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Fang- Dragon doesn't own Maximum Ride. Just Pearl.

Wednesday still two days left of school

Fang POV

I was pulled out of the memory by Angel yelling bye to me from next door. I waved back weakly and shut the door before Max could look at me.

I trudged up to my room. The locket was still there, so I picked it up and continued reading. This one seemed to be from grade one.

"Max!" Fang ran over from the other end of the classroom.

"I heard that wiener Jason kissed you!" he snarled. Fang clenched a tiny fist.

Max turned to him from where she was sitting. "I took care of him," was all she said. But he knew her and even being so young, he interpreted it into, "I took care of it, now leave me alone I don't want to talk about it."

Fang shrugged and sat next to her. She looked at him suspiciously and continued drawing her picture of a hawk.

He scribbled a note and passed it to her. She read it and sighed.

"I guess he was my first crush." she said. "And when he kissed me, I thought we'd together forever!" her little voice rising.

"But he was dared to." her head drooped.

"He's just a meanie!" Fang patted her back. "I'll always be there for you."

Max just smiled and continued drawing, her spirits obviously happier.

Did you like him? The note read. I dropped it and sat against my bed. I held my head in my hands and thought. I am most definitely in love with her.

When I witnessed the memory, I felt jealously. Had I liked her even then? I had wanted to kiss her! I thought of her sun-streaked hair, her tanned skin and her long legs. I was most definitely head over heels.

"Yo!" Iggy voice rang up to my room. He opened the door and took in the sight of my head in my hands.

"You okay?" he asked concerned. Then he spotted the locket. His eyes got wide and I realized something. He knew! He knew me and Max had been friends!

"What happened to the whole bros before h-"

"Fang! I'm sorry! I know I broke the bro code, but I had to keep it a secret! I was mad at what you said about Max and-and- she made me promise to pretend nothing happened and you guys were never friends." he sighed.

"I'm really sorry." he hung his head. But I wasn't mad at him. I understood that he would be pissed about the while who would want to be kissed by Max thing and the while it meant nothing. I also understood why Max wouldn't want me to remember.

"It's fine." I patted him on the back. "I didn't mean what I said to her! I guess I was embarrassed." now I was the one hanging my head.

Iggy jumped up. "Go tell her!"

"What?" I was horrified.

"Go! Now!" he grabbed my arm and started tugging me to the Martinez's house.

"Nooooooo! You can't do this!" I yelled as I pounded his back.

He just smiled and set me in front of the door, rang the bell and dashed off.

I couldn't leave now. I wasn't that chicken!

I had prepared everything when guess who opened the door? That's right, Lissa.

Max POV

I had just closed the door after Anne picked up Angel, when the doorbell rang again. I ran back and opened to find Lissa.

"Um, hey." She looked guilty.

"Hi." I answered back. We both stood there awkwardly when she burst out, "I'm so so so so sorry Max! I never meant to lose your friendship! I really really miss when we were friends! Please take me back!"

I looked at her coldly, "True friends would never have done what you did lissa." I pointed out.

"I know I know! But don't you remember what we used to do? The friendship bracelets?" she thrust out her wrist and I saw a purple braided bracelet with a small bead on it.

"Maxie!" Lissa squealed. She ran up to me with a big book.

"What?" I asked, getting up from the coach in my living room.

"It's a book on how to make friendship bracelets!"

The book cover had two very happy looking girl making bracelets.

"we're friends right max?" Lissa asked.

Max laughed. "Of course Lili!"

They spent an hour making matching purple bracelets. The bead was the finishing touch and it was a small pink heart.

High school

"Omigod Lissa! What's up with the thread on your wrist?" Amber scrunched her nose. Amber was part of Lissa's posse.

"It isn't a thread," Max over heard Lissa reply stiffly. "It means something."

"If you say so..." Amber shrugged. "It's just it's kind weir-"

"Amber, shut up."

I shook my head. "Lissa, I'm considering it..."

Lissa smiled a normal smile, unlike her seductive yet disgusting smiles.

"...But on one condition." I finished.

Her smile faltered, but she still looked hopeful. "Sure! Anything Max!"

"One, you have to act like this. All the time. No more squealing, preppy girl at school."

"I can do that." she nodded. "Anything to be your friend again."

I smile, "Not besties yet," I warned. "Maybe in like, a couple weeks."

Lissa nods. "Okay, now that that's over with, I need to talk to you."

"Up here," I wave her in and shut the door behind her. Up the stairs we go, into my room."

"So, whatcha wanna tell me?" I crash onto my bed.

"Well," she primly sits on my desk chair. "It's about you and Fang."

"Lissa! I do not like him!"

"I wasn't going to say that." Lissa says calmly. "Though the fact that you strongly deny it is a little suspicious."

I roll my eyes. "Maybe a little..." She grins in triumph.

"I knew you still liked him!" she jumped up and down in glee.

"Lissa!" I bark. "What did you want to tell me?"

"Oh, yeah." Lissa sits back down. "You like him as we know now, and guess what? He does too!"

"You mean as a friend." I deadpan.

"No no no! Like, he like likes you."

"Lissa, he doesn't even remember when we were friends. And besides, he made it clear in grade t-"

"Max! That was waaaaaay in the past! His feelings have clearly changed!"

"Proof."

"Hello? The almost kiss after your guys' water fight?"

"How do you know about this?" I raise an eyebrow."

"I was in the neighborhood." She waves her hand as if clearing that little bit of info away. "And, at school I see him watching you. Aaaand, after your dance practice when he was standing in the shadows. I watched him watch you, waiting to see when he'd move. And-"

"Okay, so he likes me. So?"

"Well Maxi," Lissa gets a glint in her eye. "I might have hinted to your mom, Gazzy and Angel's mom and his mom about a um, trip to Hawaii..."

"HUH?" I cough as I choke on my own spit.

"Yup! So you, Nudge, Ella and I are going shopping!" She squeals.

"For what?" I have a growing suspicion, but I'm not really sure."

"Biki-Swim suits!" she catches the deadly glare I throw her. "I've cleared it up with them that we are friends now."

"When?" I'm flabbergasted. Both by an apparent trip to Hawaii and that she somehow had the time to tell my sister and Nudge we were friends again.

"While we were walking up the stairs." she shrugs. "Now let's go, they're already at the mall."

I sigh, but secretly want to buy swimsuits. All mine are suited for um, undeveloped tweens. And I'm not one. An underrated tween I mean.

We run downstairs when we hear the doorbell I glance at Lissa. She looks back. We used to have an old tradition that whoever answers the door first wins. Didn't matter if it was a stranger, whoever did it first got bragging rights.

"I've got it!" Lissa yells as she runs forward and yanks open the door, to reveal a surprised Fang.

Haha! I'll just leave you guys here. And guys, please please please stop telling me to update faster! I've already said to not and it won't make me update faster. Heck, I got a review as soon as I posted the last chapter telling me to update really soon. Though, I love the fact you guys like this story.