A/N – OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS. I know you all are all shocked, but I ACTUALLY updated. Yeah, I'm not even going to try to make up excuses for my lack of updates, but it is spring break and I am writing chapters in advance so I don't get too behind. And yes I am aware that this is a filler chapter, but I wanted to put something up while I work on the other chapters.
And when I saw that I had 42 reviews I was so happy (brownie points to anyone who can tell me why I was happy to see the actual number 42, not just that I had a lot, which also made me happy)
Angel-wing1016 – Thanks for telling me about the commas and stuff, I am really bad at grammar. And about Lissa, yeah, I realize he wouldn't but she only acts really bad when Fang isn't around, which I will show more of later in the story.
Aquawings: Don't worry Iggy will be in more. I meant for him to be in the first chapter more, but I realized that what I was going to have him do required sight and that wouldn't really work….
RANDOM PERSON GAH: Thank you for your town and city suggestions, I am going to use the North Carolina one since it is near the coast, I'm going to use Duke instead, because I like Duke better.
Quote of the Day: It's Friday, Friday ~ Rebecca Black (seriously if you haven't seen this video, go look it up, it is hilarious.
The story now takes place in Matthews, North Carolina.
-At the Ride residence, Max POV-
"Ella, okay I added the onions, garlic, and bay leaves to the pan. Now what." I turned towards where Ella was sitting at the counter with the recipe sitting in front of her.
"Okay now you need to cook it for 5 minutes until soft before adding some olives and hand torn basil."
I turned the stove on and let the pan cook for five minutes. "Okay now what?" I turned the pan off and waited for Ella to answer.
"Now you need to come and say hi to your amazing big brother."
"Ari!" I turned around and saw Ari dropping his big Duke blue devils duffle bag next to the front door as Ella attacked him in a huge bear hug. "I am so glad you are home!"
"Ari! You're early!" I ran up and gave my brother a big hug. "You weren't supposed to get here for another hour!"
"Well traffic was a lot lighter than I thought it would be and so here I am!" I looked back towards the kitchen and remembered my chicken parmesan that was still sitting there uncooked.
"Oh! I've got to finish cooking our dinner." I skipped back over to kitchen counter top to finish our meal.
"What are we having." Ari grabbed his bag and came over to where I was standing.
"Your favorite, chicken parmesan."
"Yum! Although, I'm not sure I want you cooking it. It is my first night back and I would prefer a good home cooked meal." He walked over to stand next to me and inspected what I was doing as Ella told me the last step. "Well, so far nothing is burnt so I think it is safe to leave you long enough to go tell mom I am home. Just don't set the kitchen on fire after I leave."
"Hey! I started cooking before you got here and the kitchen is still in mostly pristine condition." I quickly said that last part hoping he didn't catch the 'mostly' part of what I had just said.
"Mostly? Max what did you do?"
Looking up at him with an exasperated look on my face I replied, "Me? What in the world would lead you to believe that I did something?" I casually shifted the dish towel next to my hand down a couple inches to hide the gash I had made in the cabinet door below me.
"Max! What are you hiding?" He walked towards me and pulled me away. "Max, how in the world did you do that?" I stalled trying to think of an answer for his question.
"Well..I…so how's the weather outside?" I feign interest in looking out the weather trying to figure out what the weather actually was doing.
"Nope, you are NOT going to change the subject on me-" luckily Ari was cut off by my mom walking in the room.
"Ari! You're early!" She ran up and gave him a big hug, and I went back to finish the chicken.
Well that's all I'm doing for now. Reviews are lovely!