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1. Hell No (1/2)

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a/n all songs used in this story are not written by me unless stated otherwise and will be credited at the end of each chapter. this is a new story i'm working with so if you like it and want me to continue then review and let me know ! i'm not too sure about it yet so tell me what you think, enjoy :)

max pov

"no! no no no! no freaking way in the deepest pits of all hell" i yelled.

there was no way i would ever tour with those arrogant bastards as long as i lived.

"okay drama queen unfortunately it's not up to you" my manager looked at me with raised eye

ows.

i was having a perfectly pleasant day up until now, we were recording the finishing touches on our new album, looking forward to tour in a few months, all was well up until one minute ago.

but nooo, mr. manager had to ruin it by storming in here and giving me the worst news of my life.

"max it won't be that bad, besides, iggy is kinda cute" ella giggled as she lifted her guitar over her head and placed it on its stand.

"won't be that bad?" i yelled, "are you kidding me?!", it was a good thing we were in the studio of the entire rest of the building would be listening to me have it out with my manager and my respective band mates right now.

let me explain, none of this probably makes any sense out of context so heres some background.

my name is maximum ride, max for short, and i'm in a band with my best friends nudge and ella (ella's my sister).

we're called sinking ships and personally, i think we're freaking fantastic.

over the past couple years our band has blown up, we've been headlining shows for a while and we were about to finish the production of our new album called revolution.

we started touring right out of high school, we worked our assess off to be where we are now so you can imagine how excited i am to be heading off on our world tour in a couple months to promote our new album.

but i've just been told that we will actually be co - headlining with our rival band, hollow heroes.

let me just tell you that the guys in that band, despite making some pretty good music i'll admit, are the assholiest.. assholes.

their lead singer fang (what kind of name is that anyways? i usually called him tooth whenever i had the displeasure of being cursed with his presence just to piss him off) is probably one of the most arrogant garbage bags i've ever met.

hopefully that sums up my over the top reaction to being told i'd have to spend half a year on the road sharing the stage with a bunch of asshats.

"this is supposed to be for us" i complained as i dropped my body onto the black leather couch at the back of the room, "to promote our new album, remember guys? are we really going to share our spotlight with a bunch of-"

my manager cut me off before i could spew out another creative insult, "max, cut me some slack here and at least let me explain, okay?" i immediately felt bad and shut my mouth, nathan had done a lot for this band over the years, i should at least be giving him the benefit of the doubt.

"you guys all agreed that you wanted tickets and merch to be as cheap as possible right?"

we all nodded, "of course" nudge spoke up.

"yeah" ella agreed, "i remember spending crazy money on concert tickets when i was younger" she added.

"we don't want our fans to have to go

oke to see us" i concluded, "that's not right"

"okay well, your so called rival band feels the same way and when we combine tours with them we're able to make merch significantly cheaper and book bigger venues since we'll have two groups of fans coming out"

i sighed, "i hate this, i hope you all know that i hate this and i hate them and i hate that emo pretty boy" i ground out, referring to fang.

"we know max" nudge and ella said simultaneously.

"fine" i agreed, "i guess i'm in", ella and nudge practically had confetti blow out of their ears they were so excited.

"but i'm not going to be happy out it" i grumbled and sank lower into my chair.

"well i'm glad you two are excited" our manager said clapping his hands and gesturing at nudge and ella who were still screaming and jumping around.

"you on the other hand" he looked at me, "may not be so excited about this..." he trailed off as he got up and walked into the sound room and towards the door.

"oh no, come on. nathan! you're going to hell!" i yelled as he laughed and yanked open the door.

in walked in four arrogant pieces of trash fronted by one still stuck in his emo phase.

they made their way into the record room and a smirk immediately made its way onto fang's face, "maxie" he said condescendingly, "good to see you again".

"tooth" i mocked him, "not to so good to see you again" i gave him a fake smile.

"settle down you two, you're going to be on the road together for six months, do yourselves and your bandmates a favour and try to get along" nathan spoke to us from his spot in the doorway.

"okay so it has been decided that you guys are going to need to collaborate on at least one song from each band at every show"

oh look, there goes another huge groan, escaping from my mouth.

"it's good for publicity" nathan looked pointedly at me for the millionth time, "and i we think your guys are going to sound fantastic together".

"so if there's no further protest" nathan raised an eye

ow, directing his statement at me and fang, "ships, would you guys hope on your instruments and go through you & i? these guys haven't heard it and i think it would be perfect you have fangs voice in on this one" he finished.

"but" i stammered,

"but what?" nathan sighed as he ran a hand over his face.

"it's... personal" i finished.

"millions of people are going to hear it when the albums released, what's the problem?" fang smirked.

the problem was that i've always been able to completely and entirely let go in the studio, connect with the emotions that had initially prompted me to write a song and fang kind of... ruined the vibe.

"nothing" i ground out, glaring and mr.

ick wall.

"play nice you two" one of fang's other bandmates, dylan joked from his seat.

dylan had almost platinum blonde hair and sky blue eyes, i'll admit he's not bad looking but he's still in a band with mcdouchebag so clearly his judgement is flawed.

"can we get this show on the road?" i asked, gesturing at nathan and our producer who were now both sitting behind the glass.

nathan asked out producer something and then gave us all a thumbs up so we quickly slipped our headphones on, the guys had been given some too, yippee.

i cleared my throat, resting my hands at my sides and closing my eyes before opening my mouth and forgetting that there were four unfamiliar bodies in the room.

you and i... you and i.

i sang softly and the synth began to pick up in the background.

i know it's warmer where you are

and it's safer by your side

but right now i can't be what you want

just give it time

i finally opened my eyes, i don'y know why i was so nervous, it wasn't like i hadn't performed in front of strangers before.

i wasn't going to let fang intimidate me, or anyone else, so i just continued singing, pretending that i was in front of a regular audience like any other day.

and if you and i can make it through the night

and if you and i can keep our love alive,

we'll fight

i took a deep

eath in before going into the chorus, making sure my voice was steady and strong.

we can meet in the middle

bodies and souls collide

dance in the moonlight

when all the stars align

ohh you and i

i looked fang dead in the eyes and for once in his life his face had been wiped clean of his usual 'look-at-me-i'm-so-great' smirk, i looked away as i went into the next verse, wouldn't want him to think i was paying too much attention to his reaction.

and it's cold when we're apart

and i hate to feel this die

but you can't give me what i want