Chapter 10

(Max's P.O.V)

After Dylan had asked me out at the end of Music class. I was officially riding on Cloud Nine. So what is Fang was upset? As the song goes,

"Whoooooooa, what the Hell!"

I mean, Fang refused to tell me what's so bad about Dylan, and I didn't have any vendetta with him, so I didn't see why I wasn't to go out with him. Maybe Fang thought that I would have gone out with him. Ha! That guy needed to get over himself and fast.

I walked to Government feeling like I was floating. I took a seat at the back of the class, and took out my books. Shortly after, Iggy and Fang walked into the classroom. Iggy sat in front of ma and Fang, after scowling at me, sat to Iggy's right (If you want to know whether I scowled back or not, thin about it).

"So, Maax?" Iggy drawled. "I heard Dylan ask you out after Music class."

"Yeah. We're just going to a movie and then some ice-cream afterwards.""What kind of movie are you guys going to see?"

"We're not sure yet? Hopefully it's a scary movie."

At that statement, Fang chortled.

"You, Dylan and a horror movie?"

I raised my eyebrows in a 'What's that suppose to mean?' gesture.

"That guy can't sit through 'Scary Movie' or it's sequels without getting up every fifteen minutes to go to the bathroom for fear of pissing himself."

I opened my mouth to make a witty remark but out US Government teacher walked in and called the class to attention.

After government, I met Ella outside to wait for Mom. Iggy and Fang had stayed back a while, for reasons unknown to me. As per routine, Ella and I compared days. I went first.

As I told her about Music class, she stopped me.

"Did you know," she asked, "that Fang, Iggy and Dylan had a band?" she asked me.

"A band? Fang, Iggy and Dylan?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yeah. Nudge told me."

"I see," I said. "Well, speaking of Dylan, he asked me out."

"Really," Ella squealed. "What'd you say?"

"I told him 'yes'," I told her.

"Oh my gosh. didn't Fang tell you not to go out with him?" She gasped. "Does Fang know?"

"Yes Fang knows. And, so what if he told me not to go out with Dylan? He refuses to tell me why I shouldn't go out with him," I said.

"Mmmm," Ella said. She sounded like she knew something.

"Ella?" I said. She didn't look at me. "Ella? Do you know something?" I asked her.

She made the mistake of looking at me. My cold, hard, narrowed eyes had her trapped.

"After you left," she began, "Iggy, Angel and Fang started to talk about a girl, Chasidy, and they mentioned Dylan."

"Ella, what exactly did they say?"

"Nothing much, really. They just said-."

Ella was cut short by Iggy calling my name.

"Max!" He ran up to where Ella and I were standing. Fang lagged behind him. "Hey, Ella."

"What are you guys doing out here? Aren't you going home?" he asked us.

"Yeah, just waiting on our Mom," I replied.

"Do you guy live far?"

"No," I answered. "It's about a five to ten minute drive, depending on your speed."

"Do you want me to drop you home?"

"We don't want to be too much trouble," Ella chimed in.

"It's no trouble. No trouble at all," Iggy replied.

"I guess I'll just call Mom then," I said. Ella nodded.

I called my Mom and told her about Iggy's suggestion.

"Who's Iggy?" Mom asked.

"His name is James and he's sixteen years old. He's a friend at school. We're just friends, Mom," I said, telling her exactly what I had to tell her whenever I'd carpool with anyone of the male species.

She paused a while before giving the green light. She hadn't left out as yet, and Iggy offering to drive us home was a stroke of luck because she had a full day.

After Fang had gone to get Angel, Iggy, Ella and I walked over to Iggy's black Porsche.

As soon as we were saying and driving I texted Ell.

So you were saying?

About?, she texted back.

Chasidy and Fang and Dylan.

Oh, right. Iggy asked Fang if he was going to tell you about Chasidy and Dylan. Fang said no. angel said that you had a right to know. Then Fang said he didn't want you to know about it yet.

That's it I texted her, unsatisfied with the information I had been given.

Yeah. I'd grilled Nudge relentlessly. But I didn't get anything from her. Sorry :'(

It's ok. I'll just ask Dylan on our date. And before you ask, yes, you can dress me up.

Thanks, she texted, You know me so well.

I smiled to myself as Iggy said,

"So, Max, where's your car?"

"It's coming up today hopefully. Take that left."

"Oh, cool," he said, smoothly taking the left.

"Three houses down," Ella said.

"Thanks, Iggy," I said as Iggy pulled up to my house.