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Chapter 3
I wake up, the sun barely rising. I look at the clock next to my bed and it says 5: 30 a.m. I climb out of bed, grab my towel, and run to the bathroom down the hall. I scrub my head raw, watching dirt and grime land on the bottom of the tub. I walk calmly back to my room, changing into a pair of old jeans and a dark green shirt. I walk down stairs and Iggy was in the kitchen, flipping pancakes on to a plate.
"Morning Ig!" I say cheerfully. He smiles at me, placing a stack of pancake in from of me. There's a smiley face made of whipped cream and strawberries on the top.
"Cute," I say sarcastically.
"At least I didn't blow it up," he contradicts.

"Touché."
"Morning," Fang says behind me. I jump a foot in the air, knocking a few pancakes off my plate.
"Holy cows Fang! Make some sound when you move, please!" I snap, turning back to my food.
"Holy Cows?" Iggy asks, handing Fang some pancakes too. He shrugs, digging into his breakfast. I roll my eyes and leave the plate near the sink.
"Nudge! Angel! Gazzy, come on wake up!" I holler down the hallway. Angel skips out of her room, dressed in a pink sundress and hugging Celeste to her chest.
"Morning Max!" she greets. I smile, stroking her head as she passes by. Total trots out of Angel's room.
"I'm rather insulted by you manner of waking children!" he sniffs. I scratch his ears and head into Nudge's room. I pull off her bed covers, revealing her tangled in bed sheets.
"Wake up!" I say, hauling her out of bed. Nudge groans, stumbling to stand up.
"Why?" she whines, rubbing her eye. I smirk, opening her window.
"We have school today," I say. Nudge nods and walks slowly to her closet, yawning and stretching. I walk to Gazzy's room, knocking on the closed door.
"I'll be down in a second!" he shouts from behind the door.
"Pancakes!" I shout.
"You'd better save some for me!" he shouts. I laugh, leaving the hall. As I reach the stairs, Gazzy blasts past me, heading down to the kitchen. I grab my backpack and toss it on the couch as I pass the living room.
"Max, are we still going to school today? I had a lot of fun yesterday but I'm also sad that Ella has to leave because we almost never her see her, even if she is your sister. I wish I had a sister, but I already do, which is you and Angel, but I wonder what it would be like to blood relatives. Kind of like Gazzy and Angel! Wouldn't it be great for Angel to—" I place my hand over Nudge's mouth. She blushes, wiggling out of my reach.
"Come on let's fly today!" I suggest. My suggestion is met with cheers and agreements. After the crazy backpack hunt, we run into the woods behind our house and take off into the sky.
"It feels great to be flying again!" I shout to the sky. Everyone around me laughs. We dive bomb into the trees near the school and walk the rest of the way. Amanda meets us at the door, dressed in a jeans shorts and a light green tank top.
"Hey guys! Did you hear? We're all going to the Cape today. High and Middle school!" Amanda says cheerfully. I smile, knowing that Gazzy and Angel will be with us.
"So what do we do?" Iggy asks.
"You check in with the assistant principle and then get on buses. We leave in a few minutes!" Amanda says, pointing to a short woman standing next to a group of buses checking off students with a clipboard.
"The cape?" Gazzy asks. Amanda smiles sat him, ruffling his hair.
"The coast of Massachusetts," she says, walking away while holding Iggy's hand. I smirk at his red blush on his cheeks. I walk off towards the assistant principle.
"Names?" she asks, not looking up from her board.
"Max Martinez, Nick Ride, Ryan Ride, Tiffany-Krystal Ride, Ariel Martinez, and Jeffrey Martinez," I say. She glances up at us, checking off all our names. (I decided to change last names so that when Max and Fang start dating, they won't be brother and sister!)
"High schoolers on bus 1. Middle schoolers on bus 2," she says, pointing to the buses with the end of her pen. We walk away, climbing on the bus, sitting across from Iggy and Amanda.
"How long is the ride?" I ask, double-checking the inside of the bus. Fang does the same, sitting next to me.
"Where's F-Nick?" Iggy asks.
"Sitting next to me," I say. Iggy cracks a smile, resting his arms over Amanda's shoulder. Fang shrugs, resting his head against the headrest (they really have to have more imagination in naming these kind of things).

The buses soon pull into the Cape, the entire school piling out. Angel and Gazzy run to us.
"Okay, guys. Gazzy, Iggy absolutely no bombs! Angel, please try not to stay under water for too long and please, don't talk to fish!" I say sternly. Angel smiles sweetly. Don't worry, I won't! She thinks to me. I stroke her head and let her and Gazzy go exploring.
"Bombs?" Amanda asks, rubbing circles in Iggy's palm.
"I'm a bit of a pyro," he chuckles. Amanda giggles. Gazzy fake gags, trying to pull Iggy away.
"I'm going to look at the tidal pools!" Angel says, running for the giant black rocks. I pull off my army combat boots and socks and walk into the shallow waters. I hear soft foot steps behind me. I spin around and swing a wild punch at the person behind me. He doubles over in pain.
"Oh my god! Fang! Are you okay?" I ask. He nods, putting his hand out to give him a moment. He stands up, taking a deep breath.
"Ouch," he says slowly, rubbing his stomach.
"Sorry!" I whisper. He smiles, staring out over the sea.
"Max! Nick! Come here!" Amanda shouts. I look to see her waving at us from a small speedboat. I wave back, running towards Iggy and Amanda. Fang soon caught up with me as I climbed into the boat.
"What kind of educational trip is this?" I ask. Amanda shrugs, starting the boat.
"I guess we got let off easy today!" she shouts over the roar of the engine. I smile wildly, raising my hands in the wind.
"This is almost as good a flying!" I yell. Amanda gives a confused look.
"What?"
"Nothing!" I say quickly, slapping myself for letting that slip. Fang glares at me. Iggy lets out the breath he had been holding out, staring at me.
"Max!" I hear my name faintly from the shore. I look over my shoulder at Nudge who was jumping up and down frantically, waving her arms.
"Max! We have a problem!" Nudge yells, cupping her mouth with her hands.
"Can we go back to shore?" I shout to Amanda. She nods, turning the wheel, almost knocking Iggy and Fang off the boat. We stop at the dock and I take off sprinting towards Nudge.
"What's wrong? Erasers? Flyboys?" I ask. She shakes her head.
"Worse," she mumbles.
"What could be worse than that?" I ask franticly, shaking her shoulders.
"Angel's missing!"

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