Chapter 4:
Max POV
After Ms. Wilson's class I kind of zoned out during AP US History. I had my head down on the desk when my teacher Mrs. Bass yelled, "Max! Head up!"
Reluctantly I lifted my head. For the next 30 minutes I tuned Mrs. Bass out.
Then I heard her yell again, "Okay class! Since y'all have been good today I'll let you talk to each other until class is over."
I looked over to my friend Briana (B for short), but she wasn't at her desk. I looked around the classroom and spotted her talking to Anabel. I got up and started walking over to them when I saw a girl that I've never seen her before sitting by herself.
I don't know what motivated me to walk over there but I did.
"Hey. I'm Max." I said. "What's your name?"
She looked surprised after I said that. She was probably surprised that someone came to talk to her. Then she said, "Monique, but don't call me that. I go by Nudge. If you're wondering why my name is Nudge it's because it rhymed with Fudge. I was a weird little kid."
I laughed and asked her, "I'm going to assume that you're new when I ask how do you like this school so far?"
"Yes and I am new and it's really big. Have you met my brother Fang yet? Or my sister Angel? I doubt you would have because she's a grade below us. Angel I mean. Not Fang. He's not a girl. But sometimes Angel calls him a girl because he obsesses over his hair a lot"
Wait what? I was still trying to process that she and Fang were related.
"You and Fang are related? You two look nothing alike."
"Well that's because I'm adopted. Wait. Do you have a look alike at this school? I feel like I've seen you before in one of my other classes. Except you were a boy. So that doesn't make much sense."
Man Nudge talks a lot!
"Well that look alike happens to be my brother. I have two brothers actually. We're triplets."
Nudges eyes widened in awe. "Woah! Triplets! That's so cool! That's even cooler than twins! Sometimes I wish I was a twin. Fang and I are kinda like twins. Except were not related by blood or look alike or alike at all. But were the same age!"
For the rest of class we got to know each other.
Before class ended, I invited Nudge to sit with us at lunch and she accepted my offer.
Once the bell rang I walked out of class and dropped my stuff off at my locker. Suddenly I got tripped and fell on the ground. I looked up to see who it was and I saw Lissa and Brigid laughing at me.
Lissa and Brigid were also known as the schools bitches. Hated by some and loved by others. They were such flirts and so fake. The worst part was that the redhead, Lissa, was my neighbor.
"What the hell do you two want?" I growled.
"We want you to leave Fang alone! He's mine." Lissa snarled at me.
"What the fuck are you talking about?!" I demanded. Seriously. I mean sometimes I thought these two were crazy.
"You know what we're talking about! We saw you two laughing and talking this morning in first period! And now I'm telling you to back off of him. He's mine."
"Well I would listen to you but I honestly don't care what you're saying." I told them as I stood back up.
I started to walk away and then I heard, "I'm warning you Ride! Things will get ugly if you don't back off!"
I turned around while I was walking and shouted back at them, "Well that's too bad! Since you two started this mess it's already ugly! If you'll excuse me I have to go meet Fang and my other friends at lunch!"
I walked into the cafeteria 10 minutes late and saw all my friends talking to one another.
B, Anabel, and Ella were talking. Probably about shoes or something.
Anabel came later in the morning so we never saw her in the cafeteria. It was usually just B, Ella, and I but this morning B had a doctor's appointment.
Next to Ella I saw Iggy and Gazzy looking bored while two girls flirted with them. All of the girls at this school wanted my brothers. Iggy was captain of the football team last year and Gazzy was captain of the soccer team and co-captain of the football team. I watched as they finally got the girls to leave them alone and sat back down.
Fang was just sitting there taking bites out of a sand which. I didn't see Nudge anywhere so I went up to the lunch line. I grabbed a soda, pizza, and a bag of chips and paid for it. I started heading back to the table and caught sight of Nudge. She was looking around trying to find where to sit. I walked over to her.
"Hey Max! Where have you been? You're already like 10 minutes late." said Nudge.
"I was just talking to some people." I told her, "C'mon!" I walked her to my table and introduced her to my friends.
"Everyone this is Nudge!" I said, "Nudge this is Anabel and B from history class, Ella who's been my best friend since the 7th grade, my brothers Gazzy and Iggy, and then some loser who I'm assuming you already know." I pointed to Fang and Nudge giggled and said to him, "Pleased to meet you loser whom I have never met before."
I laughed and plopped my stuff down next to Fang.
"I believe you're the loser." Fang told me coldly while giving me the death stare.
"No you are!" I countered with a glare.
"You're the loser."
"Nu uh!"
"Uh huh!"
"Nu uh!"
"Uh huh!
"Okay you're both weird for having this conversation but we all know who's the biggest loser of them all." Iggy said out loud.
"Who?" Everyone at the table said in unison. It was kind of weird.
"Max is. Case closed!" Iggy said quickly.
After that everyone started laughing and arguing over who was the biggest loser and before we knew it the bell had rung.
The rest of the day went by in a blur and next thing I knew I was in my car waiting for Gazzy and Iggy so we could go home.
I waited in the car for almost 10 minutes until I saw Iggy and Gazzy. I started to open the sunroof.
I stuck my through the sunroof and yelled, "Hurry up! If Total has an accident on the floor again I'm telling Mom where you two hide your explosives!"
They ran to the car and got in the back.
"Okay we're here sheesh." Gazzy said as he shut the passenger side door.
I drove off and then I saw Fang walking all by himself. I pulled over to where he was walking and rolled down my window and asked him, "Need a ride?"
He looked startled for a second then said, "Sure." I unlocked the car and climbed into the backseat next to Iggy.
"I need to let my dog out at home real quick but then I promise I'll take you home." I told Fang.
He just nodded.
Gazzy must have realized that this was the perfect time to embarrass me and said, "Oh Steven. I missed you soooooo much!"
And of course to make things more embarrassing, he said it in my voice. It was a special ability he had gotten a couple years ago. We all had them. Iggy could feel colors and I could fly really fast. This was all caused by the wings.
"Who's Steven?" Fang asked.
"Max's car."
"Gazzy shut the fuck up."
We had said it at the same time.
"You named your car Steven?" Fang asked
"Yes. Now go ahead and start laughing." I told him.
He didn't laugh like I thought he would have. He just grinned and kept quiet for the rest of the drive. Unfortunately Gazzy and Iggy burst into laughter and wouldn't shut up for the rest of the ride.
I smiled and kept driving.
When we arrived home I ran inside leaving the Fang (who had been silent since we left the school) and Gazzy and Iggy (who had finally stopped laughing) in the car.
"Total! Come here boy" I called.
Then I spotted the fuzzy black fur ball and he ran outside to do his 'business'. Fang, Iggy, and Gazzy walked in.
"Cool house." Fang said.
"MOM! WE'RE HOME!" I yelled Then from the other room I heard, "OKAY!"
Mom walked out and asked us, "Hi everybody! How was school?"
"Boring"
"Fine"
"Ehh. Its school."
She went over to Fang and said "Hi I'm Valencia Martinez but you can call me Dr. M."
"Fang Walker."
"Hmm. Walker. Are you by any chance related to Cole Walker?"
"Yes ma'am. He's my dad. Do you know him?"
"Yes I was just talking to him earlier today and I invited him and his family over for dinner tonight. Looks like your early!" Mom said.
"Good thing I gave you a ride then huh?" I said with a grin, "Looks like I don't need to drive you home!"
"Yup. I'll call my dad to tell him I'm already here." Fang said and walked back outside. When he opened the door Total trotted back in.
"Iggy! Do you want to make dinner today?" Mom hollered because he had already went upstairs.
"Yeah! Do burgers sound good?" He asked as he was walking back down the stairs.
"Yes! That's perfect. Make Triple times the amount today. We've got company." Mom told him.
We usually only make double times what Iggy's recipe is because we eat so much. But since there's going to be company Iggy's gonna have to make extra.
"Gazzy get started on your homework!" Mom hollered upstairs. Then she turned to me and said "You too Max."
"Okay okay okay! I'm doing it outside." I told her and walked outside with my backpack to go meet with the mysterious boy who now not only knew where I lived, but was staying for dinner.
When Lissa finds out, she is going to be pissed. Very, very pissed.
QOTC: favorite pizza topping(s)?
AOTC: mushrooms hands down
remember to stay swaggy and peace out :)