Hey guys! Again. I can't believe I already got 2 reviews! (yeah I know only 2, but hey I was so happy! :) and I wud like to thank Sylvanna and mimi for being my first two reviewers. And so I misspelled "unforgettable" I know really sorry. But I changed it on my settings thingy, so idk if it will fix it on the website.
So anyway, this is chapter 2. and just so you guys don't get confused, they are still on their way to Daytona's (and by the way it really is a real place in New Hampshire) but Max is just gonna talk about their families, and how they met, and all that good stuff!
So I really hope you guys like it, and again pleez review!
And yes mimi there is gonna be romance, but not till a little later on!
Chapter 2 - Daytona Fun Park
(This is all during the car ride to Daytona's)
Ok, before we get to the best place in New Hampshire, I am going to tell you guys about me, my family, and my best friend ever. Starting off, I'm Max (duh) and I am 8 years old. I live in New Hampshire with my mom Valencia, dad Marcus and my big brother Iggy who is 2 years older.
I think I am a very unique person. I am not the typical little girl who likes pink, or glitter, or the princesses. No, I love getting dirty, playing videogames, and not caring what people think. I think I get my tomboyish side from my brother and my dad.
We are always doing things in the yard, horsing around, and playing videogames. I am also pretty mature for my age, I've always been, but sometimes I can get a little out of control. So yeah, I think I have a pretty cool life!
So about my family, my mom is like the best veterinarian on the east coast (no lie) People all over come here just so my mom can check their animals, and there are some pretty weird ones that come in every once in a while. So because of her job, we get the big bucks, and I mean really big bucks.
We live in a pretty big house, not huge but pretty big. It includes a swimming pool and my own bathroom! And my favorite place in my house is out on our patio. I absolutely love it, and we have this swing thingy, that I can be on for hours. During the summer when people come over, no one ever goes inside, they all stay on the patio, or go in the pool.
My dad on the other hand is also really cool; he and I do everything together. He is an English professor at the University of New Hampshire. I think his job is pretty cool too, probably cause I love English; it's my favorite subject ever!
And lastly, Iggy. Don't ask me why my parents named him that, but yeah. He thinks it's cool, cause all the ladies like it. Yeah, sure, whatever. Other than that though he is a pretty cool brother, I guess. We spend a lot of time fighting, even though I am always right or I win. I mean there isn't really anything special about us, but if think we have a pretty good brother-sister relationship.
Although sometimes he annoys the heck out of me, and I want to break his neck, but we still love each other.
So now my best friend ever (drum roll please)… Fang Harding! We are always together, having fun, and… just always together. And what's kinda weird is that we are exactly 2 weeks apart, with me being the oldest. It's actually a funny (and sad) story of how we came to meet.
(Flashback)
I was about 4 years and it was a freezing day, there was like 3 feet of snow on the road and it was about 5 days after Christmas. My mom was driving and I was in the back in my car seat, and we were coming home from the super market.
So there I am in the back of our van, being a cute innocent baby, and I do mean really cute! Then out of nowhere I see a little black ball of fur coming racing out of a house and right into the middle of the street. Now my mom being the careful driver that she is, also sees this lighting fast little ball of fur, and slams on the breaks.
The car lurches forward, and we hear a sickening, "Thump." Then I hear yelling and a woman comes running outside of the house, and a boy, about the same age as me, comes running behind her. My mom looks back at me to make sure I'm fine, and then jumps out of the car. I unhook my seat belt and also get out of the car.
When I open the door the little boy is crying and saying, "No Total, please no, don't let him die!" I go around to the front of the car and find a poor black little terrier lying on it's side, whimpering. My mom is already kneeling down and examining him.
The mom of the boy hugs him and tries calming him down, but he won't stop crying. That's when my mom looks up at the women and says, "I am so so sorry ma'am. It all happened so fast I did not see him. But my name is Valencia Ride and I am a veterinarian, if it's alright with you can I take your dog to my clinic?"
She was talking so fast I almost didn't here what she said. "Are you the Valencia Ride at Ride Pet Clinic?" the women asked. "Yes, I am. So is it ok if I take him, to check if he is going to be alright?" "Yes please, of coarse, can my son and I come too?" my mom was picking up the dog and responded with a yes.
The boy got in the seat next to me, and my mom gave him his dog. His mother ran back to their house, closed and locked the door, then got in the front seat. My mom started the car and we drove away. "My name is Lori Harding, and he is my son Nick " my mom looked at her and smiled, "Again I am terribly sorry, Lori, but I promise I will do everything I can to help your dog."
I looked at the boy, and he had really black hair, and was stroking the dogs' head. "What's his name?" I asked softly. He looked up at me with these dark eyes, like they were almost black. "Total" he replied. A few minutes later we were at my moms office and she and Lori went in the back with the dog. Nick and I were left in the waiting area, where we sat down on the bench.
We said nothing to each other, until finally I spoke, "I'm Max." he looked at me again and gave me a small smile. After about 45 minutes my mom and Lori came out of the operating room. We both looked up and they both smiled, and right then I knew my mom had saved the dog.
"Well he did have 3 broken ribs, and a bad bruise on his leg, but other than that, he is going to be just fine." My mother announced happily. Nick hopped off the bench, ran and gave her a hug. "Thank you, thank you!" he cried into her leg. She smiled again and looked down at him,
"You are very welcome Nick, but Total is going to have to spend the night here, just to make sure he is doing fine." He nodded, and then we got back into the car, and drove them home.
Just when Nick was about to close the door, he looked d at me, gave me another smile and waved.
(End of Flashback)
As it turned out they about 5 houses down from us, and we met again when we entered kindergarten. And then you know how the story went from there, we became best friends!
And you might ask how he got his nickname as Fang? Well he has a collection of shark teeth, and I just thought 'Fang' suited him better. So there you have it, how Fang and I met. So really quick about his family.
He lives with his mom Lori, dad Jeb, little brother and sister, Gazzy and Angel and their dog Total. His mom Lori is the nicest, most caring person I know (other than my mom).
She never screams or yells, but she is pretty firm with the kids. And she is a stay at home mom, which I think is pretty cool. Lori is like the sister my mom never had, they do everything together, shop, walk, and even go get pedicures. She is also like my second mom.
Their dad Jeb is a really well known scientist that works on "Top Secret" stuff, so he gets big bucks too. Him and my dad are like brothers, if there's a football game on, they have to watch it together. And Fang's little brother and sister are twins, they are adorable.
They look like Jeb with big blue eyes, and blond hair and they are 5 years old. And Fang, well he's just Fang. He is also mature for his age, just like me, and we have a ton of things in common. And he loves to wear dark clothes; it would be a miracle if you could find a white t-shirt in his closet.
Unlike Angel and Gazzy, he has black hair, dark eyes and the ivory skin color of his mother. So there you are, now you know all about Fang's family and mine.
So now back to the car ride, we are still going to Daytona's! We finally got there, and Fang and I rocketed out of the car and practically flew to the main gate. Our mother's of course, took their time and finally caught up with us. They paid for the unlimited wristband, which we can do everything again and again.
The second our wristbands were on, we ran like maniacs to the climbing wall. That's are favorite thing to do here, we race to see who can get to the top first! We got in line behind this boy who liked like was about 10 years and looked like he weighted almost 100 lbs. "Max, Fang, we will be sitting over, once you're done come and tell us where you guys want to go next."
My mother shouted, I looked at her and gave her the thumbs up. She responded by blowing me a kiss. Jeez, did she not know we are in public?
The boy in front of us turned around, "So who's Fang?" he sneered. Great another bully, that's all we need to ruin this day. "Me, why?" Fang replied.
"Well I don't know if losers like you two can handle this 24 ft. wall. Maybe you guys should go back to your mommies and not even waste your time." He snickered and turned around. "Well I don't know if fatties like you can even fit in the harness." Fang fired back.
I held in my laughter, and Fang smirked. And now you can see why I love Fang. But not in that way, cause we are only 8, not at all like that… never mind, you guys know what I mean.
"What did you say?" fatty boy asked him, " I am the best at this, I bet you can't beat me to the top first." He practically spat the words at us. Oh oh, this was not good… "Fine, then it's a race to the top." Fang replied.
Man, I had to see this, although I knew who was going to win. I mean, come on, a 50lb. 2nd grader, or a 100lb. 5th grader? That's like if someone is gonna ask if Maximum Ride is awesome or not, no brainer!
So I slipped out of line and around behind the gate. Fang and the fatty boy were next, and the worker put the harness on both of them. Just for the heck of it, I yelled, "On your mark, get set… go!" and they both jumped to the highest peg they could reach.
Since Fang was lighter and almost the same height (did I mention that we are pretty tall for our age?) as the fatty kid, he reached a higher peg. But boy, was the fatty kid pretty fast. They were pretty close, almost half way up. "Come on Fang, you can do it!" I encouraged.
There was no way he was gonna loose to some kid that was triple his size… in fat. They were so close, and about one quarter of the way to the finish line, Fang slips, almost a full 2 feet!
Luckily he caught himself, but doofus fatty laughed at Fang's mistake, and he too lost his grip and fell. Except he fell almost all the way down. It took all my control to not burst out laughing and call him a fatty. I did come pretty close, but I'm not that mean…
So Fang climbed 4 more pegs, and rang the buzzer at the top. The winner! He came down and I cheered, and he smiled at me. And let me tell you, Fang never smiles, so he must have felt pretty good. The worker was still taking off the fatty's harness and he started crying…
Wait what? Wow he was really crying! Ha, that's what he gets, trying to mess with Fang Harding! Fang got out of the harness and came to where I was and we both watched as the loser ran crying to his mommy! "That was pretty close." I said,
"Well, I wanted him to think he had a chance." And he gave me one of his rare smirks. What the? Did my heart just flutter? That was weird…
I just rolled my eyes, and we walked back to our moms. "Ok, what a coincidence, that you two come back smiling evilly," started my mom, "And a poor boy ran out crying from where you guys were." She looked at Lori, who added,
"What did you guys do?" Fang and both looked at each other puzzled and I answered, "What do you mean? We would never make anyone cry…" wow they knew us too well. "Yeah, sure." They rolled their eyes.
"So where to next kiddos?" "Um, well we are actually hungry. And an extra large pizza sounds awesome right now!" I said excitedly. "When are you guys not hungry?" our moms said in unison.
After our amazing lunch, of pepperoni pizza and pink lemonade, we went to the bumper boats. These are pretty fun too. Since it's wintertime right now though, they have a roof that goes over the whole park, since it's snowing outside. But during summer, when it's hot, they open the roof and it's really fun spraying each other with the guns on the boats.
But since it's cold, they turn off the guns, it's still fun, but I love getting wet. Not to bore you with all the things we did, we went on the boats like 5 times. Then after we went to the arcade. And let me tell you, Fang is the master at shooting hoops. He can get tickets so easily; we need like 3 trash bags (the extra large ones) to hold all of the tickets.
So we were in the arcade for almost two hours, until a voice came on the intercom, "Sorry kids, but Daytona Fun Park will be closing in 20 minutes. But remember, we are open 365 days, even if it's snowing!"
I looked at Fang, wow what a waste of time; I bet no one even listened to that. "Ok kids that's our queue to go, come on, time to go home!" I sighed and followed my mom out the main gate. I sat all the way in the back of our van with Fang.
Man, I didn't notice how tired I was… maybe if I close my eyes for a second, I'll regain some energy… but Fang looked so peaceful when he was sleeping… I think I'll take a nap too. Before I drifted off to La-La Land I might have heard a click of a cell phone camera go off. Oh well, I am so tired though…
Ok guys here is chapter 2! It's a lot longer than chapter 1, so hopefully I get more reviews! Thank you! :)