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Max POV
I will never understand how you can wake up and be more tired than you were when you went to sleep.
And although I told Fang to wake me up for second watch, wait for it… he did not.
"Up and at 'em" I yelled. Aren't I so nice? "It's another day, get up and face it!" I yelled kicking Iggy with the toe of my combat boot.
Yeah, you in the back, the one shaking their head and muttering something about disabled people. This disabled person can make bombs, start fires, cook better than I can, and eat with more manners than Gassy! So if I want to kick him, I believe I will.
I woke everyone up and started the fire again. Iggy could cook breakfast. I went in search for Fang.
I finally found him, washing by a small creek and filling the canteens. Not in that order, of course. I landed and pulled my wings in silently. I marched to where he was at.
"Hey" I said. I opened my mouth to yell at him and he looked up at me. The look on his face made me stop.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I need to go to Colorado" Fang said.
I thought of what was in Colorado, but came up blank.
"Gotta girlfriend there?" I asked sarcastically. I know, I'm such as morning person. Go ahead and tell me. I woke up on the wrong side of the tree.
"Yeah"
My jaw dropped. I quickly shut it. I'm not usually at loss for words.
"Alright, I'll get the flock together. We'll go after breakfast. I turned to leave.
"Max…"
I pretended not to hear him and jumped into the sky, unfurled my wings, and flew back to camp.
"Max what're we doing today?" Nudge asked me again.
"We're going to Colorado, sweetie" I said.
"'M glad we finally have a destination, instead of flying aimlessly around" Iggy said, while finishing up his last bites of food, which happened to be beanie weenies with Coke. The breakfast of champions.
"We never were flying around aimlessly Ig" I said.
"Why are we going to Colorado?" Angel asked me.
"Ask him" I said, pointing to Fang, who had just landed behind me.
He's thinking of how much of a pain you are I heard Angel's voice in my head
Yes, and there you have it. Angel can read minds. I'm not going to even get into the whole mind-control thing.
Tell him I was just thinking the same thing I snapped back. Then I smiled softly at her to let her know that I wasn't mad at her.
You two are crazy about one another said the voice in my head that wasn't Jeb.
If you don't think that's a weird sentence, maybe you should read it again. Just saying.
Look what the cat brought in I thought snidely.
Go Fang's way this time. You might find help there.
Thanks Confucius I thought, aggravated at the fortune cookie answers the Voice always gave me.
You're welcome.
What are you going to say now, 'Let the force be with you'?
Silence
Great, I'm alone again in my mind.
Max, he loves you Angel thought to me.
Or not
He loves me. Does he? Do I love him? I do, but I could never tell him. I have a hard time spilling my feelings to myself. It took Valium to make me tell Fang I loved him. Besides, he liked Lissa, he liked Bridget. How could I live up to those standards? How could he love me?
I saw Angel concentrating, and fang kept nodding. Then he smirked and looked at me. I looked away quickly and felt my cheeks heat up.
Angel what are you telling him?!
Just what you were thinking a minute ago, and that you love him but you're not able to let your guard down, because you're afraid of getting hurt.
All that from a six-year-old girl
Like Jeb hurt you
Okay Dr. Love, that's enough I snapped, practically yelling in my mind get out of my head! With that, I pushed her out of my head.
"Alright, everyone ready?" I called, getting various levels of enthusiasm.
Guess who was silent? Right
"Alright let's go" I said, practically throwing Angel into the sky. She unfurled her wings and beat them until she caught cold air currents and began circling above us.
"Gassy, Nudge, Iggy" One by one, they all took off, until only Fang remained.
"After you" he said, smirking.
I folded my arms across my chest.
"Go." I put all the menace in my voice.
"Age before beauty" he said, flourishing his hand and doing a small curtsy.
"Guess you're out of luck, beauty" I snarled, lunging at him. He took off, laughing.
Dang, sometimes he really got on my nerves.
I took a running jump and unfurled my fourteen foot wings. Within seconds the wind caught my winds and I was airborne, flying up to meet the others.
"Let's go."