A/N: Hi everyone! Here is chapter 4! Thank you SO much for all of your comments and continued support, it means the world! Hope you enjoy!

Max POV

We all made our way into the kitchen/dining room where Coach Anne and some delicious-looking food was just waiting to be devoured.

"Wow, Mrs. Walker, this food looks amazing!" I said. It was more buffet-style, and she had set up plates of pasta, salads, desserts, and of course the cookies Ella and I had brought from Mom.

"Thank you, Max! Call me Anne, Mrs. Walker makes me feel old," she laughed. "And call me Coach Anne on the field of course."

We each grabbed a plate and got our food. Me being me, I basically piled food onto my plate, and I was planning on going back for seconds.

"Wow, Max! How do you eat so much and stay so fit?" Nudge asked in wonder. She had a lot on her plate too, but not nearly as much as I did.

"Fast metabolism," I mumbled through a mouthful of the most amazing garlic bread ever.

"Okay, Max, Ella, your mom literally makes the best cookies ever, no joke," Iggy said as he practically shoveled cookies into his mouth.

"Hey, save some for me!" Ella yelled and ran over to Iggy, fighting him for the cookies while they both laughed.

"Once again, why aren't they together?" I asked Fang.

"True," he remarked.

"Alright guys, put on your swimsuits and get your butts in Fangy dearest's car!" Iggy yelled as Fang rolled his eyes at the nickname. Fang had turned sixteen and got his license fairly recently, and his parents bought him a car. I can't wait until I'm sixteen and can drive!

Once I got upstairs, I tossed on the dreaded bikini, a loose orange tank top, black and white board shorts, and black flip flops. Grabbing my phone and my wallet, I ran downstairs, into the garage, and into the car, where Fang, Iggy, and Gazzy were waiting.

"You got ready pretty quickly," Gazzy said.

"I'm not much of a makeup, hair, or fashion-y person," I shrugged. "So what pool are we going to?"

"Just the neighborhood pool," Fang replied. "Its the only pool we've discovered since moving here."

Just then, the other three girls hopped into the car.

"Alright, let's go," Fang said, starting the car and driving to the pool.

TIME SKIP

We drove into the parking lot, and as soon as the car braked I immediately jumped out and ran to the pool, to be met with none other than Lissa herself, along with Maya and Brigid, her equally as evil companions.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Maximum Ride herself," she said, her perfect red lips curling into a mocking smile. That's why I disliked Lissa. She was the perfect girl. She was beautiful, smart, pretty athletic, and well dressed. That was probably why I was jealous when Fang said that she was pretty (not that I like Fang or anything). And I'm just not the perfect girl like that. The only thing was that she was a mean girl, to put it simply. However, all throughout elementary and 6th grade, she wasn't the mean, popular girl she is today, and that's why her and I were best friends. She thinks that just because she became more popular than me, it means that she has to hate me, and I don't understand why.

"Hi Lissa," I replied. "Were you guys leaving, or-"

Suddenly, Fang and the rest of the gang walked up behind me, and Lissa turned all her attention towards Fang.

"Hi Nick," she said in a flirty, girly voice and flipping her hair.

"Hi Lissa," he replied in his normal voice. "What are you guys up to?"

"We were just lying by the pool and relaxing for a bit," she replied, twirling one of her fiery red locks of hair.

"We were about to go swimming, wanna come?" Fang answered.

"OMG, sure!" Lissa squealed along with her friends.

I sighed. This was going to be interesting, I can tell. I told him that she hated me! She was nice to most other people, yeah, but i didn't want to hang out with someone who hated me!

"Sorry, Lissa, but can I borrow Fang for a second?" I said, pulling him to the side before she could answer.

"Fang, what are you doing?" I whisper yelled, still grabbing his arm. "I told you that she hated me! She's going to be glaring at me all night."

"Max, don't you think you're overreacting? She seems perfectly nice," he replied, jerking his arm out of my grasp and walking towards the pool, where the others were hanging out.

He didn't understand! Lissa hated me for no reason and I was just going to have to stand around and watch while she flirted back and forth with the guy I like! Okay, okay, fine. I'm not going to try and deny it this time. I kind of sort of like Fang. There. I said it. But honestly, I don't think he likes me back... In fact, I think he has a thing for Lissa, and-

My train of thought was interrupted by Nudge's voice.

"Max? Are you coming?"

"Coming!" I yelled, running over to them.

They were all already in the pool, laughing and messing around, so I pulled off my shirt (which I was wearing on top of my swimsuit, of course) and shorts and was about to jump in when everything went silent, and I could feel people staring at me.

"ZOMG, Max! You look UH-MA-ZING in that bikini! I have to borrow it someday! Fang, you should probably close your mouth, you might catch flies, and stop checking Max out! Oh, and-" she was cut off by Ella nudging her shoulder.

"Sorry," she muttered sheepishly.

Just then, I realized what Nudge had said. Fang was checking me out? Maybe I was wrong about him not liking me.. No, I'm pretty sure he only sees me as a friend.

Anyways, we hung out in the pool for a while and did chicken fights and played truth or dare. To be honest, Lissa wasn't that hateful towards me. Maybe I am overreacting.

We returned to the Walker's house, and went upstairs into the lounge with 3 bags of chips and drinks.

"What do you all wanna watch?" Fang asked. We were settled into our sleeping positions and had our pajamas on. I was wearing a pair of black cotton pajama shorts and an aqua tank top. Nudge, who was wearing a pair of pink shorts and a white t-shirt, was sitting next to me and french-braiding my hair.

"We should watch a horror movie!" Gazzy yelled, and everyone except Nudge, Ella, and JJ cheered.

"Absolutely not," JJ said, and Nudge and Ella nodded in agreement.

Nudge finished braiding and tied my hair up.

"Actually, I think I might want to watch a horror movie," Nudge said, grinning.

"That's the spirit!" I replied.

JJ and Ella finally relented, and we basically had a horror movie marathon until everyone (we were all scared out of our minds) fell asleep.

A/N: That's it for this chapter! It's slightly short, but I really want to keep up with my updating schedule :) Thank you so much for reading, as always! Please leave comments and suggestions!