IT HASN'T BEEN long since Fang had left. The Flock was still getting over it, and getting over Dylan joining the group. Iggy was sitting staring in the direction in which he thought the TV was. Gazzy, and Nudge sat on either side of him, and Angel was in the kitchen trying to cook a strawberry shortcake. Dylan was sitting in a chair all by himself. And Max was... still in her room sobbing her eyes out, while hunching over Fang's note.
"Iggy," Nudge began. "I was just thinking,"
Here we go again. He thought.
She paused. "In Fang's note, he said in what was it... twenty years, he would meet Max in that cave with the hawks? Well, I mean, I wonder if that's where he is now. I mean he could be there. Or maybe he's just traveling to all the places we've been. I mean, I just wonder where he is right now, if he's okay... you know... I mean have you EVER thought about it since he left? He could be there... if you know what I mean... but then again, he might not go there until twenty years have passed, knowing that Max would go look for hi-"
"Okay Nudge," Iggy interrupted. "I'll ask Max about it, but DON'T hurt your brain in the thinking process. Okay?"
Nudge paused for a moment, and then smiled. "'Kay, thanks Iggy!" and she skipped off into the kitchen to help Angel.
Iggy sighed, and stood up to walk to Max's room. He could hear her crying from a few doors away from her room. He knocked on her door three times. They had made the secret knock after he became blind, so he would know it was her.
After a few moments, Max's muffled voice said "Come in if you really want to."
Iggy opened the door, and closed it behind him as he walked over to sit on the edge of the bed. "Listen, um..." He began. "...you okay?"
Max looked over at him, and even thought she knew he couldn't see him, she tried to smile. "I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be okay?"
Iggy shrugged, "You've been locked up in your room for days, bawling your eyes out, and wouldn't let anyone in, you haven't eaten for almost four days." Max gave no response, so he continued. "Listen, we all know that you miss Fang, but sitting in here," He gestured around the room, "won't do anything about it. Nudge was just telling me that, well... maybe you need to make an effort to get Fang back. Look for him. You know him better than the rest of us. Where would he be right now?"
Max looked over to where Iggy was sitting, and smiled. "Thanks, Ig." Before Iggy could respond, Max walked over and kissed him on the forehead, making his cheeks turn bright red. Before he could have any reaction, she was out the door.