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Seventeen is a Deadly Number

Chapter 2

I quickly looked away, embarrassed of what was to come to me. I had made the mistake of looking a few seconds too long at the newest boy Jackson High had gifted us.

Everyone was gawking at her gawking at the new guy. Okay, so he made her do a double take. His body stance while standing against the wall showed that he was willing to burst anyone's bubble for bursting his. He was good looking too. Dark brown hair, nearly black was to his ears. I noted that his hair was in his eye, which he never moved to get it out of the way. His obsidian eyes were cold and empty of emotion. He was obviously trained as she was, though I never noticed him at the adoption agency.

I looked at my tray of untouched food, wondering if I could eat with everyone staring at her. I nearly decided to just give up and leave when another tray plopped down next to mine. I nearly jumped but held it in thinking it was one of the guys Nudge was trying to set her up with.

When I looked to my right I was shocked to see the new guy. I mean, the guy was gorgeous. Not that I would mention that out loud. I'm sure many other girls would want him sting at their table. Instead he was standing here in front of her with a hopeful expression. "May I sit here with you?" Those simple six words had her emotions springing all over the place.

Nobody usually asked to sit with her at lunch. So I said yes and he sat down. A reasonable distance away from her, though she wanted to be closer for some unknown reason.

"By the way, I'm Nick Walker. Do call me Fang though, I prefer that more," well then, pushy much?

I looked him in the eyes and had a prickly feeling up my right side. "Maximum Ride at your service, but sorry, I don't take orders. Call me Maxie, Maxine, or anything of that sort and I will rip your throat out and feed it to my dog," knew I was completely capable of it too.

A chuckle, not a nervous one, fell from his lips. He leaned closer to me to where his lips were right beside my ear. "You'd be surprised at what I'm capable of," as if to confirm this, he lightly pressed a kiss too my ear that sent waves of heat trough me.

I never once felt the need to punch him for being so close to me. It felt right, as if he was supposed to be there.

Fang and I had nearly every class together. The teachers must have heard about what happened at lunch and decided it was a good thing to give me the job of getting Fang caught up. We made it seem like it wasn't just a boatload of work. He even said 'Now you are at my service Maximum Ride,' I nearly punched him then and there, but decided against it.

Once I got home my mom told me we were going to meet the new neighbors tonight. Great, another family to complain about her singing in the middle of the night.

Mom also told me there was a boy my age and a boy Iggy's age. Well this is even better, more guys that are going to hit on me.

You're probably wondering, and yes it is going to be Fang's family. Will going over there be good or not? Let's find out.