Hey guys.

I am SO FREAKING SORRY! Getting very hard to motivate myself to write...

Anyhow, no excuse, and I hope you'll forgive me! Also, been getting ll the promptig, so thanks for not giving up on me...

Guess what? I'm gonna be in a movie! A small movie, but I'm so excited! :)

Here is the LONG awaited chappie!

-Line-

I awoke to the strong smell of puppy. Like, ew. I'm more of a bird person, really. I was going to back to sleep, figuring it was just a dream or something, when I felt something wet and sticky brush against my arm.

I shot up and gathered my sheets around me. My heart raced as I saw something wriggling under the blankets at the end of my bed.

Not exactly the way I like to wake up on a Saturday morning.

I cautiously poked the figure, and screamed. I small, black Scottie shot out of th bed and started prancing around my room.

"ELLA!" I yelled, in a desperate attempt to get this thing out of my room. My sleepy- looking sister approached my doorway and gave me a look.

"What now, Max? More ants?" She said with a smirk.

"I assume that is your mutt?" I pointed to the animal, now looking at her expectantly. She gasped and ran to catch him in her arms.

"Oh, Max, please, please, please don't tell Mom! I've been taking care of him so good, and he looks happy, right?" She pleaded with me. I looked at the dog, and all I saw was a pee stain waiting to happen.

"His name is Total. Please don't make me get rid of him. He's perfect." Ella looked at the dog like he was he4r pride and joy.

"If he's so perfect, why don't you just ask Mom to keep him?" Ella has always been a precise beggar.

She gave me another look. The second one this morning, I believe.

"Don't you remember Hopper? Not that it was my fault by any means, but I'm guilty by association." I recalled our childhood pet, and his unseemly demise. I grimaced.

"I was ten, okay? And don't think I forgot who ratted me out!" She stuck her tongue out at me, and I looked at the dog, Total, again.

"Just keep him out of my room, alright?" She squealed with joy.

"Good choice, Max! Otherwise I would have had to tell mom that you went to a drinking party last night." She raised her eyebrows.

I stood and slammed the door in her face. I could only deal with so much pest per day.

-Line-

"I can't believe it! You and Fang! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! You guys look mucho cute together, and it's gonna be great!" Nudge exclaimed.

"Calm the frick down, Nudge. He saved me, I gave him a hug, and that was it. End of story." She gave me a knowing look and resumed looking through my stack of movies I kept in my room. Truth be told, I wasn't too sure what it meant. But all those evil looks at Sam were starting to make sense.

My phone rang on my bed, and I went to retrieve it. I'd be lying if I said I didn't hope it was Fang, but I was disappointed.

Dylan-Cell

I considered answering it, before hitting ignore. I concentrated on Nudge's top five picks for the movie.

"How 'bout... Weird Science?" Nudge asked. I nodded.

"Want to invite Trixie and JJ to this little hootenanny of ours?" I asked. In the short span of time we'd known them, it seemed natural to have them over. Nudge nodded eagerly.

"Can we invite... erm... Iggy?" She asked shyly. I laughed.

"I'll check with my mom, but I'm sure it'll be fine." She smiled and went into my bathroom to primp before he got here.

I called JJ and Iggy, and they said they would be there in ten.

I typed in Trixie's home number and waited.

"Yo?" A feminine voice said. Their mother that tries to hard, I thought.

"Umm... hi, is Trixie home?"

"Fo' shizzle. One sec'." I assumed that meant yes, so I waited again.

"Hello, this is Trixie," a girlish voice stated.

"Hey Trix, it's Max. Nudge, JJ, and Iggy are coming over to watch Weird Science, care to join us?" I asked.

"Sure. Do care if my brother comes too? He's got nothing to do today, and I feel guilty leaving him alone."

"Uh... sure. See you in a few." I hung up and went to join Nudge in the bathrrom for a primping session.

-Line-

"Hey guys! C'mon in!" I greeted my guests. JJ and Iggy were making popcorn in the kitchen amd Nudge was setting up places for everyone. Trixie and Fang were the last to arrive. I had shut Ella up in her room and bribed her with the promise of doing her chores.

"Hey Max! Thanks for inviting us!" Trixie leaned in for a hug. After a second of standing there, I began to reciprocate. I wasn't used to being around someone so touchy- feely. She released me and I pointed her in the dircetion of the kitchen.

"Hi." said a much deeper voice from beind me. I turned around and gave Fang a weak wave.

"Hey... Nudge is upstairs setting up, and the others are in the kitchen." I informed him.

"I'll go help Nudge." He said. I nodded and led him up the stairs to my room. Nudge had neatly laid out pillows and beanbags across my room. I smiled at her.

"Thanks, Nudge. It looks great!" She beamed with pride.

A few minutes later, we wrangled everyone upstairs and settled in for the movie. Nudge practically dragged Iggy to the seat next to hers, and I sat between Fang and JJ.

I totally got into the movie and everyone was laughing at the good parts, so I didn't even notice when my leg started to touch Fang's. He was absorbed in the movie (Or at least he pretended to be), so I didn't think he noticed when I started to move my leg away, but room suddenly felt very cold, and gradually slid it back into place beside his. I felt content. Even if it was only for a few moments.

Someone knocked at my door. I resentfully stood up and stretched my back. After a few complaints of not being able to see the TV, I picked my way across everyone and twisted the knob.

Ella was sobbing on the other side.

"Max, I lost Total." I felt my stomach drop.

Crap.

Yay! Nice and long, even if it is boring and filler! I assure you, the next one will be fun :)

Reviews increase my work speed my 12097889 percent!

Thanks for sticking around,

~Me