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Summary: Max is a hard-core archer. She's # 1 with a bow and arrow but is friendless because of it. What happens when a new family comes to town? Will Max finally make friends, that aren't her arrow and bow?

So without Further Ado,

Bows and Arrows

Chapter one

Max P.O.V.

The sun blared down on top of me as I pulled the bowstring back until my hand was at my jaw. I moved slightly to the left, I pulled my elbow back, along with my three fingers letting the arrow fly toward the target, hitting right smack dab in the center. Bull's eye! I smirked and set my bow on the ground.

I bent my arm back, sighing when everything snapped back into place and my muscles started to relax. I heard a car horn beep from across the street, ahh the new neighbors must be here. Great. Enjoy that sarcasm soup will ya?

Being the true nosey nelly, I walked over to a big red barn, on the north side of our property. I grabbed ahold of a long skinny red wooden plank. I wrapped my legs around it and shimmed up the pull.

Oh! Before I get to ahead of myself…

I'm Max Ride, (don't call me anything other than that or you'll have one ugly face). I'm fifteen going on sixteen in a month. I have long down-to-my-ass dirty blonde hair, slightly tan skin, brown eyes and a badass attitude to match. Yea… word of the wise: don't under any circumstances, mess with me. You've been warned.

The next person in my little dysfunctional family is my little sister Angel. She's six years old with long curly blonde hair, tan skin and bright blue eyes. But don't let the cuteness trick you! She's got devil horns under that little blonde hair of her.

And finally there's my mom, Valencia Martinez. She's got long brown straight hair, brown eyes and is really tan. She's the best mom a girl could ever have. No really at a young age me and Angel were adopted by Doc Martinez because our dad, Jeb, abused us. Yea I still got the scars but I don't talk about them much.

Well that's my family, back to reality.

THIS IS A LINE

I shimmed up the rest of the wooden plank and laid down on my stomach on the barn's slanted roof. I grabbed my binoculars from where I left them the last time I was up here, right on the only part that wasn't slanted. I put them around my neck and combat crawled to the edge of the roof, like a super spy. Yea I watch spy movies? Got a problem with that? Spy Kid's 4 was awesome!

I looked through my binoculars and was zapped down to the driveway across the street. There were three teenagers and one little boy standing there. Two adults were entering the house, to my right.

The kids outside seemed to be arguing about something. I saw what looked like a mocha skinned girl tilt her head to the right and point... right at me.

"Hey! Hey you girl!" She shouted and started to cross the street, the three people following behind her. That when I made one of my life or death decisions. I put my binoculars down and stood near the edge and looked down. I looked up at the sky and tried to hide my smirk. This should be fun.

I put my hands down at my sides and…. Jumped. I dropped down through the air and could hear the girl from across the street screaming bloody murder. I heard Angel screaming at her to shut up, right before I hit the ground at a roll and bounced back up to my feet.

I reached out for Angel, who grabbed my hand and we both took off at a sprint toward our big light blue house. We ran around the flower beds that my mom had planted, there were a few red flowers sprouting from the ground. We pounded up the steps and ran into the house.

We both skidded to a stop, right as our mom came out the kitchen.

"Whoa slow down avispa (wasp)" she said with a spicy Spanish accent. I rolled my eyes at her nickname for me.

"What happened to you too?' she asked looking between me and Angel. Angel looked at me and blinked her eyes once and winked one eye. Using our secret language to tell me to lie.

"Me y Angel fueron carreras de mamá " ( Me and Angel were racing mom). I said in the Spanish, one of the three language's I've known my whole life. Spanish was the language I could talk the best, English was next and then finally French.

"Okay. We'll were going to go meet the neighbor's" I sighed and nodded.

"We're going in five minutes" she said and whisked back into the kitchen. Angel tugged down on my sleeve.

"How about we trick them?" she whispered and I raised my eyes but motioned for her to go on.

"You can talk to them in Spanish and I can be you interpreter" she said with a giggled. I winked at her and gave her a high five.

"Girl's go over there now. I'll be over in fifteen" mom yelled from inside the kitchen. Time to put our plan in action.

"Okay mama!" we yelled at the same time. Yea Angel knows Spanish too. It was the only way we could talk when Jeb was around. We dashed out of the house and ran across the old dirt road. We slowed down to catch our breath before we stepped up on the porch of the big white house.

I rang the doorbell and there was shuffling behind the door before a lady, about the age of 29 opened the door with a smile.

"Oh! Hello"

"Hola" the lady raised her eyebrow's.

"Estamos Angel y Max" I said and she looked down at Angel.

"Oh Sorry we're Angel and Max. Val's kids?" April's face brightened.

"Oh my gosh. Val talks about you guys so much. I'm a friend of your mom. Come on in! It's so nice to meet you!" she gushed and stood back to let us in. I walked a little passed her while Angel whispered something to her that sounds like "Max can only speak Spanish".

April nodded and winked at me.

"My husband and the kids are outback. Go fool them for me" I laughed and nodded.

"Thanks" she nodded and we followed her to the back yard.

"Okay everyone these are Val's kids" she motioned to this.

"We're having lunch with them. Be nice and make friends" she said with a pointed look. She turned and gave me a secret wink and walked back into the house.
"Hi! I'm Nudge. OMG! Are you the girl that jumped off the barn across the street?"

"Hola, sí" I smiled and nodded slowly. She looked at us then at her family that had gathered behind her.

"Uhh Dad?" she asked. He rolled his eyes.

"She said Hi and yes" he and Angel said at the same time. Nudge squatted down to Angel's level and patted her on top of the head.

"Now who are you sweetie" I could see Angel's dark side coming out. I grabbed her hand and started to rub it in circles.

"I'm Angel and this Is Max. And please STOP TOUCHING ME!" she yelled making the girl scramble back. I put up a hand at her and grabbed Angel's arms lightly. I smiled at her and she started acting like she was scared.

"You be nice missy!" I shouted and she nodded, frightened. I straightened up and Angel stood with her arms behind her back beside me. She inched really close to my leg and we slapped a silent high five.

I turned back to the people that were gathered around.

"So… I'm Max" I said filling the awkward gay-baby silence.

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