Midnight in the North Georgia Mountains
As you can see in the opening credits, it's midnight and I'm doing my round checks outside. All the rest of the flock are inside sleeping, including Iggy and Fang.
Yes, I did say 'house.' We have a place in the georgia mountians that is protected by the government. With a little help from Mom, (aka Dr. Martinez) we have furniture, cloths, food, and a few necesities like T.V, Dish, I-pods, Playstations, cell phones, ect. We all need to keep in touch from past experiences, if you know what I mean. If you don't, put this book down and read the first one.
I know this sounds a little weird, but I wanted tonight's shift first to see the full moon tonight. I know you're thinking 'yeah, so what? It's the moon, it's out every night.' Well, it's a full moon and I enjoy looking at it.
After I did my three-sixty around the entire house, I needed to check on the kids. We all had our own rooms and three bathrooms. It's two stories high, so there are three bedrooms upstairs and three downstairs. The boys get the upstairs and us girls have the downstairs.
Once I checked on the flock (all asleep), I went outside again. With the new ladder we baught, I climbed to the top of the house; there was a great view of the moon from here. There was a little bit of a breeze, so I let out my wings to catch some of the wind. In the next instant, I jumped off the roof and was off into the sky. The feeling of flight is just intoxicating.
If you were dumb-nuts and didn't read the first book, though clearly this is a sequal, yes, we all have wings. Nut job scientists had geneticly enhanced bird DNA into us, thus leading to us having wings. Get with the picture people. People who are with the picture now, it's been three years since the School was sent into ruins by us (evil smile). For those of you who can't do math, Fang, Iggy, and myself are seventeen. Nudge is fourteen, Gazzy is eleven, and Angel is nine.
I circled around the house and saw a dark figure standing casually on the roof. With my amazing raptor vision, not to brag, I could tell it was Fang. I angled my wings towards the house and landed on the roof, a few feet away from him. "Hey, what are you doing out here," I asked. "Came to see the moon," he answered, staring towards the sky. He layed down on the roof without taking his gaze from the sky and put his arms behind his head. I sat next to him with my knees pulled close and my arms wrapped around them. "Tell me what you're thinking," Fang said without looking at me. What's with him all of the sudden? "Why do you want to know?"
"I was just wondering." He took a deep breath and sighed. "I was thinking how peaceful this is," I answered. He took a side glance at me, then looked back at the moon and stars. " I know this is a touchy subject with you, but it bothers me. And no running away this time. Why do you not want to be with me?" That was unexpected. His dark eyes were on me now, waiting for an answer. His face was unreadable, but I know suprise was written all over my face. "Well, I, uh..."
"Never mind," he said and looked away. After a long silence, I had an answer. "Well, I guess I'm afraid that if I say yes, I'll loose you, or myself. Those kids need a leader, or some sort of mom figure to keep them in line and out of trouble." Fang turned toward me with a troubled face. "That's what you were afriad of? Well, maybe it's time for them to have a father figure too." Fang sat up next to me and we just stared at each other for a moment.
There are a lot of things I have done wrong, and I don't know if this is one of them, but I need to find out.
Without another thought, Fang and I leaned in for a kiss. Fang put a hand behind my neck and pulled me in. My fingers ran through his hair and his hand slid down my back. Fang angled his head to make the kiss better. "Uh-hem!" It came from the porch below us. We quickly pulled away and looked toward the sound, and there was the flock looking up at us, their jaws dropped. "What's happening," ask Iggy. "They just kissed..." answered Gazzy. "Woah..." was Iggy's only response.
Fang and I looked at each other, then back to the flock. "I figured you needed a father figure," was my answer. "Oh, my, gosh! That is Sssooooooo cool! It's like were a real family now! Max is the mom Fang is the dad, Iggy's the uncle, Gazzy and Angel are the kids, and I'm the aunt, and Total is the-"
"Nudge, we get the picture," I interuped. Nudge smiled sheepishly. "Now I know this may be a little too much for you guys to handle. I was planning on waiting a little while, but that's not the point. Let's just try to keep it cool and go on like nothing happened-"
"That's kind of not going to happen," said Iggy. I have a feeling he's never going to let this go. "We were already like a family, like brothers and sisters. Isn't this like, insest or something?" Iggy asked. "No, it's not. Since we were never related in the first place," I stated. "Well, he does have some of your blood so technicaly he is family."
"No we're not!" I yelled. "Well, looks like we'll be able to see if we lay eggs or not," Iggy murmured. "Shut up Iggy!" Gazzy slapped high fives with him. "You guys go to bed and we'll talk about this in the morning," Fang ordered. And you wouldn't believe this. They did what he said! I just stared at Fang. "What?" he asked irritated. "How did you do that? It takes me forever to get them to bed." Fang just smiled.
"I'm getting tired. I'll see you in the morning," Fang said. He kissed me again and jumped down from the roof, letting out his dark wings to soften the land, and left me stunned.
