Chapter 1 what the hell
Saving the world was tough. Kicking eraser butt was easy compared to my whole save the world mission, and yet I managed to do both at the same time with help from the flock. I am Maximum Ride and finally ready to share the story of my life after we killed ITEX and the and set all their experiments free. But now comes the biggest shock and the hardest rollercoaster ride I will ever have to face. Will Fang stick it out with me? Will the flock still want me? And will my mother disown me for a stupid mistake?
We finally had a home, no erasers, no white coats, no school and no annoying voice in my head. We were free to do whatever, within reason of course-that is nothing that would expose us for what we really are, avian humans. Yes, you hear right we are avian humans, genetically altered to have wings some instincts of a bird like their nature homing device and their apatite's too. But it's not all fun, me being the top dog in the flock makes me the instant leader, not that I mind I just think that sometimes I need a break from looking after everyone.
"Max are you ok?" Fang asked walking out of our room.
I had been sick for the past three days and we didn't know what I had, I was under strict instruction from Iggy of bed rest and plenty of water, both of which were driving me crazy. If I tried to get out of bed Gazzy would let one off in my face. I wanted to get out of bed and do something and get back to school and all the stuff normal kids do at sixteen.
"Never better Fang," I lied. "Iggy, can I go back to school it's been over a week I'm fine."
Iggy gave me the once over before saying yes or no to my request, "Max, you can back to school."
In my head I was jumping up and down about being out of bed and moving around again. I quickly got something to eat and then got changed in to decant clothes for school, now for the hard part thinking of and excuses people will believe I Thought to myself. There was still no way Fang would let me drive to school so I wasn't going to push it.
We dropped Nudge, Angle and Gazzy at the elementary school; Then Fang took the rest of us to the high school. He found a place to park and killed the engine. We got out and headed towards our first classes. I was with Fang in community and family studies and Iggy was by himself in government. I still wasn't feeling well when Class started and to make matters worse we had just a studying about the ups and downs of parenting. This class was just before lunch and we had like an hour left. Fang and I met up with Iggy at lunch and found somewhere to eat.
"Have fun in class Ig?" I asked as we sat down.
He didn't answer me, I guess when you blind and don't know the world around you as well as you used to you tend not to care or to obese about it a little too much. We ate our lunch in peace and it felt slightly weird that Iggy and Fang weren't talking to each other or me for that matter. Do I really want to go to class or just ditch it and go home I thought to myself. I tried to eat something at lunch but if I did my stomach would bring it back up and I didn't want that at school.
"I'm going home after lunch," I announced, so only Fang and Iggy could hear me.
"All in favour of ditching hands in," seconded Fang. I take it they felt the same way about going home.
"I'll go sign us out then, shall I?" asked Iggy.
I nodded and got up from the table, only having to sit back down because my stomach was miles behind the rest of my body. Fang looked at me like 'what's with you today'. This time Fang had to help me up. Once I was up I was good but I didn't want to have to sit back down again.
The office ladies bought the excuse that I had a doctor's appointment, Fang did feel well after Biology and Iggy was checking on his sister. We went out in to the car park and piled in the car and fang drove us home. We were about five miles from school, when I had a sudden urge to throw up.
"Fang stop," I said sitting up straighter.
He looked at me weird and almost laughed too, but when my hand flew up to my mouth he didn't hesitate and pulled over in the first available point. I literally jumped out of the car and started to throw up Fang and Iggy got out to check if I was ok. Fang came to my side to hold my hair back and he rubbed my back.
After about five minutes or so I had stopped throwing up and both Iggy and Fang had decided to take me to see mum. And there was no point to a protest because it was either I go to her or Fang would call her and make mum come to me.
"Fine, Iggy take the front seat I wanna lay down I'm still not feeling too hot," I caved.
Iggy didn't argue with me and hopped in the front seat and fang in the driver's seat. I layer on the back seat with the a seat beat over my shoulders. every bump and pot hole fang drove over on the way to mum's house felt like hell every so often fang or Iggy would turn around and ask me 'how you doing Max' and my answer would always be the same 'it like hell back here'.
Finally we got to mum's place and it was a good thing she was home. Fang stopped in the driveway and got out, he walked around to my door Iggy followed him. He opened the door and got me to sit up against my will.
"Max, do you want me to carry you?" asked Fang
"I can walk," I replied.
He helped me out of the car and we walked to the front door. Iggy knocked on the door and Ella came running.
"Max, what are you doing here?" she squealed and attempted to hug me.
"Ella that not the best idea right now, Max isn't feeling well," interrupted Fang.
Her face said it all and she let us in. Fang took me to sit on the couch and Ella went to get a sick bucket for me just incise.
"Max, Honey what's wrong?" asked my mother with the utmost concern for me and my well being.
FANG'S POV
I watched as Max hung her head over the bucket, knowing there was nothing I could do to make her better or the pain of throwing up nothing go away was the worst feeling I have ever felt. I was really worried about Max right now. But I had to let Dr. M do her thing right now for Max.
"Max have you been sick before this?" she asked.
Max nodded but couldn't speak because of the fear she would puke again. She told Max to lay down with her head on my thigh. I stroked her hair while I watched Dr. M run her hands all over Max to maybe shed some light on what's wrong with her. Max flinched a bit when she pressed on her stomach and that trigged something in my head too, and lead her mum to ask more questions.
"Have you started your period?" she asked.
"No." lifting her head up a bit.
"Was your period late last month?" enquired Max's mother.
Max couldn't say anything at that point in time because she was throwing up again. I kept her hair out of the vomit and Ella held the bucket for her, it was horrible to see Max like this. She was invincible Max scared of nothing and feared by all erasers but now she had her head in a bucket and in pain. And the other thing that gave it away was the tears falling down her face. Max never cried or wept in pain or if she was just emotional about something or just plain upset.
She managed to shake her head to the questions asked. The questions Dr. M was asking Max made me uncomfortable and I'm guessing Ig felt the same way. This was girl territory and I didn't need to know about it just yet. And here we go again Max was puking, but she had nothing to bring up and you could see how much it hurt her.
I had never seen someone throw up that much and it's only twelve. And Dr.M was still asking Max questions trying to determined the cause of what was making her sick, we all wanted to know what it was.
"Ella and Iggy would you mind leave us for a while, I need to talk to Max and Fang along please," that was unexpected. What on earth could she want to talk to me about? Then it hit me. I knew exactly what she was going to ask and there was no way out of it for me.
"Max and Fang are you sexually active and I want the truth?" she asked with her serious face on.
I didn't want to answer the question but I had to if it would help Max. "Yes."
And Max nodded to. Right before she threw up again. Our answers leading her to the fact we were together. And that wasn't the case.
"How many partners have you had Max? I need to know."
"Just Fang," Max answered; it was the most she had said since we got here.
"I think I know what's wrong with Max, but I have to do a few tests to be sure," replied Dr M
MAX'S POV
"Please no hospitals." I complained. That was the last place I wanted to go why mum can't just take me to her clinic and do the so called 'tests' there.
"Sorry, honey but you have to go to the hospital they will take care of you," said mum.
I wasn't throwing up and I didn't feel so bad either. I know the staff there would freak out when they saw my wings and really didn't want to go, it reminded me too much of the school and I didn't want to be stuck in bed again. Mum left the room to get her doctor stuff or the phone I wasn't sure.
"What about the kids, they'll be getting off school soon and they won't know where we are?" I said to Fang. He hushed me, implying he had dealt with it. I saw mum come back in the room with a bag.
"Max I'm taking you to the clinic for a proper examination to find out if my theory is correct," said Dr M getting her car keys. "Fang, Iggy took your truck and Ella is driving, they're are picking up the rest of the flock, you and Max are coming with me to the clinic."
We didn't argue, that would only make things worse for me and mum would win in the end so there was no point to even trying.
We got in the car, fang in the front and me Laing on the back seat like in Fang's truck. I heard the engine chug over and the wave of nausea came back and it felt horrible. Mum pulled out of the drive way and to the street out the front of the house.
Mum's clinic was a five minute drive from the house. She had closed it for the afternoon because of us - having winged humans in the clinic would be bad business for her. Fang carried me to the exam room and place me on a cold metal table. At this point I was freaking out, it was like were back at 'the school' and being experiment on some more. Mum touched my shoulder lightly to reassure me that I was in safe hands, at first it freaked me out even more and then I calmed down a little, but that didn't last long.
Mum had a full kit of weird things I had never seen before. I could see the unease on Fangs face and I'm sure he could see it on my face, bad there would be no point arguing with mum I would' want the fight anyway. I saw mum draw up stuff in something. That I realised what it was, a needle.
"Tis a sedative help you relax," said mum walking towards me with it. I hated needles ever since 'the school' where we were poked and probed with sharp objects.
I felt it pierce my skin, I flinched but it didn't last. It took effect almost instantly I felt so much calmer now and didn't really care what mum did to me. Next thing I see is some kind of jelly stuff being squeezed onto my stomach but higher up than normal like under my rib cage.
"I'm checking everything, Max and this is part of it," explained mum. I knew she knew what was wrong with me and I wanted to know too. But trying to get the answer out of her now would be like trying to make a stone bleed. It wasn't going to happen so I just layer there and let her do her thing.
Fang held my hand while we were in mum's clinic not that I minded, it was kind of nice and reminded me of that night.
Flashback
I was in my room getting ready for a shower, I didn't hear the door open and the next thing I know Fang's sitting on my bed with a cheesy grin on his face.
"Do you mind I'm going to have a shower?" I complained.
He didn't answer and I walked into the shower and shut the door. I turned on the water before getting undressed. I stepped in to a nice hot shower; this was the van I thought as the water ran through my hair and down my neck. I didn't even hear when Fang decided he would crash my shower.
"God you look hot naked," he said and that was enough to snap me out of my Trans state. I was about to scowled him but I didn't. I knew what he wanted from me but did I really want the same thing? My head was saying no turn around and yell at him, but my heart was telling me to go for it.
"So you think I'm hot naked than," I retorted back.
I could see this was turning him on. I shut the water off and got out of the shower and got changed into my pyjamas. I walked back into my room with Fang right behind me. He proceed to having his way tonight and I felt ready to take the ride with him. I layer on the bed and he on top kissing me, I didn't fight it I kissed back. He bit at my bottom lip I knew what he wanted and I allowed it. I broke the kiss so he could kept me shirt off and the same for Fang. His hands started to explore my body. It was like nothing I had ever felt before and I felt right here with Fang.
His hand started to slip down lower in to my pants; he was just begging me to get into them. I wasn't about to stop him and I followed his example and went for his pants too. He rubbed his handball over my privet area, it was unbelievable nothing in this world had ever felt this good, not even when we defeated ITEX and 'the school'. And got the vaccines to stop us expiring.
I could feel myself being drawn in to him and I wanted to go all the way with and I knew he did too.
"Max is this what you want if it's not I can stop," he asked me. He was being so nice about all this and I nodded it's what I wanted was absolutely sure of it too.
I felt him touch me more and more in that area and I liked it, then I felt him inside me, at first is hurt a little and he was gentle with me always asking and making sure I was ok and it's what I wanted. He trusted harder and deeper into me and it hurt more and more and then the pain went away and it was pure pleasure I moaned his name a few times and he did the same with me.
End flashback
Mum was still rubbing stuff on me and prodding me with thing, but I didn't care she need to know what was wrong with me. She scanned my stomach and gasped at what she saw on the screen.
"What is it?" we both said at the same time.
"Sweetie your pregnant," she said blankly.
I sat up sharply, I was pregnant and Fang was to be a dad I didn't expect that. I mean the younger members of the flock wouldn't understand things like this yet and because of the baby my body's changing and hormones are going crazy. I was sixteen and have a baby, that's not fair.
"Fang go get Iggy We need to talk about this and other matters to concerning the younger members of the flock," I said.
Fang walked across the hall to Piggy's room, I could hear him telling him I wanted to talk to him. They both walked in and found me curled up in the fatal position with a hand clutching my stomach.
"Max what is it?" Iggy asked.
"two thing first, we need to give the younger members of the flock the talk and second I'm Pre...," I didn't need to finish the word he knew what I was trying to say and he walked over and wrapped his arms around my shoulders trying to comfort me. It wasn't working. I was expecting Iggy to be making jokes about this but he didn't.
"When were you planning on telling the rest of the flock?" Iggy asked.
"Asp, are the kids going to understand what's happen with me being pregnant tend stuff?" I asked.
"Shall I go get the kids?" asked Iggy.
"Maybe we should get mum here to when we tell them she could field all those questions," I suggested.
"That's a good idea," said Fang.
Iggy left our room and went back to whatever he was doing before I wanted to talk to him. I curled back up on my bed, Fang sat on the bed next to me I layer my head on his thigh and he stroked my hair. I knew he wouldn't leave me he loved me too much to hurt me that bad and I was carrying his child.