A/N

I'm so so so sorry for not updating sooner. I have no excuse other than being lazy and having to do chores to repay a debt I owed my dad.

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride or other character in the original series. James Patterson does.

(Unknown POV)

It was at lunch hour in school. I saw some jocks with a girl. The girl had beautiful tan skin and dirty blonde hair. She was smiling but it didn't reach her eyes, she seemed in pain somehow. The girl said something and the guy who had his arm around her waist, I assume her boyfriend, took her behind the school building. It looked suspicious. I followed them hiding in the shadows. I could hear yelling, but couldn't make out the words. I creped closer, keeping in the shadows.

"I told you never to contradict me in front of my friends." That was the guy. I'm going to call him emo boy. The girl seemed scared of emo boy. What I saw next shocked me. Emo boy pulled back his fist and swung at her stomach. The girl doubled over in pain. Anger started boiling inside me. Emo boy just walked away like nothing happened. I waited until he was far way from sight and walked out of the shadows. The girl didn't notice me. She was kneeled over in pain. She looked beautiful and delicate like a porcelain doll.

I walked closer to her. I got on my knees and pulled her to my chest. She froze for a moment. I rubbed her back until she relaxed. I lifted her chin up. She had sad eyes. Once she seemed more relaxed I asked the question I had been wanting to ask.

"Is this the first time he hit you?" She seemed shocked. She must have thought I didn't see what had happened. She looked away not wanting to answer. I cupped her cheek with one hand making her face me. A tear slipped down her cheek. I wiped it away with my thumb. That was all the answer I needed, more tears flowed down her face as I cradled her in my arms. I heard the bell ring, signaling lunch was over. She had fallen asleep. I don't think she would want to go to class in her state. I carefully got up, trying not to wake her. I waited until the parking lot was deserted.

I carried her bridal style to my car and let her sleep in the backseat. I didn't want her to think I was a rapist, so taking her to my house was out of the picture. Instead I drove to the park. She stirred slightly. I took her out of the car and carried her to a little meadow beyond the scary part of the forest connected to the park.

(Max POV)

I woke up feeling something soft underneath me. I opened my eyes and saw fresh green grass. I slowly got up and looked at my surroundings. Where was I? It seemed like something straight out of a fairy tale. The grass was green and soft. Trees surrounded it, keeping it hidden. It was a beautiful sight.

"I see you're awake now." I jumped at the voice. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to scare you." I whipped my head around and saw a cute guy standing behind me. He had black hair that stopped at his neck and kept flowing onto his eyes. He had snake bites. His eyes caught my attention; they were a hypnotizing beautiful blue color. Everything that had happened suddenly flowed back to me. Fang had punched me and that guy had seen me and comforted me.

"I hope you don't mind that I brought you here, I thought you wouldn't want to go to class." I nodded not trusting my voice. He walked over to me and sat down.

"I brought some food." He pulled out two double whoppers from burger king, two large fries, and two large drinks. He handed me one of each. I unwrapped the burger and took a huge unlady like bite. He started laughing. "You were hungry." I smiled at him after swallowing.

"What's your name?" he asked after taking a bite.

"Max, short for Maximum Ride." I took a sip from my drink, , my favorite. I smiled to myself.

"That's a cool name," he gave me a heart melting smile. "My name is Simon." We ate all our food and laid on the grass. We chatted afterwards. I found out a lot about him. He's the same age and like the same music as me. I stared into the field and realized I still don't know exactly where we are.

"Hey, Símon." I say his name in a Spanish way. It annoys him when I say it like that. You say the Sí, like saying yes in Spanish and mon like moan. He groans and turns to look at me. "What?" he says tilting his head to the side. It made him look like cute school boy.

"Where are we?" I asked him.

"This is my secret spot." He gave me a heart melting smile. I could have melted if that was even possible. I hadn't felt anything like that since I started dating Fang. No, don't think about it.

"Where is here exactly?"

"Beyond the scary looking woods." He sat up.

"This place is awesome." I sat up as well. I turned to look at him and was caught in his stare.

"You have a beautiful voice." I tried to suppress a blush. Keyword: TRIED, and failed miserably. He grabbed my chin and turned my head to face him. He lifted his had and I instinctively flinched. He furrowed his eyebrows and he had a serious expression.

"Why do you let him?"

"What?" I acted like I had no clue what he was saying in hopes he would drop the topic.

"Max, why don't you fight back?" That plan failed. I didn't look at him. I felt myself being lifted onto his lap. "Max, you can't let him hurt you."

"But I cant, he's too strong." I had tried to fight back, but all I accomplished was broken ribs and nasty bruises. I learned talking back and fighting wasn't really going to get me anywhere.

"Then brake up with him." He sounded concerned. I stayed silent, unsure of how to answer.

"Do you still love him?" he whispered.

"I….I don't know." He pulled me closer to him. I rested my head on his chest under his chin. Why was he helping me when he just met me? Usually I don't like being treated like this but I didn't want to pull away. I barely knew him yet I felt safe in his hands. We stayed in a comfortable silence. No sound except for the bird chirping and our soft breathing.

"Max."

"Huh?"

"I want to show you something." We got up. He grabbed my hand and laced his fingers with mine. In that instant I felt sparks run up my arm. We walked further into the meadow. There was a small stream passing through. The water was clear and glistened in the sun.

"A beautiful flower for a beautiful lady." Her picked up a flower and placed it in my hair.

"That's cheesy." I blushed.

"It's cheesy, but true." It just caused me to blush more.

"We should get back." He took me hand again.

"Alright." We walked through the forest which let me tell you it's creepy. It's completely dark except for the occasional beam of sun that seeped through leaves. I clung onto Simon's arm for dear life. I could feel the heat radiating off of him. We finally made it out and I sighted a breath of relief.

"Now I see why nobody knew about this place but you." I looked back at the creepy looking woods. I shivered, that place gives you the creeps.

"Yup, I chased after my dog and came across it." He smiled. He pulled out his phone and checked the time. "It's already five." He scowled.

"We really should get going; everyone's going to be worried where I was." I said.

"Were do you live, I'll drop you off." I got in and we drove off. I gave him my direction and we got to my house.

"Umm, thanks you, for everything." I whispered. I leaned towards him and gave him a quick hug, giving him a kiss on the cheek. I hurried into my house blushing like crazy. Why did I do that? I wasn't thinking.

(Tyler's POV)

I drove Max to her house praying to god that her boyfriend wasn't home. I stopped in front of her house.

"Umm, thanks you, for everything." She barely whispered, but I still heard it. She surprised me when she gave me a quick hug, giving me a kiss on the cheek. She got out and I heard her door close. I sat there holding my cheek, grinning like an idiot.

(Fang's POV) Dun, Dun, Dun, Duunnnn…

Where is that bitch? She should have been home 2 hours ago. That slut better not have said anything.

I have a quick question.

Would you like me to update short chapters about two or three times a week or long chapters once a week?

please review

~midnight