Best friends

Ex-friends till the end

Better off as lovers

And not the other way around –"Bang the Doldrums" by Fall out Boy

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He walks through the halls, rubbing his head.

He's looking for her. He spots his target and spins her around.

"Hey Fang!" She says cheerfully, a large grin spreading across her face.

"What do you know about a Maximum Ride?" Fang asks the gossip queen.

"Let me think," She says, her dark brown eyebrows furrow. She gets out her phone, typing madly for a second. "Okay, she's shy, she gets irritated when teachers call her "Maxine," she sits at the loner table at lunch, and is apparently dating Iggy."

He nods. "So why'd you want to know Fang?" Nudge smirks, "you finally decide to get rid of Lissa?"

"Shut up Nudge," He grumbles.

~!~

I sigh, listening to the gossip through the people's mind.

I think Iggy would look cuter with someone else.

I saw her with Fang yesterday.

Why didn't I notice her before?

*ERROR 267: AGE RESTRICTED*

I defiantly cringe at the last one.

I quietly creep into English before most people once again. I sit in my corner seat by myself, just like I enjoy it. I see Fang and his group head in, luckily sitting away from me. Fang does shoot me a few looks. For once, I decide to stay out of people's minds.

~!~

Later, I stumble to my locker, ready to go home-my place of solitude.

I see Ella talking to someone at her locker. I smile; she deserves a boyfriend more than anyone I know. I notice his black hair. I love dark guys like that.

Then she laughs and nods.

Omg. THE Fang Ride is coming over to my house! Ella's mind screams. Thank God I'm failing Math!

You're failing math? Did you skip? Again? I say in her mind, turning to my locker.

Shut up Max! Ella says loudly.

I sigh, not wanting anyone to come over. I hope they stay downstairs or in Ella's room. I throw my backpack over my shoulder and start to stumble home slowly. I open the door with a small smile and head upstairs in my room, which is the tiny attic.

I enjoy it. The house is not too big. The only bedroom is the Master Bedroom, which I gave to Ella; she needs the giant space for her and her friends.

I spread my homework down on my bed and start working, hunched over in extreme concentration. I sit up quickly, sensing a mind or two in the house.

Ella lives in a small house.

I sigh. Fang. I hear Ella talking. I smile. Her being happy is what I care about, the only thing I care about.

~!~

After a while, I don't hear anything from downstairs.

I yawn softly and wince as the stairs creak.

"Hello?" I hear someone ask. I poke around their mind. It's not Ella. "Ella?" He asks.

Why can't I have Ella's powers? It would suit me mo-

"Max?"

"Hey," I whisper, poking my head around the corner.

~VP