A/N: Hey there people of Fanfiction! This is my very first story, hope it doesn't bomb too hard. Hopefully you all will like it! I accept all reviews, negative and positive. I appreciate any feedback and will take any advice you people have for me!
Summary: With their mom in the hospital, in a coma, Max, her twin Iggy, and their younger brother and sister, Gazzy and Angel must go to Montana, to live with their mother's old college friend, whom they've never heard of before in their lives. There they work on her farm, meet her kids, make new friends, and maybe find love… Sucky summary, but hopefully the story will be better! No wings, Iggy is not blind.
Prologue
"Max, honey! Wake up or you'll be late for work!" my mom shouted as she went down the stairs to make us all breakfast.
"Urgh… Mom, do I have to? I like sleep more than work!" I grumbled into my pillow. Soft footfalls moved slowly to my door.
"Max? After you're off of work, do you want to go to the park with me and Gazzy? Please Max?" my little sister Angel asked tentatively. Her and her twin brother Gazzy, otherwise known as Zephyr or the Gasman, for reasons I'd rather not say, are both 14. My mom, Valencia Martinez, is a veterinarian and a very successful one at that. She owns her own clinic, and lately, business has been very well.
My mom walked up the stairs and knocked on my door. "Max? Come on. Get up or I'll get a bucket of ice cold water!"
I groan and roll over onto my stomach. "Come on Mom! Let me go back to sleep!" Footsteps faded away from my door, but I heard them go into the bathroom down the hall from my room. Uh oh… Nah, they'll never do it!
"Max, I'll give you one more chance. Get up or you'll get the water!" my mom tried one last time to get me up.
"NO! Now go away and leave me to sleep in peace!" I mumbled, desperately trying to go back to sleep.
"MAXIMUM ALEXANDRIA MARTINEZ! Consigue tu trasero perezoso de la cama ahora mismo! No? Bueno, aqui viene el agua!" She slammed the door open and flung a bucket of icy water onto me.
Angel and Gazzy were literally rolling on the floor laughing so hard, tears were staining their cheeks. Mom was standing over my bed, smiling.
"Buenos dias, hija. Did you sleep well? I suggest that you get ready for work and then eat your breakfast, else you'll be late. Remember that if you're late one more time, Travis is going to put you on the night shift on weekends. And you and I both know that you'll hate that. Now, get your lazy butt moving or you really will be late!" And with that, she walked out of my room and downstairs to the kitchen to finish breakfast.
My mother may be a crazy Hispanic woman, but I love her. Alright, y'all may be wondering who I am. Well, my name, as you may have heard/read earlier, is Maximum Alexandria Martinez, Max for short. Actually, if you call me anything other than Max, I'll kick your ass into next week. My fraternal twin brother, Iggy, who is a major pyromaniac, and I are both 16. We both work at the local ice cream shop, the Scooper Dooper. Yeah. Real fun place to work. If you didn't recognize the sarcasm, we're gonna have a really rough time here.
I figured I might as well get up, shower and get dressed before I really do get moved to the weekend night shift. That would really suck. Then I wouldn't get to spend weekends with my friends, sleeping over at their houses and them sleeping over at our house.
**************** Time skip to after shower and breakfast***********************
I had just finished breakfast, when my twin and best guy friend, Iggy skidded into the kitchen.
"Hey Igs, how are you this horrible Thursday morning? Ready to go to work?" I said cheerfully sarcastic.
Iggy frowned at me, and shrugged. "You do know that if we don't leave in 5 minutes, Travis is going to put us both on the weekend night shift, doofus! I've been waiting for you for what seems like an hour!"
Oops… I only woke up about 15 minutes ago…, I thought to myself, while saying out loud, "Sorry Iggy! Well then, let's go! Just let me grab my work shirt. I'll be in the car in about 30 seconds!"
"Hurry up, Maxie, the clock is ticking! Alright, I'll be in the car, and I'm driving today!" he shouted out the door as he left.
I ran up the stairs to my room, grabbed my work shirt that says SCOOPER DOOPER in big, bright, neon pink letters, my phone and my house keys. Sprinting out to the car, I made it just as Iggy was about to pull away without me. "Hey, you jerk! You were gonna leave without me!" I said while punching his shoulder.
"Maaaaax! That hurt!" Iggy whined, clutching his shoulder with one arm. "I'm sorry I almost left without you, but we're gonna be late! Now we've only got 3 minutes to get to work!"
I froze, shock on my face. "Well then, step on it Igford Idiotstein! I don't want the late shift!"
********************* Time skip to lunch break ******************************
Iggy and I were on our lunch break, around 12:40, when our boss called us into his office.
"Iggy, Max, I'm afraid I have some bad news… While on her way to the veterinarian clinic about 15 minutes ago, your mother had gotten into a terrible accident. The police want you two to go home, pick up your brother and sister, and go to the hospital. They'll tell you all the details when you arrive, but they want you to hurry. I am so sorry, and I really do hope that everything will be alright. If you would like to tell me any details when you find them out, I would greatly appreciate it. Your mom and I are good friends and I care very much for you all."
Iggy and I were shell-shocked. Our mother, in a car crash? Impossible.
I spoke first. "So, they want us to go to the hospital?"
Travis replied, "They want you to pick up Gazzy and Angel first, then go to the hospital and find out what happened."
Iggy got up and mumbled, "Thank you for telling us Travis. I really appreciate your concern. C'mon Max, let's go get Gazzy and Angel."
We walked out to our car, and drove home, still in shock. When we arrived at home, I got out of the car, and made Iggy stay put. He didn't look like he could walk without falling over.
I walked into the house, to find Gazzy watching SpongeBob, and Angel reading Worldshaker by Richard Harland. I swallowed, trying to get past the slowly growing lump in my throat.
"Umm hey guys. Can you get in the car and go for a drive with me and Igs? It would be really nice if you did." I said quietly, while turning off the T.V. "I'd bring a book, and your iPods and headphones too. Just in case. Iggy and I will be in the car, waiting for you guys when you're ready to go. Please hurry, but don't forget a sweatshirt either. Okay?"
Angel and Gazzy nodded, looking confused at my sad tone, but ran to do as they were told. I trudged back to our car and sat down. Iggy was still sitting in stunned silence. "Gazzy and Angel are grabbing a few things. I grabbed us both a change of shirt and a sweatshirt. They'll be here soon, so we can go and see mom."
Iggy just nodded and stayed staring straight ahead until the twins got in the car. Then he turned around and spoke quietly to them. "Alright guys… Me 'n' Max have s-some hard news to t-tell you. M-mom w-w-was in a c-car c-c-crash about 20 minutes ago. We're gonna go to the hospital and find out what happened. Okay?"
The twins were completely silent, Angel with tears streaming down her face. Gazzy put his arms around her, and his eyes were blurry with tears as well. But he was being a little trooper, like always, being the big, tough guy for his sister.
We drove to the hospital in silence. When we arrived, there was a police officer standing in the entrance of the ER. His voice was gruff, and loud. "Are you the Martinez family? Please follow me."
We followed him to the room where our mother was. He checked with the doctor, and sent the younger twins in to see her. We stayed outside the room to hear what happened.
"Well, your mother was driving normally, and some idiot was drinking, talking on his cell phone, and driving a semi. What happened was your mother had the green light at the corner of Main and Queen Blvd. and she went. However, the idiot driving the semi was otherwise occupied and ran the red light, crushing your mother's car. The car was totaled, and your mother is now in a coma. The medical staff have been trying everything they can to wake her up, in the short amount of time she's been here, but nothing has worked. I am so sorry, and the man driving the semi will be put on trial and made to pay large amounts of money to both your family and to the county. You may go in and see her now."
He left and we burst through the door, to see mom hooked up to all of the machines in the room. She had an IV in her arm, breathing tube up her nose, heart monitor on, and a whole bunch of other wires and tubes. Angel and Gazzy were kneeling by her bed, each of them holding onto one of her hands.
"Angel? Gazzy? Can you come here for a second?" I said sadly.
They walked over quietly. "Max? What's wrong with mom? Is she gonna be okay?"
I shook my head, "Guys we don't know. All we know is that she is in a coma and the doctors are doing everything they can to help her. Now here comes a doctor, and maybe he'll tell us what's going on."
The doctor walked in the room, and shook mine and Iggy's hands. "Hello, my name is Dr. Brigid Dwyer. Your mother is in a head trauma induced coma. We are doing everything possible in our power to get her out of it, but so far, nothing is working. Do you have anyone to stay with here? Any family or appointed guardians?"
To this, Iggy and I shook our heads. Iggy said, "No. Our dad left mom, when we were four, and the other twins were two. And we never met either set of grandparents, and mom didn't really have any close friends here that would look after us."
Dr. Dwyer shook her head sadly, "That's horrible. But, I was looking through your mom's papers, and they said that they named a "Anne Walker-Ride" as her "sister" and if anything was to happen to your mom, you all were to be sent to live with Anne. Have any of you ever heard of Anne Walker-Ride?"
We all shook our heads, looking at each other in confusion. Dr. Dwyer said that we should discuss going, since we're all minors and legally can't look after ourselves. She then left to take care of some other patients. Iggy, Gazzy, Angel and I gathered together on the floor.
"Alright guys, what do you think? Should we go, or stay?"
