen.

Nudge cleared her throat, coming to me and whispering, "I'm gonna head to our table, Max,"

I pulled a face, looking at her, "oh, you too?"

She grimanced guiltily, "sorry, Max,"

I watched her as she walked away from me.

Zack took my arm, "Max, you alright?"

I zoned out for a moment, taking a while to answer him, "Max?"

I shook my head, clearing my thoughts, "O-oh, yeah. S-sorry," I sat down again, slowly.

I didn't touch my food, having lost my appetite. My mouth was dry and head full of guilt, heavy.

I didn't speak for the rest of lunch. I felt as if I had betrayed my friends, but I realized, it was just one lunch time! They can live without me, Fang was just annoyed at Zack, not me. Nudge wanted to clear up her maths homework with Gazzy, she wasn't mad at me.

Though this lift my mood slightly, why could I still feel the pleading stares from my friends on my back, where they sat from me?