Hello again!

Thank you for my last person who reviewed, you are awesome!

And sorry if the sentences were kinda weird but when the website copies my writing, it downloads it weird, so yea.

And another apology: I said that Brigid had black hair, scratch that and pretend I said red. Thanx!

So anywho this chapter is about Max and it is the day before her first day of 6th grade. So please enjoy!

Chapter 7 – Middle School

I groaned as my mom took yet another picture of me. "Mom, that's enough, you've taken at least thirty pictures. Please, I'm gonna be late on my first day." She lowered the camera and looked at me with sad eyes,

"But my baby is starting middle school. This is very important and I need to have pictures." She said, and then the flash went off, again.

"Why didn't you take any pictures of me when I went into middle school?" Iggy asked from the kitchen counter with cereal stuffed in mouth.

I turned around and looked at him, "Cause I am way cuter than you were when you entered middle school." I said and then smiled.

He rolled his eyes and put his bowl in the sink. Just than my dad came down the stairs, straitening his tie. He smiled at me and then looked to my mom,

"Val, do you remember where I put my report? I can't find it and the big meeting is today!" he said, practically shouting.

My mom finally set down the camera and pointed to his briefcase. "You put it in the front pocket after you printed it last night." She said, smirking.

My dad walked to his bag, pulled out his report and then looked at my mom with a smile. "What would I do without you?" he asked and then kissed her.

"Come on kids, I'm dropping you guys off." I grabbed my new backpack and said bye to my mom. I jumped into the back of my dad's car and closed the door.

My mom stood at the door and waved. Was that a tear? Jeez, was she that worried? Well honestly, I was kinda nervous too, I just hope Nudge and I have some classes together, and that I have nice teachers.

Iggy jumped in next to me, taking out his cell phone. "Are you texting Marilyn?" I asked in a playful tone.

"No!" he said quickly and then put it back in his pocket. I knew he was, ever since 6th grade he has had a HUGE and I mean HUGE crush on her.

And I use it as blackmail. (Evil smile)

So we finally pulled up to my new school, Windham Middle School. My dad turned around and winked at me, "You'll do great Max. Love you." I smile and got out.

Since Iggy was an 8th grader this year, he already knew where to go, so he left me. Alone. And I don't know where the heck I am supposed to go. So I stood there looking like a moron.

Just as I was going to ask a nice looking girl where the office was, someone jumped on top of me from behind. We both fell to the ground, hard. This person was so gonna get it…

"Maxie!" squealed an all too familiar voice. Nudge.

We got up, and she hugged me again. "Omg, we are at middle school, gosh I am so excited, I hope the lunch is like so good, and all the cute boys, and we have six classes. Did I mention the cute boys?"

One thing you should know about Nudge, is that she can talk for hours and there is no "OFF" button on her, so I just tend to zone her out.

The first couple of times I felt bad, but now, it's me only shield to her voice.

I smiled at her and then started walking to where I thought the office was. Nudge followed me, but stopped to say hi to another one of her friends, I also turned and waved.

Then when I turned back around, I bumped into someone. "Oh, gosh, sorry." I said looking at the person.

"It's fine." Said a boy about my age, with blond, and bright blue eyes. I stared for a moment and then looked down, blushing.

"Sorry." I mumbled again, and then kept walking. Nudge then came up next to me and smiled.

"Well, who was that?" she asked trying to hide the smile.

"No one Nudge. Come on, we need to find the office." I said quickly.

Boys + Nudge = A very long conversation.

When we finally found the office, the secretary gave us our schedule. She said our homeroom was in the first row, third room.

Outside the office Nudge and I compared our schedules, we had Homeroom through 5th period together, but she had history 6th and I had math. "Looks like we will be buddies this year!" she said in a high voice.

I smiled and then walked to our homeroom. Our first four classes seemed very easy, and we had really nice teachers. This was going to be an easygoing year I thought to myself as we got our lunch.

Nudge spotted some more of her other friends, so we started walking over to where they were sitting. As I took a step, my foot stepped on something crunchy. I looked down and saw a piece of paper that was crumbled and dirty.

I picked it up and opened it. It was a schedule for a girl named Ella Martinez. We got to the table and I told Nudge I was going to the office to turn in the schedule. She nodded her head and started talking to this girl next to her.

I reached the office and went to the attendance clerk. "Um excuse me, I found…"

I was going to tell the lady about the schedule, when the door was swung open and a girl came in very fast. She looked frantic and went up to the clerk. "Please I lost my schedule and I don't remember my next class. I need a new one!"

The clerk looked at her and then me, "Sweetie, please wait, this girl came in first. Let me help her and then I will print a new one out for you." She said looking and the frantic girl.

She then looked back at me, "What did you say you needed?" I looked at the girl and then back at her,

"That I um, found a schedule outside…" I then looked at the girl, "Are you Ella Martinez?" I asked.

The girl looked at me and nodded. I handed her the schedule, she took it and smiled. "Thank you so much!" she said smiling.

I then thanked the clerk and we both walked outside. "You're in my 3rd period, aren't you?" she asked. "Science, with Mr. Trimmell?"

I nodded, and I remembered her, she sat in the second row in front of Nudge and I.

"Well I am so glad I finally know someone, I'm new to the area and I don't know anyone." She said and then started walking the other direction. I felt bad for her, so I asked if she wanted to eat lunch with me.

She thought for a minute and nodded. I introduced Ella to Nudge, who right away complemented her jacket. I smiled and knew they were going to be good friends.

So after lunch Nudge and I parted ways, but I walked with Ella since her class was next to mine. I walked into my last class and saw the words: Seating Chart written on the board.

I rolled my eyes and walked to the list of my class that was on the board. I saw my name in the very first row, and I am sitting next to some kid named Logan.

I looked to my right and saw my teacher sitting at her desk. She was old, she had hair that looked like it hadn't been brushed in a long time, and she had a very annoying voice. I knew I wasn't going to like her, and she wasn't going to like me.

So I sat at my desk and waited for my "partner" to come. Right before the bell rang, the same boy I had bumped into earlier came racing in and stood in the back. "Who are you?" asked my teacher, who by the way is called Ms. Owens.

"I'm Logan Daniels." Said the boy, trying to catch his breath. Ms. Owens looked at her chart and pointed next to me with a boney, crooked finger.

"There, next to Mr. Ride." Um, hello? Did she not see I was obviously a girl? Apparently not.

"Um sorry, but I am no Mr. I am a she." I said more rudely than expected. I heard some people snicker, and then Logan sat next to me. He let out a sigh and then looked at me.

He tilted his head, "Hey, aren't you the girl I saw this morning?" he asked. I nodded and looked for a pencil. Did I mention he was kinda cute? Ugh, I'm starting to sound like Nudge!

So that first day went very well, I loved all my classes, except for 6th period. That Ms. Owens is so… how can I put it nicely?… Retarded.

I hate her, she is so weird, when she talks, she doesn't even look at you, she stares at the back wall.

Well not to bore with that, Ella, Nudge and I are like the Three Musketeers. We go and do everything together. And this boy Logan, well we became really good friends as well.

All four of us sit together at lunch and hang out a lot. And sometimes I even catch Nudge staring at him…well I don't blame her. What! I did not just say that. Sorry, ok moving on.

So my sixth grade year went wonderful. For Christmas, Ella made us each (Even Logan) these friendship bracelets that she made out of yarn. Now I don't like jewelry, but I never take this bracelet off, it's very simple, just like me.

So now all of us have one and we never take them off, I guess it's kinda like showing we will always be friends.

And that Christmas, my parents got my a… drum roll please…A PUPPY! It is the cutest thing ever! It's a malamute, and she has the prettiest coat ever. I named her Akila, cool name huh?

So yes, she was a very nice Christmas present. And as for Ms. Owens, well there was some fight between us like every day. It was the class' entertainment for the day. And when the last day of school came, I was the first to tell her goodbye!

So we are going to skip my 7th grade year, nothing important or exciting happens, and we are going to the summer I am entering 8th grade. I am twelve and Iggy just turned fifteen, going to be a sophomore.

Well this part is mostly about Iggy, he calls it his first step into manhood. When he told me I just laughed.

So anyway, I had gotten this really bad ear infection from swimming so much with Ella Nudge and Logan, so I was like in pain all day. I wasn't allowed to go anywhere, so I just stayed at home watching movies all day.

This particular day Iggy had gone to the mall with his friends, and he had been gone all day. My mom had to stay late at the office that day and my dad was on a business trip from work.

So I was alone for the whole entire day.

It had just passed 5:30p.m. and I was worried about Iggy. I know, I know, not like me, but hey, I kinda missed my big brother. I had tried calling him like ten times but it always went straight to voicemail.

So I had just finished watching the Lion King, when I hear the front door open. I knew it was Iggy. I heard him lock it, and then his footsteps ad he turned the corner to the living room. Right away I knew something was wrong.

He looked different, like he was in shock. He stopped in the middle of the living and just looked at me. I looked at him confused. He kept looking at me and then he smiled really big.

What the heck was wrong with him?

"What is it Iggy?" I finally asked, getting kinda freaked out. "Did something happen at the mall?"

He nodded his head. I scrunched my eyebrows and tilted my head slightly. "What?" God he was driving me crazy.

"Marilyn." He breathed softly.

Oh no, what happened. He has a major crush on her, did she like not like him back. Oh God, she broke his heart!

I got up and hugged him; "I'm so sorry Iggy, if you want to talk…" I pulled back, expecting him to be nodding his head; instead I looked at his confused face.

"Why are you sorry?" he asked, giving me the are you crazy face.

"Well she found out you like her and she doesn't like you back, so now you're heart-broken." I said weakly.

The second I finished he started laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. I just looked at him, totally confused. When he finally caught his breath, he shook his head.

"No, that is not what happened. Are you crazy?" he asked, I just crossed my arms and looked at him, getting ticked off.

"Ok," he said seriously, "But you can't tell mom or dad, I want to tell them." I nodded and then we both sat down.

"On our way home, after everyone had gotten picked up at the mall, Marilyn and I came walking home. And I finally had the guts to tell her I liked her."

Wow, that was a big step for him, he continued,

"At first she didn't say anything, so I thought she didn't like me back." I looked at him sadly, but he kept talking. "And just as I was going to ask if she liked me back…she kissed me!" he yelled right into my face.

I also went into shock. Iggy just got kissed, on the lips!

We then both got up and started dancing around the living room. Hey, I was happy for my brother, his first kiss.

So we being the weird ones were looking like idiots dancing and screaming. Well hey, what better way to celebrate?

So there you have it, Iggy's big moment! So yeah there is one more week before school starts, so we are going supply shopping later. And to answer your question, YES, Iggy and Marilyn are together.

And I love her! She is so nice to me; she even gives my fashion tips.

And lately I've been thinking a lot about Fang and his family. I really miss, but also I keep getting about feeling when I think about Lori.

But hopefully it's nothing.

So there you go my readers. Hope you enjoyed my latest chapter. This might (not promising anything) be the last chapter before I bring in Fang. But I am not sure yet.

But anyway I hope you've enjoyed reading this, cause I am having a good time writing it!

And remember review!