Sage's POV
Somebody wanna share some tips on how to raise a couple of nine year olds? Cause I have no idea how. Just last year in early June, Arseny and I were kidnapped. The white coats did an operation on him and gave him an artificial growth hormone that aged him to be nine years old. They also gave him a bit of lupine DNA. To make a long story short that lupine, or Eraser as we like to call it, part of him took over. Arseny ran away, but came back a few hours later with Caleb's daughter Sammy. Iggy and I have been raising the two of them since.
Today marked the one year anniversary of me and Iggy's relationship, and he had made some hotel reservations for today and tonight. Arseny and Sammy would stay home alone today; they could defend themselves if they needed to. Besides, the School hadn't bothered us for ages and Fang and Max would be close. They stopped going to school at the end of their freshman year, while Iggy and I stopped around the middle. The temperature was around forty something, which was cold for Arizona, but not for an Arizona winter I guess. It was almost December. November twenty ninth to be exact. Just a couple days ago our house was filled with relatives that Max didn't even know she had.
"Mom, how long will you and Dad be away?" asked Arseny, Sammy right by his side.
"We'll be back tomorrow. But while we're gone, be good for Max, Fang and Dr. Martinez okay?"
He nodded his head, shook his bangs out of his face, and took Sammy's hand. He led her back to the couch where they were watching a TV movie. I'm not really a fan of those, but right now I could care less. While I wasn't paying attention, Iggy snuck up on me from behind and picked me up, spun me around, then put me down and kissed the top of my head.
"You're in a good mood today," I said playfully.
"I'll be in an even better one tonight. Did you pack your stuff yet? We have to leave in about a half an hour."
Oops. Packing was the one thing I didn't do. In making sure Arseny and Sammy would be okay, I had forgotten to pack. I gave Iggy a quick hug, a kiss on the cheek, and darted upstairs. This was definitely not my favorite part of going somewhere, but it had to be done. Quickly I threw in a pair of dark skinnies, a band tee, and some other stuff including a toothbrush and a hairbrush. I zipped my backpack and went back downstairs. There, Iggy was waiting for me at the door.
"Alright," he called out to Max, "we're outta here. Bye!"
Immediately Arseny rushed into the front hall and wrapped his arms around my waist in a hug. Sammy was looking on nervously from around the corner. You could tell that she felt she didn't fit in. From around that same corner came Fang and Max. Dr. M. was at her office, but she knew we were leaving.
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As we entered the doors of the hotel, I couldn't help but think how sweet Iggy'd been this past year. I mean, me with all my issues and such. I walked up to the lady at the front desk and gave her one of my best smiles. Not that I meant it.
"What do you want? How old are you, like, seventeen?"
Oh how I love the fact that all of us bird kids look older than what we really are. I'm actually fifteen.
"Um no I'm actually eighteen. I have a reservation under the name Martinez."
The lady rolled her eyes and looked up the name. Then she looked back at me and asked, "Martinez S and I?"
I nodded my head and she handed me the room key which was marked 323. Iggy came from wherever he was and pressed himself against me which made me jump a bit. After thanking the lady, we headed to the elevator and I pressed the button with the three on it.
"You know what I want?" asked Iggy as he traced the outline of my lips, my eyes, and my face.
"What do you want?" I asked innocently, thinking it was a legitimate question.
"You. I want you. I want to see you again. I want to hold you in my arms and never let you go. I want to feel your silky hair and soft skin. Want to bury my head in your hair and smell sweet strawberries. I want to please you. I want to make love to you and not feel guilty after we're done. I want to marry you. That's what I want," he said this while getting down on one knee and kneeling in front of me as the elevator stopped moving and the doors opened.
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