Somebody mentioned that Ari never told Max his name, and wondered how she knew it. Thanks, I had a dumb moment. I went back and fixed it. I really wanted to get Max's whole first day of school in one chapter, but it didn't work out that way. I'm going to try to get the rest of the day in now, but I don't want to just glance on anything. I want to have Max experience the whole day. So, here I go. I might even add two chapters in one day if you guys review enough….

Also, I picked Zeik because I thought Gazzy could come from someone saying "Gah Zeik" and then shortening it. *Shrugs* I don't know…I did my best

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride. (They get less and less original)

I pulled the folded map out of my back pocket and glanced around myself again. I had absolutely no idea where I was. Not a clue. According to the map, this part of the school must not exist.

"Lost?" I jumped and spun around.

In front of me stood a boy that held a striking resemblance to Angel. He had light blond hair, and big, round, baby blue eyes. He was adorable, though he was only about a year younger than me, and I wanted to take him home and keep him as a pet. I nodded in answer to his question and tried not to say 'aww' like a little girl.

"This is a new part of the school, and they haven't updated the maps yet. My name's Zeik. My friends all call me Gazzy though, and trust me; you don't want to be around to find out why. What's your name?" I stared at him. "Hello?" He waved a hand in front of my face a few times, so I waved back. "Not talkative are you?" I shook my head no, and he laughed. "Here, let me see your schedule."

I handed him my schedule. He seemed alright. He read over it a bit, and his eyes widened a bit. He looked over the rest, and motioned for me to follow him down the hall.

"So you're the infamous Max?" He asked me. I stopped, surprised. "I know Fang. He and my brother are really good friends. Iggy should be in your next class. I'm pretty sure he has math with Mr. Birch next too." He was Iggy's brother? I didn't expect that one. He stopped in front of a door with the numbers 1008 Math on them, and gestured for me to enter. I nudged him with my foot, and gave a thankful nod. He grinned and skipped off down the hall.

Iggy was already glaring at me when I walked into the room. I gave a small wave, and took a seat in the back of the room. As luck would have it, the Ari walked into the classroom. He smirked at me, and I glared at him from behind my bangs.

"Hey cutie." He called, making his way over and sitting down behind me. "I missed you." I rolled my eyes. It was going to be a long class.

Ari threw wads of paper, and erasers, at the back of my head. Then he poked me repeatedly. He pulled my hair. He was like a seven year old, not getting his way. I thought I was about to go insane! When the bell rang for class to be out, I fled for third period.

I found my science class without nearly as much trouble. As I walked into the room I stopped dead in my tracks and resisted the urge to throw up. The smell was sickening. It reminded me of Walter. He was a scientist, and sometimes as punishment, he would use us for scientific experimentation. I closed my eyes, trying to keep from thinking about them.

"Tired?" I almost screamed. Why did Ari have to be in my science class? Why?! "I know an activity that could wake you up." I clenched my fists. If I had to sit next to this sexist pig for another hour I would have to kill someone.

"Ari? Are you in this class now?" A whiney voice asked from behind me. I recognized it as Lissa's

"Unfortunately, no. I'm still across the hall. I came to visit my friend."

"Max!" Lissa cried outraged. "You came to visit that boyfriend stealing bit-"

"Max? Hot name." Ari interrupted, looking back at me. I ignored him, made my way across the room, and sat in a back corner. Ari glanced at the clock, and seeing that the bell was about to ring walked across the hall. Luckily for me, Lissa sat across the room.

I was itching to leave through the entire class. The smell was getting to me. The classroom and the lab were split down the middle, so I could look over and see all of the lab equipment. It was mocking me. When the bell for class to be over rang, I darted from the room, and fought to keep from hyperventilating.

"Max? You okay?" I jumped about fourteen feet in the air. Fang had been waiting outside the door to my science class. I nodded, still trying to catch my breath. "Are you sure?" I nodded again. "Let's go to English."

I followed him to English class, rejoicing that we had this class together. Ari was in this class, but he sat across the room from me, and he was busy hitting on some other poor unfortunate soul.

"Good morning class. We have a new student joining us. Her name is Max, Maximum Ride. I'm Mrs. Belle. I really hope you enjoy this class. I feel it's fair to warn you, that we have an assignment that you should get started. A well thought-out essay about the best thing in your life. There is no due date as of yet, but I will decide when it's due very soon. You should get started ASAP, and for the rest of you, I hope you've been working on it." I nodded. Mrs. Belle gave me a warm, genuine, smile and continued with the lesson.

What is the best thing in my life? I wondered, as Fang led me from the lunch line and to a lunch table on the far side of the Cafeteria.

"Why did you bring her?" Iggy demanded, pointing an accusing finger at me. I sat down anyway, and Fang didn't answer. "I'm not talking to you." He told me, an immature mocking in his voice.

"Shut up, Iggy." Fang didn't sound even slightly bothered. In fact, he sounded bored.

"You shut up! Don't defend her. She's the one being immature and ignoring me because she's jealous!" Fang glanced at me from the corner of his eye, but I shook my head. Why convince Iggy that I wanted to be his friend when Walter was just going to pull me out of school again soon anyway? I didn't need to make any new friends.

We sat in an awkward silence until Nudge, Ella, Camy, and Angel walked up. They were followed closely by Zeik, or Gazzy. It turned out that Gazzy was the same age as Camy; both two years younger than me. They became fast friends. Ella and Iggy seemed to get along really well too. Apparently they had homeroom together and had become friends already. Angel and Nudge sat at the end of the table, holding their own conversation. Fang and I sat in comfortable silence, nodding agreeably when asked questions.

Eh…I don't particularly DISLIKE it, but I do believe I could have done better. I'm going to try to get the second half of her day in the next chapter. What do you think she should have fifth period? I was thinking of being obnoxious and putting her in choir…

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