Ella's POV
After another hour of complete boredom in the car, we finally reached our rainy new home in Forks Washington. We pulled into the not paved driveway and Mom parked the car. As I climbed out of the car to go up to the front door, I saw a winged shadow descend out of the sky and land near the edge of the forest unsteadily. It was Max! I instantly jumped out of the car and ran toward her.
"Max!" I said and tackled her and gave her a tight hug. We both fell to the ground. We both heard laughter from behind us.
"You 2 better get off the ground before we go announce that we're here," Mom said in between laughs and we both got off the ground. I grinned at Max who grinned back.
"Sorry about that, Max. I'm just glad to have you back. Oh right! I almost forgot, here's your jacket," I said and handed Max her jacket to put over her wings. I'm pretty sure it would freak Charlie out if he knew that his new daughter in law had wings.
"Oh yeah, thanks," she said and put the black jacket over her white-brown wings. After we were all ready, we all grabbed our stuff from the back of the car.
While we were right about to knock on Charlie's door, I heard a really familiar voice call out from the edge of the forest, "Max! Thank the Lord I found you here! I was so alone, roaming the forest. It felt like forever, and what a blessing that I found you 3!" That voice and drama can only come from one person. Err, actually I mean dog. It was none other than the adorable Total, and he was running toward us through the forest.
"Total!" Max, Mom, and I yelled at the same time and Max and I started making a break for the talking and flying Scottie who was running toward us. OMG how did he even get here? We finally got to each other and I picked him up and hugged him tightly to my chest.
"Oh my gosh, Total! How did you get here? Don't you still live with the fl-, err the others?" I asked him, relieved that I caught myself from saying "the flock" out loud. I knew Max would start acting all depressed and emo again. And to my surprise, Total actually started sobbing. Scratch that, Total is all about the drama, so I really shouldn't be surprised about the tears.
"They abandoned me after they abandoned Max! I kept complaining it was a horrible idea that they kicked Max out of the flock, and now that Angel is leader and is possessive of that job she abandoned me in the middle of nowhere! I've been wandering these lonely lands for a depressing year, and now I finally saw you guys walking to this house!" Total sobbed. Max joined in on the hug to my surprise.
"It's so good to see you too, Total! Now, I would appreciate it if you shut your drama-filled mouth so we could enjoy this wonderful Hallmark moment," she said, and we all laughed. We finally split up from the hug and caught Total up about why we were here.
He nodded his head and said, "I get it. I will act like a normal dog, but only if you feed me actual food and not that nasty stuff that they usually feed other dogs." We agreed to his condition, and then we finally knocked on the door of our new house. Mom was happy that Total came to live with us, but she was even happier when a man opened the door and hugged Mom tightly. I saw Max was ready to punch the guy, but I gave her a look and then she remembered that Mom was married to him. She still overreacts. That's one trait she didn't lose in the depression.
"Charlie! It's so good to see you, hon! How are you and Bella doing?" Mom asked Charlie while Charlie motioned us to go inside our new home. Gulp, here we go.
We followed him into the house as he said, "We're good. Bella's boyfriend came back and now they're together again," he said a bit sourly. Gee, I wonder what the boyfriend did that made him so mad.
"Well that's good for Bella. Charlie, these are my 2 daughters, Max and Ella. And this is our dog Total," Mom introduced us to Charlie and Total barked. He didn't seem happy about it. Charlie finally seemed to notice us and smiled at us. I smiled back at him and even Max managed a weak smile at him.
"Hey girls, I'm Charlie Swan, but you can just call me Charlie. Let me call down Bella so she can bring you guys up to your new room." He told us then yelled, "Bella! Come meet your new sisters and bring them up to your room!" Wait, one room for the 3 of us? Me and an 18 year old girl have to bunk with Max? What has the world come to!
"Coming!" I heard Bella reply and heard someone running down the stairs. I then heard a "whoa" and a brunette girl with pale skin came falling down the stairs. With a thud she hit the floor at the bottom of the stairs. Ouch.
"Bella! Are you okay?" Charlie asked Bella running up to her to help us up. She blushed a scarlet red and nodded sheepishly. She looked embarrassed at her little episode. I smiled at her.
"Hi Bella, I'm Ella. Hey! I just noticed our names sound the same," I said, and Bella got up from off the ground she was smiling at us.
"That's cool. C'mon, follow me up to our room," Bella said and led me and Max upstairs. We dragged our stuff (well I dragged my stuff and Max carried her stuff like it was a feather) upstairs into our new room. All of my horrid fears were confirmed. It was a tiny room with one window and one bed up against the wall and I groaned. Bella frowned.
"What's wrong, Ella?" she asked me confused with a hint of panic, like she thought it was her fault I didn't like the room. Oversensitive much?
"We have to bunk with Max," I groaned and face palmed. That cleared up her confusion and she smiled sweetly like it was no big deal.
"Well Max can't be that bad to sleep with. I'm the one who talks when I sleep." Bella said a little sheepishly. I shook my head in horror at the thought of sleeping with Max. She had no idea how horrible and painful it was.
Cons about bunking with Max (I speak from experience here!);
She's a very restless sleeper who avoids sleeping on her back.
She's very paranoid, so if you move too close to her she'll punch you like you're a criminal sneaking up on her.
If you touch her back where her wings are, even by accident, she will kick you. Hard, I might add.
She hogs the whole entire freaking blanket!
She mutters in her sleep (and she denies it!).
She screams when she has a nightmare, which is pretty much every night.
She has spaz attacks sometimes when she sleeps, which I think comes from the occasional brain attack. It hurts being next to her when it happens.
She will hurt you if you try to wake her up any earlier than 12 o'clock noon.
You position her on her back (like how normal people sleep), she will hurt you.
And the worst thing, she will sometimes hug you unconsciously and if you move she will break your arm. She still denies this one, even though I had a cast on for a month.
Pros about bunking with Max;
You learn to never bunk with her ever again.
I sighed and put my stuff down in the corner and Max did the same thing. Bella showed us where to put our stuff around the house, and we all got settled in our new home. Today was Saturday, so we won't have to go to our new school today, thank God. I'm going to continue my freshman year, because I'm 13 (turning 14) but I skipped second grade. Max is entering senior year even though she's 16, but she looks like an 18 year old since she's so tall. Plus, she refuses to complete anymore than 1 year of school. She's so stubborn like that.
By the time we were settled at home (better start calling it by its name now), it was 6 in the morning and the sun was rising (according to Max who can see much better than I ever could dream of.)
"I'm hungry. Can we have some breakfast now?" Max asked Bella a little rude. Just like her old self!
Bella shrugged and said, "Sure why not." We started walking downstairs into the kitchen, and then I remembered Max's appetite before the depression. This will be a new problem for Bella and Charlie. Mom and I are already used to Max's appetite. Well, before the depression, anyway.
"Um Bella, let me warn you before you cook. Max eats way more than the average person. What I mean by that is she eats 4000 plus calories a day, so you might want to make a lot of food for her," I warned Bella who stared at Max in disbelief. Max sighed and leaned against the counter, and I noticed she got changed into another black jacket with black skinny jeans and she was wearing black eyeliner with black eye shadow. Just like a freaking emo kid! I thought she said she was trying to get rid of the depression, not try harder to look like an emo!
"Max! Remember the talk the 3 of us had on the highway about this past year? I thought you said you were going to try to get rid of it!" I scolded her, gesturing to her black skinny jeans that screamed "emo." She looked really irritated when I said that.
"Ella, this is what I'm used to wearing and I'm not changing it anytime soon. I don't have to change my style. I'll stay true to my promises, but I'm not changing my clothes," she snarled at me, climbing off the counter. I was so ticked off that she was still dressing like an emo, I said the first thought that came to my mind, which I knew I would instantly regret saying out loud.
"Know what? You look a lot like Fang when you wear that stuff!" I yelled at her, putting emphasis on "Fang." What I said had an immediate impact on her. Tears started rolling down her angry face and she ran out the front door faster than you can say "What did I just say?" Mom came in the room looking clearly upset at what I said.
"Ella! How could you say that to her?" she scolded me for comparing Max to the boyfriend who abandoned her and caused half of her depression.
Oops is an understatement, for your information.