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Chapter 2
(7 years later)

Max's POV
I don't think about that day much anymore since that was the last time I saw him. He never came back to visit for reasons unknown and we lost contact 4 years ago.

I was now a senior in high school, the lead singer of my band, and freshly single. My d-bag bf Dylan dumped me over the phone yesterday cause I didn't want to have sex with him. We were together for around 9 months so I did shed a tear or two but got over it. School was starting in less than week and I wasn't gonna start heartbroken.

I started getting ready for the concert my band had tonight. We only played covers but we're getting pretty big. We play every Friday at a club kids my age can come too. Lots of people from our high school come and it's really fun.

In the band is my sister Ella on bass, Iggy on drums, Gazzy on lead guitar, and me on guitar and vocals. We named ourselves Maximum Ride because that's the experience you'll have when you hear us.

I throw on black skinny jeans, a red tank top, some old black converse, a leather jacket, and a necklace with wings on it (my trade mark).
"You ready?" I call to Ella.
"Coming!" She says as she dashes downstairs. We climb into my old broken down car and drive over to our venue. My parents are out of town for the weekend so we can stay as late as we want tonight. As we turn off of our street I see a moving van pull by and go down it.
"Someone's moving into the Walker's house I think." I said to Ella.
"Finally, it's been empty for 7 years," she responds.

I nod and push it to the back of my mind so I can focus on our setlist for the concert.