hey, so this is the second chapter. i think it's sorta long, but that's just me. enjoy
I looked him in the eyes. He looked back. If you hadn't known Fang for very long then you wouldn't know when he blushes, or looks like he's feeling awkward for that matter. So in a fraction a second I knew that he was blushing and that he was feeling awkward. I was feeling the same. I was about to start stuttering at him incoherent stuff about why he hadn't knocked when suddenly the door was slammed shut. I heard footsteps running down the hall and laughter coming for Iggy a while later. Fang muttered something about Iggy being a jackass then started walking down the hall very slowly, cautious like. His footsteps stopped right at my door but then they turned and headed for his door that was right in front of mine. I had stayed frozen, so when I heard his door shut I quickly grabbed the shirt nearest me and put it on.
I sat down on my bed and took out the Ipod; I didn't want to think about what had happened. I searched through the play list, finally settling for Light Up The Sky by Yellow Card.
You're making a choice to live like this
And all of the noise, I am silence
We already know how it ends tonight
You run through in the dark through a firefight
I started thinking about what had happened, making me blush again. I turned up the volume and emptied out my mind except for the lyrics of the song.
And I would explode just to save your life
Yeah, I would explode
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky
I can't find a wall to pin this to
They're all coming down since I've found you
I just wanna be where you are tonight
I run in the dark looking for some light
And how will we know if we just don't try
We won't ever know
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me make this mine
I'll ignite for you
Let me light up the sky, just for you tonight
Let me help you fly, cause you won't have time
To cover your eyes, or get your disguise
They won't ask you why, they'll just watch you die
And it's still so hard to be who you are
So you play this part and the show goes on
But you've come so far with a broken heart
Yeah, you've come this far and you're broken
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me make this mine
I'll ignite for you
I'll ignite for you
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
And it's still so hard to be who you are
And you've come this far with a broken heart
And it's still so hard to be who you are
But you've come this far and you're broken
I fell asleep listening to the song.
Chirp Chirp…Chirp Chirp
Chirp Chirp…Chirp Chirp
Ugh, stupid annoying birds, I thought mentally. I stretched my arms only to have them be entangled with my Ipod headphone's wiring. I disentangled myself and got out of bed scratching my stomach. I went into my bathroom and started brushing my teeth when I heard a faint knock on my door. With a toothbrush in my mouth I yelled a very muffled 'what'. The door just opened and in walked Fang, stopping at the door of the bathroom. I suddenly had a flashback of last night and all blood drained out of my face. Holy crap! I had completely forgotten of that. I looked at him through the mirror, not wanting to see the real thing.
"Hey," he said. I felt slightly better, he was still One Word A Day Man.
I just raised my eyebrows. I went on brushing my teeth. Brush, brush, spit, brush, brush, spit, brush, brush, then rinse. I could make a song of it. I went to go dry my mouth on a towel.
"So, umm," he started off, "what happened last night-"
"Let's just forget it," I interrupted. I couldn't read any emotion from him but he went on.
"Umm, ok," after a pause he went on. "Everyone wants to go shopping at the mall so they just wanted me to tell you that we're leaving in 20 minutes."
"Ok," I said as he walked towards the door.
"Oh, and by the way you're coming too," he said, stopping at the doorframe. He eyed me as he walked out the door as if he wanted to say more but just went on.
I dragged myself over to the closet, lazily and randomly picked out a t-shirt and a pair of jeans, then changed into them. Yes, this time I made sure that the door was locked, I even put a chair in front of the door. :) After I was done with changing my clothes I went to brush my hair. Even with my lazy speed I was done in less than 10 minutes. I decided to sit on my bed and wait when there was this loud knocking on my door. Huh, I was sure that the 20 minutes hadn't been up. In walked Nudge and Angel, staring in shock at me.
"What?" I asked annoyed, because I knew why they where staring and because they'd probably make me change into something more 'appropriate' which certainly wasn't appropriate for flying.
"Your outfit, do you expect to go to the mall like that?" Nudge asked in disbelief.
"Yep," I said. God, I have lived practically all my life with them and they still didn't know me and Mr. Fancy Dressing didn't go hand in hand.
"Come on Max, please let us dress you?" asked Angel with her Bambi eyes. I quickly turned away and blocked my mind.
"No, we're gonna be late," I got them out of the room and into the living room. The guys were in lazy positions all over the room.
After some not so gentle but affectionate kicking I got them all out of the house and into the air. We flew for a couple of minutes in silence. Have you ever felt like you're being drilled a couple of holes into your head by stares? Well I have, and I was feeling like it right now. Now, many of you may be wondering 'Max who would want to drill holes into your head with stares?' Well the sad thing is that many people do, but right now guess who was drilling them into my skull? If you guessed Fang, then ding, ding, ding, you just won a big, fat nothing. Enjoy. I looked over at him, only to have him turn away a fraction of a second later. Good thing that the mall was looming into sight.
"You know the drill!" I shouted over to the flock. They all went to land behind a huge can't-remember-its-name-but-certainly-is-huge tree.
We all walked onto the mall, and immediately dispersed, except for me.
"Oh, come on," I whined, "not even a minute here and you're all going your separate way. Get over here now."
They all reluctantly walk over to me.
"Thank you. Now, Nudge and Angel, you're with me. Iggy and Gazzy, go with Fang. We meet here in three hours. No bombs or any nonsense, Fang, anything happens I'm holding you responsible," I added with a sweet smile.
"Yes Mom," he added sarcastically. I was about to hit him upside the head when Iggy interrupted by saying "When you two are done flirting can we leave?" so instead I hit him. Unfortunately a security person saw, but I just smiled angelically and the guy walked away.
"Ok, now you can leave," instantly I was being dragged by the arms to a million different teenage clothing stores.
Oh my God, after only two hours of shopping with the females of the flock I was ready to yell. Seriously. They made me try on so many things. Spaghetti straps, tank tops, short sleeved shirts, skirts, shorts, jeans, you name it. After a while I told them that my head was hurting, not a lie, and went to sit down, closed my eyes, and let my head fall back when all of a sudden Nudge appears out of no where nearly giving me a heart attack.
"Max, Max, Max you got to try this on," she pleaded and demanded at the same time.
I looked at what she had in her hands. A strapless black mini dress and my worst enemy, matching black pumps. I was about to say 'no way Jose' when all of a sudden my mind went all fuzzy like and I marched against my own will into the changing room. I wasn't really aware of what I was doing; all I really knew was that somewhere in the back of my mind I knew Angel had to do with this. I felt like a robot, it was a totally weird sensation. I opened the door when I was done changing and felt the fuzziness go away only to come back again when I was about to protest about putting on the accessories that Nudge had forgot to give me, a black-pearl chocker that came with another pearl necklace that went just below the chest area and a huge black ring. I tried them on automatically and walked over to the full length mirrors. My mind went unfussy again and I sent a mental note to Angel that she was going to get it at home, she responded by smiling at me. As I walked to the mirrors I closed my eyes afraid to see myself.
It's ok Max; you look beautiful Angel thought to me.
I opened my eyes only to be shocked. There was my face and figure but somehow that was not me. At least, I didn't think so. I knew I was ok looking but the person was gorgeous, and for those of you in the back thinking I'm self-centered well I'm not, so there. The black dress made my glass figurine stand out as well as my legs that were well shaped from all the running away from Erasers. The black pumps and shortness of the dress made my legs look longer. The accessories were just a final touch that looked perfect. I was looking at myself when my eyes slid off of me and onto the background that was showing in the mirror. I could see all of the guys' eyes on me, making me blush. Most of their mouths were hung wide open, one of them wasn't even paying attention to his girlfriend. I felt really giddy. As my eyes were roaming around the mirror looking at everyone through it they stopped on a pair of dark ones. In them you could see surprise at being caught starring and something else that was hard to recognize. If I hadn't known better I'd say he wasn't blushing at being caught, but I did which made me blush. I turned around and started making my way towards him. He just stood there looking a bit uncomfortable, not knowing where to look.
"Hey," I said once I reached him.
"Hey," he said back.
"So, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Well, umm, I, we were, I mean me and the guys, were going to buy something but we forgot we didn't have money so I came here," he seemed at a loss for words, then realizing he hadn't finished his sentence he said, "for some." He couldn't take his eyes off of me, making me blush even deeper.
"Umm, ok, I have the card in my jeans, let me go get it," I started walking towards the door and silently thanked Ella for forcibly teaching me how to walk in high heels.
I entered the changing room and it hit me how messy it was. There were clothing items all over the place, on the walls, floor, the little bench to sit on; we were going to need to clean this place before we left. I started looking for my jeans, finding them under a pile of clothes that were on the make-shift bench. I dug through the pockets and found the card in the back left pocket. I got up, walked to the door, opened it, took a step out, and tripped. Over what you may think, well if you read the beginning of the paragraph than you would know that it was clothes. I was about to fling my arms out to break my fall when I was caught by a pair of strong wiry arms. I looked up at his face and was shocked. (This isn't Fang, I'm sorry)
"Hey," said the red-head dude that had caught me.
"Hey," I replied back. In my peripheral vision I saw Fang look up from a jacket he was checking out.
"Umm, thanks for catching me," I went on.
"No prob, it's not every day that I get to have a good-looking chick in my arms," he said coolly, my cheeks felt like they were burning from all the blushing.
He helped me back up and smiled when he looked at me.
"Hey, do you mind if I stick with you, it's that my friends are starting to annoy me," I looked at him confused, "I didn't want to come," he explained, "and I don't really want to be with them right now."
"Oh, umm, ok," hey he just saved me from falling on my face and I didn't want to look ungrateful, what else could I do?
"Cool," he said with a smile.
"Umm, let me just go put my own clothes back on and buy these," I said gesturing at myself, again he smiled. He just nodded.
I walked back into the changing room and was changing when I noticed that Angel and Nudge weren't with me.
Don't worry: we're with Iggy and Gazzy. Enjoy! I was startled by the thought Angel had sent me, and why had she said 'enjoy?' I instantly remembered 1) the guy I had met outside 2) I still had the card in my hand and 3) Fang was still outside, waiting. I changed lightning fast, put all the clothes in a not-so neat pile, walked out, and went and bought the outfit.
"So, ready to leave?" he asked.
"Just a sec, there's someone I need to give something to," I said looking around for Fang. I spotted him talking with someone. He laughed and moved slightly to side, when he did I saw her. The Red-Haired Wonder.
"See over there," I said pointing over to Fang, "he's my, umm, brother. I need to give him the card when I'm done with it," I said showing him the plastic card, "come on, let's go."
"So, you never told me your name," he said by my side.
"Oh, it's Max, what's your's?" I asked him.
"Danny," he said as we stopped behind Fang.
"Hey, Nick?" I wanted his attention so I tapped him on the shoulder.
"Oh, hey," he said glancing at Danny.
"Here," I said giving him the small plastic card, "I'm done with it, we're leaving, I'll call you later to go home," I told him. Thank God he had a cell phone too, well everyone in the Flock did.
"(Gasp) Max is that you?" I looked over to Lisa; she was looking at me wide-eyed.
I wanted to say 'Duh!' but I thought better about being rude. "Uh- hu," I settled for that, short and right to the point.
"How 'bout you guys come with us! We were just talking about going to get something to drink or something," she said, boy can she get over excited.
"Umm," I looked over at Danny, "what do you think?"
"Sure, why not, I have nothing to do," he said.
"Ok then," I said looking at Fang. He did nothing, what a surprise.
We walked out the store and went to the store next to it that sold pastries and drinks.
"Lisa?" Fang asked.
"Oh, umm, I want a piece of rice cake and a vanilla milkshake to go with it."
"Max?" he said looking at me with his dark eyes.
"Just a Sprite," I said.
"Uh, Danny?" he asked.
"Nothing for me bro'" he said.
With that Fang left to go get our orders. I was on my own little world when Lisa's question yanked me back to earth.
"So, how long have you been dating?" I hadn't noticed Fang had come back with everything until I heard him choke silently at the question. You may be thinking 'how can you hear him choke if he did it quietly?' well if you do remember I have super hearing.
Looking a little embarrassed, Danny said "oh, we're not dating."
"Oh, umm, I'm sorry," Lisa said, not looking at all sorry.
"No, its ok, we're just hanging out," I replied with a smile. Lisa looked uncomfortable but returned the smile. Fang had all the food in front of him so I reached out to grab my soda. Lisa started making talk with everyone but when ever she would turn to me I'd turn into Fang the second and reply with one word sentences. I could tell that I was pissing her off. Whenever I saw Fang looking at me and was able to hold his stare for a couple of seconds, I could see amusement in his eyes. Lisa had stopped talking and I could tell that there was an uncomfortable silence, not that it bothered me, so I decided to talk.
"So, how did you guys, umm, encounter," I asked not really caring but caring at the same time.
"Oh we bumped into each other at the shoe section," I was about to yell 'why were you at the guy shoe section?!' but settled for shrugging.
"You do know that I missed you, right?" Lisa asked Fang. I was chocking on the soda I had just swallowed. Everyone looked over at me.
"Sorry, piece of ice," I said shaking the bottle.
"Did you miss me?" she went on, making Fang a pair of Bambi, like Angel except it didn't look good on her. You could so see that Fang was uncomfortable, I wanted to crack up but decided on helping him.
"Oh my God! Nick, we have to go pick up the kids," I exclaimed with sincerity.
Relief washed over him as he said, "Oh, right, well we have to go, bye."
He got up walked over to me and waited patiently while I hugged a startled Lisa and air kissed her on both cheeks and waved bye to Danny. I snickered silently as Fang and I walked away. I was surprised when I felt my arm being lightly tugged backwards.
"Oh, hey Danny," I said once I saw he was the one tugging.
"Umm, I forgot to ask you for your number," he said I was startled but I wrote down my cell phone number on a napkin that was nearby and gave it to him, feeling a little flabbergasted.
"Thanks," he said then waved bye.
Fang just looked at me a little of everything in his stare.
"We can leave now," I said but he didn't pay attention so I went on, "you can also say 'thank you oh great Max for saving my ungrateful butt from Lisa' or something along those lines."
"Whatever oh great Maxine," he said slightly shoving me with his shoulder.
We found the kids and flew back to our home.
ok, so in the next chapter there is going to be a horror movie. and a whole deal of FAX
i already have the next 2 chapters but i wont post the next one until either tomorrow afternoon or until i get some reviews. which ever comes first.