Sorry for the wait! But there's faxiness ahead!
This is a big chapter! Or is it..? No, probably not. No, just kidding! It's is. No, I'm a filthy lier. It's not. Or maybe..yes! No! Just read to find out.
Max's POV (Major Time skip, because I felt like it)
"Riv, be careful. Remember when you play with fire, you might get burned." Iggy said as Riv poked a fire poker inside her lit fire place. I was (so was veryone else) suprised at his comment. Being the pyro he is...
"B*tch, please. I'm so hot it's the fire that would get burned." She joked. She hardly ever curses, only when she's mad or when she feels it would "stregthen the funny-ness of the joke".
We were staying at Riv's house on Halloween. Riv was the onlyone dressed up, for she was giving out candy to the trick-or-treaters. She was dressed as a steampunk vampire. She more-then-once spat out her fangs and Iggy on purpose...why she did it one purpose, we don't know.
We were currently watching The Forth Kind (Yes, I'm aware that that's on my other story, 'A Selfish Thing'. It's a good movie!) with the lights off. I admit, I jumped at some parts. So did Iggy. Fang and Riv didn't, though. They just chuckled whenever we jumped, which is rather rude, but I would have probably done the same thing if it was the other way around.
Riv is being particualrly cruel...she laughed when that one dude threw up. It was distugsting. Maybe she was laughing at our expressions, but with Riv, you never know. I have leanred that she is very blood thirsty. She is very protective of herself, her family and friends. She kicks ass, literaly and mediphorically. We are very much alike, if I do say so myself.
Riv left the fire alone, and sat inbetween Iggy and me. (I was sitting next to Fang, which I particually liked), and said "You guys want to go swimming tomarrow?"
I had to processed what she said.
"Swimming?" I asked.
"Yep," she said cheerfully.
"Tommorow?" Iggy added.
"Yeah uh. My uncle runs the out door pool that's next to that fitness center down a couple blocks."
"...Outdoor." Fang repeated.
"That's what I said."
"...Riv, we live in the East. Meaning it is very cold in November." I explained.
"Yeah, I went to second grade."
"...We will be swimming outside. In the cold. In the Eastern United States."
Riv nodded.
"Riv, it'll be so cold it might even snow tomarrow." I said.
Riv smirked. "The pool is heated by solar panels durning the summer. But for the winter my uncle manage to use the Hot Tub heater to also heat the pool. It's not much, but we won't be freezing as we swim."
"Oh," I said, feeling a little stupid. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"'Cause I like making people feel stupid."
"How charming." Fang grunted, turning his attention back to the movie.
"But Rive, it'll be cold when we're comming out of the water." Iggy said, like it was obvious (which it was).
"Not if we run like Hell to the locker rooms. Are you comming or not?"
Fang and Iggy said they will (probably not wanting to look pathedic). I was about to, too, but them I remember something I probably should have realized.
They'll see my scars and bruises. They still don't know. They can't see them, then my cover would be blown.
"No thanks. "I siad quickly.
"No, you're comming." Riv said wit cetainty.
"Really, I am? When have I decided?" I said sarcasticly. "Riv, I don't even have a swim suit."
She shrugged. "You can barrow mine."
Crap. Think of something!
Too late. "So tommorw after school. Bring towels, because I'm not sharing mine."
Crap Crap Crap Crap...
"Yo! Max, are you ready yet?" Riv asked through the toliet stall door.
"One sec!" I said. She sighed, and I heard her leave.
Well, it's her fault. She gave be a freakin' bikini. It was bright red. All she's wearing is a tank top and shorts! I guess she gave me these because she's a little too...eh..busty..for a bikini.
I recently bought a new fountaion. Fountaion doesn't stay well on anything besides your face and clothes, but I was applying it to my scars and buises. I couldn't let them see them! If I jsut stayed out of the water, I'll be fine. I'll be freezing, but I'll be fine..
Well, except that you can see almost all of my ribs. But they know I'm not starving myself. I need to eat!
I sucked in breath, and walked out of the stall. My foot steps from my bare feet echoed in the girl's locker room. I passed the showers and went outside (not before checking again if I was covered. the bruises and scars that weren't totally covered, I could say that I fell down the stairs or got scratched by a cat.
The chill hit me like a jack hammer on concrete. It was freezing. I was tempted to go into the water.
Iggy was circling the 10x20 feet pool like a shark. Riv just watched with a hurmours face befort running at full speed, jumping and doing a canon ball into the water, next to Iggy.
"ARGH! RIV!" Iggy yelled, soaked head to toe in water. The warm water made his skin cold in the November air. "You're going down, Mack!"
Riv, who had just poped out of the water, snorted. "Come at me, bro!"
Iggy jumped into the pool, swimming underwater toward her. Riv couldn't see him, due to her very bad eyesight (she wears contacts), and Iggy grabbed her legs. She shreiked before going underwater. They both poped above the the surface, and started to wrestle.
I chuckled to myself. It's a good thing her uncle only opened the pool to us, so we can break almost all the rules without getting in trouble. I laughed even harder at the profanities and insults they're throwing at each other.
I was laughing so hard I didn't even notice someone creep behind me, and push me in.
The first thought that came into my head was Oh craptastic.
I was pushed off the six foot area, so I pushed myself off the pool floor, scraping my toes in the processed.
"FANG, I'M GOING TO CHOKE YOU IN YOU SLEEP!" I yelled as I pulled myself up into the cold air. If my mind wasn't so busy with the oh Craps and the Pease don't let him see my scars, God!s, I would be frozen stiff.
Fang was chuckling to himself before he saw me. He stopped, his eyes widening a little bit. "Max-"
So I panicked.
I ran as fast as I could into the girl's locker room.
I quickly grabbed my white towel off the hook neer the doors, and pressed it to my front. Before I could do anything-or think anything else, the door opened.
I spun around, meeting Fang's eyes...
I didn't lie one the first day of school when I blurted out that he has beautiful eyes. He does. His onyx eyes look like they have flecks of gold in them, shaded by long, dark, thick eye lashes.
But that was quickly forgetten when I saw him staring at my bruises and scars, before staring in my eyes, causing a shiver go down my spine.
"Max?" He asked.
I looked down, trying to hide my face with my wet hair. I had bruises on my theighs and shins. Some one my stomach but mostly around my ribcage. I bet there were some on my back, too. Expecially around my shoulder blades.
I knew he knew. Now I basically ruined his life. My shoulders shook with sobs I refused to let out.
"...Where did you get these?"
My shoulders shook even harder, and I said in a small shaky voice; "My...step father.."
That's it. That broke the dam. Tears started to come in water falls from ym eyes as I let a, rather high pitched, sob.
I didn't see Fang walk forward, and reached out his arms to pull me into a hug. My face burried into his chest as I cried. He rubbed small circles inbetween my shoulder blades and rested his forhead on my head.
Well, I just ruined my best friend-who-I'm-dating's life. Yip-freaking-ee.
Reveiw!~!~! Please!
Oh, and to clear up: Riv and Iggy were to busy fighting to notice Max and Fang. Fang didn't see all of her cuts because her towel hid parts of her arm and the way she's standing he couldn't see the cuts on the inside of her theighs. Plus, some of them were faded.
So, again, please REVEIW! I didn't get as much last time then I usually do.
Thanks, y'all!