The older one worked hard to stop Max from bleeding to death. I VERY slowly began to trust them, but they were still 'vegetarian' vampires and doctors. 2 things that weren't very good.
We had gotten Max to stop bleeding and then asked if we could go to his house. We decided if they hadn't killed us yet, then sure, let's be guests. But we kept our eyes open. I walked close to the flock, who of which were surrounding the tall, blonde doctor that was carrying Max.
I watched Max's face, seeing pain and she was so tense, even unconscious. It kind of shocked me. I began to think about how to help her relax. She deserved to relax every once in a while.
Most girls go to spas to relax, but that would just freak her out. Chocolate might help, but she would share it with the flock. A book would be good, but she would get bored of it after a while and close it. I wasn't really sure about music, since we don't have a radio or something.
I looked at her face again, noting how beautiful she was, even if she was in pain and tense. I was tempted to ask the doctor if I could carry her, but thought better of it. Plus, if she woke up, she would beat the lights out of this guy. That would be entertaining to watch.
I heard a chuckle behind me and turned fast to see who it was. It was that Edward guy. "Really?" he asked
"Really what?"
"She'll try to beat the lights out of Carlisle?"
I shrugged. A perfectly reasonable answer in my book. I began to wonder how he knew what I was thinking. Oh, another mind reader. Once you live with one, you can tell the difference.
Edward's POVI could sort of read their minds. I could only catch bits and thoughts, like the one about the girl, Max, beating up Carlisle. I sort of figured out what their names are. The youngest girl is Angel, then Gazzy, the black girl, the blind guy, Fang and Max. Oh, the black girl's name is Nudge. Interesting names, I wondered who named them.
Angel's POVEdward is very funny. His thoughts are kind of like Fang's but he thinks about Bella instead of Max. I was reading his mind when he began to think about our names. I turned to him and said, "It's Iggy. We named ourselves."
He looked at me, a little shocked and nodded. I smiled at him, and turned back around. I began to just go one at a time into everyone's thoughts. It's what I do to entertain myself.
Iggy was thinking about bombs, Nudge was wishing we could go shopping, Gazzy was thinking about how cool it was to see the Flyboys explode, Fang was thinking about Max, Total was thinking about how weird it smelled here, Edward was thinking about Bella, Bella was thinking about Edward and their wedding in a few weeks, and Carlisle was thinking about how we need to hurry and get Max to their house.
I began to walk faster, hoping everyone would follow and go faster, too. We needed to get Max to the house.
Max's POV
I could tell someone was holding me. I opened one eye very slowly to see who it was. I couldn't recognize him, so I prepared myself for 'fight and flight'.
I thrashed myself out his arms, landing on my feet. I didn't realize how bad my leg was until I felt the pain, but I ignored it. I got into my fight stance, ready to show this guy what the phrase 'beat your lights out' really meant.
I looked and saw the flock standing on the side, smiling or giggling. They knew that I would beat these people up in a heartbeat. Fang was standing closest and he moved towards me. He came up to me and put a hand on my arm, trying to tell me to stand down. I shot him the 'Why?' look and he looked at them and then at my leg.
Oh, they were doctors.
That was when I shouted, "WHAT?"
Angel began walking towards me and said, "They're good doctors. They won't hurt us. I made sure. They don't even have a desire to eat us."
I wasn't sure where she got the last part, but I didn't care if they had short-term memory loss and would forget us. They were still doctors.
I lowered my arms and asked, "Where are we going?"
"To my house," said the one that was carrying me. "I still have to put a cast on that leg and I need more string for some stitches. We'll feed you and get you some new attire, and anything else you need."
I looked at the flock. They seemed to think these guys were OK, and they haven't done anything to us yet, so I nodded slowly. I hoped this wouldn't turn into another Anne incident.
I waited for them to start leading us again, but we all just stood there. I finally asked, "Are we going?"
"Of course, but you mustn't walk on that leg," said the doctor.
I smiled sweetly, saying, "Oh, don't worry about me. Just let me walk on my own or worry about your face."
He seemed slightly confused by that, but came up to me anyway. He pulled my arm up around his shoulders and looked at Fang. "Will you help me?"
Fang came up and put my other arm around his shoulders. Oh, they were going to two-person carry me. Since Fang was there and I knew that if this guy tried anything, Fang and I would be able to get him.
We walked for about 15 more minutes and came to a house. It was big and white, a little older, but in great shape. We walked up to the house and the little one with spiky black hair opened the door. We walked inside, and I know that there was no one that didn't react to what we saw.
Our jaws dropped.
Iggy said, "It's so white!"
"Wait, aren't you blind?" asked the bronze hair guy.
"He can see colors," I said, trying to defend Iggy.
"Oh." I could tell that he was still wildly confused. I had to almost stuff my fist in my mouth to keep from laughing, or dropping my burritos.
The doctor and Fang carried me into the kitchen and the doctor put me on the table. "Alice, go and get me more stuff and show the rest of the group where they will be sleeping tonight."
The spiky haired girl nodded and turned to the flock, smiling. "Follow me." The kids and Iggy followed but Fang grabbed one of the chairs and sat down.
I smiled at him and the doctor began to pull a needle from his bag. I saw that needle and my smile vanished, my eyes widened.
"No needles," I said.
"Don't worry, it will only-"
"No needles. Please."
He nodded and put it back in his bag. He dug around some in his bag and pulled out some stitching string and a little sewing needle. "Is this needle OK?" he asked.
I nodded and grabbed Fang's hand. I took a deep breath, and Fang squeezed my hand and that sent shivers up my spine. I looked away from my leg and stared at the ceiling. I would wince every once in a while, but I kept silent, trying not to make the kids freak out.
But that all went out the window when he had to set my leg.
Eventually it was all over and Alice and Bella helped me upstairs into the bathroom. I told them that I could do the rest of it on my own and they let me.
I turned on the water, making it as hot as possible. I took off all my clothes, and when it came to my pants, I had to practically cut those babies off. Luckily, I didn't and when I climbed in, the water felt so good. I put my newly booted leg on the side of the tub and just let the water relax all my muscles.
Once I was all clean and I felt better, I climbed out, and dried myself. I realized that I hadn't grabbed new clothes from my backpack when I had given it to Alice to put in my room.
There was a knock at the door and I called, "Yea?"
"Here are your clothes." It was Alice.
"Thanks," I said when I opened the door. I grabbed the clothes and closed the door. When I began to put them on, I noticed that these were not my clothes. They were too nice, even if they were denim shorts and a shirt. The shirt was cute, but it was too nice. I would never wear anything as nice if I were kicking Flyboy butt.
It was simple, but it was a hoodie top. It was a light yellow with dark blue stars on it. Alice had even put slits in the back so I could use my wings. I liked it, but I knew that the flock would tease me mercilessly about it. Oh, well.
When I saw the shoes she gave me, I nearly cried out in joy. Vans, my favorite. I knew that I would like Alice. They fit perfectly, too, but I could only wear my left shoe. I put my hair up in a ponytail, not really caring about it at the moment. When I walked by the mirror, I looked at myself, shocked. I actually looked pretty. Not exactly beautiful, but still, I could catch some guys' eye if I walked by.
I left the bathroom and went down the stairs, listening to the noise that was in the kitchen. I went to the bottom and crossed the living room to the kitchen, and when I opened the door, I saw all the flock in new clothes sitting at the table eating a buffet dinner. I hurried to join them and when I grabbed the chair, everyone seemed to suddenly see me.
"Max! Wow, you look so pretty! I love your shoe and your shirt! Your hair is so cute!" Nudge went on and on. I smiled as she talked and grabbed some food.
Fang's POV
Alice had given me a cool black T-shirt and jeans. My shoes were cool, being Vans and all. Black, of course. When we had gone downstairs and walked into the kitchen, there was a large dinner on the table, thanks to the one called Esme. She was nice, almost like a mother.
We began stuffing our faces full of food. I had about seconds of everything when Max came down. We didn't see her till she grabbed the chair and then we all turned and looked at her.
When I saw her, it seemed like the world had stopped.
Nudge suddenly began talking about how pretty she looked, but pretty didn't even cover it. She was absolutely gorgeous, even if it was a t-shirt and shorts and had stitches on her face and arms. I had to resist staring at her for too long, or the flock would notice. I did stare at her for a moment, but then she turned and saw me staring. I looked at my food quickly and began eating again.
Max's POV
I caught Fang staring at me. He looked away quickly and I blushed a little. He looked handsome in his attire. Even if it was a plain black t-shirt, but it showed off his muscles in his arms and made them more…STOP! I began stuffing my face even more.
We had eaten nearly everything before we got full. We got up and cleared our plates. I wanted to help clear the table, too, but the lady, Esme wouldn't let me. She was nice about it though.
We went out into the living room, sitting down. All the Cullens, and I mean every single one and their spouse, came in and sat down at the couch in front of us.
"OK, we'll tell you our story first," said Carlisle.
I nodded, pulling Angel into my lap. The flock and I sat up straighter, becoming serious.
"As you know, we are vampires, but we only drink animal blood, not humans." '
Oh, wow, that makes me feel loads better,' I thought.
He kept talking about his story and how he met everyone in his family. It was a very good story, and it kept my attention. It was so sad, yet there was happiness in it, with all of them finding true love and how they have each other. It sort of reminded me of our story, having all the flock with me. It made me want to do a group hug with the flock, but that can wait till later.
Fang's POVHe began to tell us about how he met Esme, and how he fell in love with her the moment he saw her. She was dying and he saved her, knowing that she loved him, too. There was a lot of love in this family, even if they were dead and drank blood. There was a lot of love in our family, but theirs was so different, yet the same to ours.
I looked over at Max, who was so into the story, that a bomb could go off and she would still be listening, not bothered by it. I began to think about how our lives could be different, like theirs even. Max and I, together and the flock as our family. We already were raising them, but if we got married, then it would even be more official.
I snapped out of my thoughts by someone staring at me. I looked up and on the other side of the room. Edward was looking at me, a strange look in his eye. I turned away, looking at Carlisle again, listening to his story.
When he finished, we sat there, letting their story sink in. All of their lives were changed by magic, while ours was changed by science. How strange and odd the world is, science and magic, working side by side, changing things from normal to the worst in the world, yet love come in, normal and natural, making everything better.
Max cleared her throat. She began telling our story, how we were made and then sent to labs to be tested on and lived in dog crates. She told about how Jeb helped us escape and then he went back there, becoming one of the scientist again. We went on about how we're on the run and how we are always moving, fighting for our lives.
I said nothing, of course. Nudge would get a word in every now and then, Angel, too. When we finished, we watched for their reaction. The biggest one, Emmett, I think,
Was angry. The blonde girl was staring at us, her jaw dropped long ago. Alice was wide-eyed, Jasper holding her hand, trying to calm her. Bella was crying silently, Esme in the same state as Alice. They all looked appalled, disgusted.
"And we thought our story was sad," said Edward, rubbing Bella's back.
Max's POV
We all stood up, ready for bed. They lead us to our rooms. Mine was in the very middle, right across from Fang's. Gazzy and Iggy shared with him, the younger girls in the room on my left.
Alice gave us new pajamas. They were all really nice looking, and made out of expensive fabric. How she knew our sizes and everything was a mystery to me, but it worked.
Once I had changed, I sat in the bed, looking out the wall-window. There were so many stars out tonight. I felt someone sit on my bed, and I turned. It was Edward.
"You know he loves you, right?" he asked.
"He does?"
"Yes, so tell him how you feel. It's easier if they know sooner than later, or he might find someone else." Edward looked serious.
"Did that happen to you?"
"No, it happened to a friend of Bella's, Jacob. He loved her, but didn't tell her til too late."
I nodded and he left. I turned back around, looking at the stars once more. I began to think about what I would say to Fang. How would I tell him? I could walk up and say, "I love you," but that doesn't sound so intelligent. Should I write him a letter, telling him? Should I-
Someone sat on the end of my bed. I turned again, half-expecting Edward, but it was Fang. He smiled at me, then asked, "Want to go flying? The girls and boys are asleep. Edward said that he would keep an eye on them, too." I nodded and got up, putting on my shoes and my jacket. We hurried down the stairs, no one around, and left out through the front door.
Fang grabbed my hand and we both ran to the moon and jumped, Fang helping me some. He didn't let go of my hand after we began flying. In fact, he was above me and was holding my hand and my waist. My heart began to beat out a jagged, distorted rhythm.
We flew for a while, then landed. He still held my hand. I was blushing some, but I didn't let go. Fang stood there, staring at me, and he pulled my hand to his lips. He pressed them softly to the back on my hand. After a minute, he put his other hand under my chin and then pulled my face to his, kissing me softly.
My mind went blank and then, I kissed him back. I kissed with all the force to say how much I loved him and want to be with him. He returned the same force, telling me he loved me, too.