Zack chuckled. "He'll come around..."

"That's what they always say!" Matthew retorted.

"And it's true." Zack said.

Matthew sighed defeatedly.

"Morning." Max said. Matthew jumped and looked up at him in shock. "Dude, what the - ?" He then finds himself looking to Zack.

Zack gave him a look as if to say, "I told you so!"

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Matthew looked back up at Max, who now was beginning to sit down.

"Hey, uh....how are you....f - feeling?" Matthew stuttered.

Max shrugged. "Awake."

Matthew rolled his eyes and looks a Zack again. This isn't the Max he'd always known. Who was he?

On the other side of Max, Shadow sat. The blond kid brushed a bang from his face. He then looked at the three.

"Pleasant morning, is it not?"

Max smirked. "It would be even more pleasant if we had food, what are we catching for breakfast?"

The thought of food made Matthew's stomach scream with hunger.

"Anyone know how to hand fish?" Shadow said.

Hmm, fish sounds good.

"Gabriel, I told you that witches don't hunt!" Rose hollered from a distance.

Shadow pinched the bridge of his nose and groaned.

Matthew's brain couldn't decide whether to feel sorry for him or to laugh his ass off at the situation.