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Max's POV
It's been a week now, and I've come up with squat. I didn't talk to mom or Ella again, but Fang has been on edge lately. Like yesterday for example; I was washing the laundry, and I picked up a pair of black jeans. Fang rushed in and took the jeans, pulled something out of the front pocket, and tossed the jeans back at me, muttering something on his way out. What's really strange is that he's not the only one acting funny. The rest of the flock is keeping their distance. I don't smell funny, but why would they care anyways? It's driving me crazy not knowing.
Anyways, it also happens to be Christmas morning. All of our gifts are under the tree, wrapped and ready to open. We have this thing where the youngest goes first, I mean the younger three are more impatient than us older three. It just makes sense that way.
Every year just as Angel gets ready to open her first present, the door bell rings, and mom and Ella come in, carrying presents galore. This year was no different. I handed Angel her first present, and the door bell rang. What a surprise.
Each flock member opens a total of 4 presents on Christmas morning. The boys chip together and get a gift, the girls buy a separate gift, plus mom and Ella each give us a gift. When my turn came, I opened my gifts from mom and Ella, and a present from the flock, minus Fang. I gave him a look that said, 'What the heck?' but he just smiled and whistled a little tune. I stood up, and Fang followed in suit. He cleared his throat and said,
"Close your eyes." Normally I have a thing against closing my eyes on command, but this was Fang, the one I trust most. I heard shuffling, and I felt 8 pairs of eyes on me. I just barely heard him whisper,
"Open," followed by, "Merry Christmas, Max." My eyes watered, and I grew dizzy as I looked down at the little black box Fang was holding. Inside was no other than a diamond ring. It took me a minute to process what that meant. From the ground, Fang quietly whispered 4 words I never expected to hear.
"Will you marry me?" I was dumbstruck, in total awe. That's why everyone was acting so funny. That's why it took him so long to find my 'lady items'. That's why mom said not to tell me. It was all clear now, as clear as the tears that ran across my cheeks as I squeaked out a yes. Suddenly my knees grew weak, and I dropped to the ground, sobbing. I know, me, the great Maximum Ride, bawling like a baby. But I'm just so relived, so surprised, so overwhelmed with emotion. If me crying is so unbelievable, just wait until you hear this; Fang put his arm around my shoulder, and get this, cried with me! Mr. Emotional rock, crying with me! I almost couldn't believe it either, and I was there.
Fang's POV
I won't share the boring details between the proposal and the wedding, but there are a few things you should know before I go on. Um, we set the date for November 23rd; the following year. (if you didn't guess that…) We choose to get married in the courthouse, to take the last name Ride. (Considering the fact that I have no real last name) There will be a wedding party, which we invited the CSM, (Not including Brigid, who's currently in jail for helping Mr. Chu attempt to destroy the world. Just thought you might want to know.)Jeb, (still not sure about him, but hey, 'mom' trusts him.) 'Mom' and Ella, (Of course) and one 'special guest'. (Let's just say he's close to Ella) Did you guys notice how many times I used parentheses? Wow.
Moving on. (I'll try not to use so many parentheses this time. Crap, I did it again!)Well, it was going to be kind of weird sharing a two bedroom apartment with 4 other people, so Max and I were thinking about renting another one in the same building, when the apartment across the hall opened up. How lucky are we, which is something we don't get to say very often. Hmm… Anyways, it's another 2 bedroom, so we have a few options. Max and I could share the apartment, with the flock RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL, or someone could take the spare room. Guess which one we choose. Exactly. Some of you are asking who's going to look over them, seeing as Iggy is blind. Well, the nice thing about leaving Iggy in charge is that he's now only color blind. This, when you think about it, is pretty weird. I mean, Iggy can't see color, but he can feel it. So we just consider his vision perfect anyways.
The last order of business, if you will, is the honey moon. We can't leave the flock behind for a week, and we've already been to some of the greatest places, so we decided to rent a hotel room with a great view of the ocean, not far from the flock and 'Mom'. (It's so weird calling her that)We're probably going to stay in the hotel room for the first day or so anyways. And yes, you perverted readers, I do mean in that sort of way.
Dr. Martinez's POV
The wedding is one month away, and I still don't know who the 'special guest' is. This person is flying in today, and they've asked me to let him/her stay at my house. Being the loving mother I am, I agreed, even though this person could be a murderer for all I know. Why they would even think about inviting a criminal to their wedding party is beyond me. But you never know with a pair of kids that twisted. Sorry, back to loving mother mode.
Anyways, we (Max, Fang, Ella and I) are at the airport this very second, waiting for his/her plane to land. I'll know who he/she is in a matter of minutes. (Okay, I really hate doing the boy/girl thing, so I'm just going to cut to the chase.) About 5 minutes later, their plane arrived, and they stepped out of the shadows, revealing the one person I least expected. It was my ex-husband, David Martinez.
You see, shortly after Ella was born, David found out about my 'history' with Jeb. He and Jeb were roommates in college, scientific rivals. He's hated Jeb ever since, and he went crazy when he found out, claiming I was an unfit mother, and that he was going to take Ella once our divorce was finalized. But as you can see, I gained full custody of Ella. I haven't seen him again, until today that is. So you can see why I didn't expect him to be the special guest AT ALL. I didn't even know if I was happy to see him, or just plain pissed. I choose the middle reaction and stayed speechless. A million thoughts were running through my head. 'How did they find him?' and 'Why is he even here?' but the thought that came up most was, 'I agreed to share my house with him for a whole month!?' I felt so stupid, so used, so much younger.
But right that second, I needed answers. And I was going to get it out of them, one way or another. (Insert same evil and clique maniacal laugh as Max, just in a slightly different tone.)
Okay, I may not own Maximum Ride, but I do own David. I doubt this is the reason we haven't met Ella's dad, it's just that I need him in the story to set the plot. REVIEW! Thanks, you guys are great!