-2 weeks after she finds out-

Max:

Mom and Ella have been acting differently around me. It's annoying. They act as if anything they say, will shatter me. I have cancer. I'm not dying yet, so why do they act all sad and shit?

"Max, mom and I wanted to know...do you need anything?" El asked. I groaned.

"No...El." I sighed. I looked at her from the couch, where I was watching Spongebob...there was nothing else on, don't judge me. "I just want you guys to spend these next two years with me...not acting like I'm already in the hospital, barely breathing and slipping away." I smiled.

"I'm sorry...it's just, I don't know how to handle the situation." she admitted.

"Me neither. We're both new at this but we'll get through it...maybe, I'll get lucky. Many people can survive cancer..." I said and even though neither of us said it, it was in the air;

but more people die of it.

She hugged me. "I can't lose you...not now. Not ever." she said into my shoulder.

"I know.." I said.

-The next day-

Mom pov:

"Mom! Can I please go to school today?" Max begged me. I don't want her to go and then get hurt. Her old school's bullies could be the cause of all this.

"I don't know, sweetie...Are you-"

"sure i'm ready? yeah. I am." she said. "I can't live in fear just because I have the disease...I gotta live for now...before it's too late" I sighed. She was right.

"Okay. Now go get dressed, before you miss the bus. Tell El, she'll be happy"

"Thank you, Mom!" She smiled widely, kissed my cheek and then ran up the stairs.

El:

I was torn;

blue dress and black flats

-or-

pink blouse and skinny jeans.

"Pink blouse" I heard Max say. "Suits you better."

"Thanks."

"Hey, guess what!?" she said, really excited.

"What? Did they finally release the Sherlock season 3 date?" I asked, running to her bed and sitting at the edge, on my knees. Max had gotten me addicted to Sherlock a year ago and now I was itching to know: HOW?!

"Uh...no...but I WISH! Anyway, I'm going to school today, I can finally meet those friends of yours." she said happily. I smiled.

"Yay!" I said and hugged her. "You are going to love them! There are 2 in our grade. They all have siblings in the younger grades. And the two our age are HOT with a capital 'H'!" I said. She smiled.

"Names?"

"Nick and James but they have odd nicknames."

"What kind of nicknames?"

"Fang and Iggy" I said. "Weird right?"

"Depends...I mean Fang is a kinda cool name...ya know?"

"Yeah"

Just then, the bus honked outside of our house. Max and I grabbed our bags and ran out. This school is amazing. Everyone is super nice and there are only the 'slut' group...plus, I got Max into the populars...she doesn't know though. Shh!

-skipping the bus ride-

Fang:

Iggy and I dropped Gazzy, Nudge and Angel at their school and then walked to school.

"So dude, who do you think that Maximum, you know the one who missed two weeks of high school, is? Do you think she's cool?" Iggy asked me.

I shrugged. "Maybe...probably not too innocent." I said. I mean come on TWO whole weeks of school!

"Definitely."

We showed up at the school right when the bus pulled up. Ella, one of the head cheerleaders stepped off the bus and I noticed that Iggy was staring and smiling at her. Next, a blonde girl wearing a black t-shirt that read 'get too close, I'LL BITE YOU'. Also, she was wearing jean shorts, that looked like she wouldn't willingly wear. Ella most likely made her wear it.

Ella and her started walking up. We'd gotten very close to Ella, especially Ig.

"Hey!" she said, smiling.

"Hey, El" I said.

"Hey" Ig.

"Who's your friend?" I asked.

"I'm Max" she said. She looked at El. "Dude, can you just tell me where my class is? I'm most likely gonna be late anyway."

"I'm Fang, by the way. What class do you have?"

"English" I said.

"Let me see your sched." she sighed but handed it to me. "We have all the same classes...so, I'll show you. Oh and that's Ig by the way."

"Oh. One sec." she whispered something to El. They laughed and El nodded.

"...right...They...hot." was all I heard. I smirked.

"C'mon, Max...we're gonna be late." I said and started to lead her to her classroom.