Roommates (A Maximum Ride Fanfic)

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Max POV

The car pulled into a parking spot and Iggy, Fang, and I all jumped out of the car as fast as we could. Gazzy had exposed his… talent in the last five minutes of the car ride. I was taking deep breaths of fresh air and Fang was doing the same. Iggy was lying on the sidewalk with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open.

"God, Gazzy! What did you eat?!" He shouted to the grinning Gazzy who was now exiting the car. He shrugged and walked to stand on the sidewalk as the girls pulled up next to us in Ella's car. They got out and examined the scene in front of them. Fang, Iggy, and I all hyperventilating while Gaz stood grinning. They shook their heads and just walked past us to get the things out of their trunk. As soon as we caught our breath we did the same. We gathered on the pavement and started to walk toward the beach, looking for a good spot to set up. We saw a clear spot next to the public volleyball court and set our stuff down. The wind blew my hair in my face and I blew it away from my face, unsuccessfully. Fang chuckled and put the loose strands behind my ear. I grinned at him and went to put my chair up. When our little camp was done the rest of them decided to take a swim. I refused to take my towel off and sat in my chair.

"Why, Max? The bikini looks incredible on you!" Angel said and Nudge and Ella nodded in agreement.

"Don't be so self-conscious Max." Ella told me and I glared at her but couldn't hold down my blush. I was self-conscious but I didn't want to admit it. I wasn't the prettiest girl and I hated showing my body.

"You shouldn't be self-conscious, Max. You're beautiful and much to my dismay I'm not the only guy that thinks so." Fang said and glared at a guy that wolf-whistled as he walked past us. I stared straight into Fang's eyes and built up the courage to take my towel off. Ella and the girls had gotten me into a blue bikini with paisley design's covering it. It covered a little less than I would like it to. Fang smiled and took my hand to lead me to the water. I took that moment to examine Fang. His tanned torso was very much muscled and his skin was complimented by black swim trunks. His arms were toned as well and I felt myself blushing at the thought.

We splashed and hung out in the water for about an hour before we all were tired and decided to rest a little bit. I was standing to the side a bit and rubbing a little more sun screen on myself when I heard a familiar voice behind me. "I can help you with that." It said and I could just hear the smirk. I turned to tell the guy to "Fuck off." and stopped dead in my tracks. Dylan stood above me with a smirk plastered to that soon-to-be-not-so-pretty face of his.

"What do you want?" I hissed at him.

"No need to be so feisty, Max. We're all civil here." He laughed at the look on myface.

"How do you know my name?" I asked.

"Oh, I know all about you." He chuckled maliciously, "I know where you live, who your roommate is, I know things that you wouldn't dream of."

"Who told you all of this?" I snarled. I was seeing red and I swore I would snap at any moment.

"My new girlfriend, Lissa,"

I felt a presence behind me and Dylan's face showed fear for the slightest second. Fang's arm came around my waist and he pulled me closer to his chest protectively.

"Hey, babe, what's going on?" Fang asked but his glare didn't leave Dylan once.

"Oh, nothing, just talking to this douche bag I met once." I said and smirked at Dylan. He flipped me off and stalked the other way.

"Are you okay?" Fang asked and he turned me around to face him. His eyes were full of worry while his face remained impassive.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but…." I trailed off not sure if I wanted to ask this of him. He looked at me expectantly. Waiting.