Chapter Thirty

Max's POV

Since the kidnapping, Volturi fight and Bex's birth, Jake, Nessie, Angel, and I hadn't attended school. The others had returned when Nessie and I were kidnapped. But for the four of us, that was almost two months without an education.

Even though I was still furious at Angel for skipping class because she was worried about all of us, I couldn't deny that I understood.

I personally didn't feel like going back to a place where we had to pretend to be normal when we were anything but.

Today, we were going to right that wrong and return to Forks High School.

Iggy was the only one who wouldn't be coming back with us. He had been getting used to the half-vampire diet. (His blood test revealed that he was half vampire, still 2% bird, and 48% human.)

"I'm going to miss you, Iggy." Nudge exclaimed for the hundredth time. "You have every class with me, or at least you did until you got vamp-ized, and then during the last three weeks none of us went because we were getting used to you being special and Bex was like crying and stuff. Though why we stayed is still a mystery to me. Max could have just let us go. I guess she was trying to prepare us in case we had to move."

"Nudge. Can it already." I said angrily, tired of her pointless chatter.

"Sorry, Max. I'm just nervous about being away from Iggy." Nudge said with a sigh.

"Its not like I'll be here alone." Iggy said, calming Nudge. "The Cullens will be here and so will Bex. I'll have plenty of people here to keep me company for eight hours."

The two of them kissed lightly on the lips and Iggy disappeared back inside the house. Nessie and Jacob each placed a kiss on top of Bex's hair and handed the 'two year old' to Bella's waiting arms.

Seth, Jacob, Angel, Nessie got in Jake's Rabbit while Fang, Gasman, Nudge, and I piled into Edward's old Volvo.

We pulled into the parking lot at a quarter to eight and all made our way to our classes. I spotted Layla Morris, the strange girl that could sense bonds like Jasper could sense emotions, on a bench by a younger looking girl.

Nudge ran off to find Angel and Nessie; Gazzy headed straight to Art. I made my way over to the two humans, dragging Fang with me. I hoped she remembered me since I had only gone one day before I got expelled and then didn't show up for two months.

She was wearing the same baggy jeans but with a different, slightly more slimming t-shirt with it. She had cut her long brown hair, though her bangs still hung in her face and covered up her blue eyes.

When she saw Fang and I approaching, she nudged the girl lightly in the ribs. The girl had bright green eyes, black hair, and tanned skin tone. If it weren't for the hair, I would assume that she grew up near a beach.

"Nick!" The black haired girl exclaimed when she saw Fang and I had to resist the urge to punch her in the face. Fang, FEELING my emotions, chuckled.

"Who's your friend?" The girl asked, eyeing me up and down. She smirked when she decided that I wasn't a threat to her and her lousy attempts to seduce my boyfriend.

"This is Madison Ride. But everyone calls her Max." Layla spoke up and I smiled. She had remembered. "She's the girl that made Brittney Brown go into a coma for two weeks." Layla explained with a smile.

"You're the Max?" The other girl asked.

I puffed out my chest instinctively and nodded. "The one and only."

"So how do you know Nick?" The new girl asked, letting her eyes graze over Fang's muscles visible through his t-shirt. Thank you, Alice.

"They're a couple. Strong bond too, so I wouldn't get my hopes up, Jenny." Layla stated. "They're living with the Cullens out in the woods."

'Jenny' sighed and muttered under her breath so she thought we couldn't hear. "Not fair. I wish the Cullens would adopt me."

"Well, it was nice catching up, Layla. I'll see you in third." I said and pulled Fang in the direction of my first class. I didn't want to sit through Biology alone, but I knew that Fang had to eventually get to English class.

"So who was that other girl?" I asked when we stopped in front of Ms. Bennett's room. "You know, the one who had a huge crush on you."

"That's just Jenny Flapdoodle. She moved here a couple days ago from Florida." Fang said as he did an automatic three-sixty with his eyes. There was no one around so I don't know why he bothered.

Suddenly, I felt Fang's lips on mine and my eyes widened in shock. He was kissing me? In public? He knew how I felt about that…My thoughts shut down when Fang pulled me closer, placing his hands on my waist, and started deepening the kiss. My arms instinctively wrapped around his neck.

We broke apart only when we heard someone clearing their throat rudely. We pulled away from each other, both breathing heavy, and stared at the man who interrupted our make-out session.

Crap. It was Troy Kilzer…the principal.

"Ah, if it isn't the school's newest trouble makers." He said, his gaze landing on me. "Good to see you again, Ms. Ride. I hope that your time home schooling has taught you to control your anger."

"Oh, yes sir, it sure has." I said sweetly and I could FEEL Fang laughing hysterically on the inside. On the outside, he remained calm.

"Just separate you two. Or else I'll have to call Carlisle and Esme and inform them that you were breaking Fork High School's no PDA rule." Kilzer said sternly and we nodded.

When he was out of sight, Fang started kissing down my neck, his teeth grazing over the skin there. I giggled in response. "What has gotten into you, F-Nick?" I asked, trying to make him pull away yet at the same time wishing he would never stop.

"Sorry, I just couldn't help myself." He replied, as if that answered my question. "Besides, I wouldn't want to disappoint our audience." He whispered against my skin.

I turned my head to see who he was talking about and my eyes locked on to John's. He was the jock that Fang beat up on our first day of school because he looked at me and flirted with me. I felt bad about that still so I smiled at John before I went back to kissing Fang.

The look of defeat in the human's eyes was unnerving.

AN: Well, that's it folks. This story is coming to an end. But don't be too sad because I'm doing a third in the series called "Sparkle, Soar, Shift" (ha, get it 'cause its technically the same as Run, Fly, Phase...nevermind)