chapter 12

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after a long 5 days of working, max was finally going back to school- in the morning. her suspension
felt like eternity.

what will troy and his friends say to max..? will be back off. or, will he be on her like a piece of gum on the bottom of a shoe.

but whatever, i'm strong. i can fight for myself, i have been for my whole life. right?

i sat on my bed searching for my walkman through my pile of laundry on my floor. i must've thrown it down there.

max: shit!! i'm gonna be late..

susan: MAX HURRY, THE BUS!!

max threw on her shoes and put her hair in a ponytail, she then proceeded to look for her bag.

max: SHIT..!

max looks under her bed and finds the bag, and the walkman.

max pulled out the two items, she put her stuff in her bag, and her walkman on her head- then she flipped
on some music and waves goodbye to her mom, who was getting ready for work.

max runs outside and hops onto the school bus.

------- •••• AT SCHOOL •••• -------

schools boring, unless you have fun, nice friends. well, it's still boring.

but it can be nerve racking. in other words, scary.

that's how max felt, scared.

scared to face troy and his little army of low lives.

'god, i sound pathetic' max thought.

sometimes i wish i lived back in California.

back with her friends, and... sam. max's well.. he was her boyfriend, then when max told him she loved him he- well.. we can save that story for another time.

mike often makes fun of me for that. he's such a dick. but i guess, he can be a good friend. on occasion.

max sighs quietly.

'this bus stinks- like sweat, disgusting.' the redhead also thought.

max sat on the bus, staring out the window, she was listening to some songs she started liking in the summer.

max studied what she saw looking out the window, the pine trees, the autumn leafs, gosh. she misses California, the beach, the palm trees, the heat.. the sun! and... her dad.

although she loves her friends, she'd do anything to be with her dad, i mean after all, they are family. but no, thanks to Neil wanting to be 'far away from him, and have a fresh start' we're trapped here. in this shithole.

finally, the big yellow school bus pulls up at school.

max steps off and el sprints up to her, followed by the others.

el: i missed you!!

max hugs el.

max: i missed you too!

max pulls away.

max: what's the deal with troy, is he still bothering you?

lucas: max, you really think he's gonna stop? it's been like this since 4th grade, when he moved to Hawkins and formed his little 'squad' , he'll never stop.

max groans

max: are you kidding me? what a dick.

el: he's been mainly picking on me, calling me queer. but is he wrong?

the brunette girl giggles.

max: el, that's not funny.. you have powers, cant you just- i don't know.. get him to stop somehow?

el: max, i'm not using my powers on him.. that's ridiculous, plus - i just started school this year, i don't wanna have to go back to the lab.

max groans.

max: no, you're right.

max skates past the group and into the school.

el rolls her eyes.

----- time skip!! (gym class)

max changes into her gym clothes, and walks out into the gym. she looks over across the gym and sees el, and will. the two wave, but max ignores them.

max sits down on the bleachers where everyone else is.

will looks over at max.

will: shit, is she mad at you still? i mean you had a good point..?

el: i'll talk to her, she's being a bitch.

will looks at el shocked.

the coach explains todays lesson

coach: basketball!!

after the couch explains, and everyone gets ordered into groups, they walk up to there side of the gym. (will, el, and some other people on one team, max, and some other people on the other)

max is pretty good at basketball, but... she holds a grudge. what if she like- throws the ball at el, or will. or, what if she shoves them. she'll just say it was a accident and get away with it.

el is good at fighting, well.. with her powers. but probably physically as-well, but she doesn't want to fight max.

------- THE BASKETBALL MATCH

max's team is in the lead, 5-2 goals, max keeps giving el these looks, she's killing el with her eyes.

'whatever' el thought.

suddenly el gets the ball. el starts to dribble when max slightly shoves her onto the ground and grabs the ball out of her hands. el and will look at each other like 'wtf'.

max dribbles, then passes to a tall boy who was close to the net.

GOAL!!

max high-fives the guy smiling.

will helps el up.

will: she's moody..

el: no- she's being a bitch!

el walks up to max and grabs her arm roughly, el pulls her to the ally ways behind the gym.

el stares max down.
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