"Thanks, Fang." Nudge said, taking his laptop and running to the bed that she and Angel would be sharing come bedtime. Gazzy and Iggy woukld get the other bed, and Max and Fang would take turns watching the hotel room dorr while the other slept between the two beds.

Nudge jumped onto the bed, sending Total flying off the sheets and landing in a totally different spot on the bed.

"sorry, total." she said, reaching over to scratch him behind the ear. Total just grumbled and settled back down as Nudge unfolded her dappled wings and let them sprawl across the bed and hang off the edge. She glanced up at the flock, able to see all but Gazzy because her back was to one wall and Gazzy was in the bathroom, singing the constipation song in the shower.

"What're you doing, Nudge?" Iggy asked, sitting on the floor next the the bed she was perched on.

"Yeah." Angel said, crawling onto the bed and curling up around Total, who seemed to have forgotten being bounced off the bed.

"I'm going online." She said, clicking on the internet browser. The icon appeared onscreen for a moment before the screen turned white and showed the homepage Fang had chosen. It was MSN (("It has great articles" Fang had explained)).

"Hmm..." What should I type in the search box?" nudge asked, peering down at Iggy.

"Ghettysburg. We're nearby, you know, and Max said maybe we could go there tomorrow." total said immediately.

"Don't put words in my mouth." Max called from across the room, where she and Fang were having a meeting by the window. Total scowled.

"Bookstores that have Braille sections in this area." Iggy piped, then sat up, eyes alight. "Oh, no, wait! Look up the real words to the Gasman's constipation song! he murders that thing everytime he sings it."

"I do not." Said the Gasman, walking out of the bathroom with dripping hair. Max sighed and crossed the room, folding his head in a towel.

"Really, do you not know how to dry your hair?" She asked, rubbing the towel on his head.

"Well, maybe. Is that a trick question?" Gazzy asked, blinking up at her.

Nudge looked back to her screen. "Fang, I'm checking your blog."

"Go ahead, but I haven't updated since you and Iggy posted that last entry." he said, and Nudge sighed.

"What's the point of a diary if you don't write in it?" Nudge whined.

"It's not a diary." he pointed out, turning on the televison so they could watch the nine o'clock news.

"Well, fine, i'll just look up... Maximum ride." She said, typing into the search bar. About a million pages of links popped onscreen, and Nudge scrolled around.

"Ohmygosh, we have a Wikipedia!" Nudge declared.

"Boring! What else we got?" Iggy asked, now sitting up so that he could hear Nudge better.

"Um... bookstores and art sites. Wow, Max, this picture of you is really pretty!" Nudge said, turning the screen so Max could see from her spot next to Fang. gazzy bounced onto the bed next to his sister and her dog.

"I've looked better." Max waved it off.

"Have you?" Fang teased. She socked him playfully in the arm.

"Next!" Iggy called.

"Um... here's a site called fanfiction. Weird name..." She said, leaning back against the wall. Angel looked at Nudge quizzically. "What's that?"

"I dunno. Let's find out." Nudge shrugged, She was silent for a while, before gasping. "Ohmygosh, this is soooo cool! Lookit! It's like this site where you go and write stories about things that you're a fan of! We have, like, a million stories about us! Isn't that so weird?" She said, excited.

Max frowned. "Is that a good thing? What if people are actually writing about things we do? That could tip Itex off..."

"Relax, Max. It's for fiction. Thus it has been named 'Fanfiction'. If the stuff was real it would be called 'fannonfiction'... which doesn't quite have the same ring to it, I must say." Fang said. "Let's hear a story, Nudge."

"Okay!" She squeaked, clicking around for a minute before clearing her thraot. "This one looks cool,

'Once upon a time, there were six kids that were 98 human, 2 bird. One was named fang, and he was also 100 hot.'," Nudge stopped to laugh, and Fange shrugged. "There was also this really buttkicking, cool girl named Maximum Ride. she liked fang so much that'..." Nudge trailed off, blushing hard and looking up at Max and Fang, who seemed stunned.

"'She asked Fang out.'" Nudge stopped to giggle again, and Iggy, Gazzy, and even Angel and Total tried to hold back their laughter. Max was pink, and Fang was staring at the wall.

"'But he said no, because he was really into'... Oh my God..." Nudge trailed off, wrinkling her nose.

"What? What does it say?" The Gasman asked, sitting all the way up.

"It says, 'Iggy.'"

Iggy was silent. For a long time. Everyone just stared at him, except fang, who was turning red with injustice.

"They think I'm gay? How can They think I'm gay?" He fumed.

Iggy sat up, angry as well. "Tell me it doesn't say i liked him back or something."

Nudge was silent, eyes to the screen and holding back laughter.

"YOU HAFTA BE KIDDING ME!" Iggy hollered, standing up and clenching his fists. "You have GOT to be fricking joking!"

Fang was scarlet as he watched Iggy. "Seriously, why would anyone take me for gay? Especially for Iggy?"

"Oh don't go there now." iggy spun to face him, still red in the face. Max was on the floor by now, cracking up, as were the rest of them, save for Nudge, who was trying to be mature and laugh silently behind the laptop screen where neither apple-faced boy could see her.

"Seriously, though! I mean, me? Gay for YOU?" fang asked, voice cracking.

"Well, don't be so sure I'd say yes to you, even if I was gay, too." Iggy spat.

"Oh, come on, I wouldn't ask you, I'm too far outta your league." Fang spat back.

"GUYS! Let's be reasonable, here." Max said, cheeks flushed and gasping for breath. "At least I'm straight." She giggled.

"RAWR!"