Hello my most awesome readers!

I am so happy, I didn't get any homework! So I decided to update!

(Screams really loud)

I was so bummed yesterday cuz I thought I wasn't going to be able to update, but here I am, updating! :)

So this is just a filler, until the first day of school comes. And this is where Fang meets Logan… we'll see how that goes….

Like always, ENJOY!

Chapter 13 – Introductions

"Max I really don't think I should go. They're your friends, and they never even met me." Fang complained from the chair next to me. I looked at him, with my mouth full of bacon,

"Shut up and eat Fang, we're leaving in 2 hours." He rolled his eyes, sighed, and drank more of his orange juice. Ella had called me yesterday, saying we should all hang out before school started in 3 days.

She said she wanted to go to the movies, and then laser tagging. I told her fine, but that I was taking a surprise. And all last night she kept bugging me about what the surprise was.

They still didn't know Fang was back. So we woke up this morning, and I was like dying of hunger. Of course my parents got out their aprons (So embarrassing) and cooked us a huge breakfast.

Fang still slept in the den, but Angel started sleeping in my bed. One night she came to my room and woke me up. At first I thought something was wrong, so of course, I got all jumpy and crazy.

But it turned out she just wanted to sleep with me. Since then, we've been sleeping together. So this particular morning, I woke up before her and came downstairs.

I walked into the living room, expecting to be alone, but I wasn't. Fang was already up and on the couch looking through his iPod. I sat next to him and crossed my legs.

"Morning" I heard him say, but he didn't take his eyes off the screen.

What was he looking at?

I moved my head till I was peaking over his shoulder. I saw the screen blink and then it went to the home screen. He looked at me and raised one eyebrow, "Can I help you with something?" he asked in that annoying way of his.

"No." I said quietly, moving away from him. He smiled and then got up, "You want some juice?" he asked walking toward the kitchen. "Yeah, please."

I heard him open our fridge and take out cups. He poured the juice and then closed the fridge. He came back and handed me my favorite green mug. I took it, and just looked at it, thinking of Lori.

He said down and took a sip. "The moment she saw that mug, she knew she had to get it for you." I looked at him and smiled.

"It's my favorite mug." I said, also taking a sip. Again, we stayed quiet, "So, how did you sleep?" I asked, trying to start conversation. "Good." He said, and then turned on the TV.

Fang's POV (the night before)

The whole night I was up.

I couldn't sleep, and it bugged the heck outta me. I tossed and turned, kept taking off the blankets and then covering myself again, it was driving me crazy!

I couldn't take it any more; I got up and went into the living room. I sat on the couch and listened to some music on my iPod. But still that didn't even help, I still felt awake and alert.

And then I started pacing. Back and forth, back and forth. But still did not feel sleepy.

So finally I decided, I would go check on the twins. I walked quietly upstairs and opened the door to the first guest room. I walked in and only saw Gazzy.

I panicked, where was Angel? Since she was my little sister, yes, I was very protective of her. I scanned the room quickly, but still no sign of her.

Where was she?

And then it hit me, Max's room. So I walked back out and opened Max's door. I went over to the bed and saw Angel curled up next to Max. I smiled, they looked really cute.

What? I did not just say that!

I shook my head and turned, walking toward the door. But I heard a feint buzzing sound coming from the nightstand. I walked over and saw Max's phone, the screen was lit up.

It better not be that Logan kid…

I was going to leave it, but it buzzed again. I just stared at it, so temping to get it.

But if I get it, Max was going to kill me.

But I could just here it calling me, 'Fang, come pick me up, I know you wanna see!' I was officially going crazy.

But instead I just looked at the screen, 2 new messages from Nudge. I sighed, glad it wasn't Mr. Perfect.

I then looked over at Max and Angel, and left the room. As I was walking toward the den, I suddenly felt sleepy. Weird…

And as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out.

When I woke up again, it was 6:36. I yawned and sat up. I ran a hand through my hair, and felt my fringe flop back down again.

I got up and went into the living room. I sat down and started looking through my iPod. A couple minutes later I heard footsteps walk down the stairs.

Max.

Max's POV

When he said "Good", his voice a little off. I tilted my head, "Fang…"

I trailed off, but he just kept staring at the TV. "It was nothing, I just couldn't sleep." He said, his face emotionless.

I rolled my eyes, and started watching some movie on TV. About an hour later, my parents and Jeb came walking down the stairs.

They said good morning to us, and sat on the couch. Just as the movie ended, my stomach growled.

And loud.

"Someone's hungry." Fang said teasingly. I smiled innocently, "Mom, can you make breakfast?" I asked, batting my eyelashes. Without hesitation, both my parents got up and went into the kitchen, Jeb following them.

And 20 minutes later, Fang and I are stuffing our faces and having the argument. He had just finished saying he didn't want to go, when I already told Ella and Nudge he was going.

Finally Angel and Gazzy came walking down the stairs. I smiled and picked up Angel, sitting her on my lap. "Want some bacon?" I asked, handing her a strip.

She took it and ate it happily, then got a plate of her own.

"So, Max, where are you guys going today?" my mom asked, flipping a pancake. "Well Nudge and Ella want to go to the movies and then go laser tagging after. The movie they want to see starts in 2 hours."

I looked at the clock, "At 12:30." "And your taking Fang right?" she looked directly at me.

Fang and I answered together, but he said "No" and I said "Yes". We both looked at each other, and my mom raised an eyebrow. I widened my eyes at Fang,

"Yes, mom. Fang is going. Aren't you?" I looked at him, and kicked his leg under the table. My mom looked at him, with one hand on her hip. He looked at her and sighed, "Yeah, I'm going." He said before eating a forkful of pancakes.

I smiled triumphantly and finished my breakfast.

It was 12:20 and I was waiting by the door looking at my clock on my phone and tapping my foot. "Fang, come on! We're going to be late, the movie starts in 10 minutes!" what was taking him so long?

I don't even take that long to get dressed! I was just about to go upstairs, grab him by his 'perfect' hair and drag him out the door.

But he came strolling down the steps casually. I stopped and gave him my best possible glare. He smoothed out his jacket and walked by me. He opened the door, "Come on Max. Now we're waiting for you."

I could practically see the sneer on his face. I turned on my heel and walked by him as he closed the door behind me. We got into my mom's car and started driving towards town. I had my arms crossed and I snuck a glance at Fang.

He was really well dressed, too well dressed. I rolled my eyes and watched out the window at the passing houses. "Ok, kiddos, have fun!" my mom yelled at us as we walked into the theatre. We paid for our ticket and entered, right away I spotted Nudge and Ella.

They were both looking at the snack menu, when Ella turned around and saw me. She smiled and came running to me. "Max!" then Nudge turned around and also came running to me.

They both hugged me and I laughed. "What took you guys so long? The movie is about to start." Said Nudge, noticing the tall, slim figure behind me. And then Ella noticed him too.

She raised an eyebrow, and I turned, motioning for Fang to come. He strolled up to us and smiled at my friends, and they almost died right then and there.

I saw Ella smile like I've never seen her smile before, and Nudge, well she was just being Nudge. "Guys, this is um, Fang." I said. "Hey." he told them coolly. "Hi I'm Ella." and she stuck out her hand, Fang shaking it.

"Omg, so you're Fang? I can't believe I'm meeting you. I'm Nudge, Max has talked so much about you." And she grabbed his hand and shook it.

Fang smiled again and put his hands in his pockets.

Jeez, Nudge! I was so close to slapping her.

Then I noticed someone was missing, "Guys, where's Logan?" I asked, looking around the theatre. "He went to the bathroom, he should be back by now…" responded Ella, also looking around.

"There he is!" said Nudge, pointing to the bathrooms in the front. I looked at Fang really quick and saw Logan come up to us. "There you are Max!" he said, giving me a hug.

Fang's POV

So I liked these two girls. Ella seemed really nice, the type of friend Max needed. Nudge on the other hand, well I like her too. But boy can she talk?

I did like it when she said Max talked about me. I'd have to remind myself to ask her what see said about me…

And then I heard Max ask where's Logan. Did she like him that much? I don't know why but that kind of ticked me off. Then Nudge pointed to the front and I saw a tall kid, almost my height with blond hair and blue eyes come walking out.

He saw me right away, but then put his attention on Max. And it killed me when she hugged him.

Max then looked at me, "Logan, this is Fang." She said, giving me a warning look with her eyes. So I put on a fake smile and I nodded, "Hey Logan." I swear I could taste the acid in my mouth.

But hey, I was gonna be nice, cause that's just the kind of guy I am.

Max's POV

I crossed me fingers behind my back and prayed that Fang and Logan like each other. But Fang said hey, and Logan nodded, so I guess they were cool.

"Alright, so then let's go get our seats." I said looking at Ella, "What movie is it El?" she smiled and burst out, "Captain America!" and then she started jumping up and down.

She was in love with Chris Evans, we watched, "Fantastic Four" like a million times already. I rolled my eyes, but still smiled. We walked into our theatre and sat down towards the back.

Ella sat at the edge, Fang, me, Logan and lastly Nudge. Great, in between the boys I thought as the lights dimmed. Throughout the whole movie, I kept hearing Ella gasp or scream every time Chris Evans came out.

She was crazy about him!

Every once in awhile I could feel Logan lean in toward my seat. And then Fang would do the same, but I ignored them and enjoyed the movie. Once it was done we went back out and Nudge ordered a pretzel. It looked so good I had to steal a piece. I looked at my watch, it almost going to be 2:15.

Nudges' mom is supposed to pick us up and take us to the laser tag place. "Come on guys, we should wait outside." I said, and we all waited outside. Seconds later Nudges' mom pulls up and we get in her car.

Nudge and Ella sit in the seats behind the driver and passenger, so that leaves me with both boys in the back. So here we go, driving away while Ella and Nudge ramble about some cute singer, and I'm stuck in the back between Logan and Fang, again.

Now I knew that Ella and Nudge were doing this on purpose.

When we pulled up on front of the laser tag place, I was the first one out of the car. I looked in through the passenger window and thanked Nudges' mom. She said bye to us and drove away.

I turned around and saw Ella talking to Fang about some new song. I guess he felt me staring, and he looked up. I smiled sweetly and then he also smiled, but in a Fang kind of way.

I blinked, and then he was back to listening to Ella, nodding or saying "Yeah" every once in awhile. I was so glad he was getting along with my friends. Well hopefully all of them…

And then my eyes drifted to Logan. He opened the door for us and we walked in. We stood in line, waiting to buy our wristbands. A cash register opened up I went first with Fang.

I was pulling out my wallet and then I looked up at the cashier. Oh my, was he cute!

He had shaggy blondish/brownish hair, and pale green eyes. He looked like some California surfer hottie! (Blushing uncontrollably)

"Um…" shoot I forgot what I was going to say!

But Fang answered, "Two, wristbands for Laser Tag." He said, also getting his wallet. He took out some money, and handed it to the cutie. I mean, cashier.

I looked at his nametag, 'Jake'. He got out the wristbands and handed them to me. He smiled, and my heart almost stopped beating. "Enjoy." He said, looking right at me, I think I sighed out loud.

I heard Fang mumble something, grab my arm, and pull me to the side. I looked back one more time, "Thanks!" I said, trying not to smile too big.

"Jeez Max, he's like 16." Fang said, putting on my wristband. I looked at him, "Well, excuse me for being a teenage girl." I snapped and walked a little further.

What was his problem?

Then I turned around and saw Nudge and Ella come walking, with gigantic smiles on their faces. "ZOMG, did you see that cashier?" Nudge squealed. "Did it just get hotter in here, or is just me?" Ella said, still smiling.

I laughed and followed them in to the room.

Fang's POV

I cursed under my breath as the next cashier opened up. Max hadn't seen him, until she looked up after getting her wallet. And she smiled like a little girl who got a puppy for Christmas.

She stuttered, so I had to get out my wallet and pay. What did she see in this guy anyway? He was like 16.

So after he handed Max the wristbands and smiled, I pulled her away. She turned and looked over my shoulder, and told him bye. I rolled my eyes, and put on her wristband. "Jeez Max, he's like 16." I said and she snapped.

Then Ella and Nudge came smiling too, Logan walking behind them.

If it wasn't Logan, it was somebody else.

"Did it just get hotter in here, or is just me?" said Ella, and Max laughed like she agreed. That irked me big time.

I also saw Logan roll his eyes, well at least we agree on one thing.

Max's POV

Then we walked into the next room, and waited with a few other people for out turn to go in. A guy came in and told us the rules, then he divided us into two teams.

Me, Nudge and Ella were on the red team, and Logan and Fang were on the blue team. He then told us to put on our vests, and how to use the 'gun'.

I looked at the rest of my team, a young couple. And another girl and boy. Seemed pretty good, I so wanted to beat Fang's team.

"Ok, blue team go around down the hall and enter through the other end. Red team wait here and I'll tell you guys when to go in." I saw the blue team walk down the hall, and then I looked at my friends,

"Ok, listen we need to beat them. There is no way they are winning, or else we will never here the end of it." They nodded their heads, and got their guns ready.

"Alright 3, 2, 1. Go!" and we ran in. On the other side of the course, was a screen where we were supposed to shoot at to give our team points. Ella went left with some other guys, while Nudge and I went right, with a girl and two guys.

I heard some screaming to my side and then went up against the wall. I heard someone's vest get shot, but I continued, trying to reach the screen in the back. I turned around, and Nudge was gone.

Then I saw someone move at the corner of my eye. I looked up and saw a blue vest, I pointed my gun up and shot. I heard a zing sound, "Damn it Max!" I heard a voice yell, Logan.

I smiled, "Sorry." I 'apologized' and went running by him. I almost ran into to a wall, but skidded to a halt. I was about to turn left, when I heard my vest get hit.

When you get hit, you need to wait a couple seconds because the gun won't work. I turned around and saw another blue vest go by me. Fang! He was so dead!

My gun 'reloaded" and I went running after my attacker. I turned another right and saw my team's screen. I stopped and aimed my gun at the target. Zing, my vest got hit again! I yelled in frustration and turned around. "Pay back!" Logan yelled, running by me, and then disappeared behind a wall.

"Max!" Nudge came running next to me, breathless. My gun reloaded and we both shot our target, earning our team 5,000 points. "The boys keep shooting me." I grumbled, hiding with her under a wall.

She laughed and we both heard Ella yell, "Fang!" I looked at Nudge and we both got up to help our partner. We found her in a corner looking angry.

"What happened Ella?" I asked, coming up next to her. "Fang and Logan ganged up on me!" she said and then her gun lit up again. "Ok, that's it, payback!"

I said running out and looking for our 2 enemies. I passed behind another blue vest person, who was crouched. I stood behind them, "Meet my little friend." And then I shot his vest. I heard him groan, but I ran off. Logan should pay better attention. Oh well, not my fault.

I passed a cutout in the wall, and caught a glimpse of bright blue. I went around the wall and stood behind him, pointing my gun, "Say cheese!" but I was too slow.

The person whipped around so fast and shot my vest first. "Too slow, Max." and then I heard chuckling.

That's the second time from Fang!

Just as my gun was reloaded, I heard a loud alarm. That meant our time was up. I found Ella and we both walked back into the room together.

I saw Fang taking off his vest and hanging it on peg.

Dumb friend, I thought, as I also hung my vest.

"Jeez Max, you got me twice." Logan came up behind, his face was red. I smiled evilly and followed the others out. In another room, huge screens were hanging on the wall, saying our teams' score.

I saw ours first and smiled in content. 128,519 points. There is no way Fang's team beat us. I looked over at their screen, and my mouth fell to the floor. 283,723 points! What the heck! I saw Fang high-five Logan and they both smiled.

But how did they win! There was no way!

"Aww, poor, Maxie got her butt kicked?" Fang said in playful tone. I heard Logan laugh behind him and they walked away.

I was fuming.

Then Ella came and put her hand on my shoulder, "Come on Max, we'll get them next." But I didn't want to get them next time, I wanted to get them today!

I breathed in real deep and let it out slowly, closing my eyes. I opened them and looked at her, "You're right, next time." I told her, and we also walked out.

Fang and Logan were up ahead messing around. Glad to see them enjoying themselves.

As we almost reached the door, I got an idea. I turned around and walked back. "Max, where are you going? The exit is this way." I heard Logan yell behind me, but I didn't turn around. I walked up to Jake, and smiled my best smile ever. "I just wanted to say thanks, again. I had a blast!" I said. He smiled at me, his white teeth shining, "No problem, glad you had fun." I smiled once more and then turned around.

Take that Fang!

I walked back to my group and we walked outside. "What was that Max?" whispered Nudge. Ella looked at me, also wondering the same thing. I smiled, "What, I can't say thank you to someone who is nice?" I said the 'nice' part extra loud.

They both smiled. Seconds later Nudges' mom came and picked her up. We waved to her and then my mom came. We all got in the car. We dropped off Logan first, then Ella. On the way back to our house, I sat next to Fang.

He looked mad, and I kinda felt bad about I did.

When we got home, Fang went straight to the den, and I followed him in.

"Fang, I'm sorry for what I did. But I was just mad that you guys won, and I wanted payback. But I shouldn't have done that." I looked up at him, and he just stared at me.

I made a small smile and Bambi eyes. He looked at me a second longer, and then looked down. He ran a hand through his hair and then looked back up at me.

"I'm going to need to keep a closer eye on you, little miss flirt. You could get into some serious trouble." He said, and I smiled knowing he forgave me. I ran to him and through myself into his arms. He stood there for a second and then hugged me.

"I am really truly sorry for that. I promise it won't ever happen." I said looking at his eyes and he sighed, "Fine, I forgive you. It's just I don't want to see you get hurt." I pulled away from him.

"Trust me, Maximum Ride does not get hurt." I announced, putting my hands on my hips.

He looked at me and then burst out laughing.

He just had to ruin my good speech.

Ok guys!

Sorry if the end sounded cheesy, I just didn't know where to go with it.

Anyway, I hope you guys liked it, and if you didn't, please tell me!

And did you guys liked the switching back and forth of Max's and Fang's POVs?

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And sorry if Max and Fang were OOC. And Fang is not going to be mean to Logan any more, hopefully.

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And the next chapter is the first day of High School!

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