i don't know about this chapter

Fang POV

I woke with a jolt. I sat up in bed and glanced at my alarm clock. 7:56 it read. I groaned and lay back down. I just needed a few more minutes of sleep...

BEEP BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEP!

It was 8:00.

"Had I just been awake 4 minutes ago?" I thought.

It felt like I was sleeping for another couple hours.

Ughhhh. Mondays. Something about today just didn't feel right. It felt as if something bad was going to happen. But then I dismissed the thought from my mind and thought that it's probably just a Monday thing.

I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and slipped out of my covers. I stood up and slowly trudged towards the bathroom.

I turned the water to the shower and stepped in. Once my face hit the water I was no longer sleepy. While I showered I thought about Max. I thought about the sleepover. That night was the best day of my life even though I got sharpied on.

I stepped out of the shower onto the cold tile floor and dried myself off. I grabbed my clothes, threw them on, and fixed my hair.

I'm going to skip this part because nothing really interesting happened.

Nudge was driving again so I climbed into the backseat. I leaned my forehead against the glass of the window. I watched as we drove by trees and birds and houses.

We started slowing down and I looked around. All of the cars almost stopped moving and pulled to the side of the road. Then I heard the sirens. I watched as an ambulance sped past us. Once out of sight, all the cars piled back onto the road.

We got to school with two minutes to spare. I hurried to science class so I wouldn't be late. When I arrived I took my usual seat by Max but she wasn't there. I looked around and didn't see her anywhere. Max's friend, Ella, looked as confused about Max as I did.

After Mr. Howard's took attendance he started the lesson about the human body. I zoned out and my thoughts wandered towards Max.

"Fang, stop thinking about Max. Focus on physics class" I internally told myself.

I leaned back in my chair and turned my focus to the whiteboard.

Once the second period bell rang I practically ran out of there. I hustled to math to meet Iggy and ask him where Max was but strangely, he wasn't there either. "Was Gazzy here?" I thought. But I wouldn't find out until lunch.

20 minutes into class Max burst into the classroom. I tried catching her eye as she walked toward her seat when I realized something. Max's eyes were red and puffy. Max had been crying.

I had only known Max for a week and a half now but I already knew she wasn't the type of girl to normally cry.

I watched her for the rest of the period as questions buzzed through my head. Where was Iggy? Why is max late? Why is Max crying? Should I talk to her? Why am I asking questions in my head? When the bell rang I walked over to her.

"What's wrong?" I asked

"I'll tell you later." She muttered. I could tell she was on the verge of crying again so I left her and went to english class. I zoned out again in that class and waited for lunch.

It took forever but once the lunch bell rang I started toward the cafeteria. Once there I bought some chips and a soda and sat down at our table. Slowly everyone else trickled into the cafeteria and took their seat. Max came in and plopped down next to Ella. I didn't see Gazzy anywhere. Anabel and B had worried looks on their faces. Nudge looked worried too.

For the first 5 minutes of lunch this is what I heard from our lunch table.

"Max what's wrong?"

"Max are you okay?"

"Do you wanna talk about it?"

"Where's Iggy and Gazzy max? Are they okay?"

Why won't you talk Max?"

"Answer me?"

Girls. God. Sometimes they could be so annoying.

The question went on and on until Max finally snapped.

"Just shut up! All of you! Leave me alone!" She shrieked and the whole cafeteria turned towards our table.

I saw as Max's face turned a little red realizing what she just said and ran out of the cafeteria.

I turned toward Ella and then she said to me, "Go."

I did what Ella said and followed Max. I finally caught up to her as she reached a bench under a big oak tree next to her car.

I watched as she started crying into her hands. I didn't think she knew I was here so I said, "Max?"

She looked up, clearly startled and saw me. I stared into her big, brown, teary eyes.

"Fang..." She whispered.

I walked over to the bench and sat next to her.

"What's wrong Max? You can tell me. After all we are 'best buds'." I said, trying to lighten the mood but it didn't work.

She started crying again and I pulled her towards me. I wrapped my arm around her while she cried into my black sweatshirt. She cried until she had no more tears to cry. She cried until my sweatshirt was soaked into her tears.

"It's Iggy." She mumbled into my chest.

She burrowed her face into my sweatshirt.

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." I told her. I was afraid I was making things worse.

"No. I want to." She answered in a weak voice. "This morning Iggy wasn't feeling well I guess. I woke up and walked down the stairs and saw Iggy lying on the bottom stair. There was a bunch of blood around his head." She paused.

Blood? Iggy?

She grabbed my hand and gripped it tight then continued.

"I screamed and then Gazzy walked out. He saw Iggy then puked on the stairs from shock. Mom came over to the stairs and she screamed. She grabbed the phone and dialed 911. They took Iggy to the hospital."

I realized that the ambulance I saw this morning must've been them. How could this happen to Iggy? He was totally fine these last few days. The only time he wasn't feeling good that I knew of was after we managed to get the sharpie off. He said he had a really bad headache.

Max continued. I hadn't realized there was more to the story. I just thought the Sharpie smell had gotten to him.

"So mom drove with Iggy in the ambulance and I drove Gazzy and I in Steven. We got there almost half an hour after the ambulance did. Iggy was already getting tests done. The doctor came in and told mom what they had found out."

What did they find out? I wondered. Is Iggy okay? Why did Max come back to school and Gazzy didn't?

Why am I asked so many questions in my head again?

Then, as if Max read my mind, she answered the first question.

"Fang" she said in a hushed voice. I could see the tears about to spill out of her eyes again. "Iggy has eye cancer."

again i know it's short but i don't know what to say after that ^